What a day...
Food prep to make room in my small fridge, to use up the old foods and make new meals, and eating too much along the way! That is how it goes! :-)
I'm still working on my budget crunch for the month, and spent more money that I didn't plan on. :-) Christmas is getting real, and my gifting list for every year is beginning to get figured out.
Yesterday I discovered that my favorite elephant group in Africa has a calendar for sale at eBay... the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has wonderful posts to see on Facebook... I hope you will look at them. I hope to paint some elephant pictures when I can get a group of photos to use as a guide. I can't afford to foster one of the elephants (or more), so I made the leap and spent the money to get one of their 2019 calendars. It was my first eBay purchase at an international level... and it is expected to take a month to reach me!! :-) I discovered the difference between UK funds and USA funds...
I am so excited to have one of their calendars. I decided it was an early Christmas present for me.
I also decided to purchase three badly wanted used books at Hamilton Books (.com)… before any other purchases were made! I use this site for all my inmate gifts. They are one of the few sites that is reasonable, can be searched by paperback category (essential for prison gifting), and ships at a reasonable cost (now a flat $4.00 per order). They don't put the publication year into the information, but I haven't received a bad book... only great ones. Of course, I am picky and try to choose carefully. The older ones can have great information to glean from the pages.
One day soon, I will be learning how to make clogs, Negotiate With Giants, and write better. :-) I am looking forward to it. Each book was less than $5, but that is high for me... I usually get my books at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for $1 or less... but it's been hard for me to get out anymore. This will have to do.
I discovered scribd.com today, and lots of their books and other media are like thrift store offerings, so there is still a lot to be said for old books. They also offer audio-books. I found this link when I read an article about tax issues for retirees and wanted a copy of the tax info offered. I still haven't decided what online book/media source I will end up with.
My Fire tablet is owned by Amazon so it may become my Kindle Reader... I'm still thinking about that. It wasn't a purchase that worked out the way I planned, so I'm looking for a Plan B for it.
This is how things "evolve" in our lives. :-) If at first you don't succeed, try, Try, TRY again!!! (My version of the old saying! haha) The internet says it was made popular by a man named William Edward Hickson around 1836, but the origins are cloudy. I thought it was a Shakespeare quote! :-) We learn new things every day, right?!
My other budget-busting purchase was making a donation to get a "free" booklet about budgeting. I think they call that irony. It's called Financial 30 and it is suppose to be about a 30-day plan for improving your finances. I have a growing collection of materials from different sources about budgets and debt and other similar issues... I thought it was something I needed to add to my collection. Crown.org is a good group, and I am beginning to explore their materials when I can. I was aware of Larry Burkett (the founder) when I was younger. Here is a link I found just now :: The Family Budget Workbook by Larry Burkett (1993 in the details). There may be other items at Crown.org
Following my wild spending spree, I had to recover my financial plan. SO, that is what this morning was about. I still have to finish that chore.
There is always something that needs to be done.
I wonder if I will EVER catch up... I doubt it. :-) I was looking at Time Management aids when I was exploring the Scribd website... One tip I found in comments at a page was "do the hardest thing first" and then the plan to make a list of over a hundred things and just get them done. I have heard these ideas in some version before. It was a great reminder... and will be helpful for my list-making goals. :-)
So, that is it for now... the rain is still here, and seems to want to stay, so staying indoors will help me get my lists pared down this week -- I hope.
Until next time,
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
work2gather.us
Working Together Inc
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In my prayers these days, I am crying out to GOD for change... for the provisions I need to get things moving, for the ability to control my circumstances, and for the opposition to be overcome. I am praying for my sons' souls to be found again. I am hoping to see the world get better. I am praying for a way to make things better at a lot of levels and in a lot of countries. I have a big dream, and I am hoping my big GOD will provide for it soon. Amen.
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31 May, 2018
Thursday, 31 May 2018
The last day of May... Hard to believe almost half of the year is gone already.
I am going to try to make it to Monday to do my shopping for food and household necessities...not sure I will make it, but I am going to try.
I think I am now getting my "overview" of what is happening when I start up my internet access and a page of revolving (repeating) news briefs appear... I start scrolling down to see what it says, and it is mostly gossip, with a few vaguely news stories. I realized today that this is becoming a habit because I don't have a daily newspaper to read anymore, and hardly watch TV except in semi-marathons... which isn't the news. When I do watch the news programs, they are not the greatest stories. I have to watch local to find out the weather and anything in the area happening; national is a larger scope with a ZILLION commercials, especially at the end; and PBS news and BBC new and DW news and internet searches. It is really a pain to want to know these days. :-)
I sorted more of my reorganizing piles today... had to take a long nap... and worked on my shopping plans... trying to make it all last and grow.
