Murphy is in charge this week

We've been waiting.....and waiting......and waiting.......


We've missed the palm trees. We've missed the warm sunny weather. We've missed the Jai Alai.

And finally......when the tickets were on a last minute fare for a great price.........along comes this:

Ladies and Gentlemen....meet Irene:




So you guessed it....the Murphy is the same one as in Murphy's Law and HE'S the one that decided we would not be going to Miami this weekend (that and a million other things that would have probably prevented it from happening anyways.....but it sounded like a good story to blame it on Irene!)

So to end this story there's just one thing left to say (or sing if you know the words).........

Irene Good Night, Irene Good Night

Good Night Irene, Good Night Irene

I'll see you in my dreams!

My new words to live by

I don't know what the future holds.....
but I know who holds the future

My new mantra. The new words that motivate me. The new words that make me want to reach my goals.

It's not anyone's job to make you happy.

It's your job to make yourself happy.

It's not anyone's job to take care of you.

It's your job to take care of yourself.

If you want a great and successful future......it's up to you to make that happen.

We are on our way.

My new hangout

Well it's been about a couple of months since I moved out of my old cave office and moved into my new office.

It's nice being out in the middle of the house again and I really LOVE having a window to see what's going on.

Here's the before and after shots of the magical transformation. For the record: my new office is actually the dining room in this house, but we have never used it for that. We're not the fancy dining room kind of people. My older son even took down that chandellier that we were always knocking the glass globes off of (we should have replaced that thing YEARS ago) and installed a brand new ceiling fan and light for me......awesome!

....the before







.....and the after







Hopefully my new room will stimulate some motivation in me!

Seriously.....you're kidding me right?

Husband: We are going to get away on a short trip before we go to Atlanta right?

Wife: You're kidding......right?

P.S. Only if the clouds open up and drop millions of dollars upon us and along with that the world's PERFECT manager to oversee all your jobs and the world's PERFECT secretary/CFO to oversee all my jobs.

Why it's nice to have my husband

As we approach our 15 year anniversary of meeting each other (September 4th), I just want to pay tribute to the man I love more than any other on this earth. The person that makes my life interesting, different, and spontaneous. My partner in life and my partner in business.

And these are just a few of the reasons why:

1. He loves me no matter what I look like when I wake up in the morning, when it's 100+ degrees outside, or when I get out of the shower naked.

2. He and I enjoy doing all the "nerdy" things and we really truly enjoy doing them goether.

3. He works so hard to make sure that everything is perfect when running our business. He tries really hard to make sure that it is successful and that our customers are taken care of.

4. Because he LOVES to travel (the same as me) and we love to talk about all the places we have yet to go. I love it that it wants to go from early in the morning until late at night cramming in every bit of sightseeing that we can get crammed into one day.

5. Because he has been such a good step-father to my kids and making sure that we always had fun places to go, food on the table, and a nice place to live.

6. Because he treats me like a princess and I know that every single day I wake up that he loves me and we are truly partners in this game called life.

I love you baby!



P.S. Can't wait until I can start posting the "skinny" pictures. I must remember to "suck in" the neck muscles when taking pictures :-)

NO DISTRACTION Friday

Today I will not allow myself to be distracted.

Today I will be totally focused on the tasks at hand.

By the end of the day -- this will be done:


All the stacks of paperwork on this desk will be gone and task completed.

By the end of the day -- this will be done:


All the mail on this counter and all the laundry on this table will be opened and put in it's proper place.

By the end of the day -- this will be done:


All the boxes in this old office will be cleaned up and properly filed and gathered up and put in their proper location.

Uh.......no........THAT is not happening by the end of today. Hopefully this task will be completed by the end of the year, but doubtful that it will be happening by the end of today.

Seriously, I gotta go. I'm distracting myself by being here.

A Ho-Hum kind of day

You know those days I'm talking about. You're going to be doing the usual things, the usual way, at the usual time, in the usual way.

The demon staring me in the face today is: PAYROLL!!!

But first I need to catch up the daily paperwork so that I actually know how many hours I am paying people for......or I could guess :)

Actually, all this paperwork has become a mundane task. I don't even really look at the numbers anymore. I just assemble, staple, enter, enter, file. It has become so routine.

I just need some excitement, something different, something to motivate me.

I think part of my problem is that everything is my life is half done. Practically every single room in my house is "half done" in one form or another. My yards are "half done". Projects are sitting around "half done". Maybe if everything was "done" I would feel complete.

So now if I can just call that magic little genie that is going to magically transform me into a whirlwind of energy and motivation and get all this stuff done -- I might have a little better outlook.

Okay....starting now -- get off the computer and let's get this payroll done!