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12 Hr Live Event

July 17, 2009 by MJ Schrader

“Love Rockstar -

Vanquish Your Demons” tour

* * 12 Hour Love

Cleanse Virtual LIVE Event * *

… a “Do Not Miss” online happening!


Ticketsm

Twitter Tag #LoveRockstar

Hosted by MJ Schrader

10 am Central time to 10 pm Central time

USTREAM.tv/channel/LoveRockstar

Vanquish your demons and

let your inner rockstar shine!


♥ Lots of  Interviews

♥ Prizes

♥ Giveaway (currently over $5000 worth for everyone who joins the newsletter)

♥ Drawings

♥ Live Chat

♥ Questions and Answers

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!

It’s 12 hours! You know you can make it for at least a little while!

Interviewees include

* Ann Collins * Kim Burney * Maggie Muldoon * Mark Horn * Martha Giffen * Paul McIntosh * Trapper Sherwood * Twenty Twenty * Wendy G Young *

Gifts from

* Joe Vitale * Wendi Friesen * Ryan Higgins * Trapper Sherwood *Amy Scott Grant * Tony Laidig * Karen L Kay * Dave Issacs and Aaron Leighton * and Kat Leavitt * Wendy G Young * MJ Schrader *

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Advice and prizes needed

July 12, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Public Announcement

On July 20th, I will be doing a 12 hour radio marathon. (Why? Because I said so that’s why… oh sorry, wrong response… a few people know; but on July 20th EVERYONE WILL) During that time, there will be contests with prizes given away each hour. Everyone who signs up with my newsletter (previously) or anytime before July 21st will get a bunch of free gifts. You can ask me questions live! There will be live interviews. And the last time to get into Rockstar Masterminds at just $9.70 for the first month.

Well, it is time to practice asking again. I am still learning to ask for help, but getting better. And anyone who helps, gives a prize, a give-away or an interview will be announced on Twitter, there will be a thank you for you and your website on Facebook, and on three blogs. Great way to add some publicity!

I NEED (prefer self-improvement / change related)

  • Prizes for hourly contests
  • Give-aways for everyone who joins my newsletter
  • People to interview – limitations: must be someone who knows me, been on my blog before and is willing to talk about changes and self-improvement.
  • AND THE BIGGEST THING – ADVICE

PRIZES
Prizes will be given away in contest form.  The contests will be semi-spur of the moment unless you have a particular contest you want.  Each contest will have some sort of publicity spin.

GIVEAWAYS
Give-aways will only be offered for people who join the newsletter before July 21st.  Those people will have a week to download their gifts before that page will be removed.  If you want your give-away to be with the interview product let me know.  If you want your give-away to remain as a gift for my subscribers, again let me know.

INTERVIEWS:
Interviews will be recorded and become part of a product later, so more publicity!

ADVICE
I have never interviewed anyone, never done a talk show before, hosted a prize contest, or promoted a give-away. Lots to learn, in a week. I haven’t figured out which radio show will let me do 12 hours straight, plus I will have at least one interview that will be prerecorded. 2 hours will be live on Ustream.

So any advice on how to interview someone?
Which Radio format will allow me to do 12 hours straight?
How can I play the prerecorded interview(s)?
Is there anything you would like for me to do during the 12 hours?
Do I need mic? I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Will anyone care that there is cat tree in the background during the video?
Does anyone know how to add an extra week between now and July 20th?
What is the best way to record the whole event? (It will be a product later)
Is there anything else I should know?

Does anyone know why I agree to this????  Must keep looking at looking at my book which has “DON’T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters” Which book is it?

CONTACT ME

If you have any of the above, please comment below, DM me on Twitter or even email me mj_schrader at yahoo dot com.

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Mastermind Quiz

July 10, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Rockstar Masterminds are opening soon, and you don’t want to miss out on this life changing opportunity.  But perhaps you are unsure if a Mastermind group can help you.  Perhaps you don’t know if Masterminds are what you need.

Answer this quick quiz and you can decide for yourself!  Add a comment below if you are excited and want to know immediately when the Mastermind groups start!   ~ MJ

Rate yourself on a scale of 1 (not at this time) to 5 (Yes, absolutely):

___ Do you want to reach or exceed your goals?

___ Do you have the desire and inspiration to make this year extraordinary?

___ Are you ready to create more focus in your life and business?

___ Are you willing to ask for help? Or are willing to learn how to ask for help?

___ Are you ready to grow personally and professionally?

___ Are you ready to overcome your fear of change and be passionate about your life & work?

___ Do you want a supportive and encouraging team of mastermind partners?

___ Are you willing to explore diverse views within a small group?

___ Are you ready to make a shift from settling for the ordinary life to one that reaches new levels?

___ Are you willing to invest the means necessary; time, emotion, willpower, money, energy etc… into creating the life and business you want?

