So far I’ve lost 50 lbs. I’m half way to my 100 lbs goal. Although I still have more to go after that, I am making good progress. I figured out a diet and exercise routine that works well for me. It’s not too difficult and it’s easy to maintain.
The housing market is at its lowest in the last 30 years; a great time for first time or investor home buyers. I was pleased to find that many mortgages are significantly less than most rental properties. So why not buy?
First challenge is getting someone to loan money. Because I am a business owner getting a loan is a bit tricky. Fortunately our credit is good and income sufficient but, of course, proving income has been a headache. Once past the approval process comes the fun part, scoping out potential dwellings.
We (my husband and I) decided on a condo. Despite the Home Owners Association, which is wildly popular in the Phoenix Metro area, we would not be responsible to out side maintenance and besides, we can have luxuries that our schedule would not support otherwise.
After looking at serveral properties, we found the one. Made an offer and… no go. The OTHER realitor is being a butt. Forget it. we wait, wait, wait, and… another one even better than the first. We just put in a offer.
TO BE CONTINUED…
It feels nice to get rid of my cell phone. Although t my husband still has another month, our cell phone bill went from $170 to $40. YEAH! I know use VoIP on my laptop and 80% of the time there is WiFi where I need to make a call. I even tested this by going on vacation without my cell phone and only using WiFi. I was fine. People, you don’t need a cell phone, we are all over telecommunicated!!
I got a gym membership and a personal trainer. So far I’ve lost 17 lbs of fat in the last 7 weeks.
I live in the desert so it does not rain often. When it does rain, the lightening and dust (and sometimes hail) does not make for a good time to be outside. Finally, there was a light rain for about 3 minutes and my husband and I boogied down!
My family is officially a PC free family. I bought a used MacBook Pro on Craigslist as well as a iMac and a later generation G5. I am so happy! I love my Mac!!
One thing that I want to do is dance in the rain. The only problem is I live in a place where it never rains. Monsoon season is here but IF there is any rain, it is so violent that only a moron would attempt to go outside in it. Maybe this winter I’ll be lucky enough for it to rain and for me to dance in it!
I’m excited, the final design is done for my tattoo. Thanks to my brother, ;-)
The new book I want to write is going to be a saxophone techniques book. I want to write it on the art of multi-phonics. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, multi-phonics is playing more than one note on the saxophone. It does not sound like a chord or played interval. It has an oscillating sound between the notes being played.
I’m discovering that this is a very untapped territory and many people have approached me because of my experience with it. I also want the book to appeal to composers too so that they may write saxophone parts that use different multi-phonics.
One of the things that I want to do before I die is buy a Macintosh. Well, it may be sooner than I thought. I may have found a buyer for my PC laptop (of which is 3 months old, mind you). If I sell my current laptop and my other dilapitated one, I will be able to buy a used Mac Book Pro. I’m excited. I can be rid of PC’s all together!
I just visited the first set of friends in Michigan. I was goo to see them after moving to the other side of the country. Unfortunately I had to see them without my husband. Hopefully next time he can join me.
My next visit will be in Florida to see an old friend and two new ones!
I’ve gotten through the first course of Spanish lessons. I got the Pimsleur CD’s from the library and completed Course A for beginners. Now, course B for beginners.
It’s strange. I can ask for something, say that I want to eat, count money, and all that jazz but I don’t know what the Spanish names for object are. If I want a toasted cheese sandwich, I can say “I want …” and that’s where it stops. So hopefully in the next few courses I can begin to identify the object around me. I have been trying to read signs that have both Spanish and English words to help identify things. It helps but it’s still frustrating.
I beginning to feel the joy of making fun of eBay and its customers by making animated videos. This one is pretty funny but vulgar. This may seem like an exaggeration but in reality is a combination of 3 or 4 customer complaints. Yes I’ve seen it all. As I come across more eBay stupidness, I plan on making more videos depicting the situation. I could make a mint off of it, HAHA!
http://xtranormal.com/profile/2606645/
I’m all set to beginning learning the guitar. I have a pretty good start on it. As a music teacher, I had no piano so I used a classical guitar to play chords behind the students as they sang. I don’t consider this being a seasoned guitarist though. I know I’m a hack player.
I bought a guitar techniques book to use with my electric guitar. The premise of it is to learn techniques of the guitar in 30 days. I can’t barely play the first one. My fingers don’t stretch that far. The author has me playing these oddly constructed chords with voicings that I never use as a horn player. Then I must flawlessly transition between each chord change without a squeak, break, or missed note. Yikes. I think this will be more like a 30 year workout at the rate I’m going.
Otherwise I have my equipment. A custom built classical guitar with brand new strings and a humidifier. Also Gibson Les Paul and a Rivera Knucklehead with a 4×10 Marshall cabinet. Good gear makes you a good player right? HA! I suck, but I’ll get there.
Day one lets tango for a fifth time!
These things aren’t easy to find so when I saw a WX7 come up for sale on eBay I jumped on it. Right now it’s in transit and I will see it soon. I plan on buying all the spare parts possible for it so WHEN it breaks I’ll be in good shape. I’m excited!
So far I bought a Yamaha WX7 wind controller on eBay but I still need to pay for it. So it’s not exactly mine. I can’t wait to get it home!
Hopefully enough people bought stuff on eBay to fill my PayPal account (also that no one decides to do a yoink), to complete the transaction. There will be some awesome music making at my house for sure.
I found two images that I want to “combine” to make my tattoo. I want a hot chili pepper with his head on fire, running, and with an angry flaming face. I want to put my tattoo om my calf. I’m imagine it will be large.
Look at the pictures and see what you think.
Here are the things I have to do to reach my goal:
1. Take the motor cycle safety course. I don’t HAVE to do this but it will exempt me from taking the test and I get lower cycle insurance.
2. Decide which motor cycle I want to buy. I was originally considering a Honda Shadow but I want a nice cruiser so my husband and I can go on long trips. So I may go with a Goldwing instead, I dunno.
3. Sell some shit so I can buy it. I have enough stuff lying around of value to pay for the bike, my class, and all the accessories that go with it. I need to get my crap on craigslist and get it sold.
4. Buy helments and all the gear. Although Arizona doesn’t require a helmet, I’m smarter than that. I want to keep my noggin’ safe.
Then and only then I will have my motorcyle.
I studied saxophone in college along with being one of those “life changing music teachers”. Well the teacher thing was not glamorous at all an in fact has become a headache. So I am pulling out my saxophone and I am going to make an album. This shouldn’t be to hard. My husband is a sound engineer and so is his best friend. I can’t wait to get started.
I live in Arizona. There are a lot of fricken people who speak Spanish here and I want to be able to communicate with them. I feel that people with the mentality that everyone in the United States must speak English are greatly deceived; the US does not have a nationally designated language. Likewise, I also want to go to countries that speak Spanish. For instance, take Chile. What a great place to live and enjoy life. Gotta speak SOME Spanish.
