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Goals and Resolution: Checkin 1

  • Posted on January 16, 2012 at 10:00 am
This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Goals and Resolutions 2012

No, you haven’t lost your mind. Our family is down to one computer, and I was hoping to have mine fixed by now. Unfortunately, laptops are not too fond of mac & beef, so repair has been agonizingly slow. And when I only have a few minutes in an uncomfy chair right before bedtime, expounding upon the subject at hand is easily delayed/dismissed. I’m backdating the entries for the days they *should* have been published. Thanks for joining my time-travel team <3

So how am I doing, two weeks after I set myself up?

Resolution: Get Healthy. Goals: Diet and exercise

I’m still fighting the urge to eat potato chips and cottage cheese for breakfast, but not all that often. These days I’m fighting the urge for crunchy food with a small handful of mixed nuts. And I’ve pinpointed “eating more veggies” as a designated target while my body adjusts.

I’m not working out every day, but I’m making a conscious effort to move more than I was. The scale has moved a bit, but it’s too early to tell if it was water weight.

Resolution: Budget. Goals: Develop side business, track spending

I’ve already totally blown the “keep track of money” part. I’ll try to pick it up again at the next payday.

My work on the side business has dealt mostly with focus. Am I going to design? host? code? troubleshoot? (Most likely? Troubleshoot.) How much do I charge?(believe it or not, that *has* been a problem in the past)

30 day challenge resolution: Uncluttering

Not going according to schedule. At all. After pondering on my “moderate failure” post from Friday, I had a realization.

I’m ready to let go of these things, but I’m not necessarily ready for what (if anything) is going to replace them. And to be completely honest, I’ll probably need some time and help processing that little tidbit.

And that’s all the news that’s fit to print right now about my resolutions.

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Aging. Not all that gracefully.

  • Posted on November 11, 2010 at 10:38 pm

And I don’t like it one bit.

It seems like just yesterday I was happily maiming my “Monthly zit”.

(I know I’ve been blessed to have clear skin except for that one gigantic hormonally-related monstrosity that usually landed on my chin to be picked to death.)

But I haven’t had one in….I can’t tell you how long. I didn’t really notice it because…

I’ve been plucking the hairs out of my chin. And my cheeks.

Well, more to the point – I’ve been plucking the hairs out of the MOLES on my chin. And my cheeks.

And waxing the ‘stache.

I never believed it was possible, but I SWEAR I can feel it growing under my nose.

I’ve been gently going gray since I was a wee teen, so dealing with that is slathered with denial. I pay GOOD MONEY to not be gray.

Except when I don’t.

I skipped out on haircolor so I could be skeery on Halloween. No, really! See?

(Retail Zombie, yo. Only it didn’t work all that well. Several people asked me where I got that black eye. Shoulda told ‘em I was fighting old age and got whupped.)

Why didn’t anyone WARN me about this??!!??

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Fresh From Twitter

  • Posted on August 5, 2009 at 11:42 pm

The backup laptop has a pentium III processor and a whopping 192 mb of ram. whywhyWHY did I keep it?
It never fails – fill the bowl with bleach and everybody has to go potty RIGHTNOW.
Flooring, round 2 coming up.
Dear Teen Driver: I don’t care how loud the bass is thumpin. Yer still drivin ya mama’s minivan.
Round 2 of laptop maintenance. This time for a BADLY needed ram upgrade.
I feel naked without my phone. So I spent money I don’t have on stuff I don’t need to compensate.
If you MUST use your webcam to take a photo, turn your screen brightness down after you compose. BLUE GLARE BAD!!!
Molding’s done. (did you REALLY think I’d leave it THIS close to done??!!??) Only one thing left to do – shower and relaaaaax. For about …
Just smashed my finger. An entire week of hammering on that floor and on the LAST day I smash it.
Lol. Forgot about re-placing the molding. Tempted to leave it.
Done.
On the home stretch – now I hafta rip the boards down to 4″ wide.
I just shattered the tapping block. RAWR!
Finishing the flooring. Didn’t need to remove the now totally stripped screws after all.
Yes, times HAVE changed. But wearing a headful of curlers to the store is still a huge fashion don’t.

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I landed on the duct-taped parts

  • Posted on May 4, 2009 at 1:06 pm
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series atypicalrelationship

I am not the right woman for him.

I refuse to discuss marriage.

I am shoving my children down his throat.

I am just using him for sex.

I am under my mama’s thumb (and after her money).

I let That House come between us.

I wouldn’t have nothin’ if it weren’t for my Daddy dying. HE worked for it all.

I’m looking for a father for my kids, not a relationship.

The texts keep coming. I flipped the bitchswitch, the cold-as-ice, the “there’s no way in hell I’d speak to you again” mode as soon as he accused me of shoving my children down his throat. I’m already a single mom – I already do it all alone. I’d rather do it alone than with a jackass any day of the week. He asks, textingly, if I miss him. I reply that it doesn’t matter if I miss him or not, he’s not the man for me or my children.

Weeks go by, and I call/text. I need to know when/if he is going to pay his portion of the phone bill. He goes off on a tangent.

His wife, his soon-to-be-ex, his friend stops by and speaks to my manager at work. Leaves a letter for me with him, telling me to leave “her husband” alone. No calling, no texting. He’s in my past, it’d be best to leave him there. Complete with a copy of NC’s “criminal conversation” law. No problem – I call the phone company and have service to that line interrupted. I will not be responsible for a phone bill when I’m “not allowed” to call or text that line.

His parents come in the store, and I ask if he’d reconciled with her. They look at me like I’ve grown horns. I showed them the letter, and how it sounds as if they are back together. They say they’ll take care of it, and we go our separate ways.

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Maintenance creep is killing me.

