Gym Report - exercise

Oh I was good today.  I was Nadia-proud good.  I did all of the reps in the first column and for most of them I did all of the 'work towards' column as well!!  You know you are working hard when you use your wall sits to rest!  Whew. 

I am whipped.  I need a version of this workout icon that has this little guy dripping sweat like me!

Gym Report - exercise

Oh I was good today.  I was Nadia-proud good.  I did all of the reps in the first column and for most of them I did all of the 'work towards' column as well!!  You know you are working hard when you use your wall sits to rest!  Whew. 

I am whipped.  I need a version of this workout icon that has this little guy dripping sweat like me!

Saturday randoms

I made it to the superstore and back before the Mariner traffic.  Well, there was traffic but I remembered in time to take a crafty back door way home so I skirted most of it.

I got everything I wanted mostly at the superstore.  I have apples in the house.  Whew.  Everything is put away and the bags folded and ready to go back down to the car.

My brother drove from Texas to Jacksonville, FL this weekend for a wedding.  His wife couldn't go and one dog is too attached to his wife and the other dog is too young yet so it's just him and his iPhone.  I'm getting routine updates and enjoying the heck out of them.  He's having a great time visiting old haunts and the beach and seeing old friends.  I'm glad for him.

LJ has a new little feature that I'm enjoying...  From the nav bar, I can view anyone's journal using my style.  There are a couple of communities I follow with styles that are just hard to read so I can flip on 'view in my style' and it's great.   A couple of times, however, I've forgotten I had it turned on and am reading away thinking, when did I write that?  or when did I add that person to my friends list? 

I got my work work all caught up and am now just piddling around listening to the ballgame that is not on TV today.

The dentist finally sent me a bill.   I can now get that all taken care of.  Piddle, piddle, piddle.  After that, TV and knitting.   A lovely weekend.

Saturday randoms

I made it to the superstore and back before the Mariner traffic.  Well, there was traffic but I remembered in time to take a crafty back door way home so I skirted most of it.

I got everything I wanted mostly at the superstore.  I have apples in the house.  Whew.  Everything is put away and the bags folded and ready to go back down to the car.

My brother drove from Texas to Jacksonville, FL this weekend for a wedding.  His wife couldn't go and one dog is too attached to his wife and the other dog is too young yet so it's just him and his iPhone.  I'm getting routine updates and enjoying the heck out of them.  He's having a great time visiting old haunts and the beach and seeing old friends.  I'm glad for him.

LJ has a new little feature that I'm enjoying...  From the nav bar, I can view anyone's journal using my style.  There are a couple of communities I follow with styles that are just hard to read so I can flip on 'view in my style' and it's great.   A couple of times, however, I've forgotten I had it turned on and am reading away thinking, when did I write that?  or when did I add that person to my friends list? 

I got my work work all caught up and am now just piddling around listening to the ballgame that is not on TV today.

The dentist finally sent me a bill.   I can now get that all taken care of.  Piddle, piddle, piddle.  After that, TV and knitting.   A lovely weekend.

This I love

So I'm piddling around with my finances.  Paying the dentist, etc.   And thinking about interest rates.  I got a good deal on a Money Market account  while back through Costco.  So I went back to Costco today to see what else they had.  Now, oddly enough, they have an online savings account that has a higher interest rate than the Money Market - and at the same place - Capital One.  So I clicked through and opened an account. 

It would not let me fund the new account with the money in my Money Market account which I thought was pissy so I had it suck up $1 from my checking account while I looked into the deal. 

Once the account was all set up, I logged into my Money Market account and BAM!  There is the new account!  Then I selected 'transfer' and moved the amount I really wanted (the minimum for the juicy interest rate).  No problemo.  I know from dealing with Capital One that it will be 10 business days or so before everything is properly accounted for and fully set up.  But, it clearly let me transfer the money.

Then I went to Mint to Mint about the new account.   When I got there and logged in, it already knew about the new account AND showed the balance reflecting my transfer.  How much do I love that???  On a Saturday.  In the comfort of my living room. 

Even 10  years ago, this would have taken a business day, during business hours, requiring an onsite visit with signing shit and manual manipulation of my own bookkeeping.  And probably I would not have done it because just finding out about interest rates was too much trouble.

In 1987 (yes, 1987) I participated in a pilot project with Chase Manhattan bank.  Banking online.  They sent you software on a floppy (5.25") diskette and their software called them on my 2400 baud modem (newly upgraded from my old 300 baud modem) to reconcile my account.  I thought it was the precursor to the jet pack then.  Space aged miracle. 

I'm still waiting for the jet pack but, heck, this is so much better.

This I love

So I'm piddling around with my finances.  Paying the dentist, etc.   And thinking about interest rates.  I got a good deal on a Money Market account  while back through Costco.  So I went back to Costco today to see what else they had.  Now, oddly enough, they have an online savings account that has a higher interest rate than the Money Market - and at the same place - Capital One.  So I clicked through and opened an account. 

It would not let me fund the new account with the money in my Money Market account which I thought was pissy so I had it suck up $1 from my checking account while I looked into the deal. 

Once the account was all set up, I logged into my Money Market account and BAM!  There is the new account!  Then I selected 'transfer' and moved the amount I really wanted (the minimum for the juicy interest rate).  No problemo.  I know from dealing with Capital One that it will be 10 business days or so before everything is properly accounted for and fully set up.  But, it clearly let me transfer the money.

Then I went to Mint to Mint about the new account.   When I got there and logged in, it already knew about the new account AND showed the balance reflecting my transfer.  How much do I love that???  On a Saturday.  In the comfort of my living room. 

Even 10  years ago, this would have taken a business day, during business hours, requiring an onsite visit with signing shit and manual manipulation of my own bookkeeping.  And probably I would not have done it because just finding out about interest rates was too much trouble.

In 1987 (yes, 1987) I participated in a pilot project with Chase Manhattan bank.  Banking online.  They sent you software on a floppy (5.25") diskette and their software called them on my 2400 baud modem (newly upgraded from my old 300 baud modem) to reconcile my account.  I thought it was the precursor to the jet pack then.  Space aged miracle. 

I'm still waiting for the jet pack but, heck, this is so much better.