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Goal update

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:42:55 PST

I'm going to start posting updates on when I accomplish anything from my 2009 goals. I'm hoping this will help me stay focused and maybe do better than planned.
Also it will help me keep track of what I'm doing.

Today was payday and I did some calculating so I completed the goal...

2009 goals and a few updates.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:27 PST

I was leaving a friend's house this evening and failed to notice it was freezing rain. I fell down the steps and hit the back of my head pretty hard. Fortunately my head is very hard and I'm ok. Then being a bit rattled and holding on to my car door not to fall down again I ended up...

anyone want to sign up for pinecone?

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:05:50 PST

Pinecone sent me a link cause they need more membrs. Probably a lot of people have left them since they don't pay as much as they used to. It says only one person per hoousehold can sign up.

http://www.pineconeresearch.com/signup/ds530Referral1.asp

Still couldn't order Absinthe

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:17:21 PST

Well last night I tried ordering some absithe like we were discussing in Whitestripes blog. But after I filled out the order form it said that they can not deliver the product to Ohio.
Sheeesh.
So i'm giving up on that notion for now. I guess the good news is that I save about 70...

a few odds and ends

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:55:10 PST

On one of my last posts I mis-spoke. I said that I was now getting 40 hours a week at work again. When I went in that day I found out I was only scheduled for 34 hours that week. I don't know what happened. The good news is that my boss left me work a few extra hours so it wasn't too...

Found money and various bits and pieces

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:39:16 PST

Haven't had anything worthwhile to write about. I guess I'm pretty boring or a more positive way of looking at it is that I'm holding my own financially.

I found $6 cash last night. There for awhile I was finding a lot of money then I went through a dry spell. The extra little cash...

New Course

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:45:41 PST

Went to the Democrats Election party tonight. Everyone was in so much happier mood than the last election. Plus I got free food. :-)

A couple weeks ago someone stole my yard sign for President. I was sooo mad. I couldn't get a replacement sign so I made one of my own. I have to...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:10:35 PST

Happy Halloween everyone.

Last night I finally went to the other "Crybaby Bridge" that I was wanting to see. Didn't see any ghosts or anything, but it was a cool spooky place in the middle of no where. It was really weird how they blocked the road off there. For some reason whoever...

NSD, and otherwise not much to do with finances.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:13:47 PST

Didn't do a whole lot of anything today but I feel pretty good overall how the day went. First of all I didn't spend any money at all today. Yay! I rarely ever ever ever have a complete No Spend Day.

I made chili today. I'm not a great cook but it was pretty tasty.
I spent most...

OK I caved

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:53:17 PST

And not the kind I would like to do.

I turned my heat on about 11 am today. Its set very low but its on. I guess that cold front came in and I just couldn't handle the temp in my house under 50 degrees. So please mark me down for Oct.
27 on your heat contest Fern. I put up a good...

On Vacation

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:36:40 PST

Well I started vacation on Saturday. Pretty boring truth be told. But I'm getting paid and not at work, so it can't be all bad.

I went to a corn maze thing this evening. Then took a little hike ( about 4 miles total)through a park. The corn maze was nice but cost $5 and wasn't really...

Been MIA, but I'm still here

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:26:13 PST

I haven't been posting much again but I'm still reading your blogs and still around. I just haven't had much interesting to write about. I don't really get as worked up about the stock market as everyone else. I mean it does upset me terribly that I've lost thousands of dollars over...

A few little notes.

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:13:46 PST

I tried making a few changes on my companies 401K and profit sharing investments and didn't get very far. They have it set up so complicated that I just couldn't do it. I talked to a customer service guy on the phone and he wasn't much help.
I did do one thing but I'm not sure if...

Annuities

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:54:44 PST

I had a meeting with the investment guy at my bank today. I have put off talking with them for a very long time and figured
its time to be a little more active in my finances with the way the economy is right now.
He gave me some good basic advice that wasn't anything too drastic...

No Holidays FOR YOU!!!!

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:01:00 PST

Since the store I work for is becoming a "Super" store I can pretty much expect to work every holiday from now on. Even though the construction is in progress and will take close to a year to complete we were already told we have to work on Thansgiving day this year and will be going...

Maybe i'm special

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:45:31 PST

OK PROBABLY NOT!

But anyways,I was watching TV at my friends place a couple of weeks ago and there was show simlar to Mythbusters where a group of nerdy looking people were testing various theories. They were sort of like Urban legends and they were testing to see if they were true...

Radio survey

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:35:20 PST

I forgot to mention in my last entry that
I got my Arbitron radio survey a couple days ago and I'm starting it today. I just have to write down on a little diary every time I listen to something on the radio. I haven't been listening to much radio lately so I wont be writing very...

now its the washer

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:47:20 PST

Sheesh, it seems like something is always going wrong. I've had so many roof problems with my house. I at least finally found out exactly what the problem is and I'm slowly getting it fixed. But now my washer just decided to die. I thought the last couple of times I used it that it...

Boring Tuesday

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:39:41 PST

Well I ate and just caught up with my SA blog reading. Thats about it for today. LOL.
This evening I'm going to a lecture/demonstration of Fencing at the library. I took fencing for a couple of years but its still interesting to me.
If I ever start taking a class on fencing again...

bonus today

pokey7@yahoo.com (Patrick) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:20:22 PST

Got my quarterly bonus with my paycheck today. An extra 364 dollars.
I most likely wont get another bonus till
about this time next year because our store is being turned into a supercenter and the construction is hurting sales. I can hope though. The nice thing is that when the...