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Coupon Cutter

2012-01-03T10:13:00.001-08:00

Written by my friend Betty WallsEver since I was laid off from my job last August, it’s been very hard to make ends meet. It seems like all I do lately is cut coupons and comb through clearance racks. I’m so thankful that we haven’t lost our house or our spirits, but it has certainly meant cutting back in a lot of areas of our lives. We no longer go out to eat- even on special occasions we only go out if I find a great deal somewhere. So when I was looking at different options for our television programming, I almost just cancelled our subscription to everything and sold our TV. However, my husband is still employed, so I looked for another good deal to keep our TV up and running. I think it’s important for our kids to have access to the world, and so I looked for a package that included the internet and television. I found a great deal at http://www.tvbydirect.com/directv-deal/Grand-Rapids-MICHIGAN-MI-direct-tv.html, and have been very pleased with our subscription. I’m so glad that this coupon cutter found another way around disparity!

Found out we're pregnant

2011-11-26T22:49:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Lemuel Craft

My husband and I are going to be parents!! We have been trying for a very long time and were starting to think we were never going to have a child. However, last week we found out we will be proud parents in a little less than nine months. My first reaction was excitement. I do not think I have been so excited in my entire life. Then the paranoia set in. The house was not ready for a baby. There were too many sharp edges. There were too many breakable items. We needed to make the house as secure as possible. I even decided I wanted Kansas City adt SECURITY. I started wondering if I was suitable to be a mother. I honestly started to doubt everything. I am guessing it was the hormones or the realization that something big was about to happen. Either way, I was a mess. I felt like I needed someone to slap me to bring me back to reality. However, my husband did something even better. He gave me a kiss on the cheek and then held me. He assured me we would do it all together and everything would be fine and I believe him.

Me and Him

2011-09-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

Contributed by Johnny Graves

My husband and I have both vowed to lose a little weight and it’s been quite a challenge! I’m really glad I’ve got a partner in this though and he really helps keep me accountable when it comes to eating right and making sure I exercise. I love how dedicated he is even when I’m not and I rely on him totally to help keep us on track. He got us direc4u satellite tv and we’ve been waching some of the work out programs together and I’ve been making a special effort to prepare us meals that are both healthy and delicious. I know it’s been a lot of fun cooking more than ever and I think my husband appreciates coming home to a real dinner instead of some take out boxes! I’m really in this thing to lose it and I know he is too so we’ll have to see in a few months when we weigh how well the whole thing actually worked. Cross your fingers and toes for us and our weight loss!

Desktop Computer

2011-09-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

What kind of computer do you own? There are dozens of choices when it comes to selecting and buying a computer that works best for you. Not only that you have to decide between desktop computers and laptops or the notebooks, but you will also need to find out which one has the features that will greatly suit your needs. With the rapid change of technology these days, the choices are more larger and can be little difficult.

It is not long ago when not so many people would even consider the use of notebooks as their main computers. That is because when laptops are compared with desktops, they did not posses a much RAM, evidently smalle and had less than the crisp displays compared to desktops. Laptops then did not have the cool features like DVD players and the multiple USB ports.

But these days, the LCD monitors of notebook displays are brighter, and there exist the use of multiple ports which helps hooking up with printers easily. It is no longer important to even worry that the software will fall short and overload the hard drive or the performance will slow down because laptops now have bigger hard drives and greater RAM. However, laptops are still not the more powerful and better for everyone. For most people, especially those who work from home and regularly use a computer, still want a computer desktop since it has bigger displays, the traditional keyboards that most people are used to and the mice. Not to mention the more versatility or extra usage that the desktops offers (burn a DVD, extra USB ports, use of webcam, greater resolution LCD monitor, maybe surround audio speaker too.)

Prior to you making a decision on buying computers, it is important to understand what is available in the market, what type of functioning program you would like, and which characteristics are important for you. Whenever you do, you'll realize that you are paying for only what you'll need, and can finish up owning the laptop desktop that's ideal for you as well as your household.

