Just don't go

Ya know, I think it would be easier if we just stayed home all the time and sat out in the back yard and listened to the birds and the wind chimes........ahhhh.

But life just isn't so simple.

Going to get an oil change in your car is like going to the dentist. Why is that?

I don't like going to the dentist. First of all , it hurts. Second of all it hurts worse after I go than it did before I went! I go for a routine cleaning and come out with sore gums and an appointment for all the extra work they say I need done.
Well that is how it is with the car.

I go in for a routine oil change and waa-laa, they tell me my rear brakes are in need of replacing.
Now maybe some things I can put off till the last minute but the brakes! ?? I don't think so.
So now I need to figure out when I can go back to sit for an hour or so and get the brakes fixed and in the meantime grow a money tree to pay for this extra expense I didn't plan on.

And to add to this wonderful gifts of life that we are given our refrigerator/freezer has decided to leak water onto the floor. Seems that it thinks it needs to create a frozen lake at the bottom of the freezer which as the water runs down onto this frozen lake it slides over the ice and out the door onto the floor.
As of right now there is a dish towel on the bottom of the freezer which is soaking up the water so that it doesn't flood the floor until the repair man comes to our house tomorrow. Can't wait to see his expression when he see's this frozen towel!
And of course until he shows up I have no idea how much that is going to cost.

They say when it rains it pours..............well I live in sunny California and it's not suppose to rain here!
Not having much luck growing that money tree either!

Wasting Time?

So what does it mean exactly to "waste time" ?

There is never enough time it seems. Yet time has never changed over the years. There is and always has been 24 hours in a day, 7 days a week since I was born ( many years ago ), so why does it seem that the older I get the faster time goes ?

How does one waste time?

I always, ALWAYS, have things I need to do. I'm a list maker. I have a list about 2 miles long of things that I could, should or would do "if I had enough time".

But really, how does a person actually waste time?

Is it really wasting time if you sit and do nothing? Are you really doing nothing?
You breath. You think. ..........gosh, my mind never seems to shut down. If I'm "doing nothing" and sitting still for five minutes my mind is constantly thinking of all the things that I should get up to do!
So how can one do nothing? Is that actually possible?

If I decide to type on this blog am I wasting time because I'm not finishing the laundry or making a grocery list?
If I decide to take a nap ( which is rarely done ) am I wasting time? My body is refreshing itself. My muscles are recuperating from the busy workout with the grand kids. My health is healing itself. So how can lying still and relaxing become "wasting time" ? Shouldn't we allow ourselves to relax once in awhile?

Don't we all just need to give in and give it all up once in a while? Forget about all the hubbub of the day, the stress, the long list of to-do's?
Can I actually do that?

Maybe instead of calling it "wasting time" we should say we are making a choice to accomplish something else. Maybe I should put that on my to-do list. #52 - accomplish something different today.

Accomplishing something..............hummmm, that is a whole different subject. I'll have to wait until I have more "time" to write about that!

Avon

I've begun a new venture. I'm now an Avon Sales Representative!
www.youravon.com/msebastian0230

For quite some time I've tried to think of a way to make a little extra cash while being a wife, grandma, caregiver, homemaker and whatever else I need to be.
Trying to do something that I can do from home and that doesn't require driving around to do home parties or too much "extra" work was a hard thing to find.

I've played with the idea of Avon for a while. I resisted because I am not one to wear much makeup and I'm allergic to most perfumes. I didn't want to try to sell something that I could not use myself.

Well, I did some research. I began looking on the Avon website and noticed that the company has expanded quite a bit since I had last looked! They have everything now! Not only makeup and perfume but great skin care products, body care products, jewelry, clothes, shoes, purses, watches, and more!
Then I also noticed that they support raising funds for breast cancer research, domestic violence, and women who need support. They are very strong in helping women to be strong!

So I took a leap of faith and I contacted the local representative. She came to my home and I signed up!