___ Are you willing to invest the means necessary; time, emotion, willpower, money, energy etc… into taking better care of yourself?

___ Are you ready to learn from your peers?

___ Are you willing to be supportive, provide privacy, safety and encouragement when others share what genuinely matters to them?

___ Are you willing to give as much as you receive?

___ Are you committed to attending and participating regularly via telephone meetings?

Your Score ___

If your score is:

  • 15 to 30: Take a look at yourself and ask yourself if you are ready to create the life, the business and relationships you want. Ask yourself what would be the first thing you’d like to change.

  • 31 to 49: You are ready to take control of your life, career and personal success. Ask yourself what goals would you like to achieve. A mastermind group can help you create the strategy and actions for moving forward.

  • 50 to 75: You are probably already moving forward on designing the life and business you want and deserve. Belonging to a mastermind group can help you in areas where you are stuck so you can move across the finish line.

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What you want to be

June 10, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Some try to tell me,
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be,
You will be in the end

~~ Nights in White Satin ~~ Moody Blues

Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend:
Sunday, went to my old church. I’ve attended a few times recently after several years absence. This Sunday they ask about my past job. They want me to be church bookkeeper. “We’ll have to work on her.” Well, I am no longer a bookkeeper, nor a tax preparer. The priest tells me about the newer computer they have. I don’t do bookkeeping, not for fees especially not for free.

This is followed shortly by “So what do you do now?” I am a consultant and writer. “What do you write about?” or “What kind of consulting?” Starting some Mastermind groups, helping people find the love within and build their business. They look at me like I am crazy. If I answer the writing question, I get a similar look.

My accounting degree was because “you’re good with math” and “you have to get a degree so you can get a job.”  I didn’t believe in jobs at 7, yet a job pays bills was the logic. Accounting is not math. Employers didn’t like ideas that were creative. Men that called me pretty, didn’t like that I was smart.  Is it that strange that my fingernails are long, I like paintball, SciFi, cartoons, roses, and being treated like a lady? But I pretended to be assimilated.

This has been my problem for many years. For 5 years I have wanted to build a business online, yet the offline world looks at me like I am crazy. Twitter and Facebook are helping me build an online circle that helps me know that I can succeed with what my heart desires. My seemingly random tastes are not that uncommon. Besides which I learned how to break out of the mold & swallowed the red pill. I know the truth.

Just what you want to be, You will be in the end
So while they look at me strange, it pushes me farther into the truth. For over 30 years I have complied with what the majority wanted and expected of me. People called me shy as a kid, when I was introspective. Yet, I believed their label for years. I assimilated. Problem is I am not a Borg. Yes, I am a geek by referring to Matrix and Star Trek, still not a Borg.

I am the one and only me. A geek teaching people how to love themselves. Labels are confining but I like geek. In that thought a joke came up, Love Rockstar, it sounds contradictory and makes me smile. I like it. I wrote a flaming letter to my church. Because I will be me, not a shy little bookkeeper, but the Love Rockstar with varied crazy tastes and not afraid to share hugs.

Love
~~MJ
Love Rockstar

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Butterfly in Waiting

June 8, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Last week I wrote an emotional blog.  To all those who left comments.  Thank you.  Those both touched me, and helped me realize I am on the right path.  Yet, even as I was asking forgiveness for not having done anything, I am still trying to forgive myself. 12 years later, and have not forgiven myself for having lost my only child… Also for the 5 or so years I’ve tried to build a business online, and haven’t yet. Change does not happen over night, no matter how much we want.

A caterpillar is a butterfly in waiting. Thus is life. Thus it is with you, with me, and with everyone in the world.

This week my focus changed. Well, has and hasn’t. After years, I resolved to make it without a j.o.b. when the tax season ended April 15th.  (No income since then) Yet 2 days ago, I saw an ex-co-worker, tax training starts in July.  A horrible wake-up call. A COLD HARD deadline, just one month away. Goal was to make money before training starts.

