Too Many Books

Squack!! I think I am officially nesting, since I spent most of my Monday-bank-holiday cleaning. I decided to start in the back of the house and I seriously spent THREE hours cleaning our bedroom. I started with a dry cloth and wiped down every inch of wall space -- carefully using a step-ladder to reach the top -- and then followed with a wet towel. (I must have switched out my bucket of hot water at LEAST ten times.) As I worked my way around the room, I used the vaccuum attachment-thingy to get every cob-web. I dusted each inch of the furniture, which I hubs moved as I went. I wiped baseboards. I vaccuumed behind and under everything. I even removed the cobwebs from the insides of our closets. Who knew they were even there?! (Here's the reason I know I'm nesting: I secretly really enjoyed myself the entire time.) Next up: the guest bedroom, which is probably even dirtier since our dog hangs out in there. In Color News: We bought paint! I'm on vacation...

Last Thursday, I attended this Awards thing-y for work. It was because my customer service scores pretty much rocked last year. (We have these random phone calls to customers, and the customers are asked to rate us from 1 to 5 in different categories. Then, the scores are averaged for that particular call.) In 2009, I had over 25 "shops" and maintained a perfect "5" ranking! (I'm so nicespice. People just really, really like me.) Anyway, the awards thing-y was held at Churchill Downs. We, the chosen ones, got to leave work early and we headed to the track for a cocktail hour (okay, three hours) and then dinner and raffle prize drawings. Except for the fact that pregnant people can't even drink free alcohol, I had a super fun time. Mainly, because I bet on (Derby Winning jockey) Calvin Borel's horse to win in the 8th race that day -- $10 to win! -- and he came through for me. I won $132.00!! Squee! The horse was a semi-long-shot, and I read in ...