Coupons, Coupons

Find great coupon deals at Ebates.com. I have been shopping online for years now and before I buy anything at an online retails so I check sites like Ebates.com for coupon codes. It's easy to find coupons and sometimes you can really save a lot of money.
It's time to shop for those Christmas gifts and what better time to save money. I love coupons. Ebates.com offer coupons from companies like Target.com and Best Buy. Search ebates large selection of coupon deals and sales.
It's almost Christmas! Yipes!

It's Time To Budget Your Money

I just created a new blog. Well, actually it's the old Budget Your Money blog that I have changed to Time To Budget. I love the theme. I included a cute picture at the time. I think this blog will be good. It can help others manage their money as well as find money making opportunities. When I was searching for money making opportunities online I found a great blog that really helped me. I still visit that blog from time to time. The blogger introduced me to a lot of real online money making opps. Anyway, check out my new money blog. It will be active Dec. 1st.

Building Link Popularity

Over the last few days I have doing a search on today’s best techniques for building link popularity. I focused my search on reputable sites that offered free information. There are some definite do’s and don’ts when it comes to this subject. Since Google doesn’t publish their algo techniques some of the information available are just theories at this point.

It is important to know the definite do’s and don’t so that you don’t accidently fall prey to the “black hat SEO” techniques. Many uninformed people are falling for the link popularity techniques that are robbing their pocket books and possibly hurting their website by risking the possibility of beening banned by Google.

Since I did not become a SEO expert in a few days of research I am not going to try and explain all the good and bad linkbuilding techniques, but I will list a few that are most important.

The do’s:

1. Do find websites that are relevant to your site to link to you.

2. Good content is very important. You can get linked with out even trying.

3. Be sure to submit your site Google, MSN and Yahoo. These are the three main search engines and they won’t index you if you don’t submit your site.

The don’ts:

1. Don’t use “black hat” SEO techniques like blog spamming and forum spamming. Blog and forum spamming includes posting/commenting only for the purpose of adding your link.


2. Don’t waist your money on paid directories. There are many free directories available and remember your goal should be to get listed on directories that are relevant to your web site.

These are just a few of the important techniques, I encourage you to read 101 ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006, Link Popularity , and Link Building 101 to find more information and building link popularity. Don’t forget to check your link popularity with this free tool.

Monex Deposit Company

If you are looking to invest in Gold and/or Silver Monex Deposit Company is the place to start. They offer some good reason for investing and tips on how to invest and where to keep your investment.

Here are the 3 Reason's Why they say you should investin precious metals:

1. Precious Metals Have Been a Solid Hedge Against A Declining U.S. Dollar. The value of the U.S. Dollar declined more than 30% from 2001 through 2004, plunging 5% in just a few weeks. For a long list of reasons, including massive increases in U.S. government deficits totaling trillions of dollars, the cost of a prolonged war against terrorism and a massive trade imbalance, this trend may be just the beginning. This means U.S. Dollars could now be worth less and less every day. Which also means that investments pegged to the U.S. Dollar could be worth less and less every day. Gold, silver and platinum, though, are held and traded throughout the world . . . and their true value (that is, their purchasing power) is not solely or directly dependent on the falling fortunes of the U.S. Dollar. Precious metals, therefore, can be a form of protection against a falling U.S. Dollar. As demonstrated during 2003 and 2004, as the value of the U.S. Dollar declined, gold and silver prices and the value of precious metals expressed in dollars increased.

2. Precious Metals Have Been a Proven Safe-Haven in Times of War, Political Strife and Uncertainty. Today's financial markets are increasingly at risk from terrorism, political instability and war. As we saw so clearly after the 9/11 tragedy, financial markets can be closed down, and remain closed down, for extended periods of time. As terrorism incidents continue to increase around the world, it is not unreasonable to expect further (and potentially more severe) disruptions in financial markets, banking and commerce in the future. Whenever and wherever tension or hostilities break out, people everywhere quite naturally gravitate toward the assets they trust most. And today, even in our high-tech driven 21st century, the asset class millions rely on in times of trouble is gold and silver. Precious metals have always been, and likely will continue to be, a valued form of "wealth insurance" in good times and bad.

