Procrastinators Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from chronic procrastination.
Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.
hazyjane ci monday june 30th
Been away and have had no routine. Back in harness as of today.
Morning (up at 8am): HP, exercise, breakfast, dog walk, buy water (health habit number seven), quiet time (semi-meditation).
Noon: meeting, fellowship.
Afternoon: housework!!!! (hoover, laundry, plant care. Change sheet on bed.)
6pm: return of daughter from w/end away: welcome with some healthy dinner and a clean house :).
7pm: leave for commitment (late).
9pm: home, walk dogs.
11pm: bed.
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It's an inside job...
believe ...
JOY !!!
Vic 6.29.14
Maintainence, do what works for me, grateful good MB readings lately, HP with help of T helping me not to give up on myself
Sunday, June 29, 2014 From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
God's Will God's will most often happens in spite of us, not because of us.
We may try to second guess what God has in mind for us, looking, searching, hypervigilant to seek God's will as though it were a buried treasure, hidden beyond our reach. If we find it, we win the prize. But if we're not careful, we miss out.
That's not how it works.
We may believe that we have to walk on eggshells, saying, thinking, and feeling the right thing, while forcing ourselves somehow to be in the right place at the right time to find God's will. But that's not true.God's will for us is not hidden like a buried treasure. We do not have to control or force it. We do not have to walk on eggshells in order to have it happen.
It is right there inside and around us. It is happening, right now. Sometimes, it is quiet and uneventful and includes the daily disciplines of responsibility and learning to take care of ourselves. Sometimes, it is healing us when we're in circumstances that trigger old grieving and unfinished business.Sometimes, it is grand.
We do have a part. We have responsibilities, including caring for ourselves. But we do not have to control God's will for us. We are being taken care of. We are protected. And the Power caring for and protecting us loves us very much.
If it is a quiet day, trust the stillness. If it is a day of action, trust the activity. If it is time to wait, trust the pause. If it is time to receive that which we have been waiting for, trust that it will happen clearly and with power, and receive the gift in joy.
Today, I will trust that God's will is happening, as it needs to in my life. I will not make myself anxious and upset by searching vigorously for God's will, taking unnecessary actions to control the course of my destiny or wondering if God's will has passed me by and I have missed it.
Sunday June 29, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting4. Go to the 8 a.m. telephone OA meeting
5. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone DA meeting6. Go to the 9:50 a.m. telephone CLA activity line
7. Test blood sugar8. Cook and eat breakfast
9. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
10. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone UA meeting11. Write down three questions for tonight's meeting
12. Do ACA work13. Do some NA work
14. Wash dishes
15. Clear tables
16. Go through magazines
17. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
18. Go to the 7 p.m. online EA meeting19. Go to the 7:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity line20. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
21. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone CLA business meeting
Thanks for letting me share
Vic 6.28.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Saturday, June 28, 2014 From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
When Things Don't Work
Frequently, when faced with a problem, we may attempt to solve it in a particular way. When that way doesn't work, we may continue trying to solve the problem in that same way.We may get frustrated, try harder, get more frustrated, and then exert more energy and influence into forcing the same solution that we have already tried and that didn't work.
That approach makes us crazy. It tends to get us stuck and trapped. It is the stuff that unmanageability is made of.
We can get caught in this same difficult pattern in relationships, in tasks, in any area of our life. We initiate something, it doesn't work, doesn't flow, we feel badly, then try the same approach harder, even though it's not working and flowing.Sometimes, it's appropriate not to give up and to try harder. Sometimes, it's more appropriate to let go, detach, and stop trying so hard.If it doesn't work, if it doesn't flow, maybe life is trying to tell us something. Life is a gentle teacher. She doesn't always send neon road signs to guide us. Sometimes, the signs are more subtle. Something not working may be a sign!
Let go. If we have become frustrated by repeated efforts that aren't producing desired results, we may be trying to force ourselves down the wrong path. Sometimes, a different solution is appropriate. Sometimes, a different path opens up. Often, the answer will emerge more clearly in the quietness of letting go than it will in the urgency, frustration, and desperation of pushing harder.