Feels Like Home

2011-07-07T06:56:00.000-07:00

Guest post written by Joseph Finch

When my son and I moved into this new house a few months back I knew I had to do something to make him feel more at home. He was really missing his friends back in Akron and because of my new job he was home a lot by himself after school but I didn’t really have a choice. I went to http://EXPERTSATELLITE.COM and found a good satellite plan for us and my son’s been having a ball watching movies on TV before I get home. He’s always said he wanted to do something with film and I think he’d be great at it so it’s nice to see him spending his time studying some of the great old classics. I know he gets a kick out of it and it’s better than him being out and about running amok in the neighborhood so it’s fine by me! He seems to be getting used to it here and hopefully it won’t be long before he totally feels at home in our new place. I know I’m starting to!

The Job

2011-05-11T18:55:00.000-07:00

Contribution by Archie Watts.

"The Job" is one of my favorite episodes from "The Office" and easily the best season finale the show has ever produced. The circumstances surrounding the episode involve a job being offered at corporate headquarters that Michael, Jim and Karen, among others, are vying for. The position offered (regional manager) is actually the one held by Michael's girlfriend, Jan, causing a commotion when Michael reveals this fact to her. This plot line wasn't as interesting as the two moments that resulted from it. The first being Jim rejecting both the job and breaking up with Karen in order to be with Pam who had been the object of his affection since the very beginning. I thought Jenna Fischer really did a good job acting out Pam's reacti! on to having Jim return to the branch and asking her out on a date. The second moment was more of the "Where did that come from?" variety when we found out that the temp, Ryan, somehow gets the job.

For me, the funniest parts of this episode is when Michael appoints Dwight his successor and he proceeds to reign over the branch with Pam as his secret assistant. I loved the part in the meeting where Dwight winks at her when Pam makes a suggestion that was really Dwight's idea. I've seen this episode at least five times on satellite TV from Cannonsatellite.com and it never gets old.

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2008-02-07T09:50:00.001-08:00

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Online source for discount hydroponics supplies.

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Scandinavia

2008-02-06T17:16:00.000-08:00

Are you wanting to have a sweet escape from your busy world? Would you like to visit and explore the land of the midnight sun? Scandinavia, popularly called as the land of the midnight sun is a beautiful country. It has both a unique culture with great city life. From dog sledding with the Sami in the east to island-hopping in the south, from off-piste skiing in the north to visiting manor houses and castles in the south, Scandinavia offers a diverse opportunities for any visitor. I am sure you don't want to miss the fun and excitement.

The two major countries of Scandinavia are Sweden and Norway. Check out Cheaperthanhotels.com for exciting special deals at the last minute or discounted hotel deals up to one year in advance. That's right! You can get the vacation you always wanted. You find Cheap Hotels in Norway , these hotels are incredibly inexpensive but gives you great services. You can also find Cheap Hotels in Oslo so you won't have to worry about your budget. If you like, you can explore more and check awesome yet Cheap Hotels in Stockholm and Cheap Hotels in SwedenSome ideas in Stockholm. Explore more possibilities, without spending more money.

Easy Way to Get Traffic

2007-07-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

Register for Click2Content.

How it works
1. Sign up for an account
2. Cut-and-paste the code into your website or blog page.
3. Add your content to the system is an easy way to get traffic to your site.

After that, you get text links that are relevant to your content. You get credits for this and at the same time, your text advertisement is being displayed on someone's site. It's Free. So cool! Try it now for more site visitors.

Venture Alliance Partners

2007-05-05T09:55:00.003-07:00

Venture Alliance Partners

Does your company need a helping hand?

I am happy to introduce to you, Venture Alliance Partners A/S (Venpar). It is one of the leading providers of private equity, dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and investors build world-class companies. It is so unique because participants are encouraged to invest together. They value your idea and gather these intelligence together to build a confederation of investors and enterpreneurs who are always looking out for each others interests. Isn't that cool? Participants grow hand in hand.

Venpar provide more than money. They become a company's financial strategist, headhunter, investment banker and corporate therapist providing support and confidence to a fledgling team.

