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...

You Can Make a FREE Donation to Toys For Tots

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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!