Name A Favorite Movie Of Yours....

One of my favorite movies is a movie called "Contact". It stars Jodie Foster and it is a movie about a woman scientist who continues to believe in what she is trying to do even though it seems the people around her don't!

(This movie also has a sub-plot about government grants and getting funding for one's endeavors and since I do grant research this interests me more!)

There is also a romantic sub-plot as well with a good-looking male actor as well!

I like this movie because it just seems so much like real life in that when someone has a dream or feels strongly about it there seems to always be an obstacle or someone or something that gets in the way. There is even the possibility of others trying to get you to give up on your dreams - but yet the main character continues to pursue her dream!

As a Dream Job Consultant, I truly believe that reaching one's dreams is absolutely possible! A lot of people dream about working from home. I do it and so do a lot of other people so this is something that is entirely possible! You can find out more about working from home by going to my Working From Home Blog.

I'm happy to say that the movie does have a good ending - but I won't give away the entire storyline.

So.....what is one of YOUR favorite movies and why?

Name 5 Things That You Are Grateful For.....

Because of these tough economic and financial times people are feeling down and hopeless although there have been some cases of full-blown hopefulness and out and out financial miracles, I thought it would be a good idea to say what we are grateful for.

Actually I can't take credit for this because I saw the question asked on another website and thought that it would be a good question to add here!

So:

Name 5 Things That You Are Grateful For Today

For me:

• I am grateful for my home and love the area that I live in!
  
  
• I am grateful to be able to be online and be able to work online as well! Even though it may not have crossed your mind, there are still a lot of people that are able to afford and/or have a computer in their home - much less be able to afford Internet access! So I'm grateful for being able to have a computer in my home and I am grateful that I have online access!
  
  
• I am grateful my dinner that I had tonight! It wasn't much because I was kind of in a hurry to get back to work online but it does remind me that I am grateful for the dinner I was able to enjoy tonight!
  
  
• I am grateful for the family that I still have left! Both my parents have passed away but I still have my brothers and sisters and we talk together quite often!
  
  
• I'm grateful for being reminded to make a list such as this because as the online article has said - we should count our blessing whatever they may be!

So, what are 5 things that you are grateful for?

Do You Do Your Own Income Taxes Or Does Someone Else Do Them For You?

I have to admit that I have worked for both the IRS and for H & R Block where I was a tax preparer so I do my own income taxes myself. That doesn't mean that its not hard for me sometimes - especially now that I work for myself!

I have 3 different sets of tax forms to fill out yearly. The first is my own area's local tax where I have to pay a 1% tax on my earned income -


and then of course there is my state and federal tax forms that have to be filled out.

I also have to admit that I do my taxes the old fashioned way which is to fill out the forms by hand and then mail them in. By as I was doing my taxes for this year I was toying with the idea of doing them online. I haven't used any of those tax preparation softwares like Turbo Tax - although I don't rule that out for the future.

What Book Are You Currently Reading?

If you look on the right side of this blog you will see my Shelfari widget that shows the books that I have currently read.

Right now I'm reading a book written by Dr. Phil and it is a book on self-improvement. Most of us could use more self-improvement and I was curious about what it is that he had written. I'm more than half-way through this book and its mostly about identifying the "demons" in your life - that way you can deal with them and move on. The book talks about getting back to your authentic self as opposed to your fictional self. Explained further it just means getting back to the real you instead of trying to be what someone else wants you to be!

Dr. Phil used his own self as an example saying that he became a doctor only because that is what his father did and he felt that being a doctor was expected of him. Some years later he came to realize that he was not happy with what he was doing and decided to go on and do what he wanted to do - and now he says that he couldn't be more happier - so he is trying to teach others to be the same way and be happy.

Are You Ready For The Switch To Digital TV?

Are you ready for the switch to digital tv? I know that I'm not!


While I decided to post about this I got the notion to do a little research online and I come to find out that the switch to digital tv has been extended!


I was hoping and praying that this would happen! I am definitely not ready!

The odd thing about it is that I remember during President Obama's first days in office that there was a mention of him wanting to extend the date to June - mostly because he was concerned about seniors and just those who couldn't financially afford it.

It may be hard to believe but there are those that just can't afford the switch to digital tv! I, myself have a few options and since I have Dish TV then that means that I am ok. However there is one tv set in the kitchen that is on its last legs and since I will have to buy a new tv to replace it I really won't need the digital converter box - but I am still going to get the 2 that the government provides for with those coupons that allow 2 per household - since I am a great believer in government doings since I am a grant researcher.

There are a few other issues however. I have one of those smaller tv/radio-like boom boxes and I don't know how the switch is going to affect that little small tv. Plus I have a tv in the basement that is probably more than 20 years old and it still works great!

Oh well, at least for now I have til June to decide!

What Is Your Inner Color?

Your Inner Color is Green

Your Personality: You are a high acheiver who is very competitive. You're bound to reach your goals, no matter how lofty. You in Love: Picky with high standards, it's hard to find your match. You need someone as driven as you are! Your Career: You need a high profile, challenging career to satisfy you. Consider finance, sales, or running your own company.

What's Your Inner Color?

Here is a quiz that I took some time ago. It's very interesting and I thought that you might like to try it out yourself.

Basically the results seem quite accurate for me - LOL!

