What I've Been Up To...

Whatever have I been doing with myself?
I work at home for my husband's business.
We are self-employed. I am the paper-work
queen.  Office goddess, if you prefer.  I do.  Hee hee.

That means I type all the invoices on the computer and

send out statements to customers.  I pay all bills for the

business and payroll for employees.  I do payroll reports

and any other nasty little report that comes along.  I have

a good program called "Quick Books" that I really like and

have been familar with for several years.  This keeps me

semi-occupied.  Now three children in college these 

past few years has kept me otherwise occupied.  All good.

As I have mentioned before, the oldest daughter has graduated

college and got her RN license and is working and living

in the nearest big city to me. (About 45 minutes away.)

My latest project which I have been enjoying is to sew

my daughter's some curtains for their new apartment

bedroom windows.  I started on my youngest daughter's

first and it turns out that she didn't like the green material

at all.  So guess where these beauties are now?  In my office/

extra bedroom.  I don't mind, I enjoyed the sewing.  I know

you're going to think that the brown/green kind of clashes

with those hot pink walls but hey! what the hay?  I enjoy

anything that I create, no matter what!  Those walls will

be transformed someday, just not yet.  I guess I can see

why she didn't like the green, but I'll try again.  This time

she is picking out the material, duh?  I should have known

better!  

Now for those of you discriminating minds that were 

absolutely fascinated with that picture of me on the wall,

here is a closer shot.  This is a artist drawing of me.  When

we went to Paris in 2000, we were in the Montmarte 

area and artists on the street everywhere want to draw

your picture for a fee of course.  They practically insist.

As you might notice, I am not smiling in this picture, 

because another artist was drawing my daughter and I

was watching and waiting while another persistant artist

kept insisting that he draw me.  One artist started drawing

my eye (and he did a very good job) but I kept saying,"no,

thank you."  He finally got mad and walked a short distance

away watching.  Another artist came up and started drawing

me and I decided to let him.  But I was not smiling at the

time 'cause I could see the other artist staring daggers at

me.  If looks could kill.  So I paid for my drawing to him

and for my daughter's to another artist.  He did capture

me pretty well even though I was not smiling.  I look very

serious.  But after all I am glad I bought it.  Also, if you look

at the above photo, on the left of it you will see a photo

that I took of my flower and I framed it.  I just happened

to have a frame already that it fit into.  Now notice that

it matches my brown and green curtains.  There!  Makes

it all coorindinate, doesn't it?  I'm sharp like that!  hee hee

This is another project that took a bit of our time last

week.  We purchased a 2008 Toyota Tundra Crew Max

for my husband to drive for his business.  We feel like

we got a really good deal.  He is taking it tomorrow to get

the front windows tinted.  He has ordered running boards

and a tonto cover for the bed.  We are getting the bed spray-

lined too.  He has to haul parts for his business in it.  We

plan on taking this jewel on vacation to Yellowstone Park

next year.  The four door crew cab has tons of seating room.

It's much bigger than a car.  We will be taking all three kids

with us too.  Our luggage can go in the bed of the pickup

under the tonto cover.  Last year we rented a SUV for

our trip to Colorado.  This time we can save that expense.