Joseph,congratulations! That sounds like one damn fantastic weekend, sir! Love it. 🙂 No doubt you'd win any writing contest, but even better that a chef appreciated a suggestion! Great stuff!

And about the movie – exactly! LOL I kept thinking "Yes!" Then you'd see that cat-eye-screensaver thingie and no, we were still being subjected to the story. Lord, I really wanted to leave when the dinosaurs started their own little sibling rivalry. I mean, I couldn't even eat the popcorn because you couldn't hear the three words they spoke every few minutes. In discussing it afterward, I said to the husband and stepson, "You realize we've just spoken more in five minutes than anyone in that movie over two hours?"

Kim, haven't heard much since your move. How was it? Sorry you're fighting off sickness ('tis the season!), but glad you're getting things in order.

That means very little unpacking was done, but on a positive note: my increased marketing did bring me 2 new client projects this week.

I had a productive Friday night and Saturday – I became obsessed with digging up every piece of evidence possible to protest my property taxes.

Step 1) I uncovered that several larger, better-maintained bungalows – with central air, which I don't have – all within one block of me pay far less in property taxes than I do. I knew that was true two years ago when I successfully protested, but hoped my "lower" assessment would equalize it. Nope.

Step 2) Realized the protest form only allows room for three comps, so I had to figure out how to choose the best three.

Step 3) Compiles supporting evidence, including details on how four (of the six) properties on my side of this block alone were vacant for a year or more and/or foreclosed during the three-year period my new assessment covers, and noting the problems these properties have caused.

Yes. My inner lawyer came out. Today I need to call the assessors office to ask two questions about the form. Their language is a bit unclear, and if I assume what I think it means it could compromise my protest. (They'll look for any excuse to reject the claim.) I don't take this lightly since the folks living on blocks that had no foreclosures or vacancies int he same period pay significantly less per square foot of assessed living space, which can add up to several hundred dollars per year.

This week, it's more marketing – and filing my property tax protest, which could wind up saving me hundreds of dollars each year from now on.

Keep me posted on what you get and how you like it.

I'm glad you're coming off a great two months! I'm coming off a super August. Look at it this way – the client dragging the feet gives you time to get the white paper done. It's all a gift. 🙂

I've decided to take back the iPhone4 as it won't do what I need for the business side – who knew using it for appointments would be so difficult? So that means more hassles ahead.

I have a white paper I am behind on, a client who is dragging their feet on getting what I need for a ghostwritten article and another that still hasn't given me feedback for edits on a brochure sent a month ago.

But, other than that, it's great. 🙂

Don't want this to sound all whiny-I am grateful I am coming off my best two months ever-it eases the pressure that comes with techie problems & delays. Have a great week, everyone!