Today has been a pretty good day so far. First of all I slept ALL night long. I didn't wake up once. After being sick and up half the night for the past 4 days, just sleeping through the night was glorious. The kids weren't too bad getting up and getting ready for school. My mom hasn't nagged me about anything yet, so YES it's a good day. In about 2 hours I'll be heading up to meet my daughter's class at the community pool. That should be a hectic and fun ordeal...lol. After that I'm coming home to order some oak switch plates and get a ton of cleaning done hopefully. My fingers are crossed on that one, because the cleaning fairy forgot to stop while I was sick...lol!

If you have not already seen Gotye's video for "Somebody that I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra.... Watch it NOW. I have literally been listening to this song on repeat for the last week. It is absolutely addicting. The video is a bit strange and very artsy, which I adore. It's just a very catchy song. I'm also convinced that Gotye is the love child of Sting, Phil Collins, and Peter Gabriel..LOL! He would also make a good Joker or vampire... He has an awesome set of teeth..hahaha!

Guest post from: Natalie Walter

I bought my first home about five years ago now, right in the middle of the housing boom. Now I would like to sell my house because I no longer want to live in that area of town but no dice. No one else wants to live in that area of town either! The good news is I have been very fortunate to find renters that have lived there for the past three years and they have been very good. I am secretly hoping they will want to buy it from me eventually. This all brings me to the show My First Place. I like to watch this show because I enjoy how naive people are about how much a house costs and all the things that go in to it. My favorite part is at the beginning when the host shows the people the kind of houses they are looking for and then she drops the bomb on them that they are way over their budget. And reality quickly sets in. Check out your DIRECT TV guide to find out when My First Place comes on in your area.

So last week was interesting. I was on the phone with everett gaskins hancock a ton, over my Grandmother's estate. I've been looking for rental houses. Did you know it's really hard to find a 4 bedroom house? Really hard! I've been shoveling like mad. The snow will not stop! I guess once it finally started, it figured it didn't have to stop, ever. It was just a crazy week. I'm hoping that this week goes a lot smoother. So far my schedule is definitely not as busy, so that's good. Although in the next couple weeks I have to start planning my son's 5th birthday party. At least that's something fun. The hardest decision with that is Superman or Batman..lol.!

My daughter is going to be starting guitar lessons in the summer, so I've been shopping around for guitars and guitar cases for her. I'm trying to decide between a soft or hard case. My ex had a very nice soft case that he loved for his guitar, but I'm thinking for an 8 year old child, a hard case would be a better choice. Kids are rough on things, so a nice hard case to protect the guitar would be good. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm new to this, and have never owned an instrument. So I'll take any suggestions..lol!

This girl needs some focus! I have been so out of focus lately, not working when I should, not concentrating on the job at hand. It's not been good, but the thing I am most upset with is that I have lost focus on what I want to do with my life. I would love to work in the art field, preferably in graphic design. I've looked at some Online certificate programs and I am really thinking about saving up some money and going for it. I think it would really make me happy in the long run and would be worth the money. Anyone take any online courses? Do you like them?

So today while running some errands at the store and the bank, I ran across a horrible car accident. The use of medical air evacuation had to be used, so you know it was a bad accident. I hope that no one died, but I'm fairly certain someone probably did. It looked pretty bad. So this is my reminder to everyone driving on winter roads. Slow down, it's icy and getting to your destination a few minutes late is better than not arriving at all. Be safe!

Today is January 20th, right? Right. Ok...at the beginning of January we had no snow. You could still see grass on the ground. Now we have a good foot and a half of snow! Crazy! Mother nature is making up for the lack of snow we have received this winter. She's like..."hahahaha...you thought you were going to have an easy winter, but you were WRONG!" siiiiigh...I really do not like winter. LOL!

I've been extremely unproductive all day. I should of been working, or cleaning, or doing just about anything, but instead I spent most of the day online. I spent part of the day looking up miller welders for my brother, and the other part yapping at my friend. Tomorrow I really have to get something accomplished. At this point, it could really be anything, and I would be happy. I'm not really sure when it happened, but I've gotten really lazy the last couple weeks. So I have to kick it into high gear and get my butt moving! Wish me luck!

Well the neighbors are packing up and moving out. The neighbors that have driven me crazy for several years now, with they're constant banging around. Today though I couldn't of been happier when I saw him out there loading the contents of his metal buildings into a big trailer. I about wanted to throw a little party, but I refrained. lol! I'm kind of nervous now though. These neighbors were not the best, but what if our new neighbors are even worse? That's always a possibility, a scary possibility. That would be my luck too...lol. So is this a good thing they are moving, or not? Only time will tell!