First of all, let me say that this has been a very 'ups and downs' kind of week. No joke. My emotions have been rallying together for a crazy time. Par-tay... not so much. Yeah, it's been wild.
First, the bad news. Yeah, there's bad stuff in an up and down week. You must know by now how I dislike doing farm paperwork. It's so... boring. And annoying. Especially when I think "yeah, I'm all caught up" only to have my husband come in with the mail... including about 17 more bills that I need to enter 'pronto'. Sigh. Anyway, I got to work on it on Tuesday... only to find out that I had erased my cash flow. Actually, that wouldn't have been too bad. I could have retrieved it. Nope... worse still, I saved over it with another file. Now I had thought I called the new file by another name. I didn't. Somehow, last week Thursday when working with my projected statements, I saved a 'projected cashflow 2010' as 'cashflow 2010' and completely got rid of the three months of work I had done on the other file. This file is important. I use it to tell myself what I have entered into the program at a glance, and to know what I have left (according to the bank statement). It took me THREE HOURS (ok, more than that) to recreate this file the way it was (and it isn't the way it was... I had lots of 'notes' written in all over the place that I no longer have and will have to just 'wing it' when I get to that 'area'). I'm so glad for bank reconciliations on the AgExpert program as I was able to use that to figure out which items I already entered into the program, and which I hadn't. Crisis averted... for now. That is NOT to say that I DIDN'T have a complete breakdown at the realization of what had happened. It is also NOT as if I WASN'T tempted to huck the whole computer out our window and see what would happen (knowing deep down that it would solve nothing). I was livid. And the Internet causing problems while I was attempting to fix the whole problem didn't help matters either.
Ah well... c'est la vie!
Anyway, now that it's been fixed, I'm feeling much better. I didn't get as much done on my list as I wanted to, which is another downer, but not so bad. I realize that some things are outside of my control.
On to the GOOD news!
Yesterday we had a meeting with our accountant. She made me feel REALLY good about all the hard work I DO put into our books (even though I sometimes hate it)! She relies on my bookwork more than the previous accountant's work as the 'real deal'! How's that for a boost? Then we went to Liquidation world. They had a big sale on Scrapbooking supplies (Fiskars... which is an AWESOME brand). I spent less than $30, and I got 3 large stamp packs (the clear rubber ones), an oval cutting template, a foldable self-healing cutting mat (much nicer than the glass one I saw at walmart, and the walmart one was $20... this one retails at $28), a set of chipboard embellishments, a pair of scissors (with a spring in them), and a 'ruler' with a 'tearing' edge (always liked those... never willing to spend the $5 or more they cost)! SO STOKED! Later that day I worked on my pregnancy album a bit. :) Nothing like getting new supplies to get you back into scrapbooking!
Today has been pretty good too! I FINALLY finished the quilt this morning! It looks good. Not perfect, mind you, but really good for my first ever quilt (and being a perfectionist, that says a lot about today being a better day, ha ha). Then, who do I see pull up onto the yard? Purulator! Our camera is back! We mailed it on Tuesday! Express mail said it would take 2-3 business days to ship to Canon. Canon got it Wednesday and emailed us to tell us... and then today we get it back! WOW! Just WOW! And no more black spot! And I have my camera back! In FOUR days! I'm lucky enough to have it for Easter even (insert HUGE-smiley-face-with-shocked-eyes here)!! EEEEEEE!
Can you tell I'm thrilled?
So yeah... definitely an 'ups and downs' kind of week... thankfully more ups right now. Liking the idea of it ending on an 'up'... and the next week continuing on an 'up'.
Right now, I'm so excited I think I'll go take a nap! Or pop bubble wrap! >:)
3 comments:
I had a feeling Canon would be fast! :-) I didn't want to SAY that and have it all be my fault for you potentially not having your camera in time for the new baby, but it seems like every customer service review I've read about Canon is something along the lines of "Great service! So fast!" Haha! (And believe me, I've read a LOT of Canon reviews while trying to decide on a new camera! This makes me like them even more!)
I am sooooo happy you got your camera back, AND that you got new scrap booking supplies, AND that you finished your quilt! Pictures please! :-)
As for the "down" stuff... I would have been livid too. At least you were able to recreate it pretty quickly! (I know 3 hours is NOT quick, but when I first started reading I thought it was going to take WEEKS. Ack!)
Hey there!
I'll try and think through how I made my cover and Email you!
Could you email me your addy.
Our's is carralenee@yahoo.com
and I'll do my best to help you out!
Have a blessed day!
Carra
Yeah, it sounds like you had an up and down kind of week. At least it ended on an up note.
Glad you got your camera back in time. Gotta love fast cutstomer service. :)
Hopefully the next week goes better for you.
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