February Goals

Yesterday I decided to start making a monthly goal list instead of just New Year's Resolutions. I will be continuing some of the goals from last month, ones that I anticipated taking more than a month to accomplish, but I am also adding in a few new goals for February, alone. The reasoning behind this is to make some of the goals more obtainable. For instance, I made absolutely no headway on my vague "Lost weight" resolution.

So with out further ado:

New Year's Resolution Recap

Today is the last day of January. We are one month in to 2012 and I thought it would be apropos to check in with my New Year's resolutions which I had posted here. So, lets review, shall we?

New Ad Campaign!

I am totally starting a love-affair with Vista Print. Although their website looks a little dubious, I had seen their ads so much and was willing to give one of their promotional campaigns a try. Last week, I order 100 "free" postcards as advertisements for Mary's Historical Programs. They charged me to use my own design, but it was only a paltry $4.99 and the design is saved now for future use, and the charged shipping which was six dollars and change. Thus coming to under $12.00 for the entire order. Not bad at all.

In Defense of "History is Booooooring"

Normally, I refrain from the "multiple letters for emphasis" typing, but the complaint of history being boring is often spoken this way...usually by begrudging high school students. This remark used to drive me absolutely wild it's so ludicrous. I have learned, however, that high school history teachers can make history incredibly boring, so I'm a bit more sympathetic when I hear such things.

Wise Words from Winston

Winston Churchill is one of most delightfully quotable people. Today, I reference Churchill's speech to England after a Blitz during WWII:

I realize the audio is a bit difficult, but he says "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

The entire speech can be read here.

No Apologies

I have been feeling very negative these past few days, which has made it difficult to blog. In my first post, as I have mentioned plenty of times since then, I said I never wanted to whine or be annoying in Mary's Modern Mishaps. I am finding that I am often frustrated because I am so worried and wrapped up in other people's feelings, I never do what I want. So, today, I don't care. Today, I am going on a tangent.

Concert: February 11, 2012, Bridgeton, NJ

Just before Christmas, a Civil War monument was vandalized in Bridgeton, NJ. A complete synopsis on the incident can be found here. Some lovely fellow reenactors are having a benefit concert on February 11, 2012 at the Everett P. Marino Center at 7:30 p.m. The cost is (tax-deductible) $10.00.

To find out more information, please check out the link here: http://www.12thnjvolunteerscok.org/Bridgeton_Civil_War_Monument_Vandalized.html