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 |   The Good Life. |
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree . But that's just my resume. My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress. ![Merit Badge in Music
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To a dear friend whose talent for writing music is sensational. May you have a fabulous New Year, (((Brandi)))!!! *^*Kiss*^*
Big hugs,
Sherri *^*Heart*^*](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/genre-Music-1050.gif) ![Merit Badge in Organization
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I don't know how you do it, but I assume there's magic involved *^*Bigsmile*^* I have really enjoyed this month of planning and preparation for NaNoWriMo and I love how organized it all is. Thank you for hosting a great challenge and for your dedication to helping so many of us prepare with confidence and trepidation for National Novel Writing Month (known to sane folks as 'November' *^*Laugh*^*) at your [Link To Item #1474311]](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Organization-1150.gif) ![Merit Badge in Leadership
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For your hard work, commitment, talent and innovation in running the October NaNoWriMo Preparation each year, which helps many of us get our scattered thoughts together for November's novel-writing. And also because this badge has ducks on it.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Leadership.gif) |
| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 152.0 Meals: 10:30am Three strips turkey bacon (2) and fiber toast (0.5) with butter (2) 12:30pm Fiber PopTart (3) and chai (1) 1:30pm Chai (1) 2:30pm NutriGrain bar (2.5) and chai (1) 4:30pm Double granola bar (3.5) 6:00pm Chai (1) Launch one new Potbelly song per week.  Goal met.Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR].Post at WordPress at least once per week. Pending... crap. Uh... I'm not sure when I'll squeeze this in... damn it, maybe I'll just highlight my instrumental music for my Tesla lyrics that I still don't have, Robert Waltz  . I have to go to work today, as in Abbott, so there's no chance to record anything new.  I completely forgot about this yesterday.Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Pending. Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Actually, no. I tried to do this after the party last night, but I ended up zonking after less than a page. Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. |
| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 150.6 Exercise: Meals: 8:45am Egg, cheese, turkey bacon on fiber wheat (5.5) 9:15am Cinnamon bread (2) and coffee (.5) 10:30am Cinnamon bread (2), double chocolate bread (2), and coffee (.5) 12:00pm Three pretzels with Nutella (1) 1:00pm NutriGrain bar (2.5) 1:45pm Fiber PopTart (3) 6:00pm Party at Christie's house: 10-15 "hint of lime" tortilla chips, 5-10 chili cheese Fritos, a bratwurst with mustard (no bread!), slews of raw veggies, ~1/4 cup potato salad, ~1/2 cup tomato and mozz salad, 3 triscuits with cheese dip, a medium-sized iced brownie, a small lemon bar, a mini cherry tart, and two coconut martinis.  Launch one new Potbelly song per week. Goal met.Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR].Post at WordPress at least once per week. Pending... I need to do this today. Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Goal met.Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met.Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. I can't believe it's almost June. |
| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 150.6 Exercise: Meals: 8:30am Egg, cheese, turkey bacon on fiber wheat (5) 8:45am Two pretzels with Nutella (1) 9:15am Coffee (1) 2:15pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 2:30pm Tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2) 5:00pm McDonald's ice cream cone (3) 5:15pm Three pretzels and one tortilla chip with cheese sauce (1) 8:00pm Ice cream cupcake (4) 9:30pm Carrots (1) 10:00pm V8 (1) Launch one new Potbelly song per week. Goal met.Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR].Post at WordPress at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Goal met.Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met.Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. Crazy busy day today. May not get much done besides - you know - the stuff people pay me for.  |
| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 151.2 Exercise: Meals: 10:30am Raisin English muffin (2.5) with butter (2) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7) 2:15pm Oatmeal raisin cookie (4?) 2:30pm Tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2) 4:30pm Chai (1) 7:00pm Fiber granola bar (2) 9:00pm Chai (1) 10:00pm Fiber PopTart (3) Launch one new Potbelly song per week. Goal met.Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met: "The Butterfly Stone" (ezine) and "How Soda Is Made" (print magazine) are pending.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR]. This song hasn't had a lot of views or any comments, and I'm interested in feedback! {e:prettyplease} If I haven't said this before, I want honest feedback. That goes for everything I write or compose.Post at WordPress at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Goal met. This was actually met yesterday, and I forgot to mention. I wrote an article for Textbroker worth $15.26 on Wednesday, which was accepted by the client yesterday, so, woo-hoo! I wrote another two articles worth $5.60 apiece yesterday; one has been accepted, and the other is pending acceptance.I've also been "Leapfrogging" my articles at Helium to try and boost my score. I've had a couple rejected, which bummed me out because it looked like my only shot at fixing an article. However, help@helium.com informs me that I can try again after seven days. I'm thinking about doing an end-of-month push to get a bunch of Helium articles written, but I'm just not sure when. Textbroker seems like the easier way to earn money. It's small money, but I've found a couple articles that were easy to write. For any considering checking it out, be aware that it's basically a ghost writing service. The client posts a request for an article with the offered price, you sign up for the job, you write the article, the client either accepts or rejects your article, and if it's accepted, you get paid the offer price. At that point, the article is no longer yours. The client owns the rights. Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met. I started Midnight Hours by Vivian  . Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. I finally spoke with the General Manager at the other Potbelly, and starting next week I'm picking up two additional shifts per week! So now I'm playing Potbelly five days a week. That's good for my budget.  ** Image ID #1508520 Unavailable ** 
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| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 150.2 Exercise: Meals: 9:30am Egg, cheese, and turkey bacon on fiber wheat toast (5.5) 10:45am Double chocolate cookie (4?) and tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2) 1:45pm Skinny roast beef (7) 5:00pm Chai (1) 7:00pm Chai (1) 9:30pm Steak-n-Shake Pepperjack Melt (?) and kid-size banana shake (?) Launch one new Potbelly song per week. Goal met. Today I launched "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Black Velvet," and "You Shook Me All Night Long." I'd say that makes up for missing a new song last week. Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met with a short story submission to a fantasy ezine earlier this month, and I also submitted a children's article yesterday! I found "forever" stamps that I forgot I had and tried to use my mailbox. We'll see if it works. Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR] Two additional songs in progress.Post at WordPress at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Pending. Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met. I finished the first Elizabeth Peters book that MaryLou  sent me. I like her. She's an intellectual writer with a sharp wit and a decent knack for suspense.Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. Potbelly took my amplifier away, and they're running me through the PA like they used to, which just makes me a little less visible and more like background. It's a little disappointing, but I'm going to see if I can buy that amp for a really good price. I'm the only one who's really touched it. And now that the piano tuner is done, it's time to try to get ahold of the other Potbelly again and see if I can pick up extra shifts.  |
| GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09. Weight: 150.0 Exercise: Meals: 9:30am One egg (2) and three strips turkey bacon (2) 10:00am Coffee (1) 11:00am Coffee (1) 11:30am Raisin English muffin (2) with butter (2) 12:15pm Deli turkey (2) 2:30pm PB&J on fiber wheat (4) 3:30pm Chai (1) 5:15pm Fiber PopTart (3) 7:00pm Tea with creamer (1) 8:00pm Fiber PopTart (3) 10:15pm Tea with creamer (1) Launch one new Potbelly song per week. Fail. Launch one new Praise Band song per month. Goal met.Submit one short story/article per month. Goal met.Write one new original song per month. Goal met: "Inside These Walls" [ASR] Two additional songs in progress. Post at WordPress at least once per week. Goal met.Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week. Pending, though I wrote another "Leapfrog" for Helium, which means I submitted an edited article to replace an existing article. My last two were "rejected" and it's pissing me off, so let's see if this one takes. Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch" [E] every day.No activity. Complete and edit "Poor Witch" [E] by 6/30/09.In progress. Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day. Goal met.Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09. In progress. On a related note, I'm going to have a nephew in October! That's related because (1) I make infant formula, and (2) I have almost all my vacation scheduled for the year to teach lessons, but I forgot to save vacation to go see my new nephew!  I need to figure that out.Or just go after I resign in December. |
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