Working Working working

Sort of. I am working, I am actually very busy, if it didn't look like rain was eminent I would be planting in the garden. However, its kind of cloudy today so, maybe I will let the rains come and then go outside. I also have to CLEAN! Our new house is all hard wood floors and its amazing how much stuff and crud just fills takes over the floors. So a good vacuuming and mop is in order. Dusting, all the window sills and blinds. OK, who I am kidding, this cleaning will not take place all in one day. Probably over the course of the week, since I also have to look for a job! I'm broke and need some source of at least part time income to pay off my credit cards and student loans., because lets be realistic, it may take awhile before I can make any money on my business Although working from home would be awesome. I could work while I sit in my jammies. Like I am now. But we shall see.

As for my business, I need to work on my business plan. I have some market research that I need to incorporate and I need to go to the SBA this week, today or tomorrow and get help on it an see if I can get some grants and get my business going. I am also supposed to have my logo sometime this week and need to work on getting the website up and running. I need to make a checklist of everything I need to get done before I can even think about opening. Wow, I can hardly breath there is so much. But it is so exciting! This could actually work.

Wish my luck and stay tuned.

Accomplishment

So I am really proud of myself. All the stuff I that I said I was going to do yesterday, I got done. I even found that research I was looking for and plan on reading it today.

I really didn't get to explore the town much or even take my walk around the neighborhood but I did go to Wal-Mart. Man people are so nice here, and it genuine nice, not that annoying nice that puts me in a bad mood. When the gal at the check out asked me if I found everything alright, I actually replied back with a more than a yes. I told her, I got a little lost because I really haven't shopped at Wal-Mart a whole lot in the past. I told her I just moved here from Vegas an mostly went to Target. She said she had never been to a Target! OMG! I was about to take her on a road trip. She doesn't know what she is missing. Target is my favorite place in the whole world. If I could remake my favorite movie I would call it "Breakfast at Target" because nothing bad could ever happen to you in a place like Target. But anyway, the gal at Wal-Mart was really nice and the Wal-Mart here is really clean, which makes me actually want to shop there. I think I spent a little too much money. I got caught up in the fact that everything was so cheap.

Today, more unpacking and cleaning and getting ready for tomorrow. IKEA!!!!!!!!! I love IKEA! So excited, we are getting storage stuff and probably some little furniture stuff. YAY! IKEA!!!!

And Sunday, I want to go to Lowe's and get some lawn and garden stuff, because we have this big beautiful front yard and it is covered in weeds, crab grass and clover. With a few dandelions pointing through. So I want to fix that. I want some roses and peonies and a vegetable and herb garden.

Wish me luck, my thumb is a little more black than it is green, but hopefully with the right advise I will be OK and get a green thumb.

I will keep you posted and hopefully post some pictures.

Busy setting up my new life

I am so busy, I don't know why. Well, I know why, and the weired thing is that while I am busy and have TONS to do. I have plenty of time. So why do I feel overwhelmed? Probably because I feel like I need to get it all done at once and I want to do it all at once.

I want to work on my business, I need to set up all the licensing and legal stuff. I need to research. I need to find all my research materials that are still packed up.

I want to finish putting contact paper in the cabinets and finish unpacking.

I want to explore the town a little more.

I want to go Wal-Mart and pick up some groceries.

Ok, it doesn't really seem like that much and if I just sat and breathed I could get it all done. So here is the schedule. Work on the business for about another hour. Take a shower and go to Wal-Mart. Come home and finish up the cabinets and unpack for a bit. And then maybe read and relax. I will explore the town tomorrow or next week. Mostly because I have a feeling that after I am done unpacking I will be to tired and stinky to go anywhere. Maybe I will go for a walk around the neighborhood this afternoon though.

I just feel busier than I actually am, but like I say, I really don't know why. I have plenty of time. Maybe I should lay off the coffee and get to work.

My Blog is a mess

So here a I am, back at blogging and my blog is a mess! I re-did layout and background but there are these silly little things on my blog that I don't know how to get off. You know what I'm talking about, that cutest blog logo and the photobucket thing. I don't use the cutest blog anymore and I have no idea how the photobucket got on there.

If you know how I can get these off, can you please let me know.

Thanks. :)

In other news, the moving and packing is going great. I'm about 98% done and waiting to pick my husband up from the airport. Tomorrow we are getting the U-Haul and loading it, getting rid of the couches and furniture we don't need and then bright and early Friday morning, OKLAHOMA bound! Still my only worry about this trip is how the cats will do. I hope the Benedryl works well enough that they fall asleep and I can get Suki in the car. Sammy won't be a problem getting in the car but he will cry. He doesn't like car rides and this is a long one.

The house right now isn't even that messy, its a little messy but it will get clean and there really isn't a whole lot to do.

Ok, time to go pick Bob up. Talk to you all soon.

