How the hell do jobs just seem to fall in my lap? I mean, it’s awesome-don’t get me wrong! I have yet to do ANY advertising whatsoever, and I just landed a contract with a new company called St. Charles Choice to do a TON of work. Basically, you buy a membership card from them, they give you a guidebook with a huge directory of businesses that you can receive discounts from. The discounts change all the time, which is cool. Anyhoo, I will be making their logo, brochures, business cards, the actual membership card, and the guidebook itself. I am SO excited, although a little nervous. We’ll see how it turns out!
And as for the house, we are NOT selling it any time soon. Matt says spring we’ll reconsider putting it up on the market. You know, I would be happy with keeping the house, as long as we fix the sewer. EVENUTALLY I would like to make some more major costmetic changes, but if we don’t have the money for it, then we just don’t do it- no biggie. While the driveway sucks for being small, I can’t help but love the amount of space we have on the inside. We can’t get that much for that amount of money anymore.
And we will be getting a new housemate soon! I plan on getting a cat within the next week. Matt says I have to wrap up some work on the house and make sure it’s clean before I can get one, but my mother says she’ll come over to help me! 😀 Yes, I am spoiled.
Matt keeps putting off calling the people about lasik. CALL THEM MATTHEW! You’re blind and you NEED this done. It’s not like your trying to get lipodissolve or anything (it doesn’t suck Don!). This isn’t cosmetic…silly man.
Oh, anyone with really good Don photos send to me. I need a creepy Don picture as a desktop. LOL.

Random observations about the Money Pit:
-The previous owners were mentally retarded
-NEVER buy a fixer upper when you both have full time jobs and one of you goes to Grad School
-I like the idea of living in an apartment for a few months to recuperate from being here
-Killz is a fabulous product
-Learn how to repair and install drywall
-Flat paint is the devil
-I hate big ants
-Carpet tack strips should be used as a torture device
-Make sure you buy a house that has room for 4 cars in the driveway
-Older homes have clay pipes for the sewer which = TROUBLE
-Do not let the paint dry in your tray….scraping out dried paint with fingernails is no good
-Sawdust in the nose is not a pleasant experience
-Do not let Matt paint…period
-Linseed oil stinks
-Never bite off more than you can chew
-Once you come up with an idea for a paint color/project/etc, DON’T CHANGE YOUR MIND
-If you’re broke, be prepared to do everything yourself, even if you don’t want to
-I like naps
-Never buy custom stain colors that they have to tint at the paint counter
-Peel and stick tile is f-ing awesome
-Naps are good 🙂
ETA:
-Roller and brush cleaner is EXTREMELY foul smelling
-Working while sick sucks
-when replacing a toilet, be sure to buy 2 wax rings, because you WILL mess the first one up
-big trees are pretty, except right after a severe storm
-Wal-Mart is the root of all evil
-I hate roller and brush cleaner (yes, I already mentioned it. I thought it warranted repeating)
-Don’t buy a lot of Christmas stuff unless you have a place to store them for 11 months
-sawdust can make a black car look tan (you still need to wash my car Matt)
-if you invite parents over to help, expect nagging of some sort
-turn off phones while working or you’ll never get anything done

I’ve spent little time on the computer lately, as some of you are well aware. We have an actual real estate agent, and she’s come by twice. Matt and I think she’s wanting to sell the house too low though. She’s figuring the price on simply inflation, not the fact that we’ve put a shitload of work into the house, not to mention the new overpass, Wal-Mart, Target, Shop and Save, school, and 12 screen theater that has gone up in the past year. We just need to bring that to her attention though.
If you’re in the area, I do recommend stopping by around August 1st to see a pink carpet-free house. 🙂 In the meantime, I have tons of painting to do. Thank God the weather will be hella better this weekend so we can do some yardwork. I really don’t feel like weeding 100 degree weather. Ugh.
If any of you have tried to get a hold of me on my cell phone, I’m sorry! I can’t find it at the moment, and I’m sure the battery is long drained.
Must go to bed now…I have to drive to my parents’ cabin tomorrow with Mom to go and get some tools for this weekend. I really hate getting up at normal peoples’ time.
ETA: Anyone know where I can get better a template for this blog? I really don’t want to have to make one….I have enough Photoshop work that I’ve put off.

Sunday was my last day at Costco. I’m actually kinda sad. I miss the people that I work with. I certainly don’t miss the hours or the BS. I had planned on taking a couple of weeks off just to get the house ready to sell and to do all things I have been putting off, but I starting working for Mike Kastler (local photographer-really cool guy) on Monday. I do basic work for him, but it’s something I’m not used to. I know how to color correct photos, no prob, but it’s difficult to work for someone else because you have to work to THEIR specifications. I think I’ll get the hang of it soon. The cool thing is that I can show up in jeans and a t-shirt and get to work. AND I can actually use my iPod!
Oh, and Janette is home for a few weeks! YAY!!
Next post will be more creepy pictures. 😉