Alicia Annotated

Musings and ramblings

[cryptokitsch]

do “welcome” mats count as inviting vampires into a home? does holding the door open? does it have to be verbal?

[cryptokitsch]

the story behind this is that my mom doesn’t believe in vampires but 6 years ago as a joke i told her that door mats that say “Welcome” would let vampires into our house and she hasn’t bought one since

[butthorn]

[papapu-u]

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[annakeepslearning]

Monthly Budget Template:

So I recently started a new job and in order to keep track of what money that’s coming in and going out I decided to make a monthly budget template which I’m sharing with you all! I based it off the boring template that excel provided and make a few tweaks. 

Monthly Savings: The monthly savings formula is the total monthly income/2, because I firmly believe in the saying save half, spend half, obviously you don’t have to spend half your income if you don’t want to. 

Add as many jobs and monthly expenses as you want: For example I have 3 jobs, two stable and one infrequent. I predict roughly how much I will make that month and then alter it with each weekly payslip. 

Keeping Track: In the example above I have some suggestions of expenses, with the eating out category to keep track of it as the month goes by I simply add how much my eating out bill for the night was to the end of the expenses list and then deduct that amount from the original eating out.

Cash Balance: This is one of my favourite categories because this is my extra bonus for the month which I can use for anything, or if I’m earning more that month I’ll add some of it to my savings e.g. =(TotalMonthlyIncome/2)+200   So if I’m saving for something in a couple of month I can go back and check each months saving formula and I might have accumulated $800 extra spending money for a month of my choice.

Style Guide: Featuring Pantone’s Colours of the Year - Rose Quartz and Serenity, you can change them to whatever you want, at the moment this is the key: Rose = expenses, Serenity = income and Navy Blue = text The font Andale Mono is included in the download folder - Install the font before opening the template!!

New Feature: I was requested to add a chart that illustrated how much of the monthly expenses was being spent on a certain item e.g. Clothes. Learn how it works here

Download the folder here  - (compatible with new & old excel)

Let me know if you have any questions or if I’ve made any mistakes!

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Just for the record darling, not all positive change feels positive in the beginning.

S.C. Lourie (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[doftyacc]

How to create an effective electronic files system ^u^

back to school challenge: nine days to go!

hey it’s rebecca! my second advice post today is all about keeping your filing system on your computer/tablet nicely organised and free of any junk, allowing you to use it effectively throughout your school year without losing files only to find them the day after they are due~ (what do you mean of course i’ve never done that)

it honestly isn’t as hard as you think, it just takes a bit of time and patience to sort out everything that has piled up over time, and once it’s done it’s up to you to ensure it never falls to pieces again -  so get your playlist pumpin’ and get goin’!

step 1: PURGEEE!!!1!!1!!!

this is probably one of the longest things you will have to do - go through absolutely every folder and file on your computer and delete everything that is irrelevant, unhelpful and has been used at that point - you don’t need anything that is wasting storage (the downloads folder is a particular offender for carrying these kinds of files, just a load of random shit is often found here). don’t be too hasty though, check what files are (please don’t delete something if it will break your computer) and if they may have some significance in the future, hang on to them for now and you can deal with them later when you have the time.

step 2: create a simple, understandable folder system  ヅ

unless you have a load of really random shit that you need to keep, you should be able to divide most of your documents into a few large categories. for example, mine are split into school, work, church, and then an other category (for things like onenote notebooks, guarantees, app folders and other random documents that i’d want to keep). now go through everything and sort them into the corresponding folder.

step 3: create subfolders

now to organise everything even further (!!!), you should create subfolders in each folder to make sure you know exactly where to go when looking for a document. for example, in my school folder everything is divided into subjects, then in each subject folder they are divided into the academic year, then in there i may divide documents depending on the unit/area (e.g, in my maths folder there are folders entitled application, expressions & formulae and relationships - corresponding to the three units). this will make documents even easier to find!

step 4: rename everything

your life will become a helluva lot easier if you rename your documents so that they make sense (’applications cheat sheet’ as opposed to “document 1″, for example). create a naming system that will work for you and stick to it throughout the year - make it a habit that you can’t break! one thing that i don’t personally do that is super organised to date everything! by this i mean rename your files with the date as YYYYMMDD_filename . this makes it super easy if you have ever lost a file or can’t remember where you would put something, as you can just search for it !

