The Long Journey without my Work PC
I have been working from my laptop for a while now, I am really missing my work PC. At first it was no big deal because I have this laptop to get work done from, then when I realized that my laptop had no DVD burner, therefore I couldn’t install my Windows Office software, I started to get frustrated. Next, I found out my laptop didn’t play nice with my server which is where all of my pictures as well as business files are stored so I was unable to access any of my work files. That was a huge bummer and made my work days less efficient.
Today, I followed up with my ex husband when I dropped our little guy off to him and found out that my work PC is completely messed up. He has spent hours upon hours trying to diagnose but still is trying to pinpoint the problem. The power supply and other simply items have been removed from the list of possibilities of what’s wrong with the PC, now it’s time for him to dig a bit deeper. At this point I just wish I had the funds to pay for all the “guts” of my work PC for an upgrade because I just want it back in working order.
So here I am today having a pretty awesome Monday, the server is now accessible by my laptop, my older two are at school and my youngest is with his Dad for the day. I plan to be productive and stop at some point to shower as well as go register my car. Today is going to be a wonderful day…. and it could only get better if I find out my PC decided to come back to life on it’s own.
The Weekend is Coming, the Weekend is Coming
I am looking forward to my kid weekend….. there will be five kids in the house this weekend and I bet we will all have a blast.
Cheers to your weekend, may it be filled with memory making moments!
I Believe Every Mean Person Can Change Up Until a Certain Point
We start life off as innocent, sweet little children so ready and willing to accept everyone, to trust without fear and to simply take life for what it is. No questions. No worries. It’s all about loving life and loving people. Then something happens, our environment we grow up in and our friends and our outsiders at school, eventually that sweet, innocent child turns angry. The anger builds when not given an outlet to talk to or such as what I do, write. That is one thing my Mom always told me I should do, write a book. My Mom knew that whenever I was upset with her she would be able to expect a long letter citing my issues or what not, even apologizes, came in the form of a letter. Writing has simply been a lot easier for me than talking when it comes to confrontational situations. I have worked hard to change that, getting better at verbally confronting situations but writing is still my number one outlet.
With that being said, since I went from a very angry person inside to this happy, positive minded person today, I have this firm belief that any angry, mean person can change. Heck, I believe any person can change if they want to, whether for the better or the worse. My Dad did make a good point to me recently though, once people hit a certain age that is who they are. There is no changing them. I do believe that to be true as well. Let’s say by the time you are into your 30′s and you still are that angry, bitter and mean person well then I do not believe you will come out of that, I think that person will go to their grave angry, mean and bitter.
I do have hope. Hope keeps me going. As it should most people.
I have seen first hand what a smile, a hug and a kind gesture can do for a person. When you see a person down and out, be nice to them. When you are being waited on by a grumpy cashier, be extra nice to them with a genuine smile. Tell them to have a nice day. Make it something automatic that each time someone waits on you that you are genuinely nice, no matter their mood. You will see that their mood will lift during that process. I have seen it and it warms my heart.
I believe if you have a friend or family member that is having a hard time finding their happy that you can show them the way back to a happy place. Back to trusting people again. Some may need therapy in addition to your positive friendship while others may simply take to your kindness, bubbly and happy attitude. Even though many take to who I am today, others still do not take to it 100% and I can tell they need deeper help than what I can offer as a simple happy person to be near, look up to and be friends with.
Mean people can change. Mean kids can change. Remember to be kind, but to not allow disrespect either and in turn you will see that even the meanest of the mean … can change for the better if they have someone to help open up their hearts and see the world close to what they saw when they were that sweet, young, innocent child.
Would You Not Rather Wear Contacts on a Rainy Day?
My oldest now has contacts and she just loves them. Insurance does not cover the cost of anything to do with contacts; the initial appointment, the training and the follow up appointment to confirm her eyes were taking to the contacts were not covered. Each item to do with my daughter wearing contacts costs money out of pocket. This is a fact I knew from the get go and while I do not have a whole lot of money, the most expensive part of this process was really just getting through the initial appointments, now it’s all about finding the best deals on her Biofinity Contact Lenses and purchasing them. The contacts my daughter wears are 30 day wear so they tend to be a bit cheaper due to them lasting longer, basically you don’t have to buy as many boxes as once. The issue is that my daughter has a different prescription on one eye versus the other, so she cannot make one box work, she needs two.
I have zero issues with this new path of having my daughter wear contact lenses. You see, she stands so much taller and is full of more self confidence by simply wearing contact lenses over her eyeglasses. I had a feeling the contact lenses would boost her self esteem a bit and while I don’t condone changing yourself to appeal to others, this change of contacts versus eyeglasses is a change that she wished for her own self. There were no outlying reasons why she didn’t want to wear eyeglasses all of the time. She simply noticed that late at night when her eyeglasses were off that she looked different and felt better not seeing those things on her face all of the time.
The age of 10 going on 11 soon means that she is coming out of the elementary years and starting to learn who she is as a person, what makes her happy and she may have things, such as wearing contact lenses, that make no sense to anyone else but her as a means to make her look in the mirror and feel prettier. It’s better than her wanting to cake make up on, honestly.
So with that being said, we had this conversation where she was advised to wear her eyeglasses on rainy days but upon further discussion her and I both realized that it’s actually better to wear contacts on a rainy day because it avoids the speckles rain drops put on eyeglasses, not to mention it eliminates that foggy lens from being out it rain then going into a warm school room or house.
What do you think; would you rather wear contact lenses or eyeglasses on a rainy day?
How I Trick Myself to Save Money
I never really was good with money and have always had to live paycheck to paycheck. Now that I have been working from home for about 6 almost 7 years, I do not have this weekly or biweekly flat income paycheck to budget by. I now have zero clue really what is coming and when because I don’t have any steady ongoing clients at the moment with Brandy Ellen’s Business Solutions {any current clients there pay as they go or per project} and I have work on Happily Blended Blog but again, never know which week which day these contracts will pay me for my work. One month I can make crazy money, the next month I have a dry spell. It’s all about stocking up on money during those GREAT months.
How does one living on such an income payout save money to ensure those dry spell months bills get covered?
Well I started to use my savings account. You see, my checking account uses one bank and my savings account is at another bank outside of my town. This means it’s harder for me to go to my savings account bank for money and I rarely ever go there. I try to place money into my savings, little at a time, because while it sits there it collects a small amount of interest and I truly forget it’s even in that account. My savings account not being at same bank as my checking means that when I log it my online banking, I only see my checking account. There isn’t any “savings account” buttons to click and remind me of the money in there.
Another way I have learned to trick myself into saving money is to carry “x” amount of cash only, up and beyond that I try not to touch my checking account. With all this moving and packing and such going on, I must be super smart about not spending more than the allotted cash on hand. It’s not easy and it takes a lot of will power from time to time but I am getting better and better at saving money.
In June when I move, I plan to start a spreadsheet citing all bills I have overdue, such as my student loans and make a plan to pay back any monies owed within a specific time frame to work my way back to having a good credit score for the first time in my life.
What tricks do you have to help you save money?
