July 4th

So the great July 4th is upon us. The day the United States Of America became the United States of America. What do you think of when someone says America? Democracy? Freedom? The statue of liberty? Patriotism? All that good junk?

I love this country as much as the next guy but to act like we're perfect is a down right joke. Democracy is a big one. Yeah we have such a great democracy as we step on every other country and bully anyone who wants to be "different" then us. Look at the middle east for an example. If you go there you wont see a bunch of terrorists you will see people just like you and I who want a better life, their kids to be educated, a good job and a safe home. But We look at every person with a turban as a damn terrorist.

Freedom? Oh yeah so damn free. Our government controls each and every one of us like little pawns on a chess board. They make the laws and we have to follow them. Isn't that the same as someone who lives in a communist country? The "ruler" makes the laws and they follow them. And what happens if we break a law? We are punished to the fullest extent of the "law". So tell me again how our country is free?

The Statue of Liberty? Well lets see here, have you ever gone to New York? They are the rudest people on the planet and would rather spit at you then say hi. Not to mention The Statue wasn't even made by Americans it's freaking French! What a symbol of America.

Patriotism? Yeah now that is a funny one! Can you tell me one thing you have done today to help your country? How about one thing you did to help a fellow American? Yeah I thought so. The old saying help thy neighbor has gone out the window, we are a bunch of self absorbed blobs. You probably don't even know who your own Senator, Governor, or Mayor is lol. This word became popular after the 9-11 attacks when the country was act as a country instead of being so self absorbed that you wouldn't notice if your own neighbor of 20 years moved. But now we have gone right back to the land of over indulgent, slobby, inconsiderate, mean people.

Now don't get me wrong here I love my country I was born and raised here and I am raising my family here. But we are so damn self absorbed that we look past the bad in ourselves and point fingers at everyone else. We're the land of the Christian philosophy you can do bad as long as you apologize to God your a good person. You don't have to apologize to the person you wronged just to God and your good. And man have we taken that phrase to heart! It's okay for us to blow up countries but if they do it to us they are DEVILS! Why is that? Have we lost our way somewhere along the line as a whole? Why are we great but others are horrible? Unless they are on our side that is.

I look at my country as a whole. What I see is a messed up bunch of people trying desperately to hold onto the notion that they are the good ones and others are bad. I don't like this way of thinking and sadly it doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon. I want my son to grow up and not look at someone from another country as a foreigner but as a person. We're all from one planet why do we have to segregate ourselves so much? In this world everyone is good and bad but we should come together as one and not only when we are against another but always. We need to hold onto core values and stop acting like our shit doesn't stink because it does. If we do wrong apologize to who we hurt not to "God". Let's come together as one country, one world and stop hating others because they aren't from here, or have different beliefs.

Let's celebrate being alive and able to change and let's really try to accept others into our country separated by invisible lines on this holiday. Be safe and remember that what this country really was founded on was change . Let's implement some of that on ourselves. 

Lex is back in school

It's been awhile since my last post and a lot has happened since then. Bills are still killing me and with the new big expense I'm in the hole at this point. I haven't been very busy and when I am it still broke. It makes no damn sense. Brian is still saving for his gun and has been trying to get a job in security while he is in school for Criminal Justice. So his very little income is not helping out with the bills since it's being saved for his stuff.

Alexie went back to school today. He was NOT happy about that. He has bitched about it for the last week. This morning he got up pretty good for the time he fell asleep last night. He told me that his day went well and he had some fun. He found out he will be going on a field trip to see the arctic exhibit at the Galleria soon. They also got their pictures in and his came out very good. Doesn't he look so cute!

We went to the movies last night to see Toy Story 3 at the South Point in 3D. It was really good it kept our attention and at points it was so sad but then very funny. I would recommend it. But my head started badly hurting by the end from the glasses and it gave me a huge migraine. But all in all it was a good time.

College

Brian is making more and more progress everyday, I'm very pleased to announce he is now a registered college student with CSN. Brian, Alexie and I went down to the college this afternoon and spoke with the registrar and got him all signed up. We then spoke with the academic counselor and added his classes. This semester he is taking, Criminal Justice 101 & 102, Music Appreciation and Mathematics 101. Only 3 days a week. He still needs to take his placement exams which we will be studying for through the week. I already printed out practically a book on general math with practice questions. Tomorrow we are hitting up the library to grab some books for him to cram with on algebra. That algebra is a mystery to him and I both.

We also were able to speak with the financial aid lady today, she gave us information on the different options we have. At this point we have filled out a FAFSA application and he was approved for a full payment. He is also eligible for a Pell Grant up too $5,500. The lady told us he will have to check back in 4 weeks when his full financial report will be done to apply for the grant or any other type of loan.

I really am just so proud of my husband, he has been working hard to achieve a goal and that is new for him. He has never been a self starter and has never known what he wants to do. But that has totally changed and he is putting in the work to achieve a goal. GO BRIAN!!!! You can do it!!!

A day to remember

Yesterday was so much fun! We went to the children museum for the afternoon and ran around playing with everything! Lex had a blast with the science stuff and the tech stuff. I snapped a bunch of pictures of us too. The one above was of all of us in front of the silicone tubes. You can make bubbles in it and then race it to the top of the stairs it was a blast!

^This one is of Bry and Lex on the green screen. This is me and Lex hiding in the cave ->


After the museum we bought a volcano kit and did the cast of it and painted it. Lex had a blast because it was his 1st volcano. We ended up making it explode tonight. But we put a twist on it and made it sparkle! here is the picture.

How cool is that huh?!?

We then went swimming at the pool. I didn't swim much because the water was really cold and I just couldn't get use to it but the boys had fun chasing each other around tagging each other.

Today Brian had his concealed weapons test which was for 8 hours, 9 with lunch. He PASSED with flying colors!!! I am so proud of him!!! Tomorrow we are going to be going to the college to get him registered for classes. I took him out for a celebratory dinner tonight. We 1st went to the buffet at GVR casino but man it was 21.00 per person even kids! I thought buffets were suppose to be cheaper then a restaurant? So we left and decided to go to The Macaroni Grill. We had a great time and the server was awesome. The last time we went our server sucked and the food was screwed up but this time was totally different.

All in all a great time!!!

