Hello World

I almost forgot to post here. Today has been a fairly productive day. I have been busy posting on all of the blogs, made $5 with PayPerPost (something that hasn't been happening very often lately), and got at least one article written for Associated Content, and one written for Helium. Additionally I got at least one review for Review Stream done and I am feeling very accomplished. I feel that in the next few months I should get a better and better handle on making money. Sadly I have to let some programs go that I really enjoy and that does indeed make me a tad sad. One of those programs will be myLot. I won't be completely letting it go (after all I find it relaxing and fun) so I will just be stepping back and using it only for recreation instead of going there each day and working hard to make payout. I still recommend this program to all those looking for a relaxing sort of website where they can learn, make friends, and are only going to enjoy the added income as just that, extra.

However, I have been addicted to myLot and some of my more prosperous options have been neglected because of that! If you are interested in myLot check it out today.

December feels like a disappointment after the excellent month I had in November. I feel that it is highly unlikely that I will make it to three hundred dollars this month. However, I should make it to two hundred which is still good this early in the game. Time will tell.

myLot

Awhile back (about three weeks ago) I joined myLot. myLot is a social network, sort of. You go there and you find discussions, you make comments and add to the discussions, you start discussions of your own, and through these processes you make money. Well you don't make a ton of money and you certainly aren't going to get rich doing it. However, it is a lot of fun and incredably enjoyable. I have met a lot of new people, and even few like I have made a few "friends" in the three weeks I have been there. Additionally it is very interesting and I have learned a lot. Also if you have a question then you can ask it and get lots of great answers. I have enjoyed my time there more then anywhere else and thought I would share it with you. In my opinion it is a lot better then mySpace and they pay! If you are interested go and check it out. Sign up is free and easy and then you can navigate freely and find all kinds of great discussions...http://www.mylot.com/?ref=aidenofthetower

Oops

I added a blog that I recently changed topics for to Sponsored Reviews. I made bids and I got accepted for one. The only problem is that you are supposed to have ten posts published before you put your blog there. I had, um, an introduction. Now I feel like I should have the ten before I write the ad, but time is running out (you have a week). I now have five posts, but it is A Little of Everything That Matters which is about marriage and rather a deep and hard to pull off lots of great articles all at one time...

On other notes. PayPerPost has offered me very little work this month. This means the growth I anticipated in my financial status is missing. After all, they were my primary source of income. I have added some work from here and there, but it really hasn't made up for that loss. So far for the month of December I am at $130. My goal for the month was $400...I have been looking though and PayPerPost has less offers for everyone, usually they run close to or over 200 ads. Right now they are at 167 and that number has gotten to be fewer and fewer as the month has gone on. It is possible that it is because it is the end of the year.

Well...I have to make us lunch. Talk to you later.

Sleep Diary

Oh my gosh. (Now I sound like I am sixteen...) Anyway. My husband slept from the time he got home from work till this morning. I was jelous, after all he isn't the only one that is tired! Well, Marcus just woke up at ten o'clock! I got lots of extra sleep. I was feeling, eh, when he got up at 8. He has been taking a bottle about then and then being wide awake. But this time instead of getting me up 20 minutes later, he got me up 2 hours later! Oh I feel great. But it does mean I need to hurry. I have a lot to get done before I head out for the day. Today is the day when my youngest sister-in-law and I go out. We are going to Burger King (upon request, yuck) and we are going to see Enchanted. The movie is at 1:35...so, I am definitely on a tight schedule!

Well....I hope you have a great day! I am off to work on a million and one different things before noon!

My Plans

My plans are the type that keep changing. I keep reworking the plan. The goal is staying the same. The real question comes down to how I can do it. I know that the hours and the schedules that we have been trying to keep lately have both me and my husband very tired. I have also been having headaches more and more, though I think this is really a neck problem. I am working hard and some days it really feels hard. Other days it feels so fun. I love writing, I love blogging, and I am enjoying most of the things that I have been doing to work toward making a living.

Last month I felt so good about making more then three hundred dollars. It doesn't look like that is going to happen this month. I have to get more eggs going in other baskets! LOL. To be more true, I need to develop a larger passive income coming in. It isn't enough to depend on the money that can be made today. I need the money that comes in through Google Adsense or page views on various programs like Helium and Associated Content. Of course that means I need to be working harder on building up a wide variety of articles there. For Helium it is easy. For Associated Content it is harder. But I have gotten nine articles published (that were paid for upfront and for through page views). That seems fairly good!

Well off to work on this site or that one!

Life is Changing

Today hasn't been as productive as I had hoped it would be. Wednesdays are now "Marcus visits Grandma and Aunts and Uncles in the afternoon day!" This means I have three or four hours to work hard without the little terror. Well, today I didn't get as much done as I wanted to (that's part of why I am here now, that and my hubby went to bed really really early!) Well, it is a hard schedule to get used to. It seems to change my whole world. I did get an article written and posted.
Plus I helped my mom get my brother's presents ready. We will be mailing out their Christmas gifts on Saturday. So, I had to wrap ours and help her package hers. That was unplanned and time consuming.

I am very excited about life today. Today is one of those days where I feel like success is just around the corner. Though it may be a big corner that takes a lot of time to walk around!

My Regular Sleep Diary

So, since this has become a habitual place to share my sleep or lack there of...I hated to break tradition. Last night I went to bed at 11:30. I tried to sleep through my husband getting up and ready, but he really wasn't wanting to go to work so he kept coming in and talking to me. Finally I got up. I got online and started working. Which meant before I knew it, it was seven and I wanted a little more sleep before Marcus got up. Laid down, got comfy, and you know who woke up! So, I am once again feeling tired. It is 8:25 am and I am looking forward to nap time already! Ah...such as life!

Diamonds and Beautiful Things!

We have a very specific idea of what a diamond should look like. Most want them bright white with lots of great sparkle. Not all of us know what makes a diamond like that, nor do we know about great cut, or clarity, or even that most diamonds lean toward the yellow or dingier side, unless you have a lot of money to spend on a diamond.

However, diamonds don't have to be white, or dingy white for that matter. Diamonds come in a wide variety of colors. Black diamonds are a great example of beautiful diamonds that are far from our traditional outlook on diamonds. These stones are black, they lack the flash of a traditional diamond. For many they are a great choice because they have great beauty while leaving behind the traditional, the common, the everyday. Black Diamond rings make a great choice for the girl who loves jewelry, but wants a ring that is different, a stone that is more unique and that shows more of her in it.

Of course there are lots more options. Do you want more sparkle then the black diamond has? Do you want a color that is difficult to find in any other stone? It may be that the Blue diamond is really the one for you. It has an oceany color about it. A blue that is both blue, but deeper with greens splashed in. It is one of the most unique and beautiful stones, may be that's your perfect ring!


Of course you don't have to be limited with just clear, black, and blue, there are many other choices out there including things like this beautiful red diamond that is set into this lovely ring. Maybe this is the one for you!

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What I Have Been Doing Lately

I have been a busy little bee. I have my blogs (I like to call them websites since they are about something, though there is this blog and one other that is pretty much about whatever I want to write about). I have been working on more and more of these. In October I became overwhelmed and stopped working so hard. I have been slowly adding more and more blogs to work with, though I had started all of them.

