What a gift!

Tom told me yesterday that I can go to the Women's retreat for our church next month. I'm so excited! That was a prayer request of mine, but I didn't know how or if it would be do-able. God is so good!

Not me!!!

You Are 45% Addicted to the Internet

You're somewhat addicted to the internet - but who isn't? You can keep it under check, and you're by no means a hermit.

Are You Addicted to the Internet?

I'm still alive...

I guess. I haven't written anything lately because as of the end of January, my life (as I knew it) took a wild spin into a different direction. Most people who know me, know that my hubby Tom has quite a few medical problems. Well, it's finally happened. No he didn't die! :) But he can't work anymore. He has even started all the stuff to get on Social Security disability. Now it's just a long 120 day wait until we hear from them.

He's become Mr. Mom & is doing an AWESOME job of it. He doesn't cook, but can that man clean! I knew I could maybe get used to it when I opened the microwave and it was spotless inside! The grin on his face was enough to for me to know that he appreciated that I noticed!

Well, this blog thing is going to be sporadic I see. I'm off to tuck kiddos in bed. Ciao!

Things I'm thankful for...

1. I only have 2 more finals - I'm so glad! Ok, so I also have a "practice board exam" too, oh well.
2. I'm excited that it's Thursday - the weekend is almost here.
3. Blaine & Sharolyn each get to have a friend over tomorrow night. This equals them cleaning up the second floor - Hallelujah!
4. I got to hold my great-nephew for an hour this afternoon.
5. I finished Sharon's knitted purse.

and finally...

I'm thankful that a day has only 24 hours!

I hate finals.

I really hate finals. Though I am over halfway done. I took my Real Estate Law final on Saturday morning - flunked it with a 66%. So I thought I'd go over it again - backwards this time, "correcting" wrong answers as I go. Yeah right. This time I got a 61%. Back to the books I go. After staying up until 12:45 am studying I decided to go to bed. On Sunday, I did the test over & got a 88%. Tom was proud of me, but my thoughts are, "Good grief! I spent 3 HOURS studying & all I got was 88%????" I think I can be too hard on myself. Spent about 30 minutes reviewing Module 5 tonight in Blaine's room while he was trying to go to sleep. Apparently, he "heard a scream" and would NOT stay in his room alone. Whatever. He came up with quite a few unique reasons for not wanting to go to bed last night. :)

WOO HOO!

I have completed all of my Real Estate quizzes and have taken ONE of my finals! I passed it with an 85%!!! Yippee!!! Now to go pay bills...

7 tests down, two to go...

I don't believe it. I have taken 7 of my Real Estate quizzes today. I have only 2 quizzes left, then I have to take the finals for each of the 7 Modules. I aced the math test! (Well, I only missed 2, I'd call that ace-ing it!) I'm tired. The kids didn't have school today - the roads were so icy this morning that going to work would have been treacherous, so we had to stay home. I think I made good use of my time. :)

Last night I had an interview at Keller Williams Realty. I think I'm probably going to go with them. I really like what they have to offer, and who can complain about a 70/30 commission split? That's 70% to me and 30% to the KW company, up to 21K or 23K in a year, then I will get 100% of my commissions. I'm unaware of any other companies offering this. I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to get my license before February, but I think I might be able to! Well, here goes everything!

I think I'm going to quit studying for the night...

To blog or not to blog...

That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to get housework done, or update this, I do not know.

I had a scrapbooking workshop last night. There were 8 scrappers there. Unfortunately, the heat had not been turned on before we came & it was freezing!!! I got to discover how to run a boiler - a talent not everyone has I must say.

A question: When Patonstm makes a kind of yarn, such as Mosaictm, why don't they put patterns of things to make with it on their website?

My job: It seems to be morphing (not to be confused with morphine!) into more of a bookkeeping position. I never thought I'd have "fun" working with accounts and stuff, but this is really enjoyable! I guess it's a good thing to like your job.

Well, I guess I'd better get the housework done. Unfortunately, it won't do it by itself...

Post number one!

You may wonder (I doubt it) what my Blog name means. Well, my two favorite pastimes are scrapbooking & knitting so it just evolved.

I mainly am creating a blog so that I have a way to keep track of all the knitting projects I do this year. Once I can figure out how to post pictures (and when I have the time - thank goodness for snow days!) I'll update this.

Until then, keep those needles stitchin