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The Money Issue

August 16th, 2010 | Mystitsu

So I have decided what to do about vacation funds.  My check most likely will come on Saturday, and I will be gone.  There is a possibility that it may come Friday. How ever, I dislike that uncertainty so I am going to borrow the check amount from my dad so I don’t have to worry about it.  That way, I can come home from my trip, cash my check the next day and pay it all back.  It will also give me the opportunity to put the money on my prepaid credit card and not have to carry cash around.  So that is what my plan is. I will ask him when he gets home, again so I can relax and not worry. I already talked to him about it a month ago so he knows I have this air of uncertainty.  This way I can simply relax.

I also came up with an idea I think will work well regarding my favorite flip flops. I took them last year on vacation and suffered from two problems. 1) when they got wet, it made it very difficult to walk on their slippery surface.  I nearly fell twice and wound up spending the rest of my vacation wearing shoes and socks. Boring. 2) under the heel where the straps connect to the shoe, the little fasteners made my feet sore. The answer came as I was walking home from the post office.  I stepped in a puddle and my foot got wet and I nearly fell on my face. For what ever reason that made me think about taking a bath, and then those little stickers you put in slippery tubs for traction.  Then, and I am certain there was a flash above my head, I had an idea. Those stickers come in all sizes and you can cut them. Put two stickers in my shoes and that will add soft extra padding for my heels and keep me from slipping. And that’s how great ideas happen.  My goal is to get through my entire vacation, without wearing shoes and socks.

Happy Happy Joi Joi

August 6th, 2010 | Mystitsu

Yea so I asked and they listened.  Sort of. The makers of scribe fire redid the Firefox version so now it looks awesome like the chrome and safari versions.  Its Smooth and I actually want to use it to blog.  It flows like water and looks elegant.  So probably see more posts from me in the near future.

I’m kind of excited about my upcoming vacation but kind of not.  It all comes down to money. If I can get my check by 12:30 on the 20th I should be ok. Otherwise my plan is to borrow the amount from my dad and give him my check when I get home.  I don’t want to do that but it may come down to it.  I thought if I mailed my form back early my check would come early.  So I mailed my form back on a Thursday, which should have given me a check on Wednesday.  That failed as the check was cut on Wednesday which means I get it on a Friday.  So I can only hope that it will come early and that depends on the post master.  so I will see what develops tomorrow.  I actually will have to ask my dad for it ahead of 12 because he leaves for work at 11:30 am.  I just thought of that.  So now I have to come up with a better plan of action.

Organizing my photo tour vacation

June 10th, 2010 | Mystitsu

I have been to Walt Disney World many times and every time I take photos, but never in a way where I can come home and document my trip like: Ohh that’s the main entrance of EPCOT or I remember that in the backlot of the Disney studios.  So this time, I’m planning what I want to photograph and document.  From the inside of the Airport at arrival, to its cute liddle monorail, to the ride out to the resort.  I have some great software to make collages with and I really want to use it to the best of my ability to really make my vacation a memorable one.  Still working on getting a new lens for my camera that is mid range, so I don’t have to change lenses at all.  There is also the issue with my camcorder and darkness.  Going to have to go look at some camcorders for that do well in the dark.  I have my play money organized and should have enough to buy some neato stuffs.  I don’t have to worry about purchasing food items since that comes with my vacation this year. That is a BIG sigh of relief.   Still hammering out airfare.  the farther in advance we pay for that the cheaper the price will be.  But i have to get the disney trip set in stone.  That happens this friday.