Then I have Helium and Associated Content. I have been writing articles for both of these and making money.

Then there is Constant Content. I tried to write for them last month and gave up for now.

Letter Rep takes in letters and sells them. I stopped writing for them for a little while, but plan on going back (probably on Wednesdays which is going to be a special day).

Then I have been trying shared reviews, review stream, a how to site, and a few others. I will share more with you as I know more.

I have also gotten addicted to myLot, which isn't good, and I am trying out Yuwie to see how much can be made there with no referrals (since their system is based on referrals and lots of them!).

Money Making Goals

Last month I made 311 dollars. This month I wanted to make 400. It hasn't been working out so well. I don't know if I am spending too much time trying new things and not working the old things enough or what. I do know that PayPerPost has been my biggest payout so far and this month things have slowed down a lot. Then add a few days a week worth of running errends and I am at about 100 bucks so far. I feel a little disappointed, but in reality it doesn't change much whether I make 400 this month or not. I still have to be consistently pulling in 4k a month in order to make all my dreams come true. Well I definitely need Disney's saying (found on Meet the Robinsons), Keep Moving Forward!

Maintaining Standards

I have been doing this a little while now and am starting to make money off of it. It is after all mostly coming from sponsored posts. I enjoy writing sponsored posts and I of course enjoy getting money. However, setting standards for how many posts should be sponsored and how many should be my own stuff (sometimes nothingness, sometimes everything) is a hard call to make. PayPerPost only requires that you have at least one regular post between every sponsored or paid one. This is easy, after all, you can come up with something or nothing to write in the middle. I have been trying to increase the amount of posts I have in between the paid ones. It isn't easy and some days it is easier then others. Part of this is due to having a lot to say or having no paid posts to post.

Sponsored Reviews is a site I tried awhile back. Getting frustrated with it I stopped using it. I have picked it back up. They want three regular posts to every sponsored one. Well that is a lot of regular stuff. I wanted five to one on some of my sites, but that is even harder and some days downright exhausting. Maintaining a balance is a hard thing to do...

I Could Use a Massage!

So, about five years ago now I was in a car accident the did something to my neck. The physical therapist said it squished the top vertibrea together. They still have their cartlidge and all, but they "stick" together (all his words, not mine). All I know is it causes headaches, neck aches, and shoulder pain. To tell you the truth it is really bad for me to sit in our cheap ($40) desk chair and work on the computer all the time. When I saw these Massage Chairs for the first time, I thought, "I Could Use a Massage!" Then I read about their technology. It can adjust for different heights, it can do this and that. Oh, my would I be in heaven. Their newest creation comes with a foot and calve massager, as well as the full body massager. With a fancy name like HT 7450, it has to be good. Oh okay, it doesn't have to be, but with a statement like, "Human Touch chairs, calf massagers, massage ottomans, and accessories are ideal gifts for the stressed-out, over-worked, achy, and tired!" it sounds like we should all be buying each other one for Christmas!

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Today is Saturday

Today is Saturday. Now most Saturdays we take off. Get out of the house, after all I spend all day, everyday, here Monday through Friday (well mostly). So this Saturday what are we doing? Hanging out here. My husband has a cold and has spent the entire day in bed. Well, I feel kinda grumpy. Being new around here and not knowing many people I don't really have anything that I could be out and about doing. But now I am not spending time with my hubby and I am not out and about. Instead, I am talking to you. Or complaining at you.

But now that you have taken the time to listen, I feel much better. Thank you! So, I have been thinking that I may take this blog much deeper then my everyday life. I may take it back to my birth or my wedding or something so that I have so much more to talk about. After all, I want to provide a lot of posts. I love making money using this blog, but I would like to have three posts to every one sponsored one. PayPerPost only requires that you have one regular post to every sponsored one, but to me it feels crowded. I work hard to make my sponsored posts entertaining, at least I think they are entertaining, but I want everyone to come back to hear what I have to say!

Well, I am off for now. I sure hope you come back!

The Sleep Diary

I think I should change the name of this blog to the Sleep Diary. I find myself talking about my sleep patterns, bad habits, child sleeping issues, and the whole thing combined. When I have a bad day I talk about how tired I am and when I have a good day I am excited and make sure I share that too. Today I am doing well, however I didn't sleep well which has me tired!

I was thinking sometime this morning as I was praying that the baby would go back to sleep and really knowing that he wasn't going to and his babbling would only turn to crying as he decided he wanted up...I wish I could have a device that published blogs straight out of my head. I think all the time about great things to write. I think in clear consise and fun ways about a ton of different topics. I think when I shop, when I try to sleep, when I am in the bathroom, or cooking dinner. I could have about fifty more blogs on a wide range of topics if only I could just think them into existance! Hopefully my spelling would be better there too...

These blogs would be about deep thinking types of issues, funny ones, I love adding humor but never know how to do that while I am here in front of the computer. It is always after I have left and moved onto something else that my brain becomes witty (or maybe I just find myself funny!).

Oh back to sleep. I was up till 2...I just couldn't stop thinking. I kept writing articles in my head, so I got up and put it on paper! Hopefully it will make me some money and I can feel good about giving up valued sleep to make it happen. Got up at 4:45, was up till 6. Slept from 6 till 6:45 at which time I got up, and gave the baby a bottle who then drank the bottle and was quite till 7:15. He demanded to get out of bed at 7:30 and well...you can see why I am tired!

Well, hopefully I will be able to be more witty and I will come up with great things to say very soon!

I Haven't Really FELT Like Blogging

Today I haven't really felt like blogging. So, I haven't done it yet. I wrote a great article for Associated Content. I worked a little here and a little there. My husband and I decided to start a movie commentary blog. Well I haven't figured out where I want to do that. BlogCharm looked good. I have posted every day for five days and made $0.009, so it certainly wouldn't build up to that $10 payout very fast. Then I heard that they don't pay out...So, do I use this blog somewhere like Blogger, do I add it to my web host and paying the ten dollars to register it? Well, if I do start my own, traffic is slow building, both her and on my own domain.

Anyway...I like writing articles for Associated Content. At first it was frustrating. After all they denied me up front payments for my first three articles (that I published) and two that I refused to publish. Then I decided I would try and write things that aren't on their website. This got me paid and I have now had four articles paid for, all about different types of hybrid animals.

Articles I got paid for:
The Story of the Ligers and Tigons, Hybrid Cats
Wholphins: The Rare Whale / Dolphin Hybrids

Articles I didn't get paid for:
Avoid Social Isolation During Your Maternity Leave
Get Happy, Healthy, and Beautiful Feet
Believe It or Not, Rats Make Great Pets

Plus I have lots more coming...

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Thanks for tuning in and have a great day!

Technical Yukkies

I hate dealing with the technical yukkies of working on the internet. I am just not a fan of trying to get codes to work or trying to make this do that. I am struggling with the Google ads (in general). First they wouldn't work like I wanted them to on a blog I have and now I can't add or change the ones here on Blogger because Blogger things that I do not own them. It makes me want to growl at them. And maybe shake my fist.

It just doesn't seem like growling or shaking my fist would be effective ways to deal with Google Adsense. Oh such as life. Well, I don't have either one doing what I want it to do, but I am officially giving up till later...

