Archive for March, 2008
In just a few months, I will be attending a wedding in Romania. It seems a little weird for me, considering that I have never been there, but a friend from work is getting married there and asked if I could come.
There are many things on my to-do list before I can go. I need to get an adaptor that fits in their wall sockets. I need to get a tuxedo to wear to the wedding. I need to pack (yikes!).
I decided that I would tackle one of my challenges today instead of waiting until I get there. I want to get the bride and groom some flowers on their special day, but I won’t have a clue where to go when I am there.
Going on a search engine, I searched for "send flowers Romania" and I found a number of good, potential flower shops. I have emailed each one, detailing what I am looking for, and asking for a quote.
I expect them to get back to me before I have to go, and then I can order them before I leave home. That way, I can be assured that the bride and groom will get the flowers.
Alright, I can scratch flowers off of my list… next on the list: my tuxedo rental.
I have always had the philosophy that if you do something you love that it won’t seem like work. I have tried to keep this ideal close to my heart my whole life, but for whatever reason it was never really a reality for me.
I’ve had many jobs over the years, some of them I loved and most of them I hated. But, I’ve always been on the quest for that job that just doesn’t feel like work to me.
It wasn’t until I met Jane, an MLM rep, who introduced me to the GBG line of health products. I was amazed by both the quality and innovation that their company brought to the market, especially their line of liquid vitamins. After trying and using their products for number months I became a salesperson in their company.
I now have a job that doesn’t seem like work and I’m selling the products so they use and love on a daily basis. It feels so good that my dreams have finally come true and that I can dedicate my life to helping people realize them too.
My husband and I finally took our dream honeymoon to Europe this spring and it was definitely a dream come true. We have been married for five years and we had always planned to do this, but for some reason or another, it never worked out until this year. It was definitely worth the wait, that is for sure.
We got to go to six different countries, every one more beautiful than the next. There were, of course, some major highlights of the trip, but the whole thing was very memorable. I will never forget the moment that my husband presented me with London theatre tickets. Going to the theatre had been a dream of mine since I was a child.
I will also never forget the romantic nights we spent together in Tuscany. This will always be one of my favorite parts of the trip. Another would have to be learning to dance in Spain. There was so much to do and we crammed a lot into the little time we had. There is so much more that I want to experience, that I guess we will have to do it again, real soon.
When I first went to college, I was exhausted over the amount of student credit card applications that were given to me. It seemed like anywhere that I went on campus, someone was trying to sign me up for one card or another. It was literally exhausting trying to avoid these people after the first couple of days of school.
I had been informed during orientation about the vast number of college student credit cards that would be offered to us, but I really had no idea. It was like I was famous and was running away from the paparazzi or something like that. It got to the point where me and a couple of the other freshmen that had befriended me did not want to leave our dorms.
I was sick of hearing about the great credit cards for students and I was sick of telling them that I didn’t need any of them because my dad was taking care of everything while I was in school. They then tried to get me to sign up so I would have money for having fun with. I did not agree with this tactic, as I knew there were a lot of students that would get into trouble with this, but in the end they finally left and I had some peace at last.
Two weeks ago, I enrolled in a computer class for beginners. The idea of enrolling in the class was to familiarize myself with how the Internet has changed, and what new things I needed to know about.
This week, the topic of the class was safe Internet surfing. According to the instructor, it is essential to protect your private information while you are online by some means, such as using privacy software or Anonymizer software.
We watched a video of how cyber criminals steal your identity and how smart choices before you venture online can make a big difference.
As part of our course, we were given a copy of Privacy Controls from ParetoLogic. We were taught how to use it to protect our critical information.
After attending this week’s course, I am so happy that I enrolled in it. If I hadn’t, perhaps I would have become a victim while online – who knows.
Before having children, I never knew how destructive these little people were. I have nothing nice anymore, as my children have pretty much destroyed everything I have. I walked into my computer room the other day to discover that my three year old had poured corn syrup all over my office chairs.
After I started scrubbing, I soon realized that this was never going to come out of the fabric and decided that I would have to go and buy some new home office furniture. I would also have to buy a lock for the office door, so as to try and protect the new furniture that I was going to buy.
I hired a babysitter and went to the store to look at the office furniture. I quickly found what I was looking for and got back home before my kids could destroy something else in my absence. I was too late. I came home to the sound of breaking glass. I didn’t even bother to get out of the car before heading to the window store.
I am rather new to the world of the Internet. I am not sure where I have been for the past ten years, but it certainly was not at a computer. Although, I am new, I think that I am a very fast learner and I am just drinking in the knowledge of everything that I am learning. I just learned about electronic books and I am completely fascinated because books have always been my first love, ever since I can remember.
I found a site that has a whole bunch of downloadable ebooks and it is not odd for me to sit at the computer for hours, just looking. I am absolutely in my glory. This is even better than the library, as I can find a book on absolutely anything that pops into my mind. And the books are usually free or very cheap.
I think I have a new love. I mentioned that books were my first love. But, downloadable books are my new love. I cannot imagine a life without words and the Internet gives us billions upon billions of words. I am now quite sold and I wish I had gotten in with it ten years ago when I first had the chance.
I have always been someone that wants the best. The best car, the best watch, and the best computer are things that I wanted and that I did buy.
So, when it came to keeping my computer tuned up and working at its’ best, I wanted the best registry cleaner software on the market – not second best.
But, when I was looking for the Holy Grail of registry cleaners, I ran into a bit of a problem. It seems that there were to “best” registry cleaner products.
From the Regcure reviews I had read, everyone who bought the product was very happy with it. In fact, I had a tough time finding someone that said something bad about it.
It didn’t help either that I found that the competitor to Regcure, PC Tools Registry Mechanic didn’t have any bad reviews either. In fact, they both were praised by their users as the best registry cleaning software on the market.
So, I don’t know what I am going to do- either I will have to pick one of them or buy both. I guess I will just have to figure that out for myself.
When my sister was applying for college, I remember her being so stressed out about her college application essay. I was only twelve years old at the time, so I did not really realize what all the fuss was about. It is a little bit different now, as it is my turn to do this and I finally do know what all the fuss was about. It is a very stressful thing.
I decided to talk to her for some advice. She had, after all, been there and done that. I called her and told her I wanted to order essay writing skills from her. She offered to come home on the weekend and help me out. I am so glad to have her. At least I am not the first and I have someone to go to for advice. She didn’t really even have that.
She did just fine though and she is currently working on her MBA essay. I am hoping beyond all hopes that I get into the same school that she is going to. It will be so much fun to live with her and be able to utilize her for all the college experience that she has. I know college will be all that much easier if she were there.
I went to an art display at the University in our town a few weeks ago and I had a great time. I never knew I was into art, but I went with a friend just for something to do. I thought it would be a way to kill time that particular evening and I certainly had not planned on learning anything.
I learned a lot about different local artists, as well as some past and far away artists. I even purchased my very first print that night. It was by a British artist, who started out by doing graffiti on buildings in London. I liked his work, even if it is not all tasteful. It is all, somehow, meaningful.
I enjoyed looking at his pieces and when I saw that there was some Banksy signed art for sale. I decided to buy one. I hung it in my bedroom because my mom did not want it in the living room. It has two kissing police officers and she said it offended her. But, I love it and that is all that matters.
