Monday, September 10, 2007
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Clarion Autumn Leaf Festival - Auto Show
Whenever I get the chance, I like to practice my photography. This one was taken with my Canon PowerShot G1, during the Autumn Leaf Festival (ALF) in Clarion, Pennsylvania. I always enjoy the ALF Car Show held on the first Sunday of the festival. The Saturday following is the ALF Parade and homecoming game for Clarion University.
This year the "Autorama" is scheduled for Sunday, September 30. The cars line up all down the main street in Clarion. There are carnival rides near the courthouse and food concessions across the street from the courthouse. The following website gives a list of events throughout the weekend.
There is also an art contest, I have never entered anything in this contest, but my mother has.
There is a lot more information on the ALF, which can be found on this site, http://www.autumnleafclarionpa.com/
There is a list of events, dates and contact information. The ALF is really quite an amazing festival. Check it out.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Becca's Quotes of the Day - September 5, 2007
After telling my daughter how smart she was, she replied
"But daddy's not smart, he's a man; and Benny's not smart, he's a boy"
"But daddy's not smart, he's a man; and Benny's not smart, he's a boy"
Playing in the Stock Market
Until the day we can afford to return to investing in stocks, I will practice my skills on a virtual stock market site
http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/News.aspx
It allows you to join in different groups with different criteria, such as starting amount, stock trade price, minimum and maximum trade values, and a set period of time.
The time period is determined by the individual that set up the group. Each group has a short description of what the trading practices are to be. For instance one group may be for day trading, another for buy and hold, and yet another be for just penny stocks and so on.
I, for one, prefer the ones that allow you to choose the method of investing you feel most comfortable with. This has allowed me to
1. Try out a few investing strategies that I have.
2. Play several different scenarios to determine which works best.
3. Keep knowledgeable about the stock market, while I wait to become actively involved again.
4. See what other people are doing.
It also has shown me that if you start with a million dollars, you can make a heck of a lot of money in the stock market. Who ever said you don't need money to make money must be wearing blinders.
http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/News.aspx
It allows you to join in different groups with different criteria, such as starting amount, stock trade price, minimum and maximum trade values, and a set period of time.
The time period is determined by the individual that set up the group. Each group has a short description of what the trading practices are to be. For instance one group may be for day trading, another for buy and hold, and yet another be for just penny stocks and so on.
I, for one, prefer the ones that allow you to choose the method of investing you feel most comfortable with. This has allowed me to
1. Try out a few investing strategies that I have.
2. Play several different scenarios to determine which works best.
3. Keep knowledgeable about the stock market, while I wait to become actively involved again.
4. See what other people are doing.
It also has shown me that if you start with a million dollars, you can make a heck of a lot of money in the stock market. Who ever said you don't need money to make money must be wearing blinders.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Becca's Quotes of the Day - September 4, 2007
Becca has the knack of stating the obvious, here are a couple of her quotes she made on the trip home her daycare.
"People come out of People's bellies, that's the story, Yep"
"I want to take the wheel's off my bike, and become a trainer"
"let's open the windows, so the bugs won't get trapped, there are a lot of insects in the world"
"People come out of People's bellies, that's the story, Yep"
"I want to take the wheel's off my bike, and become a trainer"
"let's open the windows, so the bugs won't get trapped, there are a lot of insects in the world"
Amateur Photographer Want-a-be
As a want-a-be amateur photographer, one of my items on my to-do-list is to enter a photograph into some type of photography contest. It has been on my list for years, so why haven't I done anything about it. Is it that I don't have time,or that I don't think any of my photos are good enough to enter.
Well the time thing will never go away, I am a mother of three and a wife of one, and I currently work a full-time job. Is it that I have so many interests that I am always stuck in the which one will I do mode. Or is that my photos are just not good enough, then I'll never know until I try. This is me justifying why I should or should not enter a contest (I tend to over analyze many things). I have decided to enter a contest, now I need to find one to enter that in some way or another does not want $$$ to enter (that would be another reason for my procrastination, we don't currently have alot of money floating around for good photography equipment - I am using a Sony Cybershot DSC-W30). Don't get me wrong, this is a great little camera, it'll fit in the pocket of your shirt and is easy enough for my three year old daughter to use. I might have to write about that later.
Ah-hah that could be it, I may be on to something. Procrastination, I mean; I wonder if that is my affliction all these years I was blaming it on something else. Now that I have come up with a diagnosis I can work on fixing the problem. You know what they say about doctors making their own diagnosis. Anyway I am off to enter a contest, will write later on my success.
Monday, September 3, 2007
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