Manic Monday

So pretty!

Look what I got in the mail! I covered up my phone number because it is the interwebz after all! The back is blank like a post card, and I will fill in information like pricing, references available, etc. Also, I'm going to offer poop scooping services for people's backyards. I hope the handwritten information is considered charming, and adding that "personal touch" not unprofessional and tacky! I have several plans of attack. First is passing these out to my neighbors, and people I see around walking their dogs. Next, go to the big park near my apartment and hand them out. (Make sure it's the dog owner, not a competing dog walker) And next take them to various apartment complexes that have an office/community bulletin board. Also, there is what looks to be a senior apartment complex (named after Mitt Romney, ha ha) where I see people coming and going with their dogs, and I plan on hitting that place too. Even my bank has a community bulletin board I can post! Rachel also said she will take me to dog parks and areas like that! I also live right by a grade school. Like the school is my backyard. On weekends tons of people take their dogs to the school to run around, so I'll be stalking them as well. No dog parent is safe! I'm trying to really focus hard on my neighborhood because since I'm still getting lost when I leave my safe zone, and I'm still figuring the buses out, it just seems safest.

I got this book at the library on Saturday. I had never heard of Chris Guillebeau before, but the title of the book caught my eye. I was looking for a book to help guide me in what I'm trying to do, and this is what I chose.
I want to be a better human being, not just for myself, but for the world. We need all the positivity we can get, and I want to be part of the positive force, not the negative. The real, authentic me is someone who wakes up cheerful, and I believe that good things can happen, and I truly believe things can change for the better. But that has gotten muddled through the years, to the point where I'm ashamed to admit how many days of my life I've woken up dreading the day, being pissed and miserable all day, and spending the whole day just wishing it would end. And you don't get that time back. I've probably spent more of my life wishing the day to be over than appreciating and enjoying the day. And that makes me sad. That's not the life that I want, it isn't me. I don't want to be around negative people anymore, people who are dream killers. You know, the people who can find the negative in anything. I want to be around people who enjoy life, truly enjoy it, people who are inspired, and inspiring, and I want to be inspired and inspiring.
I'm sorry, I'm going on and on. It's just that I so desperately want to accomplish this goal of mine. I feel so determined!

I made some pinto bean and rice burritos for dinner. I love this salsa from Trader Joe's, it's seriously my favorite pre made salsa, and it's under two dollars a jar!
Speaking of food, I am proud to say that my original haul of thirty eight dollars, plus the few things I picked up to last over the weekend lasted me until today! So ten days. I'll just round up and say I spent a total of fifty dollars for ten days for all meals. And I didn't feel bored or deprived.  I also feel like I had a well rounded diet with greens, and fruit and such.
So, this morning I'm going to get some groceries, and of course I need cat food, and then I will be stalking all people with dogs.

Yin and Yang

This is one of Etta's favorite places to sleep. Right nest to my bed. Yesterday Roxy joined her, and it was too cute to not snap. Don't mind the empty booch bottle, at least it isn't beer!
Happy Monday!