This is my last post of this year. The next time I post it will be 2003. I hope this new year goes better for me. This year was more bad than good. I am hoping to change jobs or at last change locations in my current job. I am hoping to get more bills paid off and lose more weight. Thinking of going on the 14 day strict diet again in the middle of the next month. Well, to everyone I will see you in the New Year. I am not much for celebrating New Year's Eve so I am spending it at home. Not working tonight.
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Today is Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas to everyone. I do not have to work today. I have Christmas Eve off and do not have to go to work until 10 PM tomorrow. I will tell you that I will be glad this year will be over in a few days. This has not been an amazing year for me. However, I do think next year will be one for me. I am hoping to start a new employer next year. Same kind of job. But, new employer hopefully. Or if at my present employer maybe at least a new location. Well, I think there will be a lot of new stuff for me next year. On the debt front I should have at least 4 major bills paid off next year. Still on track to getting all bills paid off in 2 years.
Back to work tonight. Not looking forward to it. Have been under the weather lately. But, have to go to work to earn my Christmas Holiday. Did not get a chance to go to the movies this week. Going to try to see Star Trek: Nemesis and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on Monday. Got a free ticket for the last one.
I off, off, off until Saturday. I wanted to take this time and tell everyone I wish that they have a great Thanksgiving! I have finally had it with my ReplayTV. The thing works and works great. However, it hates my cable connection. It did not record my shows tonight Everwood, 7th Heaven and CSI Miami. Luckily, I only missed 15 minutes of CSI Miami. I can catch Everwood on Sunday (I have to record it because I will be working) but 7th Heaven is a wash. This makes me enraged. So, I have put it up on Ebay. Like I said the unit works it just does not like my Cable company and connection for some reason. I hope to sale it. But, in any event I am going to go in the hole in the short term and buy another TIVO.
Well, just wanted to drop a quick note to let everyone know that I am doing fine. I hate work though. But, what is new there. I just read a news story that confirms everything I have been thinking about since the 9/11 attacks. I believe that the Saudis were involved in this attack. Meaning the Saudi Government. All the hijackers were Saudis. Here is the link you decide for yourself. ******LINK IS BROKEN***** Link is provide for historical accruacy only.
Got Henry a much need grooming today. Also, caught up on my TV shows yesterday. I watched several good movies today. Left Behind 2: The Tribulation Force, Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones (man Yoda can fight) and Sum of All Fears (excellent movie). Seven day work period coming up. Next Tuesday will be an exhausting day.
Voted today and did other errands. I will be working overtime on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a long day as well. On the financial front I am doing miserable. Hence, all the overtime. This will be a bleak Christmas for me. I have already informed my family. I told them not to expect much from me and I don't expect or want anything this year. I will barely be able to afford my company Christmas party and buy my niece a toy or too. I will have to charge both of those as well. But, in the long run I should be ok. I am still on target to be 95% debt free by the end of 2004 and hopefully have my own house by April 2005. Why is it I can't have a 1 million dollar day. I would actually just settle for $40000.00 to pay off my bills.
Yesterday went for my physical. Doctor gave me a very thorough examination. He said everything on physical inspection looked good. My blood pressure was 116/86. They took 3 vails of blood and urine. They only call if something is wrong. But, I will probably call them to see how the results were. I liked this Doctor. I got a flu shot and a tetanus shot. Back to the grind tomorrow. Not looking forward to it. Still hoping to win the lottery. Just enough to pay my bills off. Why can't I win?
Doing much better today. Except when I checked my mail. I got a notice saying my health and dental insurance is going up starting in January by $5.00 a month. I know this may not sound like a lot. But, add that to the $6.00 a month auto insurance increase and you see a trend. All the while my pay is not increasing. Oh well, that is the way things go.
Been lazy all this weekend. Recuperating. Still no more pain pills. Might be able to shave a week off of sick leave and comeback next Monday, the 7th. Also, got some bad news about a job I applied for. Did not get it. Looks like I am locked in at my current employer for another 12 years and 5 months.
