not the merriest?

the past two years I didn't so much as put a tree or a wreath up. This year I helped Johnna decorate her tree but still..christmas loses it's fun without a big family i think. If i had children of my own I'd have a good time. Instead it seems like a chore to get gifts for other people. I was thrilled when my boss (DJ Sterby) said on air at least twice that he was souped about the gifts I gave him. Naturally it was a case of 40s hah. $25 was worth it. I'd like to think I am good at giving gifts. I am most excited for gifts I haven't even given yet...I got my brother a bottle of meritage red wine. He got me a bottle of Vodka...i'm not a big vodka drinker so I'm probably gonna save it for Gaspee Days, maybe start a collection for people to make drinks with. Already I'm looking forward to the summer, nevermind New Years' (even though I'm goin silly thinkin of ideas for that night too) because I am not a fan of xmas..I also started saying "xmas" because I'm lazy. I went to midnight mass to see my bro, and I was just really annoyed with the holiday. Not sure why. well I do. but I'm over it. wah wah wee wah. Here comes '09 and I vow to make 365 entries with more photos etc. Should be grande. or a lot worse, hah...

365 Days to a better year

Every year people vow to make this year the best year of their live. I vow that the next year be better than the last, because I almost hope to never reach the point of my best point of my life. I can pin point my lowest parts of my life but I vow to make positive steps daily towards an amazing 2009. What are those steps? I'm not sure, but they will include the little things that I can control yet are easily put off. Loosely put, I'll watch my father an do the opposite..not to be mean towards him, but I'll use his actions as inspiration. I noticed today when my neighbor Beth and her sister Katie came over to borrow a simple staple gun...took my father about 20 minutes (when we chatted about how my father has changed :/ ) to find and another 10 to get the staples. Why we don't have a Christmas tree is that my brother's belongings are in the dining room and my father has..well too much crap. Anyhow, it'll work for me...with 365 posts on this blog next year (unless it's a leap year..but I don't think it is) I'll have an amazing 2oo9!

Now I freak

So I heard all this talk of the econmy doing poorly and I didn't freak much. I was very carefree or "meh" about it all. When I left Best Buy I said I'll go somewhere else, and I did. I pretty much broke even going for my Insurance License and ordering business cards etc. Still keeping my $8/hr at the liquor store I still had money. I still saved for a rainy day. I've been investing since I was 12 after my great aunt Alice left me some money. Today however I saw that I need some money so I called Travis, my financial advisor over at Ameriprise. His response was "i got laid off mike sorry, here is Dan's number..talk to his assistant Maggie' What the fuck..That isn't a good sign of the economy. At least for me. I'm going to try a $50 a week budget and see where that lands me..I'm freakin out man