Surprise thunderstorms can be fun.  They can also be a pain in the bottom.  Today we had one of those surprise storms.  There wasn't even any rain in the forecast.  I walk or ride my bike to work days that the forecast is ok.  Well today was suppose to be a beautiful day so I walked on in.  Now it has been raining for a couple hours.  Hopefully I will not need my umbrella when it is time to go home because it is still in storage . 

October twenty four two thousand and nine is the International Climate Change Awareness Day.  According to scientist it is very possible for us to have some rapidly rising sea levals in the next couple decades.  Many of the scenerios that are being presented as possibilities include millions of refuges that are going to be forced from their ocean front communities.  One possibility to to replace many of these homes with house boats.  So now is the time to buy your floating home and put it in boat storage .

I just read a newsletter article on personal finance and getting rich.  The article talks about the importance of where your personal mindset is coming from.  Basically you can think about things from either a position of need or a position of empowerment.   For example, my outdoor storage space is way to small or you can think I have this outdoor storage space that is not big enough for everything that I want to put away but it sure is going to help out. 

The positive is much more empowering.

My sister in law loves redecorating her house. She lives in another state so I only see her home a couple times year. I am alway surprised and pleased with how beautiful she keeps it and how she can creatively move her furniture from one place to another in her home to keep it fresh and interesting. 

I have lived in the same house for 8 years and the furniture is still sitting where the furniture movers place them.  Maybe it is time for a change.

No matter what type of business you are in, from selling cars to renting storage rooms to flipping burgers at the neighborhood fast food shop. Integrity and honesty are traits that employers are looking for.  With the national unemployment rate approaching ten percent and expected to rise in the coming year.  Now is the time to learn how to market yourself and your business as an honest place.

Yesterday, my husband and I spent a good portion of our evening getting things ready for winter. We mowed the lawn for hopefully the final time for the season. We boxed up the sweet potatos from our garden and put them away. We also worked on many of our outdoor storage needs.   

The biggest task was getting the big tarps out to cover the wood piles so we will be all warm and cozy this winter. 

My family and I are working on helping my parents move their laundry room out of the basement. We are trying to find an appropriate place to place it in the main part of the house. This is a real challenge. My parents house only has access to the underside in a few places so adding plumbing and electric is a real challenge. 

We have started calling contractors to get moving quotes for the laundry room. 

My desk area is getting fuller by the moment. I think I could use some storage boxes to put a few things away. Here in the secret shopping department. We pride our selves in keeping great track of where we are in our progress of our work getting done which means we have all these dry erase boards that need to be put somewhere.

I was trying to find a way to not take a lot of storage room for my kids stuffed animals that they no longer wanted in their rooms but really wanted to keep for keepsakes. I purchased some of those vacumn storage bags. It took these large stuffed animals and shrunk them down to inches thick. 

In my last blog I was chatting about my daughter getting contacts. It is amazing how she has taken over all the storage space in the bathroom. Who would have thought that one young woman would need so many bottles, hair brushes, straighteners, curlers and all those other beauty aids.