You should see my tah-do list! It's huge! I am working on a very cool -geeky- project all week!

The prep time for this week's project has been amazing ... there's a huge amount of steps ... I don't like to jump into a project until I list everything -everything!- that needs to be done ... planning always seems harder than the actual 'doing', but I find if I start doing before the list, I'll get stuck at some point - "what do I do next?" and lose momentum ... so I grab a spiral notebook and scribble everything in no particular order, just to get it all out of my head ... keeping that notebook with me all the time, even next to my bed for middle of the night yessss!'s ...

The whole time I'm thinking the project backwards, "How to I get from there, back to here?" ... during the list process, it just seems easier to work backwards ... for some reason those last tah-do's always seem so clear and easier to come up with than the first tah-do's ...

Then I keep re-writing the pages, trying to group & order things ... making sure every dinky step is listed ... then once it's all down on paper, it's easy -easier- to fly through the steps and attain large gains ... sooo, how do you manage your large projects? 

I'll be here, so feel free to instant messenger me a quick 'hello' if you wanna :)

Attitude is contagious. Is yours worth catching?

Random now junk: I'm listening the Darkness on Edge of Town podcast . thermometer on my desk reads 66° . I just ate a whole wheat english muffin with local honey :)

Here’s the pizza place analogy I use to explain web sites to *regular* people, who are new to web sites and confused by the three parts of having a site ...

Let's say you were going to open up a 24 hour pizza place you would need a biz name ... like, BOB’S PIZZA ... you would need a product, PIZZA PIES ... you need to rent space for your business to operate out of, PIZZA SHOP

BOB’S PIZZA = bobspizza.com; your domain name
PIZZA PIES = your web site content
PIZZA SHOP = TeedHosting web site hosting ... so Teed Hosting is an e-landlord, of sorts :)

Hope that makes things a bit clearer ... have a wonderful day!

Teedster and Greg just chatted, the race is cancelled due to the weather reports calling for thunderstorms/severe weather ...

The board is back live ... but! ... all the old posts and members have yet to be added ... but2! ... feel free to join and chat before it's advertised to the public -> www.teedhosting.com/talk :)

 Mini Bike Races - 2 & 4 wheels

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
April 12th - Eastampton, NJ
Come race, or just come watch the kids!

Join Teedster & Teed213 at the race ... nope, I won't be there, prior committment :(

Received a lot of replies to my March 25th blog entry, posted a few answers here.

Editing photos for the board & finishing the code for the new TeedHosting design ...

Waiting for it to warm up so we can go fishing ... how's the weather look for this weekend?

I wrote before about how I hate, hate, hate real estate games -they just never end ... people have been selling homes for many years now, you'd think they'd have perfected the sale process ... just put a friggin' sticker on the home, like a store, and let me buy a home ... realtors need to be cut out of the process, they really do ... here's the latest soap opera ...

As you know, we have been looking for a new home for 2+ years --we have very particular needs & have finally found a home that meets our requirements, but -it's real estate, there's always a 'but'.

Our realtor faxed our bid to the seller’s realtor late January - then the seller's realtor became M.I.A. …

After a while, she finally answered, saying she never received the bid, then advised the home is in foreclosure, three banks are involved, and it has to be sold in a Short Sale … he told her we were fine with the longer transaction period, & he faxed over a new copy of our bid …

After another lengthy period of no contact, he finally got through & asked why she never returns his calls, etc … she became furious -drama queenish- said he was questioning her integrity, she spouted off her credentials, and ended her call by saying she never heard back from the banker …

Sooo …

We tracked down the banker, who stated the home was not that far into foreclosure … the transaction must go through the current owners … my realtor has another call in to the seller's realtor ...

Wondering why this realtor would be playing games, I asked a couple local people -we’re not from here- for an opinion on hiring her --everyone seemed horrified we would consider her, all three recounted stories of hiring her as their realtor, then suddenly the deal went bad, only to find out later she bought the place herself … if it was a my-cousin’s-best-friend’s-brother story, I may consider it was just one incident that snow balled into local legend, but these people were saying, “this happened to me” …

With a foreclose proceeding, this is time sensitive … two months have passed, and we still have no clue if the seller even knows there’s a buyer … with the stories I’ve heard, I’m wondering if she’s waiting to buy it herself once the sellers are beyond desperate …

Frustrating, huh?! ... and yes, *I* am questioning her integrity ...

Thank you for reading this whine and have a maaavelous week! :)

EDIT: Received a lot of replies, posted a few answers here.