Horrible Horrible Me!

I can't believe that I have done this to myself once again. I am feeling exhausted and grumpy. Well, here's why. We stayed up till 11:30 Sunday night. Got up at 4:30. Laid back down at 6, only to be forced from bed at 6:15 (by the baby of course). Then yesterday I skipped the nap to work. Stayed up till 11. Woke up at 2, because the baby was crying and couldn't get back to sleep (I couldn't, he could). Was up till 3:45. Got up at 4:45 with the second ringing of the alarm clock. Was up till 6:15 only to have the baby wake up at 6:30. Now I am tired, and used to him getting up after eight and sometimes as late as ten. Now he is getting up around six?!?

Well, today I am feeling grumpy too...beware the pursed eyebrows and tired eyes! ;)

Lull

Well, November went out with a boom letting me reach my goal of 300 dollars (I actually made 311). This month has so far been rather dull and lulling. I haven't made much yet this month, and the goal is 400. We will see if I can make it, but I don't want to be too harsh on myself if I can't. So, with that, I work a little here and work a little there all in all working toward making a living online.

Save That Money

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Dating

We joined a dating group at our church. The idea is that dating spouses are working toward making their marriage a priority, keeping their love alive, growing together, and being each other's best friends. We didn't have a problem with any of those things. After all since we have gotten babysitters we have done a great deal of dating. However, we joined the group with the hopes of getting to know some couples in the church.

I must admit that the book we are reading wasn't that good (at least so far) and the group discussion was lacking. Overall that part didn't feel so great. On the other hand, the date we had this evening was amazing. It was great, very relaxing, very nice conversation. Great time after dinner. All in all an eleven on a ten point scale.

Plus, my hubby bought be a beautiful bouquet of flowers!

The Count is In!

November's money making count is in.

I made a little with each of the following sources.

Google Adsense- 0.13
Helium- 3.75
PayPerPost- 232.64
Bloggerwave- 20
Blogvertise- 15
Creamaid- 16
LetterRep- 10
Associated Content- 13.55
myLot- 0.47

Total- 311.54

The Days

The days have been crazy lately. Yesterday I spent a portion of time at the in-laws. Last night at church. Today was a bad day with the baby. Then I went shopping today. So, pretty much I haven't gotten much done the past two days. Then tomorrow is run my mom around day. It isn't looking like a very good day to work, and things are starting to get behind. I had a plan, one that I think would get me way ahead and let me work on more things as time goes on. I am excited about setting up more and more income base, and working hard to make a living. Tomorrow I will be posting a sheet that lets everyone know how much I have made this month and from where!

See ya then!

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Method to my madness

I read that it is a great idea to mass produce posts. Then you copy, paste, and update. This lets you have material on hand if you are sick, or you have things you have to do at certain times (like today where I was gone for four hours). I decided I would give it a try. So, I have set up a schedule for writing posts on my more difficult websites/blogs. I have done it in such a way that I whipped out one months worth of articles in one day. However, it didn't work out as easy as Monday, yesterday and I only got about 1/2 of months worth done. If I can get a bunch built up then copy and paste will allow me to work on a ton of other things that are rolling around in my head. Articles to be written and passive income to grow...all that jazz.

Christmas Panic

We have a few Christmas gifts left. Of course our Christmas budget is getting really tight and the few people we have left to buy for are the hardest. With that in mind I am feeling very Thankful that I know about CouponChief.com which can save a person a lot of money. They have great coupons, where you can save lots of money. Not just coupons off of things you have never heard of at places you have never seen, this is the real deal. Deals on products you buy at stores you shop. Things that people really want, and can really use. You can get Amazon Coupons and Radio Shack Deals. Of course you are by no means limited to just those two stores. They have tons of stores and even more coupons. Well, don't just sit there taking my word for it, check it out for yourself!

A Day Wasted?

So, I got roped into helping with the church's Christmas program. When you are a person who doesn't say no, it is real easy to get roped in. Today I went to my in-laws to work through the program, and ended up there for lunch, and chat. It was some good chat as they are working hard on The Karth Family website and they are feeling good about all that is happening, how it is growing and how they are making money.

It was good chat, but I can't help but feel that it was a lot of wasted time. I have so much work to do if I want to keep making money this month and through to the next month. After all, without work there is nothing. I will not make my goals. So, I am here, feeling really tired and definitely ready for my nap (Marcus is sleeping) and instead of napping, I am working. I love my work, but it does need to be able to be left better. I have some ideas of how to make that happen.

Tomorrow I will be "out of the office" a good portion of the day running my mom around. Thankfully I could borrow the van last minute. That was a nice, very nice thing!

Joint Pain

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What Makes a Good Blog?

I am certainly not claiming that this is a good blog. This is rather my first blog, the one where I was experiementing to see how it worked, how it turned out and all of that! It has much more traffic then I ever expected and it is that reason that I remain excited about it. It is a fun and easy blog to maintain. After all the things that I write about here are just what I want to write about and not actually things I need to study or things I need to work hard to write about. It just comes from the brain and down into the hands and out through my fingers, which like to type speedy (data entry history and a love of chatting has made that possible).

Anyway. I have been studying blogs and some of them are horrible (mine may or may not fall into that category). Then I was thinking that a lot of it had to do with preference. After all someone may hate this entry. They may feel like they wasted their time reading. They may walk away thinking, "That blog sucks, I am never going there again." That will be then end of it, after all what does it really matter. Another person may come along and read this entry or the one after it, it really doesn't matter, and they may be like, "Wow, she is fun to read!" and then they may come back next week, or the week after, or in two months. Or never, for that matter, and it won't really matter.

But the quality of blogs does differ. In some cases it takes years to get enough backlinks to get a decent page rank. Though if they post often, and they post long enough they will indeed get that page rank. Ah, just some musings of a crazy young fool.

Stand Up, Stand Out

Nothing is greater then finding a t-shirt that has a message. A message that makes your friends laugh, your neighbors laugh, and that blond that doesn't get it, but must laugh anyway. Laughter is the key to a happy and long life. Give yourself the chance to laugh, and give others that same chance. After all, what better way to get strangers to make comments, faces, and to ask questions.

Buzzy Multimedia has a new line of shirts. Most of them are black with white ink sayings. That of course isn't the neat part, that is the ordinary part. The neat part is what the sayings offer. The answer? The sayings offer greatness. Or at least funniness, I suppose you will have to judge its greatness.

They come in sayings like, "If you are what you eat, I must be fast, cheap, and easy." Or, "Friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies." And so many more.

No matter what your take on life, what your personal classification is, there is a shirt here that is funny for you. Check it out, buy a shirt, have a little fun. Life is meant to be lived! I have gone to sites like CafePress, and tried to come up with stuff that is funny. I would say I have done an okay job, but nothing as funny as what's here!



My top ten favorite shirts from Buzzy Multimedia:

10) "Drink Coffee, Do Stupid Things Faster, With More Energy"
9) "America Designed by Geniuses, Run By Idiots"
8) "DANGER: Next Mood Swing In 5 Minutes"
7) "Bondage Instructor Let Me Show You the Ropes"
6) "The Flogging Will Continue Until Morale Improves"
5) "I Am Not a 14 yr. Old Girl, But I Play One on the Internet"
4) "I Childproofed My Home, But Somehow They Keep Getting In"
3) "My Inner Child Needs a Spanking"
2) "I Keep Hitting the Escape Key, But I Am Still Here"
1) "Got This Shirt For My Girlfriend (Awesome Trade)"

What a Life

Well, I have been busy. As such I am working hard to figure it all out and to plan really well, which isn't always easy, but what's a girl to do?

