Planning! Ah, planning: what bliss. I bought a book on business planning some time back and am finally reading it. It's very good. Apparently I do too much "reactive" prospecting and not enough "proactive" prospecting. Excellent as I cannot wait to cold call people and knock on doors (insert big fat white fake tooth smile here). In any event, the planning book is very good as it forces you to analyze your market place, your competitors, and of course yourself. I can never have enough self analysis. I've set my goals for the year, but apparently have not done enough planning. Wheee. One thing I want to start tracking is how many hours I really work.

I was very spoilt yesterday. My boots had dinner all planned out for me. He knew that it would be rough day being the first one back at Open House duty, and he was right. It was fantastic to come home to a lovely, very thoughtful meal. On the menu: stuffed pork chops with a ginger chutney! Yes, I was blown away by the preparation and the meal was scrumptious. We had a lovely bottle of wine and then of course I promptly fell asleep at around 8. Excellent. I cannot comprehend how he puts up with my moods when I think the world is not as it should be. I am blown away by how I can rely on his moods to be even tempered, supportive, and patient. Me, never. If on the rare occasions he is having a funky day I'm like "For God's sake, snap out of it". Yikes. He is an angel.

I want to send a shout out to those fantastic individuals who provide me with internet access while doing open houses. I cannot thank you enough for not securing your networks so I can have speedier access. Of course, please ( I beg you) do not do anything to hurt Delia else I will have to hunt and kill you.

The worst thing about Open Houses is needing to pee. Ach, terrible. Not to mention the fact that we went to Einstein Bagels this morning and drank 2 cups of coffee. Doesn't help, and I don't recommend it to anyone when you know you will be sitting somewhere for 6 hours with people coming and going. Lord, it's like trying to schedule the impossible. "Do I go now, or will someone come...gosh..I hope my pee isn't smelly in the event someone does come" On and on and on. Oh well.

Yes, so we had went to Einstein bagels today. This is what happens when you stop logging your food. This is our one and only time eating out for the week, so I think it's okay as it had to suffice for both Breakfast and Lunch. If we could eat out for $9 a week, every week, that would be fantastic. It was good to see the old place again as we have not been there for months it seems. The good news is that there is only 43 more miles to run to atone for England (mike and I only had 2 miles in us this morning, and we walked one at that but I thought I would count it anyway)