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10 Minute Post August 21,2013




It is late Wednesday evening and I am watching Top Chef Masters.  Definitely a busy day at work today.  Wednesdays, I go to Celebration, Florida to work and scan at a OB/Gyn office in downtown Celebration.  I get to drive an hour to work to pick up the van with the ultrasound machine and then I get to drive another hour to Celebration.  Yes, Wednesday's are long!

The morning schedule was light, but the afternoon schedule was packed.  The day was topped off by 30 week twins.   When a single baby is 30 weeks in utero, it is hard enough to get great pictures and measurements.  But, put TWO babies in there and it is almost impossible.  By the end of the day my wrist was screaming!

Tomorrow is another day of errands.  I am taking our dogs ( Princess and Cricket) to the vet for a check-up.  It has been too long since they have been to the vet.

There will also be  packing of eBay items that have sold today.  I sold my first Microwave turntable replacement.  Who Knew????   It should be interesting to see how I am going to pack that sucker.  I will figure it out.  Maybe an unused pizza box will do the trick.

Lots to do tomorrow!    

And my 10 minutes is up!



Sunday Afternoon, planning for next week



 After a busy morning at church, It is almost a given that Sunday afternoon will include a quiet and peaceful Sunday afternoon nap.  This time of the week is the winding down of a busy week and time to mentally prepare for the week ahead.
movie theater sign in Celebration

Last week included  a visit with family and friends.  Wednesday I had the opportunity to have lunch with a second cousin that I have never met before.  She is moving to Orlando to get her Master's in education at the University of Central Florida.   Maddy is from Wisconsin but has lived in Florida and works at Animal Kingdom as a  driver/narrator and talks about the animals. I was in Celebration on Wednesday (work related) so we met up for lunch and had Sushi at a restaurant in downtown Celebration.  It was nice to meet Maddy and catch up on what her side of the family was up to.

That evening, I was invited to a friend's house for a Girls Night Out get together.  I have known this friend since I was 10.  We were in elementary school together ( for both fifth and sixth grade) and we went to Junior High together as well as High School. 
Junior High Volley Ball I am holding ball, Loretta in behind me (my left shoulder) with long brown hair.
  I have not seen Loretta since we graduated High School some 34 years ago.  And you know,  we spent some time catching up and after that it was like we were back in high school and no time had passed at all.  We had a great time, I was able to meet some of her friends, we played games and talked the night away.  I cannot wait until we can do it again!

This week coming up,    I will be more conscious of my spending.  For the last several months, that definitely has not been the case.  But it is time to get back on track, (once I decide what that track should be) and monitor my cash flow more carefully.   The credit card debt is still hanging around and has fluctuated from as high as $14,000 to as low as $7500,00.    Today it sits somewhere in the middle at about $10,000.

After this chaotic, no job, tons of family drama  kind of year, I think the debt could be so much worse.  Secretly I would love to cut this debt in HALF by the end of the year.  But that is all I will say about that.  I don't need Murphy to step in and start trying to make it interesting AND expensive.

I still stay busy with my ebay store  and sales have been pretty steady.  I love to hit up the thrift stores and search for treasures to sell.  When I am on the road at my new job, (mobile Ultrasound) I have the opportunity to go to different thrift stores which is a nice perk!

This week coming up I am challenging myself to only eat out twice.  This is an area that definitely needs work, and it is one small step to better budgeting and money management.  I will let you know how it goes!

Linking to Carla's Sunday Nite Chit Chat!

 

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