Flylady.net

So after listening to a bunch of my friends talking about FlyLady, I decided to check it out for myself. I admit I looked over her site a few months back and thought there was no way I would have the patience for it. But recently I realized I had to do something. My house has totally gotten out of control. Which is also really embarrassing to admit since I operate a house cleaning service. Oh no not filth and grime, CLUTTER is the main culprit at my house.

Anyways I went back to flylady.net and really took the time to look over the site. Very impressive! The only drawback is you really need to have some time to invest in going over flylady's site thouroughly to get the whole picture of her plan. And to be quite honest if you are super lost in a crazy mess of a home and you come to the site all scattered brained you are probably going to throw your hands in the air and scream "It's too much! I can't do it!" So before you lose hope and go all psycho, take a deep breath, ignore the mountains of dust and clutter, fix a cup of java or tea and just take the site one step at a time. It may be hard to get in the swing of things at first but hang in there. It will get better!

Another Bunny... Peanut

This our new baby, Peanut. He will be a year old in July. (I think that's what the lady told me.) We got him from a family not far from us. She told me that he is a mini-rex mixed with something else, but she couldn't remember the somethin else. Peanut is such a cutie! He doesn't mind being petted but isn't crazy about being picked up yet. He is getting a little better with that each day. I'm just not so sure how much longer my hands and arms will hold up during the "lovin process." How do you trim the nails on a rabbit that doesn't want all that much to do with you to start with?

Introducing.....

Max Blackfoot. This is our new bunny. Jeremy and I found some bunnies at Tractor Supply this past Sunday. He was like, "Why don't you get one?" I just looked at him like he had fallen off his rocker. Every time I even mention maybe getting another critter he looks at me like I'm nuts, like I'm going to turn into the crazy cat lady. Come on I like cats but not that much. LOL Well I just couldn't resist and I went back Monday and got him. The kids and I had a fun time picking his name. We all picked several names and wrote them on small pieces of paper, folded them up and threw them in a bowl. The kids each picked a name and then we put those three back in the bowl and I picked the final. So our last three were -- Max, Peppermint (for a boy? hmm oh well) and then Bubba J. If any of you have watched Jeff Dunham and know how Bubba J is and you ever get to meet Max, you would think Bubba J was a more fitting name too. But anyways we wound up with Max and Hallie decided he needed a last name so that's where Blackfoot came from. And no none of his feet are black. hehehehe. Max is so purty and soft and really gentle too. But he hates Ruby. I don't blame him. I don't much like her either when she's barking.

Heads or Tails

Heads- keep my cleaning service going, tails- go back to a "real job". This has been weighing on my mind since I completed my taxes about a week ago. Time for a pro/con list.

Pros to staying self-employed--

• Make my own hours.
• I can take and pick up my kids from school.
• Weekends and holidays off.
• No overtime.

Cons to staying self-employed--

• Pay through the nose in taxes
• Most of the time cannot get a full day of work
• Have business expenses other than taxes
• No overtime, not even 35-40 hour weeks (paying hours)

Pros to going back to a "real job"-- (considering going into nursing)

• Full-time work
• Possibility of overtime
• Pay would be a little more than what I make now
• Chance for health insurance/ life insurance
• Possibility for other benefits
• interaction with other co-workers
• mom will probably get kids on and off to school

Cons of going back to a "real job"--

• Most likely working weekends and holidays
• probably need grandma/sitter to get the kids back and forth to school
• have a boss
• may have a different schedule every week

I'll add to the list as I think of more and if anyone reading this can think of something I might have overlooked, please leave me a note in the comments. :)

Facebook....

Ok so this is the reason I have been slacking on my blog, posting on the MJF boards, umm catching up on craft projects..... You get the pic. It seems I have become addicted to facebook! HELP!!! Lol

V-Day

Yeah yeah yeah.. this is late. Thinking of Valentine's Day you tend to paint a picture of something like roses and chocolates or a romantic dinner, yadda yadda yadda...
No not me and Jeremy. hehehe Since he's not really into mushy stuff, I took him to see Friday the 13th and then dinner. He laughed through the movie, not that it was funny. Well there was one funny part, the little rich boy screamin like a lil girl . LOL Nah Jeremy was laughing at me. I never have been able to do scarey movies. I jumped, wriggled in my seat, covered my eyes, squeezed his arm. I know it I am such a sissy!

Crazy Winter Weather

The freezing rain started in last Monday night. I listened to it hit the roof of the trailer all night. At first it was kind of a nice sound, then it just got plain annoying. By Tuesday morning, we were covered in ice. Everything stopped for a few hours and then started back in and didn't let up until the wee hours of Wednesday morning. That was about the same time the power went out. I sent the kids off to their dad's house since he heats with wood. Jeremy came to my rescue a few hours later. The power was out for about 10 hours. We were lucky not ot have any large tree limbs or anything hit the house. I just wish we'd have a heat wave and all this snow and ice would disappear. Wishful thinking I know.