3.Precious Metals Can Offer Outstanding Price Appreciation and Profit Potential. After the infamous stock market "bubble" debacle in early 2000 wiped out trillions of dollars of investor equity, the major stock indices have failed to return to anywhere close to their previous highs. Gold and silver prices, on the other hand, have increased dramatically - more than 40% - during that same time period. Which means precious metals can produce impressive investment returns even when (and sometimes, especially when) returns from stock, bond and other paper investments decline in value or evaporate completely. The Monex Atlas Account, a way to purchase precious metals using up to 5-to-1 investment leverage, can be a powerful short-term trading vehicle during periods of rapidly changing precious metals prices. And many financial experts have predicted and continue to forecast rising gold, silver and platinum prices in the months and years ahead.

Wallhogs.com

Have your giant sized face plastered on your bathroom wall and when people use your bathroom they will have to stare at your face. Wallhogs can make this dream a reality :o). Ok, I am just having some fun here but I do think having Wallhogs in your house could be cool. You could decorate a kids room. If I were a kid I would have wanted a giant sized picture of my horse on my bedroom door. My son would probably love a picture of one of his bionicles or something.
My husband would probably love it if I would let get something like the picture below put on our bedroom wall. No way will that ever happen.

My new Horse Blog

I am still working on my new horse blog. I am really excited about this one because I like the way it's turning out. I hope to genereate a lot of traffic to this site. I read an e-book that talked about affiliate marketing and the best way to advertise your website. It was very enlightening. I will have to share this in a later post. Anyway, check out my new Horse Approved blog. It's not finished yet but you can still visit it.

Good Health

Are you into Nutrition? You might want to check out N101 Nutrition. They offer some great stuff people into good health.
They offer a detox supplement. I have mentioned this before but I think most american could benefit from a detox program. Not because of drugs or alcohol but for all the garbage we put into our bodies. Do you ever see Super Size Me? That movies was very disturbing. Anyway, N101 offers some great supplements.
If you are looking for the right nutrition product for you visit this site. They have a very informative N101 library. The offer detailed protein guides for the different protein supplements available.

Can you raed tihs?

You have probably seen this before but I just find it very interesting:



Is Your Brain Normal?

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Wedding Gifts

Wedding bells are a ringin? Do people actually still say that? I guess they do because I just did. If you are going to have a wedding or know someone who is you might want to check out TheKnot.com. They offer all sorts of wedding related products. TheKnot.com is very well laid out and the have a lot of information about planning for weddings as well as purchase wedding products. They have some nice pictures of people on the site but I don't think they are for sale. You will have to find your own future spouse but if you need anything for the planning this site probably has it.
Don't forget the bridesmaid gifts. After all are going to make them wear that bright pink dress they can never use again.

To the Ebay Powersellers

If you are a ebay powerseller or are thinking about becoming a powerseller you might want to check out Rob Frechette's eBook on Ebay selling. I know there are a lot of people making good money on ebay and I guess this book will let you in on some of the secrets. I am still not sure how I feel about ebay. The fees seem to be getting so high and there are so many products.
I do like to buy on ebay still but I am not sure how I feel about selling anymore. I have sold a lot of stuff on ebay and I never really made that much money but I am sure it is because I didn't know how to get the big bucks. This Ebay ebook may have the answers I am looking for.

Pro Blogger Job Board

I was scrolling through my favorites again and found a link that I had forgotten about. My searching the internet has left me with hundreds of favorites that I don't have categorized very well so a lot gets lost. Anyway, Pro Blogger has a job board that could be useful for someone. I don't think I am qualified for any of these jobs but I thought I would post this for anyone who has never heard of this site.
This is also a great place to post your jobs you want filled.