Learn to recognize when something isn't working or isn't flowing. Step back and wait for clear guidance.
Today, I will not make myself crazy by repeatedly trying solutions that have proven themselves unsuccessful. If something isn't working, I will step back and wait for guidance.
Saturday June 28, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Test blood sugar
3. Fix and eat breakfast
4. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
5. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting
6. Go to the 8 a.m. telephone OA meeting
7. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone UA meeting
8. Get dressed
9. Go to the 10 a.m. face to face NA meeting
10. Cook and eat lunch
11. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA business meeting12. Go to the 4 p.m. telephone Al-Anon meeting
13. Warm up and eat dinner
14. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
15. Go to the 7:30 p.m. face to face NA meeting
16. Test blood sugarThanks for letting me share
@ Vic
Wow, Vic, that post blew me away (or at least the prickle of tears). May I walk this way with you...?
Today I won't 'plan' anything - stick to the basic. Program but focus on God and his will for me in each moment...
To all my fellow sprinters, walkers, crawlers, moonwalkers and limpers - Thanks for your company!
@Unstuck-ing
Thank You! and your company.
Pa pa(ers) are my "life support system" right now, anything else is "extra". Grateful for you and spirit of everyone here. No way would/could I "show up" anywhere else.
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Vic 6.27.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Friday, June 27, 2014 Achieving Harmony From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
When a pianist learns a new piece of music, he or she does not sit down and instantly play it perfectly. A pianist often needs to practice each hand's work separately to learn the feel, to learn the sound. One hand picks out a part until there is a rhythm and ease in playing what is difficult. Then, the musician practices with the other hand, picking through the notes, one by one, until that hand learns its tasks. When each hand has learned its part - the sound, the feel, the rhythm, and the tones - then both hands can play together.
During the time of practice, the music may not sound like much. It may sound disconnected, not particularly beautiful. But when both hands are ready to play together, music is created - a whole piece comes together in harmony and beauty.
When we begin recovery, it may feel like we spend months, even years, practicing individual, seemingly disconnected behaviors in the separate parts of our life.
We take our new skills into our work, our career, and begin to apply them slowly, making our work relationships healthier for us. We take our skills into our relationships, sometimes one relationship at a time. We struggle through our new behaviors in our love relationships.
One part at a time, we practice our new music note by note.
We work on our relationship with our Higher Power - our spirituality. We work at loving ourselves. We work at believing we deserve the best. We work on our finances. On our recreation. Sometimes on our appearance. Sometimes on our home.
We work on feelings. On beliefs. On behaviors. Letting go of the old, acquiring the new. We work and work and work. We practice. We struggle through. We go from one extreme to the other, and sometimes back through the course again. We make a little progress, go backward, and then go forward again.
It may all seem disconnected. It may not sound like a harmonious, beautiful piece of music - just isolated notes. Then one day, something happens. We become ready to play with both hands, to put the music together.
What we have been working toward, note by note, becomes a song. That song is a whole life, a complete life, and a life in harmony.
The music will come together in our life if we keep practicing the parts.
Today, I will practice my recovery behaviors through the individual parts of my life. I trust that, one day, things will come together in a full, complete song.
Grateful to read this, I was ready to "give up" on myself, guess was hp.
Friday June 27, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone meeting, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
3. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting
4. Cook and eat breakfast
5. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone UA meeting
6. Go to voc rehab
7. Go to the 10 a.m. telephone DA meeting
8. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone PA meeting
9. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
10. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting11. Fix and eat lunch
12. Wash dishes
13. Clear up tables
14. Go to the 5 p.m. telephone OA meeting
15. Cook and eat dinner16. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
17. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting18. Go to the 8 p.m. online EA meeting
19. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone DA meeting
20. Test blood sugar twice a day
Thanks for letting me share
Friday 27th June
It 915 and I'm awake, b'fasted, prayer & reflection for the day.
Each hour to grasp the significance of 'now'...
Get dressed, mail, quick fruit/veg shop.
