Mrs. Beth Rocks

Found this wallpaper on one of my business computers this afternoon. One of my employees, S, made it. It's SO NICE to be appreciated!

Porky Pooper

This has to be one of the most DISGUSTING things I've ever seen - a Porky Pooper candy dispenser. I saw this at Jo Anne's Fabrics today! I would think one would find this maybe at a Spencer's Gifts or Hot Topic, but not at Jo Anne's!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
Miss Piggy

Girl Scouts

There's nothing more impressive than a Girl Scout standing outside of a grocery store, selling cookies, and picking her nose.


Famous Girl Scouts:

Anderson, Melissa Sue - ActressBergen, Candace - ActressCarter, Lynda - ActressChafee, Susy - EntertainerCrow, Sheryl - Singer/SongwriterDanner, Blythe - ActressDee, Sandra - ActressFisher, Carrie - Actress, AuthorHolm, Celeste - ActressLucci, Susan - ActressMerchant, Natalie - Singer, SongwriterNorman, Jessye - Opera SingerReynolds, Debbie - ActressRivera, Chita - ActressStar, Brenda - SingerStewart, Martha - TV Personality; Martha Stewart LivingThomas, Marlo - ActressTiegs, Cheryl - ModelTurner, Kathleen - ActressTyler Moore, Mary - ActressWarwick, Dionne - Singer

Not So Motivated

I haven't done too well on my motivated moms planner. Tuesday night I left the planner at the store, so I couldn't do it. Last night I went and had dinner with my friends R and J at Jason's Deli. By the time I got home it was almost 9:00 p.m. Today is my late day at the store. Oh, well, I guess I'll have to make up for it on Sunday like I did last week. At least the stuff is eventually getting done. Isn't that the point?

Pet peeve of the day: Why do they call them "Red Hats" when the hats they wear are purple?

Motivated Moms

A lot of you ask me how I do it all: run a business, homeschool, and run a home. Having OCD sure doesn't help. Well, lately, I haven't been doing a very good job of either. I have just purchased something that might help me get back on track. It's a yearly cleaning/organizing planner from motivatedmoms.com. It only costs $8, and you download it immediately. I purchased the half-size planner which fits inside my dayrunner. It reminds me to do little things like clean the trash cans and change my kitchen towels. It reminds me to do big things like clean my oven, mop my kitchen, etc. So far it is helping a lot. Thursdays, though, are going to have to be tweaked. There are too many items on the list that day. That is my late day at the store. I don't feel like cleaning my microwave inside and out when I get home at 8:30 p.m.

I have stopped teaching science. I was using Rainbow Science, and it was going fairly well even though I am not a science person. But we hardly ever get to it, so I am just going to make the girls take a science class outside of home for two years. Right now I'm searching for a class that uses Apologia, not easy to find.

Today is the Super Bowl, and we are having cheese dip and multi-grain chips, refried beans, and Spanish rice.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. ~Erma Bombeck

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller's Housekeeping Hints, 1966

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it. ~Author Unknown

I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on. ~Roseanne Barr

Homeless

This week has been full of interesting experiences in town. Our bank was robbed yesterday morning before it opened. Wednesday we had our first homeless person in the store. She was obviously mentally ill, wearing her pajamas, a coat and hat, carrying a crutch and singing to herself. She sat in the store awhile, then asked to use the phone and asked the person on the other end for money for a motel room. When she was refused she put the phone down and started talking to the phone. At closing, she went outside and huddled by our door to escape the cold and rain. My friend talked to her awhile and told her there was a shelter nearby, but the woman replied, "I don't go to shelters. All I need is $53 for a room at the Holiday Inn." I guess she could have hocked that cool Ipod she was listening to or not have bought those cigarettes she was smoking.

Then Thursday a woman came into the store and said someone had bought her a gift certificate for $20, but she had lost it and she wanted us to honor it. She got really bent out of shape when she was told we could not do that. Most of the time we don't even see whom the certificate is given to. She said we should have gift cards and that we had made her already bad day worse. Hate to tell ya , lady, but if you lose your Walmart or Target card, they will not take your word for it and honor it. If Walmart won't do it, I won't.

Pet peeve of the day: I love my subdivision. We have deer, possum, ducks, raccoons, armadillos. We have nice neighbors. But yesterday as I was leaving my subdivision I counted 12 cars coming into it. I waved at each person, but only one out of 12 waved back. What happened to being friendly?

Love thy neighbor as yourself, but choose your neighborhood.
~ Louise Beal