Today's Interesting Blogs

Well today I wanted to give you a sample of some interesting blogs, because for someone who loves to find out everything there is to know, I just love to randomly sample some websites whenever I get the chance.

So, here are today's samples:

health this blog is a snippet on some health issues you may find interesting
airport safety this is something that all travelers would feel relieved in reading
vietnamese recipe don't you just love new Asian recipes for yummy soup?
vietnamese recipe #2 this is my all-time favorite...with avocados!
Capistrano for apache if this is what you are looking for
trashed fashion I'm sure we have all seen some of this!
Best of blogs: cooking I visited too late to vote but still, they look pretty awesome.

Hope you enjoy this sampling.

Kind of like internet hors d'orves.

Rivers

Check out this website I found at 42explore.com

This is a really fun website to read up about rivers. Knowing how much I love and appreciate water, I really enjoyed reading about rivers at this website.

I think its important to instill in youngsters a love and respect of water at a very early age.

When water is respected, it is not wasted, and it is treated with care and safety.

Water

via canadians.org

I think it was the rhyme of the Ancient Mariner where we find the lines, "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink."

It is such a wonderful thing to me to live in a land where fresh clean drinking water is plentiful.

It is something I truly appreciate every single day.

Marketing Advice

Here is a great marketing advice article. It goes over the importance of choosing a good Lethbridge SEO company, as well as giving a good example of the difference between searching for a company name versus doing a keyword search, and why that's important to your Lethbridge business.

If you are a business owner then it is important for you to know why your website needs to rank for keyword search. In order to do that, you need to do keyword research so that you know the optimum keywords that your potential clients are using to find you with.

If you are an aspiring SEO expert, then it's good to stay one step ahead of the game by doing as much research on keyword research as you can. There are a lot of rumors around the web about what is good keyword research and what is not, so make sure to only learn from reputable sources.

Welcome

via parenting.org

Parenting. Something that all of us parents could use some help on from time to time. Interesting how kids from the same family all turn out so different. It's not like someone can hand you a user manual and it's good to go.

Uh-uh. (reads "no") So, in that light, it's a good idea to polish up on your skills once in awhile. Try it. You'll like it.

Great new Ezine Article

There is a great new ezine article about tutoring, one of my favorite subjects.

It is called Be a Tutor: Share Your Skills and Make Good Money

I really admire people who are proficient in a subject and can share their skill with others.

It is a great way to help someone who wants to learn what you know.

At the same time, you could polish up on your skills and make some extra money.

Sounds like a win-win situation to me.

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via google.com

All (well, most) of your questions about Google can be answered by, well, Google of course. A great way to get your site indexed quickly in Google is to add Google analytics to your site and sign up for the Google webmaster tools. Who better to learn from to get good at ranking in Google than Google itself?

Lethbridge SEO

SEO is a very important concept for all internet marketers. Although Google closely guards its' algorithm secrets, internet marketers have been speculating on what is important and what is not in optimizing for the search engines.
Lethbridge SEO is a new kid on the street.

It is essential to rank on google's first page if one wants to reap all the benefits of the free traffic that reside there.

This struggle is what turns the cogs on the giant internet framework.

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There's some cold weather in store for Eastern Canada. No matter where you live, being prepared ahead of time is the best thing you can do as cold weather approaches. Make sure you are stocked up on hats, mitts, boots etc.

You should also stock up some food in case its too cold to go out shopping.

Bedtime

Sometimes I know it's time for bed but I just can't turn off my computer.

I am so excited about all the new things I am learning.

I have started making a few dollars with A.ds*ense and it is very exciting!

My kids are all tucked into bed and I need to follow suit.

Snowstorm

We got hit by a huge snow storm last night. We are under about 6 inches of snow, with frozen ice beneath.
It is so cold I can hardly stand it. My face skin freezes in about 2 minutes.

Here the weather can change in the blink of an eye. It can go from very cold to warm when a chinook wind comes.

