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March 30, 2009

Seeking Shop Girl

I hope this blog will lead me to the girl of my dreams.  I was strolling through town last weekend and I stopped in a health store to see what they had in the way of natural bodybuilding supplements.  I was immediately distracted though, by the girl behind the counter.  She had bobbed brown hair and was wearing a Weezer T-shirt with checkered converse shoes.  She looked up at me and smiled when I walked in and I was hooked.  The store is fairly small but there were a few other customers there that day.  The girl was busy helping out some huge guy with a muscle bulging from every part of his body.  I cruised closer just to hear her voice and was floored by all the scientific phrases and explanations she was throwing out about creatine and anabolic steroids.  To find a pretty girl is one thing, but to find a pretty intelligent girl is another.  She helped out this body builder for a good 20 minutes while I pretended to look through pamphlets on weight lifting.  I kept thinking of something to ask her that wouldn’t make me sound like an idiot.  While I fussed around picking up bottle after bottle to read the labels, I looked up to find she had gone.  An older guy was standing behind the counter and the girl was no where to be seen.  Realizing I had missed my chance that day, I went back everyday for the next week.  Finally I asked the older clerk about her and he told me that Saturday was her last day.  Now I’ll probably never find her!  Does anyone know the store I’m talking about located right on Main Street, and more importantly, do you know this girl?  Please get in touch and help me out because I feel I have missed out on a great thing.

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March 29, 2009

It is time

So it is finally time to put my university diploma into its very special university diploma frame. My dad gave me this frame and I have been putting off and putting off actually putting the diploma into the frame. I suppose that seems strange, especially since I think the frame is very special. But my dad died the day after my graduation from college so it has kind of a strange association for me. I guess I feel like when I actually put my diploma into the frame it will be like a certain sort of closure to the whole thing, a thing that I have been dealing with for the past ten years. I have missed him so much, and it has been very hard having him be gone like this, especially taken so abruptly and in a time that was supposed to be so happy. But I guess that is what car crashes are like.            

But now that it is ten years later and I have my own kids I think it is time that I have that closure that I have not had for so many long years. I am ready for it. I am ready to put that piece of paper into that piece of wood and glass and appreciate it for what it is and was to me.

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March 26, 2009

Setting Goals and Completing Them

One of the best ways to continue moving forward with your business is to set goals and complete them. Goals give you direction, and they give you something to work toward on a daily basis. Without goals, your business will just be blindly going along from day to day.

Of course, goals mean nothing if you don’t complete them. With long-term goals, it can be difficult to stay focused working toward them day in and day out.

That’s where project management software comes in handy. Project management software is the best way to work toward your goals on a daily basis. Time tracking software helps you devote a certain amount of time to the project each day. This way, you aren’t just blindly working toward your goal without any direction.

Another tip for reaching your goals is to keep a positive attitude. As silly as this sounds, a positive attitude can go a long way to helping you reach your goals. Let’s face it: it can get old working on the same project day in and day out. A good attitude will help you rise above the daily inconveniences of working on a boring, long-term project.

 Set your goals! And keep them!

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March 26, 2009

Gift Baskets Make the Perfect Groomsmen Gift

When I got married, I had no problem coming up with my bridesmaids’ gifts.  I knew that each of the girls would love a hand painted picture frame and scented candle, so I did up little gift boxes for them.  My husband, on the other hand, didn’t have a clue what to get the guys.  Finally, two week before the wedding, I decided that if they were going to get any kind of attendants’ gift, I was going to have to get it.

I started searching for different gift baskets for men, thinking that there was no reason I had to get them all the same thing.  I finally found a great website that had all kinds of baskets for men, including golf gift baskets, which was great, because two of the guys were avid golfers.  The third guy didn’t golf at all and I was going to get him a different gift basket, but then I thought, why can’t I get him a golf gift basket, too?  I simply added a coupon for club rentals from the local golf course.

The guys loved the baskets and even all went together the day before the wedding and hit the greens.

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March 25, 2009

What to make of stranger owned life insurance

Things are changing a bit in the world of life insurance coverage. No longer do people just get as much insurance coverage as they can afford and hope that it is enough. Now, people are doing something about their situation by seeking our lenders to take on a portion of the burden with them. This is becoming something of a big business, too, as tons of lenders out there will compete for people who are well within the category of qualifying for a big time life insurance policy. So what do we make of this stranger owned life insurance stuff?

First of all, it can make a lot of sense on plenty of levels. Life insurance financing can give you extraordinary flexibility, and many of the loan terms associated with this type of financing are as good as you are going to get in the world of loans. Because the majority of people seeking a loan for their life insurance policy are of solid means, they are able to get good rates and competitive loan terms. In addition, the number of companies competing for the right to finance such loans makes it even more advantageous for people to pursue them. In short, the advantages to going after such an offer make it more than worth your while, especially considering the great options in life insurance these days.

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