So proud

Wow business is so slooooow right now! Seriously people go out of town and call ME!! I'm starting to seriously worry about my finances since next month I have to take on another 980$ each month bill. I don't know how I'm gonna do it man. It's gonna be rough with the car and all the other bills I just don't know how I'm gonna do it.

But on that note I do have some awesome news!!! My hubby enrolled in college and got a full FAFSA grant!!! I'm so proud of him it's unreal! He's going for criminal justice, he wants to be a U.S. Marshal. Tomorrow he is doing training to get his Concealed Weapons Permit. After that is done we will be registering him for classes and then getting him his equipment. I really am so proud of him and I hope and pray he sees this threw and does a good job. I want him to have a career and not just a "job" that is dispensable.

Lex's tutoring is coming along well. He took the day off today but still read for a half hour. I'm trying to get his reading, writing and math grades up and get him threw 1st grade on to 2nd. I have found a bountiful of information, free worksheets, and so much more on the internet. I really am hoping the work we're putting in shows in his grades when he goes back to school.

Wish me luck I'm going to need it!!!! 

Buried alive in paperwork

The last few days I have been dealing with business stuff like crazy. I have been up to my neck in paperwork, legal docs and client demands.

So my first crap storm was a client who I had a M&G with 3 weeks ago. He then calls me 3 days before the start date asking for a ton of crap. Here is the list:

Also - we need to get some more info from you.  Please fax us the following information:

 

1.  A copy of your driver's license and the license of any other individuals who will be visiting our home.

 

2.  A copy of your business license, business license number and business insurance name and policy number.

 

3.  The name and phone # of other pet sitting services who can vouch for you.

 

4.  The name and phone # of the vet you use and can provide a reference for you also the vet you use in case of emergency.

 

5.  A list of client references that we can contact.

 

6. Your car insurance carrier and policy number in case of emergency. 

Now come on here people!!!!

 

He asked for this info on Memorial day when I was swamped to the max. I then sent him a email stating I can't give out policy numbers, drivers licenses of anyone, and that I would not give him my personal vets name. He then told me that he wanted the info by the end of the day. At 4pm after getting the email at 11am he calls and cancels and wants his deposit back UGH!!!

My second big crap storm was with the tax office here. I had to get an exemption or so I was told by the lady at city hall. It turned out to be that I needed something totally different and searched for 3 days on how to fill out the damn papers til finally I gave in and called the tax office. After waiting 3hrs I got my answer!

 

The rest of my storm was due to end of month accounting and records. I had to do all my accounting for the month, receipts, banking, and mileage logs. That took me a whole day to complete. 

 

So now I am tired and have two M&G's tomorrow so I'm off.

 

My night

Went to Chuck E Cheese for dinner tonight. I happen to love their pizza I don't know how they make it or why in the world I like it but it is yummy! We played a few video games and hung out for a little over an hour there. We had fun and it was relaxing.

Before Chuck E Cheese we went to King Putts to mini golf. King Putts is a indoor black lit mini golf course. It's a pretty cool place a lot of the time it's packed full with someone on each of the 18 holes and people waiting in line. Tonight there was barely anyone playing so we took our time. It was a fun game Brian won I came in second and Lex 3rd.

All in all it was a pretty good night. We got to relax have some fun and spend some quality time together.

Video game obsession and other stuff

Didn't get much sleep last night I've became a little obsessed with my husbands playstation game called Heavy Rain. The freaking game is like watching a movie! It's about this guy who kills boys. He kidnapped his victims then when the rain reaches 6 inches he drowns them. He's the origami killer. You play as 4 different characters trying to stop the guy from killing his latest victim, one of the characters is the boys father. Others are a P.I. hired  by the last victims mother, a FBI agent trying to solve the case, the latest victims father, and a girl who works for the press who later in the game gets involved with the boys father.

The killer sends the victims father a bunch of origami figures with instructions like one was "are you willing to kill for your son" where he had to kill a drug dealer to get a clue to wear his son is. Another was "are you willing to suffer for your son" this one he had to go to a factory and climb threw this tunnel of pipes with broken glass all over the floor then gets out to a room full of electrical units where he has to maneuver his way threw it without getting shocked. That one was tricky! It's a crazy ass game with graphics out of this world the people actually look real, it's like your watching a movie that you control.

I suggest you buy it LOL.

Other then that I'm not up to much the holiday weekend rush is coming to a close. All of my sits ended this morning which is nice but I'm hoping the rest of the month isn't dead. One boarder left yesterday and today another leaves. Then tomorrow another leaves. That will leave me one boarder who is with me for the next month. This dog has been here so much since I opened that it has equaled out to be 9 months of the year. It's sad to be honest. The dog is all messed up he has severe aggression issues, anxiety issues and he has no idea where home is. He's 3 years old and since she has had him he has been boarded with a vet for 6 months straight, boarded with me for 3 months on then a month off then 3 months on again, and when he isn't boarding her friends are caring for him. She is a stripper who travels around and doesn't even have a home she stays in hotels. Why she has a dog is beyond me and I've even tried to get her to re-home him for his well being. She spends thousands just having him boarded it's like why not give him up? She doesn't ever see him or for that matter care what he does. It is just a sad situation of someone wanting to say they have a dog but not wanting to care for him.

Well I am off to eat some lunch then walk some pooches.

A Day In The Life Of Me!

A day in the life of ME!!!

5:30am Wake up to my 3 alarms (yes 3) blaring. Hit the snooze!

5:40am Alarms are going again ugh I suppose I will get up.

5:45am Smoke a cig and get something to drink. Then grab something to wear. No thought there.

5:55am Okay I'm awake... Got to straighten up before the client gets here.

6:10am Call the client since he is late.

6:20am Client arrives. Dogs go nutso and I have to put them all in the other room.

6:45am Client leaves, my eyes are about shut since I only slept an hour.

7:00am I call to my husband to come situate the dogs so I can get to my sits.

7:30am Finally I'm out the door and hop in the car. Okay now I need to keep my eyes open so I turn the radio on and off I go.

8:00am I get to my first sit of the day a new dog yippy. Walk in the door to a very a happy barking little dog.

8:30am Little pups sit is done after walking, playing, and feeding. Now I'm off to my second sit.....

8:45am Damn traffic!

9:10am Finally! at the next sit. Kitties this time. One needs medicine others just food, a little scratch on the head and some fresh water.

