Mast thoughts.

Ok, so today we have seven hours in the car together. Again. 

And a mast meeting.

I'm looking forward to attending the mast meeting, even though I normally don't enjoy groups of new people. This time, I want to meet them, get to know them, and give encouragement! Or maybe I'm hoping for encouragement. We've had the same discussions so many times in our mast meetings, and I'm starting to worry about new topics, starting to wear down on ideas. 

Mast is listed as a support group. I wonder if we could do a support/goals kind of thing. I'm sure everyone has something they feel they are working on or toward, something they want to do with their life or improve on or, just something they want to do more often. And everyone could use encouragement and accountability. 

What if we helped each other as a group? What if people actually asked me if I've been working on any new toys this week, or told someone they look good when they've lost weight, or sent major an email on Fridays to remind him about his computer class? We have a network, why not reach out to each other? 

What are some things that other members of our group could do on occasion, to help you with your life? What do you need that you aren't getting? 

I thought of this topic because I was thinking what masters and slaves do together, and the answer is everything, but it's not quite true. Medic is a slave, and I am helping her to better herself. Not by punishing her, or dominating her, but by supporting her and giving her a little guidance toward where she wants to go, and what she wants to do. And if we could do those things for each other, we might make a lot of progress. (If her progress is indicative of anything)

Day 4 points tally 27 pts

Breakfast

Orange juice 2 

Cereal and milk 5

Bottle of water 0

7

Stuffed mushrooms 4 

Blueberries 0

11

Tuna 3 

Tea 1

15

Rice cakes 5

20

Popcorn 2

Mango 0

Cookie 1 

Veg tray 3

Powdered donut 1

27 points. Minimum met.

Long to do list

Must ship flogger Monday . Need box, and labels and wrapping stuff. 

Need to work on braiding flogger handles for matching purple set

Need to contact guy on etsy and ask about hides etc.

Think of mast topic. Post mast and KC meeting info

Clean house before bunni gets here

Pack a period pack for the trip to mast

Decide what day we will visit my family for Christmas

Contact monster energy person

Contact guy to fix roof

Pick up dog flea meds from vet

Measurements for straitjacket

When is bunni showing up?

Leave for mast by 1 pm 

Day 3 within range

Healthy food is in the house! Yay. Making chicken tacos tonight, chicken is already in the crock pot.

Breakfast

Coffee 1

Cereal and milk 5

Blueberries 0

Juice (1st is 2 pts, 2nd is only 1 pt) 2 

8

Flavored water 0

Lunch
small chicken piece 2
juice 1

11

pickles  0

Dinner

Chicken tacos 8
Mango  0
Soda 2

21

Sweet tea 2
Veggie Tray 0
Ranch 2

25

need to eat 2 more points to hit the minimum. :)

February progress toward 2016 goals

Cultivate new skills 
January Goal: Make a list of skills I'd like to learn.

1) learn to identify and explain the differences between various power tools, especially saws, and tell what their function is.

2) learn to build a shelf that doesn't wobble.

3) learn to advertise my business, online and offline,

Learn how to find events where I can vend,

Learn how to set up an attractive display,

Learn how to pack a box attractively and efficiently for shipping.

4) learn how to use at least one new power tool this year.

5) learn to make a vendor application/resume that I can send out or give to people.

6) learn to tie a pineapple knot

Feb

Read CRO marketing book

Applied changes to my etsy store to make it more attractive to customers, and will continue to update my store as needed. 

Find out what I need to do with my business in regards to money and taxes.

Save $500 this year. That's $50 a month (If we miss 2 months)

Jan: decide where to save the money.

Master says we can open an account just to save money. 

Or we can try to pay off the car early. It is due to be paid off on dec 2017 and I'd like to be done with those payments earlier so we can buy a house sooner.

Feb 

so far, I have done nothing toward this goal. Ugh. Money is hard.

Church. 

be closer to God.

STILL Praying a lot.

Read 25 books.  (2 a month, +1)

Jan

1) the banished of Muirwood

2) Holmes-Dracula file

3) the thief

Feb

4) Pendragon book 1
5) Pendragon book 2
6) Pendragon book 3
7) Pendragon book 4
8) CRO Marketing book
9) Jurassic Park
10) Write a novel book


Make a list of books I want to own. 

Jan - list 10 books I'd like to own

1) the phantom tollbooth

2) the BGF (big friendly giant)

3) howl's moving castle


Make a list of books I own. 

Jan - list the books inside the house that we own

Buy 12 new books (and read them)

January books bought+ 10     (Full set of 10 Pendragon books)
+ 3       The Thief trilogy. 

