Waiting Game Continues

So here I am day 2 of the waiting game. There has been no official news, but there has been news. Let me explain. I guess everything in the world is done online now, including the post of this job, my application, and so on. Well, just to see if there would be news yesterday I stopped back at the site that listed the job as available. Guess what- no longer listed as available!!!! AHHH! Does this mean someone else got the dream job? Does this mean he pulled it for me and just can't tell me because the county is waiting for my transcripts? What does this mean???? I am panicking.

Unfortunately Mr. Pampered had to bare the brunt of this storm last night. I was not a happy camper and I think I made it my goal to make sure that he wasn't either. I have never been without a job and this waiting game is INSANE. Hopefully it will end soon, and for the better.

Will keep you posted.

Pampered Wife

The Waiting Game

OK, so this week I am officially playing the waiting game. About a week and a half ago I interviewed for the nearly perfect dream job in the new Pampered City. I don't think the interview went too well, but everyone that I have talked to about it says it went really well. So here we are, I was told that I would be informed, "The week of the 28th." Why in the world did the prospective employer tell me that I would find out at 9a on Monday morning? Why does it have to be "the week of...."??? Ahhh. I am not a patient person- so this is really going to be a long week until that phone rings.

Oh speaking of phone, I am getting a new pampered phone. It is time to toss out the old Razr phone and upgrade to the IPhone. Well, it is an upgrade for me and the pampered husband. See he has the old 3G IPhone and really wanted the new 3GS but was not eligible for the upgrade- but I was. So I signed up for the 3GS for him and he is graciously giving me his previously loved 3G IPhone. Chances are that it still will not work in the Pampered Palace though!

Well time to go and sit by the phone hoping it rings with good news.

Pampered Wife

Thirty Days Later

Well everyone my first thirty days with Pampered Chef are up! With that comes some good news and some disappointing news. The good news is that I officially qualified as a sales consultant. I met the company's first sales goal, and received truly amazing rewards. I swear, PC gives you free product just for putting your shoes on the correct feet! I earned $200 in free product- anything, I get to decide. I also won a whole bunch of free product from the new Fall line that has yet to be shown to the public. Oh yeah, and I won my own PC website free for 90 days- but I think I mentioned that earlier.

Now for the disappointing news, I did not meet the sales goal I set for myself. In 30 days I only sold $2350 in PC product, I was truly hoping for the $2500 level. The only thing I think I could have done better would have been to start day 1 after registering. See, I actually signed up in May to be a consultant, but I did not really start selling until June. There were many reasons, 1. day job was killing me, 2. Pampered Husband just moved to a new state, 3. I was preparing for the move as well, 4. I wanted to become more familiar with the company before I went out there to sell it's stuff. Oh well, just have to try harder the next 30 days.

So the game plan- until I meet some people here in the new Pampered City, I am going to have to rely on good old friends to possibly do some catalog shows for me. I am hoping that those shows can keep me afloat in July while I begin to network up here. So if you are interested in hosting a catalog show just let me know!

Talk soon!

Pampered Wife

Sorry for the Delay

Hi Everyone,

Well all three of you I guess. But hey, we all have to start somewhere. Google did not become what it is today overnight, right? Not that I am comparing myself to Google, because at this moment I could not tell you where anything is, but if I were to Google it I am sure I would find it.

The reason that I am not able to tell you where anything is at is because I am living in a sea of boxes! The Pampered Family has officially moved. The Pampered Pets and I drove all day yesterday finally made it to our new palace. When we got here it was so nice to see our furniture again, but not so nice to see all of the boxes that took me two weeks to pack! Is there some sort of equation that you can plug your information into to see how long it will take to get back to normal after a move?

On a MUCH brighter note, I have officially qualified as a Pampered Chef Consultant. What this means is that I have sold over $1500 in PC products- so basically nothing, except the company made money. But there are a few perks to qualifying:

1. I got $200 in free product myself!!! YAY!

2. I got an OFFICIAL Pampered Chef Website. You can go on it and order things directly from me, no longer need to wait to be invited to a show! According to official company rules though I am not allowed to link it to this site, so if you are interested just e-mail me and I will send you the address.

3. My commission rate went up. Since I have proven that I can sell, my commissions have gone up. I think I am going to make more money from PC the month of June than I did in my M-F day job!

Well, boxes are not getting unpacked as I type, so I must get back to it. Talk soon!

