If I don't get tacos I explode!

Attitude of Gratitute

Wed, 27 May 2009 15:06:36 GMT

I've posted a new entry at my blog about having an attitude of gratitude. It is very important for your emotional and spiritual well-being to be thankful for the the things in your life. You can read my post here: http://tinyurl.com/om6pxn

I live again!

Tue, 26 May 2009 13:29:41 GMT

Evidently, according to LiveJournal, it's been 111 weeks since I've logged in. I guess I should maybe start using my journal again? I'm honestly surprised that it wasn't deleted.

I've been spending my time living my life in the real space and trying new things. More recently, I've been experimenting with vegetarianism. The motives are to test the claims of improved health and also to see if this style of living will be sustainable. Other items of interest to me, and likely to others as well, will also be posted there. You can read it at http://charlesscheidecker.blogspot.com.

Ciao,
Charles

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:09:55 GMT

Welcome to where I live.

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:25:58 GMT

I must be doing something right... someone asked me today if I had lost some weight. I hadn't noticed, and I can't weight myself at home because I have a digital scale with a dead battery.

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:24:37 GMT

Here we are yet again! I'm sticking to The Total Money Makeover plan and have stopped using my credit cards. I haven't gotten to the point of chopping them into tiny bits yet but I'm looking forward to that!

So far, progress is slow but existent. I've managed to put $200 into my emergency fund so far. Just $800 more to go and I can start knocking out my debts. I sometimes find myself wishing that I received hourly pay instead of a salary so I could get some overtime! Also, being on call every other week limits my options for picking up side jobs. Anyone have suggestions for side jobs that would be compatible with being on call?

I'm trying to sell some stuff to raise money, too. I've got several speakers up for sale, so if you know anyone who needs or wants some speakers send them to me - I'm willing to ship them for a reasonable handling fee in addition to actual insured shipping charges.

I've also got a couple of lamp tables from the 60's that I'm also selling. They're solid wood and in reasonably good condition. One of them needs refinished - there was an incident where nail polish remover was spilled on the table top and it took the sealer and stain right off. If anyone's looking for a couple of handsome lamp tables, let me know.

Aside from financial matters, there are physical matters. I've been exercising quite a bit this week and feeling some good energy benfits already. I've got an eliptical at home. You probably already knew about that. With the exception of yesterday where I took a day off, I've been doing consistently 3.5 miles to 4 miles per day while watching episodes of Firefly, which I borrowed from nelle816. Thanks Lea, it's been very enjoyable so far! I'm through the first disc finally.
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Forget New Year's Resolutions...

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:00:15 GMT

These are my lifetime resolutions:

1) Become financially fit. I've got a budget in place thanks to the Total Money Makeover (http://www.daveramsey.com). I will become DEBT FREE.

2) Be mentally fit. I honestly need to spend more time reading and studying just for my own personal enjoyment.

3) Be physically fit. I have a big spare tire that needs to be rolled off into permanent storage.

Yeah, me too.

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:51:50 GMT

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
North Central
Boston
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The South
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

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Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:46:29 GMT

I saw this and all I could say was "wow....."

http://tolerance.org/maps/hate/index.html

It's a map of all known hate groups in the US. I had no idea there were two KKK groups still alive in Iowa, and apparently where I live there's a Black Separatist group.

Here's where I've been...

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:40:23 GMT

create your own personalized map of the USA
or check out ourCalifornia travel guide

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:53:36 GMT

Charles Allen Scheidecker's Aliases

Your movie star name: Pizza Charles

Your fashion designer name is Charles Brussels

Your socialite name is Charlie Waterloo

Your fly girl / guy name is C Sch

Your detective name is Tiger Hampton

Your barfly name is Cookies Rum

Your soap opera name is Allen Fourth

Your rock star name is Chocolate Jaguar

Your Star Wars name is Chagui Schmar

Your punk rock band name is The Bored Dilthium Crystal

The Amazing Meganame Generator

I enjoyed this..

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:47:33 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw

It was leaked onto the net before the world premiere could take place, which is too bad.. but I still enjoyed it!

Farmer's Market, beware

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:07:54 GMT

This article is great anecdotal evidence of what Marie keeps telling me - that after you hit a certain age, you should be required to re-certify your driving license at least once per year to verify that you are still fit to drive.

http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060920/BREAKING01/60920009

Perhaps we should have a nation-wide chauffeur program?

