just a few more days of planning before I need to put my DIY/ While "He" was Out project plan into action. A little nervous about it all as I didn't get to do all of the researching I needed to.

Still on the punchlist to figure out are the following projects:
1. Storage Boxes for upper shelf in closet - plastic or archival deco boxes
2. Build or install shelves in closet - wood or wire?
3. How to frame and mount the mirror on the wall
4. Window Treatments - blinds or just sheers
5. Carpet/Rug or Sisal mat?
6. Pick up and mount some display shelves on wall
7. Update the Cork Memo board
8. Dress up the office chair with a slip cover.

Sounds like a lot and it is....getting a little bit nervous - have to make headway tomorrow and finalize my wavering decisions on some of this stuff - still seeking helpers for the Saturday buildout. Let me know if you're interested.

Got to spend tomorrow and Wednesday purchasing supplies & storage bins- then the evenings starting to clear the room and the closet.

Want to get items cleared from the room by Friday night..but not sure I'll have the extra muscle to move the dresser, desk and armoire on that night...

I just joined a new network on Ryze and just love the content - I'm in the organizing mood lately and this will be good motivation - sort of a team approach... here's the list of goals that the network members have been working on - I noted my updates on each one.. I've got some catching up to do - but love the direction... checkout the Get Organized-network.

Friday Club Goals By Finish Date:
3/06/04 Create a travel toiletries kit. DONE
2/27/04 You choose! DONE - I organized my paper clutter
2/20/04 Do one thing toward 2003 tax preparation. DONE - gathered deduction receipts
2/13/04 Gather 25 household items and toss or donate. IN PROGRESS
2/05/04 Set up a system to manage your email. IN PROGRESS - i've got a folder system to flush things from the inbox - but need to add a few more folders and get rid of old posts...i'm nearing my 25MB limit
1/09/04 Write down & post in a visible spot, your specific goals for 2004. IN PROGRESS - with my girlfriend group - we got together and came up with our resolutions - I need to get a copy of it and post it
12/19/03 Create a gift wrapping station in your home. IN PROGRESS - already have a gift wrap storage - but need to downsize and find a permanent home for the wrap box
12/12/03 Begin tax preparation for yourself or your CPA. DONE
11/28/03 & 12/5/03 Create a finding system for the relevant business cards remaining after Search & Destroy. NOT EVEN STARTED
11/21/03 Search & Destory irrelevant business cards. NOT EVEN STARTED
11/14/03 Sort and purge one stack of paper. DONE - problem is I do this every week - got to stop the paper in-flow...
11/07/03 Purge dresser drawers of extra clothing. IN PROGRESS - this one's been on my list for a long while...
10/31/03 Identify procrastination items and tackle one. DONE - I took care of something far in advance that I usually put off
10/24/03 Clean out & organize one junk drawer. DONE - thank goodness - we only have one.
10/17/03 Clean out & organize one kitchen cabinet. DONE - when the kitchen is organized - i love it

totally still awake - more than networking help - I think I need a solution for the insomnia - way too much going on in my head with work and life and work and life.

I had a great conversation today with an old friend. She's on maui now and living upcountry...I hope to get over there to see her and another old friend...not sure If that will happen before I the spring is over though...today was an early day and I'm feeling better but still not 100% - the worst thing is I feel like I'm kinda falling apart - my eyeball just kept on twitching today - for now reason at all - all day!

a business associate today noticed the shiny thing on my finger for the first time. He commented that "he's a lucky man" in describing my fiance.

a friend brought it to my attention that I haven't been on my toes with keeping up with this thing. so here is a entry - for whoever you are that visits this thing --- according to my sitemeter reports there's at least one person a day who visits each of my blogs - quite interesting - this has been going on for months now and there really hasn't been anything new to read. bizzarre. well I appreciate your faithful reading and will in the future try to have something new here for your reading pleasure on a regular basis.

today - I'm sick - that's been happening a lot lately...not liking it - not at all. it just throws a wrench in all the things I;m supposed to be doing... anyways - if you've got tips for how to stay healthy - then email me.

Love is...

A group of 4 to 8 year-olds were recently asked: "What does love
mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have
imagined...


When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint
her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even
when his hands got arthritis too. That's love. -- Rebecca - age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You
know that your name is safe in their mouth. -- Billy, age 4


Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne
and they go out and smell each other. -- Karl, age 5


Love is when my Mommy makes coffee for my Daddy and she takes a sip
before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. -- Danny, age 7


Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. -- Bobby, age 7


If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend
who you hate. -- Nikka, age 6


Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
everyday. -- Noelle, age 7


My Mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing
me to sleep at night. -- Clare, age 6


Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken. -- Elaine,
age 6


Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford. -- Chris, age 7


Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone
all day. -- Mary Ann, age 4


I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old
clothes and has to go out and buy new ones. -- Lauren, age 4


When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars
come out of you. -- Karen, age 7


You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you
mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. -- Jessica, age 8

trying to make myself tired..so i've got VHI blasting - cleaning out the email box and checking my accounts...

i was so dead tired at 1am and then i was awaken - and can't go to sleep now...too much on my mind...

have to be up within 3 hours to start the day again...and unfortunately it's looking like i'm not even going to go down...

just great...

well she's been here for two weeks now and her happy grandparents will be visiting from the mainland in a little over a week.

