Write this day down

I cleaned today.  Like, most of the day was spent cleaning.  AND I voluntarily cleaned the oven.  No, I’m not running a fever or back on Happy Pills; I’m sick and tired of our house looking like it does, and the only way for it to get better is for me to do something about it.

It also looks like we won’t be putting the house on the market any time soon.  With the current market, and with the things that need to be fixed on the house, we won’t get anything for it.  We wanted to wait until the douchebags across the street sell their house as well.  It’s been on the market for a YEAR.  I want them gone!

On the positive side, we’ll be able to take some of the money we’ve been saving and fix a few things, like the AC and possibly the sewer.  Again, everything is up in the air at the moment, so who knows?

In work news, I have finished the logo for MVP images.  Only a minor tweak or two was done in the end.  I’m really proud of it:

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Goals for this week:

-Get the house CLEAN.  Not straightened up, but CLEAN.  I’m off to buy cheap toothbrushes, and I’m going to scrub this house up and down.  I already feel a million times better after today’s cleaning, so I can imagine how nice it’ll be when I’m done.

-Get the outside planting done.  This all depends on the weather.  I don’t really have much to do, just replace a few plants here and there.  I also want to find a nice little bench to go on the front porch, but that isn’t a high priority.

-Get my temporary website up.  I can’t decide on a final design yet, but I should have something up in the mean time

-Get outside and photograph something- anything!  It’s been too long since I’ve picked up my camera, and that doesn’t work if this is how I’m supposed to be making $$.

She’s alive!

After having a wonderful dinner with Sally and Lisa at Lewis and Clark’s, I headed home.  I assumed Matt would already be in bed, but I came home to him working on my PC.  That’s right, the beast is back.  I’ve missed her dearly.  My poor Powerbook just couldn’t handle everything plugged into her, AND try to run Photoshop at the same time. 

Now that I’ve got my PC working again (mostly), I can work on the photos I took at Rob (Matt’s cousin) and Lisa’s wedding, plus some lovely shots of my spouse.  I am in a really good place creatively, and I don’t want to stop now.  🙂

Plans for this weekend: Shopping with Jen and Laura (although I can’t buy anything…too poor), then grilling at the Thills (I assume that’s still happening).  I believe Sunday’s Mother’s day, so I guess I should probably see my mother at some point. 

Plans for this week:  Get my hair did, possibly hang out with Sally when she shoots a game, get logos ready for print, put up temporary website, design business cards, scrapbook, CLEAN, and some other stuff that I can’t think of at the moment.  Oh!  Go to the Captivated by the Light seminar on Wednesday.  That should be a lot of fun. 😀

Rambling Warning

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I like how this turned out.  It’s not my typical style (it’s so bright and cheerful- that’s just unnatural for me), but I had to work with this particular digital kit.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with digital scrapbook designers (which is probably everyone reading this), most of them have a Creative Team that they give their products to for free, so they have people promoting their products, and showing potential customers what can be done with them.  I actually have the honor of having two one-month spots for two awesome designers- Paula Duncan (which is the designer’s kit I used on this layout) and Cori Gammon (which hasn’t started yet).  And I actually just got a PERMANENT spot on this awesome new designer’s team.  You can see me here!

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Earbuds are the devil

Seriously, HOW can people wear earbuds?  They hurt my ears like a mofo, and never stay in for more than a minute.  And before you ask, NO, I’m not shoving them into my ear canals.  

So, the hunt is on for earbuds that will be comfy for my small ears, work with my iPhone, and don’t cost $100.  Yeah, good luck with that!
Anyhoo….Matt decided that he wanted to buy his OWN graduation present (I’m still grumbling about that, but whatever), and picked up two tickets to see Kids in the Hall at the Pageant.  I wonder if they’re really going to rape Kevin, like they said they would?