I’m completely kicking myself right now. I’m not really a bargain hunter when it comes to anything bigger than a shampoo or deodorant, but I have passed up so many opportunities for used furniture lately it is not even funny. Not junk, nice and actually up to date furniture. We had a National Road garage sale come through our area a few weeks ago and then this weekend the neighborhood sale. The amount of furniture I saw was unreal. It all sold very fast too. I’m chalking it up to the economy and people not wanting to go into debt for anything right now. At least, I think that is what is going on. Myself? I sold a dresser in less than an hour after my garage sale started today. Cracked me up, the guy picked it up all by himself and carried it to his truck. He was pretty small too!
I’m trying to get away from my soccer mom look. I find that I completely lost myself in the whole it’s all about the kids thing. I didn’t care about my clothes or my hair or god forbid accessorizing. Now I’m trying to get the latest fashions, nothing fancy, always comfortable. I don’t really try to put too much jewelry on but love to wear some trendy earrings with my comfy clothes to make it look more modern and more like I cared that day.
Lastly, I always carry a huge bag that’s completely up to date and over priced. I know, it’s silly to some, but this is my big splurge! I love my handbags and the bigger and more flashy the better!
Redoing my bedroom is kicking me in the rear! We’ve gotten all new things in there as well as doing structural work. Let’s see, a shipment just came yesterday of decorations that I ordered so I have one wall completed! It’s so cute. I ordered this little wooden plaque that matches my bedroom suit perfectly and says Always Kiss Me Goodnight with stars adorning it. Looks great above our tv that sits on the dresser on the smallest wall in the room. It just really makes it homey!
We’re on the lookout for any shower faucets that might match one we have put away. We bought something we liked and was on sale, but we need another piece to make the look complete. It’s really nice, we got a great deal, and I’ll be very pleased if the bath and sink match perfectly Of course money is tight so I’d love to get a good deal as well!
So apparently the economy is picking up. At least around here it is. Almost all of the people I know who happened to get laid off from a factory because of so called “economical” issues have been called back to work and are actually working over time. It leads me to really wonder if some companies don’t lean on this situation to restructure or get rid of people that they don’t want working there anymore? It’s just something I’ve pondered after hearing business practices in Indiana lately.
There are jobs at banks, who are advertising with signs and the signs aren’t even getting pulled straight away. They have been up for a couple of weeks. This is a very good sign. Lastly, my cousin scored a nice job in software development, which was desperately needed after paying for college for 5 years! Things seem to be looking up lately.
Well, it’s over. The very first year of school is done and gone and my little girl is now a First Grader. Yay! Happy Dance! Ok, now that we’ve done our celebrating that she’s moving on up in the elementary education system can we talk about how many days left til school starts? That would be August 18th, somewhere in the 70’s is the day count. I’m not sure how I’ll manage it.
To my credit we have a summer camp put on by the city park department that she wants to attend again this year which will be one week long in July for half a day. That means a 3 hour break for moi! Sad isn’t it? She’s very high maintenance. Then, we have a day camp type deal at a recreational center where they can swim, play all sports, and interact with others while doing crafts. I feel like doing things with others is important since they all had such a hard time not being alpha dog anymore this year and learning to all be equal in the teacher’s eyes. I don’t want her to forget that over the summer. The nice thing about this is that we can take her early in the morning and she can stay until 7pm. Sometimes, I have things to do that require a place for her to be!
Lastly, I’m not sure what this summer stuff is going to do to my diet. I can’t tell if I’m going to want to eat everything or eat nothing. I’ve been so focused on her again that I haven’t really cared about food that much. If I go the way of eating all day like she has I’ll be looking into appetite suppressants to quell the urges! Unless of course I live on a steady diet of watermelon, which cannot possibly be that bad for you and is oh so yummy already this summer!
If you watch The Biggest Loser you know that a ton of the women on there want to lose weight so they can get pregnant. I’ve had a hard time getting pregnant and recently have wondered if I really ever want to become so. Let’s say I did become pregnant, I don’t really have time on my side so I need to start trying as soon as possible. I’m already 33. I can’t imagine carrying that extra weight. So, I’ve been thinking of trying something like Liporexall to help the process along. I figure that school is out on Thursday and I’m always way more structured when Sydney is home instead of gone. She motivates me during the day to get up and do things. She’s wanting to be outside more which means I’m outside more. She’s able to do more physical things, which means I could do them with her.
So maybe I really have an excuse to start losing some weight now. After lugging my purse around the grocery store tonight I just could not imagine lugging 30 plus extra pounds around on my body, that I can’t drop, or clean out!
You know it’s funny that my husband is about to turn 31 in less than a month and he’s got worse acne now than when I met him at 18! It’s hilarious. He’s actually getting pretty annoyed at this little breakout he’s having. The breakout isn’t even limited to this face, it’s all over the place. I told him tons of different things he needs to try and do to get rid of it like maybe trying Acnetix. I don’t think he’s really into any type of product or medicine since he’s not a self conscious teenager anymore, but still I’m trying to help!
I set out to look at disability insurance information for my mother tonight. It’s all so much to deal with that I can’t make heads or tales of it right now. How do you know that you are getting a reputable company that isn’t going to take you for a ride just to get your money? I’ve heard good things about Allsup, one of the leading providers of health care services for people with disabilities. Apparently they have a really good success rate and have helped more than 100,000 people actually get benefits. My mom desperately needs to get social security disability benefits and probably some medicare supplements, but she doesn’t have a ton of money to pay to get there. It kinda seems like a no win situation at times, but it is nice to see a company that has been helping people for over 20 years get what they deserve.
I’m really afraid I broke the computer. I say that because I have no clue what I actually did to it. My husband keeps screaming at me that I have it bogged down with too much crap, get rid of some of it he says! Now I’m afraid that if I buy memory it just won’t be enough. The computer keeps shutting down all on it’s own and doing this weird mode before it seems to crash. I’m working feverishly to get the important stuff saved before it completely quits. I’ve done all the updates, scanned it, and honestly there is nothing wrong with it that I can find! I hate computers for this very reason. I’m not really in a position to buy a whole new system, but looks like I’m going to have to!
Do you ever just get so sick of people talking about things that you want to scream at them? I’m to the point right now. A relative, who shall remain nameless, is having a tough time financially right now. She’s considered debt consolidation, but wants to go about it the wrong way. Getting more loans to pay off existing credit cards with not too much lower of an interest rate doesn’t really make that much sense to me. Now, if you were going down a few points on that interest rate then it would be totally worth it. Lumping it into one payment is worth it, but if you are making your payment last for 30 years instead of 5 I don’t really think you helped yourself. Then, you have to ask who these people are that work at these banks who are “preying” on the ones in major trouble right now??? Things are just scary financially at this point!