Fairfield Resorts

If you have been thinking about purchasing a timeshare you might want to check out Fairfield Escapes. This company has introduced more families to timeshare than any other company in the world. There are more than 70 world-class resorts in 21 states in the U.S. 80% of all the Fairfield Resorts has been awarded a "Gold Crown". I remeber a few years back going to one of those timeshare presentation. They promised us a TV. Though the price of the timeshare was reasonable we didn't have the money and just went because of the free TV. Well, when we told them we didn't have the money they said they didn't have anymore TV's. I was a little upset. I don't think this company had very good ethics.
I can't say for certain Fairfield is any different but it seems by the infromationa I have read about them they are professionals.

The Party Works

I found this website called the Party Works and they carry various parties supplies. I think the reason I bookmarked this website was because of the "Build Your Own" discounted party packs. I am always looking for a deal. They carry all different kinds of party supplies like for baby showers, kids parties and cake decorating.
They also have some really cute Do it yourself Cake Decorating kits. If you have any sort of birthday or party coming up you should check out this site.

My Dream Patio

My dream patio is something that will have only exist in my dreams for a while. But it doesn't hurt to dream.
I hope to one day be able to fully landscape my back yard and build a covered patio. My husband and I both love to invite people over but right now we don't a comfortable patio. All we have right now are some bricks laid out side by side so I don't really think you can call it a patio.
The night's hear in our town are beautiful. I would love to be able to host a get together with all our friends sitting by the fire. I would love to have a chiminea but a fire pit would work too. Actually, since this is my dream I want a chiminea. I like the way they look :o). It's also a better way to roast marshmallows.



Someday, I gonna get one of these.

Stock Options

I can't say I really know that much about the stock market. Our financial situation is not even close to the point of investing. I have heard it is best to diversify your investments. A good mixture of investing in Roth IRA's, realestate and mutual funds. That's about all I know.
I suppose I could find stock options advice on the poweropt.com website I was introduced to. They research stocks available and give you detail information. They offer a 14 day free trial of their service.
This is what they claim to offer you if you sign up.

Five reasons why you need PowerOptions®:
1. Make More Money - The data and tools you need to squeeze more money out of your stock portfolio.
2. Invest Safer - The essential timely data you need to hedge your stock portfolio against losses in this unpredictable market.
3. Invest Smarter - The data you need to make quick, clear, and informed decisions. You can trade with confidence that you have found the best investment.
4. Save Time - No need to waste time crunching numbers. With a few quick clicks PowerOptions does it all for you, presented in tables for easy comparison.
5. Our First Priority Is You - We provide premium customer support on our toll-free number to answer your questions.

Kid's Money

My kids are always complaining about how they don't have money and what they can't buy. Well, mom and dad don't have any money either. I try to encourage them to get jobs here and there from the neighbors but then they turn lazy. " I don't know how" is usually the response, even though I tell them how.
One of my daughter's friends is one of those go getter types. She wanted to take 4 dance classes but here parents didn't have the money. So she decided to use her babysitting money to pay for 2 of the classes and then called her Aunts and asked if they could cover the rest of the classes. She is now taking 4 dance classes because she didn't just sit there and say "I don't know how".
Anyway, I found this site that might help me out and maybe help someone else as well. It's called Kid's Money and it offers a whole lot of information on jobs for kids, how to handle money and tips for parents. I you are struggle with the same type of whinning check out this site.

Cast Iron

I think way back I did a review on cast iron pans. I love cast iron cookware and I think everyone should be using it. I bought my cast iron pan a few years ago and it's what I use the most out of all my cookware. I used to use Teflon but got tired of having to be so delicate with them. Plus I am sure Teflon is not one of the major food groups. I know some of it was getting into my food.
My mother is actually the one that introduced me to cast iron. She had on particular pan for like 20 years. Can't say my Teflon would ever last that long. I am sure I will have my cast iron pan 20 years from now. I have also heard that cast iron is beneficial to your health because the iron that comes off in the food is good for you.
I don't have any stainless steel cookware but I think I would also like it almost as much as cast iron. I have heard good things about stainless steel. Actually come to think of it I do have one little stainless steep pot that I have been using for years. I really like that post because it heats up really quickly.
So don't be like I was and think that you have to buy the newest and latest cookware. The good old cast iron and stainless steel cookware are the best now and probably forever.