Dinner as usual is a pain.

I have joined Gather and myLot both social networks that give you points or money for participating. We will see how it goes.

It has been snowing here...I thought that wasn't allowed in west Texas, but low and behold it snowed on Thanksgiving and yesterday! It was beautiful and disgusting all at one time. Thankfully it is supposed to be seventy on Friday!

Well, I missed you all. But, I must accomplish a few more things yet tonight. Talk to you later!

Weddings, Weddings, Weddings

It seems that now is a good time to be thinking about weddings. As winter takes over and life gets colder, more shut in and all, we need to be thinking and planning those spring and summer weddings. What better way then to start by checking out daisies wedding invitations.

Daisies offer so much hope and so much peace. Adding them to the wedding invitation is only natural. But it doesn't have to be bland, simple, or every day, it can still be spectacular. You can still have a whole world of choices at your feet. And as a bride or groom (or those helping to plan this joyous occasion), you should have the world of choices at your feet.

Your dreams are still the limit. Your ideas are still possible. Daisy wedding cards (and invitations) just offer you a little bit of a fresh guide. They give you something to hope for and something to add. You can have beautiful, you can have elegant, or simple. Whatever you desire, let daisies make your dream come true!

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Sorry

Sorry you all. It has been a crazy holiday weekend. Marcus was sick, then me, then Peter (and mom), then there was Thanksgiving and still no one was feeling all that great.

Anyway. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving day! I also hope that your holidays will be bright and that the year will round out just as you hoped it would.

Thanks for coming back to read my stuff. Thanks for everything!

Amazing

It is amazing what a good nights sleep will do for you. I feel great. Yesterday I was struggling to get through those last few minutes of life. At 9:30 we went to bed. The baby slept through the night till 4am, when he decided he needed a bottle (considering how little he ate yesterday and the fact that he kept even less down, I am not surprised he was hungry). He is sleeping now (6:30am). So, we all got a good nights sleep. I feel so much better! Which is a good thing since I need to clean the house today, and I have a lot of work to do online.

After all, I am trying to grow a financial empire here and it seems that the only way to do that is to keep posting. Just keep posting. And working and working. It will get there!

Well, have a great day, I know I am going to!

Pain Pain Go Away

Freeze It Gel is the kind of product that all those with sports injuries just gotta love. After all it is a product that eases pain and makes it go away. I don't have a sports injury. I don't have some great tale of how I hurt my knee or back or any such glorious adventure. About five years ago now I was in a car accident. I still don't remember that day, I don't remember how I pulled out in front of a truck who hit me square on, just in front of the drivers side door. I don't remember riding in the ambulance, or being at the hospital. But there is one thing about that day that I can never forget. I hurt my neck. The physical therapist I saw for it said that I compressed the top few vertebrae. The ones in your neck, but almost in your head. Whatever that means I can't be certain, one thing I do know, however, is that it hurts regularly. You see, the little guy in the picture is now sixteen months and he likes to make momma work hard chasing after him. This coupled with hours at the computer doing the work I love means my neck hurts a lot. Freeze It Gel could be the answer for me! With that thought in mind, winning a supply of Freeze It Gel would make life a lot better for me!

Freeze It Gel isn't just for me, or for those with sports injuries. It is good for any sore muscles and or sprains, back, shoulder, and neck pain, arthritis, painful joints, or muscle strains. In fact the more I read about it, the more I think we should all have some. After all I can remember helping people move and having someone on the moving crew with a strained muscle, and with a sprained ankle. We all over due it sometimes and Freeze It Gel could help us all out!

Plus Freeze It comes in a roll on variety for hands free application, or a gel for massaging it in. I know that I would love the options. After all sometimes getting icky gel all over isn't worth it, but rolling it on would be great. You could also take a roll on with you everywhere you go. And you can buy it right here online and have it shipped to your door. If you buy multiples you can save money with free shipping! Nothing can get better then that!


Thank you for reading my story, and stopping by. Have a great day and of course stop by and get your Freeze It Gel or roll on today. I know that I will be there after my next pay day!

We Appear To Have Survived

We appear to have survived the worst of this illness. Marcus hasn't been sick for five hours now, and he is in a pretty good mood. Or was before I laid him down for a nap that is. Either way I am really tired, but trying to make a little money today. I have no idea what to make for dinner. After all by then I think I will be ready to go to bed. Oh, the things that make mothers great. This has got to be one of them. Hard working all the time and then when something like the flu happens (especially to really little ones) they go into overtime and over drive.

I just hope that I don't get sick! Well, time will tell. Till then I have one more sponsored post to post and a nap to take!

Beauty and Tranquility

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What a Night

I love my son. I love being a mom. But last night definitely nails home the point that it isn't easy. It's a lot of work. Often times robbing you of sleep. Marcus is sick. :-( Last night I had a hard time going to bed as usual. I feel asleep, really really good at 12:30. Or rather just after since that is when I remember looking at the clock. Marcus woke up sick at 1:30. From then on it was every fifteen minutes after laying him back down. I would calm him, clean up after him, lay him down. Lay down, listen for him, get up and do it all over again. Now he is up to sleeping for thirty to sixty minutes at a time. We are both tired.

I feel so bad for him. He wants me to make it better and I really can't. His little body clings to me as he cries. But at least he is sleeping better. Hopefully it will be a short term bug and he will be feeling better in no time. With this schedule I have been working a little here and there between taking care of him and trying to get more sleep.

More sleep is good.

I Love Maps

Maps are a necessity. It is true. Especially in my house. My husband has a navigation issue. If he has a map he can most likely get there. If he doesn't, well, then it is highly possible that he will be late, after all he will be finding you. So, maps are very important in our household. They get us where we need to be going.

However, at the same time maps are a pleasure (at least some maps). They are useful in learning about geography and how the world is put together. But they can also be something of beauty. They can lend a great look to many rooms. The right map can be the focus of the room, much like a great painting can captivate.

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Top Ten Things I Want to Do

This is the top ten things I want to do, in no particular order and not written in stone.

1. Work side by side with my husband. Both of us at home.

2. Make a living doing things I love: writing, blogging, crafting.

3. Homeschool our children. Public education has it's pluses (after all most parents need their children to leave for a portion of the day), but no matter how you look at it. The attention of one on one time, a student specific curriculum and plan, as well as the opportunity to work at advanced speeds in a variety of learning methods makes homeschooling a fantastic option for those who can find the time.

4. Visit Paris. This is one of those fufu types of dreams. But I would like to go to new and different places. Paris is at the top of the list. Add New York, London, Rome, and a few others, and it would be just perfect.

5. Sky Dive. I am rather wimpy and want to do something completely out of my comfort zone. Sky Diving is one of those things I wanted to do when I turned 18. It didn't happen. Maybe when I turned 48 (being 24 I have time to figure it out).