The desire to RUN AND DO is almost overwhelming, but when I run like that, I do it blind, and make a big mess. So I created a review site this week. Http://info-wizards.com/tattoo. Then started writing articles for another site. But this is still scrambling, un-focused, so I silence myself, and attend a mastermind (Thank you Kim Burney).

Define your goal, your need: Ok. To tell the tax office I will not be training, I need $1000 a month, and will need to grow even more before October. But I need time to study with Bill Hibbler & Ann Collins, finish a book, attend masterminds, help others, visit Montana, and attend seminars.

Define your niche: Repeatedly said here, that all I ever wanted was to write. It’s not really true, helping people has always been first. That’s why I started telling my history. Others have survived worse, but, maybe, just maybe someone will be helped by what I say.

And people keep asking “What do you do?“ Author isn’t me.  Writer isn’t either.  “Helping YOU Find the Love Within” feels like me.

Then my heart opens wide when I think about leading some Mastermind groups. In talking to my group, it’s part of what I need right now, to learn more about others and myself. Soon I hope to have a couple Mastermind groups, including one about “Finding the love within.”

So are you ready to join my mastermind groups? Seriously I am looking, contact me if interested. Yet it stirs my heart, leaves me with time to finish my book “Find the love within” (working title) and start on the next. Somewhere in the course of the week, I decided to embrace a joke. I now own http://LoveRockstar.com No, I haven’t decided what to do with it yet.

Love,
MJ


NEXT WEEK…
At my church  “Some try to tell me, Thoughts they cannot defend,”
But as for me “Just what you want to be, You will be in the end.” ~ Nights in White Satin, Moody Blues

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My Apology and Confession

May 30, 2009 by MJ Schrader

A week ago today, was the start of Unseminar 6.  What a wonderful weekend it was.  There was so much to learn, so many people to meet, and so many people to connect with again.  My life has truly been blessed to spend time with such great, hopeful and beautiful energy. Unseminar 5 was my first.  Unseminar 6 will not be my last.  Yet I have not done anything.  So I must apologize.

Twitter flows with all of these people from 6 taking massive action as soon as they got home.  I did that last year, and fell on my face, bloodied my lip and banged my knees. :( Monday afternoon I drove Lynette Patterson, Maggie Muldoon, & Tony Laidig to a Trampoline / Mellow Monday Mastermind.  Tuesday, Maggie & I visited the Alamo, and spent 5 ½ hours driving to Greenville, (east of Dallas).

The past two days I could have worked, but instead my thoughts needed to digest.  And with that, I realize it is time to confess.

Today May 29th is my birthday, my 37th. May 22nd 1993 I got married. His words were I love you, you are pretty, his actions said otherwise.  My friends and family weren’t good enough, and slowly I was cut off.  Soon I sat in silence, while he talked with his dad or his best friend.  They ignored almost anything I said.  He didn’t notice when I almost stopped eating, or that I dropped 25 pounds.

For those who saw me this past weekend, that’s 30 pounds less than what I weigh right now.  There wasn’t a bone that you couldn’t see. He didn’t know that I woke up the day I realized I was 3 months pregnant.  It shocked me, attention maybe once a month and I got pregnant.  My plan became to confirm and then disappear.

But 4 days later on my day off as I looked up a doctor to set up an appointment, I miscarried at home.  Alone.  Because he had slowly cut off my friends and family (they don’t care about you) I had no one to call.  In less than 30 minutes I realized I had been 14 weeks pregnant, I didn’t go to the hospital, I didn’t tell anyone for years.  I told my mom 6 years later.

I decided to make the marriage work, telling him we need counseling.  He called his dad, as he always did. They talked for two hours.  I timed it.  Afterwards he avoided the subject, I stopped talking to him.  Three months later, August 1997, we were divorced.  Six months later he was married again.

In the past 11 years, there have been people who used me, bosses that called me names, people have belittled me, business partners that took my money. Generally my dating consisted of one or two dates, and realizing the guy was not good.  Jerks actually.  Jerks who wanted sex (sorry that’s not me).  Jerks who didn’t like my multiple facets.  One Stalker.

You see, it took 11 years (July 20, 2008) for me to realize that I deserved friends, good, positive, joyful friends.  11 years to see that I am beautiful inside and out.  11 years to say I deserve good things, and I deserve to be treated with love and respect.  (I say this as I sit here crying, and I REALLY hate to cry.)

