Lifes Like That

Well it seems to me like the more you make, the more you spend. For the past year and a half I have gone without a regular paycheck and it didn’t seem to hurt the family’s finances all that much. Now that I’m back to work and earning a regular paycheck it seems like my paycheck is always pretty much gone before I have gotten it. Tomorrow I get another paycheck and yes by the time I’m done it’s all going to be all gone. I have to go out and purchase my son a cap to finish up his Halloween costume, I have to pay both the kids student fees and I need to pay my daughter’s violin fee as well. Oh well. That’s why I went back to work. To help out with the household expenses.

I have to tell you that I couldn’t be any more pleased with myself now that I have switched hosting companies. For a little over a year I had been with Bluehost, but during the past six months I began to experience a lot of trouble with them. Every once in a while my sites (all of them) would go down. When I contacted support to inquire about my problems I was always told the site was down for maintenance. One day my site was down for over nine hours. Well as a paid blogger that relies on having my site up and running each day, this situation was entirely unacceptable.

So I started asking around to see where a reliable host could be found. Someone recommended Hostgator and now all my sites are hosted through them. I don’t really know how good Hostgator is, but I guess time will tell. And after hearing about other people’s ongoing problems with Bluehost, I am more than thankful I switched when I did. This site is still having problems and if my sites were still hosted with them, I could have been affected as well. A little down time is very normal, but when it starts to interfere with my day to day activities then I know it’s time for a change.

I have heard about espresso, but until today had never heard the capresso. So me being the curious being I am, I had to go look it up on the Internet to see what this word was referring to. Imagine my surprise when I discovered it’s a name of a coffee making company and not a type of flavor of coffee. I thought I was going to be able to start ordering a new type of coffee or espresso. Oh well at least I am now aware of another brand of coffee maker should the need ever come up again. And knowing me the need will arise as I normally go through about three coffee makers a year and right now I am only on coffee maker number two.

Wow you can sure tell it’s that time of year again now can’t you. The time of year that I just happen to be talking about would be the acne season. While I was blog hopping today I noticed quite a few people posting about acne problems and products and have noticed that a lot of them are complaining that their acne is acting up because of the colder and drier temperatures. This is exactly what happens to me. When it gets colder and the climate gets drier my acne comes out in full force. Well it’s upsetting to see so many people inflicted with the same problems as I have but it’s also nice to know that I’m not alone in this world.

I have to tell you all that enrolling in Entrecard was probably one of the best moves that I could have made for this blog. I have received so much traffic from this program that I am still extremely pleased to be a member. So because of all your continued visits and drops this blog is really moving in the direction that I want it to. So at this time I would like to take this opportunity to thank my top droppers for the month of September. I really do appreciate all your visits and I look forward to seeing you all again in here in the coming months.

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Just this morning I read on one of the forums that I frequent that the Google page rank is updating again. This wasn’t suppose to take place until the end of October so I’m wondering if it has really started or if some people’s ranks are just fluctuating right now? Have you seen any movement in your sites yet?

Currently I have a few blogs on the go and I have checked out each and everyone of them and haven’t seen a change in any of them. I’m really hoping that some of my sites go up this update, but it won’t be the end of the world if they don’t. So anybody here seen any changes yet or know if Google is indeed updating the page ranks at this moment?

I have a question for you all. When you see a celebrity on TV endorsing a product, do you really believe they actually have tried the product and really did find it effective or do you think that they are only in it for the money. Whether it be an endorsement for acne treatment or sneakers do you find they are believable? I realize that companies go with this type of advertisement to get the products known better to the general population and with the amount of celebrity endorsements I think this method probably does work. But really, how gullible do they think consumers are? Just because Jessica Simpson says so I’m going to run out and by this product?? No I don’t think so. I’d rather buy a product that has been recommended by the common man.

Are you like me or do you really believe in these types of endorsements?

It’s been quite a few years since my husband has had to go out of town for his job. Well the time has come again. Next month he will be headed out of the country for a week to take a training course on some type of machinery. Thankfully this doesn’t happen too often but when it does the kids get extremely upset. Mainly because he won’t be here to kiss them good night.

In previous years we warned them well in advance that he had to go and they seemed to be OK with it. That was until they seen the luggage sitting in the hallway. Then I think it hit them that this is really happening. So this time we haven’t said a word to them about it. When there is about a week left before he has to go then we will tell them. And at no time will they see his luggage. Hopefully because they are older they will take the news about this trip a little better than they have previously. But only time will tell I guess.

I really do love blogging. Almost two years ago I set up my first blog and I have never looked back. One of my most favorite parts about blogging is receiving comments. I love to hear what people think about my site and what they think about things that I write. But one of the things that I really hate about blogging is some of the nasty comments that I receive from other bloggers. It hasn’t happened in a while on any of my sites, but just the other day I was browsing some blogs and seen a seriously nasty comment on someone else’s blog.

They were discussing Google page rank and the fact that theirs got dropped from a three to a zero. They seemed to be quite upset about this and one commenter slammed them big time over it. First they stated that they shouldn’t care about page rank and then slammed them for doing paid reviews. Honestly who’s business is it if someone does paid reviews on their blogs?? I do paid reviews on some blogs and since their my blogs, it’s my own choice. And yes, I have lost page rank because of it. But it doesn’t bother me any more. If it bothers others then that’s their prerogative.

I don’t understand why people can’t be nice. Just because were on the Internet and you can’t see us doesn’t mean the nastiness should come out. At least that’s my point of view.

So I’ve mentioned before that I am going to try something new to try to advertise my small home crafting business. So last week I ordered some customized magnets to be able to give out to family and friends. The order will take anywhere from four to six weeks to come in but they should be here just in time for the holiday craft season. Up until now I haven’t spent a dollar on advertising, but my sales aren’t as high as I would like them to be so I have decided that it may be worth it to spend a few dollars in advertising to get my message out there. Hopefully this works. If it does, then I will have no problem spending any other money on different advertising methods. I have to do something, I have to start selling more than I have been.