Answering Another Divalicious Question: The Get List

About a week or two ago, The Blog Wife, Opinionated Diva asked me how I was doing with my list for improving things in my situation. That question was based on this post from a while back. She being the wonderful and caring person that she is, asked how things were progressing half a year later. This post is her answer.

Y'all will have to excuse me for having published this incomplete. The original version didn't have the above explanation. So I am sure folk were wondering what the hell was the question that she asked. At least I was wondering that when I read it...
Also I forgot to mention that I have all of you under Get Wealthier and Get Closer...


Get Wealthier

• Not much progress has been made on this front. But of course should I decide that my current volunteer position needs changing, I suspect that things should change rather rapidly.
• But The Wife is starting to take orders for the baking business. That might get going soon!
  

Get Healthier

• I have been in closer contact with my doctor.
  
• I am doing better managing my health issues.
  
• Of course I have to get wealthier before I can really improve my diet.
  

Get Educated

• I have an appointment with my adviser to discuss my remaining classes for my degree.
• My BS in BA/MIS is not far off.
• Getting wealthier would likely help some too.
• I have been picking up some knowledge on web design and XML here and there. So I may be changing things up here and there...
  

Get Selfish

• Yeah. This one is probably the most urgent of them all.
  
• Too much has been slipping and going wrong because I haven't done this one!
• Self interest has taken a back seat to duty at times. That ain't cool with me no more.
  

Get Closer

• I am working on this one too.
• I am trying to reconnect with family and friends that I have been missing out on while hermiting.
• I am also trying to get back to the way things are SUPPOSED to be with The Wife and kids.
  

Get Distant

• This one really only can be measured by other things happening first. Especially Get Gone.
  

Get Mobile

• Some progress is being made on this.
  
• My car is on the road again. Unfortunately, The Wife's car suffered a tragedy which made it necessary to put my not so road ready ride back in traffic!
  

Get Gone

• No offers to leave town yet. Dangit!
• Might have a little movement on getting out of THIS place though.
  

Get Your Duty Done

• As much of it as I can whenever I can. It is working out better for mom at this point than The Wife. But that may find some balance soon.
  

And most of all DO whatever it takes to make a life better... YOURS!!!!!!

• It isn't exactly getting worse. So the slide seems to be stopping.
• I have all of you. How isn't that better?
• I have been making some progress on everything else so things are bound to look up!
  

A Dozen Random Quirks And Factoids

I been "cussing since the age of talk". Hey! I learned early from older neighbors who were very accomplished at it themselves. I saw one of them a couple of days ago. I guess it is why I thought to mention this. I forget if The Wife or Mom coined the phrase though...
EDIT: It was The Wife who coined the phrase...

~~~

My wife has some very interesting stories about me farting that she LOVES to tell. So of course on some selfish level, I hope none of you ever meet her! But then again, them shits is funny as hell so I guess I wouldn't mind too much.

~~~

I hate things outta place. I ain't saying I am a neat freak. Cause my shyt look blasted often. And I never injured myself trying to clean anything. But once something finds itself a place in my house, I expect that shyt to stay there until needed!!!!

~~~

I have a different drinking vessel for each type of beverage. Yes that is right.

• I have a coffee mug.
• I have a tea mug.
• I have a pop cup (and no I DO NOT MEAN SODA).
• I have two water jugs (half gallon), one repping my beloved Pistons.
• 2.5 52-Ounce 7-Eleven cups, was four (Old racing is broken inside, new racing walked off, one went to dad...okay five), one for Slurpees and the other for fountain drinks.
  
• I have two other cups in semi-retirement. Mostly because of the metal interior or exterior that prevents them from being used in a microwave.
  

All of them are insulated. And woe to any fool who thinks to put one up to their lips. Especially my coffee cup. In addition I have a few others that are used for different reasons but are generally disposable.

~~~

I am a pack rat to a certain extent. I tend to keep things that may have some value at some point in the future. Kinda quirky since I seem to have a good sense for what ain't junk. Hey, you never know when you need to niggarig something. Gotta get my MacGyver on at times. I saved a piece of electronic equipment from a broken kids toy and now I have a headset for my cordless phone which allows me to chat and blog at the same time. My wife however throws stuff away like she got a trust fund or something. She has thrown away several good housewares because washing them was too monumental a task. How do we manage to live together?

~~~

I love me some housewares. Yep. I like plates and mugs and flatware. But get me to some glasses! Man! Especially bar glasses. I stand there envisioning all the wonderful drukenness that can be had with THAT set! And I pretty much got the next kitchen picked out. All KitchenAid. I just gotta get a kitchen so that I know what color to get it all in...