This weekend I learned I deserve a man, who can respect that I am a geek, treat me like a lady, be willing to play (paint ball, video games or even being silly), and cuddle with me, laugh with me when I say something blond.  Most important a man that loves me, for all that I am, and all that I am not.

Today is May 29, 2009, my 37th birthday.  My first birthday.  No.  I haven’t started a project, or finished one.  No I haven’t bought websites, changed my blog or anything else.

Sorry.

Pat, Bill, Craig, Joe, Ann, Eric, Erica, Lee & Ben I am sorry I have not made vast leaps and bounds after Unseminar6 ended.  I am thankful for everything you have taught me, and will continue to teach me.

But I have not done anything yet.  All I have done was think.  Last weekend, everyone asked what is your niche, what is it you do?  Why?

This is my answer “Helping you find the love within” that’s me.  I’ll spread the word, by being me.  Telling people that I stopped using shampoo a month ago, to reduce chemicals.  I’ve started following my heritage by brewing beer.  This is my love within.  My future means helping you find your love within.

I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you.
MJ

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Better than Perfect

May 13, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Better than Perfect, and Work v/s Work from the hotel conversation with Tony Laidig and Pat O’Bryan

What is better than perfect? Presenting your finished project. A perfect project sits in the drawing room, while you work to get it to perfection. Where is my book? It sits in my head waiting for perfect sentences, perfect thoughts. What if I do not convey my thoughts correctly? Yet there is no such thing as perfect, and life is too short to seek it. Get your project to a good level, release it, then smooth the rough edges as you notice. Most projects online and offline can be worked on later. And sometimes it’s the rough edges that people like.

This means your life will flow easier and smoother, rather than stressing over details. This can make the difference between work :( and work :)   We often view work as something burdensome. Yet if that task is something we enjoy, even if it is work, we don’t think of it the same way. Tony said how many hours he works each day. Pat and I stared in amazement, it was a lot more than either of us expected. Yet he explained that it was mostly doing things he enjoyed. Yesterday, I saw a commercial, Jim Koch of Samuel Adams Beer, say a quote by Confucius “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Isn’t that the best goal?

For a few years I was a bookkeeper. Hated everything about my life at that time, in large part due to the job. It effected everything. I wasted money, dated a guy I shouldn’t have, because I was rebelling against the job.  They paid me, so I forced myself to be happy at work, while my life fell apart.

Currently, my income is very little. Yes, I hope (and pray) that soon I will make income, to support myself, my furry children and move. Yet, I am a writer.  Something I can say with a note of pride.  It’s makes me smile, and feel warm all over.

Where are you?  Are you rebelling against your job?  Or does your job not feel like work?  Are you striving endlessly for perfection, locking yourself away from your dreams?  Or deciding to ease and up and allow things to happen?

I am a writer.  I write about internal love.  I am the perfect me, and I write the best works by me. What about you?

Love,
~ MJ

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Mental Shift

April 24, 2009 by MJ Schrader

Armand Morin Live is being held in Dallas this weekend. This is a huge seminar I found out about last week, only because people were twittering about it. During the course of the week, I talked to Tony Laidig about getting together while he was here. I live an hour east of Dallas.

Well it takes just over an hour to get to DFW… but that would be DFW North. DFW is huge, because I was sure I knew which hotel he was at, I didn’t get directions. Yes, another point of brilliance. So the trip took over 90 minutes.

But well worth it!

When I got to the hotel restaurant, Tony Laidig was sharing a table with Pat O’Bryan. For those who do not know; Tony is THE Public Domain Expert. Pat is the KING creating a Portable Empire. He is also the sponsor of Unseminar 6, which I plan on attending next month. In other words 2 awesome men loving life defined by parameters that are different than the “accepted norm” of having the confines of J.O.B.s and money-less lives.

Locally I have friends who have 1 or 2 of the features not the combination. Locally everyone I know abides by the only way to make a living is by having a job and just scraping by. This is not my life. What I expected was to hang out. Spend time with people I care about, who are positive, hopeful, intelligent, and again outside the “accepted norm.”

Yet what happened in just a few hours was far from just spending time with friends. Within an hour my skull was cracked open and these 2 gents were pouring ideas straight into my brain. Then Pat left to smoke a cigar, leaving Tony and I talking. Unknown to Pat, although perhaps known to Tony, since he starting hitting more of them, they uncovered some roadblocks I have had. Most of the blocks are within myself, mental, emotional and other.

