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About This Author
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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
But that's just my resume.
My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
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My premium membership is up on April 15th, and I have decided not to renew. I went through this last October, and although I need a webpage for tracking "October Novel Prep Challenge" [13+] progress, I had decided to host the page offsite. Then I realized that I can't use the {suser:tuozzo} tag on an offsite page, so in the end, I went ahead with a six-month upgrade and hosted the progress page at WDC.
This year, I have decided that if you don't know your username, you aren't smart enough to play the game.
So on April 15th, I downgrade to upgraded (heh... that was fun), which means portfolio spring cleaning is in my future.
Reach 300 students at MTMS by 12/31/11:
 We cleared 150, which means Chris earned her raise to full-time status.  Next stop, 175 and a part-time receptionist.
Develop and market summer programs by 3/31/2011:
No activity.
Pick scheduling database by 7/31/11:
 No activity.
Potbelly: : Add one repertoire song per week
Not lately.
Reading: One book per week.
No activity.
Writing: Goals TBD:
(1) Blog at WDC daily. Not consistently
(2) Blog at MT.com weekly. Not in months.
I guess I'm not sure what I've been doing the last four days. I suppose when you consider we dropped to 136 by the end of the month, then made it back up to 150 by yesterday, it justifies all the phone calls, emails, payments, enrollments, withdrawals, and related paperwork. We are also integrating four new employees.
On the weight loss front, I am up to 165 pounds, which is 20 up from my rock-bottom weight of 145...which was two summers ago. I plan to start walking in the mornings, and the 9-year-old has agreed to join me. There's nothing like a 9-year-old to hold you accountable, believe me. And here's my food plan for the day:
7:00 Fiber granola bar (1)
8:00 Coffee (1)
9:00 Banana (2) and coffee (1)
11:00 Snack (3)
1:30 Lasagna (5) and Girl Scout cookies (3)
3:30 Rolls with butter (8?)
5:00 Apple (2) and piece of cheese (1)
6:00 Crackers (4)
9:00 Girl Scout Cookies (3)
That's 3034 points. Tomorrow, I will eat 28. Now, 'scuse me while I dress out for the cruise around the 'hood.
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.![Merit Badge in Music
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To a dear friend whose talent for writing music is sensational. May you have a fabulous New Year, (((Brandi)))!!! *^*Kiss*^*
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I don't know how you do it, but I assume there's magic involved *^*Bigsmile*^* I have really enjoyed this month of planning and preparation for NaNoWriMo and I love how organized it all is. Thank you for hosting a great challenge and for your dedication to helping so many of us prepare with confidence and trepidation for National Novel Writing Month (known to sane folks as 'November' *^*Laugh*^*) at your [Link To Item #1474311]](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Organization-1150.gif)
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For your hard work, commitment, talent and innovation in running the October NaNoWriMo Preparation each year, which helps many of us get our scattered thoughts together for November's novel-writing. And also because this badge has ducks on it.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Leadership.gif)