Didn't want to see it
there seems to always be a propensity that when I'm out on errands with my pal Louis - he will always see the oddest of odd - hygenic horrors on the streets of honolulu and WILL point them out so that my eyes can be emblazoned with these things that nobody should have to bear to see...yesterday - we had to run out to Jamba Juice to return a few "a go go" boxes from an event...so we're on our way back to the office just one block away and what does Louis point out...YIKES - at the corner of Cooke and Kapiolani...an elderly and might we add quite obese elderly gentleman wearing a BABY BLUE Speedo....That's all - while Riding a bicycle...this was cruelty - this was indecent - this was unforgettable...unfortunately...

traffic has just about got me to my wits end...the bus strike is sure taking its toll on me. There's another week of more traffic ahead of me as the Oahu Transit Bus strike appears to have no end in sight...

it's USC vs. UH today - quite a good game - Hawaii is surely playing with lots of heart and so far as of the 2nd qtr has outplayed SC in offense. But it ain't over till it's over.

how can you not post on a day like this - so emotional - it energizes me - there is much to be thankful for an much to mourn. It is a day to reflect and never forget. lite a candle and commemorate how our world changed - stand in solidarity for freedom and peace. pray for our country, pray for our countrymen overseas, pray for our leaders....

it's one in the mornin and feeling pretty shitty - don't have to work tomorrow since it's the holiday and I just feel shitty - cause "i don't know how to relax" and i "can't relax" --- whatever!!! and of course it's all my fault cause I "started it" - i don't even know what I started - i hardly talked...i just sat here and took it...what a ripoff. cause now the drunk that berated me has fallen asleep and I just sit here sober and brooding over hurtful words....

okay i vented on the private blog and need to share the wealth with the world... so you think that things are fine at the office right - you bust your ass and work hard and think you're doing a pretty decent job - in fact you think you're doing a great job given the circumstances - you're performing at way more than 200% - and what do you get for it - told that you aren't doing enough - this has got to be bull!!! - not only that - stuff that you do in your free-time comes into question as interfering for why you aren't performing to peak for them - friggin - I've been working harder than most and putting in so much commitment - and then this? and worse yet - there are these secret people who are making up stories about you cause they haven't got a fuckin clue and think they do or perhaps they just want to turn the heat toward someone else - so they look more angelic - who knows - all I know is - there's some friggin idea that I spend all my time at work - working on freelance prjects - that i could support myself only doing that - which is such friggin bullshit!!! - that's why so many projects - of my real work get done - and that's why I friggin take real work home on the weekends and in the evenings to do people's friggin vacation calculations - and that's why i friggin check my work email in the middle of the morning and on weekends to get ahead - cause I'm not dedicated enough to my full-time job - what a crock!!!! furthermore - I've been given some loose mind-fuck ultimatum to come up with a "where I wanna be" with the company report...the question ought to be whether or not the company values me enough to want me to "be" At the moment it sure doesn't seem like it - and it's such a crock to think that my $20-$40/week gig is interfering with my foremost responsiblities....okay that's friggin enough - it's been a friggin emotional roller coaster day and I want off this ride already.

an interesting link-story:

Ryan's Steakhouse

Okay this morning I discovered a wonderful site called Anytimegrinds it has great information about eateries, sorted and searchable by cuisine and location locally here in Hawaii...there are even menus and many of the listed restaurants offer catering services...a good starting ground for planning your party menu. This is a definite favorite on my links list now... it was amazing how there are actually a lot of the Haleiwa folks with menus posted...just love it.. check it out and signup!

Beautiful Women Month
Below is a wonderful poem. Audrey Hepburn wrote it when she was asked to share her "beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.
For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.  As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
If you share this with another woman, something good will happen ... you will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know that you care about her.

the worst thing about the weirdness at work is that it's keeping me up at night thnking about WORK - damn IT!!!

well -not sure what;s going on so I better bill my clients this week and bring in some extra cash just in case....

vegging to VH1 and must get the Damien Rice album "O" - I'm sold on this one...another must have song is - Ray Charles' song of days gone by - can't remember the song title now - but it's scribbled on my notepad int he car - heard it on the radio this morning on NPR as they discussed the Gospel to Pop emergence of greats like Sam Cook and also Ray Charles who crossed over from Gospel....

Two mornings ago - I saw a rare sight - a white Pueo (Hawaiian Owl) - even rarer this beautiful bird was out in the sunlight...there it was leisurely on the side of the road just cruising as I made my drive from the Northshore through wahiawa to town for work.

I kinda had chicken skin about it...it didn't appear to be hurt - but still for some reason I felt guilty about not stopping to be sure it was okay...maybe it was feeding on road kill??? who knows...

surprises
had several of those this weekend...visitors, comments from out the blue, emotions stirring, more comments these from left field, and also emails...just finished watching the MTV Bash of Carson Daly - quite entertaining - there was also a lot of flesh in that show - including Jennifer Love Hewitt's very fake tan, Andy Dick as a PussY Cat girl and Mya giving a Wo- lap dance...when that was done the New Spidey toon started and its pretty good..great animations and the story has some good spin.