6. Spend a year on the road exploring and learning (with my kids) in, around, and from the 48 continental United States. I heard about a homeschooling family doing this several years ago. I would love to do it. If we can really make a living writing and blogging then this would work out just dandy!

7. Write at least a handful of children's books. This would require that I sit down and work on them, but I have so many idea's in mind.

8. Form relationships with my kids, their families, my brothers (and in-laws), and their families. I haven't every had a close family and I hope that at least some of us remain close. Each day I seem to get closer to my husbands four sisters and that certainly makes me happy.

9. Spend a whole week with my husband, and no one but my husband. I never had a honeymoon and we keep making big anniversary plans, but so far haven't gotten to do anything. So, I am hoping that some day we can. All by ourselves, tucked away and free.

10. I want to live financially comfortable. I don't want to have everything (though I don't think I would mind). At the same time, I am tired of worrying about whether we can by this or that right now, or the other thing.

Mortgages

Mortgages can be confusing subjects to talk about. There are so many different kinds out there and of course there are lot of different issues involved. There are different types of mortgages, who to go with, getting a good interest rate, knowing how long you should get a mortgage for, how much you should try to get. After all, can you really get that 250 thousand dollar mortgage? Even more important is getting the best deal. With cheap mortgages that is certainly something that you can do! buy to let mortgages will find just the right mortgage for you. After all the process isn't an easy one. Why not let someone who knows what they are doing, get you the best deal?

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Early Riser

I got up early to see how today (Saturday's) workload was going to be. Work loads are funny things. It is easy for there to be too much work, while at the same time it is just as easy to be under worked. When one is over worked it is obvious. Well it is just as obvious if one is under worked as well. We call him the couch potato or the “gamer”.

I think I am leaning toward over worked. But considering I work for myself...I have no one but myself to blame.

Freedom 2011 is what I call our goal of having my husband come home and work with me (rather then continuing with employment outside of the home). In order for this to happen I have to make four thousand dollars a month or about one hundred and thirty three, thirty three a day. Right now I am making an average of ten dollars a day, and should make three hundred this month (or just over).

But, I am working very hard to get everything set up so that I can actually increase that amount over the next three years. I am full of hope, most days.

Alternative Dating (Well Sorta)

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I Read About...

A while back I read about writing out non-time sensitive posts a head of time. This is a method that is supposed to help you post more, faster. I know that it would help out a lot for posting paid posts. After all you find out you have missed a lot of opportunities while napping, even though you missed nothing all morning while checking them every few minutes. There are a few left and you want to grab as many as possible. So, you hurry up. But that doesn't change the fact that you have to put real live, talk to your reader posts (which I do even for the companies that don't require it because it only seems fair to those who come back even though the blog is full of ads) in between the sponsored ones. This is sometimes causes a rush, or a what the hell do I post about right now feeling. Sometimes you have lots to say. I have lots to say today. In fact I wanted to talk about the idea of having a post bank of my own set up so that I could pull those out when needed.

That certainly makes it easy to keep everything on track. You know when those days come up when you can't think of anything to write or you don't have as much time. Just copy and past and there is a post ready to be published. You don't have to worry that you missed a day (which is often a bad thing to do in this world). Anyway.

I must say thank you for coming by. Thank you for reading The Boring Recount of My Dull Life.

Last Minute Hotel Rooms

It was a cold night. The three of us needed a hotel room, but it was the last minute (the very last minute). We drove around looking for a place to stay only to be turned away by hotel after hotel (I thought for a minute I was writing a weird version of the Christmas story). But that wasn't the case. It was November and my husband, our son who was then four months old), and I were not far from our new home where November first was cold. Very cold. We didn't think to book a hotel in advance and with that we suffered. Even if we would have been able to find a service that would have helped up book them last minute (sometime that day before we were had left and then were stuck in the cold looking for a place to stay), that would have helped.

But we didn't know of such a service. Last Minute Hotel Rooms can be found at the Hotel shop, even as late as the day of departure. Their service is easy to use and looking for great hotel deals on rooms two to five stars in the United Kingdom. They have an easy to use system that will let you search for a room in a region or a city. They even let you supply some information such as what is the most you would want to pay for the room each night of your stay.

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Yesterday

Yesterday I took my sister-in-law to lunch. She is twelve. It was amazing! She is a lot of fun and a completely different person when alone. It is like she came alive. I enjoyed it very much. We went to Fazoli's and then Michael's just to have a look around. Finally we went to the bookstore for a few books, and the bead store to check it out. (I must say that I love that place!). It was a fun time. Additionally, we got a origami kit that we are going to check out sometime.

So, each month I am going to take the kids out, one at a time. This will give me time to get to know them and to talk to them a little about their work on www.thekarthfamily.com. With that in mind it should be interesting. Though I am not certain where to take them all. Some are not as easy to please I am sure!

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Sleeping

My sleep patterns have gotten extremely crazy. I don't know how I have done it, but I am all messed up. Worse, I don't know how to sleep better then what I am right now. Here is how it is working. I go to sleep between 12am and 1:30am. I wake up at 4:30am with the alarm clock signaling it time for my husband to wake up. I work till 7am or 7:30am. I lay back down and get up with the baby between 8:30 and 9:30. By nap time I am tired (that's a shocker!). So, I lay down, usually 30 minutes into the baby's nap and sleep from an hour to two and a half hours (depending on how tired he is). Then that night I lay down at ten or ten thirty with my husband and try to sleep, abandoning hope at around eleven or eleven thirty and get up to do something while I am still awake. Then I go to bed around 12am and 1:30am.

I figured the nap was killing me. So, I stayed up a few days and did other things through the nap, even though I felt tired, and yet I sill couldn't go to bed at bed time. I was still up till one am!

The other issue is that I am ready for a nap around six. I work through it (usually while making dinner) and then I am no longer tired.

It seems as if I have gotten on some weird polyphasic sleeping schedule. I am one who normally gets a lot of sleep to feel really good. Around 10-11 hours. I think it is just natural. Though there are many who claim that that can't be possible and I would do better with 8-9. It has always seemed possible and I have always seemed to need more...With the schedule I do well on 5-9.5 hours, which is less then I would normally feel good on. Plus, most days it is about seven hours of sleep (just spread out a little).

If I work hard during the times I am awake and everyone else is asleep (like right now), I get a ton of things done!

Things are Going GREAT!

Things are going great this month. I have made 148.00 and a few cents somewhere here or there, so far this month. There are a few project out and about that could bring in a few more dollars here or there and I am feeling good about it all. My hope is to make three hundred bucks for the month. With how everything has been working out, it really seems that it could be possible for me to make that much. However, it still erks me when I miss something (which is super easy to do with PayPerPost). I took a five dollar offer and came back fifteen minutes later to find out I had missed two 11 dollar offers and an 18 dollar offer! Hey, wait a minute, but it is too late. Such as life though. Of course, this is another case of the early bird gets the worm. But it doesn't work out as it is supposed to. People keep telling me that early morning is what that saying is about. Not here on the net. Too many "Net People" are "Night People". Central Standard Time says it is 1am, I missed these offers a few minutes ago. While there are bloggers all over the world on PPP, most of them are from the US, which means that they are up in the middle of the night making money too!

