Welcome to our blog.

This was our original purpose for creating this blog:

We are both baby boomers fast approaching sixty. This blog will chronicle the time leading up to reaching our significant day. Our mutual goal is to complete sixty specific tasks each by our 60th birthdays, and to both celebrate our experiences and our accomplishments.

We are "the fabled tortoise" in this effort. Our blog will begin with a slow start, so we ask for your patience. We are aiming for a strong finish, so we ask for your encouragement. We invite you to join us on our journey, laugh and cry with us, and celebrate with us. We encourage you to leave us your comments and feedback. Most of all, we hope you become inspired to perhaps create and complete your very own "___ by ___ list."

We borrowed this idea from a blog one of our nieces told us about: http://makingitlovely.com . The author is working on her list of "30 Before Thirty."

As we progressed we continued to reflect on the process and the progress:

We would like to make a point of clarification. Because we did not begin our endeavor until April that left us both with less than a year to complete all 60 tasks on each of our lists. Actually, JR has about four months and CEA has about seven months. For that reason we agreed that we would both use CEA's birthday so that we both have the same amount of time to complete our tasks.

Now we are both 60 and moving forward. We have decided to continue the blog, setting goals and celebrating our accomplishments, sharing our experiences and voicing our thoughts, and enjoying life by making the most of every day with which we are blessed.

Monday, September 27, 2010

JR's Item #41: (done) Replace the toaster.

I had a toaster that was at least fifteen years old and still going strong, but the only thing that I could fit in it was bread slices.  For everything else, I would have to fire up the oven; not very efficient.  I now have a new toaster which will hold a thick slice of bread and even a bagel half and it has a setting for frozen items.  Amazing!  "We certainly have come a long way, baby!"
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JR's Item #61: (done) Organize poster files.

I now have all the original poster files organized by my SKU # categories on my eMac.  I have all the jpgs organized by the same categories on my external hard drive.  I have copies of all the product jpgs embedded in my inventory database.  Last but not least, I have deleted excess files pertaining to the internet store.  Life is GREAT!.
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JR's Item #40: (done) Check the Spanish version posters for accuracy and add several new posters.

When I first started my poster business, TDR suggested that I include Spanish versions of the motivation posters.  A GREAT idea, s oI contracted with a person to translate the original posters I created into Spanish.

Well, I have finished reviewing those posters.  To my dismay, I found all kinds the mistakes I made in creating them.  I had a copy of the translations right in front of me and I couldn't even copy correctly.  To make things worse, these poster have been incorrect for two years, which is how long it has been since I have added any Spanish version posters.

I can now say everything is good including the new posters I have recently added.
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