Another January Gone...

And so the year continues!!!

January was not too horrible this year. I had a great work month and got plenty done in the department of organization.

My office was a complete disaster area. I mean massively destroyed. On my last vacation day my good friend, Miss M, came over and helped me tackle my office. See, when I clean I am an ADHD cleaner. I cannot focus on one area at a time. It is not good. It drives my husband absolutely crazy. Thank goodness for Miss M's pregnancy becasue that whole nesting thing has come into play and she attacked the office with some serious gusto. After several hours my office was spotless. Except for my desk and that is a battle that I do not want to take on. Mind you, I have made a massive dent in it but it is not worth completely cleaning off as it will get cluttered again.

Then we have decided to have B's birthday party here and in the basement. Mind you, the basement is a disaster at times. But we are having a R/C car party for him so we needed to organize and organize now. I took almost all of a Saturday to attack parts of the basement that I have not touched since our move back from Texas. Three totes, two full garbage bags and one exhausted me and I had made a dent. We still have to clean my scrapbooking area but that is a challenge all on its own!

The rest of January has been a work struggle. My first week back I had a killer week then it started to taper off. I hate being slow and this is my slow season. It sucks. I did manage to pull second place on my team and on top of that had one more policy than a very well known agent here in Columbus. BONUS!!!

I took a good portion of the work month to learn about annuities. I have said for a year and a half that I have got to find a way to learn and understand annuities. See, with the recent market crashes most people want to make sure that their money is safe. What is safer than a guaranteed 3% gain? I do not know of any. Plus with so many people losing their jobs I wanted to find a better way to help. So my manager has asked me to present on annuities. I am actually excited about this as it has forced me to learn something that I have wanted to fully understand for a while.

So now I am looking forward to February. Hopefully businss will pick back up. Hopefully there will be new jobs available to those who need them and hopefully all starts to get better with the economy.

"I Was Possessed By Jillian Michaels!"

This perhaps had to be the BEST line from reality TV last night!

If you are not aware, one of my guilty pleasures is reality TV. I deal with enough during the week with work and stress that this is one of my stress relievers. I am a competitor at heart and love to watch the competition aspect of it. But I will admit that I love to see what struggles others have to go through in life. Not bad, necessarily but their struggles.

Last night The Biggest Loser and American Idol were on. We DVR'd both of them. We watched The Biggest Loser first. This is my weekly tear jerker as I am inspired by those who do not want to give up and those that want to change their lives for the better. This season half of the duo's were sent home to do it alone for 30 days. Their other half on the ranch have to work harder for the opportunity to bring their partner back in 30 days.

I was extremely aggravated with one of the people there. She is a member of the silver team. When they had to vote the week before I felt that the other woman would have been better to have stayed there. They are best friends and this is a test of their friendship. The silver team woman was giving every excuse in the book and was a pain in the butt. She even drove Bob Harper to the breaking point. Calm, even toned Bob. Poor guy. He dropped more F-bombs than I have ever heard in my life from him! Even Jillian was amazed. While it was hilarious to see his reactions and Jillian's facial expressions I felt bad for him. He is not paid to deal with this. The contestants know that when you go on the show you will be put through the wringer. Shut up and take it. Unfortunately she did not go home. She should have in my opinion. Stupid yellow line.

Did I peak your curiousity? Watch the show for more inspiration and insight then!

American Idol was about the same. But I was in a nit picky mood last night and was extremely disturbed by many things on the show. Call it crazy and judgemental but boy oh boy was it driving me nuts.

First of all, had anyone in the first audition rounds hear of a dentist? Since it is a singing competition you are exposed to the teeth. I am figuring that if you are trying to be on TV, WHITEN YOUR TEETH! There was a lot of yellow going on with the contestants teeth. Also there were a lot of fangs. Two great pointy sharp teeth in the mouth. I have never seen that many fangs in my life. And my husband is obsessed with vampires so you would think that I have seen more. Drove me crazy.

Also, there was a lot of attitude last night. Especially from American Idol Barbie. Little miss thing decided to come into her audition in an Ed Hardy bikini and was a little sass from the very start. One thing I have learned from competition is to NEVER get on the bad side of a judge. It can hurt you in the long run. She was pulling massive attitude with Cara, the new gorgeous judge on panel, and that was just absolutely unacceptable. She got through to the Hollywood round however I do not believe it was on voice, it was on bod. Yes, I have done my share of modeling and being in swimsuit for competition but come on. That was ridiculous. I am positive she will get smacked down in the Hollywood round and I am looking very forward to that.

Now I am back off to work. I am looking at a good appointment today and for January I will take it. I will take anything that will be good. January is always slow and even though I had a great week last week that will not save me this week. Later....

Cleaning Up For The New Year

Ok. This was not a resolution but this is what it looks like it turned out to be. A cleaning spree.

I am actually taking a quick break now from organizing my scrapbook area to write this. It is a challenge as paper and embellishments take over very quickly. I am also getting myself ready for a scrapbooking retreat I am going to in February. I have decided for this year that I am going to do a few scrapbooks about me. I am usually doing a bunch of scrapbooking for everyone else but seem to forget myself in the equation. I am going to finally scrapbook my college years and a continuous scrapbook of me and my friends. I have so many people in my life that I care for and I know care about me and now I am going to commit it to my scrapbook. This way if anything should ever happen to me, my friends will always know what I had thought of them and how they influenced my life.

Yesterday was a massive cleaning of my office. This was a project that was 2 years overdue. With the help of my friend, Miss M, we tackled the office and came out somewhat victorious. See, I am not a good cleaner. I am way too ADHD for it. I get sidetracked quickly and need to refocus. We now have seen that yes, there is a floor in my office. There is desk space and there are filing cabinets under a mountain of paperwork. Her exchange with me for doing this. I now need to go and help her clean in her house. Not hard since her house is always spotless. I am so thankful to have her as a friend. She is awesome.

Now back to my scrapbook area. This is going to be a challenge. But I do think that I see a table. Progress!!!