They're active, and have lots of energy, experience! Visit their user friendly website at at www.venpar.com. They are looking forward to make the most out of your interests.

BLOGGERWAVE earning opportunities

2007-05-03T16:44:00.001-07:00

I am excited to introduce to you Bloggerwave. It's a new company that offers opportunities to earn extra money online for bloggers, advertisers, and agencies. Registration is free so you really won't be spending any penny to join but you will surely earn for the many posting opportunities that this company will offer. The Job? Well, Bloggers just have to give their valuable feedback to advertisers with respect to advertisers website, services, and companies and get paid for it. Yes...you hear it right. Get paid for it. That easy.

Bloggerwave pay through Paypal. So if you have paypal account, the pay will automatically be received in your account. If you do not have paypal account yet, you can always sign up for it. Like Bloggerwave, registration of Paypal is also free.

For Advertisers and Agencies, Bloggerwave can also helps gain an added exposure for your site content and strenghten corporate identity,image, sales, brands, product, services, and PR. It's real fun!

What are you waiting for? Join me now and start earning some money. Visit Bloggerwave

Master Seek Search Engine

2007-05-03T09:06:00.000-07:00

Business is business. We often hear this sentence and I agree with this. When we want to deal with something, be it online or in a real world, we always want to have that guaranteed satisfaction that our needs are met. If you are dealing with a certain company, don't you want to check its basic profile? Yes we all do. Make sure everythings okay.

Here's the good news, now there's Masterseek Business Search Engine. A new global search engine provides quick and free access to company profiles, contact information, and descriptions of products and services from more than 45 million companies in 75 countries. That's right, its global.

You can also search in your own country or worldwide and find business partners, sales opportunities and new avenues to expand your business and increase your company’s profitability. The site also offers a whole lots of categories for users to seek faster.

So if you are a company owner, sign up now and showcase your company to the world today. Visit their website at http://www.masterseek.com.

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Free Polls for your Website or Blog!

2007-04-27T07:07:00.000-07:00

I am sure you want to make your blog/site beautiful and part of making it interesting is to get your readers involvement. So, here i'll introduce you to one of FREE poll service you can add in your website.

Sign up today for free poll service! at http://www.free-website-polls.com Their polls are quick and easy to create, fun to use, and best of all, cost nothing!

No technological knowledge is required - the code is created for you in seconds. You merely cut and paste into your website or blog!

Add a free poll to your webpage or blog today. It’s as easy as 1-2-3!
Sign up for a free Pollhost account. With an account, you can create up to 15 polls at one time.
Log into your account. Type in a question for your poll. Each question can have up to 20 different possible answers!
Customize your poll by choosing from various design options. Then click the create button, and there’s your code to paste into your site.

SlideShow for Your Blogs/Websites

2007-04-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

I found another tool you can add to make your blog/website more beautiful. Fliptrack is a FREE service that allows you to easily combine your photos,effects and popular music into a video “mashup”. Their technology allows you to match images to the beats or lyrics of songs, so you can create a real “soundtrack” for your photos. Your creations can be easily shared with friends and family. Isn't that cool? Hmmm...I love it. It is sure another attraction for your blog/website readers and constant visitors to enjoy your site more fully. And Yes, you read it right. Fliptrack is a FREE service. All you got to do is register and whalah!!!! you can create your musical slide show. Plus, you can always edit your slide show and videos when you want to. So cool!

Put your life to music! Let your slideshow convey the ideas you wanna share to your readers. With Fliptrack, you can legally share anywhere on the internet. You can either add it in your blog or website or simply add the slideshow to your Friendster or Myspace profile or to any other networking sites you are a member of. Yes , that easy...and it is Free. Yay! It's really a great service.

Start making one now. Visit http://www.fliptrack.com to see for yourself. Have fun!

Get Paid Blogging at PayPerPost

2007-02-28T17:16:00.001-08:00

Get paid for blogging at PayPerPost. Write about web sites, products, services, and companies and earn cash for providing your opinion and valuable feedback to advertisers.