Feeling better. Still a little loopy. Have made some updates to the website since I have a little time. Can anyone find them? Let's see. Added a new feature have been wanting to add for a few months now. Going on the weekend. Hope everyone has a good one. My turn on the web cam this weekend. Depends on how I am feeling.
Today was actually not a bad day at work. I got everything I wanted to accomplished done. Two days to go to the day of surgery. I did get some bad news on the financial front. My car insurance is going up $6.00 a month. That may not matter to most people and seem a lot. But, everything is going up a little here and there. Everything except my paycheck. Why is it when you think you are 2 steps ahead it actually turns out to be one step behind? Tomorrow is my friend Krystal's Birthday. Happy Birthday Krystal!
Some of the new TV Season started this week. 7th Heaven was excellent. A new series on WB called Everwood was excellent. Enterprise season premiere was excellent. So far looks like a good TV viewing season. Had a big disappointment this weekend, Jason was kicked out of the Big Brother 3 house. Saw Clockstoppers last week, excellent movie. Back to work tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday big surgery day...... Well that is it for now. My web address of michaelleemitchell.net still not up yet. Hopefully Monday or Tuesday.
Why do I have to be so mistreated? I was called back to work unfairly on my day off and suppose extended weekend. Why you ask?, For what I call over reaction to a situation that could have been easily explained to everyone (blowing up a minor fire into a raging inferno). Well, I am totally hoping I find and get a new job by the end of the year. I can't take this one anymore. I am just like a robot. I go to work only out of necessity (pay bills).
Well, I got the SonicBlue ReplayTV yesterday. So far I have to say TIVO is better. TIVO implements it's system in a more user friendly way. SonicBlue is not a bad company. The ReplayTV does have 3 things I really like. Such as, Ethernet connection to update instead of telephone line, automatically skips commercial when viewing recorded material and can program to record a show from the Internet so don't have to be home. But, if I had to recommend a PVR/DVR to someone I have to say I like the TIVO better.
Hello everyone, First of all I have made some bad financial choices in the past couple of weeks. I purchased a real web site (or at least I thought) from Web Extreme it costs me $157.00 dollars and after the first year it would have been $132.00. I had a minor problem at first and this was miss communication. Then I developed a big problem. I could receive e-mail but not send via my e-mail program. I tried to contact technical support and no support. They are supposed to have a 30 day money back guarantee less the $25.00 setup fee. Well, I choose to cancel. I have been trying to get my money back and have the account cancel for a week. I even found a telephone number for the supposed administrator. Well still no luck it seems I am out my money. Lesson learned. I have transfer back my Michael@michaelleemitchell.net e-mail address back to Yahoo!. Hopefulley it will be available again in about 4 days. That cost me an additional $10.00. Lesson learned if I do get a real full pledge w...
Well, I have surgery on the 26th of September. I will be out of work for 2 weeks. I go for my pre-op stuff on the 19th. I sold my laptop and my TIVO. I bought a SonicBlue ReplayTV. I hope it will be in this week. Watched a couple of pretty good movies last week. Hart's War and Black Hawk Down. Both were good. I am going to watch Clock Stoppers either today or tomorrow. I am also trying to pull something off big time with my website but it might be a couple of weeks in the works. Stay tuned.
Well, unfortunately I start midnights tonight. For the next 28 days my life will come to a busy zombie movie. Work, sleep, eat, doing employment things for a new perspective job and more work. But, I have a good concept that I wish I could market. A PC that is running some operating system (Linux, Windows XP Professional, etc...) with multiple processors. This would be the house server. Every house would have one. Every thing in the house would have a Ethernet connection. The house server would store all your DVD's and CD's. Your TV Signal would pass through it. Your Internet connection would be tied into it. Your PC could pass on that episode of The Shield or Smallville that it recorded as the DVR to any TV you are watching in any room. While your refrigerator is telling the house server that the ice machine is filling up and someone requests a CD be played in the bathroom while they take a shower. That is the next thing. Of course you would have to have another computer that ...
