Author: Robin

2010-01-06 Wednesday

Good Bye, Quicken. Hello, Mint.com? Rent-A-Geek thinks my Dell Precision M4400 laptop is on its last legs and I should buy a new one. I don’t believe him. I think something is amuck with my network settings. Time will tell. In the meantime, I need to make sure my backup is in tip top shape. I will order a new laptop at the first sign of trouble away from the network.

“Reinvention of Me” Pledge

I promise to be kind to myself, especially through my thoughts and actions. I am a good person, worthy of respect.
I promise to silence my inner critic whose negative energy always seems to drag me down. That critic will no longer have power over me.
I promise to find a source of comfort other than food. When I need to feel better, I will do that activity instead of eating.
I promise to make good food choices the majority of time; my body deserves the good, clean energy of healthy, nutritious food.
I promise to be active every day, even if it’s only for a few minutes; the power of movement will energize me to move more and more each day.
I promise to remember that I am much more than a number on a scale and to love my body exactly as it is right now.
I promise to spend time each day reflecting on how I’m feeling; only through knowing where I am now can I get to where I want to be.
I promise to remove “I should” and “I must” and replace them with “I want to” and “I will.” Such small words will have a powerful impact on my attitude.
I promise to surround myself with positive and energetic people and to brush off the negative energy of people who bring me down.
And most importantly, I promise to be my own best friend and to work hard towards the reinvention of ME…

Found at FitWatch

2010-01-02 Saturday

“A system failure has occurred. Please contact the Employer Reporting Branch between Monday and Friday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. Please tell the operator you received Error Message Code: GEN”. I won’t be getting W-2’s done today. Dammit! I logged on again a bit later, my file was listed as pending. I was able to finish!

The Year 2009

Every year I start this and have yet to actually finish it.  In 2010-2012 I didn’t even start.

The Year 2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions and will you make more for next year? 
“Goals for 2009: Lose eight pounds. Take a photo every day, preferably with my Nikon D2X. Get through “The Daily Message” by Eugene H. Peterson.” I managed none of these, so they’ll stand for 2010.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My grandmother, Lucille Ische.
5. What countries did you visit?
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
9. What was your biggest failure? 
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
11. What was the best thing you bought?
iPhone 3GS.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? 
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
14. Where did most of your money go?
Real estate taxes.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) Happier or Sadder? Slightly happier.
b) Thinner or Fatter? .3 pounds fatter.
c) Richer or Poorer? $80,313.28 richer, according to Quicken.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of? 
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
22. What was your favorite TV program?
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone.
24. What was the best book you read?
25. What was your greatest musical discovery of 2009?
iTunes Genius Mixes.
26. What did you want and get?
A Steinway grand piano.
27. What did you want and not get?
28. What was your favorite film of this year?
29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
32. What kept you sane?
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
35. Who did you miss?
36. Who was the best new person you met?
Gracie!
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
38. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.