Money that I wish I would have gotten to make! Oh well, I am not doing so bad! Guess I will just go with the flow. Talk to you later today, or tomorrow, which ever you prefer to call it! Goodnight, may it be a good one, and may the day be brighter then the brightest rising sun.

Medical Coverage in This Hectic World

One of the first things a new small business owner or a new employee at a place that doesn't have benefits finds out is, not having health insurance is dangers. Sure there are lots of uninsured families that have fear looming over them. They can't afford to go to the doctor, especially if something is really wrong. If you like you job this is a very bad thing. What does one do when they have finally found the work they love? Advantage Medical Quotes is here to help.

They offer a lot of Family Insurance Policies. This gives you lots of options for finding what you and your family need and could afford. They are helpful in helping you find out what your needs are and how much it will cost.

Health Insurance these days isn't easy to fit into the budget so it is wonderful that they off many Flexible Insurance Programs. They also have High Deductible Plans which are very helpful for families that don't go to the doctor very often (but maintain recommended checkups). This can save a lot of money on plan costs and is a very viable option for many families.

In addition to that they have major medical insurance coverage for families. This offers a safety net should anything horrible happen, while at the same time keeping costs low. You then cover your day to day medical needs, and don't have to worry about major medical.

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Monk

We have been watching Monk ( a USA TV show). It has the perfect mix of humor with mystery and action. Monk is OCD which makes his work as a detective mighty funny. This is definitely a show to watch. I like it a lot, probably in my top ten favorites.

Additionally, we don't have TV reception, so we are watching the old Monk's on Monk.com. This works particularly well for us, since we are in the third season and they are in the sixth. But we don't have a lot of time to watch TV, so we will see how it all works out.

I wonder what other TV shows that I really like have the episodes on their websites. It would certainly be an inexpensive way to watch exactly what you want to watch....

Taking Care of Family

There comes a time in everyone's life when they need to figure out what they need to do to take care of their family, be it now and in the future. With these thoughts in mind it is a great time to visit Advantage Term Life where they will help you get a life insurance plan that will protect you and your family in case something horrible does come up. We don't like to think that it will, but when it does it is better for those left behind if their is something there that will make things better for them. Pay the bills, cover the mortgage or even pay the house off, and help them get back on their feet.

Life insurance is often thought of as one of those luxury insurances. Well, "we can't afford it right now" types of insurances. But these days that is rarely true. You can get Lower Insurance Premiums then you ever imagined. You can find something that will help bring peace of mind both now and if something does happen, all at a price you can afford to pay.

With there being so many choices out there it is wonderful that you can find a company like Advantage Term Life that will offer Family Insurance Plans all in one easy to use place. That is providing you the services you need to protect your entire family.

With so much to offer it is hard not to rush right there. But if you need more of a reason, then you should take advantage of free Insurance Quoting Services. Just check it out and see if they have what you want at a price that you want to pay.

I have given a few reasons to head over and visit Advantage Term Life, but that isn't even all of them. They have many plans and policies to help you get what you want. Plus they except everyone. There is no health exam; you can be overweight, a smoker or have diabetes. Advantage Term Life has something to offer you and your family.

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We are Getting...

We are getting organized. While it isn't easy (we have alays been people with more stuff then places to put them) we have bought totes, hampers, and shelves. One thing that will really help is our new dresser. We were using a little drawer unit (the kind with wheels), that Marcus would open and take all the stuff out (socks, undies, and such) and spread it all over the room. He can't do that with the dresser and of course it has a top he can't reach! So, that is very wonderful. I am hoping once things have a place they will more likely be in that place.

This feels extremely important with my husbands dirty socks. But it might be a loosing battle on that one. After two years of marriage he still leaves them everywhere and anywhere. He will leave them on the couch (and with the job he currently has they get very stiff and smelly), on the bed, next to his head, on the floor, anywhere at all. Well, I suppose there are just somethings that have to happen. Gives us little things to fight about when the stress is high and things to pick on each other with when it is low. Either way we can kiss and "make up".

Well, I am feeling particularly good today, and I hope that you are too. Have a wonderful day!

We Don't Have Internet

Okay if you are reading this it means I wrote this post out on paper and later typed it in to Blogger. It also means that we do have internet. But at the time of it's writing, I didn't have internet. I can't write, check e-mails, check accounts, or make money which is of course sad. Additionally I fear that writing everything out will cause me to run out of paper. That may or may not be an exaggeration. One thing is certain. Marcus likes us being out here. Which is why I am writing it all out and not typing it up. Of course I am writing on the last known sheet of paper and will have to hung some down.

Being the New Texan

Being the new Texan that I am I thought I would share this neat facts about Texas article with you.

Tonight

Tonight we had family dinner. Because I am picky this means I am hungry, but that's okay. It was a nice meal complete with apple pie for dessert (something that is really good). My husbands family had company, so it was nice meeting new people and taking the time to chit chat. Of course, now I am at a loss of what I should be doing.

I am feeling frustrated with my wardrobe. Really frustrated. I have one dress I wear to church (pretty much again and again) and then a skort that I wear, but only with a nice t-shirt since I have no blouses. Worse is, I have no idea where to find nice clothes for big women here in Midland, Texas. We don't have a huge clothing budget, so I would have to be careful, but we do have some money I could use if I knew where to go. I am afraid to buy online (after all it seems that liking it on the model isn't the same as liking it on me, and that model is a size four when I am a size twenty). So, this is my conundrum tonight.

TalentRock

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Wow!

Today I had a hard time getting up at four thirty. So, my husband kissed me goodbye and I worked on sleeping in. The fantastic thing is, so did Marcus! Now I feel well rested and alive again. Of course he seems to feel grumpy and in need of more rest?! Maybe it is a growing spurt. He ate like crazy yesterday.

Things are going well. Although yesterday was the first day that I didn't make any money. I worked on this and that and made nothing. However, my goal is to make three hundred this month (10 dollars a day). Today is the eighth and so far this month I have made just a few cents over 125. Who can complain about that? I am also working up more designs to go into CafePress.com. Although I have decided that I would like to open my CafePress shop next August. By then I want 150 different designs and somewhere around five hundred + products. Something for everyone (family oriented).

I really enjoy making the designs up, but it of course means a lot of work, and will mean keeping that work up. By working on it a little at I time, I think it will remain fun. It also won't matter so much if I get in a rut. Which sometimes happens and when we are talking about coming up with new ideas, it can be very frustrating.

Anyway, off to work we go.

Building An Empire

After a slow month with very little posting (and none to my websites) I have gotten back on the horse to work hard and build my (our) empire. These are some of my ideas and a few things I have been checking out.

1) Falon of the Tower. This is a project near and dear to both me and my husband. This is a website that will be full of short serial fiction. We will not be advertising on this site at all. Instead we hope to grow a fan base and then sell e-stories and books as well as a membership to the raw, unedited, first to see it blog. I think this is one of the longer projects that we have in mind and probably won't start making money till 2009 or 10.

2) The Mommy 'n' Baby Page. This is going to have several posts each week. Some will be very specific in nature (there will be a weekly relaxing tip, a weekly picture of Marcus, a weekly review of a website or mommy network, and more). We already have Adsense on here and for not posting in over a month it has made a few cents, which is more then can be said about Adsense in some other locations. We will also be writing sponsored posts, about every five posts. So, it will have a five to one ratio.

