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Saw another two houses this lunch time.  The basements are all starting to blur together into one big generic basement.  One house was OK, needed a lot of redecorating work, some nasty wood stuff stripped off and redone in the back room, but there was almost no kitchen counter space.

Stupid health insurance.  "Oh yes Mrs Hawke, that's our mistake, we'll refile the claim and pay it."  Really?  So why have I got another bill for it a month later?  Why am I sat on hold again, listening to syrupy music again, reciting date

Well, that was interesting.  Just got home from an interview for an assistant manager job for a jewelry store in the mall.  I'd be piercing ears if I got the job.  They have artificial ears to practise on.  Somewhere out there is a company that sells fake ears

Tiring day.  At 9am we were in a Ford minivan heading out to look at our first house with Janis, our real estate agent.  It was a gorgeous brick house in a great location, hardwood floors, dry basement, great kitchen, two bedrooms instead of three, but lots of space.  It

Paul gave me a turquoise Photon II light from Think Geek, and I love it!  He tripled the memory on my laptop, upgraded one of my most often used pieces of software and gave me a really cool t-shirt that says "No, I will not fix your computer."

1:30 pm it started raining, which turned to sleet.  It's still coming down.  Yesterday it was warm enough to be outside in a t-shirt.  Tomorrow it's supposed to be below freezing all day. Applied for more jobs today, including a nice web development place down

Went back to Chesterfield, this time my customer was there.  She ordered a bracelet and asked me to price up a matching necklace, and the other woman with her asked for a rose quartz bracelet.  Woohoo!  I'm in business! Now I have to go buy the parts and

I'm going to see a woman about a bracelet at 2.30 pm, and I'm nervous.  This could be my first real jewellery sale, and she might have an address I could send my CV/resume to for her brother-in-law's company.  Scary. I have