A year ago, I still introduced myself as Martha.  I was dating a man, who I saw maybe twice a month, but a dead relationship. Working from home was a failed dream. Now I am MJ. That man is still in my life because he owes a debt in my name. And while I haven’t made a living working from home, it’s once again a goal. Being portable, making money while traveling and living some place remote IS my future.

In some future blogs I will be discussing some of the following topics. Should I go in order or do some titles just jump out? Please share some comments.

Topics from last night

  • Hiding your light under a bushel
  • Cleaning Horse Stalls
  • Ska music
  • The disappearing Germans
  • Better than Perfect
  • Work v/s Work
  • Stuff ‘n Things
  • Fear of Rejection
  • It’s all about Networking
  • Your world
  • Oh for the love of Scotch
  • So we are all sinners…
  • Far from home
  • Visions of the future
  • Loving yourself
  • Unpredictable
  • Changing stripes

    Topics from this morning (further insights from last night, a chat with a friend and listening to Twenty Twenty.

    • Friends with Benefits
    • Social Media Friends
    • Kick a$$ weekend
    • Clearing Poisons
    • Debts vs pain
    • Impacting
    • We all need help
    • Above and beyond
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      Tax Season Blues

      February 15, 2009 by MJ Schrader

      Life has been interesting. A week ago, I was excited to have my first scheduled day off since January 18th, yet when I woke the next morning I was running a 102.6 fever. Actually that was my temperature after I took a shower.

      This is tax season, prime time tax season. Employers are required to make W-2s available by January 31st. So getting sick the first week in February is not really an option, actually nor is the second week. The last two weeks in January and the first two weeks in February are basically the busiest time of the tax season. I have been working 65 hours or more per week.

      By missing a few days during this, it really hurts my bottom line, so I forced myself to feel well enough to work. Yet, this has meant that my flu has lingered on, and is still with me a week later, making me wake in the middle of the night to cough. This is wearing me out, yet it is also wearing me out knowing that my hours are soon going to be cut.

      Yet, with the cut in hours this will also mean I will have more time to write. If I set my mind to it, I can finish with my book before tax season ends, even start selling copies of the book. By selling before tax season ends then maybe I won’t have to look for a new job. Truth be told I don’t want to look for another job when tax season ends, but I need to keep making money so I can start saving up for a new home.

      Oh how I want a new home, mostly green, yet I do want a great big shower with multiple shower heads, and room for two. But I can use some method to save the water from the shower to water the yard. That would help both the yard and allow me to enjoy a shower. But first I have got to survive another busy week, then finish my book while working extra hours at work. So life’s busy, hopefully I will be able to get back into my weekly writing this week.

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      My CRAZY week

      October 10, 2008 by MJ Schrader

      Here is the summation of my week.
      Friday morning, I find that the kitten someone dumped on my porch 3 weeks ago can’t walk.  She’s upset, sensitive to touch, and when I put her down she falls over.  I checked for broken leg, no, but she squalls when I touch her right front leg.  Call my vet.  Gone til Monday.  Call mom’s vet.  Gone til Monday. *CRY*  Mom, which vet do I go to???   She says go to the horse’s vet.  I call.  You want to make an appointment?  No. can’t I drop her off for someone to look at as soon as possible?
      Naturally she is able to move when I get to the vet, albeit not well.  Plus she’s not her normal spitfire self. She was running a fever. After asking if I had other cats he tells me basically she has cat scratch fever.  “You know how it can make you feel bad?” the vet asks me.  Yes.  “Well she weighs 2.6 lbs and you’re bigger.”  “Give her Amoxicillin twice a day.”  It’s that pink stuff in the fridge that your parents gave you when you were a kid… yea that stuff.
      Take her home.  Massage her little body.  Lay her on a warm towel.  She doesn’t move.  Check on her. Massage, reheat towel.  Help her when she does want up.  Friday night I visit a friend because I promised and I can’t watch Lilo anymore.  Half afraid she won’t be alive when I make it back.  We watch “27 dresses” eat a Hungry Howies Pizza with flavored crusts. This was Canadian Bacon (Ham), Tomato, Pepperoni with a Butter Cheese Crust. Fresh tomatoes, right amount of sauce, awesome crust. BEST PIZZA!
      Lilo has moved a bit since I left, so I feel better about her.

