Step One...
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skyringOK. I've just sent off an order to Dell for a laptop. A bit of juggling money around, and it can be done. I need a laptop to write books on the road and store the photographs I take. Plus it was a special deal. Free delivery and half a gig of memory. No case, but my backpack fits a laptop nicely. Not a luxury ultra light laptop, about as basic as you can get, but that's all I'll need.
What's helping to pay for this is selling off the Leighton shares we bought a month back. Made a dollar profit on each one, and that's enough for a laptop and a bit of something for Kerri. A new kitchen table is what she lusts after - a thick wooden tabletop to match the bench. Plus she gets some more fun working out where to reinvest the capital.
The rumours of a US interest rate hike sparked the sale. Leighton will probably slide down again if the US rate goes up. Best sell before the slide.
Of course what will happen now that we've sold is that the price will shoot up another buck and I'll be kicking myself! Again. Still, we made a profit.
I've been rethinking the structure of my OZ book. Start off with the rocks and plants, move onto the animals, a chapter on the first inhabitants, the convicts next, then the gold rush, the federal story, the world wars and modern development. A ton of stuff I want to cover, at least in summary. Some vignettes - the man who wrote Eternity. There's any number of interesting little stories as I move through Australia and our history, leaving books at appropriate spots. Appropriate books. I wonder if I can get a copy of "From Here to Eternity"?
A bit like Bookcrossing, when you think of it. Like Stace's one word sermon, these books just appear on benches, in trains, in coffee shops, phone boxes.
All I need to be is interesting, thoughtful and funny. I can do that. Link the themes in unexpected ways. Need to find a copy of my jingo jingle.
Accomodation on Gold Coast and in Rocky booked and confirmed. Looking forward to it - should be nice and warm in Queensland compared to here. Took the dog for a walk this morning in the fog and she didn't like it at all. Too cold, too damp and too much traffic noise, especially with the buses along Constitution Avenue. Besides she slows me down by sniffing and peeing on trees and things. Geez, what a life.
What's helping to pay for this is selling off the Leighton shares we bought a month back. Made a dollar profit on each one, and that's enough for a laptop and a bit of something for Kerri. A new kitchen table is what she lusts after - a thick wooden tabletop to match the bench. Plus she gets some more fun working out where to reinvest the capital.
The rumours of a US interest rate hike sparked the sale. Leighton will probably slide down again if the US rate goes up. Best sell before the slide.
Of course what will happen now that we've sold is that the price will shoot up another buck and I'll be kicking myself! Again. Still, we made a profit.
I've been rethinking the structure of my OZ book. Start off with the rocks and plants, move onto the animals, a chapter on the first inhabitants, the convicts next, then the gold rush, the federal story, the world wars and modern development. A ton of stuff I want to cover, at least in summary. Some vignettes - the man who wrote Eternity. There's any number of interesting little stories as I move through Australia and our history, leaving books at appropriate spots. Appropriate books. I wonder if I can get a copy of "From Here to Eternity"?
A bit like Bookcrossing, when you think of it. Like Stace's one word sermon, these books just appear on benches, in trains, in coffee shops, phone boxes.
All I need to be is interesting, thoughtful and funny. I can do that. Link the themes in unexpected ways. Need to find a copy of my jingo jingle.
Accomodation on Gold Coast and in Rocky booked and confirmed. Looking forward to it - should be nice and warm in Queensland compared to here. Took the dog for a walk this morning in the fog and she didn't like it at all. Too cold, too damp and too much traffic noise, especially with the buses along Constitution Avenue. Besides she slows me down by sniffing and peeing on trees and things. Geez, what a life.
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Date: 2004-06-23 06:24 am (UTC)"Still, we made a profit."
I'd concentrate on the second statement rather than the first. Hindsight can cripple you. Congrats on the influx of cash and enjoy the laptop.