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 |   The Good Life. |
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree . But that's just my resume. My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress. ![Merit Badge in Music
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| This is my second blog post in twenty minutes, because I decided to do it right. Finally, after all my Dell troubles, I have recreated my blog template. Which is good, because I want to try an experiment regarding my Alexa rankings. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending, but I did post last week.  Advertising PRIORITIES:  Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Needs to be funded and revised. Columbus Radio Group ads: LAUNCHED! OMG, I have a radio ad during rush hour. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: PENDING. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Working closely with the vendor to meet deadlines and submit artwork. Get with Gahanna schools admin office about sending fliers home: DONE, and -surprise- they have a form. I need to create the flier, print it, and submit it along with the form for approval ASAP. SEO: Alexa was at 480k before my computer died. Now it's at 580k. I have to wonder if my daily WDC blog reference to {xlink:http://www.michelletuesday.com} helped the ranking climb. High school athletic calendar: Should be published today, but now I need a Grand Opening revision. Town Moneysaver: Ad published, and we actually got a slew of calls!  Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: GAH, this is so back burner, but really necessary. Hiring: Look into background checks. New Employee Orientation was great. Payroll: Ran! It works.  Order exterior signage: INSTALLED!Launch one new performance repertoire song per week.  I only sang three days last week, due to studio painting and furniture moving.Perform one household chore per day. I am desperately trying to catch up on this. Today I washed and dried a load of laundry, folded the one I found in the dryer  , folded the basket that has been overflowing with clean whites for at least a week, and ran the dishwasher.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. I was getting in to "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" but stopped reading due to about five days of heavy manual labor. I find that I crash hard at bedtime.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: 162, which is surprising after all the manual labor.  Meals: Coffee (2) NutriGrain bar (3) Skinny roast beef sammich (7) Coffee (2) Salad (3) Half bagel w/ham and cheese (4) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 21 (Goal: 25) W00t! |
| Michelle Tuesday Music School : STATUS Doors are hung, walls painted, electricity and lights in place, HVAC tied in, and ceilings installed. Now we need door hardware, baseboards, crown molding, reception counter, a thorough cleaning, steam-cleaning for the carpets, a final inspection, and certificate of occupancy. We should be done by Friday! We could have probably held our Grand Opening this Saturday as originally planned, but it's too close for comfort. If anything causes the final inspection to fail, the contractor will have to fix it, and that would delay our occupancy until Monday. Meanwhile, I need computers, a portable wall, promotional products, fliers to send home with the schools, and advertisements, all before next Sunday, which means the one-week delay benefits me anyway. I would say I need my security system in place, too, but I'm about to fire ADT. So I'll be starting from scratch on the security system. Maybe not from scratch - I did have another quote. I'm taking recommendations on security companies. And we've been taking calls and scheduling new students, which makes me very, very happy. |
| ...by a skinny little ginger-colored tabby whose name, we decided, is "Tiger." Penny and Dante are a tad bit disgruntled. I have pushed my Grand Opening back once again. Assuming the opening happens as planned, my entire start-up from the first call to a broker to finally cutting the ribbon took nine months. That seems insane to me, and I vow to make the next opening happen more quickly. If I have the funds to install a site manager before I open a new school, I may run the project myself (or have Keith do it) rather than hire a general contractor. In my typical I'm-Better-Than-You fashion, I'm positive that I could do a better job than my current GC. This may be all he does, but he's doing it for multiple simultaneous clients, and all Keith or I would care about is our project. It would be right. I do need to re-establish my goals and check progress, but my primary short-term goal is to host my Grand Opening by the end of September. Today, we move furniture. |
