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Name: Barbara
Gender: Female
Interests: Languages (Italian, Spanish, German), American Military, British History
Expertise: I'm a CPA, so there are a lot of folks who HOPE I'm good with money
Occupation: CPA
Industry: Construction
Message: message me
Member Since:
10/24/2006
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| I do not know how I have lived this many years without this device:
Motorola Droid
Got it yesterday, and I hope that by the end of the week I will finish negotiating a deal with it to trade off coming in to the office for me on alternating days.
When I got it home and started playing with it, I experienced an emotion I have only ever had one other time in my life: the first time I saw a Lotus spreadsheet (this was longer ago than some of you have been alive), watched a guy explain how it could calculate stuff in its cells and thought "oh, hum-dee-dum" until I saw him copy it into other cells which automatically adjusted relative to its new place!
OOOOHHHHH!!!!
Review it here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-droid-verizon-wireless/4505-6452_7-33783559.html | | |
| The field work examination period of my sales tax audit is dragging into its 3rd week. Any delusions I may have had about a quick get-em-out-the-door kinda victory have proven to be fantasy. These people are examining every scrap of paper in the office or the archives with a magnifying glass. Yesterday, the auditor and I haggled over whether the security light on a utility bill ($79) had a switch over which we had control so she could decide whether we needed to be assessed a local tax on it.
Bllaaaahhhh!
We are gonna be here a LOOONNNGGGGGG time at this rate.
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Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand
But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy, you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
Chorus:
But the voice of truth tells me a different story
The voice of truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
The voice of truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
Oh what I would do to have
The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant
With just a sling and a stone
Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors
Shaking in their armor
Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name
And he laughs at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The giant keeps on telling me
Time and time again. "Boy you'll never win!"
"You'll never win!"
But the stone was just the right size
To put the giant on the ground
And the waves they don't seem so high
From on top of them lookin' down
I will soar with the wings of eagles
When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus
Singing over me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwsvqVmFV6Y
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Sure wish I knew how to imbed a video, but ... I got stuff to do.
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| Having become deeply disenfranchised with all of the pfeffernusse recipes I could find, I have made one up to suit me. Check it! Yum! (Be forewarned: they will bite your nose right off of your face. Perfect with spice tea.)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
2 tablespoon orange liqueur
3 1/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon red cayenne pepper (at least, more if you can stand it)
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons orange flavor
powdered sugar
Mix 'em up like cookies and bake 'em at 350 until they're done (12 minutes) (if you don't know how to do that, then you probably need to be supervised in the kitchen anyway) then roll them in powdered sugar.
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| on something important is always later.
When I think back on the times in my life when I have had to decide whether to give up or to keep hoping, keep praying, keep trying, I see that I have never regretted holding the line ... just a little longer. Battles are not won in wide, sweeping eternities. They are won ... one second ... one decision ... one resolution at a time.
The time to give up is when you no longer wonder if it's the right thing.
"Courage is fear holding on a moment longer."
George S Patton
"Keep going forward until the last round is fired, until the last drop of gasoline is expended, and then go forward on foot!"
George S Patton
"I have commanded you, 'Be strong and courageous! Don't tremble or be terrified, because the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.'"
Joshua 1:9
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