Taking Charge

It’s baseball season again. YAY! I really do like Baseball, even though I don’t watch it or follow it as closely as I used to. I think I should rectify that this year and make some baseball picks for the season. I used to follow baseball closely enough that I could pick blind, but now, I don’t think I could.

If you’re a baseball fan, heck even if you’re a sports fan of any sort, you should go check out Addict Sports. You can share your love of sports with others who love sports as much as you do. Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey are the major sports you can find there and you can even join in their fantasy games. It’s a lot of fun for sports fans of any age.

Every now and then, everyone runs into a bit of money trouble. Unless you’re independently wealthy, you know what I’m talking about. Some weeks, the paycheck just doesn’t stretch far enough and you need to find good payday loans to get you by.

Trust Source is a great resource for anyone who needs that little extra boost. They review and rate the top loan sites so that you can find the one that is the best suited and safest for your needs. Trust Source even allows the customer to rate the sites, so that you get feedback from someone who has used the service.

Trust Source is a great resource for other things as well, but their guide to payday loans are the best resource for you if you truly need one. Just remember, though, to use payday loans sparingly and only from reputable sources or you’ll end up in trouble down the road.

I’m a reader, but I don’t normally sit and read several hundred pages in a single day. A couple dozen, then put it away is my norm.

However.

Stephenie Meyer - Twilight

TOTALLY different story. Rob picked it up Thursday afternoon from the library for me, and I’m almost done already.

Paperback: 544 pages
Current Page: 375

Yeah… And I put in a request for New Moon, so I should be able to start that Tuesday

Living out in the middle of nowhere has advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is that we still get some of our television by analog (over the air) antennae signal. Now as of February 2009, all stations must be digital. Why is this an issue? Some of us do not have the option of getting out stations via cable or satellite (aka digital) signal.

So, now we have to purchase set top conversion boxes in order to keep our local channels. That sucks, but at least they’re giving out coupon cards to take off $40 of the cost. Out of pocket, it will only cost approximately $10 each box. That’s not too horrible. I was expecting to be around $100 after the coupon. That means, I can take the money that I was thinking I would need for the boxes and put it towards a a plasma tv.

Now, the only problem with that is that I don’t know if there is any wall that can support a plasma tv mount. Perhaps the bedroom wall where the mirror is. The mirror is unnecessary, so I could take it down and not care. Though, I should use the money for other things. Practical things. It kinda sucks cuz I wanna splurge. Ah well. We’ll see.

I’d forgotten, in my massive music collection, that I have the soundtrack for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I wouldn’t have remembered for a while, except Rob has one of the tracks on his ipod. I have nothing on mine atm, so when we ran to the store today, we listened to his. It was nice to close my eyes and get lost in the familiar lyrics, singing along (badly I might add) and just really enjoying it.

Close Every Door Lyrics
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I’m not overly politically inclined most of the time. I feel that we should support whomever we feel is best suited for their seat. I also feel that we should support whomever gets the seat, whether we like them or not. Now, with that said, I have to say that I’m liking some of what I see when I look at Louisiana’s 4th Congressional district candidate, Dr John Fleming.

He is taking a stance to help the people. He wants to control illegal immigration, which is a major problem in almost every state now. People are crossing the border illegally and situating themselves in jobs that could be taken by capable Americans who can’t find work. John Fleming feels that the borders need to be secured and that illegal aliens be required to return to their home, rather than giving them amnesty. He also wants to cut off funds to states that consider themselves to be sanctuaries for illegal immigrants.

He wants to cut spending and lower taxes, but he doesn’t want to compromise the path to defeating terrorism. He feels that the people who need the most help should be the ones to get it. He wants to help Americans pull themselves above the poverty line, where so many of us have fallen, especially those affected by Katrina.

The only thing that I don’t like when looking at John Fleming is that he wants to protect the right to life and traditional values. I can understand his standpoint, but I don’t agree with him. I feel that everyone, no matter their life choice, should have the right to choose to live their life as they see fit.

These are just a few things to consider if you live in Louisiana and are considering voting John Fleming for congress.

John Grisham

Ann Brashares

Kieran Scott

Laurell K Hamilton

MaryJanice Davidson

Jim Butcher

Stephanie Meyer

Nicholas Sparks

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Feel free to suggest authors in similar genres to what’s up there.
In addition to the books above, authors I’ve read everything from:
J.K. Rowling, Carrie Vaughn, Mitch Albom

Books are good for anything that ales you. Seriously. I tend to forget that sometimes, but it’s nice to read once in a while. Even just listening to an audio book is satisfying for me.

I have finished 2 books this year, which is pretty paltry. But they’re good books, to me at least.
1) Kitty and The Silver Bullet - Carrie Vaughn
2) Playing for Pizza - John Grisham

I will definitely be reading the newest LKH when that comes out. I should read the Merry book that I haven’t touched yet. I also have a few Grisham’s in my reading list too.

With that said, I should make a new ‘to read’ list. In fact, that shall be done before bed.

My husband and I were talking about education the other day. He was looking at going to college, but the problem is, he would still have to work full-time at the same time. I was thinking that if he truly wanted to explore further education, he should get into an online degree program.

It would be easier to work on schooling stuff on days off and at night after work, plus it would give him an advantage of not having to sit in a classroom all the time. I found that to be the most annoying part of college. The classroom setting, especially when there were several hours in between my classes and nothing of any real interest to do on campus in between.

I’ve even been thinking about going back to school and getting involved in an online MBA program. It certainly has to be cheaper, since you can “go” to any school that offers online programs and not be stuck with the schools that are in your local area.

Regis University is definitely a great choice to look at, for sure. I just wish that this had been an option for me when I was first going to school. Perhaps I would have been a better student.

So, I made my own yummy coffee drink. SO much better than Starbucks.

Brewed coffee, Carnation Vanilla drink powder, caramel syrup and milk.. blended until nice and frothy.

I love my personal blender. I use it so much.