Made some motocross 100x100 pixel avatars -that square image under your name on message boards and forums- here's a few, the rest are here.

Teedster assisted the North East MX Club with running an Arenacross race on January 12th at the Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton NJ ... these avatars are made of photos taken during that event (full photos here)  ... feel free to use  :)

This weekend's Supercross race in Daytona Beach, Florida became my second favorite motocross race, ever -even though I only saw it on TV ... my all time favorite motocross race was one of Teedster's, on a track that was just like Dayton's -mud soup ... the starting gate was completely flooded, all the racers left the gate with their feet up on the bike's fender ... mud races are impossible ... the riders can barely see anything, goggles don't help, their feet are slippery on the pegs, their hands are slippery on the grips ... they see a puddle and don't know which way or how deep the ruts are under the surface ... during that race we all stood in the stands, in a down pour, cheering and laughing at the insanity of the race ... you didn't know who was going to fall, whose bike was going to bog-out, who would just get stuck ... mud roosts everywhere ... crazy fun! ... that race had another cool factor, the weather was sooo bad and they just wanted to get racing over with, so they combined the amateurs with the pros ... Teedster was the first to get the checkered flag! Nice!

Bob's knee is healing nicely ... thank you for asking :)

To answer your other questions ...

Web sites have a domain name + a web site host + content ...

Let's use a pizza place as an analogy; Kate & Al's Pizza (name), is in the Columbus Market (place), and they sell yummie pizzas (content) ...

Domain name: You find your perfect web site domain name through Teed Hosting ... currently, it costs $7.49 for a .com and we're running a $1.99 special on .info names ... there are all sorts of extensions, you just have to keep searching and fine the one that makes you happy ...

Web site host: All web sites need a reliable home or office ... Teed Hosting hosts all sorts of sites, from small personal web sites to huge ones requiring dedicated servers ... and Teed Hosting techs will answer your telephone calls, 24/7 ... and since businesses with overseas tech support is one of my pet peeves, Teed Hosting techs are in the United States --you'll understand them, they'll understand you!

As a site designer, I get paid to make your web site's look fit your personality, style, and image ...

Content: That's where your goals for your web site come in ... photos, blog, store, articles, advice, et cetera ...

Hope that clears things up, if not --just ask :)
Okay, it's time for quality TV surfing ... c'ya!

I've been on-line a long time ... I can truly twist the *been there, done that* to *been there, before they done that* ... it's rare I find someone I truly wish to promote ... most people are some mixture of two/three other people ... but Ester Goldberg is one of those rare hidden gems who has actual talent and I believe she is worth some Kimmie pimpin'time ...

I 'met' Ester when I was doing research for our radio show ... I listened to 1000's of podcasts -most are like live aol chat rooms -ugh!- but Ester's podcast was one of the rare shows I took notice of, I still try to catch her show --she's funny, with a unique twist!

Ester just sent out a bulletin advising everyone that she changed her podcast show to a cam show ... a cam should prove a hilarious addition ... watch her this Sunday, here.

Cupid? Scary thought :))

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Amazon has this new movie/tv preview box ... posting it here so I can check it out :)

Okay, I'm off to go play with the thingy now ... c'ya!

Katt Williams is a riot ... loved him in Friday After Next ... this clip is funny, but it also hit a tiny nerve ... I recently allowed some green-eyed monsters to drain just a bit of my energy -bad Kimmie!

"... just saying ... live your life ... you've gotta get your hustle ... understand people are going to hate you regardless ... get that out of your head, that fantasy world, where people aren't hating on you ... you've got to be grateful ... you need haters ... what are you complaining about? ... what do you think a haters job is? ... to hate ... so let them do their job! .............. " ... loosely quoted, watch the video.

* NOT WORK SAFE *  * NOT WORK SAFE *  * NOT WORK SAFE *

* NOT WORK SAFE *  * NOT WORK SAFE *  * NOT WORK SAFE *

I'd love to thank him for the reminder: "understand people are going to hate you regardless" ... it's a cool way to look at jealousy and nay-sayers ...  sooo, watch me get my hustle on while being a hater collector ... a hater aficionado, lol! ... always working towards achieving more, so I can get my next 20 haters ... haters, do your job!

"The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause."
-Baltasar Gracian

Wishing all the non-haters, the hard/honest workers, and those that have kind hearts a mega successful Twenty o'Eight! Everyone else feel free to hate on me ... say my hair ain't luxurious, when you know it is  :))
---Kimberly Teed . wife, mom, e-biz'er