9:45am Is my day done yet? Nope driving again..... But hey at least I'm going hooooommmmeee.

10:25am Home at last.

10:27am In the house dogs barking all need something.

10:35am Start feedings. I need to separate all the dogs into different rooms/areas so that takes some skill especially when food is involved all the dogs flock together.

11:00am All the pups are fed now it's time to walk. Each dog goes out individually and they are NOT happy about it. after 5 walks I am finally done.

11:10am By now both Brian and Lex are up and it's breakfast time. Yum yum yum....

Noon Okay I am in serious need of a nap since I slept a total whopping 1 hour.

2:30pm Wake up sleepy head. Got to walk the dogs.

2:45pm Return 5 phone calls from clients and last minute boarding needers.

3:10pm Done. Now I am able to watch some TV check/return emails and my good ole favorite Facebook.

3:45pm Play time with the kiddo and the dogs.

5:00pm Play with the pooches for a few.

5:10pm Decide on BBQ woot woot. Okay now I have to get the supplies together.

5:15pm Off to the store to get food for the BBQ.

5:40pm Off to another sit before I go home and do the BBQ.

6:00pm Yeah BBQ time. Pick up the stuff from the house, the dog and the family.

6:15pm Arrive at the park. Get set up and start cooking.

6:15-8:30pm Play at the park with Lex and Giz and eat some really GOOD food.

8:30pm Leave

8:45pm Arrive at the house get settled in and walk the pooches and do night feedings.

9:00pm Off to the sits again....

9:30pm Arrive at the pups house again going about the duties.

10:00pm Leave. Holy shit cops everywhere! They have over 20 cars stopped all over the streets and highway.

10:45pm After a very slow and tense ride to the next sit I arrive and go about administering medication and playing with the kitties but I also need to clean the dreaded "box". Why do people use spatulas as a scooper for a cat box? Just ewwwwwwww.

11:10pm Home at last!!!

11:11pm Crap I figured out I don't know where my registration is to my car. So we spend the next 20 minutes looking for it and can't find it.

11:45pm I finally am able to relax and get showered.

12:30pm Check the mail.

12:45pm Get home and check the computer again.

1:30am Hang out play video games with the hubby.

2:00am Getting tired but I need to pick up before bed.

3:00am Good night See you in 3 hours!

Please plan a bit better

I absolutely HATE holidays!!!!!

Seriously people are retarded. If your going away for vacation and you have a pet and if you don't plan on where they are going until the last minute which I consider the week of your vacation then guess what you are irresponsible!!! Especially if you wait til the day you are leaving or the day before. Seriously your lack of planning does NOT constitute a "emergency" for me! And if you are rude to me because I tell you I'm sorry we're booked over a major holiday and I'm trying to give you options then guess what your an ASS.

It is not MY job to cater to your lack of planning. It's not MY job to accommodate you when you are rude. It's not MY job to give you options when you have less then 24 hours til you leave. It's not MY job to take your responsibilities on. You want to know what MY job is? To care for animals in a professional, personable, caring, loving way. I am not your mother, your friend, an assistant, a housekeeper, and I sure as hell ain't your slave. I'm not obligated to always be open just for you. What is funny about all of this is that it is NEVER my regulars that do this to me. My clients are the best in the world, they respect me and don't come at me the day before they leave saying I need you to do this or that. It is always new people who call me the day of or before, when I have never met them or their pets.

So when you call me the day before you leave this is what happens....

Say your calling around at 3:00pm to find a sitter for the next day. I receive the call at 3:15pm after you have been calling every kennel, vet, and sitter in the area. You tell me you need boarding for your dog who is "nice" and "potty trained". Now I take the call while I am busy maybe I'm in my car driving to a sit or feeding and walking dogs. Now my schedule is on my desk so I would have to be right in front of it to tell you if I am available. So I say yes I can take your dog or sit your dog. Then I may have to call you back to make an appointment to meet with you within the next 12 hours. So I get done with my work I now have to drive or walk back to my home look at my schedule and figure out how I can meet with you to give you the paperwork and actually meet the animal I will be caring for.

Now if you are boarding I have to disrupt all the other dogs already here so that you can come in without being jumped on and without a dog running out because no one can close a door. So I not only have to make time for the meeting but now I may have to disrupt the dogs walking schedule, feeding schedule or their nap. Now you get there and the dogs are all hyped up because they heard you come to the door so I have to either gate them or put them in different rooms so they don't get hurt or make a run for it. What most don't understand is that a new dog coming into a pack is stressful on all dogs and you have to introduce them slowly when all are calm. So we go threw the meeting then you leave. I then have to calm all the dogs down before I have to start a sit or a walk or do rounds of feedings.

Okay so maybe you want sitting in your home. So you call and I now have to figure a way to drive to your home while not disrupting other appointments I have already had scheduled. So I then have to have my partner stay with our boarders and do their routines or if your really creepy or live in a bad area I then have to disrupt the dogs and my partner by having him come with me for safety. I then drive to your home on your schedule because not only are you leaving tomorrow but your schedule is also sooo booked. Well I get there and you have me for about a half hour. I then leave and have to rush now to another appointment or a sit and pray I'm not late.

So please think before you inconvenience someone else. Yes we are a service company but would you call your cable company or your electrician and say I need a meeting TODAY and I need the work done tomorrow or even TODAY? NO!!! Because they would laugh in your face! Not to mention if you were lucky enough to get a appointment you would then be charged double. But I don't even charge for meeting with you, and boy would you have a fit if I told you well since you gave us no notice and we are providing this service to you on your terms we are now charging you double.   But we don't so please be nice to us and understand that if you give us no notice we have to move ours, our clients, and the pets schedules around to accommodate YOU.

Jobs and the drama that goes with them

We had something a bit funny happen today.

First here is the back story to this.... Last year around Aug to Oct my husband worked for a storage company as a relief manager. More like a bitch but hey that's another story in its self. Well he worked there for about 3 months and was fired for absolutely no reason at all. What I think it was is they only needed a temp but didn't want to say that. Well anywho that company used and abused him for those 3 months and made our lives hell, not to mention put tons of miles on my car since they didn't want him only on one site they wanted him on 4 on opposite sides of LV. Well after they fired him he started working for me.