| I can't believe how quickly the time flies. If I thought I was busy before, I had no idea what busy was. My last week: Friday: Played at Potbelly and was pleasantly surprised by the early arrival of Robert Waltz  , in town to see and help me with my new studio, Michelle Tuesday Music School . After my set and a couple sammiches, he followed my over to the school. My signs were newly installed. Photos will be posted at Facebook shortly.Saturday:Painting the interior of the studio all day. Ironically, the selected color was "Studio Taupe." After a hard day of labor, we made our way to Butter's Bar at the other end of the strip mall, where Waltz discovered God and Old Rasputin On Tap. (We heard at least twenty times: "Oh, my God! I can't believe they have Old Rasputin On Tap.") I expect a relocation soon.Sunday: More painting. I had to ditch my volunteers to go sing at a wedding, which was good, because I earned more beer money. Monday: A temporary heart attack when, after swiping my credit card and signing, the Kroger cashier informed me that my newly-acquired Home Depot gift cards (purchased at Kroger to earn the fuel perks, but with the intention to use immediately after the Kroger visit) might take up to 24 hours to activate. Luckily, the cards were activated by the time we reached Home Depot, but not before the poor Kroger cashier and customer service counter got a piece of my mind. Painting at a much reduced speed, several return trips to Home Depot, construction of a kick-ass movable stage, teacher bio and ad copywriting by Waltz, and the sad subsequent departure of Mr. Waltz. Assuming Waltz can provide photos of the stage, those will also be uploaded shortly at Facebook. Tuesday: Meeting with the contractor to discuss crooked framing, unfinished sections of drywall, and colors for baseboards and countertops. Today, the electrician is installing lights, and the doors and trim are being delivered. My Grand Opening is postponed until 9/26. Today's Meals 8:00 Coffee (1) 9:00 Donut (7) 10:00 Coffee (1) 12:00 Quarter bagel (1) with cheese (1.5) 1:00 Granola bar (3) 3:00 Chips (3) and some other nibbles (1) Total Points: 18.5 |
| Have I seriously not blogged since Sunday? Sheesh. Although I have not been documenting my points, I *have* been keeping track, and I've been keeping it under 30. Go me. My week: Monday: Back from vacation. Keith took the week off to help at the studio, but they just started drywalling, so not much we can do. Worship planning meeting, Potbelly, biz planning, lessons. Meanwhile, my phone and email account were bombarded with queries about the school, because my (first-ever) Town Moneysaver ad ran in two towns. OMG, that advertising works. Tuesday: Prepared for New Employee Orientation all morning. Keith dropped me off at Potbelly and shopped at Home Depot. I met my photographer at lunch (I have PICTURES of Summer Recital!), then went to the studio and worked with Chris, the office manager, while Keith worked on the restroom floor (which kicks ASS, appropriately for a restroom.) Then I held New Employee Orientation over pizza Tuesday evening, and I certified all our new teachers. They're really awesome. Wednesday: Keith went back to work since they're still drywalling. I met with Chris before Potbelly, went to PB to play, then went back to meeting with Chris, and we worked until 9:30pm. We enrolled three students and have half a dozen other very strong potentials in progress. I ran payroll. Yay! I finally got to pay Chris!Thursday: If I were still at Abbott, or Coca-Cola, or General Chemical, I would not be working today.  Traditionally, I don't work on my birthday.  (Side note: Birthday notifications are the best thing about Facebook!  ) But this stuff isn't work, but rather fun stuff that people are willing to pay me for ( don't ask me, I just work here ), I'll be "working" all day. Potbelly at lunch and my own lessons tonight at a minimum, although I'll probably be updating my website with teacher bios and head shots and a "Computer Lab" page, developing a Mommy and Me Class description (for which we've had a surprising amount of interest despite the "Upcoming Classes" status and lack of description), and continue planning my Grand Opening. I've gotten an initial "probably" from my landlord on approval to set up a concert in the parking lot on Grand Opening day. I just need to run it through the City, and I need some help planning my Wii Rock Band competition. I have the perfect group of teenagers to volunteer for the job. We'll paint and finish the restrooms this weekend, and then the contractors will hang the ceiling grid and tiles, install doors, and button up the electrical and HVAC endpoints. If all goes well, we should be opening our doors to the public on 9/13. And that's all I got to say about that. |
I led worship, balanced a few accounts, and lay around on the couch watching movies.  I should knit or something.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: Dunno Meals: 7:00 Coffee (1) 8:00 Coffee (1) 12:00 Fiber cereal (6) 4:00 Pretzel bites (1) 5:30 Pretzel (1), pears (3), and almonds (1) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 14 (Goal: 25) |
| This is so not fair! I'm (mostly) offline for an entire week, and the WiFi at the house craps out the second I get home. *kick* OMFGBBQ!!! At least my cat is happy. He's high on catnip and curled up on his back with his feet in the air. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Advertising PRIORITIES:  Columbus Radio Group ads: Will follow up Monday, with launch during Labor Day week. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: PENDING. Band boosters: Need the info. Promo stuff: Waiting for samples. Can't get UPS delivery. Get with Gahanna schools admin office about sending fliers home: PENDING. SEO: My Alexa ranking dropped back to 500k+ while I was offline all week, which makes me wonder how much of the ranking comes from my own site views. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: OUT OF FUNDS. - Wow. I did get a couple potential clients... High school athletic calendar: Paid, with ad ready to be published. Town Moneysaver: Ad ready to be published.Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: New Employee Orientation: Scheduled Tuesday, with employee packets ready to go. Need polished agenda. Look into background checks (beyond my initial OMG-that's-expensive call.) Database: Waiting for replacement laptop. Payroll: Ready to run on 9/1. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer. - Holy crap, they dropped the ball or something, and I am PISSED. Don't get me started.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Better Man and Kissing YouPerform one household chore per day. Nope. I'm just recovering from vacation...? Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. I read some this weekend.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: 162 Meals: Buckle-down time. |
