Just because......

.......he loves me and for no other reason.

I love him too!

Multitasking 101

Multi-tasking is the only way I can get things done. My theory is don't waste a single second when you can fill it doing something else.

Here's what I'm currently doing:

1. Printing boxtoppers
2. Doing laundry
3. Listening to a webinar about restaurant marketing
4. Cleaning the kitchen
5. Writing in my blog

Well actually, I couldn't clean the kitchen and write in the blog......so I am stopping the writing now and going back to cleaning the kitchen!

Today I painted a sign

Sometimes you have to have lots of skills to be a small business owner.

Today's project: refurbish this broken down sign that was given to us



I sanded it down and put a fresh coat of paint on it. We bought some reflectors for the circles on the top and Paul will put those on tomorrow.



It's going to look brand new when we're finished!

Just a coat of paint really helped it.



I'll feature the totally finished project on a Wordless Wednesday.

Catch Up -- Clean Up Weekend

I was on a mission this weekend to get some things caught up and cleaned up.

This is what our excercise room/office/game room/junk room looked like when I started.



This is what it looked like when I quit. Luckily my eldest son stopped by last night and gave me a few hours of his time to help get this room a little more organized. Lots more to do.....but I had to stop because I needed to work on some other things.



This is what my shredding pile looks like. It is somewhat better. I keep shredding until the shredder overheats and won't let me go any longer!



The catch up part of my weekend is spent on trying to get the Quick Books entries caught up so that I can start thinking about getting the taxes done. Unfortunately, that's going to take more than one weekend to get done......but I'm working on it. In fact, I'm even taking the laptop with me to Austin this weekend so I can use the 6 hours drive time (there and back) to get some of the data entry done.

My life is full of multi-tasking. I just don't have enough hours in my day to get it all done.

Does being blessed mean you're lucky?

I was driving home from work tonight.

Yes......I sometimes do actually have to go to work in the stores.

Not often......but every once in awhile.

But I was thinking about how lucky I was....or maybe it's how blessed I am.

I have an amazing and wonderful husband who makes me feel like I am loved and special every single day of the year (I love you Paul!).

I have kids....that although they are not perfect....I have a really good relationship and feel extremely fortunate that they have turned out half way decent.

I have a business.....while it keeps us busy all the time and doesn't offer us much in the way of "down time"....how lucky we are that people love our food and keep coming back day after day and giving us their money

I really feel like I have a perfect life. I have a house, a nice car, a great family, a thriving business, funny friends that I love hanging out with, and a mediocre social life.

Yes....there is so much more that I want or that I wish we could be doing.

But when I look at what you have compared to what others have......I have a FANTASTIC life that I love.

So......does that mean I'm blessed

OR.......does that mean I'm lucky?

I think it's BOTH!

New vs. Old

The lightbulbs burned out on the microwave last week.

The last time we replaced them, they were like $14.00 each. (or something outrageous)

My microwave is really sad. The handle is broken. It's cracked in about 3 places. I really need a new one.

I thought my opportunity came when I said "well the lightbulbs have burned out and they are really expensive. Guess it's time to get a new microwave."

But that was not in the plan.

Husband found cheap lightbulbs for only $3.00 each.

So guess what?

No new microwave.

Yet.

P.S. Disregard the dirt and grease on the microwave. I didn't realize how dirty it was until after the picture was taken.

YAY for my accomplishments......BOO for my failures

The Accomplishments:
I've really buckled down the last two days and got some things done:

• W2's


• Payroll


• Calling the Appraisal District to get that whole mess straightened out


• Paperwork caught up (very close)


• Paperwork entered into Quick Books (close)


• All those little things laying on my desk that only take 2 minutes each to do, but they really pile up and are annoyance when you have MAJOR big things to do


• Laundry for PZ


• Quickbooks installed on my laptop. (This was because I want to work on the laptop on the 3 hour drive to Austin next weekend. I have some little mindless data entering changie things that I need to have done to start preparing for taxes......so dead time=productive time)


• Our laundry

The Failures:

• The house is dirty.......I mean really dirty


• I have not been on the treadmill in a long, long time and I really need to get some of this fat off me


• I still have months and months worth of paperwork to get entered into Quickbooks, Bank reconciliations, inventory......yada yada yada


• This month's payroll reports......gotta have them done before the end of the month

These lists also include just too many little tiny things that I don't have the time to list right now.
Because.......if I don't get busy and get some of those failures tackled.....that list is going to get a lot longer before my very eyes!