"I'm bound to reach my goals - Well goodness knows that I have a lot of goals! I am also learning more about (and have become a big fan) of the

law of attraction

As far as my "love" prospects go - I'm a big fan of romantic movies and the like and I guess that - yes - my standards are kind of high - LOL!

My Career - I am currently doing grant research and consultations. I am also a Dream Job Consultant as well. I decided to get in grant research because there were just too many conflicting information about government grants and whether or not there was anything such as "free government grants. I found out on my own that there WAS such a thing as free government grants - meaning being given money that you did not have to pay back! I also had found out that I had been doing this on my own even before I decided to become professional at it!

The "Dream Job Consultation" thing came about from the fact that I work at home and I found that so many other people wanted to work from home too and if they could find a way to earn money working from home that they would be happy about that. But it goes a little more deeper than just wanting to be able to work from home! Dream Job Consultation means that I help you go after your dream job - and that can run the range of wanting to become and actor all the way to wanting to become a zoologist!

What I have come to learn is that people may think that their dream jobs are silly or not obtainable but there is probably already someone else doing what it is that you yourself dream of doing - so at least you know that it is still possible to obtain your dream job.

These two jobs of mine are certainly away from the norm in that I work from home and I don't work for someone else - thus my quizlet result of having my own company! I have wanted to work from home for a long time now and I have finally achieved that - doing something that I love - so my quiz results were certainly right!

So take the quiz yourself, see what answer(s) you get and post about your results here so that we can get to know you better!

What Are Your New Year's Resolutions?

2009 is fast approaching!

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions? Do you even still make New Year's Resolutions?

My New Year's Resolution isn't really just limited to the new year because I have had this goal for a while now and that goal is to be more financially stable! In other words - I wanna be rich! - LOL!

Where Do You Live?

Of course I'm not asking for specifics - LOL! Just a general description about where you live? I have my own separate blog about where I live

LaMott, PA

Do you have a blog about where you live? If so just post a comment about it and leave a link to your blog.

Even if you don't have a blog about where you live but you want to add a comment about where you live - please feel free to do so by commenting to this blog post.

What Was Your First Computer Like?

It doesn't seem like it was that long since my first computer!

It was a Tandy Computer that I got for Christmas (many years ago!)from Radio Shack! "Pack-rat" that I am - I still have some of the original manuals for some of the computer programs that came with it - in fact I still have some of the original software disks as well! (I just can't seem to throw anything away until I have completely used it up!)

The computer came with a dot matrix printer - and, yes, I still have that printer! - LOL!

I had since given that computer to a friend of my mother's and they had it for a long time and it wasn't until a few years back that they decided to upgrade and get a newer computer system.

Moving My AOL Pages!

I'm now in the process of moving ALL of my AOL member pages and believe me that is a lot of pages and graphics that I have to move!

I'm currently working on transferring my Webcam Page to Bravehost. There is still a lot yet that I have to do! Thank Goodness I had an offline copy of my websites!

There are a few webcam pictures that I have to transfer over to my new site as well and I also see that the AIM Remote banner that I had doesn't seem to be working anymore!

Moving all of my sites is going to take quite a while!

I am curious though as to where other AOL members are moving their websites to?

What Is Your Favorite Computer Font To Use?

As of right now my favorite computer font is comic sans ms! I like this font because it kind of looks like a handwritten font.

In fact, if you're not familiar with the comic sans ms font then

This is what the comic sans font looks like!

I'm also looking for a free version of the Phyllis font - which I had at one time but don't have it now. I have been looking online for it but so far - no luck!

Do You Still Have And/Or Use A Typewriter?

I had a client who wanted me to type up their resume but at this particular time I had ran out of ink cartridges for my printer! - Yikes!

so I decided that since I still had two typewriters in the house I decided to type up the resume on one of them!

Well the first typewriter I hadn't used in ages! But it was still sitting on one of the desks so I decided to open it and try it out to see if it was still working. Well there was a ribbon already on it and I decided to test it but none of the type showed through! OK no problem because I had another ribbon still in its original packing and unused - so I replaced the typewriter ribbon. Even with the replacement ribbon the type still wouldn't show through.

Ok no problem I'll try the othertypewriter that was even older and hadn't been used in probably years! Well guess what? That typewriter still worked however the type that came out was so light that it was virtually useless!

So what is the lesson that I learned from this? To always have ink cartridges for my printer! - LOL!

Update

May 2011!

Working From Home! - Rose's Blog: "Life In A Typewriter Shop": "I found this very interesting blog online about a guy who works at a typewriting shop. It's so great to see that with all the computer technology around that there is still a demand for typewriters and typewriter repair..."

How Do You Feel About The Changes That AOL Is Making?

Actually this is a good place to ask this question!

I thought about it after reading some of the message boards on AOL (As a matter of fact I'm wondering how long AOL is going to keep the message boards!????????????)

I have been an AOL member for a long time - since the year 2000 at least!

I really didn't start to like them when they cancelled the access to the Usenet newsgroups!

But I let that go! But now with all the things that AOL is getting rid of - especially the member pages and journals! - I'm wondering how long they expect their subscribers to put up with it?

I had a lot of pages on my AOL member pages and transferring those pages is going to take some time!

Judging from the message boards on AOL I can see that a lot of people are upset about the latest things that AOL is getting rid of - so how do YOU feel about the changes on AOL?

Where Did You Transfer Your AOL Journal To?

Now that AOL has discontinued their journals, where have you transferred your own journal to?

As you can see mine has moved over to Blogger.com.