Christmas

Some of the best Christmas gifts come in a basket. If you are looking for a gift basket to give this Christmas check out the Gourmet Gift Baskets website. They have some beautiful baskets.
This nice thing about gift baskets is that they come with several items and you are bound to have a few things your gift recipient will love. I really love gingerbread men. So this gift basket would be perfect for me.



There are so many types of baskets you can choose from. They also have cheesecake gifts. I love cheesecake. So if you are having trouble thinking about what to give for Christmas this year maybe a gift basket is your answer.

PPP Dinner Date

PayPerPost has asked us these question: Which PayPerPost employee you would take to dinner and where? What would you order? Would you go someplace after or before? What would you talk about? This opp is one of the reasons I love to get paid to blog.
So I have to think about this one...hmmmm. Do I invite the "Spicy" Hot Tamale? Or maybe The Murphman? Or what about Britt? Froogle? I don't know this is a tough one. If it where a man I would have to bring my husband along because it might looking wrong if I go out on a date with another man. I think he might be a little bothered by that.
Ok, I have decided I would take out the "Spicy" Hot Tamale. Why? Because I think she is funny. After watching her PPP confessional I think I would like to meet her in person. As for the food. It would be up to my guest of course.
I am not sure what we would talk about because she is not married, at least I don't think. I am pretty certain she doesn't have any children. Does she like horses? I don't know, I guess I could find out on our date. Where did she grow up? How did she get the job with PayPerPost? How many brothers or sister? Or maybe we could talk about how many times my baby daughter has pulled poop out of her diaper? (this just happen again) I don't know there are so many things we could talk about.
I like movies. Maybe would could go see a movie after dinner. These are all questions I would have to ask her.
Seeing is how my finances don't even allow me to go on a date with my own husband, PPP would have to drop about 10 opps like this one so I could even take her out on a date. Or are we imagining this is on PPP tab. Because if that is the case then....
well I won't go any further since it's all imaginary. Hot Tamale would you go on an imaginary 'girls night out' date with me?

I'm a diggin

So I finally set up a digg account. I think this will be fun. Just antoher place to network with other people. I do like to network, especially if it brings traffic to my blogs. I am mainly trying to promote my Budget Your Money blog. I think it can help others and hopefully generate a little bit of money. Alot of money would be better but I not going to hope too high. So now that I have a digg account I need to come up with some digg worthy things to say.

AB Lounge 2

I have never had a problem with my weight. I guess I am one of those naturally thin people that people loves to hate. I don't exercise but I also don't eat a lot. My grandmother is also naturally thin so I think I got it from here. My body could change over the years, though I have given birth to three children. I guess time will tell.
For some reason people think because I am thin I must be healthy. I am not sure I am what you would call a healthy person. I don't exercise. I hardly ride my horse anymore. I don't eat health food either.
I have often thought about getting a home exercise product. Many of them are now portable like the ab lounge 2. This ab lounge is to work your abs. It kind of looks like a picnic chair. I like that it is portable though. It's kind of costly for what it is but I suppose if you really use it you could see results.
The thing about most exercises equipment is if you use the product it will usually works. If you set it in your closet to collect dust then there is no way it will do anything for your body. I have a feeling the ab lounge would be sitting in my closet collecting dust. It could work for someone.
I still need to start exercising.

ztmax.com

If you are into new gadgets you might like to read about the ones offered by ZTMax. There is the newly released iMage Driverless Webcam. You don't need to install any software for this webcam. Pretty cool!

The iMage webcam delivers high-quality 640x480 video to your favorite PC and MAC applications, it is the first Plug & Go webcam it requires no software device driver to be installed prior to use and it is supported by Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.

They also have the Multifunctional Digital Mini Speaker.