1000 workout w friend
1100 shower clothes off line
1130 start pharm m cq 15min x3 for 2 hours
1330-1530 whatever but Inc. change addresses for superpayroll, insurance co.
1400 ring M
1530-1800 pharm mcq
1800-2030 whatever
2030-2230 phys viva
2230 read
2330 bed
Vic 6.26.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Am beside nyself....
Am already behaving as if the race is lost- - so defeatist, don't even know what to dowth myself!! I'm 4 days into my week off and literal 30mins of useful focused study done!!!!!!!!!! Not exaggerating to make it sound worse!( Haha, so twisted).
Just need to pour out whatever is there, The Fear. "Perfect love drives out fear."
So back to basics:
I admit that I am powerless over my procrastination and debt and that my life had become unmanageable. I came to believe that a Power greater than myself could restore me to sanity and I made a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of God. I humbly ask God to remove my shortcomings. I pray constantly and unceasingly only for knowledge of God's will for me today and the power to carry that out.
Its not about the tasks - its about listening to the moment and going with the flow of the spirit - today and NOW.
Its not about the money, its about listening to the simplicity of need and contentment - today and NOW.
O man I am so not in control and that totally freaks me out! Instead of losing control I will choose to give up my control.
've cancelled my dinner plans for tonight that were meant to be a reward for a good day's work. Don't waste the opportunity!
1600-1800 pharm mc q w timer and chatbox
1800-1930 pilates, dinner, ring someone sane
1930-2100 path vivas
2100-2230 anat vivas
2230-2330 read something that builds me up, no more tv before bed- it just eats your life away, 30mins at a time!
Thursday June 26, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Test blood sugar3. Cook and eat breakfast
4. Get dressed
5. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
6. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting
7. Go to the doctor at 8:15 a.m.
8. Call the mental health center for them to leave me lunch
9. Go to group therapy at 9:25 a.m.10. Eat lunch11. Go to group therapy at 1 p.m.
12. Wash dishes
13. Warm up and eat dinner
14. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting15. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
16. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
17. Test blood sugar
Thanks for letting me share
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Vic 6.2514
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
person, place, or thing has any power over me, for I am the only thinker
in my mind. I create my own reality and everyone in it.”
―
Louise L. Hay
Wednesday June 25, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Test blood sugar3. Take shower4. Get dressed
5. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting6. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting7. Cook and eat breakfast
8. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone UA meeting
9. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone ACA meeting10. Go to the bank
11. Go to group therapy at 10:45 a.m.12. Eat lunch
13. Go to group therapy at 1 p.m.14. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone CLA meeting15. Wash dishes
16. Clear tables
17. Warm up and eat dinner18. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
19. Go to the 7:30 p.m. telephone DA-HOW meeting
20. Go to the 8:30 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
21. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting
22. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
23. Go to the 9:30 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
Thanks for letting me share
WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE
people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily
zig ziglar
CONSOL
basic shop
phone son---and extras
phone mum
bath, wash hair
wash towels
gym?
organise office
emails intro
drawings/prep/ printing?
tablets
diary?
Back after nights...
So finished nights Monday morning - really does take me two full days to recover. We am now - got up optimistically at 830 - no study as yet.
Jobs:
Sheets washed and hung outPrayer and dedicationCheck bankingHealthy b'fastRing insurance companies
Renew medical insurance
Email J
Do some exercise - jog or circuit
Do some plates
Stresses
Found myself daydreaming which means avoidance and stress -- let it go and just do each little step - just because this mornings gone doesn't mean the day has!
