Build Tomorrow - Another Day Of Life

One charatcer we can all relate to is Baby New Year.  When you stop to think about the theory it’s a pretty nice thought.  The New Year is like an infant.  A long road ahead of it with almost infinite possibilities.  So The large question is how to make the most of those possibilities.

In this post, I talked about my broad goals for 2009.  And with the new year now upon us, it’s time to start refining those goals.  To develop plans and achivable goals that will allow me to move throughout 2009 with a renewed sense of purpose and a renewed sense that I can control my life, as opposed to 2008 where I felt my life controlled me.  One particular things I would like to see is this blog continue to grow, have more readers, and grow a community.  One where I can have guest bloggers, and all sorts of exciting things to help other enrich their lives and learn how to make tomorrow, better than today.

I want to welcome Daily Blessings to my blogroll as well.  I found the blog to be so hopeful, and cheerful.  A true celebration of life and the blessings it brings.

Beginning this Friday, in addition to “Way Back Wednesday”, we will be having something called “Friday’s Featured”.  I hope you will check it out. 

So come back this week and you can hopefully journey through 2009 with me to make it a good one.

Until Tomorrow

~Another Day

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Happy new year to everyone.  May your 2009 be one of sucess, happiness, and joy.

~Another Day

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As 2008 draws to a close, I only thought it fitting to look as some TV shows that also have closed over the years.

The Fugitive(1963-1967)
The Fugitive was atelevision series that aired on ABC from. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, an man wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. On the way to prison, his train derails and he escaped. For four seasons he pursued the real killer, the one armed man. He caught him in the finale on August 29, 1967.

Enterprise (2001-2005)
Enterprise aired on the UPN network and was set in the Star trek Universe prior to the days of Capitan Kirk. It was not a high rated show, and was cancelled after four seasons. The finale aired on May 13, 2005.

Third Watch (1999-2005)
Aired on NBC and revolved around the Fire, EMS, and police working the 4pm to midnight shift in New Your City in the fictional 55th precint. The Finale aired on May 6, 2005, even though the show was still reciving good ratings.

Charmed (1998-2006)
Charmed Aired on the WB (now CW) from 1998 until the finale on May 26, 2006. The show revolved around the life of three “charmed” sisters, all given the power of witchcraft to fight evil. In reality there were four sisters. Rose McGowan replaced Shannen Doherty when she left the show after the third season.

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As we get to only 48 hours from the birth of a New Year, so many of us stop and begin to make all sorts of New Year’s resolutions.  Some may want to lose weight; others make a million dollars, and so on and so forth.  Mine are not quite so ambitious.

I in fact don’t make “resolutions”.  For quite a few reasons actually. First off, resolutions are really nothing more than promises you make to yourself, that are generally make to be broken.  Why?  Well because they are generally such strict things like, “loose 20 pounds”, quit smoking, or the house will always be clean.  Lofty, and generally hard to achieve.

I have tried in the past make those goals myself, and have pretty much always forgotten them by the time spring rolls around.  That’s when I realized that for me rather than coming up with resolutions I would come up with goals.  So here is my goal for the year 2009.

1. Stabilize my family finances, and finally get us on track.
2. Dedicate some of my time to my side business allowing it to grow.
3. Teach my wife how to help me with my side business.
4. Go through our house slowly and downsize the junk.
5. Enjoy my family.

Now those seem very vague right?  Well they are supposed to be.  Over the next few weeks each one of those goals will have “mini-goals” underneath them.  And I’ll be sharing them.  One last goal is to be a better blogger.  Hopefully with 2009 some better content, and more inspiration.

Until Tomorrow.

~Another Day

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Well with today it was back to work.  It’s almost relaxing, after the last five days with the wife and the kids.  Don’t get me wrong, I love them all to death, but the kids wear me out.  The baby has taken to crawling, rapidly.  You can’t even divert your attention for seconds without the little guy taking off on his own for some new adventure, and some potential injury.

Generally our plan is to leave the Christmas tree up through the weekend after New Years.  This year however that will not be in our plan as it seems to get climbed quite often (or at least attempted), and even with abundant baby gates our ornaments are in mortal danger.  So this year the tree will retire early to its designated resting place in the basement.

Overall out holiday, other than the child chasing, “play-with-me” commands from “Nine”, and the fact that “Fourteen” has retired to his room to focus solely on his desire to have a PS3 controller surgically grafted to his hands, thus eliminating his need to ever leave, my wife and I spent time having fun as opposed to worrying about our financial future.   The worrying will return next week. J

So other than playing chase the baby, I did get to be one with my inner child, and play with baby blocks, see cookie monster dance, as well as all sorts of really other fun things.

