Lots going on right now. Need to make a list. Beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed and need to compartmentalize.

Garden: We'll be going to a few nurseries in the area to find plants, hopefully some of them (or all of them?) organic. I got out the Texas gardening books today and need to dig up the websites so we can figure out what we're going to do. I know B is mainly focusing on the vegetable garden, but I really want to fix the front flower bed as well.
Guests: My parents might be here starting this Saturday for a week. They won't know until about mid-week when my mother's coworker is supposed to return to work after surgery.
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Minnow Minnow Pea: I need to work on cutting out material to have saved up for sewing sessions. I also need to work on a design for a website, finding a graphic for the logo, deciding on a font for the logo, and laying out the pages I want to have. I'm trying to decide if I want to forward the blog there and lock this one down to friends only. If I do that, I'm trying to decide if I should bother putting the recipes over there as well. I will definitely have the crafts blog over there and then just dump ChaCha. I really need to get the tags/labels ordered, too.
Crafts: On a related note, I need to complete the boat blanket for Maddy (one cable panel left, and then whip stitching it together and knitting the border). I also have plenty of bibs to finish. They're just needing snaps. Gifts need to be given!
House: Lots of cleaning I want to get done. Our bedroom still has piles of artwork from when we moved... two years ago. I also want to make a final decision on the color in the bedroom and the dining room. We'll probably paint the dining room next since it's so easy, and I'm pretty sure we're sticking with the brown chip we picked out last year. I thought we had finally decided on red for the bedroom, but now I'm torn. I love the blue in the guest room so much I think I might want that in the room back there. I'm so frustrated now.
Job Hunt: I am still rather beat down about this whole job hunt. I have my fingers crossed on one position, but it isn't even open yet. I also received an email from a recruiter in Georgia for a remote position and I keep forgetting to call him back. I get a few minutes when Sophie is sleeping and my brain just shuts down and I forget about all the other things I need to do until she gets up again. I hate that.
Craigslist: I was able to get a few things sold from the last big listing I did, but not much. I took more pictures of items today and will be posting those soon. This stuff needs to be gone!
Weight Loss: I have been overweight my entire life. I am tired of being overweight. Unfortunately, I like food. My portion control isn't bad, nor are the foods I eat, normally. However, my metabolism is in the toilet and I really need to work on giving it a good jump start. I need to focus on drinking more water, getting better sleep at night, and cutting out the things I eat/drink on a regular basis that are detrimental to my overall health. I also need to figure out an exercise plan that I can manage with Sophie around.
LJ: This is low priority, but still something I want to work on. I changed the layout and it's okay, but I think I'd like to find a different one. I really like the three column layout, so I don't want to give that up. That limits the layouts that work for me, of course. I also really want to work on my user icons and setting up various mood themes. Of course, I'm fairly behind on comments right now, so I'd like to get those cleared up as well.
Future posts: I have a few ideas running around in my head regarding future posts. Some of these are posts I have said I'd be writing for over a year now, some of these are newer. I am horrible about writing these down or actually getting around to writing them. Meh. Some of these ideas include posts on children's books, working from home, various movie and music reviews, various tips and tricks in the kitchen (such as how I store my bacon, exciting I know), as well as the picture and video posts I keep promising.


I think that's about it for now...

My sister is a mystery shopper. She shops for a specific company (she used to work for the company) and from what I understand, actually manages a small mystery shopping program for the company. If I was living up north, I would be more than happy to join her group of shoppers, but unfortunately I don't, and they don't own any stores down here.

BestMark is a company that offers mystery shopping services to various companies, with many different mystery shopping solutions. I think I'm going to sign up to be a mystery shopper through them. I like the way the website is laid out in that it seems pretty easy to use, but I'll know more after I sign up.

I finally signed up for PayPerPost. I should have done it when I signed up for various other programs like this, but somehow I missed it. I know at least one or two other people who've been using PPP for a while but never bothered to sign up with them. It wasn't until I started reading posts by kikifitz that I decided I wanted to start doing PPP as well. She writes a PPP entry every day (actually, I think she does two a day now).

I am no stranger to blog advertising. PayPerPost is a little different than other sites I've used, but I like that bloggers are given the ability to pick their posts. There seems to be a much greater sense of community at PPP than other blog advertising programs, which I think is pretty cool. So far, I'm liking what I see. I just wish LiveJournal allowed javascript.

I'm looking forward to learning about some of the customers for whom I'll be blogging. I've learned some pretty cool information in the past and found some very useful links (Coupon Chief, anyone?). I'm sure with the opportunities at PPP, I'll be able to feed the addiction I have for more information and make a little money as a bonus.

I know I have promised a WAH post, and it will be up soon. Really. I'm just trying to get a few things in order first. :)