1120 make coffee
1130 pharm mcq 3x15mins x2
1330-1500 do whatever Inc. jobs above - return R bike
1500-1730 viva - anta
1730-2000 whatever Inc. workout and healthy dinner
2030 -2230 pharm mcq
2230 read & bed
Vic 6.24.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Tuesday June 24, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 telephone ACA meeting2. Test blood sugar
3. Take shower
4. Get dressed
5. Fix and eat breakfast6. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting7. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting
8. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
9. Go to group therapy at 9 a.m.
10. Go to individual therapy at 10:15 a.m.
11. Call the pharmacy
12. Eat lunch
13. Go to the store
14. Go to the pharmacy
15. Do numbers16. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone DA meeting17. Do some ACA work
18. Get mail
19. Clear tables
20. Cook and eat dinner
21. Go to the 6 p.m. telephone OA meeting22. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone OA meeting23. Go to the 8:30 p.m. telephone ACA meeting
24. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
Thanks for letting me share
Re: Each step forward and each start ... builds to the next
One small step is not just much more than nothing,
it is infinitely more. (-- Clement)
And the task that seems infinite ... is finite.
Help me find the courage and faith
to start and to keep going.
Every moment can be a new start.
Thank you to PA member Chickadee for providing this sequence of images and words to inspire our day.
Thank...
Just what I needed!
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Innertruth's Monday, June 23
9 to 10 -
check fb, email Ayesha, email naheed, TY George,check ESL websites
Contact City OpEvening
Vic 6.23.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Monday, June 23, 2014 Letting Go of Old Beliefs
Try harder. Do better. Be perfect. These messages are tricks that people have played on us. No matter how hard we try, we think we have to do better. Perfection always eludes us and keeps us unhappy with the good we've done.
Messages of perfectionism are tricks because we can never achieve their goal. We cannot feel good about ourselves or what we have done while these messages are driving us. We will never be good enough until we change the messages and tell ourselves we are good enough now.
We can start approving of and accepting ourselves. Who we are is good enough. Our best yesterday was good enough; our best today is plenty good too.
We can be who we are, and do it the way we do it - today. That is the essence of avoiding perfection.
God, help me let go of the messages that drive me into the crazies. I will give myself permission to be who I am and let that be good enough. From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie
monday 23 june
people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily
zig ziglar
tablets
bath
wash hair
make bed
cook dinner
phone wolve/son (wednesday?)
finances gas/phone---fare tomorrow
consol phone
basic shop + GYM
filling --complete
organise office
prep--printing|?
pick up script
Monday June 23, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone meeting, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:45 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Test blood sugar3. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
4. Go to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting5. Cook and eat breakfast
6. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone UA meeting
7. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
8. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone CLA activity line
9. Go to the 10 a.m. telephone UA meeting
10. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone PA meeting
11. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
12. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting
13. Go to the 1 p.m. telephone CLA activity line
14. Cook and eat lunch15. Go to the 3 p.m. telephone UA meeting
16. Go to my mom's apartment and get dinner
17. Clear up tables
18. Wash dishes
19. Warm up and eat dinner
20. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
21. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
22. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting
23. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
24. Test blood sugarThanks for letting me share
Vic 6.22.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
“Our ability to recover from life's setbacks is much greater when we see them as temporary rather than permanent.”AFH
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Sunday June 22, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Test blood sugar
3. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting4. Go to the 7 p.m. telephone DA meeting
5. Fix and eat breakfast
6. Go to the 8 a.m. telephone OA meeting7. Go to the 9 a.m. telephone DA meeting
8. Take shower
9. Get dressed
10. Go to church
11. Eat lunch
12. Wash and dry clothes
13. Type three questions for tonight's meeting
14. Clear up tables
15. Cook and eat dinner
16. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
17. Go to the 7 p.m. online EA meeting
18. Go to the 7:30 p.m. telephone CLA activity line19. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
20. Test blood sugar
Thanks for letting me share
SUNDAY 22 JUNE
people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily
zig ZIGLAR
SHOP basic
filing
wash hair
wash sheets
FINANCES phone bill
organise office, clear desk
drawings prep
loft phone
SATURDAY 21 JUNE
people say motivation won't last. neither does bathing, that's why we recommend it daily
zig ziglar
wash up 2 x 10
tidy kitchen wash 3 x 10
mop floor 2 x 10
done 9
clean toilet
tidy living room
wash hair
bed
organise office --clear desk
clear desk living room
Salamander's check in - Saturday, 21 June 2014
Greetings, my fellow procrastinators! I haven't been here in a long time but I still have the same need to be here so... here I am again. Thank you all for creating the community I can take safe shelter in.