Now fast forward almost a year and Brian is testing out the waters putting applications into a few places. One being a storage job that didn't give a name. Have you figured out what I'm about to say yet? He puts his resume into this place online and within an hour got a email from the president saying he would like to meet with him this week and that "he is exactly what they are looking for". Again no name on which company so I do some digging and figured out it was the owner of the investor company in this particular storage company that wants to speak with him about a job. Now he is exactly what they are looking for but a year ago the used him and threw him away like garbage kinda funny.

Now mu husband being who he is says yes he will take a meeting with him to discuss the job. The position is a full time property manager with a apartment and bills paid. Good position horrible company. But now here is the weird thing why is the investor looking for employees not the company its self? Before he didn't work for this investors company he worked under the storage's company its self. So I am eager to see how this meeting pans out and who he would be actually working under. If it is the storage's company it's not even worth it but if we would be under the investor then maybe this could work out.

To be continued.....

Can I get anymore tired?

I am freaking exhausted today. I feel like I haven't slept for days, I think it's because I woke up every 3 hours last night from the dogs then had to get up early to deal with a pick up. The dogs were horrible last night, they pooped and peed everywhere and barked all night it was hell. One of the dogs had diarrhea and decided that instead of telling me when he wanted to go out he would poop on the floor and then run in it and then tell me to clean it. I absolutely hate my job some days.

Since my massive poop clean up job I have been running around for business. This week has been very busy with Memorial Day coming up soon I'm not too surprised. I hate and love holidays all in one. I hate them because I can't ever enjoy one and go on vacation like normal people, and I am running around like a nutcase because we're so busy. I love them because hell I can make damn good money those weeks!

I went and picked up some new books at Barnes & Nobles tonight, I got Chelsea Handlers 1st and 2nd book Horizontal life and Are you there vodka it's me Chelsea. I already read Chelsea Chelsea bang bang and that book was absolutely hilarious so I had to pick up her others. I also picked up Lex some school books since he's on vacation this month I am going to be doing some mock "homeschooling" this month to see if he and I could stick to it and want to do it next year.

I'm just so fed up with the school system it's unreal. We got a letter today for taking MY kid out for 2 days to go to NYC where he went to the museum learned a ton and went to the statue of liberty. I told his teacher about the trip weeks before and got the work for him to do and turned it in Monday morning. It's just crap. We have had problems for awhile with the school and I'm just up to hear with it so we decided to try homeschooling just to see how it would go then make our final decision before the start of next year. So wish me luck on this one!

Extreme Drift Circuit

Went to the Extreme Drift Circuit today! The race was absolutely awesome and to top it off a Las Vegas local won!!! The car show was good but damn they need to watch who they let in, there was people with 1980 BMW's that were rusted and no custom work. But there were some absolutely awesome cars there. to the Extreme Drift Circuit today! The race was absolutely awesome and to top it off a Las Vegas local won!!! The car show was good but damn they need to watch who they let in, there was people with 1980 BMW's that were rusted and not custom work. But there were some absolutely awesome cars there. The people for the most part were pretty cool. Besides the 4 or 5 guys sitting behind us on the bleachers. Man were they horrible they kept screaming stupid shit and I got a knee in my back one too many times so we split and stood at the fence. I ended up getting a MASSIVE sunburn but hey it was all worth it we had a blast and the show was great!

Leisurely day

Had a pretty good day! This morning Brian helped me with the dogs because I was a bit sick then I took Lex to school and had a meeting. My meeting went well and made me another 300$ so I am definitely happy about that one. After my meeting was over I came home and Brian got up.

We decided to go get something for lunch and went to a place we've never been over in GV Ranch. The food was awesome and it was cheap, we ate on the patio and talked it was nice. While at lunch we spotted a doggy Barkery & Bow-tique called Flea Bags so we stopped in and picked Gizzy up a ton of treats from the Barkery. Giz is now going mad over his cannoli.

After our spontaneous bakery trip we ran to the store and picked up some groceries and made a trip to the bank. I was in need of the bank trip since I've been walking around with 500$ in cash and checks for days and really didn't like that. At the bank a older women dropped a 10,000$ check in front of me and didn't realize I had to flag her down and return it. Can you imagine losing 10 grand! That was my good deed for the day.

I then had to go to my walk and Brian came with me so I was able to do the inside stuff with the kitty and he walked the pooch. We were able to get that done pretty quick thankfully because it is HOT out today and the heat tires me even more then I already am.

I am now sitting on my bed very tired wanting to take a nap. So I think I am going to rest for a bit since I didn't sleep much last night. The nights of 3 to 4 hours of sleep are starting to wear on me, and I am going to start hallucinating if I don't get sleep soon, lol. 

My day of nothing

Last day of freedom!!!! The boys get here at 10:46 tonight. I have to pick them up at the airport and bring my brother to his hotel here. I hate Mccarran airport! It is a jumbled mess of a place. I always end up going the wrong way and end up on the other side of the city, and because of all the one ways you can't get back.

Today I am just relaxing at the house doing nothing at all. I'm going to watch TV, read and screw around on the computer. Since I haven't been able to chill out the whole time they have been gone I am going to take this time to do absolutely nothing and enjoy it. LOL. So I am off to do nothing, have a great day!

The beach

I miss the beach... Today a friend of mine back in Maine went to the beach and it made me think of it. I use to spend hours at the beach before we moved, now the closest beach is 6 hours away in L.A. I miss the sounds and smell of it, it was so relaxing. I use to go down to a beach that was secluded and not too many people knew about it and I would walk forever or just sit there and watch the waves crash.

I remember one time I was there by myself it was early in the morning and I was sitting there just staring off into the distance thinking about life. Then all of a sudden I seen two little black blobs in the distance poking up threw the darkness. So I focused on the blobs and watched as they disappeared and then reappeared a few feet away. All of a sudden they started jumping at each other and then diving under the sea and popping up. I watched as the two little blobs who were two playful seals played for a hour or so then they lost interest and disappeared into the distance. It was one of the most peaceful moments of my life.

I've had a lot of fun on the beach from helping my son build his first sand castle to flying a kite with my husband. In my early years I would go to the beach with my girlfriends and have a blast sun tanning joking and relaxing with your friends. I've used the beach as a thinking tool the sounds of the ocean just seems to bring things into perspective. I have used the beach for exercise, I lost tons of weight by jogging on the beach a few times a week. And I have used the beach as a place to gather with my loved ones and spend quality time. If you have never had the opportunity to visit a beach GO, it is the best place in the world and it doesn't matter which one you go to or even which ocean it connects too it's always that same smell and breeze and sound that will take your breath away. I personally prefer secluded beaches that not too many people go to, but you may like the more populated ones I recommend you go to one or heck two or three if you can.

