Musings of Erin

Well, it’s official - I’ve quit smoking. I’ve been a closet-smoker for many many years, and decided to finally quit. Colorado was offering the Nicoderm CQ patch for free through Colorado Quitline/Quitnet, so I signed up (hard to pass something like that up for free!) Been almost 24 hours since my last smoke… and I’m bitchy! Even with the dumb patch. I think I put it on wrong anyway - the corners keep peeling off and sticking to my shirt. Maybe I’ll get it right next time.

I’ve been sucking on cough drops… those yucky eucalyptus kind. I’ve never been a fan. Now I’m drinking my coffee real slow so I don’t torture myself with the cough drops. I just gave my almost-two-year old one - he’s not too pleased with me anymore. It’s his own fault - he asked

My husband is interviewing me for his Intro to Business class (he’s just begun the quest of the MBA)… I’m really procrastinating that right now. I don’t much want to answer these questions - I’ve about half done. I wonder if they’re going to make him take a class on interviewing. I think at least the questions should be thought-provoking for the interviewee. Don’t you think?

I’ve an interview with HOB in Feb… it’ll start being marketed at the end of Jan. I’m kinda freaked out about that as well - at least the interview with my husband is on paper - the HOB interview will be on a telecall. UCK. I’m known for getting all nervous and stuttery speaking in front of people… maybe I should think about a hot toddy beforehand. (JUST KIDDING)

My eBook is almost done being written, into editing soon. Should be done around the middle of feb. I need to contact Andrew Young. He’s going to help me get the membership portion of the site done, for a very reasonable fee. He’s saved my ass more than once on PHP/My SQL crap - I sure do wish I’d paid more attention in SQL class, and maybe even considered PHP. I need to ask him about the documentation of the stuff he’s going to do.

Did you know you can buy a two-room shack in Ireland for $145,100 USD? “It measures 15 feet 6 inches by 12 feet 8 inches and is divided into two little rooms, one with a kitchen and a bed while the “living room” sleeps three, on a sofa and a divan bed, O’Grady said.The property has a felt roof, uses bottled gas for cooking and heating and only has an outside chemical toilet.” Ooooh, that sounds lovely - a felt roof and an outside chemical toilet. Erinn go Bragh!

~E

I don’t know about you, but those motivational posters in offices really irritate the poo out of me… and now I have the perfect solution for my office

Check them all out at www.despair.com

~E

I grew up in Napa, California. The beautiful land of wineries, grapes, and all-around merriment… and thanks to all that nasty weather, this is what it looks like now:

This is about 1.5 miles from my childhood home… which means my childhood home is flooded too. It’s amazing what happens with too much rain there. I remember being a child last time it flooded this bad… I covered a washing machine box with duct tape and offered ’swamp tours’ to the neighborhood kids… at a quarter a trip, I think I made $15 that day… a fortune in my eyes. I suppose I’ve always been an entrepreneur

Well, the holidays are finally over. I can finally breathe again.

With four kids, the holidays are really overwhelming. From October to January, everything is a whirlwind of parties (three of my kids have birthdays in Oct. and Nov.) shopping, cooking, and just CHAOS!

I managed to make myself sick the day after christmas - too much to do in too little time, methinks. I was laid up until yesterday, but at least I was able to catch up on my reading and planning. Ain’t life grand?

~E