Well, money, money and more money. That is what I need. I just read on the MSNBC site that a job satisfaction survey show more than half of people are disgruntled with there jobs and there co-workers among other things. Well, I am disgruntled with my job not necessarily because of my co-workers but for promotions policies, money, schedule and educational training. I need more money. Like Jerry Maguire said show me the money.
Why do people in this world think that they have to be fake? I will leave that at that! I am done with overtime this month. I also go for an interview for my new job prospect tomorrow. I hope it goes well. I am off work Friday because I have to go to the doctors. I will probably turn on the webcam tomorrow evening. See you all later. By the way, Star Wars 2 The Attack of the Clones is coming out in November. See you'll later.
Another week done. I was off yesterday but had to work overtime on Tuesday and did not get off from work until 8 AM Wednesday morning. I slept only for 5 hours and was like a Zombie the rest of the day. I took a couple of extra days off this coming week (which starts Friday). I watched the Lord of the Rings today and it was good. I did not like the way it ended but it is part of a trilogy. Can't wait for the next one.
I will try to make this short. Since, I have been up for almost 24 hours straight working. I have been very busy. I have started the Atkins Diet. I started it last Sunday, July 21,2002. I have lost 8 pounds. I am extremely hungry all the time. You are not allow to have but limited carbohydrates for the first 14 days. I'll keep you informed of my progress. It is off to bed I go.
Hello everyone, it has been a long time. Nothing new. I will be working a lot more overtime in the next couple of months. Why? For 3 reasons. To pay off bills to get out of debt and to get a house. Second, saving money in case my new job comes through. Third, to save money for Christmas. If I don't it will be a very bleak Christmas. So, everyone take care.
It has been a few days since I posted. I am currently living with another sinus infection. I went to the doctors today and have been put back on antibiotics. I made out like a bandit today. The doctor gave me a lot of samples. This is great since my fund intake is a little low right now. I am almost finished with my new job application for another job I am applying for. I hope to have it in by Wednesday of next week. I start back to work tomorrow but, luckily this week I have no overtime. Well, I hope everyone else is doing fine. I am also hunting for a good book to read. I have ordered the new Left Behind book and hopefully will have it by the end of next week. I also found a place to buy my VHS tapes. I will hopefully ship them off next week.
Another week down. Soon I will be at my current job for 12 years 6 months. I will have only 12 months and 6 months to full retirement. Tough week my sinuses have been killing me. I have been trying to run and I just made a couple of doctors appointments for me and a Vet appointment for Henry for next week. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July. I will be working.
Oh, I forgot to mention I saw Training Day with Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington. I hated it. It had some good parts but overall 1 star out of 5. I also found a good website Spun.com . It is a place you can sell DVD, CD or games that you don't want. I bought The Beach a couple of years ago. I traded it in for Galaxy Quest and only paid $9.00 with shipping and return shipping for The Beach.
Well, my weekend was uneventful. I have my application for my new job almost done. This week should be it. As far as my job now I will be starting a seven day stretch. I am also starting a work out routine with a co-worker. So, I probably will not be updating the Blog for a week or so. Take care everyone and will try to turn on Webcam next Monday and Tuesday as well as update the log. By the way I found a good show I started watching. It is The Shield on the FX Network on Monday at 10PM.
Well, rented from Blockbuster. Have not done that in a long time. I had a five dollar gift certificate. So, I used it. We got Corky Romano, Vanilla Sky, Spy Game, October 11, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. So far we watched (we being my mom, dad and me) Vanilla Sky and Corky Romano. Vanilla Sky stunk. Corky Romano was great. I laughed so hard I almost passed out. I think I will have to buy Corky Romano. Well, let you know on the rest. As you can see on the Webcam page it has been updated. If you were watching that page most of the day, you found out the camera was turned on almost all day.
