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Someone like YOU saved MY life – twice! Once when I hemorrhaged after giving birth, and then 20 years later when I ended up at the emergency room needing 2 pints of blood. Yes, yes, you ARE saving lives by donating blood. I am living proof! I don’t know who donated their blood for me, so I can’t thank them – but I can thank YOU. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 2 days ago

Someone like YOU saved MY life – twice! Once when I hemorrhaged after giving birth, and then 20 years later when I ended up at the emergency room needing 2 pints of blood. Yes, yes, you ARE saving lives by donating blood. I am living proof! I don’t know who donated their blood for me, so I can’t thank them – but I can thank YOU. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 2 days ago

1. What did I learn last week?
I’m getting too old to want to put in 14 hour days

2. What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week?
I actually handed out photos of cars that I took at the race track – and included my business card. I gave the photos away, even though I was too chicken to ask for money.

3.Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why?
Going racing with my family – watching father and son bond – watching my husband take 2nd place in the heat races.

4.What’s the #1 thing I need to accomplish this week?
Call rental place

5.What can I do right now to make the week less stressful?
Take care of details – cancel the little things we don’t need – like vonage.

6.What have I struggled with in the past that might also affect the upcoming week?
Not handle money well.

7. What was last week’s biggest time sink?
Work

8.Am I carrying any excess baggage into the week that can be dropped? Yes – procrastination about canceling extras that we don’t need – netflix, vonage, extra life insurance from when I was worried about not having a job

9. What have I been avoiding that needs to get done?
Did step one for registering truck. Now need to FOLLOW THROUGH.

10. What opportunities are still on the table?
Improving finances by getting rid of a bunch of little things we don’t care about or use

11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
Grand kids

12. Is there anyone that deserves a big ‘thank you’?
Mom

13.How can I help someone else this coming week?
Register son for blindness clinical trial

14. What are my top 3 goals for the next 3 months?
Stabilize the finances
Find better place to live
Focus on son

15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
Stabilize the finances – still working on this
Find better place to live – No
Focus on son – Yes – Helped with resume and stuff for job interview

16.What’s the next step for each goal?
Do NOT spend more than I make; pay extra on the credit cards
Contact our rental property management team and let them know we are looking

17.What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
Racing

18.What are my fears?
That I will run up too much credit card debt

19. What am I most grateful for?
My kids are all OK

20. What can I do to make life more beautiful today?
Be nice to people 4 days ago

Barely keeping current with my journals, so haven’t posted many more to my blog… but if you’re interested, it’s here: http://atinysliceofparadise.blogspot.com/ I’d love your feedback on it. Thanks in advance. 3 weeks ago

One of the items from the list mentioned in the previous post is

3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday.

OK, so my new camera was not at all inexpensive… but with the help of the Flikr group “Project 365,” I am hoping to use it, or at least my iPhone, to take photos every day. True, some days it will be photos just to take photos… but some days, I hope there is some inspiration and creativity. 3 weeks ago

Barely. Lucked out that I had a photo on my camera of my weight watcher’s card on my computer monitor. Reminded me to be more conscious of taking photos. 3 weeks ago

Continued Blessings! 3 weeks ago

Start small and work up to the grander things. Exercise your Making A Difference muscles, so to speak. You’ve influenced your friends for the better – awesome. But how will you kick it up a notch? Perhaps volunteering at a homeless shelter? Or visiting with an aging neighbor? You have an interest – there is a need. You like animals – animal shelters need help. You like swimming – get your life guard certificate – you might save someone’s life. You like to read – tutor a first grader who is struggling. Let you passions in life guide you – your passion is where you will find your strength. YOU are the Blessing and the Hope. Let you love shine! Many Blessings in all you do. 3 weeks ago

I miss having my own land that I can dig in, build on, and be part of. The lovely Magnolia Tree with its many denizens is a comfort, but I know I am not destined to watch it through the years. I suppose all things are transient, so I shouldn’t worry – but it makes me want to be on land all the sooner. 4 weeks ago

Took some at the Farmers Market last week. Actually handed out my business card.

Now, if it will stop raining on the weekends… I have prepped my photos to give to the drivers… but they keep having to cancel the races due to rain :(

Also joined Project 365 on Flikr. Hoping it will both stimulate my creativity, get me in the habit of taking photographs every day, and that it will produce some awesome photos!

Bought a cheap light box from Amazon. My 97 cent cardboard box one served its purpose – taught me the basics and let me experiment to see if I liked this type of photography before I spent money on it. I do like it. In fact, I like it a lot. The subjects don’t move and one has more control of the light. I am a control freak – so that works out well.

Marketing ideas welcomed! 4 weeks ago

I am hoping that this will inspire me to really start seeing my world and how to photograph it. I am also hoping that the other participants will be an inspiration for me for those days that i just can’t seem to think of anything to photograph.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/project_365/ 4 weeks ago

1. What did I learn last week?
That I still haven’t bonded with my boss.

2. What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week?
I didn’t have to work this weekend.

3.Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why?
Going to the farmers market. I actually took pictures and handed out the first of my business cards.

4.What’s the #1 thing I need to accomplish this week?
Get the 4 servers upgraded and tested.

5.What can I do right now to make the week less stressful?
Prep lunches.

6.What have I struggled with in the past that might also affect the upcoming week?
Not handle money well.

7. What was last week’s biggest time sink?
FaceBook

8.Am I carrying any excess baggage into the week that can be dropped? Yes. I need to determine if I am committed to the company and give it my all and ignore nay-sayers, or I need to go look for another job.

