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I feel bad for Bill Gates. I never would imagine that anyone would feel sorry for Bill Gates but today I do. He stepped down from Microsoft today. That was his baby. He is leaving it in the hands of others. That must be hard. He said it was time to devote […]

Someday, hubby and I might get our business into the 21st century. We are stubborn business owners who have done things the same way for almost 30 years. I am jealous of all the online businesses that have made a go of this new arena of selling. If I were to venture into this arena, […]

I admire many people. The ones I have been in awe of lately, are those who know how to build a computer. Can you imagine the money you can save by building your own computer? Easy AS My PC Kits make it possible for anyone to build their own computers. The instructions have lots […]

Did you participate in Firefox’s attempt to set a Guinness World record? Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, they got more than 8 million Firefox 3 downloads in 24 hours. That’s more Firefox downloads than they’ve ever had in a single day. Awesome what can be done when we all get […]

Identity theft is becoming a bigger threat to all of us than we ever thought it would be. I am afraid that with the prices of everything increasing, it will only get worse. People will go to any lengths to get the things they want and in some instances what they need. They have hit […]

I have been blessed with an excellent web host. I can tell that I am lucky though because I read the horror stories on other blogs. They have all kinds of problems with their web hosts. It must be frustrating. A good way to avoid a bad webhosting service is by using a site that […]

I have been blogging since 2003 and I have heard many sob stories about web hosts. Finding a good host is not always an easy task. It is good to have a resource to guide you. I have found a web hosting rating service that has been helpful. Web Hosting Rating has no interest or […]

Wow! I feel so honored to have been interviewed by “5 Minutes for Mom” and see that they have published my thoughts. Feel free to read it and see how I came to love blogging.

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I ran across a blog recently that had a post about soy milk. I had forgotten how good soy milk can be for your immune system. When I was a baby, my mom had to feed me soy milk because I could not tolerate any type of formula. That must have been the beginning of […]

Sorry to leave you hanging. I do work full time and these people want to buy carpet today. Yay! So, I opened the green box and found an award! I knew I had been made Postie of the Month at IZEA but I didn’t know I would get an award to put on my bookshelf. […]