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Blog entry April 2009

New Blog & Busy Day

Submitted by jlpowers on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 8:59pm
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It's been a busy day from one end to the other.  I actually worked at my paid-job, not as long as I'd want, but I did work some, so I get brownie points for that.

Beyond work, I got done a few of the things on my to-do list, and one of those things was to get this new blog up and running and set up so it functioned the way I wanted it to function.

Why am I moving blogs?  The main reason was that I was tried of having to update two different sets of software... with the blog now hosted on the software that runs the rest of my website, I only have to update one program. (Read more)

Best Of Intentions

Submitted by jlpowers on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 2:08pm
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I got up this morning intending to spend 1/2 hour reading my email and the rest of the day working on paying-work stuff. But… of course… it didn’t happen.

The new Láadan Language site is up and my morning has been filled with fixing glitches that new eyes have spotted… stuff that really needed to be fixed before more eyes saw it.

And, to make matters worse, I completely forgot that I was supposed to get my contest score sheet totals to the overall contest coordinator on Friday… so I had to rush and get those in the mail to her. **sigh** Bad me for putting it off.

And, I needed to take the dog for a walk before the rain starts, because we both desperately need the exercise.

And… and… and…

And now all I can do is stare blankly at the screen. (Read more)

Extension Filed & Contests Judged

Submitted by jlpowers on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:45pm
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It was a busy day for me. I filed my extension for my taxes since I can’t pay them at the moment, but come the first of the month I should be able to, so all will be well.

And I spent the whole day today judging contest entries for my RWA chapter. This is the chapter’s main fund raiser, and there are never enough people to judge them, so even though I didn’t want to, I let myself get roped into it again this year. I was hoping that being a category coordinator (organizing stuff that other people judged) would be enough, but alas, that wasn’t the case. (Read more)

Tax Day

Submitted by jlpowers on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 9:24pm
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I did my taxes today, always a joy, but even more so this year because after getting down to the end, I discover that I owe money rather than getting a sizable amount back like I thought I would. **sigh** That was not the news I needed to get right now. What fun. **sigh again**

Easter & ToDo List

Submitted by jlpowers on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 7:41pm
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All of the kids came home for Easter and it was really good to have them here all together.  After years and years of being stressed-to-the-gills by too many kids, with three of them gone most of the time, I find that I really miss them.  So it felt really good to have them home.

They colored eggs late Saturday evening, Easter bunny came at 8am Easter morning (having realized in the last several years that staying up later than housefull of teenagers is impossible), then about mid-day family arrived and we had a huge Easter dinner.  And, silly Easter bunny brought each of them Nerf guns, so we had ongoing wars all day.  So, a good time was had by all. (Read more)

DeStressing

Submitted by jlpowers on Fri, 04/10/2009 - 10:40am
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Awhile back I put a monthly income goal up on my vision board, a goal that I saw as attainable but out of the realm of possibility at the time. Then, yesterday, I realized that due to an interesting twist in circumstance, last month I brought in that much money, and I’ll do it again this month, and potentially for the next several months if not longer.

Huh. Who’d have thunk it?

The extra money came in with the intention of helping me pay off my debt… but is that the only/best use for that money? So I spent yesterday pondering how best to use the money.

About mid-afternoon inspiration struck: Use the money to de-stress my life rather than just blindly pay off debt.

Sure the debt is stressing me out, but if I use the money to only pay off my debt, I’ll get to the end of the money and be no further ahead than I am now. (Read more)