 +1        Ender's Game

+ 1        The Holmes-Dracula File
15

February new books

(Goodreads) notes on love.... Marriage. By William Benitez 

A conspiracy of kings (book 4, the thief)

(Goodreads) CRO marketing and advertising book
(Goodreads) Sonic wind: John Paul Stapp

(Goodreads) Proof of Angels (Christian book)
(Goodreads) All that we touch (mystery book)
(Goodreads) Still Restless (Christian book)
7 (22)


Make 12 sales on Etsy.

Jan, 30 total listings in my etsy store.

1) red/brown flogger pair, to Canada! 

2) rainbow segmented flogger, to UK! 
Feb

40 total listings in my etsy store
3) Multicolor flogger and phoenix tail flogger
4) Tan and Green flogger pair

Spend 3 days a week in the garage, working. Or painting. Or leatherworking. Or putting stuff on etsy. 

Make my business an actual job.

January, work on a schedule. Begin at 11, end by 6 pm. 

Really enjoying this idea. It helps me to stop working myself all the time, there is a time to work, and a specific time when I can stop trying to get things done and take a break, or relax, or take care of me. I like it. It's hard to take a whole day "off" so far though. I end up restless by the end of the day.
Feb
took a forced vacation in AL, now to get back on schedule!

Make something beautiful (x 12)

Make home a place I want to be.

If I don't need/use/want it, throw it out!

Jan- ideas include

Organize my leather room

Make a small coffee table / bookshelf for reading and drinking tea

Find a space and make a comfy reading nook. 
Feb
buy some coconut chai tea

Stop apologizing

Be me. Stand up for myself. Be spontaneous. Be creative.

Day two. Within range

Coffee 1

Bugle snacks 3

Oatmeal 2

Wendy's  7 

Coke 2 

Total so far 17 of 27-32

Supposed to have a minimum of 27 points a day, but not go over 32. Anything under 32 rolls over and can be used the next day. 

Went shopping today so we have a lot of snacks handy. 

23 points plus fast food. Day one.

23 points today. The goal is 25-30.

Plus 4 soft tacos from Taco Bell, which are 5 points each. 

S o  with  Taco Bell, it's 43 points. 

2 packets of oatmeal

1 granola bar

1/2 chicken sandwich

3 cups of juice

2 cans of soda

And

Four soft tacos from Taco Bell.

Doesn't seem like much food. I need to get some groceries so I can feed my hubby!

Home stuff

Tonight

Games and stay up late

Tomorrow

Doctor appointment

Mast emails about chapter charters

TLC emails, about run

Inventory of groceries. 

Health goals

-

Go to bed on time

Lose weight

Blood pressure concerns

Eat right. Healthier choices. 

Quit smoking. Reduce smoking. Convert to ecig. Etc. 

research nicotine level of cigarettes. For ecig juice to be realistic. 

Walk the dogs with wife. Go for walks with wife.

Ecig while outside only. 

Actually start taking pain meds when hurting.

Switch from sodas to water. Learn to hydrate without hating it. Infuse water?

Remind him that I am asking as his slave and wife, as my duty to take care of him and obey his orders to help him.

Salad stuff in the house. 

Boiled or baked chicken

Chicken tacos?

Light tea. 

Lots of responsibility for slave to watch his health issues, eating habits, etc. 

Stuff

I'm worried that he will tell me that when we get home, I have to stay offline a day for every time I painted my nails.

I am frustrated that I have to take my black and green flogger with a specific bottle cap off of etsy. 

From my research, I am legally allowed to sell it, but but 

1) I can't list it as a "company name flogger" because it might be misunderstood and seem as if I'm saying that the company is selling this as merchandise. (And I did post it as that, which was my mistake, and something I won't do again) 

2) even though I am able to sell it because I paid for the original item that the bottle cap came from and therefore since I did not reproduce the company logo I am not in the wrong in that respect, etsy will remove my listing if a company requests they do so, and I am not allowed to re-list the item. 

So we are going to remove the listing, and we are going to transfer all my money from PayPal to our bank account just in case. I'll be doing some research on that as well today. 

We will be coming home soon, and I hope I get rid of my cold before we leave, I don't want to take the sick back with me. 

To do

Relly

Pack Relly bags

Wash dishes

Take out trash

Gather dishes

Gather dirty clothes

Empty cans

Buy snacks from Walmart

Pack the car

Emily

Wash clothes

Fold and sort clothes

Load dishwasher

Empty trash cans

Make a care list for the animals

Pack the car 

Pack bags

Scoop dusty

Add water bottle number two to dusty cage

Photo shoot floggers

Trip packing list

Clothing

Medications

Electronics and chargers

Books and time wasters

Road food and drinks and snacks

Toiletries and condoms

Painting - gifts

Blankets, pillows, plus hides, softy