It can plummet from warm to very cold within hours.

It's time to curl up under my nice warm blankets now.

Feeling Better Now

Well in my last blog post I was talking about feeling so tired this morning.

I decided to do 15 minutes of jumping on my mini-trampoline instead of the brisk walk, because of the rain outside.

It was just what the doctor ordered. Actually what I do is I jog on my mini-tramp as I lovingly call it for short.

I put on some music or an educational CD and listen to that while jogging.

It doesn't take long to get my heart rate up and break into a sweat.

I had a roommate in College who would religiously do time on her mini-tramp every morning and again every night.

She also ate 15-20 raw almonds per day.

That's all I really remember about her...

Well maybe that's a good example to me. I am not as regular on my mini-tramp as that, but I should be because so many days are just too cold to go outside.

Toodles!

I'm so Tired Today

Well I am just using this blog post to rant today. Sorry but I am just plain tired. Today I couldn't remember any of the words I wanted to use. Was telling a friend about a certain author and I couldn't remember his name. Also couldn't remember the name of the series of books he wrote.

It doesn't make sense because I actually had enough sleep last night; it just wasn't quality sleep, and I didn't realize it until I woke up with a stiff neck and a headache.

I felt as though I had never even gone to bed yet.

It's rare for me to feel that tired.

I wonder if I have been sitting too many hours at my computer?

I think I will go for a brisk walk and see how that helps. Ever feel this way?

Bad Hair Cut

Oh Wow! Have you seen some bad hair cuts?

I am normally pretty good at trimming hair, especially on myself or my kids, but I tried doing one of my daughter's a few weeks ago and boy oh boy, she did not like it! I did exactly what she asked for, and I thought it looked good, but she sure didn't like it. (She is 14.5 years old)

Well, I took her to a hairdresser the very next morning to "fix" it, and now she loves it.

So yesterday she starts asking me about highlights in her hair. I could tell where the conversation was going, so I asked her if she was thinking about getting them.

She said yes and asked me when I could do it. I almost dropped dead. I vowed never to touch her head again and I intend to keep my vow.

I told her I've never done it before and she needs to save up and go get it done professionally.

Phew!.....

Family Loses 4 Members

My sister told me about this news article. It is so sad. This family lost 4 members in a motor vehicle collision.

http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/2010111349896/front-page-news/vigil-a-time-for-grieving-111310.html

Oh, I know how hard it is to lose 1 member at a time, from old age, but to lose several family members in the prime of their life and a young child, I just can't imagine how hard it must be.

My thoughts and condolences go out to this family at this difficult time.

Eczema of the Fingers

Eczema of the fingers is an itchy, annoying, terrible condition. I know because I have it. The mysterious thing about it, is that it didn't appear until I was in my early forties. Why isn't there anything known about this condition?

It is more widespread than I thought and you would think that with all the medical advancements in this day and age that there would be more know about why this condition flares up in some people, what some good remedies are, and maybe even a cure or a preventative.

So far I have found very little. However, this little ehow article provides some natural remedies for eczema, which I am going to try today. The nutmeg paste is top on my list. I don't have the other herbs mentioned in the other home remedies on this site.

There are lots of problems my families or friends have had which we have solved with research on the internet. It is very nice to have such a large pool of information right at our very fingertips. Of course I wouldn't try to solve a life-threatening problem just by looking on the internet, and I would not recommend it to anyone else either.

This post is just about me finding solutions to my own problems and not a recommendation to anyone else in any way, shape or form.

Well, thanks for listening.

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

Boy it sure has been feeling cold lately...if you haven't got your crockpot out and dusted off then now's the time to do it!

The warm comfort food we all enjoy so much. Simmered to perfection...try this recipe today if you have never enjoyed crockpot spaghetti sauce.

If you have a bread machine, put in a loaf of crusty frencfh bread that you can enjoy with garlic spread along with your spaghetti and a salad.

