where in the world is andi burnum?

she's been at home, drowning.  a sincere apology for lack of blogs.  we had a rather nutty week here.

dallas was gone monday- wednesday enjoying a GPS conference in san antonio.  they have it pretty easy there and you don't really feel sorry for him.  (truth be told it's been the only nice place he's been all year and he's probably been gone for a combined total of close to 2 months).

bella got fixed monday.  i thought--- phew!  the little puppy will be drugged up for the next couple of days.  wrong.  when i picked her up monday afternoon i couldn't tell they even did anything to her.  she's not supposed to roughhouse, run, do anything for a week.  very funny, vet place.  i know when i left there they were laughing at me.... knowing it was a tall bill to fill.  (we really failed on this)

also on monday, i got a call from the casting director on shark tank (the tv show).  i had forgot that months earlier i sent them an email, but didn't expect any response from it.  surprise.  i get nailed with a 15 min intense phone interview.  somehow i passed.  onto round three:  completing a 27 page application, sending product and a 5 min video about my product.  it has to be in CA in one week.  (WHAT!?).  every plan i had for the week drastically changed to get this done. this doesn't guarantee that i make it onto the show, but i'ts just the next step.  if i make it i will be in CA for up to 5 days sometime in june or july.

meanwhile, i'm trying to get my picture done for the next art class.

and i got keys to the commercial kitchen.

and i sold into marchzyk's fine foods in downtown (YAY!).  this sounds easy but this week i also had to figure out how to generate bar codes to fit on the chocolate box a they wouldn't take them without them.  as soon as they have some shelf space you will find them there!

oh, did i mention that we are re-doing our kitchen?  we pulled the trigger on it and construction starts the 22nd.  it seemed like a long time away a few weeks ago.  now that i'm prepping for it, it's another story.  you see...the knee bone is connected to the hip bone, and so forth.  so we started by cleaning out our garage pantry.  that way we can put the stuff from the shelves in the garage into it.  then there will be room for the fridge.  i have to get rid of furniture...this open concept thing is going to be quite the kicker.  and cleaning out all the shelves (you'd be surprised how much crap you can cram in places---ugh!).  our kitchen will go like this:
week 1:  tear down wall
week 2: install cabinets
week 3:  install countertop
week 4-16: repaint, sell and buy furniture, re-do hardwood floors, etc.

a rendering of what our kitchen will look like in one month!

right now our house is a giant wrecking ball.  aunt cindy came over yesterday to bring us boxes (thank you!) and i didn't even care how bad it was.

also yesterday the marathon training continued.  i do my long runs with my friend brook (who writes a very funny blog.  read it here).  she's a morning person, i'm more on the night owl side.  we leave the parking lot running at 6:15.  yesterday it was 18 miles.  so glad to almost be done with these!

i'm really looking forward to tomorrow:  bella is allowed to run again.  ez and i couldn't be more relieved.  time to burn the energy off this dog!