Thinking of branching out

My mum started using ebay about 6 months ago now, I have been on ebay since 2005 and she’s already got twice as much feedback as me! She sells perfumes, usually the small sample sized bottles that she gets cheap – she’s hardly making a small fortune but it’s enough for it to be worthwhile for her. Now she’s thinking of branching out though and seeing if there’s anything else she can get her hands on at wholesale prices that will sell well.

I have suggested jewelry as I always see it doing well so have been looking for some sources for her, I have found a few great jewelry wholesale accessories sites and have just forwarded her the links.

I think that jewelry will fit in well with her account as well as it ties in with perfume quite well. Hopefully it will work out for her and she can start making a small fortune :)

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Gambling the night away on the slots

I was playing online slots until silly AM last night, I started playing just for a little while before bed and before I knew it about 3 hours had passed me by. I slept through my alarm today as a result – oops. It’s a good job I didn’t have much planned for today, Tuesday is my day off so I am ‘allowed’ to stay up late on a Monday night :)

I might play again tonight actually, it’s a really easy to use and friendly site and I got a lot of bonus money that I need to play my way through.

Or I might be boring and get an early night. Decisions, Decision.

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Energy!

My husband asked me to pick up some VT home heating oil on my way home from work tonight, he’s such a pain.

I don’t even know what that is nevermind where to look for it or how much it should cost etc. So I had to call him back and ask him to tell me what it was exactly, what brand I should buy, how much I should buy, where I should get it from and about how much it would cost. He got annoyed with me on the phone and I got pretty annoyed at him.

If it’s something he understands and I don’t he should just pick it up himself. In the same way as if I told him to pick up some cleaning products on his way home he’d either get the wrong thing or have to call me for clarification – it just makes sense that we should stick to what we know, right?

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They must be doing something right!

It is a long long time since I had to write my own graduate school admission essay but it feels like yesterday – I remember just how much time and effort I put into it and how much I agonized over every sentence. I am glad that I don’t have to write another one of them for myself any time in the foreseeable future but I do often get asked for tips and suggestions on how to write a good one by my nieces and nephews.

Frankly I tell them to use the Internet to help them these days because it’s so long since I did mine I can’t imagine the advice I offer is still relevant or really useful.

So far 3 of the 4 that have tried have got into the graduate school they wanted so they must be doing something right :)

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Tag it!

I was just looking for a name plate for my husband, I know that these things are usually for kids and whatnot and my husband is definitely not a child – he’s 30 years old (as I will be in about 12 hours time, argh!) But he just got a shed out in the back yard and he keeps telling me it’s his, it’s his and I am not allowed in there as it’s his escape.

He’s not serious of course, I can go where ever I like but I don’t want to go in really and I think it’s cute he has his own shed now. So I want to get him a custom tag for the door with his name on and maybe saying something silly like ‘No girls allowed’ hehe. You can see the name plates Naag Tag has here which is a good starting point if you are looking for some for yourself.

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Online courses are better!

I hate going on courses for work, I always have done and I always will do but unfortunately they are quite common in my line of work and our boss is very strict about making sure we do all the ones that are suggested.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy the courses, or learning, they are usually pretty interesting it’s just that I hate travelling to new places and meeting new people – most of them make you stand up in front of every one and introduce yourself and I hate things like that.

Thankfully you can do a lot of the courses online these days, the last one I had to do was occupational safety training and we used some software found online so it was much better for me – the pluses of learning something new and keeping the boss happy with without having to actually go out and face people :)

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Gold Coins

You must have seen all those adverts on Television recently for gold – sell your gold, sell your unwanted gold, we buy your gold – it’s like it’s constant especially during the day time shows. I guess gold is big business at the moment and that’s why these places are so keen to get their hands on it at knock down prices. I think there are better places to send it though, especially if you actually have some quality gold like gold coins houston or a very expensive piece of jewelry.

My mom recently asked me to look into how much she could get for an old pair of earrings, she said they are broken any way so she may as well have the money. It’s hard to find out without actually sending them off for a valuation but I did decide in the end that based on what other people were being offered for similar it really wasn’t worth it and she’d be better off keeping hold of them!

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Weight Loss

I have lost a lot of weight over the last few years, over 80 pounds in fact. People often ask me how I did it expecting some kind of miracle formula or quick solution but the truth is it has been a really slow process and I have done it by simply eating less and moving more.

I have done it this weight because I actually want to keep the weight off for life and apparently 95% of people who lose weight gain it all back – a very depressing statistic for sure – but those that have the most success are the ones that do it slowly, do it the right way and see it as a lifestyle change rather than a diet.

I am now down to that pesky few last pounds that I want to lose and I’d love a trip to somewhere like the True Weight Loss Clinic or Biggest Loser Resort to just kick me up the butt and help me get there – it is very very slow moving at the moment.

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Dressing up dogs

Have you ever noticed how small dog clothing is quite common, but you don’t really often see larger dogs dressed up.

Makes me wonder if the owners are doing it more because they think it looks cute and they see smaller dogs as accessories more than because they actually think it looks nice or serves any actual purpose.

I don’t oppose doggie clothing, don’t get me wrong I think as long as the dog is actually happy to wear whatever you put it in then it’s absolutely fine, if I had a pet dog myself I would certainly get it a nice coat for the winter months at least.

It was just something that came to me a few days ago, that you don’t often see the bigger dogs wearing tiaras or pink booties etc like you see on a lot of the smaller pooches!

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American Residential Law Group Press Release

American Residential Law Group Announces Expanded Home Loan Modification Options for Homeowners Underwater

American Residential Law Group Has Today Announced New Options Available for Homeowners Who Find Themselves Facing an Underwater Home Mortgage Through Home Loan Modification

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