| TBIF. On the other hand, you might see me more starting tomorrow. I've been doing some reading, knitting, and playing, but no writing to speak of. It crossed my mind once or twice to work on a song or flash fiction piece, but it turns out my Muse has nothing to say. I have no buried stories dying to get out. Apparently, my own story brings enough satisfaction to my life at the moment. Someday, that may change. So this article about traditional and electronic book sales caught my attention, and as writers seeking publication, it might interest you, too. It's just one consumer's comments about the value of e-readers, but the underlying arguments point to some interesting trends in the publication market.Peace. |
| So I'm pigging out. I'm getting next to nothing done. It's bliss. I may NaNo this year. I may not. I may write a new song or two in the next couple months. I may not. *shrug* I've had out the guitar, a camera, a book, a new copy of Super Smash Brothers "Brawl" for Wii, a couple fishing rods, a bikini, rope, a blow-up turtle, a variety of noodles, both laptops, and my old crashed hard drive mounted in a shiny new enclosure. I'm taking each minute at a leisurely crawl. For the curious, I've recovered all my files, but none of my software. All in all, it's not so bad. Right now, I'm tethered to a tree in a Kentucky forest, and I'm hoping the wildlife doesn't find me. Make of that what you will. If you're good, I may consider posting photos later. Because, yes, there are photos. So many photos. |
| Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending. Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: IN PROGRESS. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: PENDING. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Waiting for samples. Get with Gahanna schools admin office about sending fliers home: PENDING. SEO: Alexa is at 480k. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Launched. High school athletic calendar: Paid, with ad ready to be published. Town Moneysaver: Ad ready to be published.Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: Waiting for replacement laptop. Payroll: Ready to run on 9/1. Hiring: Look into background checks, write employee handbook, plan employee orientation agenda. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer. - Progress check!Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met with "Better Man" and "Kissing You" (two last week, and I'm not playing this week.)Perform one household chore per day. Keith is an angel. He has busted his butt all weekend to get us ready for vacation, while I've been galavanting around singing, writing church bulletins, printing recital programs, leading worship, and running a recital. Meanwhile, he also helped me haul instruments to and from the recital. Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. This week.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 0 (Goal: 25) Keith is going to start asking. Which is good. |
| Next week, our family is headed to Cumberland Lake in Kentucky, where we've rented a houseboat for the week. Should be a blast, and very relaxing, once I get over my Internet withdrawal. Unless, of course, I manage to find a broadband signal, in which case, I'll be shelling out the $20 or whatever it costs for one month of service. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: The station proposed "Invalid Item" . I'm asking for reviews, pretty please. I also need to fill out a credit app for them today. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Guitar and Voice launched and getting clicks. Must add others. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I seriously need to get ahold of them. Not sure lead time. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Talking to a local firm. Get with Gahanna schools admin office about sending fliers home: Pending SEO: Alexa is at 464k, no PageRank on the music school home or lessons pages yet. High school athletic calendar: Paid, with ad ready to be published. Town Moneysaver: Ad ready to be published.Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: Well, I no longer have Access on my computer, until I get my replacement laptop. Payroll: Ready to run on 9/1, and I'll pay everyone since Orientation is 8/31. Hiring: Look into background checks, write employee handbook, plan employee orientation agenda. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer. - Progress check!Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. "Better Man" (Pearl Jam) by request, except the dude didn't show up like he said he would. Perform one household chore per day. Dishes, laundry.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Next week. On the boat.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: 7:00 Coffee (1) a couple slices of apple with caramel sauce (0.5) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 1.5 (Goal: 25) Slacking on points reporting again. |
