ooh we saw three MINI's at lunch today. I saw one this morning on the way in. It must be get in your MINI and drive day! Too bad I have choir tonight.

tomorrow is National Poetry day.

last night i did something i've never done before...
I bought clothes at old navy. yes. and then i bought a pair of tennis shoes. What is the world coming to? Next thing you know I'll buy a computer and get a boyfriend. ;)

Goal:Write more songs

Short-term goal: Write two songs by the end of September

AHHHHHHHH! Why am i having such a hard time doing this????

Step 1: Choose two topics for songs

Song one:
Step 2: Write lyrics
Step 3: Sing a melody without instruments
Step 4: Take the melody and put some piano chords to it


Song two:
Step 2: Pick a riff/lick from the cassette tape
Step 3: Sing a melody, making up words
Step 4: Take the melody and write the words

Financial Goals: Part 1

GOAL: Aggressively save $3600 for an emergency savings fund.

Start: $639.45

December 2004: +543.21 Total: $1,182.66
January 2005: +543.21 Total: $1,726.20
February 2005: +343.21 Total: $2,069.41 - but this will go down when i pay Uncle Sam and car insurance. (yay, emergency fund is living up to its name!)
March 2005: -($1,056.17) Total: $1,013.24
April 2005: +383.56 Total: $1,396.80
May 2005: +275.59 Total: $1,672.39
June 2005: +424.93 Total: $2,097.32
July 2005: (-$276.63) Down this month cause I had to pay deposit on the rent. Total: $1,820.69
August 2005 (-$98.72) Down again for the first month's rent and buying a computer Total $1,721.97
Sept. 2005 + $425.74 Total: $2,147.71
Oct. 2005 +$146.55 Total: $2,294.29
Nov 2005 +$186.18 Total: $2,480.47
Dec 2005 +$411.03 Total: $2,891.50
Jan 2006 +$259.73 Total: $3,151.23

Goal: Watch the sunset once a month through the summer

Places to watch the sun set
Edgewater Park
Lakeview cemetery
Park at the edge of MLK
E 9th st pier

To Do:

May: watch the sun set
- 5/4 birthday - went to edgewater, it was cold and the sunset wasn't pretty. but i will return.
- 5/28 - pretty sunset at edgewater. only caught the last 15 minutes. the lake was wonderfully choppy. was worried some guy was going to throw me into the lake, but he just asked me out.

June: watch the sun set
- i failed to watch a complete sunset this month. i did watch parts of it from my bedroom though. oh well, start again in july.

July: watch the sun set
- ugh. no sunsets this month either. was i so put off by that guy that i won't watch the sun set again?

August: watch the sun set
- no sunsets

September: watch the sun set
- Sept 2 - I've decided to remove this as a goal. I think my initial reasons for setting this goal were to get to Edgewater and explore it. I did that. And I do look at the sky nearly every night when the sun sets.