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WATER OF AIR. You're aloof, depressed and seasoned. You'd make a good psychologist, executioner, black widow, arsenic poisoner, heretic queen or commentator. You're too witty for your own good. Have to get up early in the morny morn to fool you, as you spot lies a mile away. And WOE TO THOSE who dare attempt such a stupid move. You're Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, when she cuts Michael's head off. You're Anne Robinson, the host of The Weakest Link!

Red Grand AM!

Back online: redgrandam.colagrl.com - go now! Let's Celebrate!!

Mission in Motion

You would think that after loosing a few jobs over the past few years, going through bankruptcy and losing a car, with the chance of losing the 2nd one - that this would be my "Y" in "Why I want the things I do from my MK career" and that it would be a big demanding "WHY" to make me move my butt in motion. I guess it wasn't.

I guess going broke, and breaking into tears, and watching the car go was a thing I had to go through.

Not. Any. More.

I don't know. I've snapped. I'm focused (or at least I think I am) that I'm ready to get this going, and take no prisoner's charge attitude.

Career Conference is coming up in March. (A mini Seminar like July but local and scaled down). I have only missed one in 3 years, and I won't miss this one. The extra about it? My Director is going to rent a suite near the hotel and we can earn our way into the room for the night. By golly - I'm going to be in that room that night.

Challenge?
I can either Medal January or February (3, 4 or 5 new team members in one month)
Wrap up Star Consultant ($18,000+ wholesale by end of Feb.)
or do 2 consecutive Power Starts (30 faces in 30 days x 2)

Power Start is my simplest one and I can do that. Major do that. I figure if I can do 2 Power Starts, I can some how Medal and at least be On-Target for Star Consultant by the end of Feb. It's do-able. I know it. My goal is to do 60 faces this month and pull it off in Feb. too. I am SO staying the night in this suite. This goal is small, and once it's completed, I'm sure I'll be farther along then I expect in Feb.

Where is this coming from? No clue. It just hit me and since then I have been on this "sugar high" and I'm ready to do it. Contacted 5 customers today (phewww... all phone messages) :) and this is where you come in.

Want to help with the goal? e.m.a.i.l - me. I have a variety of different things that you can help with. My main goal on this? New customers. More customers. I need to work on my customer base. Help me - and I will so take care of you!

Success. One day at a time. (this book is so cool and helping me!)

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Alive!

Haven't been posting much because I've been busy and I'm really wanting to get back to my MT and my regular space for writing. Frustration has hit again and I'm just so tired of fighting this up hill battle of survial - I just don't know how much longer I can hold out.

Reason? Rookie took Fugly in for the state emissions test. It failed. Took it to the shop to have it looked at. If it was minor, he would do it, if it was major within price range, the shop could have it. Of course - so far beyond reason ($1,000) that for that price, we can get a newer used car and chunk this clunk. But we don't even have ($1,000) to do with, so come Feb. we could be without 2 cars. One that runs, but not street legal, and the truck could be gone. What next? No clue. This is so tiring. I swear I'm doing the bunny hop dance and it's more like 1 step forward and 5 backwards right now. Ugh.

Motto? "Just keep swimming swimming swimming" (Finding Nemo)

R O O K I E

Cheer time again for the Rookie. If I haven't said it enough - I LOVE THIS MAN!

It's road trip day - 4 hours down to Raton, NM a brief lunch with mom and the kids, then a 4 1/2 trip back with the kids home (they take up time and want to stop for snacks and stuff). It's an all day thing. But now, I'm used to it, look forward to it - it's my quiet, let's think about things and what are we going to do in the next few weeks thoughts for 4 hours.

With the Caviler, I had a cd changer in the trunk that held 10 cd's and I would belt out with Madonna as if it was me that was kissing her and not Britney. Today I have the Beast to drive. Not Fugly, the Beast (no - the truck has not been taken back yet!). Rookie's 1995 faded red now looks like pink Ford 150, cab, extended bed monster of a truck. I have to push the seat so far up (how far up?) that my stomach has to touch the steering wheel so that I can reach the pedals, but the side mirror on the outside of the truck are now behind me so I can't use them! Both tanks are filled (dual tanks) so that it's weighted down and yes - there is a dusting of snow. Any time it snows more then 5 flakes, I'm the biggest chicken on the road.

Fugly by the way - had a flat tire the day before we went to mom's. The tire just literally fell apart into pieces. We didn't want to take chances that the other 3 tires would do that. It has new tires now, and it has failed the emissions test. It's really starting to become a thorn in my side. I was looking for one of my cd's in it the other day (it's only plus - a cd player) and looked under the driver seat, and there was 3 beer cans, and 4 packs of cigarettes under neath. No. Never thought of cleaning out the car. I told you - this car is just ASKING to be pulled over by the police.

But we can't delay this trip. Mom has to be back in Albuquerque by 10:30 tonight to pick up someone from the airport for church, and then the next morning more people are coming in, so she's spending the night. This trip has to be done today.

My darling, loving Rookie went to work at 5 am. Called me at 7:30 to tell me to bring a shirt and shoes and he has taken the day off to drive me to get the kids. Both mom and I are relieved that he's doing this. Now don't get me wrong - I don't think it's all of me that is making me him do this. He mentioned it a few weeks ago why can't we do this drive on Sunday instead when he has time off. I think he wants to see the kids as much as I do. I thought it would drive him crazy to meet up with mom all these times so I always scheduled them on Sat.

