Would you like a bigger one? How long can you go? Does Viagra have an account with your name on it?  How about stopping that Fungus growth?  Is your monkeys butt making you money? 

ok, laugh if you will, but these are all emails that I have gotten. Seriously. And these are the mild ones. I am going to have to find and post the one i got a few weeks back threatening my life if i didn't send them some money. I laughed at it but my husband got so upset he actually called the cops to see if there was some way to track these jokers down. Well as you can imagine..it was a waste of time.

Anyone have any spam reducing ideas?

        

No matter your political position, you most likely were impressed with the results of this past Super Tuesday on March 4^th. I honestly did not think that the election would take the turn that it did. There are those that thought that Senator Clinton would not do well and would most likely drop out of the race after Tuesday, I sadly agreed with them. This of course did not happen. Senator Clinton came out winning three contests out of four and sweeping the states of Ohio and Texas. While her victory only put a small dent in Senator Obama’s delegate lead, it definitely showed that she is still in the race.

Senator Clinton will now work to build momentum and show that she is the most electable candidate. If she can do this and obtain backing from super-delegates she may indeed pull out of her recent slump and gain the nomination. Whether you are republican or democratic and no matter which candidate you favor, you must admit that this race has been one of the most interesting seen in our lifetime. Besides its historical significances, it has truly been a contest of undeniable charisma and true political flavor. I for one am looking forward to the upcoming contest to see just how well Senator Clinton fares, especially in the state of Pennsylvania.

 

        

I wanted to take a moment to talk about Dealing with Stress when working from home. Let's face it; working from home isn't always easy, especially when you are trying to care for a family in the process. Your work needs to be done, the laundry needs to be folded, the house needs to be cleaned and your family needs your attention. But, the fact is you are only one person and it is very easy to spread yourself thin in this situation. All of these things can lead to stress when can make it even more difficult to accomplish everything.

We need to realize that we must take a little time for ourselves in order to be all the things we need to be. If we allow stress to get the best of us, our work will not be completed, our houses will become disorderly (even more so than they are now) and our families will be left with a feeling of abandonment. I know that it is hard to relax when you have so much on your plate and what doesn't seem like enough time to complete it, but making sure that you’re mentally able to handle all the tasks at hand is important.

When you are feeling stressed, take the time to relax, even if only for a few minutes. Take a walk with the kids, sit quietly in a room and drink a cup of tea or even try some simple meditation-like breathing techniques to calm yourself. Find something that works for you and then do it. You will find that taking a few minutes to rejuvenate yourself will do wonders. Think about it for just a moment, if you let yourself become overwhelmed with stress, how much are you really going to accomplish?

        

You don't actually need a website to work from home, however it can be a help. If you want to get your name out there and be seen in a more serious light, then having a site can be a good way to achieve this. Of course it isn't as easy as one might think to have a successful website. There is a lot to getting a website up and keeping it updated and relevant. If you are lucky enough to have some friends or family that know how to do this then you should utilize their talents.  It can be very expensive to pay someone to get a site up for you. You might want to hold that off a bit unless you have the funds. It's just a thought but if you can get a site up, or even a blog it might help you out.



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So here it is 7:10am, I am writing a quick note in my blog before the hectic day starts. Happy to get my first breath of coffee before the little children awake with all their exhausting energy. Ahhh to be young again. Someone famous said that youth is wasted on the young, when I first heard that I was young and I didn't understand it. Now I do. Boy could I appreciate all of that energy and exuberance now.

It's going to be another long day.  The day already started for me at 5:30am. I was eager to get up and start back on a big project that I have been working on. I actually didn't sleep much as my thoughts seem to be overloaded with work related issues.  So I have maybe 3 more minutes before I have to go and wake the little sleeping angels up. I say angels while they are sleeping because as soon as I get the two of them up...ooh watch out. They fight like cats and dogs do, brother and sister.  I am trying to get through the Siblings without Rivalry book that someone recommended, I figure anything has got to help my husband and I.

Ooooh I think I hear the pitter patter of little feet upstairs, time to go.........

