Memorial Day

Veloster

I went to test drive the Hyundai Veloster today. It is a nice car. I'm not sure if I want to get it though. I want to look at some more cars before I make my decision.

The dealer I went to today tried to give it to me up the pooper. I'll be going over the hill to see if I can't get a better deal.

The Word

I went to my mom's church for Bible study tonight. It was okay. I'm not used to that style of teaching. It was a little light on scripture. I prefer lots of scripture. It's the only part of going to church I love. Reading God's word.

Time for another car.

My car just died for the final time. I will have to get another car this weekend. I can't do anything without a car.

My oil thingee busted and I don't have circulating on my engine parts. If I drive this car any further, I will kill the engine for good. Dang. Makes me wish I had sold this car a year ago instead of holding on to it. You snooze you lose.

Battleship

I went to see Battleship today. It was a decent movie. It wasn't as good as The Avengers but it was entertaining.

It looks like there will be many great movies this summer. I've got at least five on my list of must sees.

Bowling

I went out tonight with a couple of folks from my meetup group. We had fun. I discovered I don't like bowling and pool is only fun when I'm playing someone I can't play.

Sadly, I don't have pictures of my meal or any of our games.

Untitled

As you can see from the number of pictures I have on my blog, I spend a lot of time in my car. I don't have anything to blog about. I've been unmotivated to do much of anything.

Happy Mother's Day

Santa Monica

I took my mom trikking at the beach in Santa Monica. Not the best bike lane for riding. There were too many people walking on the bike lanes.

Then we had lunch at BP Oysterette. I had the grilled hangar steak and my mom had the lobster mac and cheese. With much regret, I did not get a picture of my steak and I suppose it was because it wasn't much to look at but it sure was good. My mom's lobster Mac and cheese wasn't that great but I has something to do with the fact that I don't like paste and I'm not a fan of lobster. Sadly, I didn't get pics of her food either.

After finishing my steak I found myself still hungry, so I ordered a side of garlic spinach. It was good much like my steak. I'll have to eat there again so I can take pictures of my meal.

We were enemies

Scripture

Gaining weight

I was 119 pounds this past Thursday, today I'm 124 pounds. That's five pounds in six days. I'm hoping this is just that time of the month weight.

I shouldn't be gaining weight so quickly because I had a bout of food poisoning or something and have been running to the bathroom a lot since Sunday morning. Saturday was spring tea at my church and the menu was not primal at all.

That rice looking stuff is quinoa with raisins. It wasn't good. There was more bread that meat on the sandwich. The whole meal was cold. I prefer my meals to taste like it had once had a pulse.

I want to say it was incorporating the grains and gluten into my diet that got my tummy upset but I won't know anything until I get a chance to see the ladies tomorrow. If they had the same issues then I can say it was the food.

Opening weekend

I'll never go see another movie on opening weekend. They told us to be at the theatre an hour and a half before the movie started. So we ended up standing in line forever. Ave gets better be good.

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Asking God

One of the hardest things to do is to rely on someone else. I didn't grow up with much family around, do I learned from an early age if my mom or my dad couldn't help me, I was on my own. I wish I had known about God when I was younger. I probably would have learned how to rely on Him to do the things I needed help with.

The good news is, I have Him now and I can turn to Him and ask him for anything I want (or need). I'm going to be honest though, I still forget to go to Him first. Now the good news, He's very forgiving and it is never too late to put all my trust in Him. I'm going to bed now.

Proverbs

I made the decision to write out the book of Proverbs. Not sure what I'll accomplish, but I noticed when I wrote out Romans, I meditated more on the text. I noticed things that I wouldn't have noticed during my normal reading.

I don't have much to say. That's been my issue for a while now. I'm going to bed. Good night.

Shopping

I just had to get the outfit pictured above. Of course, it looks much better on the model than on me. I'm a little chunky or at least I feel that way.

I need to get my hair curled. I need to get in touch with E.

Stewed collard green with chorizo

I counsel with my uplink tomorrow. I need to get a few things together tonight before I go to bed so I will be prepared tomorrow.

I made a new dish but I don't line it very much. It's hard to explain but the after taste of this dish is much better than the initial taste.

