The Start of Something New

Tomorrow is my first day of working my Mary Kay business on a full time basis. I'm a basket of emotions. I'm nervous, excited, scared, overwhelmed, happy, and thankful. I'm so blessed that my amazing husband is able to allow me to continue my journey with Mary Kay this way! Not everyone is as blessed to be able to have such a wonderful husband who has a tremendous amount of faith and trust in me. I'm ready to start a new chapter in my life and watch everything in my business change. 

I'm ready to achieve my goals of:

Directorship by the end of 2014

Car by valentines day 2015

Two off spring directors by July 2015 

Pink caddy here I come!

Plumbing Problems

This last week was my first full week of working from home as a Full time Mary Kay Consultant. It was also one of my husbands business trip weeks. So as Brian was in Mexico, my mom and I were deep cleaning and organizing our house. 

Let's just say my moms Norwex products work wonders and our appliances and the whole house looked new. As I was finishing up the last room (the blue bathroom) and cleaning around the toilet, I noticed a small leak. When I examined this closer I decided I should get my mom. After getting her I decided the best idea was to shut off the water to the toilet and not use it until Brian came home and could figure it out. So that's what I did......

Except....

WATER STARTED GUSHING OUT OF THE WALL, like a firehose on the other side! 

  Mom: "what did you do"

  Me: "nothing, I don't know what to do"

  Mom: "we have to shut off main water"

(Me trying to collect every towel in the house to collect the inches of water collecting in bathroom and spilling into hall) 

  Me:" I don't know where that is, I'll call dad, you call Plunbing Heating Paramedics"

  Mom: "what? The paramedics? What's wrong?"

  Me: "no they are the plumbers!"

After talking to my dad I realized where to shut off water. When I turned the handle, it snapped off in my hand! FML! 

Thankfully there was another handle and I got H2O shut off. A few hours later the plumber came fixed the problem and left, but not before the pipe broke off in the wall..... 

Oh and he had to cut a hole in the wall in the Dining Room, which I just cleaned and mopped. 

$350 later it's fixed and I've decided every time Brian goes on business I just need to be ready for something to go wrong. :-( 

Niagara Falls

Today Brandon, Brian and I got the privilege to go to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. It was so beautiful! Words can not even begin to describe the beauty of this destination. 

We enjoyed lunch at the Skylon Tower in the Revolving Dining room. The views were great! The food was a bit pricey and not overly good. Just mediocre and nothing special. The view made up for it for sure. 

After lunch we went on the HornBlower tour (Canada's version of the Maid of the Mist). It was so neat and worth the $17 a person cost (I believe in Canadian dollars and not US). I was surprised how quickly you actually get on the boat after buying your ticket. There were a ton of people and we were on the boat in less than 10 mins, which was the time it took us to take the elevator down, get out "mist" poncho on and board the boat. 

When they say "mist" they mean more of a light rain! Granted your not totally soaked when you return but that is because it's also SUPER windy, so you dry off. The views down on the water were breathtaking and the photos don't do it justice. 

Overall it was a GREAT decision to stop on at Niagara Falls on the way to Maine. I will say, there is plenty to do here, so the few hours we spent could have easily became a day or two. Until we return again the memories will have to last!