My father’s test went well on Tuesday.  While the tests found no blockages or tissue problems in his heart, the right side is severely enlarged, and the doctor indicated the damage is “pretty severe”.  However the good news is, that the most likely cause was a virus that attacked the heart, and generally the damage repairs itself pretty well over time.  Unfortunately not usually 100% but fairly significantly.  So over the next 3 months they will treat him with medication, and a watchful eye, and then make any surgical decisions based on his recovery in three months.  Thanks for all of your well wishes.

I leave today with some pictures, and my continuing hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday season.  Please check out the poll to the right, and cast your vote!

Until Next Time

~Another Day

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I wish everyone that may visit here today a Happy, and joyous Christmas.  Let us all celebrate the spirit of the day and what it means, and be happy for all that we have.

~Another Day

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This week we are celebrating Christmas around the world.  For today I will share with you four classic Christmas songs we have all grown familiar with over the years.

“White Christmas” is an Irving Berlin song whose lyrics reminisce about White Christmases. He often called it the best song he ever wrote. “White Christmas” was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1942 musical Holiday Inn. In the film, he sings it in a duet with Marjorie Reynolds. “White Christmas” was also reprised as the title theme for the 1954 musical White Christmas, starring Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. In spite of its similarity to the earlier film, this was the highest-grossing film of 1954.

“The Christmas Song” is a classic Christmas song, written in 1944 by vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to “stay cool by thinking cool,” the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born.
The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song early in 1946. At Cole’s behest (and over the objections of his label, Capitol Records), a second recording was made the same year utilizing a small string section, this version becoming a massive hit on both the pop and R&B charts.

“Snoopy’s Christmas” is a song performed by The Royal Guardsmen in 1967.A followup to their earlier song “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron,” the song is about how Snoopy had to go out and fight the Red Baron on Christmas Eve and the two enemies set aside their differences for that night. At the end, they share a holiday toast and then Snoopy and the Red Baron fly their separate ways, “each knowing they’d meet on some other day”.

“Christmas Canon” is a Christmas song by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra from their 1998 album The Christmas Attic.
The song is set to the tune of Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major with new lyrics added. The group’s rock version is entitled “Christmas Canon Rock”, which debuted on their 2004 album The Lost Christmas Eve.

As you listen to these, please relax and enjoy the holiday season.

~Another Day

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Not a large post today, as I spent the morning with my father at his medical procedure, and have to go do some last minute shopping this afternoon.  I am looking forwards to tomorrow’s Way Back Wednesday and getting back to more regular blogging over the next week or so.

Until Tomorrow

~Another Day

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So as my last post said we spent the week out of town.  For Christmas my in-laws took us away on a trip.  They had an out of town wedding to attend, and knowing our current fiscal situation, took us along as our gift for Christmas.  While I was not overly excitied about the trip for the obvious financial reasons, we actually spent very little, not more than we would normally spend in a week, all in cash.  We did get to visit Universal Studios Orlando (all cash) as a gift to the kids.  We deducted the admission from the christmas budget for the year, so there won’t be as much under the tree, but they will get to savor the memories for a long time.

But with any break comes the return to reality.  Over the next week we will be taking the next steps in dealing with our financial situation to get our lives back on track.  The transition to living an all cash life is not an easy one but we are progressing well.  Next will be dealing with to unsecured debt we have and a finalized plan on resolving it.

I had hoped to run another best of deries last week, but with the rush to pack and prepare I didn’t get the chance.  The kids are looking forward to Christmas, and the season itself, but other that the financial turmoil, it’s difficult for other reasons.

They say life comes in ebbs and flows.  Where we all have good times, and harder time in life.  I often think of my marriage vows, the whole “For Better or for Worse” line.  I often tell my wife we are working through the “worse” over the last two years so that our better will be just that much better.  It’s not alway that easy though.

My father had become ill a few weeks back.  At the onset it seemed as though it was a respitory infection that he has gotten often before.  With time and medication however he did not seem to improve only worsen.  Now it continues to worsen, with only more questions than answers and the answers he gets are not very good.  It is all heart related.  So my biggest Christmas wish this year is for his health.  I should be back to more regular posting as I get back into the swing.

~Another Day

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I have been out of town since Saturday, and will be back on Sunday.  The big reason for my absensce.  The internet where I am is not very easy to get to, so little posting.  Be back next Week.

~Another Day

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