  • Posted on March 5, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Never heard of it? I’m quite sure you’ve done it. Veeeehickle stuff that gets ignored until you can’t ignore it anymore.

New tires, but you don’t have the money so you set it aside and wait.
An oil change, but the kids are hungry and cranky when you think of it so you go home and forget about it for another month.
The brakes squeal just a bit when you tap on them – that should get looked at. Hey, the tire shop can do that! (When you get there, that is…)
There is a draggy “I don’t WANNA” that happens under the hood when you turn the key.

At this point, so many things need to be done to my van that I’m considering just trading it. Selling it. Unloading it and getting something shiny and clean and…..

then I remember that I really don’t want or need a car payment. And that if I downsize into a wagon, I’ll still have to rent a van when we all go on vacation. Not many wagons will seat 5 that I’ve seen (my four plus a friend for Alannah to hang with).

I’ve had a hard time finding something that’s big enough, that’s “me”, that I can afford. When I pulled up to the mechanic’s in my go-cart (with a V-8 engine) he looked at me and said “That car is YOU!”

and it is. Well, part of me, anyways.

But I’m not a staid sedate soccer-mommy-mobile in any way shape or form. Never have been.

And I’m stuck between paying for repairs to a vehicle I don’t love that is big enough for all of us, or paying for a new(er) one that I don’t really have the money for.

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One of the Best Kept Secrets of the Educational System

  • Posted on July 1, 2008 at 10:27 am

Run!!!! Do NOT walk!!!! to your local Community College website. Do they offer an Introduction to Massage class?

Sign up for it.

Yes, I know it’s a non-credit course. Fit it into your schedule. FIND the money. Beg borrow or steal. Mine costs around $55.

Do it now.

What, precisely are you waiting for?

Oh yeah, details.

Okay, so here’s the thing. In this Introduction to Massage class, it’s hands on learning. Do you know what that means??!!??

For the next three weeks, I’m getting a massage from a classmate. Last night we learned hands and feet, and ohmygod I feel so much better. I also made a new friend (HI DAWN!!!!) but that’s just a benefit.

Four massages. For $55.

Convinced yet?

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Abundant Spending: A few days later…

  • Posted on June 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm

I did indeed fall behind in my 30-days of abundance spending. Work and the story I’m working on have been distracting me. But never fear! Today I get to spend $102,400 – and I’m going to invest in a friend with that money.

Infamous Leaning Cake
My friend owns a defunct bakery, and wants to get it going again. That money can go toward the upgrades necessary to bring the bakery up to current code, as well as give her the ability to quit her day job and concentrate on the bakery full time. Her advertising costs would be minimal – people still contact her for her baked goods. And let’s not forget the cost of restocking ingredients.
Creative Commons License photo credit: chellyc

I’m participating in The Millionaire Mommy Next Door’s abundant life spending spree

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I Want More Money as well.

  • Posted on June 13, 2008 at 9:43 am

The Millionaire Mommy Next Door Wants More Money, which is a concept I can definitely get behind. She says

For the next 30 days, I’ll open my mind to receive increasingly more money. On day one, I’ll decide how I’d like to spend $100. On day two, I’ll double that amount to $200. Day three, double again and I’ll have $400. And so on, doubling every day for the next 30 days. I’ll list how I’d like to spend every penny, with no repeating of items during my month-long spending spree.

I will, however, be repeating items occasionally – MMND has one child, I have three. Shopping for them is incredibly different, since the boys could quite cheerfully run around all day in boxerbriefs and a beater and my daughter could quite cheerfully run around bedecked in Hollister and PacSun.

So how would I spend $100 right now? Hair and feet, baby. I haven’t had a pedicure since I was pregnant with Daniel, and I’d dearly love to let my darling new stylist have free reign on my haircolor. Since I work with my hands so much, manicures are pretty much a waste of time. By the time my nails get long enough for me to say “Hmm, I should probably slap a coat of paint on these babies”, they break.

Wow, this IS going to be fun!

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A good day to complete projects

  • Posted on May 29, 2008 at 12:42 pm

For those of you who follow astrology, Mercury is in retrograde until June 19 – a perfect time to wrap up loose ends, dial it back, and go slooooowly.

My desk is desperately in need of some TLC. Specifically, I need to shred some things. I need to file some things. I need to dust some things.

I’ve embraced the fact that I need to spend money on a desk chair. I spend entirely too much time sitting here between school and getting my geek on to have a backache. Can’t change out the desk (I love it. It’s not my absolute FAVORITE, but I love it just the same) because it weighs a ton and the alternative weighs even more.

What else do I need to do? Finish making flashcards for Spanish. Find out what I need to read to get back into The Game. Experiment with my new toy. Finish the half-dozen things I’ve got sitting around here waiting to be done.

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And by exploding? I mean

  • Posted on April 29, 2008 at 4:32 pm

We need to move I can’t find a house I can afford we need a new sitter if the boys are in school I’ll never see them unless I change jobs but I can’t change jobs without affecting my school schedule and I CAN’T do that because I’ll be a junior and so.close. to completing my degree and the laundry needs folding and the closet needs to be rotated and the boys need summer clothes and my daughter needs a car and wants a job and my insurance is income-based so if I make more money I’ll lose that insurance and jobs that pay well enough to have GOOD insurance coverage won’t generally let you take two days off to attend classes and do homework and I need new clothes and shoes for work but if I’m changing jobs then I won’t NEED clothes like that anymore and holyshit my DAUGHTER wants a JOB which is a good thing because I’ll know she’s at work and not off getting “into trouble” (she’s a good kid but she’s fifteen and OMG!) and I want to go home and cook but I have class in an hour and I want to grill a steak and some asparagus and be able to sit down. And eat.

Amen.

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