Comments on: Three Life Lessons Learned Last Week

By: Mary@SimplyForties

Mary@SimplyForties — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:31:45 +0000

Best life lesson for me -

Life happens exactly at the rate that it is supposed to.

It doesn’t always help me to be more patient but it makes a good mantra when things seem to spinning out of control!

Good luck.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:48:38 +0000

Well I do hope things are going better.

One thing I’ve always had as a personal philosophy: You get what you pay for. And I don’t just mean in the money way but in the time, effort, energy, etc. way.

I’ve also learned recently (and it’s cliche) but you only get a certain amount of time in this life, and use it wisely.

By: Frugal Trenches

Frugal Trenches — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:03:41 +0000

Oh I can so relate. Thank you.
I hope it gets better and better each week!

By: Gidget

Gidget — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:43:28 +0000

I can do all things through Christ through strengthens me. That just about sums it up for me!
Thanks for sharing your hard times, one of the cool things about getting to know other bloggers a little is you not only have your shoulder to cry on in person but digitally too!

By: Zhu

Zhu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:53:47 +0000

Life lessons… let me see…

I really have to pay attention to my credit card spending. It’s so easy to lose track of how much you spend… I’m new to that and I need to use it because I’m building a credit history. Yet I have to be careful.

I totally understand when you say some expenses are worth it and are important… people should choose a nanny based on her salary. Some stuffs are important!

By: Amy @ My Daily Dollars

Amy @ My Daily Dollars — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:30:55 +0000

Wow! You’ve had a lot going on. It’s nice to see how you hold onto what’s really important. Sometimes, I get all swept up in stress at work. My new rule is that if I can’t explain the seriousness of my work problem to our 12-year old, then it’s not really a problem! Taking deep breaths and touching base with what’s important is exactly how I handle stress as well.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:28:54 +0000

My first instinct was to try OPen Office’s PowerPoint version, but in fact it’s not compatible with PP, at least I couldn’t make it read my files. I’m going to try GoogleDocs this weekend.

The thing that just really frustrates me is that I wasn’t prepared- I didn’t realize the laptop only came with an evaluation version so I didn’t expect it to crash like it did.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:57:34 +0000

There's Open Office Impress which is OO's power point replacement, which does support PPT format (load and save). That's free (in both senses, being open source) and runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. I haven't used OOImpress, but I use OOWriter at work and it's frequently more compatible with MSWord than other versions of Word.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:55:21 +0000

Check out Google Docs for a possible solution to #3. It is free, online and easy to use. It may replace those expensive office document programs. Just google the words google docs. I think you can even import docs you already have under other programs but I am not positive because I have never done this.
Hope this helps!!

By: KM

KM — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:59:16 +0000

Microsoft Office for Students and Teachers is Microsoft’s stripped down Office . It has Powerpoint, Word, Excel etc. It’s a fraction of the cost, and has 3 licenses. I used it for the kids’ laptops.
…and Chardonnay at 9pm . That’s my sanity helper:)