9. What have I been avoiding that needs to get done?
Did step one for registering truck. Now need to FOLLOW THROUGH.

10. What opportunities are still on the table?
Moving to a better rental.

11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
Grand kids

12. Is there anyone that deserves a big ‘thank you’?
Mom

13.How can I help someone else this coming week?
Register son for blindness clinical trial

14. What are my top 3 goals for the next 3 months?
Stabilize the finances
Find better place to live
Focus on son

15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
Stabilize the finances – still working on this
Find better place to live – No
Focus on son – Yes – Found school for him

16.What’s the next step for each goal?
Do NOT spend more than I make; pay extra on the credit cards
Contact our rental property management team and let them know we are looking
Go over resume with son

17.What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
3day Weekend!

18.What are my fears?
That I will run up too much credit card debt

19. What am I most grateful for?
My kids are all OK

20. What can I do to make life more beautiful today?
pull weeds 4 weeks ago

Working on the final paperwork before our obligations to the Army have been fulfilled. Will certainly miss it, but looking forward to not being tied to it. 4 weeks ago

1. What did I learn last week?
More about photography!

2. What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week?
Went on our local Visionwalk to raise money to fight blindness with my son. http://www.fightblindness.org/site/PageNavigator/VisionWalk_Homepage We raised $250. Not much, but every bit helps!

3.Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why?
Hanging out with my son for the Vision walk.

4.What’s the #1 thing I need to accomplish this week?
Get that application implemented at work!

5.What can I do right now to make the week less stressful?
Sleep.

6.What have I struggled with in the past that might also affect the upcoming week?
Not being motivated

7. What was last week’s biggest time sink?
Video games.

8.Am I carrying any excess baggage into the week that can be dropped?
Poor motivation.

9. What have I been avoiding that needs to get done?
Register my truck. But I am taking a day off and really doing it this coming week.

10. What opportunities are still on the table?
New home
11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
Miss A

12. Is there anyone that deserves a big ‘thank you’?
My sweet hubby

13.How can I help someone else this coming week?
Register son for blindness clinical trial

14. What are my top 3 goals for the next 3 months?
Stabilize the finances
Find better place to live
Focus on son

15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
deal with house – done! yay! done!
Stabilize the finances – Yes
Find better place to live – No
Focus on son – Yes

16.What’s the next step for each goal?
Do NOT spend more than I make; pay extra on the credit cards
Contact our rental property management team and let them know we are looking
Go over resume with son

17.What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
Getting feedback on my photos; taking more photos

18.What are my fears?
That I will run up too much credit card debt

19. What am I most grateful for?
My kids are all OK

20. What can I do to make life more beautiful today?
Clean my office 1 month ago

Go here to find out more info
http://www.fightblindness.org/site/PageNavigator/VisionWalk_Homepage 1 month ago

If you’re in Middle Tennessee, I’d love to photograph your stuff!

I’m still tweaking the website, but it’s getting closer. I’m available to take photographs even if the site isn’t exactly like I want yet.

http://thelittlebiddyhenhouse.blogspot.com/

I’d so appreciate it if you were able to visit and critique my photos and the website!

Thanks in advance! 1 month ago

And feeling healthier already! Yay! 1 month ago

Not talking about some pale iceberg lettuce drizzled in dressing – I’ve been making some awesome and healthy salads that often include spinach, carrots, blanched broccoli, pecans, dried cranberries, and much more. It doesn’t use a stove or oven, but I chop, dice, and slice! AND, it’s helping me lose weight, too! 1 month ago

Brought my horded seeds with me 2200 miles across the country – just like the pioneers of old. Warm enough to plant them now – sage, thyme, oregano, chives. It is difficult to be starting over again, but exciting and invigorating, too. 1 month ago

1. What did I learn last week?
Sometimes you have to just stop and take a break.

2. What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week?
Getting my photography website started: http://TheLittleBiddyHenHouse.BlogSpot.com (shameless plug!)

3.Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why?
Getting my new camera in the mail – meaning that I now have the tools to take much more professional looking photographs.

4.What’s the #1 thing I need to accomplish this week?
Check up on the old house status

5.What can I do right now to make the week less stressful?
Do laundry

6.What have I struggled with in the past that might also affect the upcoming week?
Not being motivated

7. What was last week’s biggest time sink?
Being ill

8.Am I carrying any excess baggage into the week that can be dropped?
Procrastination with things that I don’t want to face.

9. What have I been avoiding that needs to get done?
Register my truck; TAXES

10. What opportunities are still on the table?
Excelling at work

11. Is there anyone I’ve been meaning to talk to?
Husband

12. Is there anyone that deserves a big ‘thank you’?
AKK

13.How can I help someone else this coming week?
Go forward with my food drive plan

14. What are my top 3 goals for the next 3 months?
Deal with old house
Stabilize the finances
Find better place to live

15. Have any of my recent actions moved me closer to my goals?
deal with house – no
Paying off credit cards – no
Talked to DH – yes

16.What’s the next step for each goal?
query mortgage company for status – again
Don’t spend more
Clean house

17.What am I looking forward to during the upcoming week?
Submitting photos for class

18.What are my fears?
That I will run up too much credit card debt

19. What am I most grateful for?
My kids are all OK

20. What can I do to make life more beautiful today?
Cleaned up the kitchen 2 months ago

D5100 with two lenses. Also, for the first time, bought a hot shoe flash unit. Built a light box from card board and white plastic garbage bags and packing tape. Works awesome. Taking pictures almost every day. 2 months ago

AND, I only gained one pound on business travel and lost it the very next week. Did NOT use that one pound as an excuse to gain a second one! 2 months ago