Better Late Than Never!

Better Late Than Never!! My favorite saying. Cause you know, I am the Queen of Procrastination!

I am finally getting all of my Christmas décor put away. It’s been a lengthy process, because I just hate taking it all down! It makes me so sad! It’s so dark and dreary.

It makes me want to change things up for the New Year. I know, I say that every year.

And thanks to my new-found friend, Become.com, I have found some fabulous ideas for next year! One of them is putting garland hangers over the door and putting some of my fab garlands on them!  Who knew they had such a thing has a garland door hanger????  Why am I just now hearing about these??

Apparently, Become.com is where it’s at. They have everything from garland door hangers to universal transformer model ub16401 parts, you know, just in case you need to replace your current universal transformer model part. :) 

So, maybe by the end of the weekend, I'll have ALL of my Christmas pretties put away. Or, maybe not.  

Trying to Find a Creative Outlet in Writing

Guest post written by Stefanie Rickman

I think that after I read every book I close it and think that I wish I could write a book. You hear stories all the time of these people that finally write a book after doing something else besides writing professionally all their lives. Well I would love to be one of those people, so I'm just going for it.
When I was online looking up some tips for creative writing, I ran across some stuff about a debt counseling site and looked through it some. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to use them to help settle my debt, which is something else that I've decided to really address in 2012.
I guess that you could say my creative writing goal is my fun goal for the year. Maybe even going through the debt settlement process will help inspire me to writing some great things. You've got to start somewhere. For my creative writing, I'm going to concentrate on writing some short stories first before I tackle something as big as a novel.

Happy New Year!

Hope you all have gotten your New Year off to a good start!

There aren't an awful lot of changes to report.

We had a great Christmas and a safe and munchie filled New Year. Brady and I partied like it was 1999 and ate all sorts of crap. It was fun. But now, it's time to get serious.

Over the last few months, I have gotten back up to my all time high. NO GOOD. Sooo, it's time to do this year right and get to my all time low --which has yet to be reached!

I am doing ChaLEAN Extreme...again. I started it back sometime in November. I got through about the first week and a half or so and then petered out. I'm not allowing that to happen again. I am going to FINISH this program. I am GOING to get results. I am. I am. I am!

My brother is still living on his own. He is still going to school. Has a 4.0 and finally got a job that he will start on the 30th.

I, on the other hand, don't have a job-job, but I am still cleaning houses and still trying to get my Beachbody business of the ground. This is also my year to put that into high gear, too.  The only thing standing in my way, is me.

So, my focus for this year is my health & fitness. Once I get that in check, a lot of other things will fall into place.

I want to start blogging more. I'm not going to say that I'm going to try to come around here more. I'm just going to go with the flow. If I think about it too much, put too much pressure on it... it won't happen. So, we'll just take it day by day. I do need to lighten the place up a bit. It hurts me to read the white on the black. :/ Sorry guys. o.O

But anywho. Kiddo goes back to school tomorrow, so I need to get offa here and get some other things done before bed time. Early to rise after two weeks of not, is gonna suck!!

Reach for the stars people!! GO FOR IT! 

Things Are Looking Up-ish

Not going to spend a lot of time posting. Just sharing a few key points and then going to bed. :) Still doing Beachbody. Have a couple of customers...no coaches... but I will. I have huge goals! Brother finally moved out and took his cats with him. PRAISE THE LORD. Have LOTS to do to get that room livable again. o.O Still no actual job to speak of. Haven't done P90X in weeks. SO time consuming at over an hour per workout. Getting organized and prioritized. Opened an Etsy shop. *squee* See sidebar -----> Only have a few things listed to date, but have more to put up. Just a matter of photographing and listing. I need to get this room done while the weather is dry and good. :) Got back on the meds, no matter what it takes. I'm better. :) o.O Received two weeks worth of child support on Tuesday. Praying it's not a fluke. So, all in all, things are looking up. The air in here is lighter and more positive once again. God love my brother, but he is a major source of negative energy. I can't handle it. He's much happier in his own space, too, of course. I plan on continuing this positive upturn. I plan on achieving my goals. I plan on being in a very different place this time next year. It's going to be so amazing. Nothing like I have ever experienced. I can't wait. <3

PuRpLe FuNk

I don't have anything new to share. I just need a place to vent. Figured I might be safe in my own space. I'm not looking for feedback. Just need to get it out.

I don't know what the hell is going on with me these days. I don't even know who I am. I can't stick to anything I start. I don't have any money. I can't find a job to save myself.

My housecleaning business is going down the toilet. I have lost my 2nd biggest client and my biggest client went from weekly to bi-weekly. My other client is very unreliable. Reschedules weekly. I think I should just drop him. But I need the money. These once in a blue mooners are ok. It's unexpected income.

No child support since June. Lost half of our food stamps. 

My brother is STILL here. We got into a huge fight on Saturday. It came to blows. #makesmefeelgreat.

I am depressed and I don't know what to do to fix it. I can't afford my meds any longer and that's not helping matters.

I had my house super clean.... for the most part, it's hanging in there. But if I don't do something soon, it's going to fall apart again.

My brother is claiming that he is moving out mid-September. This would be a huge blessing. No, I won't miss the additional income. There never has been any. But I am not going to get my hopes up. Every time I have hope for something, it gets dashed.

With that being said, I am HOPEFUL that I get a phone call today telling me they have chosen ME for the pharmacy tech position. That would mean a paycheck.

I am throwing in the Celebrating Home towel. I love the products, but can't get bookings. My friends and family didn't even feel the need to support me at my Grand Opening party...which didn't happen, because out of 86 people invited, 2 said they would be there. 2 that would have bought from me, party or no party.

Team Beachbody and Ending the Trend is where my heart truly lies. It's where I spend most of my time. I still haven't any customers or coaches, but that won't last long.

I have a workout partner... but she drives me crazy. (Did I mention I started P90X last week?) I love it. Didn't get it done yesterday because I felt sicker than a dog, due to no meds. My brain felt totally detached from my skull and I felt woozie and queasy all day. I can't wait to get over it. I'm not going back on. I just can't afford it. I'm in search of free therapy. There has to be someone somewhere that can help me. I don't want to be on meds if I absolutely don't have to. Being a pharm tech, I've learned a thing or two about meds. #don't like 'em.

I went to go mow my yard this morning before it started raining. It was going great. Until the wheel BROKE off. Not just came off. BROKE OFF. I am now the proud owner of a 3 wheeled mower. I could barely get back into the garage. So now I have a partially mowed front yard. Looks fantastic.

So anyway. This week has already started off with a capital SUCK. I didn't even mention the freakin prayer controversy on SparkPeople. So effing retarded. I'm a horrible person for praying for someone. Got lots of hate mail, but then at the same time, got several new friend requests for speaking my mind. That was good.

And the other good thing is, I found out that my son's teachers are awesome. They're on the look out for him and his success. All of them, so far. I didn't get that last year... one teacher in particular. I was worried. I'm not gonna lie. So it was nice to have my mind put at ease.

I'm going to go try to do something to improve my day. Since I can't go shopping, I have to think of something brilliant.

Hope your week is SO much better than mine!