UPDATE WK 2
PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
1. Turn off TV more I've been doing this some, but not enough. Work harder!
2. Do items on health list
3. Go back to college
4. Take creative writing class (missed deadline for this session. :-()
5. Finish genealogy
6. Get two merit badges a year from the book “You Can Do It”
7. Learn to use computer for something other than a typewriter.
8. Make 101 list General Plan
9. Make 101 list Action Plan (how am I going to get all this accomplished?)
I've written down a few steps , still need to organize and plan more.
10. Pay more attention to Spiritual needs
11. Start journal
12. Get eight hours of sleep:
a. Up at 6 am, requires a ten pm bedtime (lights out at ten requires a 9pm in bed time) I've been doing pretty good here. I'm not getting to bed at 9, but I am going to bed earlier and it helps.
13. Be more patient with mother (she’s so critical, ignores her health but complains all the time-drives me crazy)
She's been in the hospital this week, maybe that will motivate herself to take better care of herself. Course this is the case of the pot calling the kettle black.
14. Take a Great Courses course
a. Choose a course, order it, watch or listen to it.
15. Relearn my Arabic (its been 20 years since I’ve spoken it, and so many here have expressed an interest in learning it, maybe we can group together)
HOME IMPROVEMENT
16. Restore Carriage House
a. Fire old contractor
b. Hire lawyer to get deposit back
c. write new contract and specifications so I won’t have a problem again
d. start calling new contractors to get bids
e. choose one and hire him/her
17. Learn to make own repairs instead of calling repairmen all the time
18. Get landscaping done
a. call landscaper and get bids
19. Get home garden together
20. Get backyard patio built
21. Get bedroom decorated and organized (I need a peaceful beautiful retreat.)
22. Get office organized
23. Keep with the laundry and ironing
COMMUNITY
24. Get Green committee back together
a. Send out e-mail notifying of meeting date.
25. Get all restaurants in area registered Green.
a. call Paul (the owner of the only green restaurant in town) to help
b. download Virginia Green requirements and send to all restaurants
c. find out how to replace styro-foam for take-outs
d. make appointment with restaurant owners to talk about this
26. Do another big green project
a. ask at meeting for ideas
27. Write about Arab-American discrimination
28. Run for office
29. Learn about our water here
a. join Chesapeake Bay foundation
30 Learn about our homeless here.
31. Save the Bees
a. put on a Bee Faire to raise money for research
32. Fight development
33. Take recyclables to the center
a. go every Monday (we don’t have curb pick-up here) Went today, not a Monday, but the first day i could go. (1-14-09)
RELATIONSHIPS
34. Have friends over once a mth (need to get space to do that first)
a Finish Carriage House and patio first
b. Have smaller gatherings till then
35. Make a larger circle of friends
36. Keep in touch with old friends
37. Get a divorce (I haven’t seen him in 12 years-what am I waiting for?)
38. Stay in better contact with my cousins (Sandy is coming over next week)
FUN
39. Read one fun book a week (Started "Chesapeke" by James Michner)
40. Take a class and learn something new
a. Register for John Adams class at local museum. (Went to first class tonight 1-14-08 and will be going for the next 7 weeks. They show an episode from the HBO series and we read the book at home. I didn't put the book down in my pleasure reading book because its for a class)
b. Register at Arts Center for Water Color Class
c. Register for chair making class at museum
41. Get a dog.
42. Train dog
43. Try to get on a reality home or self improvement show.
a. Take pictures of what I want fixed.
44. Cook more
45. Go to Egypt/Morocco/Tunis
46. Take daughter to Palestine
47. Help mom fill out Story of My Life book
48. Help mom make her family cook book
49. Read a 1001 Nights (hey, why not?)
a. Get the book!
50. Take a Tofurkey picture.
51. See more plays
52. See more international films
BUSINESS
53. Get website together
54. Get photos
55. Redo promotional material
56. Network
57. File receipts
58. Do taxes on time
59. See lawyer and get incorporated
60. Get a publication write up.
61. Improve online ratings
62. Learn call forwarding
62. Answer messages the same day.
64. 2009-double business from 2008
65. 2010-triple business from 2008
66. Look more presentable-wear makeup and more professional clothes My daughter took me shopping and did a mini makeover of my wardrobe and I've been making the effort to look more presentable. (Still looking good when in public. Still a slob for myself)
