Old Rock Star Songs

Heather Cass put this in her blog and I was bound and determined to figure out how to show it on my blog. There's an awful lot to learn about all this computer stuff. I'm not usually the one in the family to look at YouTube. In fact, when my husband talked about watching it, I thought he was saying "You, too" and I was a little irritated. I wondered why he was attacking me! As you can tell, I didn't have a clue as to what it was. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this video, if it works.

My 100th blog post

Today I'm writing my 100th blog post! I think I did pretty well with keeping up with my posts, at least better than some others. I tried the mobile blog a couple of times but had difficulty with it, but at least I tried. This has been a wonderful outlet for me whether anyone is reading or not. I can't say I've been totally successful based on my initial intention for the blog. It was meant to be a list of things I've put off and then finally did. I feel like I accomplished many of those things but there are still many more to do. Maybe I shouldn't judge those things by what I have left (supplies, etc.) but what I've done. I should probably go back to those adjectives I talked about in another blog and say I think I've become more flexible in my list of things to do. I know I've become more lax in my routine since Oct. and that I'm not as proud of. I definitely haven't been cooking and trying new recipes like I had intended and I've allowed a bunch of excuses to limit my exercises. I've done some of the crafting I wanted but there is still so much to do. This is the part that is overwhelming. I find myself watching TV with my crocheting instead of tackling the pictures for scrapbooking. I know I have to give myself permission to fail or at least lag behind in doing some things. So here are my 3 things I'm most proud of:

1. starting my blog in the first place
2. finishing the t-shirt quilt and name pillows as Christmas presents
3. being able to take off when I want and be with my family, such as Audrey's field trip and concert in Cleve

Then the 3 things I'm not so proud of during this time are:

1. not following through with my exercise like I should have
2. watching too much TV
3. not developing and keeping a better routine during the day and night

Well, there you have it - my self-evaluation. I think I give myself a B- which isn't too bad. It's that incentive to do better that I'm going for. Now I think the next evaluation will be a year from the day I started my blog and I'll see how many I've done then. Thanks for reading!

P.S. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I found out how to print my blog into a book, pictures and all, so I'm thinking about that for my 1 yr. anniversary!

Blog Posts

This has been something that's annoyed me ever since I started writing my blog. There are people in the goerie.com blog site that don't update their blogs for months. I feel that you shouldn't take up the space if you're not going to keep up with it. That might not be accurate about the space thing but I'm sure others will not bother checking your blog if it's not updated. There are so many sports and specialized blogs such as Tall Ships, etc. that I think someone should have made them broaden their subject a tad so they could do more with it. Some of them have said at the beginning that they would write on weekdays only and take weekends off. I get the impression that it is more of a job to some. Others, I realize, are busy and this is just one more thing they've gotten themselves into. All that said, it only takes a couple minutes, you're writers anyway, and it shouldn't be that big of a deal to blurt out a few sentences about anything just to keep us informed. Maybe I'm too critical but that's the way I feel. Me, I'm looking forward to my 100th blog post coming up in a couple days. Stay tuned.

Spell Check

I've always had a thing about spelling and also a pet peeve about misspelled words, especially at the school where I worked. I don't profess to be a great speller but, before spell check on the computer, I would always look up words in the dictionary if I wasn't sure about their spelling. It amazed me that college students could put misspelled words on bulletin boards for all to see, even parents. Evidently no one was proof reading. It came to mind again yesterday as I was waiting for my car to be fixed and leafing through a magazine. Included in the top 100 things we should know was the difference among there, they're and their, or homophones as they're called. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings. Spell check is useless with homophones because it only picks up on misspelled words and these may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly. There lies the problem! As much as we love our computers, they are not the end all. We still need people to teach us and proof read. Anyway, I think I have those homophones down pat but there were a bunch of other things on that list that I didn't know.

Business cards

Four more days and counting - time to get my ducks in a row. Thanks to my hubby, I was able to print out some business cards with some info I wanted others to have in order to stay in touch. My first attempt was a disaster! My hubby has printed out really nice labels for his wine through the Avery site so I asked him to help. He came through for me like I knew he would. This was so much easier than writing all the numbers and sites down myself in addition to tackling one of those obstacles of the computing type. I joked with some co-workers earlier in the summer that maybe I'd come back after retirement as a consultant. Someone commented that I should have put that on the card. Ha,ha!!