3) The Large and Small. This is going to continue to have creatures and such. I haven't quite figured out how I will be doing all of the posts. Adsense will be added, as well as sponsored posts (though not for quite awhile). It will be a four to one ratio between regular posts and sponsored ones.

4) A Little of Everything That Matters is going to be about relationships. It will focus mostly one marriages and long term serious relationships between men and women with a few things thrown in about other relationships we have in our lives. This will take a Biblical/Christian viewpoint, with some doctors, and others viewpoints thrown in for a well rounded look on marriage and strengthening relationships. Adsense will be added shortly and there will be sponsored posts with a ratio of five to one.

6) The Boring Recount of My Dull Life will still be just that. Though I am hoping to come up with some ideas as to how to spice things up. I am amazed that I have fairly good traffic and repeat traffic (when I post regularly. Additionally it grows when I do that). Adsense is already here though mildly profitable. This blog currently posts sponsored posts about one to one. I would like to decrease that two to one, but currently don't have very many places to put sponsored posts. This will change in the coming months.

7) 1001 Things I Hate About Living With My Mom-I am on 70 (that is the next number to be posted) so I doubt that I will make it to 1001. However, I am going to continue to post to this blog until the title no longer fits. I am hoping that my mom moves out in February or March at the latest. This blog has Adsense and sponsored posts one to one. That will remain true for the duration of it's life.

8) Zero 2 Six is a blog about out success. This is a slow growing one and because it was neglected it doesn't have the traffic it did in the beginning. It has Adsense, and will have sponsored posts (two to one). It shares updates, reviews, and experiences with others to help them make money if they so desire.

9) Falon of the Tower/blog-This blog has raw straight from the writer posts. It has Adsense and may or may not get sponsored posts (looking doubtful). However, one day this will become a private section that can only be bought into. You would have to pay for a membership to access the blog.

10) The Karth Family-This is my newest and fastest growing website (because I am not doing the majority of the posting). It is written by my husbands family (though I am contributing). It will have Adsense and sponsored posts. Hopefully either four to one or five to one ratio. Currently it will receive 50 monthly posts from the five writers who are still in school. Plus a few posts from me (probably about 20 including paid ones). Each of the Karth's who are writing are being compensated financially, the hope is that their website makes lots of money and they receive the benefits of it (as well as myself for my work and anyone else who contributes).

11) The Karth Family: Homeschool-This website will be dedicated specifically to homeschooling. How it is, how it works, what they like/dislike, resources. The whole nine yards. It will have Adsense and sponsored posts (five or six to one).

12) The Phat Diaries. I am not sure how to continue this since I haven't been working hard on accomplishing the goal (loosing weight). I figured I would reevaluate doing the website and trying to find time to exercise. If it is decided that I will continue on with this website it will have Adsense and sponsored posts six to one.

13) The Artisan Newstand-This covers a wide variety of crafts. I need to learn to use WordPress better to make this site truly good. But I am excited by it. This site will have Adsense and may or may not have sponsored posts. If it does end up having sponsored posts it will be a six to one (or seven to one).

14) Helium. I am continuing to build up a lot of articles on Helium because I believe that it will be a good passive or somewhat passive income after it reaches 1500-2000 articles. Right now I have 112 articles.

15) CafePress.com. Right now I am working on designs for CafePress. I won't be opening a paid shop till August of 2008. I am hoping to have 150+ designs by then. Currently I have two. So, this is a long time away.

16) We have decided to stop trying to sell our hand crafted items online. It is a lot of work, making something, taking pictures, measuring, and hoping that the pictures are as good as the item itself. With that in mind we are planning on doing our first series of craft fairs summer of 2011 (after my husband has quit his job). Until then we will make crafts and store them up (so we have a huge supply come time).

We may come across things that we like and that we feel will make us money. At that time, they would be added to this list. Till then this is where we are, what I am doing, and hopefully what will be growing into bringing us to freedom2011 (where we can both stay home and make money).

Temperary Fix For Painful Dental Needs

I must admit that I have never had a dental emergency. I have one filling and so far have not had problems with it. That is the extent of my dental work. However, not everyone is so lucky and I have seen some painful and embarrassing dental issues. This usually happens while eating and having a filling pulled out or fall out. My friend (who shall remain nameless) was eating a caramel apple. The caramel was sticky (isn't that the point?) and stuck to his teeth really badly. So, he was there trying to remove the caramel. He did get it out, but it came with one of his fillings. It wasn't embarrassing right then, at least not to him (though to the rest of us eating lunch with him and having him there pulling his teeth apart and moaning and groaning it was a tad embarrassing), but it was very painful. The next day he was embarrassed.

This is a risk you run when you have dental work though. It really isn't like you plan these things ahead, and the fillings are better then the caveties (or the crowns are better then the wholes). But having them can mean loosing them and it can mean having to wait to go to the dentist to get them fixed. Often while waiting you spend a great deal of time in pain, having a hard time eating, and not to mention going about your normal daily activities.

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The Karth Family

I told you I was going to work on sharing what I have been up to. Lately it seems that I am working on being up to a lot of things. Some days it feels a little crazy, others exciting, sometimes I feel hopeful and other times I feel down. After all trying to make enough money on the internet to replace my husbands income (of about 44k a year) isn't a really easy thing to do. But I am working at it. One idea I had that would make money for everyone involved would be a Karth Family website. All of my husbands younger brothers and sisters (who are still in school) would be a part of it. They would write about a big family, things they like and enjoy, and their homeschooling experiences. I would write paid posts and together we would all make money. It would bring in a little extra money for me, and I wouldn't have to spend a lot of time increasing my writing output. After all I currently work on three blogs, and five websites, as well as make crafts, write for helium, and continue to look at improving my financial options.

So, the Karth Family website has begun.

Sharing

I have been thinking more and more about the things that I should share with each of you. After all, I want The Boring Recount of My Dull Life to have some interest to you. Even if it is just a small interest. Yesterday we talked about movies. Today we are on the hunt for more things to talk about. We could try new foods (I made baked rigatoni the other day for the first time), we could talk about drinks (being Texans now I made my first batch of margaritas this past weekend), or we could talk about things I have been buying (I bought a magic bullet blender last month, and I love it, use it at least twice a day!).

Of course, that won't get us far. I could dedicated one post to each of those subjects and still only have three new things to make sure I shared with the public. Which certainly isn't much.

I could talk about hopes, and dreams, but that seems to have been done at least once on here before.

I will save the "What I am up to" for the next post.

Hope you have a great day. 9:53am, November 7th, 2007 and it is 48 degrees here in Midland, TX with a high today of 79.

Payday Loans

I am not a fan of payday loans as a theory. After all I have seen many people rush out to get a loan because they want something (a game system, a bike, that large screen tv). All to often it doesn't matter when payday does come because they don't have the money to pay it back and often get a second loan to pay back the first and are then stuck in a horrible cycle.

However, there are times when a payday loan is the best option you have. When that emergency creeps up and you have gotten all of your valuables together to discover that you don't have enough to pawn to pay for what that emergency has brought down upon you (such as expensive car repairs that have to be paid to be performed, but you can't afford it today, and without going to work in that car that needs to be repaired you won't be able to afford it tomorrow either).

