Sunday, January 25, 2015

it doesn't pay to despair

And I was doing so good, checking off my goals, anxious to share with you my progress. Then Friday, my modem bit the dust. Elsewhere on the World Wide Web, I have shared that whole wretched story, so I will not repeat it here (as easy as copy and paste is). It has thrown off some of my goal-keeping, but has helped in some other areas.  

WRITING GOALS for the ROUND
·         Finish writing “The Early Ministry of Jesus in 40 Days” – I’ve got eleven days written and notes on seven or eight more entries.
·         Edit 20 chapters of “Tale of an American Woman” – I’m up to 18 chapters. I think I might get the whole thing edited this Round. I am just doing a quick grammar edit, more or less. I think I am going to have to start over and really weed it out next time, but for now I am just going through it, which is why I am going through it at such a good clip.
·         Submit three items for publication – Haven’t submitted anything, but I do have that Big Excuse regarding internet access.    

As far as my goals for last week:
Continue to blog daily to my other blog, The Dino Chronicles, to fulfill the Ultimate Blog Challenge.  It took some fortitude, but I only missed one day last week. With my internet unreliability, I don’t think I am going to continue this commitment. I don’t need more stress.  
Read five other blogs, commenting on three of them. Good thing I had already accomplished this goal before my internet pooped.
Finish reading “Kisses From Katie” I even managed this before my internet died, not that it mattered, because I actually have this as a paper book. I did not tell you that in addition to my World Wide Web woes, I dropped my Kindle last week, and though it is working, it is pretty persnickety. 
Write a short piece for submission I got it written and edited and have a market in mind. Once my internet is again reliable, I will get it submitted. Isn’t it horrible how everything circles back to that. What a sad world we live in.
Write three entries in “The Early Ministry of Jesus” I haven’t written any total entries but I did write notes for several days. It has been hard to keep my focus because . . . . stop! I cannot use that excuse this time!  
Edit four chapters in “Tale of an American Woman” I believe I edited four, I thought it was more than that, but I guess not.  
Run on the treadmill three times this week I did run three times last week.
·         Finish the business plan for Tumaini Volunteers We finally heard back from someone with experience in writing a business plan and she had wonderful input for us. I still need to make those edits and fill in a few more holes.  

I also did manage to sew the scrub top which I cut out over Thanksgiving. It is a winter top, so I really should have finished it before now, but I told them at work that I really don’t care. I am going to wear it until the snow melts. (And it doesn't look like my internet connection will let me post that.)

So what can I get done in the next week:  
·         Return to blogging three times a week on my other blog, The Dino Chronicles, as it is almost the end of the month and I have given up on the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I am shooting for Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, because that is going to work into my schedule better, even though two of those days I post here as well.  
·         Read five other blogs and comment on three of them, because that still seems doable.  I want to shoot for reading two blogs each day and commenting on one of them, but want to wait until I have reliable internet again to try that.
·         Finish reading “The Lutheran Ladies Circle”.
·         Submit that piece which I wrote last week.
·         Write two entries in “The Early Ministry of Jesus”.
·         Run on the treadmill three times and increase my time to at least 20 minutes.  
·         Really and truly finish the business plan for Tumaini Volunteers.
·         Finalize the volunteer packet for Tumaini Volunteers. 

4 comments:

  1. Hardware problems... yuck. Is it the cable company's modem (assuming you have cable) or your own? Still, not bad for all the hardware trouble.

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    1. I think it is a combination. We get our internet via the phone line, but it is still supposed to be high speed. I think the lines just can't handle all the traffic anymore. But I have had problems with the desk top computer for a while. My son worked on it over Christmas, but it is still slow. I don't have too much trouble online coz I use Google Chrome, but my husband uses Internet Explorer and is constantly getting kicked out. I keep telling him to use Chrome, but he is a fuddy-duddy sometimes.

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  2. You dropped your Kindle!!!!! Oh, dear. And the modem problems hopefully fixed now? Still looks like a pretty phenomenal list with real progress. I also dropped out of that UBC challenge. I just could not keep up . . . but we do have ROW80 and our other blogs to keep us focused. May you have a good week with no more tech problems!

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    1. Actually I dropped the Kindle again last night so I think this time it is dead. Will have to talk to Amazon today I suppose. i am glad I am not the only one to drop out of UBC. We have to keep doing what we can with the goals we can manage. Have a great week, Beth.

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