Coming Back

I want to keep on blogging. I really do! It's been way too long since I've blogged. I had to update stuff on my blog such as the New Moon countdown widget I had. Now it's an Eclipse widget!! June 30th baby!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!


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Life has been keeping me busy. Even more so my Avon business. I LOVE AVON! Not only the products but I'm making money and helping others achieve the success I am achieving. It's awesome! (Check out my website!)

Joe and I have been house hunting. It's fun most the time till we find a house I love and he hates or vice versa.

Sara's out of school after this week and she's on social restriction for June. It's going to be a loooonnggg month.

Well I'm going to try to get back on track with this. Don't hate me if I slack.

Been A While

It's been a while since I've blogged. My life has changed some for the better. Last I posted I lost my job. It was a blessing in diguise. I am now working back in my parents business, which I LOVE! I worked with them from 1994-2003 but the business has changed some in the past 6 years so I'm relearning some. Right now I'm mainly working on sales and marketing. And I'm utilizing my graphic design skills that I went to school for! Yippeee!!! I am in process of redoing the company's website. Right now it's VERY basic and not informative for our customer whatsoever but it's a start. See: Designs In Rugs. I'm sure in a few days it will change but I know this will be a few week project if not longer. I'm also working on marketing material (postcards, emails, flyers) and I even designed my own business cards. I'm not too fond of sales but I'm working the business. I'm trying to rekindle business relationships with customers we haven't worked with in a while and I'm really getting good responses so it makes me more comfortable.

My other half is still unemployed. I won't go into details but I'll just say BLAH!!!

My house that I was renting out the tenants moved out. So I'm looking for new tenants. I'm a little worried how I will pay my mortgage next month if I don't have new tenants. (This is where my BLAH with Joe will turn ugly.)

Sara started high school!! She's adjusted very well and is taking her grades more seriously. Like she actually does her homework without me constantly reminding her. The high school transistion was MUCH better than the middle school transistion.

So that's my update in a nutshell. I'm not sure how often I'll be blogging but I'll try to keep it updated.

PS-67 days till New Moon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Graduation Party

I did it! I'm officially a college graduate because I received my degree Friday. I was honored this weekend by my mom who threw me a graduation party at her house. Surprised me with several guests, one of them being my BFF since I was 11yo and her family who I don't get to see very often! All the kids and a few adults enjoyed the pool.

And the best part was Sara getting into a cake fight with Eric (my bro-in-law) and can you tell by the picture who won?All in all it was the perfect party with perfect weather (well a little hot) enjoyed with great family and friends! Here are some more pictures:

A College Graduate

I am officially a college graduate!! I did it! The past 3 and half years has been an awesome experience! And to make this occasion even better, I'm the first college graduate in my family!! YIPPEEE!!! So in celebration I am taking next week off and headed to Europe! Well, this has been planned for 9 months and it just happens to come at perfect timing. I will also celebrate my birthday come April 13 (don't forget!) Then I will buckle down to try to start my new graphic design freelance career. Yah me!!

The Countdown

I will be doing the happy dance every day!! Yippeeeee!!

Daily Life These Days

I finally caught up reading the blogs I follow...all 30 posts! I'm beginning to have blogging withdrawls! I am finally better from being sick for 2 weeks.

This week I had to turn into "mean mom" because of Sara and her lack of making good grades. I had to take away many priviledges and now I must stick to my guns. I think she inherited her bad study habits from her dad...as for me I always made A's and B's and still make mostly A's now. Why oh why couldn't she have gotten MY good study habits?

New subject: So yesterday Sara and I get home after school/work. Joe was already home for an hour and he's in the media room with Polly locked out. As I walk back there I see a big pile of poop in our office. I look at Polly and she knew she was in trouble. Usually the dogs are where ever Joe is so I scold Polly and march into our media room asking Joe why he didn't let Polly out when he got home. His response: "That was there when I got home." Um, ok, and you've been home an hour and why is it still there? Let me just put my maid hat on and clean it up while you sit there playing that stupid &%^$#*@ mock basketball draft online. So I didn't say it like that but that's what I was thinking. MEN!

My Design

Today is the last day of my current course in school. Tomorrow is the first day of my last class until I graduate! Yippeee! Well, I got caught up playing with blog backgrounds and am having issues. The images seem to be too big for the background. I'm going nuts so I just designed the background image to where it would fit. And this is what I came up with: my picture and my name. Pretty cool, eh? If you'd like a custom blog background just let me know. And take a look at my graphic design blog. I'm your graphic designer!

Graphic Design

I've been going to school for 3 and half years and will be graduating the end of March with my AS in Graphic Design. WOOHOOIE!! I am excited to change my career from my current accounting to graphic design. I know it may be a slow transistion and what better time than now to start. So check out my new blog with my services. There will be more to come as this is just a start. Do you like my pink hearts background on this blog? Well I created! Yuppers! And I can do this for you too!!

Please leave me comments and let me know what you think of my graphic design blog.

Kids & School Grades

Sara is in the 8th grade. I think by now she is old enough to be responsible for her homework. I shouldn't have to remind her to do her homework or give me papers from school. But I find myself doing it anyways. One of her weekly assignments is getting her agenda book signed by a parent. Every Monday she writes in her classwork/homework for the week for each class. Then Monday night she has to get a parent signature. This counts for a grade. If signed, an A. If not, a F. How hard of a homework is that? Well my daughter can't seem to remember to get that done. She forgot last week and almost again last night. Joe wants me to remind her over and over until she gives the book to us to sign it. I say no that she needs to step up and be responsible for her stuff. Of course I want her to get good grades because there are consquences if she doesn't (like writing me some essays or a sentence over and over 50 times. I give out good homework too!) But I don't feel like she deserves the good grades if I'm constantly reminding her to do her assignments. Joe thinks I should remind her so her grades won't fall. I say no cuz if her grades fall its her own fault. She doesn't deserve good grades based upon the parent actions. We don't do her work for her we just remind her the work needs to be done.

I need input. Am I just being stubborn and allowing my child to fail? Should I continue to remind Sara of her work? Or am I doing the right thing? Next year she starts high school. The school she wants to attend requires applying and being accepted. Grades are a major factor with acceptance and if she continues the route she's going she will be denied. She makes mostly A's & B's with occasional C's. I expect more because I was an almost straight A student with occasional B's. Yes my middle school and high school years were many moons ago but even now in my college classes I make almost all A's. What to do!?!