A few things came up over the past six weeks and I've not had the opportunity to write. First of all my daughter got a new job in South Dakota. She had been working as a server in a high-end restaurant at a resort in Riverside Iowa and was approached by the CEO of that restaurant and the new general manager for a new resort in northern Iowa. They asked if she would consider working as the manager of the new steakhouse in the new resort. She turned them down the first time they asked after interviewing because she had no supervisory experience. They called back and really wanted her for HER not her experience. She was the one they wanted and she took it. She moved up to South Dakota right across the border from Iowa and 15 minutes from the resort. Things have been going really well for her. I went up and spent the month of May with her since her husband couldn't come up just right then and we thought it would be best if she had someone to come home to after some stressful days doing something so huge and new. She asked too. I didn't just barge in. We had a very good time together and she has had a great opening night and things are going well.
I went for four weeks without tv, radio or internet. It was blissful. I did get a little homesick but was torn when I had to go home. It's not very often that a mom gets to spend four weeks with her grown and married daughter just one on one. I loved it. She gave us her Wii with Wii fit! I am so excited. We just need to trade our tv for one with enough plugins for it to work. We're going to SD in July and we're trading with our daughter and son-in-law for theirs.
Now I'm home and this coming Monday I will have a meeting with Cara Campbell of Macon Resouces to work on my business plan for "You've got the Stuff" a "use what you have" decorating business. I plan to help people use the things they already own to make their home attractive. I think it is a good idea. People have made money on things like that and the economy is something that would be an advantage. I need to do a SWOT analysis and come up with the business plan. And I need to design a logo. That is the easy part.
I have also been introduced to the website fiverr. I will do .... for five dollars. The website gets one dollar and you make 4 for every transaction. I have looked at the site and I believe I have something someone would pay $5 for: Taking their picture that they provide and incorporate it into a masterpiece using photoshop. I have a magician friend who has been doing magic tricks on video for children over fiverr and has accumulated a nice amount of money in his bank account. So, I will see about it.
We have cancelled Satellite tv all together now. and we will be cancelling the Y as well. For ten dollars you can get a workout DVD and keep it. They really work. And I save the gas that I would have spent going to the Y. With gas prices the way they are... Also at Family Video you can get workout tapes for free to keep for a few days.
Walking is also free as is running. I just have to go somewhere off the highway to do such a thing.
So we are continuing to tighten our belts...although I have gained weight. Blast it! I'm looking for a summer dress or two that I can wear around the house and out on hot days. There seems to be a trend in STYLE magazine where summer dresses seem to be in again. I love dresses. If I can find a simple way of converting two identical t-shirts into one dress I will try that first, then CATO's
My most recent blog involved sending out letters that people tell you you should never send. Well I did it and one was returned. The letter to my old employer was sent back due to her having moved three years ago. I was so grateful! I reread it and realized I really shouldn't do anything so stupid on the spur of the moment.
The other letters, those to my family got where they were going. I had a phone call that requested I NEVER send a letter again, got a letter saying they had moved on, but I got two thumbs up from a couple of people on my husband's side of the family. When your family falls apart it is tough. When both sides are not talking to each other I get a feeling of being lost.
My religious views have not changed. I have had some correspondence from best friends who are helping me through what I see as a stone wall to my faith. I will correct that... my faith in God and Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are as strong as ever, my faith in the institution is on shaky ground. I wish in a way that I never would have admitted my innermost feelings, but I couldn't do that and be honest. So I am doing the best I can. I may go to church tomorrow anyway. 85% of what I experience at church is positive. And I want to increase the love in my home again and have something in common with my husband again.
Today...today I will work out and go to the plasma center and donate.
Have a great day today!
A year of living like college students. Basically like living on nothing.
