In life you live, you learn. Our parents could not teach us everything, because there are some things that were just not made to be taught. We learn from experience, things happen and they tend to leave a reminder. I am now 21 haha just kidding I am 24 years old…and no that is not old, I actually consider 28 to be old…so you old people out there take no offense . On a serious note, what I am trying to say is age is just a number, its maturity that counts.

Things happen that could change your perspective on life. I no longer have the same view of life as I did when I was younger, and no I am not old…but in a sense things happened and they opened my eyes. I used to get so excited because I knew some present was coming, and yes I did get a lot. Birthdays now however, have a different meaning to me, I reflect on the year, what I’ve accomplished, and what I’ve missed.

Life is not a bed of roses, and its not an easy road. There are many hills and valleys in life, some that you could climb over with ease and climb out of without effort. Then there are other times when the valley is so deep that you wonder if you could get out of it, or the mountain is so high you struggle to get over. In order to learn and be wise however, our experiences gives us a chance to understand. To understand the true meaning of why we go through what we go through.

Some have it easy in life, but everyone has a tough time now and then, even with the rich, because money cannot buy happiness or love. One thing I’ve learned is that being grateful for the tiny things, goes a long way. Being cheerful and having a smile even through trying times, helps a lot. It takes courage to get through some of the pain, and hurt, but that is life right? Not really life is what you make of it, taking those trials and turning them into something good, makes life easier.

In life moving around and being on a roll helps, but if you never reflect on what really happened then you will never get the moral of the experience. There are times you should just sit by yourself and reflect, look back and see, then look ahead and remember. We are all human and we make mistakes, but those mistakes could be beneficial to us or they could be detrimental. I always say this in my mind to every disappointment is a blessing.

Those down times are in a sense the perfect times for you to reflect. Cry a little, scream, beat the pillow up, let it all out. We do not have to play strong, but instead admit to it. At times another person may be targeting you but that is no reason to give up, its the best time to show that you are stronger than they expected. It is always good to give the “BOOM BOOM POW” effect, in your face kind of gesture. Never let them see that they could bring you down.

Life is not a bed of roses no, but you could at least plant your own roses and then sprinkle your bed with the petals . What I am trying to say is in life we have to compromise in order to gain happiness, everything is not handed to us. Its a major test to see how would we use the things around us to succeed. Throw aside the self pity, and stop wading in your sorrows, wipe your eyes, and pull up your socks. Put those those brain cells to work and think of the things that you could accomplish with what little you have.

Smile, work with the things you have, and gain your happiness. Learn from your experience. Common sense is not given but earned. I thank the Most High for letting me see another year. For giving me the courage to go through the trials. For helping to open my eyes. Because without him I could not have made it. Be grateful for everything that you have, because in a blink of an eye it could be all gone.

I am grateful for my sons, and my husband, my mother, and my dad, my aunt and my siblings and I most grateful for my life.

“In life nothing is free, everything is earned.”

Yeah life is funny…not haha funny but funny in the sense human nature is shake my head (*smh) a disgrace. I gave money every month for rent, yet when I noticed a leak though it was small at the time the landlord was yet to fix it. When a problem is small it is better to take care of it before it explodes because with the latter you would have to pay more money to get it corrected. They want all of your money, yet they cannot provide the goods and services that you are paying for. Here is a timeline of pictures showing you for the past 6 months what I’ve been seeing with this old roof.

These pictures were taken approximately 5 months ago, it was major yet not as bad as it is now. That day it was actually raining so I could see the water coming from the patch in the roof and the sides.

A few months later about the day that they roof was fixed or supposedly fixed:

Today:

Here is a video of what it looks like when it is raining, and no I did not take a shower but I wanted too:

This is the last week that this is going to remain that way that it is right now. This is a major health risk to us and this is going to be the final week and then  the code enforcement…this is nonsense!

I have been using the technical preview for Office 2010 for the past month and I have to say I am loving it. Some of the improvements that I’ve noticed are:

•  Improved Speed: It seems to open documents a lot faster than its predecessors.
•  Better Options: In terms of printing and editing.
•  Improved Layout & User Interface: Using the office button you see an eye catching layout with a user friendly interface.

I think Microsoft in now catching up on what the user really wants to see. Like Windows 7, Office 2010 sports some extras and has a few improvements.  The information tab under the Office Button has quite a few options depending on what you are editing.

One of the things that I enjoy seeing is the information on the document, when it was created, was it ever modified and by who also was it ever printed, and total editing time. You also have the option to set the permissions on the documents.

Every time I opened a document which was not created on my computer I got a warning telling me that the document was read only. I have the option to remove that read only warning and I proceed to modifying my documents. The options for sharing are all under one tab. For the PDF option I have a PDF creator installed so I am not sure if MS is using it on its own or my PDF creator is giving me that option. Either way having that open is great since it is a great format to email documents.

So far that is all I am going to report on for Word 2010 until I start seeing some more things that will be interesting to mention.

Now having used twitter for almost one year, I’ve seen some followers complain about Gmail being down. Not once have I gotten issues with my dear ole Gmail. In all of my 5 years as a user this is the very first time that this is actually happening to me personally. How should I feel? Really I am not going to go screaming that Gmail is down but, I feel so helpless, so naked. I reach and refresh and browser and I see the same message. I am not sure why this is happening. Maybe Google will give us a reason. Right now however I am stuck. Maybe I will utilize Yahoo as a back up…yeah I might do that…what do you think?

Seeing that this is the first time I won’t rant about my darling husband. You know for me once its a mistake, twice its was intentional and three time its a habit. I do not know about others but I am on  the first offense.

Now I am going to have to eat  some gummy bears to get over this…