Till later

        

  

Internet Marketing and the Beginner

Well I do consider myself a beginner when it comes to this type of marketing.  There seems to be a whole army of people out there telling you how you can make money on the Internet.  They make it seems so easy too.  There are so many of them touting so many ideas that it can make it just impossible for you to make any money. If you are anything like me you get so sucked into this idea or product thinking how great it sounds, to then get sucked into the next one. It is just information overload!

I know this is the case.  Sometimes I can come away from the computer after hours and hours of just reading one thing after another.  The most I seem to get out of it is very tired eyes and a headache. So I have decided that as hard as it is, I am going to try and take one idea...JUST ONE...and work that one.  I am going to promise to not move on to another until i have fully put at least one of the ideas into motion.

Ok, I know, I am hoping I can keep my promise to myself. However if I don't I am going to keep doing what I have been doing, spinning my wheels on many different projects and not getting anywhere.  If anyone has any comments or insights they want to share, please do so.

        

  Ok, so I saw this article.  It actually came to my inbox through some sort of subscription that I have.  I am a bit of a subscription whore.  Not that I get paid to accept them...but I just can't say no.  Check out this article that I got from Methodshop....

7/09/2007

Toddler Calls 911 300 Times

Authorities tracked down a 4-year-old girl who called 911 nearly 300 times last month by offering to deliver McDonald's to her suburban Chicago apartment.

Unbeknownst to her mother, the girl used a deactivated cell phone to call dispatchers 287 times in June — sometimes as often as 20 times a shift. Apparently the toddler was given the old cell phone to use as a toy.

Dispatchers heard the child's voice but could only track the phone's signal to the apartment complex. So authorities used a ruse to pinpoint her.



"We asked (the caller) what she wanted. She said she wanted McDonald's," said Steve Cordes, executive director of QuadCom's emergency center, which covers Carpentersville.

"We talked with her and we convinced her if she told us where she lives, we would bring her McDonald's," he said. "She finally gave us her address. So we sent the police over — with no McDonald's."

After police arrived, the girl's mother took away the phone, Cordes said. Maybe mom should invest in a book called "It's Time to Call 911" which teaches children when it's appropriate to call 911.

Under federal law, deactivated cell phones still must be able to access 911. Many deactivated phones will contact an emergency call center if the user holds down the nine key.

[Source: Yahoo]

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Working at Home is No Easy Feat

 

     Ok, so there are many people out there that want to work from home..They think it is going to be a walk in the park, an ice cream sundae, as easy as pie.  Well, I gotta say, that just isn't so. Where do I begin with how hard it actually is to work at home?  Hmmm.  Well here it goes.  If you think that you are going to get any work done with your kids around, you are kidding yourself.  Unless you have a child that sits and likes to stare into space for hours at a time, in which case, you have more important things to deal with than working at home.

    You can possibly try to work while the kids are napping.  If they nap.  However, there isn't much you are going to be able to do, not even data entry, while your kids are home.  You have two choices to be able to work at home with kids, one is to have a daycare business in which case you can then throw your kids into the mix or...the other would be to find a job for a company that pays you to do absolutely nothing for them.  Hey if you find the latter, let me know.

   The truth is, my kids will not let me concentrate on ANYTHING.  So even if i have a non phone job, I am still not getting things done with a constant barrage of "Mommy, Mommy" and other things they want.  Of course lets not forget the kidtastrophes that happen constantly and/or the actual caring of the children.  I mean you cannot even attempt to work full time and ignore your kids all day.  Unless you are a parent that is ok with throwing them in front of the TV all day, with no interaction from you at all.  You know, toss in some food every now and then and hope for the best.  Again if this is your way of parenting, you are needing some help.

   Then aside from the kids, there is the fact that working at home people seem to have trouble getting respect.  People, especially your spouse will constantly interrupt you. Some spouses will even expect you to accomplish the full time tasks of running a house(cooking, cleaning,errands, etc), caring for children, etc; as well as working your at home job. I have heard of some poor wahms that have spouses that demand all this and still expect them to pull in a full time salary. So the No respect aspect of working at home is extremely annoying.