This sleek and innovative mini speaker has been digitized to provide you with a multifunctional music experience. By using the latest in digital driver technology, and superior speaker design, it comes complete with a built in mp3 decoder chips, and supports all types of mp3 files. It also has a plug in SD/MMC card, convenient USB port to be able to read any portable device and VCD reader. With its classic built in 1500mAH lithium battery this speaker set can support hi-fi music for up to 10 hours.

They only have these two gadgets available but they are worth looking into. I love the idea of a driverless webcam. The mini speaker is also pretty cool. The prices are reasonable too. Check out ztmax.com for more info.

Rock Startup

I am creating a buzz for PayPerPost for free. They have been so great to me and all the other Posties I thought they deserved some free publicity. PayPerPost will soon be launch a new website. I believe they will be taping PayPerPost events and like the upcoming PayPerPost Wedding. This company has some great ideas and I think it will be very sucessful. We are all anxiously waiting for this new site, Rockstartup to launch.

BrainCast

I was introduced to BrainCast and it seems pretty cool. The home page doesn't have much information but if you visit the FAQ's most of your questions will probably be answered. You can record messages/memos from either you phone or from the Internet. The registration was very easy and I can see how this service could be very useful.

BrainCast is intended to be used as a service to help store and organize audio notes from anywhere. Anytime you think of something where you don't have a simple method of writing something down or making a note of it, like at the store, or in the car, or out at night, is an optimal time to use the service. Just call, wait for the beep, record, and it will be home and on your computer when you get there.

It is completely free to use this service. All you have to do is call the 800 number, record a message and and email will be sent to you with your message. I am definitely going to use this service.

Update:
I just called my 800 number and left myself a message. I went to my BrainCast account and listen to my message. It's pretty cool. I could see how using this service could be good for scattered brains like me. Instead of writing notes to myself I could just call myself. I could remind myself of grocery needs or whatnot.

Online University

If you are looking to further you education you might want to explore online school option. I was introduced to a website some time back that offers online courses. Capella University is an accredited online university offering graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services, and psychology. They also offer bachelor's degree programs in business and information technology. Capella also offers 76 graduate and undergraduate specializations and 16 certificate specializations.
Times have changed and attending an university building is no longer a needed. You can get your education right from your home or office. Great part is you can save money on gas and clothes :o).

Using your blog to advertiser your other blogs

I have been using my blog to advertise my other blogs and it's working out really well. I didn't create my blogs to advertise another but I thought since it's there I might as well use them. I have been going crazy with this blogging thing. Crazy, crazy. I now see why advertisers want to use bloggers for advertising. I have done several searches over the last couple of days and often find blogs posts in the Google index. Each blog page is indexed so every time you post it gives your blog more visiblity. I love it! I really already knew this but now I am starting to see more traffic on my blogs so I am excited. My Budget Your Money blog is getting more traffic and that makes me happy because I feel like I can help people with that one.

Everyday Sinks

I was at my brothers new house the other day. He has a nice house in a very nice neighborhood. I especially like their kitchen. Nice big kitchen. They had a good amount of counter space and a nice deep porcelain double sink. I really wish I could have a sink like theirs.
We have a nice sink I guess. Stainless steel sinks, which is what we have, are good but I like porcelain better. I don't know why. Maybe it's because you can make them nice and white. Crazy reason, I know. But I like things that are bright. I would also love to have a stone sink but I don't know if that will work with my decor.
My stainless steel sink isn't deep enough. I wouldn't mind have one a little deeper. Actually if it where deeper I would probably just put more dirty dishes in it, so I don't know if that would be a good thing.
You can find more about sinks at EverydaySinks.com.

Cnet

I have found a number of very useful downloads on cnet. I really like how they give you a good discription as well as reviews. I downloaded a really good web design software called MoreMotion Web Express. It has been compared to some of the big names like Dreamweaver. Not sure I believe it's as good a Dreamweaver but it was completely free to download.
If you are looking for really good software downloads visit cNet first.

