There is Such a Thing

As easy money, that is. A couple years ago I joined a marketing group and agreed to do opinion panels and talk about products, etc etc..... (I mean, really, anytime someone wants to pay me to give my opinion on something, I'm gonna go for it.) So, last year I went to a talk about central vac systems and got to play around with a few and talk about what I did and didn't like about it, blah blah. It was 3 hours long, they gave us dinner and paid 100 bucks. I decided that I liked this kind of thing. They called this week and asked me a bunch of questions about buying cars and decided I qualified to go to the ICAR research center this morning and test out the interiors of all kinds of new cars and tell what I liked/didn't like about each one. It was totally cool. I got to see/play with all kinds of new things they are working on. We took the surveys for each car on a PDA, so there was no writing or anything. After 2 hours of playing and giving my opinion, they gave me 70 bucks, a coffee and a bagel and I went on my merry way. How I wish I could have a full time job doing this stuff. Anyway, that is going to pay for Annelise's curtains for her new bedroom- of which B is not too sure of the ones I have picked, but what does he know? I hope they call me again soon...... I have lots of rooms that need curtains in this house we are building! Tomorrow is Emmaline's 5th birthday, so as always, I went to the store and got a big bouquet of helium balloons for the "birthday fairy" to leave in her room after she falls asleep. They now expect to wake up to balloons in their room on their birthdays, so it has become a tradition. She is thinking about what she wants for dinner tomorrow night (that should prove interesting- the girl has strange tastes.....) We were supposed to go to the lake this weekend but my parents decided they wanted the girls to spend the night with them Saturday night, so looks like we won't be traveling, but we wanted to watch several football games, so we were'nt that upset. So glad tomorrow is Friday. Well, that's all the updates for now. Tomorrow will be all about Emmaline, so get ready for some cute pics........