I'll post pics tomorrow of this dish, but in the meantime here is the link to the recipe.

Darts

I got my but kicked tonight playing darts. I have to make a rule to not play prior military, especially if they've been stationed in Korea.

Zimmerman/Martin vs Taylor/unknown assailant

I went to the Blvd today to donate some money to Nathan Taylor's family to help with burial expenses.

A senseless killing. Unlike the Trayvon Martin killing, deaths of black men at the hands of other black men are the norm. Not that pice have arrested Taylor's killers but I'm willing to bet the perpetrators were black.

You won't see Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton putting up a fuss over this. According to them, angry gun-toting white men are still mowing black folks down in record numbers.

Questions and prospecting

I have to go out tonight and get at least 1 name and number so I will have someone to come to the plan Friday night. I need to be asking people everyday but lately I’ve been scared to. Note to self, never stop when you have the momentum. I had momentum two weeks ago but my bad habits crept back. What’s so bad about asking people a simple question? All I need is one answer and then I can move on to the next person. Five people a day. That’s not a lot. Thirty-five people a week. I can do this. I can do this. Freedom depends on it.

I have to remember Thomas Edison. 10,000 attempts at the light bulb before he got it right. If I don't make it before 9,999, then it doesn't work. I've got to get the number higher on my tally.

Franklin 13-prospecting and questions

The Blvd

Hanging out on the Blvd again. I really like it here. Now that the weather is nice, people are out and about and absolutely friendly.

I have a feeling our summer is going to be less mild this year.

Well I'm going to enjoy my meal with my friend.

Too sleepy to blog

Stood up

I was stood up again! Urgh!! The second time in two weeks. But it was an innocent mistake. The plumber came and he needed to get the issue fixed as the plumbing issue hadn't been fixed the first two times.

The only thing I can do us work on my rejection quota. I'm not sure why I have such a hard time asking a simply question. I haven't had anyone become irate or rude. I need to remember that when I'm out and about.

I got 4 rejections and couldn't bring myself to go for the fifth. I decided I would enjoy myself since the weather was so nice.

Tired as I don't know what

Slots

I hate casinos. They stink. I don't get the point in gambling. Why not just build a business and make some money instead of dropping money into a slot machine in hopes of winning some money?

Friday

Leadership weekend has started and I'm waiting for tonight's speaker to start speaking.

I'm still feeling the effects of making the drive to Vegas 4 days this week. It didn't seem like I would ever get here.

Don't want to be friends....

I understand now why I'm so bothered by the guy standing me up. It wasn't that he no showed, it was because of his attitude that if I wasn't looking for a relationship, then he didn't want anything to do with me at all. I hate the fact he pretended to be interested in the business opportunity just to get next to me. There was nothing in my approach that said I'm looking for a man.

It was kind of messed up, but I've done that before myself. Why bother getting to know someone you are attracted to and like them to only find out they probably won't ever like you back?

In my situation a few years ago, I found myself liking a guy who would never like me back. I couldn't stop thinking about him. Not healthy. I was a lot pissed that he implied he wouldn't mind sleeping with me though I wasn't Jessica Alba enough to date. Plus, I wanted to sever ties with a third person but I didn't want to tell the guy to choose between a friendship with her and a friendship with me. So, I took myself out of the picture, wished him all the best, and never spoke to him again.

Ending my friendship with him was messed up on my part (or was it?) but if he knew I didn't want to be friends with her, I didn't understand why he kept bringing her up. I had nothing good or bad to say about her (actually I had lots of bad to say about her but I wasn't going to say anything to him), so when he brought her up, I simply said "That's nice." and changed the subject.

I wasn't sure if he was trying to mend a friendship that wasn't meant to be between her and I but I wasn't having that and for reasons I don't feel like getting into today.

But I wish I could go back in time and do it all over again. I would simply say to him, "Look, I don't like her, she's too negative, and I don't want to ever talk to her again so don't bring her up." And then I would tell him to go to hell for thinking so little of me for implying I'm good enough to screw but not good enough for a relationship.

I guess in the end, that friendship wasn't meant to be. But I would have handled it differently. See?

