As I sit and sip my coffee this morning, I feel overwhelmingly good. I don’t think it’s just the freshly brewed coffee! Despite a significant set back that occupied my head space for most of the week, and more time fixing it than I would have liked, I’m just feeling on top of the world. [...]
Archive for October, 2010
27 Oct
The MacBook is dead. Long live the MacBook Pro.
Well friends, it’s official. My two-year old MacBook was laid to rest yesterday. Most of my friends and colleagues are amazed that a small bit of liquid, entering in through the side ports would do so much damage. If any of you read my comment to Jane yesterday, the logic board was “heavily corroded” said [...]
26 Oct
The dog ate my homework, and other unlikely stories
Sorry I didn’t drop by yesterday. I was trying to deal with a little misadventure we had around here on Sunday. Since I don’t have a dog, I can tell you that no dog ate my homework. I do, however, have three cats. Two of them kittens. When I left my third of a cup [...]
22 Oct
Need some serious, short term goals
The end of the year is in sight, and I need some serious, short term goals in order to position myself to be able to eliminate my consumer debt by February 2011. October is finishing with a great, big thud. It’s not any prettier than September, when I finished in the red. I see a [...]
21 Oct
I’m listening, Mr. Carney
Bank of Canada Governor, Mark Carney, has been trying to send a message to Canadians for some time now. I guess he thinks we’re not listening. Yesterday, he warned us again that things weren’t just as rosey as one may think. Some experts tell us that Canadian’s are not only still racking up debt, they’re [...]
18 Oct
A big, sincere thanks…
Wow. When you ask your girlfriends to pull up a chair and lend an ear, they really come through for you. Big thanks to Jane, Momofthree and Everydayminimalist for chiming in with my plea for rational advice last week. Special thanks to Jacq who gave me her thoughts, cared enough to keep pondering the issue [...]
15 Oct
Wheels won’t stop turning.
Friends, pull up a chair. I need rational people to talk to Yesterday, I put another car rental notch in my AMEX card. One of my aunts passed away and I went up north to the funeral. There were no bus options that would allow me to get to the funeral on time. My aunt [...]
14 Oct
Found my 2007 net worth!
Yesterday, I let you know that I’ve been tracking my net worth monthly since April, with some good results to date. As I was hunting for an entirely different file on my computer, I found a net worth statement from February 28, 2007. What an interesting look back! This one was prepared by a lawyer, [...]
13 Oct
What’s a net worth?
This is like that old gag I used to play on the kids – what’s a henweigh? Remember that one? They’d say they didn’t know what a henweigh was, then you’d say “oh, about 4 or 5 pounds!” Yes, I’m that old! This new question, what’s a net worth, is entirely different. The answer has [...]
8 Oct
A long week, long weekend
Today is the last day of my week off my full-time gig. Frankly, I’m exhausted. Seems I had a long list of things I would have liked to have accomplished, and I haven’t even managed to get the laundry organized. There’s still today. The youngest is feeling guilty, thinking that she’s the root cause of [...]
Recent Comments