Moving is Never Pampered

Ok, how in the world did two adults accumulate so much stuff?!? Pampered Husband and I spent all weekend packing, cleaning, packing, and crying. I did most of the crying, and whining for that matter. I am sure glad that we got married before this move because PH would have certainly left me due to my childish behavior this past weekend.

On a MUCH happier note I did my very first "Mommy and Me" Pampered Chef cooking show. It was a blast! The hostess bought the kids aprons to decorate while I worked with the adults to make the most amazing dish ever- get this- in the microwave! After that was thrown together, I worked with the kids. We made pizza uncrustables and cookie kisses. All of the kids seem to have a lot of fun. I sold a lot of the materials I used with the kids so that was great.

I need to work on developing a show that highlights the more expensive Pampered Chef products though. People seem to purchase the items that I use during the demonstrations, so I need to work the most expensive cutlery into more shows and the pots and pans.

I have another show tonight. It is a "Girl's Night Out" show. Yeah, I come up with my own theme shows! We are doing chocolate and alcohol. Sounds like tons of fun to me! Hope sales are just as good as they have been in the past.

Got to get back to the movers....ugh...not pampered at all!

Pampered Chef

So I actually thought that I would start this blog to help drive my Pampered Chef business, and I feel like I have hardly even mentioned it! Let me tell you what is going on in the Pampered Chef world for me....

On Saturday I am doing a "Mommy and Me" cooking show. My co-worker and I just kinda came up with this idea one day at lunch. She is hosting it, and inviting her friends and their kids. We are going to make Pizza Puffs and Cookie Kisses with the kids. I am so excited about this because they are really easy recipes that look like a professional chef made, and we are having 3 year old kids do them! See how fun cooking can be for all ages! Then while the kids are playing or doing something else, I will be making a really yummy tasting dish for the adults, the Grilled Chicken Penne al Fresco. Sounds hard, doesn't it? So is not! About 8 ingredients all thrown together and put in the microwave for close to 20 minutes. Yummy!

Then on Monday I am doing a "Chocolate Bliss" cooking show for another friend. We are making Tuxedo Brownie Cups, tiny brownies with delicious cream cheese filling, a Chocolate Turtle Skillet Cake, yeah- a cake made in a frying pan- super cool. Finally, we will have a cool chocolate rum fondue for guests to dip various items into it. I think I am going to gain some weight just from being at this show!

Sounds like fun, doesn't it? You really want to host one of these shows, right? Contact me and we can do that for you!

Moving....ugh...

Okay, so let me start off by saying that nothing about moving is pampered!

I have been cleaning and packing up our tiny apartment all by myself. Not that I mind too terribly much though about doing this solo. Why?

A. I earn MAJOR wife points. There will be a day when I truly don't want to do something and I will ask Pampered Husband to do it and then politely remind him how hard I worked on the move all by myself.

B. Everything is being cleaned before it goes into a box, the box is then being labeled where it goes in the pampered palace, and the contents are being written on the outside of the box. Then the packed boxes are carefully being placed by other boxes that are going to the same room in the new palace. Goodness knows Pampered Husband would not be that anal about packing.

C. I have to tread very carefully here because Pampered Husband reads my blog, but there are certain items that either I do not care for or that he has not touched in the past year that will not be making the move with us. Do you catch my drift? Let's just say that I might need to tip the garbage men a little more after the move! Trust me, I am doing the same with my junk. Why move garbage?

Life isn't so pampered today. Maybe I will pick-up a Carmel Macchiato (sp??) and close my eyes and pretend that someone else will just magically appear to complete this project for me. Here's to dreaming....

Pampered Position

Good morning everyone!

Yesterday was a very long day. Let me explain. I woke up early to go to a job interview. I enjoy going out to new places and hearing all about their programs, but I find it difficult to talk myself up. I prefer to let my record show for itself- but in a 20 minute interview you can't do that. I walked away from the interview without an offer. It wasn't a no thanks, but a "I'll get back to you." Everyone that I have talked to about the interview says it went great and I'll be a shoe in, but for some reason, I just don't get that warm fuzzy feeling. Ahhh the agony of waiting!

Then after that wonderful morning, I packed up the two pampered labs and drove back to our old place to pack it up and get ready for the move into the new and improved pampered palace. A car ride is no big deal, right? Well, this was an eight hour car ride with two large dogs, pouring rain, and more state troopers than I have ever seen in my life. It was long.

