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Some more on my goals for 2009

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

I only set two goals for myself for 2009, and they're at the heart just consistency goals: writing down whether I do something each day or not.  I figure that if I can at least do that much, then I'll be able to see how I'm doing on the goals, ...

What I did when my wife lost her wallet

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

My wife lost her wallet on Friday while visiting some friends in DC.  She had all of her credit cards, her ATM/debit cards, and her driver's license in that wallet.  I found this out about 1:30 PM Friday, right before the weekend. Here are the steps I went through: I tried to ...

Are you just doing easy stuff?

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Maybe I'm one of a minority that has problems getting down to business when I hit the computer, work, or whatever, but when I sit at the computer I really have to be conscious about what I'm doing there. If I sit down without a plan, I gravitate toward ...

Reminders for your bills that you can’t put on auto-pay

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Automatic bill payment has certainly made our lives easier, but some places still aren't on board yet.  Our county government isn't the only institution that has a relatively archaic method for collecting taxes and fees, but it's the big one we deal with. Property taxes, licenses, water bills, dog ...