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February 4th, 2006 at 01:12 am

Well, my business cards are ordered FINALLY. I got the proofs today and okayed them. I ended up taking the pictures at home with my dad's digital camera. Since I saved $25-50 on the pics, I didn't feel bad wasting $10 on the proofs. I wanted to make sure the picture looked okay on the card, since it was taken so "unprofessionally" (we held a blanket up for the background!). It looked fine, so I should have my cards by the end of next week. Then I can move on to the next phase of getting my car sign made up and distributing my new cards to past clients.
I also cleaned out a corner of the "junk room" today to store my kids' clothes. It is this really large room we have upstairs that accumulates all the seasonal stuff (Christmas, pool supplies), the things we don't use often (suitcases), things we will need again but not soon (baby gear), etc etc. It is PACKED. We clean it out a few times a year, but as soon as the seasons change, it is packed again as everything just gets thrown in there on top of the old stuff. The big problem is that my dad won't let us throw anything away, even if it's broken or something he will never use. I used to have the same problem, but when you move into a house that is already full, you have to store a lot of things. After about a year, I realized I did not miss any of them. So I have managed to scale my stuff down quite a bit, although DH thinks I could still stand to lose a lot more Smile
But I digress...what a tangent I got on! Anyway, I have a wall section cleared out and have stacked my boxes of clothes there. Now I have easy access to them when I need to get out clothes of the next size or put some away (Tightwad Gazette readers may recognize a bit of Amy Dacyzyn in this!).
DId a bit of work in the kitchen today - chicken soup for the freezer out of a chicken carcass, and homemade corn bread. Never made it from scratch before, but it sure was good. I even made it with Splenda to be a little more South Beach friendly. Plus I went shopping this morning - spent $86 for $147 worth of groceries. But...$10 of that will be rebated back to me, and another $15 was for waste control (ok, diapers and kitty litter), so I should keep track of that separate than my food expenditures. Great deal on soda and chips (neither of which I really eat too much of, but the rest of my family does) - soda was 3 fridge packs for $8 and Lays chips were 3/$4.50 - total was $12.50, but Tops gave you a $2.50 coupon and Pepsi/Lay's gives a $10 rebate - so it's all FREE!
Gotta run, DH1 is at the neighbors and ready to come home.

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