So I must get ready. I'll be back late tonight since we are all meeting much later in the day to make the drive easy on mom. Another small fear I was having - driving on wet roads in the dark.

Rookie - I love ya. Love ya, love ya, love ya, love ya. Lots.

7 1/2

Make that 4 1/2 hour trip 7 1/2 hours. On the way down, through Colorado Springs it snowed. Once near Pueblo it was nice, sun was shining and Rookie asked me to drive for a bit so he could catch up on his sleep. Meet mom, had lunch and we were on our way back. Not even near Pueblo we hit snow. 30 mph on I-25. Crawled through Pueblo and dropped to 15 mph in Colorado Springs on the way back.

He laughed. He roared. He asked where would I have given up and called him - "on the first hill 40 miles out of Pueblo with the 1st accident." I would have pulled over and called hysterically that I could not drive in this traffic in these conditions. He knew I would have too.

Thats why he took the day off and drove - so I wouldn't have to cry hysterically.

Instead I have white knuckled hands and I got a lot of butt exercises completed that tightened so much - from the trip home. LOL

Hi - I'm Susan, the big chicken when it snows 5 flakes or more.

coooooold

They are predicting snow tonight. Ugh. After 3 years of commuting back and forth to my mom's, I think the snow is going to catch up this time. We have been real lucky these years that blizzards have never hampered with our weekend exchange of the kids - I better find some wood and knock on it quick!

The recruiters are starting to call again. Even had the public library call me that's interested in my resume. Cool. Two weeks. I give it 2 weeks that I'll be working full time.

Not much other wise to say right now. Spent the afternoon zapping out resumes left and right, then tidying up my desk. I'm really ready to move and I hope we can do it soon once I get hired. This house is going to bring me down soon if we don't get out!

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Date Night, Grand AM II, MK & other ramblings

Not sure how long I'll be here - but if you'll do me a small favor and book mark this site and call it Grand AM II that way those 2 or 3 thousand readers will know where I am. :) Just kidding. :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

After last year, or at least these past few months - 2004 has got to have more humph in it. I think I'm off to a good start, I'll get back to you on that in a week or two - ;)

I'm feeling much better. Vitamins and estrogen patches are my new best friends right now. Rookie came home yesterday and said "welcome back" and I looked at him quizzedly - 'welcome back'? Then I thought back to the past few days... where I have stepped on the dog out of being unbalanced 4 times, tripped over the dog 6 times, and just couldn't do basic square block in the square box functions. I had a migraine headache that had me throwing up and pulsing to explode just after walking up the stairs. I was in bed by 7 pm every night, and I was forcing myself to stay up that late, I wanted to go to bed at 5! I'm among the living now!

Felt good enough to stand in Chili's for a hour to wait for a table, then spent another 45 minutes waiting for our food. But it was all good. We ended up sitting at the bar for a bit. Rookie and I are not sociable people (yes - really!) so it was an exciting feeling to have strangers talk to us. After we were seated at our table, I got the guts to go back to the bar and give my business card to a gal we talked to. I knew I would kick myself if I didn't so I did. Scared the crap out of me, but she said she would call me for a facial.

During that time Rookie and I talked. Really, really talked. What we had done wrong last year, what we need to do this coming year, goals we want to achieve, where do we want to go, when do we need to move, and laughter. This wonderful man makes me laugh like no others. We talked about what we did on previous New Year Eve's and though he said it was quite boring that we were not doing much that night (he had to go to work at 5 am this morning) - I looked back on the years that I was single and was at the base bar and the losers I dated those nights and was quite happy to take a boring night with Rookie then any of those nights in the past.

We talked about my MK goals. I told him I have the affirmation tape going on right now, and even though I admit it sounds goofy and I fought the idea for 3 years, it has really changed my spirit and thinking these past few days just listening to it. And I know Heather would go "wa-hoo", but I even changed it up a bit - I got some of the Directors I work for to post an affirmation for me on the tape. So you hear my voice, then a Director, then more affirmations from me then my National, and then me again. I can only listen to myself for so long, hearing other people say some nice things about you is an amazing thing.

We talked about my goal poster. Another goofy thing I have fought, and stored in the garage after doing them, but this time I was told to bring my family into the goals. They have to post their wants on it too. So I said that we all work together for this. When the kids come home in a few days, we will all sit down and put down our goals on the poster.

So speaking of my MK - while talking with my mom over the holidays, she was looking for something to help her customers that she can't sit down and do a facial with. Their schedules just collide and don't work together. I told her to do Facial in a Bag. The person gets a bag with samples of the cleanser, moisturizer, a color look (eyes, cheek, lips) foundation and perfume sample with a catalog. Mom was so excited about it she decided to do up 5 bags and make it her challenge to hand out 5 a week. I thought - 'hmmm I can do this to'. So I'm doing them up and carrying with me (would have been great for last night's gal). Nice thing is - I'm going to mail them to my out of state customers too. Interested? Let me know - I'll send you one. Give me an idea of skin color and colors that you like to wear. :)

2004 - I'm shakin it up
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