I hate people

I'm kind of annoyed today. I have been picking up shit and piss all day, washing pissy blankets, walking dogs so much I have a damn sunburn, and driving all over hell and creation. It kind of aggravates me that my family who doesn't even work gets to take a vacation and I can't. I have a trip planed in June but it doesn't look like that is going to happen either because I'm going to lose out on tons of money if I do leave and since I'm the only one working I can't lose money. I'm just annoyed at the world today and I don't want to deal with anything. Then to top off my annoyance I called and texted my husband ten times today and no answer then I finally get ahold of him and he was more interested in talking to my brother who he is on fucking vacation with and will be with  for the next 3 days then talking to me for 5 seconds and listening to how my day is going.

My clients think I'm their personal house keepers and leave a list of crap that has nothing to do with taking care of the pet which is my JOB not being a housekeeper. It seems like everyone wants something from me today and I'm getting really annoyed with it. I need a fucking vacation and of course the one I have planned for June I am going to have to cancel because I have no god damn money and Brian doesn't work so I can't turn away the clients I have planned for that week because we wont be able to pay the bills. My luck is crappy and I'm pissed off.

Lex, Brian and Hadley are in NYC

So Lex, Brian and Hadley left for New York last night. The flight was rough to say the least. First they get on the plane and they are delayed saying they don't have enough fuel to get to dallas because of the storm there, well they finally leave. Well then they get to Dallas 10 minutes before the next flight leaves so they have to run like crazy to get there. When they finally touch down in New York the whole plane is pissy and start shoving my 7 year old, some people have no morals!

They get to the hotel at 10:30am and the hotel was nothing like it was portrayed online. It was in the hood in little Iraq, no one spoke English and then they wouldn't even let them check in til 2pm that is 3 and a half hours of sitting in a lobby in the hood. The lobby was nasty, bullet holes, hookers on the corner, and they have to sit on a nasty sticky couch.

Finally they get into a room and by then they are exhausted, feel nasty, and grumpy. So Lex is a bit pissy and threw a hissy fit. They decided that they were going to take today and just relax in the room then go do stuff tomorrow.

I was nervous as all hell last night with the plane and then this morning with the hotel I didn't get barely any sleep. I tracked the flight just about the whole way to make sure they were okay. I finally fell asleep at about 4:30am then woke up at 8:30am to make sure they were there and fine. Then fell asleep til 10am and got up to face my day.

Today was very different. it was quite and slow paced and more relaxed even going to work and doing normal errands was slow and different. It was nice, but in the same sentence I did miss them a lot though. Well it's 11:39pm and I haven't had dinner so I am off to eat something.

What a day!

What a freaking day!!!! Seriously I have had a day from hell. It has definitely been one of the worse I have had for a looong time.

So first I didn't sleep but 2 hours last night and had to get up mad early for a busy day. Well I wake up late... I had to rush Lex to school which he got there late. Then I had to leave to go to a meeting across town. I get there and the dog bites me WTF.... I didn't even do anything I walked in and the dog bites my ankle. So I finally get done with that.

I then go home and had to clean the house after all that and I had to walk the dogs. Well I finally get a second to sit down and got Brian to go do my walk and grab the Yankees tickets for him and Lex from a friend. So I lay down for about 2 hours while Brian goes about his business all the while my phone was blowing up with calls. I wake up when he comes home telling me a litigation place called him looking for me. I listen to my voicemail and sure enough they called me. But here is the thing they didn't leave anything but a number no company name or anything.  I called them back to no avail, and the weird thing is that the voicemail was very unprofessional.

After all of that we get Lex from school and come home. I had to get ready for a new meeting with another client so I stayed behind and got myself ready. After Lex and Brian got home I had to rush off to the meeting, on the way I get a call from Brian upset saying a little girl (the same girl who is 3yrs old and runs the street) walked into my house and my dog got out then when Brian went chasing after Giz she walked around my house WTF is parents teaching their children???? So I finally get to the appointment and it went surprisingly well except that the dog is totally blind old and diabetic and started limping while I was there I am just praying he doesn't pass while I am watching him.

I get home and speak with my brother about the day I have had and everything that went on and ranted a bit which was nice. Then I posted all this too my FB page and my mother inlaw actually has the nerve to say she had a rough day too she ate McDs and it upset her belly boo fucking hoo I am being sued, got bit by a dog, a kid broke into my house, my dog got out to run in my complex, and dealt with all this on 2 hours of sleep! I know I am a little cranky right now don't mind me.

All in all it was a day for the record books. I am tired and still need to get my son ready for New York City, him my hubby and brother leave tomorrow night for vacation. Yeah I can't go because I have to work. This is going to be a rough week I can already tell.

The samsung behold II

Okay so since we have had the Samsung Behold II for over a week now I want to do a little review for you. So here goes!

CONS

1. The screen is not that big and kind of hard to maneuver.
2. If you have large fingers this phone isn't for you.
3. The keyboard is really tiny.
4. The battery life is less then stellar.
5. It locks after very little time and if you are on the phone with say voicemail where you have to press buttons it is a hassle to unlock it every time you want to press another button. 
6. The email on the phone is hard to maneuver.

PROS

1. The GPS is awesome and has different options like walking, car or pubic transportation.
2. The apps are great I love the Android market especially since most apps are FREE unlike the iPhone.
3. It is really easy to maneuver from one app to another.
4. Set up was a breeze.
5. You can customize your home screen with any apps you want just by holding a app and moving it.
6. You can run 2 apps at once and use both on different screens and it's easy to go from one to the other.
7. It notifies you of everything from a email to a text.
8. The picture quality rivals a expensive camera.
9. It allows you up to 3 home screens so you can have a screen just for business and one for home, so no more embarrassing apps being seen by someone you don't want to see it.
10. The memory on it is a thousand times better then say a blackberry.
11. It's actually fun to use!