Long Sabatical and Now I Am Back

Ok, it has been awhile, I admit. But I have had a lot going on and have just decided to wait in the wings. So here I am. Big announcement. I am moving! And starting a business.

More on the business later, I am overwhelmed with this whole moving thing. You never know how much stuff you have until you have to pack it up and move it.

I can safely say I am about 90 to 95% percent packed. I am going to pack the rest of my kitchen today and my closet. So after today, I can no longer cook in my kitchen and I will have 2 outfits. Plus Cleaning. I need to clean, even though my property manager is bringing in a professional crew after I leave, I guess I am kind of that person that cleans before the cleaning lady comes. Plus, my microwave is a mess. Something exploded in there and I'm not sure what. I guess its time to get out the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I love those things!

With all this packing, we are not moving everything. I have 2 couches I need to get rid of. My cats have used them as scratching posts and they are destroyed. Well, if you are into re-apholstering, they would be great, other than that..... I know of a big Goodwill warehouse by my house but I need to get some help getting them there. A pick-up and a strong guy or 2 would be perfect.

And of course, not to put to much pressure on me, but I really need to get this stuff done by tomorrow. Which I'm pretty confident it will happen. Without any missed sleep or missed TV time this evening.

Ok, yes, with moving to Oklahoma, I am beginning a new life, a new job, being with my husband and yes, I am very much looking forward to it. I will find a job, but I am also starting my business, finally. I don't want to reveal to much, but there will be a blog devoted to just that, as well as a twitter and facebook page. I am getting a logo and when I get to OK, I will go to the local SBA office and get some help financing and starting it. Yes, I am very excited!

It's Been Awhile

It has been awhile, sorry to all my loyal readers. But I have been so busy working on something BIG, really BIG that I will let you all in on as soon as the time is right. In the meantime, in an effort to keep my blog current, here is what I have been up to. In February, my husband left Las Vegas for Gulfport, MS with the Navy. He is a construction manager working on Navy bases in Europe and Africa. I am currently sitting on his couch in the GPT on my 3rd visit down here. I came down for the 4th of July holiday weekend and am loving it. I love this place, He lives across the street from the beach and I love just sitting on his patio staring at the water. (pictures to come soon).

I love the small town feel of this place and how green it is. Everyone is so friendly and I love how this is a beach town but its not all pretentious, expensive and crowded.

On previous trips here my husband and I have mostly enjoyed just sitting on the couch and watching movies and tv. Me usually reading or knitting. Other times, Bob and I, huge fans of the TV show's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" and "Man Vs. Food" like to scope out the area places featured on those shows. Some excellent ones in the GPT are the Blow Fly Inn in Gulfport and Darwell's in Long Beach. So good, excellent hush puppies and tri-tip respectfully. Another joint Bob took me to just the other night was Tarantino's in Woolmarket. Just a hole in the wall dive that Guy Fierei or Adam Richmond have yet to discover but their fried pickles, buffalo shrimp and Po-Boys are out of this world. I recommend anyone take the treck out there. Ok, I must be hungry because I am going on and on about food. I'm also crazy about the Waffle House and Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

Twice when I have been down here, Bob and I have made the 90 mile trek to New Orleans, a place Bob says he can only take in small doses. I like it. Its fun and I have yet to see it all. On our last trip down there, just this Saturday, I tricked Bob and lead him to a yarn store. The Quarter Stitch on Chartes St. in the French Quarter, right next to Jefferson Square. Such a neat little store. Yarn, yarn and more yarn. I got my fix, Bob just laughed at my trickery. We also hit up our little artists co-op. A little store by the French Market by the river. Every city my husband and I go to we have to buy art. On this trip, we bought a photo of a street car. And of course, no trip to NO would be complete without my totally tacky tourist move of imbibing in a Hurricane. I totally had to have one. Plus it was so hot, a nice icy cold beverage was just the ticket. Until the half bottle of rum in the drink hit. Wow! Dem' hurricanes are good. I'm such a light weight, I drank half and slept on the way home.

In other news, I must say, I had my best 4th of July last night, Bob and I walked down to the beach in Gulfport and watched the fireworks, both those put on by the casino down the beach and two very close firework shows put on by locals who picked up some very good fireworks and were setting them off about 20 feet from us. A great show, great weather and wonderful company.

I will try to keep writing so stay tuned.

Withdrawls

I'm going through withdrawals. My Blackberry says "JVM Error 102" So now I need to download the Blackberry software on my ROOMMATES computer, because my operating system is too out of date for my brand new Blackberry. So here I am, with my How to fix your Blackberry instructions on my computer and the software and my computer hooked up Joe's computer and a glass of wine in between. Now the software says, " Connecting to device (This task might take up to 30 minutes to complete). It's 8:40.....I don't even know what I am doing, am I actually fixing my phone or downloading more crap onto it, WTF? What happened to hitting the reset button or taking the battery out and putting it back in. Now I have to de-frag my phone?!? Because there is a .cop error. Grrr. Why do phones had dot anything errors?