The benefits of Viral Linking: 1. One of the fastest ways to see your Technorati Authority explode! 2. Increase your Google PageRank fast 3. Attract large volume of new traffic to your site 4. Build your community 5. Make new friends! I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. Thanks to Stephan Miller who brought me to this. You have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes let’s hope...
Monthly Archives: March 2008
How would you like your tax refund? I’d like mine medium-rare this year…
Tax refunds are like steaks – everyone likes them different. Some people like theirs well-done, and blow their huge tax refund on crap they don’t need. Others like theirs rare – they see no reason to give Uncle Sam a free loan. Someday, if both my husband and I have a more predictable income, I would also like our tax refund to be rare, but not to the point that it sends us to the hospital (ie. penalty and interest fees). This year, I am content to see that our taxes are more of a medium-rare affair. I haven’t...
The Story of Stuff
photo credit: Manuel.A.69 A friend of mine sent me a link to a site with a 20-minute video called “The Story of Stuff” with Annie Leonard. It took me over 3 months to follow the link an get around to watching it, being that if I don’t do something right away, it takes me awhile to get to it. I’d highly recommend watching it, and sending it along to others (who hopefully get around to things before I do!). Here is a short excerpt from the website regarding what “The Story of Stuff” is about: “From its extraction through...
Setting goals for April
I feel like February and March kind of flew by. I know that I have been sick, but I also feel like I have been busy. The problem is that I am not sure exactly what I was busy with. There’s all the daily things that have to do with life in general, but this is the first time in awhile where the fruits of my labor are not really tangible. This is why I’ve decided that it is time to set some general goals for April. It’s going to be more like a long list, but I...
Get local produce with a CSA subscription
With the cost of fresh fruits and vegetables on the rise, my husband and I have thought about purchasing a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) subscription. For a set price, and sometimes volunteer work on the farm, you receive produce on (usually) a weekly basis during the harvests. The produce is sometimes organic as well, which is a huge plus for us since we prefer to eat organic when it is available. For more information on what a CSA is, please visit http://www.localharvest.org/csa.jsp. To look for CSA farms in your area, take a look at http://www.localharvest.org/csa/. There are a couple...
I think I need to change my sleeping habits
Ok – I know this is kind of off-topic, but please bear with me for a moment. I am a fairly healthy person – I eat well (with the exception of the occasional Oreo!), exercise to some extent (honestly, not as much in the winter, but that always changes in the spring), and maintain a healthy weight (I could probably stand to gain some weight, but have always had high metabolism). I was sick last week – just a minor cold, but enough to prevent me from posting a lot. I felt better by Friday. By Sunday night, I...
Happy Easter!
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter. I hope that you can find as much to be thankful for as I am – family, friends, a roof over your head, etc. We’ve “hidden” a couple of eggs while the kid is napping – I can’t wait to see how he is this year!
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I have a confession to make. This weekend, we splurged and picked up some potato chips and Oreo cookies at the grocery store. They were real Oreos (not generic), and for the record they were absolutely delicious. Both cookies and chips are an extremely rare find in our household – neither my husband and I really watch our weight (thankfully, we are both at a healthy weight), but we usually keep all junk food out of the house and only have healthy snacks (granola bars, yogurt, etc.). After the kid went to bed, we pulled out the junk food...
Do you really need your cell phone plan?
I was talking to my friend the other day about bringing down their household costs, and he mentioned that their family cell phone plan cost $90 a month. This is just for he and his wife. They are on a network plan where they can talk to other members of their family for free (ie. their parents, sisters, brothers, etc.). However, I was still amazed at the cost. My husband and I each have a cell phone from Virgin Mobile, and they are pay-as-you-go phones. At a minimum, it costs us $160 a year to keep these phones...
MagicJack an alternative to Vonage?
We are currently using Vonage for our local and long distance calls from home, but we are always looking for ways to save money. I was checking out this post at BudgetCents.net, and have ordered a free 30-day trial from magicJack. Our current local and long distance bill is about $30 per month – if magicJack works out, we would end up paying $40 per year (this is for the first year – it is then $20 each subsequent year). That would be a savings of about $320 per year! Basically, you plug one end of the magicJack device...
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