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Say YES to Yourself
Pooping in my pants was one of my earliest memories growing up, when I was 4 (I was the fourth child of 5 kids.) You might think, “So what? My child did that all the time at 4”. I would agree, my son (who is 4) has ‘accidents’ and I figured out last year in our Holiday Letter, when we had 3 kids still in diapers that we probably collected or changed over 1 ton of diapers the previous year…. But, I was fully potty-trained and conscious of my actions.
This was a premeditated act of attention, carefully diagrammed in my mind and carried out with precision to garner a cry for ‘notice me now’! Sure, it worked – but it also backfired, my older brothers and sister had a GREAT laugh at my expense, my mother made me take a bath in the middle of the day(ugh!) and my baby sister still got all of the attention from my mom. Not the reaction - I was going for.
Time to be Selfish
Time for me to be a little selfish.You ever wonder what makes people give? what is the catalyst that says.. yep, I need to pull some change out of my pocket? I know what makes me give. It's totally selfish. I feel good after I give. I get goosebumps when I see someone else happy. It's a drug.
So...we put out there that we were going to give 1,000 to a family in need - we got a few emails. We set some parameters because we are looking for REAL, DESPERATE NEED. Desperate as in DESPERATE. After some research... they may be in need and we are completely compassionate but desperate? nah
October Newsletter
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Our maids are leaving a sweet surprise in refrigerators as well as a comment card.
Time is Precious
I am at home working in thirty minute stretches because I find it hard to get up from my desk without bothering the rest of my staff so it’s best that I work from home! Also --- not a good idea that I drive today on these meds. WE would get nothing done and it would be all my fault… right ladies? I am pondering what time means… once again. Sometimes I think God throws these wrenches at me to slow me down. I have slowed WAAAAAAAAY down.
I’m pondering how we choose to react to certain things in our lives… that shape who we are and those around us. It’s amazing to me how one reaction can change the course of things and equally amazing that HOW we react to it … produces a certain result.
A Grateful List
What a crazy month it has been!
Not a long blog today... Just a grateful list!
I am grateful for...
Coffee
Pain pills
Modern medicine
My family
Absolutely Clean clients which allow me to employ and be grateful for....
August 2011
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Did your pet make a mess? We can get it cleaned up!
Special THANKS to Fan #2000 Lorelei Stensland! Did you know she was the amazing tattoo artist that volunteered her time at our Community Appreciation Party? So glad she FINALLY joined us! She won a gift basket of cleaning products!
Also Congratulations to our Client Survey Winner Deb Law! She won a gift certificate to Witte's End Coffeehouse. "Thank you!!! I love coffee and I love Absolutely Clean!!" ~Deb!
Jeana's picture of time with her family was our favorite! She won a free 2 hour cleaning, also more time with her family! Our maids can do your laundry... do your dishes... clean your toilets! Whatever she needs! We made Jeana's Day, "Thank you So much!! Getting to spend more time with my family is the most best, most priceless gift ever."
GOAL!
As Anne walks out the door today and say's "Thursday Thought?" , (Anne helps me with the details of our marketing and Dana with the details of our scheduling and daily reports! She is one of the four of us that will answer the phones here when you call. She rocks and is so organized ) I respond .. " Have fun in Vegas "-- a smile and "I haven't thought about it yet.. ". The next moment I get a text from my husband that says: My goals are clear and I am occupied with them. This is a pretty cool thought, if not an enduring principle.
YEP ...
Want to know what my thirty day goals are? I'm expecting to see yours listed on our page if you are joining us today at 6pm -- Thomas Park. I'll let you jump in at any time but.. My goals are clear.
30 Day Challenge
So… I used to be thin. I used to run 5 miles a day. I “used to”…. I am so tired of this phrase. It goes along with “I wish I was thin”, “I wish I still was a runner”, “I wish we could raise more money”, “I wish, I wish…” What happened after that second marathon? Do you have mantras like this?
If my internal house is in order, my actual home order follows. Because of this and the general lack of order I am feeling lately, I am bringing you into how my brain operates.
When the disorder inside happens, I start to rearrange furniture, clean out closets, pull my staff In for meetings where we rehash EVERYTHING and generally come up with a new sense of order that I and my company always grow from. THAT is what is going on right now (ask Dana, Anne and Nick what we have been doing all week..). My carpets are being cleaned as I type and new doors and baseboards are being installed in my basement… ORDER and cleanliness. Now for the inner house so the actual house STAYS that way, here is how this all started (at least this time!).
Excuses… the word “can’t” in my house is as bad if not worse than shouting the F-bomb! I can’t even function in my home unless everything is put away… do I? Cough