My entire bod kills from the waist up - front and back. Must be from the hour I spent wielding an electric hedge trimmer against basically everything yesterday.

( Yid babel )

I do want to be a Social Studies/History teacher. Got to start studying for that Praxis ASAP.

You Passed the US Citizenship Test
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Since my husband doesn't want to hear about any problems or concerns because he has decided that that means he has to solve them...

( I'll discuss it here )

I realized last night if I deliberately eat only half of what I would have, I get a "free" meal when I eat the leftovers. Sounds dead obvious, but there we are. maybe I will lose the weight i need to lose as a bonus. The amazing thing is that the money saving aspect is motivating but the weight loss aspect is not.(maybe because if is more ( Read more... )

A very funny blog I just discovered. Funny as Hell.

ravenscroft

I just spent an hour reconciling my account. Then it massed up and combined data with old accounts and their auto bill files plus downloading mostly duplicate data from the bank's website. I have finally fixed it by digging out a back-up file from somewhere deep in the unseen Quicken files ( Read more... )

Your blog reminds me of "The Tightwad Gazette" and "The Cook's Garden" catalog. I assume you have read them ( Read more... )

I interviewed for an evening tutoring position yesterday and got that one too. So I have 3 very part-time jobs for fall but I want to avoid the regular sub job if I can. My husband wants me to try and work for the township Homebound Tutoring through the school system. I still want to avoid it because of that previous situation you all have heard ( Read more... )

Interview went well enough that I was offered a job in the substitute pool. I can work as often as I want and choose jobs online the day before if I want. Pay is $80 a day. I really don't want to do this. I am very uncomfortable about it at this time ( Read more... )

I have had a mission statement for most of the last 13 years since Stephen Covey's book came out. I have always found it to be very grounding for me. I have a natural tendency towards flightyness and anxiety and knowing precisely where I am going and having that written down for frequent checks alleviates a lot of pressure. As my life has ( Read more... )