Step by Step

Ever since I started working in retail I often wondered how much I walk in a day the other day while in the store buying trouser socks (as if I don't have a thousand pair at home already) I saw what looked like a decent pedometer for a decent price so being the impulse shopper that I am, I picked it up. "They" say you should strive for 10,000 footsteps a day and I am proud to say I did it today!!! To be honest I wasn't really paying attention during the day then when I went to take my work clothes off and put on my PJs the damn thing fell off my belt, and wouldn't you know I did 10543, that breaks down to over 4.5 miles, kind of impressive considering most of it was done in heels. Gotta love Easy Spirit!

Tomorrow I leave for convention, (my birthday present to myself) I am really looking forward to it, it will be nice to finally meet my roommate, we have been communicating via email for months now. Stampin'UP! has already made some pretty amazing announcements, I can't wait to hear what they are going to announce at convention especially since this is the 20th Anniversary year. Looking forward to getting my hands on the new catalog (if you want one just email me with your address and I will be happy to send you one.) Basically what I am trying to say is I have heard so much abaout convention, I can't wait to experience it for myself.

And time keeps on ticking....

I leave for Utah 7:00pm on Tuesday and in true Kelly fashion, my swaps for convention are not done yet!

I did however make major progress today. My POTD today is 165 swaps that are about 90% done. All I need to do is punch the holes in the center of the flower and attach the flower to the card. I am feeling pretty good. My goal was to have them done before I went to bed on Monday and I am beginning to think that is a possibility! I am pretty impressed, I thought for sure I would end up drastically reducing the number of cards I made but so far I have only lowered it by less than 30. You never know I might end up making those 30 after all, I guess we shall see what tomorrow brings.

And it didn't even fill it up.......

Since I did such a great job ranting and raving about my dumb car the other day I thought I would continue the theme today with my POTD

My sister called me today and says "Oh my God, I am so excited" so of course I asked her why and she said "I am sitting at the Shell station paying $3.75 a gallon."

How pathetic is that? We no celebrate when we get gas that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. What on earth is this world coming do?

A day late and a picture short

Kimmie and I are doing a Picture of the Day; however, as the title indicates I am a day late and a picture short. We started it yesterday and I am just now posting my pic from yesterday.

It is always nice to come home from vacation, you get to sleep in your own bed, get back on a routine, etc. More importantly, I got to see my husband- we are used to being apart for several days at once since D travels all the time for work, usually I am the one at home waiting for him to return. When he first started traveling, I would try to have suprises for him when he got home, nothing big but suprises none the less. When I got home I found quite a suprise....... This was hanging in my bedroom. Apparently D's father got it for us as a wedding gift (yes we have been married for over a year- that is a story for a different post) I really didn't understand all the hype about flat screens or high def tv that is until I got one. The picture clarity is amazing- I can't wait for football season to start it is going to be amazing watching it in High Def!!

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Picture of the Day for Thursday
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I am really not a car person, as a matter of fact I would drive almost anything to work as long as it had 4 tires and a steering wheel. I take decent care of my car, doing all the necessary maintenance, changing the oil, rotating the tires, and all the other junk that I have no idea about but know it needs to be done. The keyless entry on my car had been acting up, so D and I replaced the battery (a simple fix under $5) the new battery did nothing for the remote so after 3 days of quickly unlocking the door and hopping in to start it to turn the alarm off I finally went to the car dealer to see what they could do for me. I will tell you what they did...... they raped me, no foreplay, no ky, no nothing, just straight up screwing!!! Not only did I have to pay $85for the new remote, I had to pay $41 for them to program it, did I have a choice, what good is a nonprogrammed remote? What are my other options, not locking my car? I don't think so, not where I work. Oh well, at least it made of a good story and a half way decent picture!!