Then a payday loan at least makes sense. With that in mind No Fax Payday Loans becomes a very good option. They will give you a variety of rates and quotes for free. Not only can you take care of what you have to, but you can find the best rate for you and the best pay back plan. The whole nine yards. So, when life creeps up on you and you have no choice, it's a good idea to have this site bookmarked. Check it out today, and go from there.

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Movies Movies Movies

So, I said we could talk about movies. We are movie buffs of a sort. We both love to watch movies. I like watching almost any movie, but if it is a classic I have to be in the mood. My husband loves classics and because he comes from a family who's movie watching was carefully guarded he hasn't seen a lot of really good movies that have come out in the last fifteen to twenty years.

We currently have Netflix, but it is not working well for us here. First of all we seem farther from a distribution center then we did in Wisconsin and in Michigan (this is the third time we have had Netflix). Second, we don't have a mail box, or a good chunk of time during the week so we are not watching enough movies to make Netflix worth it.

Anyhow...we have watched several movies lately.

In theaters we have seen 3:10 to Yuma-which was great.
Michael Clayton-Which was good.
and Gone, Baby Gone-which was good, but a real downer and one that made you walk away feeling like there was no such thing as a good decision.

Here at home we have watched Daddy's Little Girls (not too bad), Man of the Year (pretty good), Deja vu which was fantastic, I Think I Love My Wife (which was pretty good), and Premonition (which was awful).

Being movie lovers means there will be more. We have Apocolypto here waiting for us to have the time to watch it. If you have a movie suggestion, we certainly wouldn't mind knowing what you movies you have watched and think are good and even why you think it is good.

2+4=5

2+4=5

Are you sure it doesn't? Because I was certain...

There are times when a child needs just a little extra help to grasp a concept. Sure it might be that 2+4=5, "math" now a days can get a whole lot more complicated then that. Often times it is hard to remember how to do something (even when you did it in high school). This can make it hard for a parent to help out with homework or to make sure that their child has grasped all the concepts and is doing well in math. Math and science (which relies heavily on math and algebra) are very important concepts for a future. If a child is to go to college then he will have to pass both subjects. Some, careers will require a lot of math or science (even a few where it doesn't seem obvious at first). This is why it is important to get your child help when they struggle with math (or science). Math Tutors can help a child catch up, understand, and get ahead. So many math concepts rely on previously learned ideas that to get behind can be a horrible issue. It can cause a feeling of hopelessness and of failure. It doesn't have to be that way though.

Help if available if only you ask for it. One great place to ask for help is at a Score Education Center. Whether your child is four or fourteen, help is available. It also doesn't matter if your child needs to catch up or might enjoy getting ahead. Either way Score tutors will strive to help your child and to share the love and excitement of learning with them. If you love to learn, you will do it for a lifetime!

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I Have Done It Again

Okay, so I have done it again. I stayed up late last night, got up with my husband and then worked until it was too late to get more sleep. There are probably several reasons this happens. The first is that it feels childish to go to bed at nine thirty (when I really should be going to bed to get up at four thirty). Another is that Marcus goes to bed at eight thirty so it just doesn't seem like enough time between him going to bed and me going to bed. Then there is the wonderful work that I accomplish while he is sleeping. I get to try new things (been trying a couple of new things lately to work toward our 2011 goals). But it leaves me tired, this sleeping three or four hours a night and then saying, "Hello, Morning" something I have never been good at saying unless it was after noon.
So, I have been thinking about what to add to this blog to increase it's content. After all, it is doubtful that there are more then a handful or two of people who really truly want to read The Boring Recount of My Dull and Topicless Life. But what do I add to this blog for depth? Do I start reviewing the movies I watch? I doubt that that will help, after all I am a terrible movie reviewer (I like almost everything). I think this has to do with the fact that I watch a movie for one reason and one reason alone, to enjoy it, to be entertained. Almost all movies have some level of entertainment to them. My husband wants to analyze them, to think about them. But I like movies that make me feel something, that are good entertainment, and it really doesn't matter what score they got on rottentomatoes (he loves to check the scores that movies get, I just love to watch movies).

Well, I am going for now, breakfast time. But I will get back to movies later today!

Lets Make Money...Playing Games

Now you can make money, playing Backgammon!

Backgammon is one of those games that came in our family fun pack when I was a kid. You know the wooden boards and all the pieces for five or seven or ten games all packed into one little tin? Well, needless to say, I never did understand how to play Backgammon. However, after checking out 1on1backgammon.com I must say it is definitely something that could be a lot of fun.

Here they give you all the information you need to know: rules, strategy, variations, and even great tips on making money with it. Of course, we all want to make money, and what better way to do it then by learning to play games for money? No, this isn't a get rich quick scheme, you would have to learn to become a good Backgammon player. But in the mean time you could have a lot of fun playing Backgammon.

Learn everything you can about Backgammon right here on 10n1backgammon.com. This site is so thorough that it includes history and news reports of things happening in the Backgammon playing world. They also provide free software and a bonus five dollars if you decide to play Backgammon for money!

10n1backgammon.com is dedicated to Backgammon and those who love the game (or will love the game, reading some of these articles definitely makes you feel like it is a very easy game to love!). They are adding new articles and topics regularly, and have an amazing selection already. If it is related to Backgammon then you can find out about it here.

If you already play Backgammon online, this site is sure to help. If you have never played Backgammon, then you should stop by and check it out. I surely enjoyed it!



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Tired, but Just Keep Swimming

Well, I don't know why I keep doing this, but it is very true. First of all, last night I couldn't sleep. It was odd, for while we had slept in (we got up at 9:15 which would have been about 10:15 for our bodies), I didn't take a nap. So, I should have been able to go to bed at 11 when it was time. But I couldn't. So, I got up and worked on a few things till about one thirty in the morning. Then I went to bed and slept great. Till the alarm clock rang (man I hate that thing) at four thirty. Got up, got a few things done, worked on some business stuff, and laid down only to have Marcus wake me up. I laid down at seven and he got up at seven twenty seven. So, needless to say, after a whole three hours and twenty seven minutes of sleep, I am tired.

But...Just Keep Swimming. Just Keep Swimming...

Always....

Always looking for new money makers, I joined CafePress. There I have set up a KbT Baby Boutique. I will eventually be expanding out. But for now, it has baby items going in it. You can buy one of my custom designs!

It's that simple.

http://www.cafepress.com/kbt2011

Or if you are interested in making your own money...

Falling Behind

According to a 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress, exams showed that 26 percent of American High School Graduates read below basic levels. It is a fact that the American education system is producing High School Graduates who can not read with proficiency. Comparing the United States with the world American trails developing countries such as Indonesia and Brazil. (The Two R's).

But it doesn't have to be that way. It can be different if we each learn to look for the signs and to find help when there is trouble. It isn't something for any student to be ashamed of, and it must be shown that this doesn't make them "stupid", a self image that will make fixing any problems more difficult. When caught early on (though these troubles don't always begin in elementary and may develop much later) it is easy to find the problem, fix it, and move into the wonderful world of learning and reading. All of this can be done with the aid of Score Reading Tutors. You can make a difference in your child's life with a little help from someone who has the answers. Don't delay, an entire future could be at steak.

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