So this is my list of pros and cons if you have any to add feel free to comment.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Today is Mother's Day how was all the mommies out there Mother's Day? Mine has been pretty good. I woke up before everyone but still slept in which was very nice. I didn't have to work so that was even better. Then Lex got up and immediately told me Happy Mother's Day! I woke up to tons of texts from everyone telling me to have a happy Mother's Day I really appreciated that and felt special. My brother called me and wished me a great day and sent me more flowers. Then my hubby got up and gave me my present a big frame with pictures he put in of all of us including the fur babies, and my card that read on the 1st page "To my amazing wife, I don't know where we'd be without you, but I do know one thing" then the inside read, "It wouldn't be pretty Happy Mother's Day!" It was a pink card with a husband and wife with bulldog heads on the front and kids with bulldog heads making a mess on the inside. It was definitely the perfect card for me. We then cleaned up the house and went to brunch at the Original Pancake House man they are the best breakfast place in the world! It was surprisingly not busy which is a rarity since every time I have ever been there the line is out the door. The buffet next door was packed with lines that actually went around the corner and I have never seen that at that buffet, they must have had some type of special going on. But in my opinion no buffet is worth waiting over an hour to get inside the door. We then picked up some money that was owed to me and came home and here I am. 

Since I woke up this morning everyone has been very friendly. I walked the dog and I had 2 people stop me and talk to me. One stopped to ask about my dog and told me about his. The other was cleaning his car and talked to me about tire shine products. (yes I know about cars, I'm a women of many hats lol) Then at the store the women was very sweet and talked to me like I was a friend it was nice. It seems like everyone is just going at a slower pace and not rushing to get everywhere while being rude and missing life's little joys today. I'm hoping it continues through the day.

I am off to enjoy my day and I hope you enjoy yours too!

Last few days

What a trying few days! Me and Bry had it out BAD and ended up talking for a whole day about different things that are bothering us. Which added up to be a lot. It has just been a hell of a few days....

Lex got a new phone today a Samsung behold 2 it is awesome! I want a phone with internet soooo bad. I like the touch screen but it is a bit difficult to navigate. The keyboard is touchy and if you type you constantly accidentally hit other letters. My son is going to have to get use to it we set it all up for him and he was surfing YouTube earlier LOL.

My darling brother sent me a dozen roses today for Mother's Day how sweet is that? He is always so nice to me! My husband didn't get his check this week so it's going to be a pretty cheap day. I would like either picture frames, a scrap book, a coupon book from Lex or something along those lines.

I started the new daily it has been pretty good. I do it every week day in the afternoon. The pup is a sweet pea so it makes it pretty easy. I also have set up a couple new meetings for next week I am hoping they use me because I need the new clients I am broke with a capital B. It is very funny because the week that Brian and Lex leave for New York I am so busy it isn't even funny. It's like someone is torturing me I already can't go to New York but now the time I have to relax I have to work my ass off.

Well I am off to bed I am having a block and have no idea what to write so TTYL.

Shitty Day!!!

UGH so annoyed!!!! I got a check today and my husband deposited it without telling me then turned around and spent all but 10$ of it. Then didn't even tell me I got the check until I asked if I got it. WTF!!! That shit just pisses me off because it's sneaky and underhanded. That is my one gripe about him he just can't handle money.

Anyways I'm not going to dwell on it and I'll move on....

I had a really weird dream last night and I actually woke up crying. I was with my son, dog and cat and the world was about to get nuked well I was at a city that was protected from the bomb and my husband was no where to be found and was late to come to the city. Then my brother decided he was not going to come and was going to be blown up by the bomb. It was a messed up dream! I didn't sleep much last night I couldn't fall asleep my insomnia is kicking my ass again. Then I had that dream and woke up at 4am an hour after I fell asleep and was awake for an hour after that. Then had to get up at 7:30 to get Lex ready for school. So my night sucked in other words and today hasn't been any better.

I have had a pretty shitty day with my asshole husband doing that shit, then I was tired and fell asleep and got up late. I had a few clients call and all of them were ones I couldn't take either because they wanted boarding and their dogs were huge and we don't board large dogs or they lived too far and in a bad neighborhood that I don't service. So it has been a big freaking tease I get calls but can't take them fun fun. Well I'm going to watch TV and try to forget about this day and try to have a good day tomorrow.

My day with a rant in the middle

I woke up super late today and had to rush to get ready for a meeting. When I got up my hair was literally sticking straight up and refused to flaten even with a scorching flat iron. (Isn't that what those are made for). Then out of no where my son throws up all over my living room for no apparent reason, seriously he wasn't even sick. I think it was stress related but I had to fly out the door or I would be late so the hubby had to deal with that one. I am then on my way to my meeting and get a call from the guy who I am suppose to be meeting and he "forgot" about me. If you forgot how did you know to call? Oh well I still met with him since I was 3 seconds from there.

When I got back from all that the house was actually quite and nice. I did some cleaning and then about killed myself with bleach. Really why is bleach even made? They can't tone it down a bit? I felt like I was cleaning with toxic chemicals that was going to kill me the way my eyes watered and my nose ran. But at least now I know my house doesn't have a germ left after being burned to death by toxic waste.

Then get this crap! My sons friend comes to me today saying a adult is calling my 7 yr old son a brat among other things. I was livid what kind of adult calls a child names? Obviously one who is too absorbed in themselves to not realize or care that that does real damage to a child.

So I go over and speak with the lady and of course it is a women who lives alone is cranky and defensive and acts so much better then everyone else. I ask her a simple question "why did you call my son names" she says I thought he was throwing rocks. Then turns around to say oh I don't think it was him, but she called HIM names why would you point fingers when you don't have all the facts? So then she try's to put this on me saying she can't bring her nephew to the park because the kids are down there unsupervised. I  stopped her in her tracks and clarified that every kid who plays there is supervised by the parents who are in the complex above the playground. She then turns her whole thing around and apologizes to my son which was obviously well deserved since he didn't do anything but her quick tempered self calls him names. I then said if you have a problem with the kids here please come speak with the parents and we will take care of it. If you ask any of the kids to speak with their parents they will bring you to them I know this because I have had to do it.

The kids here are good kids none of them get in trouble or do stupid crap but you have people like her who doesn't have kids and likes to think she is better then them and is down right cruel to them for no reason. It is people like this that is the reason I really don't like the human race.

