one more

I have to work one more night then I have the weekend off. fabulous. I really love my job but it is more then a little stressful sometimes. We went curbing last night and only found one good thing :( there wasn't much to pick from unfortunately. But the one thing I did find is a pretty cool old cabinet so we will see what I can do with it. It is also just the beginning of spring clean up season so hopefully we will find many more treasures as the weeks go on. Layla and I went to the DAV today. We spent a grand total of 31$ on: 4 pairs of shorts, 8 shirts and 2 jeans for Mikey, 2 jeans(gymboree and zana di!!) and a pair of Nike shox for Layla, 3 picture frames(one is really neat and has key hooks on it, I'm excited to paint it and use it as the "hole it the wall cover", & yes there's a hole in my wall that I cover) and a 500 piece puzzle. I wonder if all the pieces are in the puzzle... I absolutely LOVE thrift stores!!! and there are so many around here that I have NO trouble what so ever finding good quality stuff at an AMAZING price. I also found a couch set that I really really want but I don't have the 400$ they are asking for it :(. oh well. my couch works just fine. And a pair of jeans but they didn't fit me ah....hhh....hhhh.... I was going to go garage sailing tomorrow but it is unfortunately supposed to rain and that doesn't sound like fun to me. not at all. I want to get some good garage sailing in soon. 
Update on surveys: thats a no go capitan. I havent earned enough from them to even be able to cash out yet(you have to earn 20$) I dont qualify for anything! oh emm gee! I'm going to find a different site hopefully that has some better ones that I CAN qualify for. The best one that I have been doing is inbox dollars, only because you earn $$ for reading emials and playing games but it's only 2 cents for each email....

running circles

Mindless. Today I have no thoughts I guess. I'm tired. I need to go grocery shopping. I have no money to do that so it will wait. We have enough food that we will be able to eat for the rest of the week so I'm not so worried about it. Gremble is insane. He has decided that my backpack is the ememy and is stalking and attacking it. weirdo. I have earned about $8 on each of my survey things. They take a long time to do for only a dollar or 2 so Idk how worth it it really is. I decided what kind of car I might want to get though. Its a Kia Sorento. Costs about 22,000. so every penny that I can save is good. Especially since I have to pay cash. A loan isnt really an option. It will be nice to pay for something like that outright though. I guess for now I'll keep up with the surveys. Layla helped me do an advertising one yesterday. It was kinda cute. We watched a trailer for Rio. now she wants to see it. I really dont see how it should take 30 minutes of questioning about Brawny paper towels before they understand if their ad works well though.

I want this, but blue, I couldn't find a pic of that.

Andrea did well in her race. She finished!! Way to go Andrea. Layla and I made a shirt that said GO ANDREA on it. Layla was sooooo proud. She wanted to run too. I am pretty proud too

Before the Race.

"I'm a runner"

Almost done!!!

You did it!!!

up in smoke

Saturday April 2nd, 2011. Right? I'm not off a day or something am I? I'm known to do that sometimes. So, yesterday I spent about 5 hours looking for and through survey websites seeing what actually pays money and what is crap. I found 2 that look promising. inboxdollars.com and Only Cash Surveys . I'm interested to see if these work out. I'll keep you updated, but it might be a few weeks before anything comes from it. keeping my fingers crossed.
So. Today is the day, I have decided, that I am going to quit smoking. I should have done it a long time ago. but i lack commitment occasionally. So, today is my last day of being a smoker. Wish me luck. I'll let you know how that goes too :).
My SIL, Andrea's first race is today. The 2011 AIDS 5k run. Layla and I are going to go cheer her on. Hope she does well!! (hope I get some sleep afterwards)
I made my first bow. It didnt actually turn out like it was supposed to but it is cute none the less. I tried really hard on it and I think my adorably loving 4 year old will appreciate it anyway.

sorry, my phone takes terrible pictures.



I need some good set in stone kinda goals. Something written down and outlined so that I can get them done. hmmmmm....... gonna have to think on that for a few days. Well, at least a few hours. Anyone have ideas for me? I think I have given up on the 'write a book' idea. I am still working on the hats and bows and still have a couple weeks to meet those goals. (make an owl hat and some pretty boys for Layla) I need to think of something new now.