Christmas Song

My husband has been in band on and off since we met 15 years ago. He is currently the vocalist of a funk rock band. Last year him and the other 2 band members reunited. It was interesting to see how they just played together so smoothly after so many years (8yrs). They had all matured and perfected their craft.
So I know what it is like for those in the unsigned band world. Trying to get their songs out for everyone to hear. There are some bands that have been able to use the Internet as a platform. Greener's Christmas Song was downloaded over 1,000,000 times a few years back. That's 1 with 6 zero's! I think that is pretty cool. They are trying once again to reach this goal with their new electric and acoustic versions of the songs. A portion of the proceeds will go to Music Industry HIV/AIDS charity LIFEbeat.
The songs are good, I like the acoustic version the best. So help them out! Download the song, it's free. If you like it buy the album and help the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Reviews

I am trying to decide whether to continue this reviews blog. I need to find some kind of order so I am either going to have to stop reviewing or switch to a Wordpress blog. I love Wordpress. It's much more versitle. I don't like that it doesn't have a spell checker. I think I might be able to add that as a plugin though. If you are looking for a good blog software I recommend wordpress. But only if you host it yourself. The Wordpress.com is limiting. You can't use all the cool themes I have found on wordpress.com.

Blogitive

Blogitive has made some exciting new changes. If you are interested in getting garuanteed pay for blogging then becoming a blogger for blogitive may be the answer. You can be paid to write a review of a press release of websites, products and services. The work is easy. I have been doing it for about 4 months. I love getting the payment for the post a week after I submitted. You have to check the offers page everyday because they go quickly. If you are interested in becoming a Blogitive blogger read through the rules for writing posts:


Rules for Writing Posts Regarding Blogitive Offers
- The Blog post written needs to be at least 100 words (Brand New Rule as of when this email was sent)
- Please write at least two posts between any post you write for us, they should at least be 50 words in length and written about any topic you want (Brand New Rule as of when this email was sent)
- The post should only be written about the topic of the web release and contain no other topic
- You can only write about one offer in each Blog post
- There should only be one hyperlink to the client’s website in your post
- The hyperlink should contain the word or phrase assigned in the exact manner that it is written in the offer
- The URL in the hyperlink of the word or phrase assigned should be the exact URL assigned in the offer with no additions or subtractions to the URL
- If you have more than one Blog and you receive the same offer for each Blog, the posts should be written with some difference and not be a replica of each other
- The post written should be in your own words about the web release and not a copy and paste of the web release
- You can copy exact phrases or sentences from the web release as long as their is custom content written within the post around the topic of the web release as well
- If information is mentioned about the client in the web release you must mention that in some manner in the post

They will also be launching Ghost Writing opportunities and they have already started a job board. Check out the site and find out how to make money blogging.

Happy News

Are you tired of hearing all of the horror stories on the news? This is one reason our family no longer has cable TV. If found a site a while back called Happy News. It's real news that is always positive. Our TV news doesn't always tell us the good things that are happening in the world. We get shown death, fighting, hate, rape and everything in between. It's not to say that we shouldn't know about the bad stuff happening in our world but it would be nice if we could see more of the good stuff. After all the happy stories is what changes our moods from hate to love and compassion for others. I think this site is cool so check it out.

PowerJacksOnline

If you are need of replacement Laptop DC Jacks you might want to check out PowerJacksOnline. They provide power jacks for most laptop models. They will install your power jack for $149. The prices for the power jacks start from $15. If you are not familiar with installing power jacks yourself you can send your laptop in for PowerJackOnline to install it for you.
I don't have a laptop but hope to get one soon. I will have to bookmark this site for future reference.

Cooking By Numbers

I think I may have reviewed this site but I thought I would do it again because I think it's really cool. You fill out an online form of what is in your fridge and cupboard. After submitting this information you will get a list of recipes that include they ingredients you have.
Since I have very little in my cupboards I thought this would interesting to see the results. I ended up having 100% of the ingredients for 10 recipes. Some of the recipes where like "fried eggs". But I guess it still is a recipe. I am going to try this again after I go shopping. They also give you recipes for things you have partial ingredients for.