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I helped my aunt hook up her computer and it took another trip to get her internet hooked up (she's still on dial-up), I had an expo/fundraiser to take part in that was a TOTAL waste of time, I've been planning a multi-vendor open house for this Saturday (Tastefully Simple - ME, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef and a jewelry designer person), I've had Wisdom course homework (need to do an "autobiography" - one page for every year of my life). I'm calling landscapers to get estimates on transforming my mud pit into something resembling a flower garden, I work out every day, been running errands (bank, grocery store, office store, grocery store, etc.), taking the kids to ballet, trying to cure my kids' eczema (and keep them from scratching themselves raw), getting a Mary Kay makeover, cleaning the house, distributing invitations for the open house, going to the post office, helping my daughter with homework (and she's only in kindergarten - it's handwriting homework). By the time the weekend rolls around, I'm going to still be running, I have my open house on Saturday (have to finish cleaning and prepare the food samples Friday night), then I have a party to present on Sunday, and we're hosting next weeks homework party on Monday (which means I have to prepare dinner - chicken parmesean, my specialty). Oh, and tomorrow I'm going to IKEA with a friend who just bought a house, so she needs furnishings. I've been gone every night this week so far. I totally feel like this is abnormal! I'll be glad when I get a breather! I should start keeping a list of everything I do around the house every week so when the husband wants me to go back to work, he can see what won't get done if I'm not home to do it.

On top of everything I've got a small beef with my husband too. So, he finally caves and tells me to get estimates to get our landscaping done. After 2 days of making calls and making appointments, he calls and starts to tell me how to do it. Mind you, this is after he tells me it can be my pet project. First he tells me to find contractors from one or so towns over (where we live, the service industry puts what we call a "surcharge" or markup on services in our town because parts of it are fairly affluent), then tells me his boss had his entire landscaping done for $2500. Well, that's all fine and good, did you get the name of the company, or are you just telling me that as a way to bitch at me? I was called gullible and naive. Well I'm sorry, I'll pay a premium for a contractor who actually asks the right questions and is willing to listen to me, I'm more likely to be satisfied with the end result.

It's a good thing I thrive on activity that borders on chaos. And Yogagirl, would you believe my desk became a trash heap again, what was that, like not even a week? It will get taken care of tomorrow.

Finished my 8th week of BFL and results are posted HERE. What can I say but, buh bye back fat!! Still would love to get out of the double digit pant size though. I'm currently in 12's. Oh, and I'm pissed because I only own 2 pair of jeans in that size, and one pair bit the dust today. I managed to catch them on the door strike on the bedroom door and ripped them in the hip. Would you believe that's the second time I've done that on that door frame? It's always my favorite jeans too!!

And I just have to share that this guy Jerome is always totally scamming on me at the gym!! I bought new workout clothes to get me out of a bit of a rut, and when he saw me in them, he told me I was looking to good to work out! Yeah baby! Then another one of the guys didn't think I was 21 yet! He could have been teasing me, but hell, I'd like to think I look 10 years younger than I am!! Mind you, this is the same guy who flaps his lips for 20 minutes chatting everyone up, does a few quick reps, and jabbers on for 10 more minutes. The man's jaws are the only things getting a workout!!
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