Sign up for a FREE blogger account. Once your account is created, you are ready to submit your blog for approval. Click here for more details.

Advertising is the Key

2007-02-10T18:59:00.000-08:00

If you have a website or a blog, you know that getting good traffic is very important to drive several visitors to your site. A key factor to the success of your business is advertising. Let's face it, you want to have your website or blog established and be known, you want to have readers that will visit your website and explore. Advertising is a great tool to expose your business website, reach more readers and you know that the more visitor you get, the higher your page rank will be on major search engines. When that happens, that would eventually drive more traffics to your website or blog. These would mean more chance for success and bigger revenue.

I want to share a with you a great advertising website, http://www.LondonAdvertisingDirectory.com for you to advertise your site and start reaching more readers. Start the success you deserve. LondonAdvertisingDirectory.com is the name. They are the ultimate guide to London's advertising industry on the web. The service is great. They have over selected over 900 links in over 50 categories of interest to you and to others. Isn't that cool? So, if you have a website, advertise with them. Or if you are searching for an industry on the web, you can use their search engine to find what you are looking for. You can visit their website by clicking here. Happy Advertising!

Free Poll Service

2007-01-24T05:47:00.000-08:00

Join DPolls

It is a FREE poll service for webmasters and bloggers. That allows you to insert a poll in your blog posts or website. They also compiles all polls so you and other members can also vote on other polls created by other members.

Free Content

2006-12-19T08:23:00.001-08:00

Another web tools you can use for your blog. Here are few websites that offer free content for your blog/websites

1. The Free Dictionary - Updated Everyday by them, offers Word of the Day, Article of the Day, This Day in History, Today's Birthday, In the News, and Quotation of the Day. They also offer a Match Up game and Hangman where your vistor can play and learn the meaning of the words.

2. Fresh Content - offers self updating content about general travel, entertainment, US News, Financial, Music, and World News.

3. Life is a Joke - you may use any of their original flash animations, movies, greeting cards, funny pictures listed for free. All they ask is a courtesy link back to them.

Free Calendar and Clock For Website/Blog

2006-12-17T05:48:00.000-08:00

Click on the name to visit their websites. Hit the back button to return to this site.

1. Calendar - Offers several calendar designs to choose from.

2. ClockLink - provides fashionable clocks that you can easily embed in your web page. All you need to do is simply paste the tag on your web page. Clock will display the city name of your choice if you choose. You can also choose a time zone for your clock so it will show the correct time. Decorate your website with their clocks!

3. World Time Server - the world leader in providing local times around around the world with accurate adjustments for local daylight saving rules. Now we are providing a way for you to upgrade your blog or website with an free analog web clock showing the current time where you are, simply by adding some HTML code to your page or template. It's FREE and customizable, too!

Statistics Counter

2006-12-13T08:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some sites that offer free statistics counter:

1. Stat Counter - a free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of our code on your web page and you will be able to analyse and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time!

2. Site Meter - a free, fast, and easy way to add a web counter to your web page. Not only does it display the number of visitors to your web site, it also keeps statistics on the number of visits each hour and each day.

3. Shiny Stat -the free hit counter is intended only for personal and nonprofit use, and it can track up to 1,000 page views per day. The tracker is very easy to install, highly reliable and it satisfies the needs of non-professional users. The ShinyStat web counter is used by more than 250,000 users in the world.

4. Free Stat Counter - another hit counter for website... for FREE. With the Free Stats Counter all you have to do is pick your counter, paste the code on your site and you're ready to start counting your visitors. With over 160 counters to choose from, we've got something for everyone.

5. Tiny Counter - offers one of the most creative choices of free web counters. There are many fun and professional web site hit counter styles to choose from - even chinese numbers!

6. Google Analytics - tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site. You'll be able to focus your marketing resources on campaigns and initiatives that deliver ROI, and improve your site to convert more visitors.

Free Templates for Bloggers

2006-12-04T08:18:00.000-08:00

Here are some websites that offer free classic templates for bloggers.