Sleeping

Modern Girl

I don't like Modern Girl. I'm an old fashion girl and like to be wined and dined. This game makes the girl pay for the date. Also, it encourages unnecessary spending. For example, every time I earn some cash, the game tells me to buy new clothes. Obviously, this game doesn't promote responsible spending and saving for retirement.

No showed

I was no showed tonight. I guess this guy wasn't looking to make any money after all. Oh well. Practice makes perfect.

Easter

I won't be blogging today. I'll definitely post something tomorrow.

Rest

5

I didn’t get my five rejections last night. I was so tired (excuse), I wasn’t sure I would be able to have the enthusiasm I would need to show anything. Plus, I just wanted to go home and sleep but even after getting home, I still did not get to sleep right away. I had to read my book and post something to my blog.

I am very proud of myself for my performance on Tuesday. I spoke to a total of 8 people and got 5 NOs, 1 Yes, and 2 NO comprendes. I showed 3 opportunities. I got 5 NOs tonight. No excuses. It was windy and I was able to get home before the sun set. It was nice. I ended up getting 1 phone number. The more I spoke with her, the less I liked her. But I will call her anyway. I can experiment. I wonder how many NOs I can get from her?

50bucks

I went to my dentist to get replacement heads for my sonic care and they wanted to charge me $50. I found the same heads on amazon for $47 and I got 5 brushes instead of three.

Smile

First of the month

I completely forgot sharp people avoid Walmart or any other huge discount store the first of the month.

I must remember that the next time u go to Walmart. They didn't have what I was looking for so I will have to go to my dentist to get replacement brushes for my Sonicare.

I must get some sleep.

April Fool's

21

Don't feel like blogging tonight. This is a picture of my dart score. I'm pretty good at darts. I suppose it is because I played darts a lot when I was in Korea.

Resolve

Here's what I did right today:
1. Read my Bible
2. Read Psalm 91
3. Read personal affirmation
4. Read faith card
5. Read 15 pages of success principle book
6. Listened to CDs.
7. Prayed

I got distracted today. Instead of going out and meeting new people (which is part of my Franklin 13), I went to my friend's house to say hello to his wife and play with their baby girl.

She is a cutie and so creamy and chunky. I can't imagine what it's like to have to leave her every morning. I've got to be like a pit bull in a dog fight to get this thing done. I'm not married and I don't have children but when I get married, I want my husband and I to be able to be full-time parents.

I want other couples to have that, too. If I can help people have a better life, then that's my mission.

A march in March

Here's what I did right today:

1. Read my Bible
2. Read Psalm 91
3. Read personal affirmation
4. Read 15 pages of success principle book
5. Listened to CDs
6. Prayed

I'm not doing so good on my Franklin 13. I need to add my Franklins to my to do list. This week's Franklin 13 is Resolve. I couldn't bring myself to approach 5 people. There was some kind of march in remembrance of Trayvon Martin.

I lost my mood and just wanted to walk around. And as usual, the Thug couldn't resist saying something to me. I wish I were a much meaner person sometimes as I would have the guy take a picture of himself with a smartphone with a front facing camera and tell him to look at the picture while I describe what I see when I look at him. What do I see? A chronically unemployed, want to be a baby daddy instead of husband, one incredibly stupid decision away from prison THUG. A compliment coming from his sort is not a compliment.

I'm done with my rant.

Movies and daily goals

I didn't write about what I did right yesterday. I still did most of what I've set out to do daily, I just didn't write about it. The good thing is, I have other ways of keeping metrics on my progress other than my blogs.

To continue blogging my progress, today I:

1. read my Bible daily
2. read Psalm 91
3. read 15 pages of success principles book
4. read my faith card
5. prayed
6. read my personal affirmation
7. Listened to CDs

Still dropping the ball on approaching 5 people a day and Kate. But not bad. I need to work on my questions. Write them all out and figure out when to use each one.

Now, about The Hunger Games, it was a good movie. I was surprised by the plot. I went into the movie not knowing what it was about and was surprised I wax entertained. It was somewhat disturbing because it was young people having to go through that, but as time passes more and more sinister things will happen in the world.

I must retire and get my sleep. I have a long drive tomorrow.

Trayvon Martin

Not sure what all the fuss is over the Trayvon Martin case, but it is yet another example of what's wrong in the black community (the BC).

