vista’s Neighborhood

To Nicholas Sparks

 

YOU ROCK!

YOU ROCK AGAIN!

 

With love

Alina

Jeremy sent me the Baby Animal Alphabet

Comparing prices: Mac vs. Windows laptops is another article comparing Macs vs PCs. This time it is laptops. Of course they compare similarly configured machines from real companies, not gray market. The answer's the same as always. Macs laptops cost the same or less than PCs for the same features and function, and the illusory cheaper price is at a cost.

Whoops, I didn't do a June round-up. How remiss of me. Well I have been very busy trying to do things on my list, and going to Venice with my lovely hubby for our anniversary. I'll do a quick one now, though I can't remember what was last month and what was this month, so I guess it will be a June/July round-up.

1-3 & 7) The Writing Goals

 

I edited Chapter 1 of Cold Spell! Yay! Haven't done anything else though. Not that anyone has read it :(. I did start planning the sequel when I was in Venice and I think I've had a break through, so don't be surprised if locations in the new book have a strangely Venisian feel to them. I'm very excited to be taking those characters on another adventure. I don't think Flora is done growing yet. Don't know what that means? Read chapter one then! :P

5&6) The Drawing Goals

I did it! The Cursed Flute of History Circles has been entered into the Seventh Sanctum contest. Check it out: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/contestentry.php?Contnum=12

8) Read a fiction novel a month

No books again. Feeling very bad about it, but I'm swamped with college work. It will just have to wait.

9) Actually read all my OU books

I'm reading them, I'm reading them! I got 93% on my biological psychology assignment :). I'm working on the end of course assessment for Applying Psychology at the moment. It's due in on Tuesday so I'm cutting it pretty close, but I'm not that bothered. I've not really enjoyed the course that much. The reading is interesting but the assessment is really weird. So far I've written 2 letters to fake companies, reflective accounts of using wikis and chat, and 1000 words of a report on autism. I've still go to write a reflection on my feedback for the first assignment (urrg) AND a reflection on the course. All this rubbish is marked! Can you tell how much I hate this reflective crap. Don't you people care what I learned from the course? I would not have done it if I'd known what was involved, that's for sure. Oh well, it's nearly over now and I could use the 15 points.

That's all for now!

The author of this poem is unknown but I tell you it describes just how life is as well as running a network marketing business.
I read this poem when I am feeling down and it helps me put things into perspective. I just thought I would share it with you all.

When things go wrong
As they sometimes will
When the road you are trudging
Seems all uphill
When the funds are low
And the depths are high
And you want to smile
But you have to sigh
When care is pressing you
Down a bit...
Rest if you must
But don't you quit
Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint
Of the clouds of doubt
And you can never tell
How close you are
It may be near when it seems afar
So stick to the fight
When you're hardest hit
It's when things go wrong
That you must not quit..

Scenes from the raid at The Bicycle Clinic - Posted Toronto