KUDOS TO YOU!: another thing you could do to be the organisation ~*~qUeEn~*~ is to back everything up using a programme like google drive or onedrive or dropbox! i do not do this currently but one day when i have the time i plan to just go through everything and back it all up in case, god forbid, anything happens to my laptop ://

step 5: keep it up!

don’t slip back into bad habits with this, so with every new document (or edit) you make, ensure when you come to save it that it is going into the correct folder (and not downloads!!) also keep an eye out, and when you have a spare moment, have a quick skim of your folders to delete anything that has creeped onto your computer.

you know how the saying goes: a place for everything, and everything in its place - it is so so important to remember that this goes for all your digital space too, and hey, who wouldn’t like an easier life B)

i hope you have found this helpful and i will see you tomorrow!

rebecca x

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[useless-zoofacts]

6 zoo myths that arent true

[cephalopodvictorious]

Most behaviors that you see keepers demonstrate at the zoo or aquarium are natural behaviors that the animals do in the wild. When the animals do them, the keepers give them a treat and pair it with a gesture or a word, so that they associate them, and eventually the word or gesture is enough to elicit the behavior because the animal knows that there’s a reward. But here’s the thing: most of those behaviors are encouraged because they help veterinarians and keepers do health checks.

Yeah, its cute when they nose boop the stick, but also keepers need to check their vision and depth perception and mobility. Sea lions are so cute when they wave! But vets and keepers need to check under those flippers to make sure that they’re healthy and that they don’t have any restrictions on their motion or cuts on their skin. Why do they ask animals to jump? Again, to make sure that they’re healthy, and also because its fun and animals LOVE to move around and jump and have fun, its mentally stimulating. 

[coffeeandufos]

This is the most important thing I will ever reblog and anyone who is still ignorant enough to think zoos are awful can fuck off my blog. Zoos are necessary. If you think otherwise please unfollow me because I don’t want you here.

[lovedrugsandfanfic]

This is super important for people to see. I have worked at a zoo and I can not tell you how many times I’ve had to defend the zoo for the good they do. People need to learn that zoos are actually helping save endangered species.

[princessofharte]

Remember: Sea World is not a zoo and doesn’t really care about animals unless they can make a profit. Fuck Sea World.

Alternatively, Busch Gardens does care for their animals.

[pauhami]

Catch!

Thanks everyone for your support here in Tumblr! Appreciate all the likes, re-blogs and comments. Thank you again! <3

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

I think one of my favorite feelings is laughing with someone and realizing half way through how much you enjoy their existence.

Unknown (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[chuckdrawsthings]

do pigeons sometimes forget they can fly or what

[veganthranduil]

actually!! apparently it takes up a lot of energy to lift off, so to pigeons, humans are just not worth the bother

[chuckdrawsthings]

this is an excellent fact. we are insignificant to them and i love it

[plantinghuman]

Illustrations by Annie Huang.

[writingsforwinter]

it’s safe to assume that at any given moment i want to go back to bed

[micdotcom]

Hobby Lobby forced to return 5,500 looted Iraqi artifacts

Arts and crafts retail giant Hobby Lobby has gotten itself into the middle of another massive controversy — and this time, it appears unlikely they can rely on a friendly Supreme Court to bail them out.

According to a statement on the Department of Justice’s website, acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Bridget Rohde and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have reached a settlement with Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. for illegally purchasing over 5,500 Iraqi artifacts for $1.6 million. 

The artifacts were likely looted from archaeological sites or museums in Iraq during the chaos of the country’s 14 years of U.S. occupation and civil war, and shipped to the U.S. with falsified labels designating them as tile “samples.”

A massive black market in stolen archaeological and historical items has spawned in the wake of the United States’ 2003 overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s government. 

Baghdad’s National Museum of Iraq was looted as U.S. troops failed to secure key locations throughout the city. 

More recently, the Islamic State have likely sold a fortune in looted antiquities amid its years-long rampage throughout Iraq and Syria, raising troubling questions about who looted the cuneiforms in the first place. Read more (7/6/17)