67. Make a profit!!!
68. Develop policy and procedures manual
69. Write business plan
FINANCES
70. Make a will
71. Make a living will
72. Write last wishes
73. Get all affairs in order-just in case.
74. Start retirement fund
75. Start savings account
76. Stop impulse spending
77. Cut expenses by at least 10%
78. Make Suze Orman proud of me
79. Find out credit score and improve it
80. Understand my finances
HEALTH
81. Get health insurance
82. Get physical
83. Get MRI and knee surgery
84. Lose 50 lbs.
85. Keep them off
86. Exercise three days a week min.
87. Get teeth fixed.
88. See dentist twice a year.
GENERAL
89. Finish stained glass gift
90. Make a chair
91. Get something published (besides a letter to editor)
92. Find out how to do lj cuts DONE!!!
93. Unpack all boxes (I’ve lived here two years now, for gosh sakes)
94. Stop letting things go…If I’m cheated, abused, insulted, taken advantage of-SPEAK
UP and DO SOMETHING!
Somehow I project this quiet amiable personsona. My aura says VICTIM in neon letters. I attract male abusers and I'm sick of it. The current crop are contractors who work at my house. I'm a woman alone and they think they can take advantage of me. They do sloppy work, overcharge, and generally feel they can take advantage of me. No More! ok-here are my current abusers:
a. my contractor for Carriage House. He never listens to me. I wanted my House wheel chair accessible. He didn't do that. I have to redo what he's done. He ordered the wrong doors. He destroyed the front of the House and lost its historical character. I have to redo the front. And he's mad at me for not accepting his mistakes! He says I keep changing my mind about things...NO, I've stayed the same on what I want, he just doesn't listen, so when he does it wrong, somehow its me changing my mind. ugh
b. Former lawn care guy. He broke my water pipe and cut power lines with his trimmer. Again, somehow this is my fault. I deducted the cost of repairs from his bill and paid the rest. Now he's suing me for three times the balance...almost a year later. grr.
95.
96. Stop procrastinating or being wimpy.
97. Do something crazy and out of character.
98. Get out more
99. Finish the True Blood book series All done 1-09-09. This is a great series of books. Twilight bites in comparison. I urge all vampirephiles to read these books. What fascinates me about the series is how detailed the author planned her society. The premise for the series is this: Sookie Stackhouse is a Louisiana bar maid. She's sweet and smart and telepathic. This sounds great, right? But would you like to know every thought of those around you? She hears everyone's sick secrets, what people think of her, etc She's never had a boyfriend because people think she's scary or crazy. Then one day a vampire walks into the bar, and her life changes... Vampires have come out of the coffin, so to speak. They've joined society, own businesses, gotten legal rights. They are not allowed to legally marry however. They were able to do all this because of a new japanese product of synthetic blood. They are no longer a threat to humans (usually). True Blood is the most flavorful and most like human blood. Bars and convenience marts stock it now.
Here's the part that fascinates me: How has society changed to accomodate their newest members? What about inheritance rights? When the person dies and becomes a vampire, does he still own it or does it pass to his heirs? How do they shop, since most shops close at night? How do they travel safely? (Anubis Airlines solves that problem with special travel arrangements for vampires) What hotels do they stay in? Maids clean during the day. How do they date humans? What happens to religious beliefs? Charlotte Harris works out all these little details that makes her novels so rich in scope.
The whole series is filled with humor. It has the flavor of Buffy the Vampire killer, instead of the Anne Rice gloom and doom. I think this is the best Vampire series ever. I love the characters so much. Bill, a civil war era vampire gives lectures to the Daughters of the American Confederacy and is working on a computer program. He dates Sookie. Eric is Bill's superior and is a former Viking. He wants to use Sookies telepathic abilities for his own benefit. Pam is Eric's second in command and tho she hails from the Victorian era, she loves pastel sweater sets and looks like a soccor mom. Pam and Eric own the bar, Fangtasia. Unfortunately something keeps happening to their bartenders. Jason, Sookies brother, is a horn dog with a new girl friend each night. Bubba, a sweet good old boy with a remarkable singing voice. Is he an Elvis impersonator or is he...no, couldn't be! And the eroticism is pretty good, not sleezy at all.
HBO turned this series of books into a TV series. it's a good series and Sookie is perfectly cast. However, as usual, I enjoyed the books so much more. I cannot wait for the next books to come out.
100. Read all my financial books
101. Finish library