Lifes Like That

When I first started using Entrecard, I was so pleased with the traffic results that I discovered that I was looking for a way to give a little back to the top droppers of this site. The one way which I could do this was through a post done twice a month now to thank each of you who drop in often. So this is the post you all have been waiting for. If your on list, then a big thank you goes out to each and every one of you. And, if your not on the list but would like to be, then all you need to do is drop!

1. Karlonia.com
2. The Sewing Mom
3. Pro Blog Reviews
4. Michael’s So-Called Life
5. My Cornerstone Trio
6. The BenSpark
7. What Lies Within The Mirror
8. Superficial Gallery

Well I guess there is only eight today as two of the sites seem to not be in Entrecard any longer. But thanks to these eight and I’ll see you all again in two weeks.

With the school year slowly coming to an end and summer vacation time just around the corner, I have been thinking about different locations where I would love to take the kids for a nice family vacation. One area where I would love to go would be to the Outer Banks. I have seen pictures of this destination on TV and in magazines and I think it would be an ideal location for any family vacation. It looks so peaceful and serene. But I don’t think a vacation like this is in the cards for us this year. But I really do hope that in future years I will be able to look into this type of vacation a little more closely.

Time sure flies when your having fun now doesn’t it?! It seems like just yesterday it was Christmas and then the new year just arrived with my husband and I both needing to update our life insurance policies. This year we decided to change companies so we needed to get a lot of different life insurance rates and determine which company was best for us.

Because summer is almost here, I’m always thinking along the lines of health and life insurance around this time of year. As a family we do more traveling so there is more of a chance of different things happening. And because of this, I always like to have all our policies up to date.

Since the first day of fishing season was on April 15, my husband went out yesterday and purchased his fishing licence.  Today we will be taking the kids fishing for the first time this season.  They don’t need a licence because their only seven and nine and I don’t need one because I don’t fish, I only go along for the fun.  They are quite excited about this little outing.  Neither one of them have ever caught a fish before, but they sure have fun trying and now that their a little older and have more patience, maybe this will be the year that they catch one.  If not, that’s OK too as they both enjoy the outing anyway.

When I first started making jewelry, I had no problems finding the little holes in the beads to run the wires through. But it seems like the more jewelry I make, the harder it is to see the tiny holes in the beads. After an extremely frustrating weekend of trying to bead, but not being able to see them properly, I have decided that I really need to get some magnifying glasses to be able to continue with this work. It would be an awful shame if I had to give up this craft that I have just started getting into and loving it. So hopefully with the help of a magnifier, I can still continue this craft.

Although I have been busy trying to get a small home crafting business up and running. My efforts don’t seem to be paying off very well. So I’m thinking that I’m going to have to make some changes in the way I do things. The first thing I need to do is get a better budgeting and planning schedule worked out. I think this may be a big reason why things are not going the way I want to. Right now I have no clue what my budget should be and forget about having a proper planning schedule. I think if I tackle these two concepts in a more professional manner, I may start to see the results that I’m looking for.

I’ll let you all know how I make out this.

Besides having to do the laundry and the dishes I have to say that my most hated chore around my home is cleaning out my car.  Because it gets so cold and miserable around here in the winter, not a lot of cleaning to my car gets done during those months and you can sure see the dirt and grime when spring finally does happen around.  Since it’s so gorgeous out today I have decided that today will be the day to get this car clean.  Thankfully a couple of months ago I started taking out all the unnecessary items out of my car so that part of the job is over.  But I still have windows to clean, carpets to vacuum and the entire car to wash.

So if you don’t see me around much today this is why.  I have decided that I want a clean car!!

Although I’m not in seriously horrible shape, I can tell that I kind of let things go throughout the winter. So now with the arrival of spring, I really need to get back into my getting in shape routine. Although I don’t have a membership at our local gym, one of my friends hooked me up with a free week pass so I think I’m going to check out the gym and see what it has to offer. I have heard a lot of good things concerning the results you can expect by using the ellipticals, so I think this may be the first piece of machinery I try out. Then if I like it and the results I get by using it, I may then look into getting one of my own for my own home gym.

I know this might sound extremely funny to you all. But I desperately want an ipod. Yeah, I know an almost 40 year old woman wanting what is normally a teenager’s gadget. The main reason why I want one is that I spend a lot of time on the computer and would love to be able to listen to all my favorite tunes while I work. My husband tells me that that is why I have a radio, but you know it’s not the same thing. I have tried to explain to him that I need one when I’m working outside on my laptop it would be really nice to have. He hasn’t bitten yet, but mother’s day and my birthday are coming up soon, so you never know.

In January of this year I heard about an amazing site called Entrecard.  This is a social networking site and after a few months being an active member of it, I have to say that it is probably the best social networking site on the Internet.  Not only do you get the opportunity to find and read new blogs that you probably wouldn’t have discovered on your own, but the amount of traffic that this site will give to any of your sites is amazing.  I have found this program to be so effective, that I have added it to all my blogs that I’m trying to promote.

So this is why I am quite excited to tell you about another way in which you can create more traffic through the use of Entrecard.   If you belong to Social Spark and Entrecard, you can get your blog(s) put on a blogroll that was set up by  Drew.  By getting your blog(s) on this blogroll, you can be assured that everyone on the blogroll will be visiting your blog while your visiting theirs.  I have been in this blogroll for the past week and have seen a lot of familiar faces on my Entrecard accounts from fellow social sparker’s. 

So if you belong to Social Spark and Entrecard and would like to pass around the “love” just give a shout out to Drew and I’m sure he will be more than happy to welcome you into the “Socialcardsters” family.