In my news, I'm going to join Overeaters Anonymous imminently too.
So here is my list of today's goals - briefly.
I'd love to think I could get all that done and have time spare, but I think that's about all I can manage before bed.
If there is any spare time, I will continue to declutter the hotspot on the dining room table.
Thanking Pro for creating this space. Have a good day everyone!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anais Nin)
Vic 6.21.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
Saturday June 21, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Test blood sugar3. Fix and eat breakfast
4. Go to church/food bank
5. Go to the 11:15 a.m. telephone DA workshop6. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
7. Cook and eat lunch
8. Make copies and print out copies
9. Go to the 4 p.m. telephone Al-Anon meeting
10. Cook and eat dinner
11. Go to the 6:45 p.m. telephone OA meeting
12. Go to the 7:30 p.m. face to face NA meeting
13. Test blood sugar
Thanks for letting me share
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Innertruth's check-in for Friday, June 20
Search for ESL jobsUpdate spreadsheetApply to all o/s jobsT O appPhone Victoria re tutoringrungo to NB for running shoesgo to contact fitterworkUA meetingmovingalong check-in: Friday, June 20, 2014
Meeting
brunch
fill out form
appointment
turn in form
dinner
meeting
Friday June 20, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, the telephone meeting, and my life.
Things I will do today
1. Go to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting
2. Go to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting
3. Test blood sugar
4. Cook and eat breakfast
5. Go to the 8:30 a.m. telephone CLA meeting6. Go to the 9:45 a.m. telephone UA meeting7. Go to the 10 a.m. telephone DA meeting
8. Go to the 11 a.m. telephone PA meeting
9. Prayer and meditation morning and evening
10. Go to the 12 noon telephone ACA meeting
11. Go to the store and grocery shop
12. Get medicine ready for the next two weeks13. Cook and eat dinner14. Go to the 5 p.m. telephone OA meeting
15. Go to the 6 p.m. telephone CLA business meeting
16. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
17. Go to the 8 p.m. online EA meeting
18. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting
19. Go to the 10 p.m. telephone DA meeting20. Wash dishes
21. Test blood sugar
Thanks for letting me share
re: balance
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marcelor Thursday
The days go by like minutes... and I am terribly stuck. I cannot imagine a state of lower productivity :-(
(marcelor)
keep coming back. it helps me to focus on the next 3 things. I can build up @3, otherwise I go to my "all or nothing" default mode, does not work ass well.
Vic, funny :)
Dear Vic,
I know you did not mean to say "ass well," but that was your typo and it DID make me laugh!
In fact, that all or nothing default does NOT work. Works like @ss! :)
Take care, friend -
MC
"[People] need to be connected to each other. Courage comes out of relationship; it doesn’t come out of willpower." Peter Block, author of Servant Leadership: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest.
(MC)
LOL your right, "typo" lol xxoo V
Thursday June 19, 2014
I want to thank my Higher Power for this program, this website, and my life.
Things I have done today
1. Went to the 5:55 a.m. telephone ACA meeting2. Took shower3. Got dressed4. Went to the 6:45 a.m. telephone OA meeting5. Went to the 7 a.m. telephone DA meeting6. Tested my blood sugar7. Cooked and ate breakfast8. Went to the doctorThings I will do today
1. Eat lunch
2. Go to group therapy at 1 p.m.3. Get my prescriptions filled
4. Go to the library and make copies
5. Get medicine ready for the next two weeks
6. Cook and eat dinner
7. Go to church at 7 p.m.
8. Go to the 8 p.m. telephone CLA meeting
9. Go to the 9 p.m. telephone OA meeting
10. Go to the 9 p.m. online EA meeting
11. Wash dishes
12. Test blood sugar
Thanks for letting me share
Vic 6.19.14
Maintenance tasks, do what works for me
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.--Benjamin Disraeli
Had productive day yesterday, I need to remember consistency is key for me, I can takle things differently today, I don't have to stop. Grateful PA helps me do that with my HP.thanks pa(ers)