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Jan. 8th, 2016
Maybe the New Years Resolution people are done already. I had the entire pool to myself this morning for an hour. It was kind of weird. As I was leaving two regulars came in so I just had good timing.
Before any dolls, today I need to sew up a cover for my ironing board. The old one was kind of a make shift that I intended to replace months ago and never got around to it. Now it's beyond time. I got it all cut out and pinned yesterday. Today it's sew up and fit and lay out new under aluminum foil (for more even heating). All I have on hand is cheap, thin foil and it would be better to get some good stuff but, I think I'll just make do.
Last night I stumbled across Acorn TV which is a TV service ($5 a month) of British (also New Zealand and Australia) TV shows - some, not all. I wish I had found it over the Christmas holidays when I was scrounging around for stuff to watch. I think I might buy a year this Summer when our TV goes on vacation.
Stuff is coming back from Christmas vacation now and my TiVo is collecting watchable stuff again. Plus, next week, when my brother is here, there won't be much watching so I'll have a nice little bit banked up. I need stuff to knit by!
Before any dolls, today I need to sew up a cover for my ironing board. The old one was kind of a make shift that I intended to replace months ago and never got around to it. Now it's beyond time. I got it all cut out and pinned yesterday. Today it's sew up and fit and lay out new under aluminum foil (for more even heating). All I have on hand is cheap, thin foil and it would be better to get some good stuff but, I think I'll just make do.
Last night I stumbled across Acorn TV which is a TV service ($5 a month) of British (also New Zealand and Australia) TV shows - some, not all. I wish I had found it over the Christmas holidays when I was scrounging around for stuff to watch. I think I might buy a year this Summer when our TV goes on vacation.
Stuff is coming back from Christmas vacation now and my TiVo is collecting watchable stuff again. Plus, next week, when my brother is here, there won't be much watching so I'll have a nice little bit banked up. I need stuff to knit by!
My swim book (Being Mortal), this morning, was all about quality of life depending on your perspective. Simplified, research showed that younger people with their built in invincibility do not enjoy their lives as much as people who are in the second half of their life. Being healthy or being financially comfortable or being independent - none of of those things contributed as much towards every day peace of mind and enjoyment as much as perspective.
I've been thinking about this all day. My every day views and opinions are carved from my years on this earth but they are vastly colored by how many years I have left and those colors have changed significantly the older I get. Things that used to stress me out a bunch, no longer matter.
BUT, and I haven't gotten this far in the book yet, while I have gained patience and tolerance with age but I have also gained a giant load of 'get off my lawn'. I think that age and experience has not tipped the scales at all, I'm far more patience with some things and far less patient with others.
I honestly do not stress about global warming as much as I would if I were now 25. I do spend way more cycles thinking and wondering and, yes, stressing about the future of eldercare!
I'm not even half way through the book yet which is good because I haven't figured out what I really think yet.
Meanwhile, today's doll. I got all the bits cut our and organized for a couple more. On Sunday, I will need to shut down the shop and move out most everything so my brother will have a place to sleep and put his things. So today I got everything into tubs and bins so that moving it all and then moving it back after will be easy peasy.
I've been thinking about this all day. My every day views and opinions are carved from my years on this earth but they are vastly colored by how many years I have left and those colors have changed significantly the older I get. Things that used to stress me out a bunch, no longer matter.
BUT, and I haven't gotten this far in the book yet, while I have gained patience and tolerance with age but I have also gained a giant load of 'get off my lawn'. I think that age and experience has not tipped the scales at all, I'm far more patience with some things and far less patient with others.
I honestly do not stress about global warming as much as I would if I were now 25. I do spend way more cycles thinking and wondering and, yes, stressing about the future of eldercare!
I'm not even half way through the book yet which is good because I haven't figured out what I really think yet.
Meanwhile, today's doll. I got all the bits cut our and organized for a couple more. On Sunday, I will need to shut down the shop and move out most everything so my brother will have a place to sleep and put his things. So today I got everything into tubs and bins so that moving it all and then moving it back after will be easy peasy.
More Money Talk
Jan. 8th, 2016 03:32 pmThe upside of investing is you can watch your money make money and that is so very cool. If you pick the right investments or, as in my case, the right financial adviser, your money can make lots of money - so much so that come income tax time, you have to pay lots more taxes than you think. And, yes, that is the up side. One year, my investments earned nearly half of what I made in salary.
The downside is when shit tanks like it has for the past few days. On December 12 of last year, I had $27,000.00 more than I have now in investments. $27,000.00. That's some serious buckos.
Tyler, my financial adviser, says not to worry and I don't. He also says not to break out the champagne on days when the bottom line shoots up. And I don't.
Every day I check the number and mark it in my spreadsheet. Green is my net worth and blue is my investment portfolio. (The difference is mainly my condo.)
Kind of makes me glad today is Friday. I can't lose any more money until Monday.
The downside is when shit tanks like it has for the past few days. On December 12 of last year, I had $27,000.00 more than I have now in investments. $27,000.00. That's some serious buckos.
Tyler, my financial adviser, says not to worry and I don't. He also says not to break out the champagne on days when the bottom line shoots up. And I don't.
Every day I check the number and mark it in my spreadsheet. Green is my net worth and blue is my investment portfolio. (The difference is mainly my condo.)
Kind of makes me glad today is Friday. I can't lose any more money until Monday.