      Saturday Check on Lilo.  Reheat towel.  Help her.  After three calls, I finally get my ex-boyfriend to answer his phone, something has come up and AGAIN he can’t pick up his truck and boat. Then a now ex-friend calls “maybe if I make you really angry you will change your life!” Never mind I have completely changed my life from four months ago, and actually truth be known I re-invent myself every few years it seems. His “help” did far more damage than good.

      Sunday With all the stress and the insults from the ex-friend, and my ex-boyfriend calling to remind me he wasn’t coming to get his truck I feel sick. Rather than fight it, I decide to let myself be sick, watch TV and de-stress.

      Monday My brother and Sis-in-law were in town, but were going back to Lake Charles, (they live in Macedonia but are visiting SIL’s parents down there). I decide to take them to Main Event in Plano. They have a $20 a person Monday’s.  That’s bowling, laser tag, billiards AND a $10 game card for just $20.  So we go to Plano (50 minutes NE of here).  We eat at Abuelo’s.  SIL & I order the Enchiladas de Cozumel… *sigh* Divine.

      Then off to Main Event, where we get our cards, we play billiards. We bowl.  2nd frame, on the last step (the step when you slide your foot) my foot slides, the toe part does not. This twists my foot, my ankle and my knee.  My foot hurts and my bad knee hurt.  Being incredibly stubborn and used to my knee hurting I keep bowling.  Except now I am lucky if I hit 3 pins.  Half the time I roll gutter balls.  I try using my left.  We start another set.  I play two frames and give.  My knee HURTS.  So they play the rest of my frames for me. Then we played laser tag, and I just guarded base, and shuffled around.

      At 11:45 we head home.  For some odd reason there’s not a lot of traffic on North I-75.  A car slowly passes us, we are going the speed limit, it stays in the 2nd lane.    Another car passes, we’re going 65 that car is probably going 80, it gets into the lane in front of me.  While, I for some very odd reason I notice the exit sign and say 32A.

      I look back at the road, notice the 2nd car has made it to the 1st.  From my lane the 2nd swerves, then does a U-turn in front of the first car.  The car runs semi-sideways through the plastic poles that separate the HOV lane from the other 3 lanes.  Then the car runs front end into the concrete median, then winds up facing wrong way down the interstate.

      I started pulling over as it turned around.  When it comes to a rest I have my phone.  I call 911, apparently I am first caller. But I forget to turn off my car, or unlock it for my brother.  My brother gets out to check on the car’s occupants. The 911 operator answers Allen Tx (where we were) so I just go on with my spiel of where we are and what I saw.

      They ask about occupants and I say I am in the outside lane, the car is 4 lanes away with now a semi in the way, but my brother is checking.  He came back and tells the 911 operator that there’s only a lady, and she seems dazed but able to talk. The police are arriving.  We wait until we see the lady out, and things look okay before we drive on.  And suddenly the interstate is back to normal busy… after the accident.

      Tuesday: My body hurts from using it wrong to compensate for my hurt knee and probably tensing up during the wreck.  I can’t even bend my knee without it hurting or giving out. But I get my poems from last week sorted the way I wanted them and add some stuff to www.info-wizards.net.  My knee hurts so bad I opt out of going to the Monthly Dallas Internet Entrepreneurs get together.

      Wednesday I loaded the ex-boyfriend’s truck full of his stuff. He better come pick it up and get off my property. Told Lilo to leave Salem alone.  Lilo leave the 9 year old cat alone.  Lilo stop.  Lilo! Although after spending 4 days rubbing her little bitty body hoping she will live, the question of will I keep or not is answered. (Of course having to de-worm her immediately after those people dumped her on my porch had me leaning toward keeping her anyway)

      Thursday I went to my part-time job, boss wasn’t there.  He called at 10:15 to say his wife would be coming with the checkbook and bills.  He was trying overly hard to be very friendly.  So something was wrong. He brought bills that were over a month old, which upset me. It upsets me because bills get paid late, and he will yell at me for paying them late, and just because he likes to yell. So I left a note “I have got a new job.  Next week will be my last week. Martha.”  Then helped my friend cook dinner and take care of her kids….

      *****

      This weekend my parents are going to a dog show, and I am one of the handlers. I take the dog around the ring, then make her stand correctly for the judges.

      *****

      So my goal for next week is no dying animals, no witnessing accidents, no hurting my knee! NO? Ok, how about going to nephew’s birthday party, advertising my websites and starting a new one.

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