1. Blogger Templates - Aside from the available templates provided by blogger in the blogger website, this another website offers 23 beautiful blog templates (as of the moment). Select the design you want and download the HTML codes and woalah!!!! your blog will have a new look. You can have a preview of these 23 designs to choose from.

2. Caz Templates - It has varied templates designs from anime, flower, romantic or musical designs.

3. Isnani.com

3. Final Sense Templates -Another website that offers plenty of template designs to choose from. It has 11 pages of beautiful templates that would suit your taste.

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4. Pannasmontata Templates - This site offers plenty template designs to choose from. All designs are beautiful that would surely suit your taste.

Web Tools For Your Blog

2006-11-28T11:19:00.000-08:00

Have you visited and read other blogger's blog? If you have noticed, some blogs do have extra web tools or add ons to their web pages. I'm sure you have read some blogs with calendars, clocks, statistics, some quotes, guestbooks, shout box or anything that makes their blogs more beautiful, aside from the blog content of course. Some blogs do have these colorful banners, advertisers or tiny buttons. All of those including the advertisements are extra web tools.

I have mentioned in my previous post, most bloggers now adays are earning extra income from their blogs. You've seen banners and advertisement in their blogs? that's where the earnings comes from. Income are not really thousands of dollars, but they do help and not all bloggers are lucky to have these streams of income from blogging. It helps stretch the tight budget. Many bloggers do not want to commercialized their blogs. It is your choice if you want to or not.

I will post about this money in blog later. In the mean time, lets focus on the add ons or the extra tools you can add to your blogs. As I have said, if you do not have any idea about HTML codes, you do not have to worry because all you need to do is copy the HTML code provided and paste it somewhere in your blog template. I will also discuss later about blog template, so you would know where to paste this codes.

Free Web Tools

1. Statistics Counter - this is a small button displayed somewhere in the blog. Some statistics counter are invisible. This is a very helpfull tool if you wanna know how many visitors come and read your blog and track where they are from.

2. Additional Contents - some sites do offer free content that you can add in your blog. These contents are updated by them regularly.

3. Games - some sites offer free games you can add to your blog to entertain your blog visitors and would probably make them come back often.

4. Calendars/ Clocks - some website offers free clocks where you can pick the time zone and city

5. Guestbooks - where your visitor can leave a message or comment

6. Comments Box - box where your visitor can leave a short message/comment

How Will I Start Blogging?

2006-11-27T18:58:00.000-08:00

How Will I Start Blogging?

You have reach my page for a reason. I would guess that, like me, you are a "blogger", maintaing some blogs about certain topics (of your choice) or maybe you just love to read blogs. For whatever reasons, I wanna say "thank you" for visiting my page and I hope that you will enjoy reading my entries here. If you have notice, I just started this blog. I wish that I will be able to continue this blog, improve as time goes on and have lots of visitors, like you, and hopefully gain some friends. Please leave a comment or a message in my shoutbox. If you have a blog, type in your URL so I can visit your site. Together, let's explore the world of blogging and enjoy.If you don't have a blog yet and wanting to have one, you probably ask yourself, "how will I start?". I have mentioned in my previous post, you don't have to be a master of website coding to have one. If you have no idea about all these HTML codes and XHTML, you can still make a weblog. There are so many site hosting blog for FREE and no need to worry about template lay out because they already have FREE templates for you to choose from. All you got to do is register to their service. Once you are registered, you can start typing in your blog entry. Isn't that nice?You need to decide what kind of blog you want to make. Do you want to make an online diary? A photo blog? or something about specific subject? You might want to think of a good blog title and a good blog name that would match your soon entries. It would be better to read more blogs, books, or any other sources before you start making your own blog. Searching around and visiting wide range of blogs will help you broaden your horizon about the subject that you have in mind.Here are some sites that offer FREE hosting for blog. (Click the underlined name of the site below to visit, clicking will not open to another window, click back if you want to come back at this page later).

1. Bravenet - Free web hosting. Free resources to help you build. You get access to articles and tutorials, font, clip art, and audio libraries, quick references and tons of blog tools you can use for your blog - all for FREE.