| After three failed motherboards and two failed hard drives, the most recent of which has now failed again, Dell has agreed to replace my laptop. I expect to receive my replacement in 3-4 weeks. They could not provide me with a loaner (I'm sorry, we don't offer that service), so I have replaced the hard drive on my own to get by in the meantime. Risky, because obviously something the the design, configuration, or the parts specific to my laptop are hazardous to the health of hard drives, but we shall see. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: I'm meeting with my account rep this morning. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Launched guitar and voice ads. Some clicks. No leads. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: Ditto. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Negotiating, consulting. Get with Gahanna schools admin office about sending fliers home Plan neighborhood flier distribution network SEO: Alexa is at 468k. High school athletic calendar: Paid.Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: I found an Access template (free!) at Microsoft.com, which we may be able to adapt. Payroll: Tomorrow. Hiring: Look into background checks, finish employee handbook*, plan employee orientation. Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.*which actually means, start employee handbook again from scratch, since it was on my crashed hard drive. Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. I have plans to learn a new song this morning before Potbelly, because I promised a dude yesterday that I would play him some Pearl Jam if he came back today.Perform one household chore per day. I made a kick-ass dinner yesterday, and I also emptied the dishwasher. The hamper is full again. Why does it keep doing that???Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. No. I have plenty of time to catch up on this goal while traveling and relaxing on vacation next week.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: 162.0 Meals: 7:00 Coffee (1) and bagel with ham and cheese (2) 8:00 Coffee (1) 11:00 A bunch of Chili Cheese Fritos, OMG those are my weakness, even more than ice cream 1:45 Skinny roast beef sandwich (7), plus more Fritos 3:00 More Fritos 7:00 Two and a half fish sticks, about a cup of local fresh sweet corn 8:00 Low fat ice cream in a waffle cone TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: XXX (Goal: 25) |
| I have once again lost my blog template to the black hole that is my sometimes-operational Dell laptop computer. How many warranty service calls before an item is declared a lemon? It certainly leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I need to order desktop computers for my business, and I stupidly intend to order them from Dell. Meanwhile, I may invest in a netbook. It's on my business plan startup list anyway. The only problem is that while my laptop has both WiFi *and* broadband capability, a netbook would only be WiFi-capable, rendering it mostly useless on my vacation to Lake Cumberland next week. But Dell is notoriously slow at delivering its "next business day including nights and weekends" service, with actual service techs appearing between three and eleven days after my initial call to warranty support. With this in mind, I almost hate to call Dell right now, because it's unlikely that they could come and repair my laptop before I leave for vacation. Plus, my first two attempts to contact warranty support landed me in ten-minute-minimum queues. God is telling me to take a damn break for a week. Sometimes, in my case, it takes a brick to the head. Speaking of breaks, Storm Machine  and I have let Dabbling in Domesticity lapse. I am okay with this, and in fact, proposed a hiatus a month or two ago. I may be burned out on it. Thankfully, daily blogging is not my primary source of income.Top of the list to-do items: (1) Notify employees of the planned employee orientation on 8/31, and what to bring. (2) Obtain a security system permit from the Gahanna Police Department. (3) Buy flippin' computers and software. (4) Design class curricula. (5) Figure out how to mic all the singers at church this fall. (6) Plan Grand Opening in detail and advertise the event (scheduled for 9/18.) (7) Research background checks (hard to do with no laptop.) 'kk, I think those are the biggies. Meals: 7:00 Fiber granola bar (2) and coffee (1) 10:00 Bagel with butter (5) and coffee (1) TOTAL POINTS: 9 Peace! |
| I missed Saturday and Sunday. You might think I'm slipping into banker's hours, now that I own my own business and all. Not so much. We (Office Manager Chris, mom/accountant, and I) spent the entire weekend setting up Quickbooks, payroll, and state filings. I think I can officially pay people now. Which is good, because Chris has earned it, and then some! I have all kinds of employer stuff to do. Yay, Quickbooks! You're keeping me out of trouble. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Behind, and it's not my priority. SEO: Alexa rankings MT.com 478k, MN.com 547k. They finally moved! And when they moved, MT.com jumped a bunch, which means it's been improving all along, but Alexa wasn't updating. That's good to know.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Meeting scheduled Wednesday. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: I might just go ahead and launch a "now enrolling" campaign. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: Ditto. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliers High school athletic calendar: Paid... but the site has been down, and I haven't heard back from my contact on the artwork. If I hadn't gotten the referral through a good friend and manager of a huge multi-location Chevy dealership, I might suspect they took my money and ran.Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: To review. Payroll: Ready to go! Hiring: Background checks, finish employee handbook, plan employee orientation.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. No. How long can I get away with this? I know I won't be launching anything today, because I am exhausted. However, the assistant manager at my Monday Potbelly wants to hear "Sour Girl" by Stone Temple Pilots.Perform one household chore per day. No, and in fact, I need to move the laundry over. I gotta stop washing loads that I don't have time to dry. Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. No, but my mom brought the book about Henrietta Lacks (of the immortal HeLa human research cells) when she visited this weekend. Nerdy science and gushy human interest meet between two covers! Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: 161.4 8:00 Coffee (1) and fiber granola bar (2) Meals: TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 0 (Goal: 25) |
I finally heard back from the City on the permit paperwork I've been waiting on. He should finish the review this week and issue my letter next week. He must have been on vacation last week because that took way longer than I expected.  I'm very unlikely to hit my Grand Opening target of Labor Day weekend, Saturday, 9/4. A customer pointed out that the next Saturday is 9/11, so that might be a bad weekend to plan an Opening. So I'm thinking 9/18. I'll open my doors for customers as soon as I get occupancy, but the big event might be a week or two later.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Fail, pending.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Behind, and it's not my priority. SEO: Maybe they're just done improving. Right now, I'm more concerned about MT.com.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Meeting scheduled Wednesday. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: I might just go ahead and launch a "now enrolling" campaign. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: Ditto. Band boosters: Need the info. T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliers High school athletic calendar: Paid.I also bought a three-month commitment in a monthly magazine-style advertising publication and sent a bunch of artwork. Consultation and design is part of the price. (Ah, that explains the price.) Business start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: I found an Access template (free!) at Microsoft.com, which we may be able to adapt. Payroll: Tomorrow. Hiring: Look into background checks, finish employee handbook, plan employee orientation. Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. No. How long can I get away with this?Perform one household chore per day. No.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. No.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 0 (Goal: 25) Late last night, I had pizza. After a cheeseburger for dinner.  |
| They say copying is the sincerest form of flattery. I'll go with that. My former employer, with whom my business now theoretically competes, created a sparkly new business Facebook page within a month of the creation of mine, adopted a motto that sounds suspiciously similar to one of mine, and booked performance at an event hosted by the same radio station who hosted the event I played at a month ago. Sweet! Obviously, my promotional choices are good ones. Fortunately for business, our competition is only theoretical (or, perhaps, personal), because we are geographically too far apart to compete practically. Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Fail for last week. Pending for this week.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Caught up, but could pre-write tomorrow's post. SEO: Weirdness, here. Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Pending Grand Opening date. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date. High school athletic calendar and Band Boosters: I think we negotiated a deal. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I need to line this up. Need GO date? T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliersBusiness start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important. Database: Renewed interest in this project, especially for scheduling. Payroll: This weekend. I may need another Quickbooks upgrade. And the $ kept rolling out. Hiring: Interview two guitar teacher candidates (scheduled today.) Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Perform one household chore per day. Nope, and, in fact, the boy folded the laundry.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Still no.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: 7:30 Coffee (1) and a Fiber granola bar (2) 9:00 Coffee (1) 10:00 Beef jerky (4) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 8 (Goal: 25) I have not been keeping track again for the last few days, and I'm quite sure I've exceeded my goal regularly. *tries again* |