Otherwise, you could just take sliced bread, spread with butter and sprinkle with garlic powder, and bake in oven til crispy around the edges.

MMMmmm...good!

Honesty in IM

Honesty in Internet Marketing. For some marketers, these 2 things go hand in hand. For other marketers, they are complete opposites.

If you have been a marketer for any time or been around the internet for awhile, I am sure you know exactly what I mean.

Well, Josh Spaulding, the ethical internet marketer, has a blog post informing us that the IRS will now require paypal to report all earnings to the IRS. So, you better report your paypal earnings if you haven't been already.

I know this applies to US citizens (which I am not by the way), but the honesty factor applies to all of us.

Remember what we learned when we were young?

Honesty is the best policy.

If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember what you said.

Be honest.

Education Costs

This article is a few years old, but it provides some interesting information on education costs worldwide.

From a research standpoint, this information can be used for more than just trying to estimate the cost of education.

There are so many factors to consider, and of course putting a cost on education at all tends to make the assumption that cost is a negative thing. The long-range (lifetime) cost of no education is much higher than the relatively short-term cost of the education.

This article also discusses per capita education spending for different countries around the world, and library spending.

Library spending is directly related to the literacy of a people.

I am very much in support of free worldwide education. Now that we have the internet, I see no reason why we can't get closer to attaining this tremendous goal.

Dollhouses

This is a great squidoo lens on dollhouses. The reason I am blogging about it isn't strictly because I love dollhouses, but also because it is a great lens.

For those of us who need more experience and good examples in building great lenses, this is a premium example.

This lens features several different dollhouses, their benefits and characteristics, and then offers accessories that go with each one.

Lenses like this are great because they sell from your Amazon associates account, you get revenue all year long from them, and they do especially well at Christmas time.

Joel 2.0

Wow! If you have been following Joel Comm, you may already know that today he announced the arrival of Joel 2.0

On his radio show today he blew the lid off of the whole scam routine that so many internet marketers and make money online and affiliate gurus are doing to rip off so many people.

He also talked about how we have a mission in life and we need to find and fulfill our purpose. If you are at all interested in this stuff, go to his site and take a look.

He talked about transparency and honesty. Things that seem to be missing lately in marketing. He always signs his posts and autoresponder emails with do good stuff.

Well he practices what he preaches.

Google Earth

Have you ever tried Google Earth?

It is absolutely amazing. You can find your way around a neighborhood you have never seen in person.

You can find your great-uncle's house halfway around the world.

I have used google earth to study a place in advance when I knew that I would be travelling there. It made me feel like I had already been there and I didn't feel so lost.

Try it; you will like it. The site will walk you through the downloading process.

SEO and Article Marketing for Cheap

Have you ever heard of the website called fiverr?

This is a great place! I just found it a couple of days ago. You would not believe what people are willing to do for a mere $5.

There are a list of categories to choose from, but you could pay someone to write your articles for you, your blog posts, even analyze your site for SEO.

Not only that but you can pay someone to sing you a song on you tube, hold a business sign and take a picture and send it to you, do your video work for you, call your boy/girl friend to break up with them for you, send your Grandma a letter, give you a wake-up call in the morning, and whatever else you could possibly think of.

For only a one-off payment of $5.

You can't beat that!

Article Directories

Did you know that article directories are useful for many things, not just for reading articles?

You can publish an article to your blog. Remember you have to keep everything intact including the author's links.

You can browse through the categories and article titles for ideas of subjects to write about.

You can learn a lot of different author's views about one subject.

Here are a couple of interesting articles for you to peruse about saving money:

Save money on your mortgage

Save money on printer ink

These are both from Ezine Articles but there are many more article directories you can look through.

Do a search for article directories. See what comes up and point and click. There are literally thousands.

Ezine is my favorite but I really like some others too.

Ezine Articles

You can learn a lot of interesting things from ezine articles.