After my "fantastic" car trip, I arrive home to find a note jammed in our door that we were delinquent on our rent. HELLO! Gave you moving notice 60 days ago! I would like to introduce your right hand to your left hand apartment people. You should really know what the other hand is doing. Then I opened the door to what looked like the roach motel. I think the number of dead roaches in the place had to be near the triple digits. I am so glad that we are moving!!!

All in all though, I got to sleep in my bed and not an air mattress. Oh yeah, I also was able to watch the Real Housewives of New Jersey last night and there was a shout out to Pampered Chef. If any of you saw the episode and are interested in either purchasing the knife that was showcased or hosting your own show let me know!

Got to go, have a pampered day!

The Pampered Palace

Why does it feel like the first week or so of blogging is more like a job interview than anything else? I am spending valuable time giving you the background dirt before I actually get down to work. Which is exactly what? I don't really know yet. I know that I love my pampered sister in law's blog, but I would hate for her to think that I was merely copying her. So I don't really know yet.

Any who, let's move on to the pampered palace. In order to understand the significance of the new palace, you must understand the old small dirty hardly pampered palace. It all started about a year ago. Pampered Husband and I were renting an adorable 3/2 house with a beautiful backyard for our pampered pooches. Well, honestly, we were stretched beyond our means- we used to think that we needed to be pampered no matter the price. When we woke up from that dream, we realized that we were paying someone's mortgage and not saving a dime for our own palace. So we decided to move.

We moved into a tiny 2/2 apartment that was barely 900 square feet. Mr. Pampered and myself were basically on top of each other with no where to escape for private time. It was miserable!

Then the transfer happened and Mr. Pampered moved to a new state. Unwillingly, I put him in charge of finding us a new place to live. In order to avoid all lease breaking fees we had to move into another apartment owned by the same company. Believe it or not, Mr. Pampered found us an AMAZING place to live. We are now in an apartment larger than the house we were renting for a lot less money. As soon as this move is over we will start saving for our own palace.

Well, must get going. Heading back to old "palace" to pack and organize for the movers. The next time I talk to you I will be in a different state.

Pampered Pets

Hello Everyone!

Welcome back to the pampered life. Today I would like to introduce you to our pampered pets. We have 3 dogs- I know that seems like a lot, and it really is, but let me explain.

I got my very own first dog a few months before I moved out of the Pampered Mother's house. He is an adorable yellow lab. Then we moved, and he was lonely. A friend offered me a free black lab puppy because she couldn't care for him. So of course I jumped at the chance. Now my pampered yellow dog had a pampered black labby brother. Being that they are pampered to the max, I used to spend 4 hours a week at the local dog park. The boys needed exercise and play time with their friends, right?

Well, it was at that very dog park that I met the future Mr. Pampered. He had a little Jack Russell that would not even give me the time of day, but my labs really liked Mr. Pampered. After a year or so of meeting each other at the dog park for doggy play dates, we went on our first human date. And the rest is history! Neither Mr. Pampered nor myself would ever dream of giving up one of our doggies, so now we are a family with three dogs. It can be crazy around the pampered mansion, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

Welcome to the Pampered Life for Us!

Thanks for clicking by my brand new blog. After spending numerous hours on Facebook and Twitter, I figured it was time to devote my online addiction to a blog. I follow many other blogs, but have been hesitant about starting my own. I hope that I can maintain it and keep it fresh, because I know how annoyed I get when I see that the blogs I follow are not updated often! I make no promises, but I do hope to keep this going.

First, a little bit about myself. I am a newlywed, in the middle of a large multi-state move, who has decided to start her own at home business. I must be crazy! Really, I'm not, but it sure feels like it!

The week we returned from our AMAZING wedding, hubby was transferred to a new state for his job. I stayed at home, and at my job, as long as possible. It was very difficult being newly weds and living a state apart. It was actually pretty ironic, considering we moved in with each other within our first month of dating. But now it is finally time to admit that I am going to have to move as well. I fought the good fight- and lost. Or at least that is what I thought until this weekend! I came to visit hubby and I absolutely fell in love with the area, housing situation, and everything! I cannot wait to run back to that other state and pack everything up and join my husband once again.

As for the business, I became a Pampered Chef Independent Consultant last month. Let me start by saying this one simple thing~ I LOVE PAMPERED CHEF!!!! Their products are simply amazing, and they make me look like a genius in the kitchen- which I am not. It is nearly impossible to mess up a meal when using their products. I just want to share these cool gadgets and great recipes with my friends and family, and hey, I might as well get paid for it!

So that is me in a very tiny nutshell. I hope you check back often to see what is happening in the Pampered Life!