 
   I am just touching on some issues quickly and not really exploring them in depth, which i will do eventually in another blog.  I have saved the worst issue for last.  This is the one that deals with you yourself.  It is the dreaded...I can't stop working.....issue.  It is indeed hard to step away from the computer, or put down the laptop at times.  You can feel like you are Never done.  If you are working mainly for yourself, in that you aren't just working for a set schedule for a company, you can especially sink into this rut. If the work is available many wahms feel like they must take it.  This is especially true if you are behind on bills and could use more money.  Well, need I say more?  I doubt there are many of us that can't use more money.

   Now this isn't to say that Wahm's are greedy.  Mainly it is just hard to walk away from work when your family needs money.  Additionally as we know it is harder to get the same pay at home for the same work you would do outside the house. There are so many people willing and wanting to work at home that it is hard to land those really good paying jobs. And another reason, which anyone who is working from home can attest to is...you want to grab the work while you can. It is not always easy to find a long term steady work at home job.  Many of them are very sporadic.  So if you have a job that is looking to give you a lot of hours one week, if it is your experience that the next week you could only get 5 hours, you want to stock up Now.  That is an additional stress for a work at home mom or dad; the instability of work.

  Well that is just my quick rant for now.  I would love any comments and thoughts that you have.

Civita
 

        

      Benazir Bhutto is Assassinated, its a Sad Day

I have to admit that when I read the news the other day on the internet about Benazir Bhutto I was both shocked and saddened.  I was truly surprised as well, as I really thought they would have protected her better. It was of course common knowledge that there were a lot of people/factions in the country that wanted her dead.  However, I guess when you decide to speak in public they can only protect you so much.

Benazir came back to Pakistan, her country, despite the danger to her life.  So it was no surprise that she wasn't going to let anything slow her down in her mission to try and bring peace and democracy and what she considered a better way of life to her country.

I remember reading about Benazir Bhutto back when I was in high school.  I was impressed by how strong of a woman she was, to take such a stand both for herself and her country.  Especially in a country that is not exactly known for its women's rights movement.  Yes that was a facetious comment.  So she has been a role model of sorts for me for many years.  I do believe as well that she was on track to make a very big difference in a part of the world that needs it.  So I am indeed sad that her light has been put out.

I was telling a friend of mine the other day, if you remember that sci-fi show that used to be on years ago.  It was Quantum Leap.  I happen to love Sci-fi and I especially love Scott Bakula.  Well the shows theme was that Sam(the lead character) would go back in time and right the wrongs of the past, especially where it was determined that those past actions greatly altered the future for the worse. Well, it was a higher power that determined where and when Sam would leap to. So I said that I feel that this would definitely be a leap that Sam would be making  to right this wrong.

I am not sure where things are  going to go from here with Pakistan.  I am of course concerned with the state of the country and of course all parts of the world that I live in.  However, this just seems a bit more personal.  Even though I have never met Benazir Bhutto I just felt that she was indeed a special person and she was set to accomplish great things.  It's too bad that the world is never going to know.

        

    Paris and Nicky Hilton are Snubbed by their Grandfather and Lose Most of their Inheritance.

     Wow, I might not have believed it before, but I guess there is a bit of karma out there.  Barron Hilton just left $2.3 Billion dollars to Charity instead of two his two granddaughters.  Now I am familiar with Paris Hilton and her many antics.  I mean, who isn't?  You can't get away from news about that girl.  Usually doing something stupid or illegal or just plain selfish.  Its all about her and I guess the only job she has is as a professional partier.  Nicky Hilton I have to admit I don't know much about.  However, for whatever reason their GrandFather wasn't too impressed with either of them either.
  I am sure Paris Hilton will be fine however with the measly $5 million that he left her.  She can probably spend that in a month.  However, I read somewhere that she actually gets paid $200,000 or more just to party.  So I am sure she won't be bumming too much.
  With all the hard work that Mr. Hilton put into making the Hilton name so successful it is a shame he didn't feel that he could find someone in his family worthwhile to leave the money to.  I agree with his decision in that ANY Charity is more worthy.  Ok, so i just had to share this news.  I usually don't follow any of these things as I don't consider it real news but it was a blurb in Time magazine and I just got a kick out of it.

Civita