2. Blogger - free web hosting and have ready to use templates. Also direstly sign you up to Google Adsense program.

3. WordPress - It's also free. They also have some free blog tools like calendar, blog stats and categories.

4. LiveJournal - a simple-to-use communication tool that lets you express yourself and connect with friends online. You can use LiveJournal in many different ways: as a private journal, a blog, a social network and much more.

5. Xanga - a community of online diaries and journals. You can easily start your own free journals, share thoughts with your friends and meet new friends, too! As I have said, there are so many sites that offer blog hosting for free. You can use search engines to search for those sites. Most online community sites like MySpace and Friendster also offers free blog services.

Why do people blog?

2006-11-27T09:04:00.000-08:00

Some people write a blog as a hobby or to pass time and share experiences with others. They love the freedom of expressing themselves and reflecting over things through writting blogs. Sharing the voice within them, the opinions and thoughts about something are heard by the readers, friends or even strangers. Blogger loves the fun of connecting to their readers and the satisfaction they get from gaining new friends and hearing their readers comments about his or her posted topic (sometimes called blog entry or blog post). Some people write about their daily experiences where readers get to know them and learn from their experiences. It serves as their online diary or online journal. Other people uses blog as a way to kill boredom, some uses blog to socialize and stay in touch with their friends and relatives, connect even to those who are living across the countries. Most bloggers uses blog as a way to practice their writing ability. Blogs can serve as effective tools in businesses too. Some use blog to hold a conversation with customers, employers and public in general.

Unknown to some bloggers, there are ways to monetize a blog to earn extra income. Some bloggers are now enjoying extra income from their weblogs. It's great having fun blogging and earning at the same time. How? That will be one of the next topics I will post here. In the mean time, if you are interested to start blogging, relax and start thinking as to what topic or subject you are more interested with or the subject you want to share to your soon readers. You can either make a journal-style blog, a photoblog, a subject based blog, or a link compilation blog. It's all up to you. Also, start thinking of a nice name for your blog. What would it be? Something nice and something that would reflect what your blog is all about. Unleash your creativity and let the good writer within yourself shine. Have a great time!

What is a blog?

2006-11-26T07:30:00.000-08:00

What is a blog?

Blog is short for weblog (occasionally spelled web log). It is a is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles about a particular topic normally in reverse chronological order (most current on top), that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or his opinion or ideas towards certain topic (the topic of his interest or his web site content). The act of writing about something in one's blog or updating a blog is called blogging and the author or the person who keeps and updates the blog is a blogger. A blog include blog title (this is the name of your blog), a blog description (you may or may not add this, typically a description of your blog), an entry date ( the date your post or entry was submitted), entry title ( the title of the post), entry body (the content of your post which may contain audio files, video files, pictures or other images ), author's name (for a group oriented blog, it is the writer of the certain post/entry) , comments ( allow the readers to contribute their own thoughts and reaction about the certain post made), archives ( links to all or previous blog entries or posts), links (links to third parties or other web addresses), Ads (your web host or others). You can always customize your blog template/lay out ( blog format). If you are good at HTML or HyperText Markup Language, it would be very easy for you designing your page and you will never be limited to a particular program's features. You will be able to add whatever you need without having to struggle with confusing software. If you have no idea about website codings, it's alright, there are so many sites that offer blog hosting for FREE and offers various templates or web lay out for you to choose from. All you need to do is register for the free service, fill up online form that ask about your blog title, description of your blog and the ones mentioned above and for less than 5 minutes...whoolah!!!! your blog is ready for entry.I will be posting the list of those sites that offers FREE blog hosting in my next post here. I am trying to arrange my post in order. I hope I am helping you and not making you confuse about the world of blogging! Get back here soon for more post. Thanks!

Blogdict

2006-11-25T17:19:00.000-08:00

Yes! Another blog for me. As my URL name says, i'm a BLOGDICT! ( a blog addict). It's just a word I coined. I don't know if there's such word. I am enjoying the world of Blogging. I am hoping to post relevant informations about blogging and everything about it. I hope you will enjoy and love it the way I do.