I went bicycling today. I went with my dad. He bought us all bicycles, in an effort to lose weight. We went about 3 miles round trip. Man I am tired. I am including a link to an excellent song and singer . He has a voice I wish I had. His name is Josh Groban. He is being introduced as the Pavarotti of the younger generation. Let me know what you think. This is his most popular song To Where You Are . He is a classical/contemporary singer.
Hope everyone enjoyed the new webcam picture. I turned the thing on for the first time in a while. I am thinking about quitting my current job and taking another job. I will take an approximately $3000 pay cut for a couple of years. However, in the long run will make more money. In fact within 3 years will surpass what I would be making at my current job in the same time frame. What would you do?
Well, I saw the season finale for Gilmore Girls, 7th Heaven and Smallville. They were all excellent. Next season should be great. It will take all my patience to wait for next season. Hopefully, the new TV Season will begin in August. Well, I have not won the lottery yet. So, back to work tomorrow. Why can't I, win the lottery? Can anyone answer that question for me.
To catch everyone up to date. I saw Spiderman last week. This movie is awesome. I can't wait to get it on DVD. Lately, TV has been good. I saw Spiderman then watch a miniseries called Dinotopia. That was excellent too. Also, my favorite TV Shows are airing there Season Finales. Unfortunately, after next week reruns start and nothing will be on. I did miss the District on Saturday night. If anyone has it on Videotape send it please. I am going to see Star Wars Attack of the Clones this month. I also discovered the highs and lows of selling on eBay. Sold one thing did not sell the other. Well, hope to update the webcam page with new live pictures tomorrow. Hope to update the whole site the end of the month. Hope everyone is well. Take care for now.
On another thought no one responded the other day about the TV question. Why do I have 500 channels and other than what's listed on my TV Page there is nothing to watch? I think it is a big conspiracy between my job and the TV industry. That way I would rather work than continuing flipping through TV Channels to find something that is descent to watch.
Well to the doctors I went today. Verdict. Still sick. Still have the bronchitis and now have a very bad case of sinusitis. Back on another antibiotic, steroid, cough medicine and a steroid nasal spray. Good news is that the bronchitis is getting better. But have had setback due to sinusitis. I have not been sleeping good either. Want to sleep just toss and turn. Well, see how I feel in a couple days. The doctor thinks I should feel a lot better by Saturday.
I still have no voice. But, I am feeling a lot better. Well, tomorrow is supposed to be a special day. We will see. I have updated some parts of my web page. I am thinking about adding a calendar. Let me know what you think. Also, I need to catch up on my TV watching. I also need some sleep so I will be back tomorrow. Unless..... Rapture.
It is official I have bronchitis. I went to the doctor today. I am on three medications. An antibiotic, a steroid and a decongestant. I feel miserable. You know when you say someone looks miserable. You do not know what miserable is until you have had this. I don't know if I will be adding any entries the next day or two. I am not quite myself.
Yesterday and today make me think I am going to die. I have a chest cold and it has brought be to staying in bed. One minute I am hot with sweat pouring off of me the next freezing cold. This is the second cold I have had this year. I haven't had this many for a long time. What a way to spend a vacation....
Wow, what a day. This was a long day. Attorney's I say get rid of the bunch. This is a seven day work week and only day two of it. 12 years 10 months to go to full retirement. That is 154 paychecks getting paid monthly. You saw it right I get paid once a month. My niece is here tonight. She is a pleasure to have around.