~~~

I never really learned yard work until I was almost 30. Still kinda suck at it. But the first time I lived in a house occupied by the owner was just before my 28th birthday. And it was mid winter when I signed the papers and moved in. So my 28th birthday had come and gone six weeks before the grass needed tending. Something to be said for apartments and townhouses up until then...

~~~

I can only watch MTV in the middle of the night. That seems to be the only time when anyone interesting has a video on the air. Or anybody have a video on the air. In fact, lemme consult the TV Guide for a sec... Uh... Nevamind. Scratch that. It seems that you won't find one even then. I think I only saw one or two hours of music videos scheduled for the next 48 hours on Music Television. Go figure. So when are they gonna change the name to RTV? The seem to have more reality shows than anyone else! When did that happen? And what the hell is the world coming to?

~~~

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack is still one of the best I have ever enjoyed. Very relaxing. I have slept well many a night with that on the CD player. Some of those nights didn't even require me to get all sweaty and spent first...

~~~

I am definitely Old School and definitely not Hip-Hop. I can't really even define Hip-Hop. But then I haven't really heard anyone else come up with a clear definition of it either. But I know it ain't me. Why? Because Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics, The Spinners and the many others who make up my music collection are most definitely NOT Hip-Hop. Although I do enjoy a little here and there. But you must also remember this about me...

~~~

I was an 80's white boy! During the formative and growth years of Hip-Hop, I was listening to the white cats. Mostly.

~~~

Did Erykah Badu hook any of you like she got me? I thought On and On was just too strange and out there and cool to be merely background music played ad nauseum on some radio station's hot 20 rotation.

I Am Answer

This next deep thought was inspired by I Am J. She asked, how can I do anything but answer. Especially since the seemed to have settled on a name again...

Valentines day is soon. This will give u a chance to ponder and marinate.

What attracted you to your wife? What keeps the love alive betwixed yall?

betwixed...is that a word? Well it is today :-)

See this right here is a good reason for her to be blogging herself. Cause the full story is best told from both points of view. But you didn't ask how we got together. So I will stick to the question that's betwixted us.

The answer is somewhat complicated. How do you really put into words what makes The One THE One. I will try my best to give a "short" answer, so my head won't hurt from all the thinking...


I do know the thing that cemented the deal for me is that she is a kind and giving individual. You know, the kind that wants to help all the time. The kind that will pay more and accept less ( that part runs me up the wall). The kind that likes to see people smile and be happy. The kind that stops at the baby stuff and goes "Oooohhhhhh... Look at the teeny tiny stuff. Somebody gotta get pregnant so I can buy them some. Oooohhhhh...".

Things that keep the love alive betwixted us are also reasons that attract me to her. Big butt, Big knockas, Big thighs, Not scary when undone, Milk Chocolate don't hurt. Check, check, check, check and check!
Her liking sports (sometimes more than me) don't ever hurt. We like a lot of the same things. She done even got me to watching the Food Network, just not when I am eating. She is not high maintenance. Although she does have this strange ability to find the most expensive thing in visual range. And the fact that she is kinda nympho speaks loudly to the very freaky side in me.
But the biggest thing is that she loves me like I love her. Just as much, just as hard, just as long, Just Forever.

Answering A Divalicious Question

An Opinionated Diva asked a rather good question. It was in response to this question. So good it inspired this post. Her question?

What have you done so far this month to satisfy the "get" list?

At this point I have taken steps to Get Educated. I got in touch with my counselor and am having her get my plan of work together so I can determine my strategy for knocking the rest of those classes out. Cause I am not sure what I need to take to finish for sure right now. I may go see her tomorrow if I can, or talk to her next week.

I have also moved to Get Healthier. I have an eye appointment scheduled for the end of the month. And I have been doing better with taking my meds. That stir-fry last night didn't hurt either...

And I am trying to Get Wealthier. I kicked the job search back to the front burner. The job I have is fine but I need to upgrade my income game.

Which goes to the whole Get Selfish thing. My job search is national. So wherever the money is, so shall I be. Of course that may not necessarily please many, or any, of my family members. But fuck it! They don't have to be. I do. Year of the Selfish remember?

Whadda Ya Wanna Know?

That is the question of the day. If you ask, I shall do my best to answer.

On the other hand I can restart my New Words of the Week back up. I don't think anyone can forget the Hot Carl!