One crazy white man kills a teenaged black kid and the BC goes into an uproar. Mean while, everyday in this country a teenaged black kid will be killed at the hands of another teenaged black kid. But you won't hear the BC get upset over that. As long as they kill each other they don't have issues but let a white man kill one of them and all hell breaks loose.

It's just like Muslims getting upset because someone like Glenn Beck uses Muslim and terrorist in the same sentence but when a Muslim suicide bomber actually attempts to blow something up, you don't hear a peep from Muslims.

I don't like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. I think they create more problems than they've ever helped solve. They make every case about racism. Even if Zimmerman is the newest blood thirsty racist, it doesn't change the fact that the number one killer of black men is black men. Where's the racism in that? Why are Jackson and Sharpton protesting about that? Why do they jump on the rare incidences instead of jumping on the common occurrences?

Franklin 13

Here's what I did right today:

1. Read my Bible
2. Read my personal affirmation
3. Read 15 pages of success principle book
4. Listened to CDs
5. Read faith card
6. Prayed
7. Read Psalm 91

I felt really congested today. My sinuses made it impossible to feel enthusiastic about anything. Enthusiasm was last week's Franklin 13. This week's Franklin 13 is resolution. I need to "Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve." I'm not sure I have complete understanding of this Franklin 13 but I will need to get rejected 5 times tomorrow or die trying. It should be easy. Increasing my NOs gets me closer to my YESes.

Colds and such

I went to the movies with a friend last night. We saw The Hunger Games. It was a good movie. A little twisted seeing children kill each other.

I've been in bed all day with a cold. I hate being sick.

Now back to what I did right today.

1. Read my Bible
2. Read Psalm 91
3. Listened to CDs
4. Read 15 pages of success principle book
5. Prayed
6. Read faith card
7. Read personal affirmation
8. Made 1 phone call.

I don't know if my prospect was serious about seeing the business opportunity, but I got her voice mail.

I should have practiced what I was going to say in case I got her voice mail.

I must get going tomorrow on getting rejected. I'll be in the mall tomorrow meeting up with some singles. I hope I have fun.

Rejection Saga

Here's my progress for today:

1. Read my Bible
2. Read my faith card (only once, should be reading three times a day).
3. Read 15 pages of success principle book.
4. Read Psalm 91
5. Listened to CDs
6. Read personal affirmation.
7. Approached three people-got two NOs and one YES.

Still having a hard time being bold.

I practiced my smile today at church. I was a greeter and someone noticed I handed out the programs with a smile. I also remembered the name of someone I met in church a while back. I remembers her name because she has Sisterlocks.

I also managed to get the names of two new people at church. Sanford and Gwen. Easy to remember not sure if I'll remember their faces as it was some what dark and I couldn't see the details of their faces.

What I did right

Here's a run down of what I did right today:

1. I read my Holy Bible.
2. I read Psalm 91
3. I read personal affirmations
4. Read 15 pages of success principle book.
5. Read faith card.
6. Prayed.
7. Listened to CDs

Not bad. I need to improve this. I still need to Kate and get my five rejections. Once I master this list, I'll be on my way to retirement in no time.

I lost my temper though and I wasn't remotely enthusiastic about much of anything. I need to get more sleep during the week and eat before going to bed if I fast during the day.

Rejection at the farmer's market

I approached two persons today. Both said NO. I was tired and couldn't muster the energy I needed to continue.

One lady had been involved with Visalus. She said she didn't have it in her to sell or approach people. The second person(s) was a couple. I wish I had typed their names. I wasn't impressed with the guy. He doesn't mind pimping his wife. Married for 5 years she is a nurse or trying to be and he works for his dad's business.

Then I met D. He owns a stand and wants to branch out in the future. The perfect candidate for building a business. I will have to stop by next week and get rejected by him.

I need to work on my questions. I need to work on being bolder. I think I'll go to the mall Saturday. Or Trikke down Lancaster Blvd.

Tired of blogging already

I can't believe I'm burned out on blogging! It seems when you have to stop for a few days, it's hard to get back into it. I must find the time to get some good posts up. I'm sick of posting pictures. This ain't no photo journal.