Another weekend is here. I look forward to it for the time off. However, TV stinks on the weekend. In fact, it stinks from Thursday nights till Monday nights. My viewing is featured pack on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I start of with 7th Heaven on Monday followed by Third Watch. On Tuesday it is Smallville and Gilmore Girls. Wednesday's it is Enterprise and then Dawson's Creek. Though I have to admit I am getting tired of Dawson's Creek. That is for the week. Besides me watching Call for Help and The Screen Savers on TechTV. In between it is CNBC. I wished they were to make a couple of Star Trek's. It was great having Star Trek Voyager then Deep Space Nine. Why are the making TV so boring lately? Especially on the weekends. There are no more good shows, other than the aforementioned ones. I find myself buying more and more DVD's. I put a file on the Favorite Links page. It is a true type font of my very own handwriting (print not cursive).
Today was a good day a work. However, when I got home it was not good. It started out good but turned horrible. I had to take my Mom and Dad's dog Camelot to the pound. He had cancer. He was starting to suffer. He was not eating, drinking or using the bathroom. I had to take him so they could euthanized him today. That was very hard to do. I rarely cry but I did today. He was a good dog. He never fussed about anything. Henry my dog is like a child to me. I feel for Henry the same way I feel for my niece Alexus. I felt like Camelot was one of family. Dogs can make people cry and laugh. Most people just think of them as animals. But, for some, like me, they are kid replacements.
Well, today was a lousy day at work. This capped off a lousy week. I am off this weekend. I have no over time to work. So, I am going to relax. Next week promises to be just as busy and probably lousy. I have until the end of March before I go on 3 weeks of vacation. Going to game online this weekend I think.
Today was a lousy day at work. I got written up for non-sense. I mean I don't mind taking punishment for my actions. As long as my actions are wrong. But, when it is non-sense and not fully factual I have a problem. But, with a new regime you get people who like the last regime focus on the wrong problems. Does anybody know why this happens?
Why do some people, especially people with money, have to be such jerks. I had a good morning a bad mid morning and a great last two hours of the shift. We are getting a lottery pool together at work. I hope we when. I have 12 years and 11 months to go before I can retire. It cannot get here fast enough.
Well, I am finally off midnights. Yesterday at 6AM was my last day. I stay awake all day and got some sleep last night. I believe I should be back to normal by Friday. Today is errand day. I took Henry (my dog) to the groomers yesterday. I am taking him to the Vet today to get his teeth clean. Then I go get the truck an oil change, Sears for a new watch battery, Pearle Vision to have be glasses fixed and finally Walgreens to get some stuff and back home until Henry is ready to be picked up. I did my father and mother's, brothers and sisters taxes yesterday. The all electronically file. I usually do. But, this year I filed only 1040EZ so I did the teletax thing. Went smooth. I got my refund back in a week. Well later on today I will be turning on the Webcam to update my website Webcam page. Take care to all and to Krystal and all other co-workers see you on Monday morning bright and early.
Well today is my last day off. Tomorrow night it is back to the organ grinder. The Vet wanted to try Henry on some new food. She said that they have had good results for dogs with food allergies. However, he is worse. So, it is back to Duck and Potato. I will get it next week when I take him in for his teeth cleaning.
Well, I have been working the midnight shift. I am off in 8 minutes. I will be sleeping well today. Computer is doing great. Camelot is ok for now. Henry is ok. My Mom and Dad are ok. My family is doing ok. I had two numbers out of 6 on the lottery. That was a little disappointing. How I would love to win that thing. Well, I am signing off for now.
Well, I have a wireless network up and running. My new computer which I just got a little over a month ago started to have a lot crashes. I found out it was from Microsoft Agent Software. This piece of Software is not compatible with Windows XP. I had to wipe my whole hard drive and reinstall the operating system. Everything has gone fine. I am back to about 85% of where I was. It will probably take me another month or two to see have everything installed. I am also weeding out what is and what is not compatible with Windows XP. In bad news today, I helped my mom take there dog, Camelot to the Vet. He has not been feeling well. He is a 120 pound Rottweiler. He has cancer and it is maligant. They cannot do anything for him. They had to put him to sleep just to examine him. We will pick him up tomorrow. He has about 3 to 6 months.