photo credit: Lee Coursey
I am longing to head to the beach! It is not quite warm enough here yet, but I know friends who are already booking their Hilton Head rentals! Unfortunately, we will be spending most of our vacation in a land locked area, but in August we should have time to head to the Jersey Shore. Everyday, my five year old asks “Is it warm enough for the beach yet?” And I still have to tell him no. So sad!
Do you love books? Than you might want to consider a Bookwise home business. Bookwise was founded by Richard Paul Evans, a best selling author. Bookwise works like a book club program. When you enroll in Bookwise you pay a $39.95 enrollment fee. For this fee you receive a starter kit. You then must pay $35 per month as a membership fee. This includes a bestselling hardcover book of your choice each month, 40-50% discounts on other books, free ebook and free audio book each month, a monthly newsletter and other bonus materials. You can quit Bookwise at any time that you like.
You earn money buy signing up others into the program. For each person you enroll, you earn $35. You also get your own personal bookstore. You can earn commission of any sales from your bookstore, plus commission off sales from your downlines’ bookstores.
Do you know someone who wants to write a book? If you sign them up for the Writer’s Publishing Package (includes coaching from writing the book to publishing to marketing), you can receive a total of $1,400 in commission.
If you are interested in Bookwise, contact one of the Consultants below or download a free eBook about the opportunity.
Consultants have said:
Well, I can honestly say that I think this is one of the best decisions I have ever made. I’ve joined probably 15 to 20 home based businesses or “programs” in the last 10 years, and this is the only one that has ever worked for me. I love this company, the products, their compensation plan, the way you aren’t punished if you decide to take a week off and go on vacation, lol. There aren’t any quotas to meet, other than your own personal monthly commitment. As you grow with the company, it doesn’t change, if you lose reps, you don’t lose rank, because there is no rank.
I just joined Bookwise and I already have gotten 2 checks with them, when I have never gotten a check from any company before. They have regular meetings, not just about recruiting but about how to build a business, how to help your taxes and more.
Bookwise Consultants:
Sonya Smith, Earn With Books
Martha Jo Schrader, LemonadeShop
Before you start to organize anything, you need to get a supply of good cardboard boxes. Make sure that you find some sturdy ones. I usually start with three:
Of course, if I am struggling to clean up a really messy room, I substitute the Throw Away box for a big heavy duty plastic trash bag. If I think that I might have a lot of items belonging to different rooms, I label one box Upstairs and one box Downstairs. This saves me the hassle of run up and down the stairs to put things away latter.
If you find you have too much to put away, save all or part of it for another day or you will never want to clean a room again!
Looking to donate items? The Lupus Foundation takes donations of all sorts of items and they will come and pick them up as well!
I found this clever idea on another blog - 365 Day Clutter Challenge. SAHMmy Says is already on day 28 of the challenge, so I am getting a bit of a late start. But it is such a good idea that I am going to try.
There are no rules and no advice. The challenge is to toss, donate or sell one item from your home every single day for one year.
Today I cleaned out my closet and packed up two big garbage bags of old clothes to donate.
What did you dump today?
Most people change their bedding weekly, but to avoid excess wear you should not put the same sheets on the bed. Instead rotate your sheets. Another great tip is to buy and extra bottom sheet from the set as this sheet gets the most wear. Are your sheets coming out all wrinkled? Put them back in the dryer for 10 minutes more and add a wet washcloth or sock. Take them out immediately and fold.
My gym just posted a new challenge. They do this a few times and year and it is a great way to motivate the members. This challenge is a triathlon. You have 8 weeks to get ready for the triathlon and you must bike, swim and walk/run every week. There are beginner levels to advanced levels so that everyone can participate. I am already at the gym three times a week so I think I can fit it in my schedule. Although I won’t be able to participate in the actual triathlon because of the date, I think it is a great way to get fit. It beats taking Zylorin or some other diet drug.
I have been trying to get a new theme on this blog that is slicker and more readable. I think I have finally found one that would work! I am now working on the colors. I found a great tool - Color Wizard. Just type in the hexadecimal number of your favorite color and the Color Wizard will give you Hue Variation, Saturation Variation and Tint and Shade Variation for that color. Plus, you can also find monochromatic, analogous, triadic, tetradic, complimentary and split complimentary color schemes involving your chosen color.
Here is an example with a clue color.
One Step Ahead is a great online store for baby, toddler and child products. When my children were little, I ordered quite a number of items for this website. Why? It was easy to find what I needed! One Step Ahead has baby clothing, bath, feeding, nursery, safety, travel, toys and seasonal items. They even have a sale section.
Now that summer is almost here, check out their vacation travel section. There are many great products to use while traveling. When we were taking car trips, my favorite item was the portable potty. It certainly came in handy when there were long stretches of road and no bathrooms!
Make sure you check the internet for One Step Ahead coupons to save you a bit of money.
I like going into the city, but I always make sure that my life insurance payments are up to date because it can still be a bit scary. On Friday, I took my kids and a few friends to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The place is HUGE! We really didn’t have enough time to visit all of the exhibits.
We did, however, make sure that we made our way down to the Easter Island Head. Dum Dum give me Gum Gum!! You will have to watch “A Night at the Museum” to figure that one out!
You can vote for your favorite flavor of American Idol Slow Churned Edy’s Ice Cream and enter to win four tickets to the American Idol Finale! Plus, they are giving away a Nintendo Wii, an iPod and gift certificates for ice cream. Just vote for your favorite ice cream flavor and then fill out the form. You can enter once a day until April 29th.
