An Afternoon {Out of Office}

Today was a rare treat where I got to enjoy sunshine and outdoors in the middle of the day...in the middle of the week!

Still at the office - ready to go!

Two co-workers and I were meeting Boss1* and another co-worker at the game - they were attending CE class at the field!

Bright sunshine with no clouds! Truly a gift!

 

Twins field looking good!

 

Let's play ball!

Time for a theJob group shot before Boss1 left for Chicago

Group shot take 2

Group shot zoom

Let's Go Twins!

Heading out after the loss

Waiting for the bus, ready to head home.


*name changed to protect the innocent

TO DO List

My "oh, so exciting 100th post" was a TO DO list. Want to see the progress I've made?

What's in the works/done:

• Take a day off of work. Yah, I was sick so I had to take a day off...boo :( Our vacation/sick days are combined so it really stinks when I actually use a sick day.
• Finish my taxes. I've done what I can and have asked my dad to help me review them. Hopefully, I did it right!
• Go to doctor for routine checkup. Scheduled for next Tuesday!
• Sign up for individual health insurance. Application is completed!
• Prepare for PartyLite show. Gotta get on this! Party is Thursday!!

What's left:

• Order Internet cable
• Join a gym
• Go tanning
• Send out my "New Years" letter
• Start planning vacation time
• Buy new phone
• Install showerhead

More for the list

• Schedule eye exam

And of course, to stay focused:

• Debt Elimination: Destination 2011.

All I can say is I love crossing off items on a list!

100th post

Update 1/31/10: So I realized I left off a few things...I've added them below.

Well, my Dashboard says that this is my 100th post so I should probably make it a good one, eh? I have a "New Years" letter that I've been meaning to post, but I haven't actually mailed it to anyone except my immediate family so I'm going to hold off for a little while.


Speaking of getting things done, here are a few things I need to do in the next couple of weeks (in no particular order), but they should be done before the middle/end of February:

1. Order Internet cable - hooking up my cell phone to my computer for internet is just not cutting it anymore for me.
2. Take a day off of work.
3. Finish my taxes - I started, but stopped when I got to the point of entering my PartyLite stuff...this is out of my scope of knowledge. Hopefully I can dive in and figure it out soon...I'm eager for the return $$.
4. Join a gym.
5. Go tanning. I'm tired of Minnesota Winter White and need a little color in my world. Thought this would be a nice pick me up!
6. Send out my "New Years" letter...oh, I did mention that already, didn't I?
7. Go to doctor for routine checkup. Ok, so it's not routine for me, but they say it should be...
8. Sign up for individual health insurance. My company is not offering group insurance anymore. This is also the reason for #6. The new company is going to want to see some medical records and I don't have any since I've been in Minnesota.
9. Start planning vacation time: Trip to my parents (spring). Trip to Jake & Meg's to see Baby Jake (late summer). Trip to ______? Got any ideas?
10. Prepare for PartyLite show for a friend this next week & work on planning my own PartyLite show. Who want's to come to my house for a party?!
11. Buy new phone. Found out this weekend that mine has problems. I was able to fix them, I think, but it makes me nervous! Especially since this is my only source of telecommunication with the outside world. Maybe I should look into a land line...?
12. Install showerhead I got for free from Xcel Energy...they sent me a survey by mistake and I still go the free showerhead for turning in the survey!
13. Debt Elimination Destination 2011. This won't happen in Feburary obviously, so I think I'll blog on that more at a later date. I'm putting it on this list b/c I want to keep it in focus! I'm soooo close, but I have to stay focused!!

So what's on your TO DO list?

i know insurance

Some may know that I have been taking classes to get my insurance license, but did you know that I also took an intro to insurance class about 7 years ago? It's hard to believe but I began my career in the insurance world even longer ago than that! One of my summer temp jobs during college was working for an insurance company. I don't remember the name of the company now (1995 was a long time ago!), but it was a local agency in Garden City, KS that had doubled in size in the previous 2 years. At the time I seriously considered dropping out of college to work for them. It seems that I've come full cirle now: I passed my test this morning! I can now get a MN insurance license.

My current employer paid for the classes and license as part of my job goals for 2008. Furthering my education is one thing that I appreciate about my job.