Now I understand you are probably like she only called your kid a brat. But here is the thing it is because of people who don't have all the facts but point fingers, acts cruel when no one is around but when they get caught it's a whole other story, can't take responsibility for their actions so they turn it around on others, that this world is so fucked up (excuse my language). I don't like those qualities in people so therefore that is the reason I dislike the human race. I know everyone has faults hell I have many BUT your character is what makes you and if you can do these things then I don't think you are worth my time nor do I think you really need a place on this earth. Again don't get me wrong I am NOT perfect by far but I do hold myself to a high level and try my hardest not to betray these qualities or jealousy, greed, or the whole I'm better then you attitude. I try my hardest to help when I can and even when I can't. I don't judge my self worth by what I own. I try to give everyone a fair shake. I try to live my life with purpose and never use what I have to hurt others or act in a way that I wouldn't want to be treated. But I guess some people just lost the memo that being a good person a real good person actually makes you a happier person and if your a happier person good things will come to you. So until these people get the memo I am going to continue disliking the human race.

So that is my rant.... I am tired and need to get to sleep before this turns into another insomnia filled night. Good night!

Nice day until.....

It has been a pretty good day today. We went to Sunset park with the pup and Lex raced his remote control car around. Then we got cupcakes at the best place in the world the Cupcakery! Yummy!!! They have the absolute best cupcakes in the world! I also went over to the office and payed the rent there and for our apartment. We then ate dinner and me and Lex played some money bingo to teach him how to count money. Now I am chilling on my bed writing this and thinking I need a shower, lol.

I looked on petfinder today and found 3 dachshunds now that absolutely killed me. I love my breed and take pride in it I HATE  seeing doxies in the shelters especially kill shelters. They are such great dogs and I absolutely love them. If I could I would own about 10 more but for now my Gizzy is the only one. I'm seriously thinking about rescuing them though. I want to rescue them out of kill shelters and get to know them, get them care and then place them in the RIGHT homes. I know my husband would probably kill me though especially how we already board dogs and our home is tiny. But it really kills me to see these dogs in this situation.

I did my accounting today boy that put a damper on my day. My profits for this month were down 600$ from last month it was actually the lowest profiting month we have had since opening last year and that is including our first month. Now that is some sad shit! I don't get it either, I am marketing online everyday, we market every week door to door and we go around to the local vets, groomers, events etc. I'm really hoping this month is better because I need it. I'm the only person who is working in my family so everything is on my shoulders and that gets stressful. Some days I just don't want to get out of bed let alone pick up dog poop, deal with people, or get nipped at by rowdy dogs. It would be so much easier if I had the ability to say no I don't want that client or this dog doesn't fit well so I'm going to decline but since all my bills ride on my next client I have to take what I can get.

Now don't get me wrong I love having my hubby around and able to help out with my stuff and the house but we need the extra income and if I can't do it then he has to pull the extra slack. I wish I could pull in the money we need each month no problem but it just doesn't happen. I make okay money but compared to my amount of bills it really isn't shit.  I need to pull in another grand in the least to be able to cover everything nicely. That doesn't include me paying off debt or things along those lines. But since Bry really can't budget or should I say wont, it makes it even more difficult for me. Sometimes I feel like the weight of the world is on my shoulders and I need to be a ballerina just to be able to stand up. The beginning of the month is always hard for me because I just never know what I'm going to make and when so I try to get all my bills paid ASAP then I can relax. So until then I will be a ball of nerves.

Well I need to shower so I'm off...... 

Wasted Day

I slept forever today and I have no idea why. I slept great last night too, then at 10:30 I took a nap and slept til 6pm wtf? I don't get it. In total I slept midnight til 8am then 10:30 to 6 that is a lot and I'm still tired how is that possible???? 

But on the good side I did end up going for a hour long walk yay me! We all went and did some marketing door to door and I helped Bry put the fliers up so I multi-tasked exercise and  marketing woohoo lol. Other then that I really didn't do anything I know sad huh. Wasted day. Oh well tomorrows another day. 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do this weekend, we have no plans yet. I do need to figure out how to do my hair so maybe I will do that. When I got it done she put a ton of products in it and I haven't washed it yet so it feels nasty I need to wash it but I'm nervous lol I know dumb huh. I'm so broke it's not even funny so I need to get some new clients on board. I have a meeting this Sunday with a new daily so that is nice! I got to get on my client that's boarding with me to pay me the rest of what she owes. I got to go buy some hair products and all that good junk to do my hair I have no idea what to get though. 


Well I'm off to watch Chelsea Lately I LOVE HER!!!! So funny!!!! Tootles!!!

Morning

So the hair is being a pain I haven't gotten use to it yet. I'm use to waking up just throwing it in a messy bun and I'm on my way. Not now, if I wash it the night before I have to spend a half hour blow drying, flat ironing, and styling. It's a pain in the ass. I am going to have to find ways to style it I've never been good with hair. My mom died when I was 5 and I had no sisters to teach me how to style it and all that good stuff. But today is as good as any to learn.

I feel a LOT better today! My allergies are practically nonexistent so I am very happy about that. I took some zyrtec last night man that stuff works miracles! I had horrible allergies that were killing me I was miserable, and I took everything from benedril to claritin and nothing worked but zyrtec. I will definitely recommend this stuff to anyone with allergies that can't seem to get relief. I'm also on a z-pack for my bronchitis but I haven't had any affects from that yet.

I went to bed at 11:30pm last night that is amazing for me I never ever go to bed that early. But I am still a bit tired this morning, I've been up for 2 hours already and I am starting to drag a bit. So I'm eating some Life cereal for breakfast trying to get energy. I need to get my butt on a diet! I'm a habitual snacker especially at night and it is hard to break that habit. This morning I had 2 glasses of OJ a fruit snack and cereal with milk, see what I mean? But to my defense at least I did have fruit, healthy cereal, and milk. I also took the dog out for a 20 minute walk so I'm happy about that. I'm going to make sure I exercise at least an hour a day and cut down on that snacking or at least substitute it for healthy stuff. Wish me luck!

New hair cut and other stuff

I cut my hair today I needed a change and I mean I CUT my hair. I cut off enough to be able to donate my hair to charity. Here's a pic for you to look at the difference. Okay so the other pic my hair was a lot shorter then it was when I cut it (also it was 3am and I think I look good for 3am).