I can see why people who work at home need separate areas for the two. It is hard to focus when the day to day stuff is right there... I go to search for supplies and don't get back for hours. I am still trying to find a way to deal with this.
I have one more letter to write for May... tomorrow starts my June letters...
The future is really going to be a terrible place when we all become someone's robot... I remember seeing an old Star Trek show about mind control... the terrible evil alien had Captain Kirk prisoner and was attacking his mind with his evil technology. It won't be long... Matrix will become true, too. A very scary thought... but we won't be called humans anymore....I suppose that will be more about laboratory evolution.
I am more and more glad I won't be here, but the knowledge of others having to suffer this is also hard to bear...
When the government rules, people don't have rights. I guess it would be called something else, maybe a dictatorship, maybe not. Global government will make our country less free, but there is no way to combat the global evils without a global government authority.
Knowing where the world is heading is a challenging goal. It's all guessing based on what is happening now.
Morality is the only boundary that keeps us all safe... it is the personal guide that refuses to hurt others unless there is a huge need for self-preservation...or family preservation... loved ones... somewhere beyond ourselves only. If we were all moral, would we need laws?
Even more challenging, where do we get our moral values from... who's morals rule over everyone else?
It gets messy trying to find answers to global questions.
I think I have been thinking too long today. It has been a long and hard day... mentally and emotionally and other ways.
I hope next week is not as draining as this week. Could it all be tied to the "end of the month" need to get through? I wonder.
Until next time,
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
work2gather.us
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May GOD provide what we need to live in ways that honor Him. Amen.
Don't forget to sign up as a TRIAL Member of Working Together... only $10 for one year. Let's get these resources created and available... many need them now.
I am going to try to make it to Monday to do my shopping for food and household necessities...not sure I will make it, but I am going to try.
I think I am now getting my "overview" of what is happening when I start up my internet access and a page of revolving (repeating) news briefs appear... I start scrolling down to see what it says, and it is mostly gossip, with a few vaguely news stories. I realized today that this is becoming a habit because I don't have a daily newspaper to read anymore, and hardly watch TV except in semi-marathons... which isn't the news. When I do watch the news programs, they are not the greatest stories. I have to watch local to find out the weather and anything in the area happening; national is a larger scope with a ZILLION commercials, especially at the end; and PBS news and BBC new and DW news and internet searches. It is really a pain to want to know these days. :-)
I sorted more of my reorganizing piles today... had to take a long nap... and worked on my shopping plans... trying to make it all last and grow.
I can see why people who work at home need separate areas for the two. It is hard to focus when the day to day stuff is right there... I go to search for supplies and don't get back for hours. I am still trying to find a way to deal with this.
I have one more letter to write for May... tomorrow starts my June letters...
The future is really going to be a terrible place when we all become someone's robot... I remember seeing an old Star Trek show about mind control... the terrible evil alien had Captain Kirk prisoner and was attacking his mind with his evil technology. It won't be long... Matrix will become true, too. A very scary thought... but we won't be called humans anymore....I suppose that will be more about laboratory evolution.
I am more and more glad I won't be here, but the knowledge of others having to suffer this is also hard to bear...
When the government rules, people don't have rights. I guess it would be called something else, maybe a dictatorship, maybe not. Global government will make our country less free, but there is no way to combat the global evils without a global government authority.
Knowing where the world is heading is a challenging goal. It's all guessing based on what is happening now.
Morality is the only boundary that keeps us all safe... it is the personal guide that refuses to hurt others unless there is a huge need for self-preservation...or family preservation... loved ones... somewhere beyond ourselves only. If we were all moral, would we need laws?
Even more challenging, where do we get our moral values from... who's morals rule over everyone else?
It gets messy trying to find answers to global questions.
I think I have been thinking too long today. It has been a long and hard day... mentally and emotionally and other ways.
I hope next week is not as draining as this week. Could it all be tied to the "end of the month" need to get through? I wonder.
Until next time,
In Christ,
Deborah Martin
work2gather.us
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May GOD provide what we need to live in ways that honor Him. Amen.
Don't forget to sign up as a TRIAL Member of Working Together... only $10 for one year. Let's get these resources created and available... many need them now.
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