today is the day...

wow, it really happened...

i knew it would, but still it was kinda surreal ya know...

the il's left this morn for copehnagen denmark for the next 3 years and we are the sole residence of this freaking HUGE house!

i'm seriously going to have to hire a cleaning lady to come in once a month and do deep cleaing or i'm never going to be able to stay on top of this house...not the way my girls DESTROY everything...seriously if i took a picture w/ a digital camera, looked at it and then deleted it immediately, it would still last longer than it would irl LOL

on a different note, i finished the womens business grant application today, tomorrow it goes into the mail...if i could get the requested amount it would really make some of the finances easier...and we all know how i like easier, especially when it comes to money right?

now if i could JUST get the business plan done and turned in all would be lovely and grand

can any one say

STOP THE INSANITY!!!

it's really all good, i'm just feeling the pressure to get all this business stuff completed and perfected by the 29th of the month, preferrably sooner...

i've really accomplished alot...oh crap, i need to type all that up...grrr

well, i guess there went my 10:30 in bed lights off time...

we've got another meeting tomorrow morn w/ the small business advisor and i still didn't get done everything i wanted to, but i can't kick myself because i really have done alot

well, so as to not miss my goal bed time by too much i'm off to do that

just one of THOSE days...

crabby, that would be a great word to describe my mood at the moment

i'm bordering on exhaustion and #1 decides that today is the day she REALLY doesn't want to listen...driving me batty

i'm trying to keep it together because it's not her fault i'm not getting the sleep i need

and i must be insane as well because i told sil she could bring her 2 over and i'd watch them until 5 ish...hopefully earlier than that, but i'm betting on later...which now having her cousine here means that #1 will listen that muchless...oh well, at least i know it's going to happen and thank heavens for max and ruby...that ought to occupy them for at least a little while...

Market research...PLEASE participate!!!

what types of greeting cards do you want to see when you go to a store/card section/website?

what price range to you expect to see and consider a value on cards?

would you special order personalized greeting cards if you could for a little more than just buying a pre-made one and if so how much more would you expect to pay?

does it have any impact on you when you see a meme/logo (embossed or stamped) of the card company on the envelope flap when someone gives you a card, if so why?

if you had the choice of buying from a company that was about the same or a little less or a company that 10% of your purchase price went to a charity of your choice (from an established list; ie pediatric aids, komen, habitat, etc) which would you go with?

if you went with the site that donated to charity, what charities would you like to choose from?

would you purchase cards that were printed on recycled paper if you found a line that was appealing, even if it was a few cents more expensive than 1st time consumer product?

would you find a card site that was similar to jk rowlings site annoying, cool, fun, complicated, etc? ( http://www.jkrowling.com/en/thankyou.cfm or http://www.tacobell.com)

if an "occasions" box was offered, what type of occassions would you want to see in the box (ie wedding, birthday, sympathy, etc)?

if the site offered a service where you could create your own card, one or multiples, and then personalize it and send it...possibly including a gift card, gift basket, gormet popcorn, etc...would you be interested in that and if so how much would you expect to pay for these cards?

simply stunning!!!

http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

wow...it's getting really close!!!

internet has been transfered into my name as of the 1st of june

gas is set up to be transfered into my name on july 2nd as is the electricity

the security system contact phone number has been set up to change to our number and the account noted that we'll be the ones in the house for the next 3 years...

it's crazy that it's all starting to fall into place

exciting, but still crazy...it's not like i've not known this was going to happen, it's been pretty much slated out since we moved in here last year...but still, it just always seemed so far away and more like some distant memory rather than a reality...kwim?

this month is full of all kinds of little and big things going on...it will be interesting to see exactly how fast it all goes...speaking of, i need to go make an invitation for our sunday school class...all the kids remembered to bring their scriptures for a month so we're rewarding them w/ a pizza party

yes i know it's bribery, but i'm not above that...are you?