Here are some of my favorites:

How to Become a Tutor

Being Self Employed

How to Save Money

You can find knowledge on almost any subject within ezine articles. Because their editorial process is so rigid, you can generally read through the articles without stumbling over all kinds of spelling and grammatical errors.

So much content on the web these days is auto-generated spin crap and I won't even read it. Article spinners give you syntax that most of the time doesn't make sense.

Ezine articles really has the human touch.

You can also call up ezine articles and do a search within their article database to call up absolutely thousands of articles.

Say goodbye to boredom

What's the best way to say goodbye to boredom? Well, I wouldn't know what boredom is, because I am always trying to get something done. I think being mom to 6 kids and a husband kinda takes care of that.

However, sometimes my 11 year old son sings the boredom blues.

The first remedy is he gets extra chores to do. Believe it or not, he seldom complains. He would rather do a chore than be bored.

Another good remedy is to find a good hobby.

Follow that link to find yourself a new good hobby today. Did you know that often when you become good at a hobby it opens doors to additional income as well? We could all use some of that.

Work from home opportunity

Tutoring is a great work from home opportunity.

How to Become a Tutor provides all the useful info you need to get started tutoring from home.

Knowing how you are helping someone else while making a good income for yourself will give you the desire to be a tutor now.

Many sites these days offer you opportunities of working from home.

We all know most of them are scams. I have been ripped off many times and likely you have, too.

Starting your own business is a good way to avoid being scammed, because you are your own boss.

Just think of being able to decide your own hours, your own fees, having nobody to answer to except yourself.

oatmeal bread

There are a lot of other ways to eat oatmeal than just cooking up a bowlful.

Think oatmeal cookies, oatmeal bars, oatmeal bread, oatmeal pancakes, and the list is almost endless.

Here is a superb recipe for oatmeal bread: http://baking.about.com/od/yeastbreads/r/oatmeal.htm

You have to try it out. It is so delicious.

Just imagine the smell of freshly baked bread in your house. You can even adapt the recipe for your bread machine and then put the ingredients in at night, set it for baking in the morning, and presto! Fresh hot oatmeal bread ready for you when you get up in the morning. The smell and warmth in your house. Just imagine it!

a busy day

What a busy day it was today! I could hardly believe all the running around I had to do. Being mom's taxi isn't all it's cracked up to be!
Do you need help to stay organized at home and keep your house clean?
Try the cleaning help here at http://www.flylady.net/

This is a great site to give you tips and hints about keeping your house organized and clean.

It's not so bad to keep myself on schedule with cleaning it's harder to get my kids doing what they should be.

Next weekend there are two days off school.

I need to plan some fun stuff as well as organizing. Wish me luck!

using chopsticks

Chopsticks are great. I always get the free ones when we go out for chinese food. Then I take them home and wash them and reuse them. I know that sounds cheap but I love doing it. Then sometimes we break out the chopsticks just for the fun of it. It's nice to have lots of sets of them, so you can choose the length, color, etc.

It's really fun to watch someone who doesn't know how to hold them or use them. They are so funny.

Here's a link to watch a video so you can learn how to use them.

I hope your vids load faster than mine.

this n that

This is a really great site to help you save money. We all want to save money these days.
Whether it's on groceries, vacations, cars or living accommodations, it's a good idea to be prudent.

This isn't going to be a long post because I want to save time, too.

http://www.healthyfinancialhabits.com

Death Toll in Haiti Cholera Outbreak Passes 280 | Firstcoastnews.com | Health News

via firstcoastnews.com

Wow! Over 280 people dead from the cholera outbreak in Haiti. That is so sad. We have come to think of cholera as a sickness in pioneer days, but it is apparent that people can still die from it today.

I was watching a movie on the weekend. It is the "Love Comes Softly" series. In about movie #6 or #7 out of 8 total, there is a cholera outbreak. You feel like they must have felt- helpless- watching people die from this sickness.

We should feel so blessed and so fortunate that we have access to modern medicine. I wish there was a way for all people worldwide to have this same blessing.