I have two words for this...

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:19:11 GMT

Insanity and pandemonium.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2455343&page=1

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:39:20 GMT

I died in the Dungeon of Cornlegend

I was killed in a gothic-arched temple by the wrath of Sillyhead, whilst carrying...

the Dagger of Stuffed Animals, the Sword of Bible, the Axe of Lord Of the Rings, the Axe of Ayessa, the Armour of Potato Salad, the Amulet of Weird Things, the Axe of Invader Zim, a Figurine of Gaspanic, the Wand of Love, the Axe of Tr33fr0g007, the Armour of Music, the Sword of Tom Servo and 112 gold pieces.

Score: 93

Explore the Dungeon of Cornlegend and try to beat this score,
or enter your username to generate and explore your own dungeon...

Hmmmm. Well, at least I didn't get killed by lordesaccordion the arch-demon.

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:59:37 GMT

Today is my last day at Wartburg... Can you believe it? Only a few hours left. I'm taking today to straighten up my desk for the next person and to take care of a few loose ends.

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:52:07 GMT

I feel like I should be listening to Europe: Final Countdown or something. My last Tuesday at Wartburg! Soon I'll be counting down the hours.

Tonight's accomplishment

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:47:52 GMT

1.24 miles, 144 calories

AND some situps! 20, to be precise. Not bad, considering I haven't done any of those since.. I can't remember when. Whew!

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 04:13:02 GMT

Whew.. another mile, another 120 calories burned. Now I just have to weigh in to see if I'm making any progress.

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:33:22 GMT

Whew.. I just finished some exercise for tonight.

6:55, 1 mile, 120 calories

Unfortunately, I splurged big time and ate way too much ice cream. I had a major craving. I'll have to really work to undo that damage.

Then again, my calorie intake was probably a bit low anyway.. I've been eating very light meals/snacks this week.

Another goal exceeded

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:02:50 GMT

Here are tonight's eliptical statistics. I weighed myself last night and I was down to 242, although some of that was probably water weight. I'm glad I'm exercising again. I can definitely feel the boost in my energy levels.

In just over 10 minutes: 1.32 miles, 157 calories

How's your knowledge of driving skills?

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:46:15 GMT

Take this test and post your result here.

I'm a little too cautious, but I still scored 90% on the test.

Exercise

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:03:01 GMT

Today's exercise goal of 1 mile has been... exceeded. My target weight is 175 pounds, expected to be reached no later than March of 2008. This should be easily doable if I keep meal portions down and keep on with a good exercise program. I'm at about 245 pounds right now. 70 pounds off by March 2008 should be easy to do, I think.

Here are today's exercise statistics:
15 minutes, 1.91 miles, 228 calories

I may do some more later, but for now it's time to make something to eat.

Addendum: I think I'm going to start doing progress photographs. That could be fun.

Second note: I did additional exercise tonight.

10 minutes, 1.3 miles, 154 calories

Total exercise burn: 382 calories

We're rocking now!

Get out of my house, bat.

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:38:57 GMT

Ok.. got the second bat out of my house. I can't believe this is the second bat in here, two nights in a row. It came out the same time as last night. About 11:30pm. Alton (the cute little cat) was very helpful; he somehow managed to catch the bat and was running around with it in his mouth. Crazy cat. He's a fantastic hunter.

That's not the real reason I'm posting this though; I just wanted to put in a plug for my new "Potentially Useful" blog. I've started to add content to it, so you'll have something to read. I'm going to try to keep it updated with useful tips and whatnot.

Here it is:

"Potentially Useful"

Zounds...

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:41:42 GMT

There's another bat in the house tonight. I just removed one from the house last night... I think they're coming in through the heating ductwork, so tomorrow I'm going to install some alumnium screen at the entrypoint on the outside of the house.

But for now..it's time to sleep. I hope the bat doesn't come to get me. :^)

Exercise

Sun, 04 Jun 2006 04:19:35 GMT

Well, last night I didn't manage to get around to exercising AT ALL.

However, tonight I managed to make this goal:

1.29 miles, 154 calories burned, in 10 minutes

Not bad. Did a bunch of other stuff around the house too. My biggest accomplishment was installing a bi-fold door to separate the mess that is the den from the rest of the house. It'll keep the cats out but still permit air flow between the rooms.