Now here's the real news! I barely had time to look at my start up kit and had my first orders! I have been very blessed to have great friends and family that have helped me get started in my new business.
I am amazed at how easy it is to sell! Women everywhere know and love Avon! I give my website, catalog or business card to a person I know and the next thing I know I have people I don't know ordering from me!

I am now on my third campaign. There is a new campaign every two weeks so I've been a representative for one month.
I want to have orders each and every campaign. That is my goal. When the new one started today I begin to wonder who I can approach for an order. What should I do now!
Then I'm blessed with a phone call this morning from a friend that I had left my catalog with. She's a hairdresser and one of her customers wants to order $50 worth of products!

I'm now using the skin care products and a little bit of makeup and loving the way it makes me feel!

So if your looking for great products to use for yourself or as a gift........everything and anything from deodorant to jewelry check out my website! Or if your looking for a part time job with a great company contact me!
www.youravon.com/msebastian0230

Quakes, Avon, kids and weather.............seems I just haven't had any time to sit and write much lately.
I haven't been looking at recipes either to use for my recipe blog. Been just throwing things in the pan and when it's done we eat!

We've had SEVERAL earthquakes starting with the big 7.2 on Easter Sunday. Still having them as of today. So far our home has held up well and we are all in one piece. Feel bad for those who live further south and getting the worst of it though.

I signed up as an Avon representative. I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment because I haven't had the time to get a feeling of organization yet. I am going to try to spend the next two days doing some filing and organizing. I plan to put an ad in the local newsletter that goes around this mobile home park on the first of May and want to be ready in case it gets some attention!
I am pleased though that I'm in the second campaign already and even though I've felt very unorganized somehow have managed to get over $100 in orders each time!
I inherited this beautiful old roll top desk from my mother-in-law and using it for my office space in a little corner of my front room. I can even close my office by rolling it down!

With school in spring break the last two weeks I've been extra busy with both boys here most of the days. Took them to the zoo this week and kept busy figuring out things for them to do all day.

Weather has been just weird. Rain, sun, wind, it changes every few days. Which is making my sinuses and my arthritis do a dance that I don't like!

Baseball season has started. Jim is going back to work as an usher beginning on Monday.

SO, with school starting , Jim working, some time to get Avon organized.......maybe the quakes will quiet down and all will be at peace again!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Lost or Found?

So what would you do if you were walking through a parking lot with no one else around and there on the ground in front of you is a folded up $20 bill? -

You know it's not yours. It did not fall out of your pocket or purse. There is no one walking in front of you that dropped it. There is no one within close enough range to yell to and ask if they just dropped it. In fact there is no one around at all. -

Do you feel lucky that you found it? -
Do you feel guilty that you are standing there with money that belongs to someone else?

Today is full of tough times. People need that extra $20 to buy milk & lunch meat for the week or to put gas in their car to get to work. -
Yet as you stand there with this now unfolded money you look around you as you spin around in circles to see if there is anyone in close range that may have dropped it......and there is no one. -

What do you do? What do you think? What do you do? Does it depend on the situation of the day? Does it depend on the location? How does one go about finding the rightful owner? -

Realistically if you take that money to lost & found what do you think will happen to it? Is there a lost and found bucket full of lost bills of numerous denominations that hasn't been claimed yet? Or is there a person who works at the lost & found who is now approaching the status of millionaire with all the lost and found money that has been given to them? Would a person walk up to a lost and found and simply ask "hey, has anyone turned in a twenty dollar bill today?". Do you get on the loud speaker and announce that you found money in the parking lot and see if anyone comes to claim it?

Well, I don't know what you would do but in a parking lot full of vehicles and absolutely no one around to claim or ask it was decided that it was a nice day to go out to lunch. :)
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Spent my day today on the couch with plenty to drink, the TV remote, a book to read and a supply of Kleenex.
The head cold bug seems to have bitten me. Since I had a day with no plans made it was the perfect opportunity to rest and recover.

Hopefully no one else will be sick and I will be over the worst of it by tomorrow morning.