So I have been trying to kind of make myself over a bit I need a change in my life. I need a boost I guess. I normally wear older clothes and try to make them last as long as possible. I don't cut my hair or get any of that salon stuff done to myself anymore either. So I went out and bought the stuff to do my own nails and I'm trying to learn to do my own eyebrows and now my hairs cut. Next I need to get a couple new pieces of clothing to pretty myself up a bit. I need to get a bit healthier and lose some weight I'm up to a weight that I haven't been at forever and I DON'T like it. I need to get my butt in gear and start working out and eating a bit healthier.

So I went to the doctor today and he told me I have bronchitis and severe allergies that have caused a inner ear infection. Fun stuff! So now I'm all doped up on allergy medicine and antibiotics lol. I had to wait 2 and a half hours at the doctors to find this out which I already knew since I told him I need a Z Pack for bronchitis and a ear infection lol. He gave me a Z Pack for those things so ain't I good??? Well I'm off to bed I need to sleep these meds off. Nighty night!

So Sick

I am soooooo sick! My son gave me a bout of the flu and I feel like my body is going to crumble if I touch it. My dog hasn't seemed to got that memo since he keeps jumping on me wanting me to do this or that. I don't want to work but I have to and I'm not too happy about it.

This morning I woke up in such a rotten mood I didn't want to move, every bone in my body hurt and I had to do a ton of crap. Just walking the dog felt like I was pulling a tractor trailer down the sidewalk. Then of course right after I get back from walking my dog and I'm fighting with my son to get up my dog pisses on the floor even though I JUST brought him out and he peed outside, pissed me off so bad. Then I had to bring Lex to school and go straight to work to be pulled down stairs by 2 huge pit bulls I wanted to die at that exact moment. My arm felt like it was just going to detach and run away. Right now just walking is a task so being pulled by 2 pits who have NO manners is just exhausting. Finally I got back home and was able to rest for a bit and talk to the hubby.

I don't get why my immune system is so weak, I get sick if I am within a 5 mile radius of someone who sneezes I will get pneumonia. My son had this 1st and he was home from school hacking up his lungs with a fever of 103.2 I knew at that moment I was done for the next week. We took him to the ER even though I was totally against it but between my brother and Bry I was out numbered. At the ER we watched a guy die in the waiting room yup that is right code blue nurses running doctors coming die. Then found out they lost my sons chart yeah so much for HIPPA laws right. And waiting over 3 hours in the waiting room. I was done and went home. And guess what he was totally fine the next morning, running, jumping, playing, wanting to go out fine. Can you guess how I felt? Yeah that is right I woke up sick as a dog. So my son passed his germs onto me and feels fine after, he was sick 3 days my it's already been 3 days and I still feel like crap.

I watched this really cool movie today you should check it out it's called, We Live In Public. It's about a guy named Josh who pretty much so started the dot com era and his life and how technology affects your life. It was very interesting and kind of fucked up all in one. The "experiments" he does with people kind of seem cruel but then if you think about it we do it daily with reality TV, YouTube, Facebook and Myspace. I am a pretty private person even though I do have a FB, Myspace, and Blog I only write certain things and mostly keep to myself. I don't see how someone has the need to be famous or broadcast their lives to the world, some people have this craving to be seen and gauge their self worth on how many FB "friends" they have or how many views they got on YouTube. I just can't live like that. I live for experiences and relationships and try to take breaks from the computer and TV. I don't want to live my life looking at a screen, weather it be my phone, TV, or a PC.

Well I am off I need to rest to get myself better.

Good & Bad. How bout you?

Wow business is doing very well and I'm soooo happy! I love getting new clients and it means the bills get paid hahahaa. The great thing is I got two regulars so it's a steady income. We've been doing a bunch of marketing and added a new service. I'm looking forward to getting all my new marketing stuff in the mail I am excited to see how it looks. Tonight we all went for a walk and took the dog with us and did some door to door marketing putting fliers on doors, I enjoy doing that with the family and it gives us all exercise.

I've had a bad bout of insomnia lately it's driving me nuts because I'm late for my mornings and I have to start my day in a huge rush. I will be tired around 6-7 then i get this burst of energy at around 10 and I will take my sleeping meds at 11 and then try to go to bed by 1 but I will lay in bed for hours on end then my alarm doesn't wake me up. It doesn't matter what time I get up I still can't sleep at night. I wish I could see my doctor but since my country is so great and charges me 500 a month for insurance I can't afford it so I don't feel like spending 120 bucks to see a doctor if I'm not dieing.

I went and bought a ton of new stuff for our office yesterday. I actually had a lot of fun picking everything out, it was the first time in awhile I had fun shopping. I use to love shopping but now I'm so worried about every cent I spend that I can't enjoy it. I've put us a budget and I follow it religiously but my husband well that is another story. He just doesn't get that we actually NEED to save money not blow every cent. I thought getting him more involved in the finances was going to help but it didn't. Then I thought getting him his own bank acct was going to help since he could see where he spent all the money but nope. I am kind of at my wits end over the money battle in my house.

Well I'm off to read my training books and then go to bed. Have a great Tuesday!

Greetings

My first post! Well let's start off by introducing myself I'm Mindy, I'm a young women that is a mom and a wife and I own a animal care company. My life is pretty hectic and filled with tons of crazy things between, my son, my husband, crazy family, and the pets I care for not to mention my own pets.

Well I have decided to go for my dog training certification but damn is this hard, there is no real schooling for it and it's pretty much learn as you go. So I've been reading every article I possibly can and talking to other trainers. I'm hoping to get a trainer to let me apprentice under them, but I hate asking for things like that. It sucks because I am flat broke at the moment and I really want a couple of books to help me learn the ropes, maybe I can sign a new client and get some cash coming in.

This week has been kind of hectic, it has been busy at work (I'm not complaining) we have had tons of events and occasions and Brian even raced a Indy car this week. I am pretty tired and my heads killing me, I'm just glad it's Saturday and I can relax a bit. Monday I need to meet with my sons teacher to discuss his failing reading and writing grades boy will that be fun. I don't get it I have been busting my butt to get those grades up and it just isn't working. We went to Sylvan what a bunch of rip off assholes! They wanted me to spend 10 grand to get him up to speed are you joking me??? I can't even fathom spending that on a grade when people are losing their homes, and their jobs and people are starving it's just crazy to me.

Well anywho it's 11:30 and I'm tired off to bed.