| I've spent the last few days polishing up my cash flow analysis, because some discrepancies were making me nervous. I was justified in my nervousness. It turns out you need money to start a business. Did you know? Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Pending. Sheesh.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Eh... I guess we need an entry. *shrug* It's just not at the top of my list. SEO: Alexa ranking for MT.com = 510k, MochaNotes.com = 555k. WTF? Could it be that I've found my spot in Cyberworld? It's too much of a coincidence that the numbers haven't budged a millimeter. I think Alexa hasn't been updating all week.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Pending Grand Opening date! Sent follow-up email to the City about permits. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date. High school athletic calendar and Band Boosters: I think we negotiated a deal. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I need to line this up. Need GO date? T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliersBusiness start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Database: Scheduled for today, but I haven't even started yet. Payroll: This weekend. I may need another Quickbooks upgrade. And the $ kept rolling out. Hiring: Interview two guitar teacher candidates (scheduled today.) Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Perform one household chore per day. Nope.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Nope.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: 7:30 Coffee (1) 8:30 Coffee (1) and bagel with ham and cheese (4) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: 6 (Goal: 25) |
| Apparently it's been three years since I met all y'all wdc-ers. (Which, in Alabama, is the plural of "y'all.") Here's to three more. AT&T is stupid. Like, even more kick-worthy-than-Storm Machine 's-Dilbert, who is the epitome of kickability, -stupid. AT&T's systems and processes are cumbersome to the point of being (in my opinion, deliberately) vague, confusing, and conveniently non-committal. Reel 'em in with a promise of a rebate on that wireless router, but conveniently forget to provide instructions on how to redeem said rebate, which, incidentally, has a 90-day expiration, so if you don't ask questions and figure it out for yourself within 90 days, sorry, Charlie, you're SOL. Offer a business bundle that includes "popular calling features" on your local phone service - except, apparently, voice mail, which must not be all that popular, which makes sense, because hardly anyone I call anymore ever has voice mail. Provide a direct "contact us" link that says: email, which, when clicked, takes you to a screen loaded with information that almost surely answers your question, doesn't it? Oh, it doesn't? Well, here's a phone number instead, which will take you to a technologically impressive and highly convenient voice-activated phone menu system, so that when you're shouting, "AT&T is just a bunch of a$$holes!" to your housemate, you can receive a pleasantly-delivered reply of, "I'm sorry. I didn't understand that. Can you repeat your request?" And then - this is the best one - smooth your customer's ruffled feathers with a newly-activated voice mail account, complete with a temporary username and password combination that doesn't work.Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Fail for last week. Pending for this week.Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Caught up, but could pre-write tomorrow's post. SEO: Alexa ranking for MT.com = 510k, MochaNotes.com = 555k - these haven't moved in days. Alexa must be on vacation.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Pending Grand Opening date. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date. High school athletic calendar and Band Boosters: I think we negotiated a deal. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I need to line this up. Need GO date? T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliersBusiness start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Reconcile cash flow discrepancies so we don't run out of money. This one is moderately important. Database: Renewed interest in this project, especially for scheduling. Payroll: This weekend. I may need another Quickbooks upgrade. And the $ kept rolling out. Hiring: Interview two guitar teacher candidates (scheduled today.) Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Pending.Perform one household chore per day. Nope, and, in fact, the boy folded the laundry.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Still no.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: ? Meals: 7:30 Coffee (1) TOTAL POINTS SO FAR: ? (Goal: 25) Yesterday, I ate out for three out of three meals, including my Potbelly sammich. |
| Post at MichelleTuesday.com at least once per week. Fail for last week. Pending for this week. I did make website updates, though, so Alexa and Google have seen evidence of content editing. I will blog this week, though. I have so many topics pending, and I was really just lazy about this. Grow MochaNotes.com blogs.Dabbling in Domesticity : Caught up, but could pre-write tomorrow's post. SEO: Alexa ranking for MT.com = 510k, MochaNotes.com = 555k - still no budgy.Advertising PRIORITIES: Columbus Radio Group ads: Pending Grand Opening date. Google "Grand Opening" campaign: Pending GO date. High school athletic calendar and Band Boosters: I think we negotiated a deal. Gahanna and New Albany local papers: I need to line this up. Need GO date? T-shirts (?), drum sticks (?), guitar picks, shaker eggs, tote bags: Pending Miscellaneous banners, signs, and fliersBusiness start-up activities. PRIORITIES: Payroll by Aug. 1st: Will do this weekend. Saturday is QuickBooks day. Order exterior signage: Artwork submitted; waiting on manufacturer. Schedule: Chris, Allie, Kay, Angela, Michelle Delegated to Chris. Forward phones. Delegated to Chris.Launch one new performance repertoire song per week. Goal met: My Favorite Mistake by Sheryl Crow.Perform one household chore per day. Nope.Read a book in print 15 minutes every day. Still no.Achieve a weight of 145.0 by 9/1/10. Weight: 162.2 Meals: I already went to Bob Evans this morning. The day is shot. |
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