WillThink4Wine

Come, Monday.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

–W. Somerset Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, 1915, English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)

Amen, brother. I just looked at my P & L… Success had better find me soon.

A few bright spots:

• I have completed Phase I of the major overhaul to my business web site. Whew! I shall reward myself with an entire 24 hours abstinence from any web site-related work… before I begin Phase II.
• My mother called this morning to tell me not to stop for wine on my way home from the office as she has already done so. I love my mother.
• A nice check arrived in today’s mail. I love when that happens, don’t you?

Now if I could just get someone to run my other errands.

Cheers.

Well, another week ends. Another list of ‘did not do’, and another list of ‘did, but wasn’t expecting to do’. As I have so often said,

It is good to have a plan, just be prepared to modify it

This weekend I did not accomplish a single of my major goals. A few minor changes which I made to my business web site changed the course of the weekend entirely. What should have taken 15 minutes has, so far, taken 20 hours and I’m not done ‘undoing’. Good grief.

The upside is that my error has revealed a new avenue of income. I’m never ashamed to admit an error because there is always a lesson to be learned. One could argue that mistakes are the greatest teachers. A lesson learned the hard way is nonetheless learned.

So, at the end of the day I am weary, but wiser. A nice glass of Chianti is in order! Then I’m off to sleep. It was a good week.

Cheers.

One of my incredibly amazing sisters just finished college with a BA in Nursing! Hooray for SisterDear2! She had her final last night and did very well! She takes her Medical Boards in January. We have an RN in the family! You go girl!

SisterDear2 waited to go to college until her hubby and sons all finished college, which made her the oldest in her class. She was also one of the best in her class. But I have always known this

It makes me wish that I had taken this last year, which I had off, and gone back to school as well. I’ll need to do some pretty fancy work to keep up with her!

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

–Albert Einstein, (attributed)US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

Good Afternoon SisterDears, family and friends. I have been working from home today (in my relaxing clothes), calling the office periodically per chance an order awaited my attention. I was perusing one of my favorite websites and found this quotation and it struck a chord with me…

I have been adding Google AdSense code to all my business web pages (name of said web site shall not be mentioned). I started yesterday morning, have been at it all day today and still have quite a few pages to go. Here’s the good news… I just logged into my AdSense account and something strange caught my eye… I earned $.21 today for 2 clicks, and $.90 yesterday for 1 click. Do you understand the enormity of what just happened here SisterDears? That’s $1.11 earned for about 15 hours work! Why, that’s $.07 per hour, at least! I’ll need a serious financial adviser if this continues. When I first saw it I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. I’ve been basically working like a dog since February and still await the fruits of my labor.

Well SisterDears, MotherDear has a Roast Chicken (”Sam, my dear Sam”) in the oven and A & B are coming for supper, so I better go see if she needs any help.

Besides, it’s Wine-thirty.

Love you guys, xoxoxo

WillThink4Wine

Industry: Business Services
Occupation: Self Employed
Location: The Deep South : GA : United States

About Me
The very best job I could ever imagine is one that would pay me to think… the currency would be wine, preferably big reds!

I am the oldest of eight (four of each) and the sisterdears are my very best friends. We all enjoy wine, music and family. We share many other common interests and have many more differences, but that is the Spice of Life.

I have been self-employed for a bit more than 20 years and have just started my second business. Yipes! It seemed easier and less scarier the first go-round.

I am divorced and I have two absolutely adorable gray cats. More than a fair trade, if you ask me

Just after my divorce, while I was mid-panic attick prior to a flight to visit my family up north, my very nice, very smart old country doctor asked me how I had coped with panic attacks in the past. I told him “I clean everything in sight and have a glass or two of red wine”. He laughed and said to me “Well, you are an international traveler and it’s Cocktail Hour somewhere”. I have tailored his remark to suit me. “It’s Wine-thirty somewhere”.

Interests
Wine
God
parents
sisters
family
friends
cats
music
books
sitting by the fire
Italian food
chicken
chocolate
cookies
my job

Favorite Movies
On Golden Pond
The American President
Moonstruck
Armageddon
Independence Day
Lord of the Rings
Murphy’s Romance

Favorite Music
Tenors
Piano
Cello
Violin
James Taylor
Josh Groban
Beatles
George Strait
way too much to list

Favorite Books
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbitt
Luanne Rice
John Grisham
tons more…