When my mom and I decided to start our own stationery business I had no idea what to expect. I was sure things were going to be so tough there was no way it could last but I’d just had my son and mom was retired so there really wasn’t any harm in trying. As it turns out we had a really successful business model and this has turned into a MORE Than full-time endeavor…it’s actually been great for me to get back to work after having the baby. Mom and I get to spend more time together than ever before and we both get to use our strengths – she’s more on the creative side and I’m all about the logistics like dealing with vendors and credit card services and taxes and things like that. I love working with family and being able to “take” my son to work with me. This is exactly the type of flexible career I wish I had known existed only a few years back – things would have been so much easier!

Thanks for the post from Barney Crosby

My husband and I just opened an interior design business in Portland. We were both interior designers working for other people, and we figured it would be best for us to go out on our own. We were spending a lot of time making other people rich off of our hard work, and knew that could do it alone. What we didn’t realize is how hard it is to get clients. We know we are both talented designers, but we haven’t been so great at the business side. We love the freedom, but feel bogged down in administrative and financial work. So much goes into starting a business. We needed to have a contract for our clients to sign, and we definitely needed to start marketing ourselves if we wanted to make enough money to stay afloat. I definitely gained a new respect for my old boss when I started to realize how much work it takes. We searched wireless internet Portland and hooked up our wireless internet immediately. Online marketing is such a large part of any business these days and this service allows us to tap into that.

Guest post written by Adrienne Reynolds

We have a big family, so we have quite a few coats. But it can be kind of hectic keeping up with all of our coats. I try to keep them all in one closet, but as it is now it's not really big enough to handle all of those coats. So instead, I'm going to try and reorganize the closet so that all of our coats will fit in there and free up some space in our own closets in our bedrooms.

I looked to see if I could find some ideas about how to reorganize my closet and as I was searching online for that, I saw some information about sears cabinet refacing. I was thinking about getting some new cabinets for Christmas anyway in our kitchen, so I thought it was just perfect that I ran across that stuff!

After I sorted that and decided to use that, I found some great coat closet organization materials that I can't wait to ship in so I can install them in our coat closet. I'm really hoping that they'll make the difference I want!

I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. 

Charles Dickens

Thanks to Erasmo Cortez

When I went to Compare Elerctric Providers I found that our internet had been shut off at home – what in the world? When I called the provider they told me it was because the bill hadn’t been paid in THREE MONTHS! So I called my husband at work and he let it all out there – I know it sounds silly but he says he just couldn’t bear to tell me that he’d gotten a demotion. Now, it’s not all the money I’m worried about it’s more that he felt like he needed to lie to me. If there’s one thing in a relationship that’s important it’s that you’re honest with each other and I think we need to go to counseling to figure this one out. He says he’s really afraid of disappointing me and I don’t want to have set up some unrealistic expectations that are making him feel that way. I don’t know, I just think there are things you have to always, always be honest about in a marriage!

“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.”

Albert Ellis

Author: Joseph Sandoval

One of the first things I did when I moved into my new house was setting up my cable and internet. When I don’t have cable and internet, I feel like I’ve been cut off from the world. During this move I decided to change internet service providers. It was a simple process, I just went over to my parent’s house and went to www.satellitestarinternet.com and selected the package that was right for me. Now I can get back to my usual internet activities. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like I might be getting a little old for Facebook. That sounds weird considering that my 80-year-old grandfather has a Facebook profile, but lately every time I get on all I see on my newsfeed are kids doing things they shouldn’t be doing. A couple years ago I spent a summer interning for a middle and high school youth group. Now the kids that were in my youth group are in college, and posting pictures of themselves half naked or partying or kissing a different guy every week. I really wish they would all change their privacy settings so they wouldn’t be popping up on my newsfeed, making me feel old.

OH lala it's November and guess what it is " Kalag kalag" celebration  in Philippines. Which means All saints day and tomorrow it is gonna be All souls day!! I remember this type of occasion when I was still in pinas, we prepare a lot of food.. I mean more than what we prepare during our natal day. I dont know why we use to do this for that fact that people there mostly doesnt have daily income. Oh well that is how it is. I miss most of it like the pork adobo, sitcky rice cook in different style. and lots of banana with different size!! OMG how I wish I can just walk going to my home town and all those yummy food.. All I have to do is wish this time and imagining those things.  sigh!!

I should go Aaron is calling my name, he said he wants some milk!! hahah see you guys later!!