Archive for the 'my soapbox' Category

Not happy!

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

A few years ago I had a lady approach me asking if I wanted to have a jewelry party at home. It was like a party plan thing where she would bring all the items to my house, put it on display, take our orders and deliver it to us a few weeks later.
She assured [...]

Obvious spam

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I can’t believe how much spam I’ve been receiving in my inblox lately! Some are just downright stupid but some make me laugh - like the one I got this afternoon that was telling me that this was the final warning that I should update my Bank Of America account details.
Hello!! I’m an Aussie. I [...]

So not happy!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I recently joined a “pay you to blog” company and I’m not impressed with it so I sent an email in asking to have my blogs removed from their system and this was the email I received in reply:
Hello Tina.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Unfortunately we presently do not have the functionality to remove [...]

Waiting a LONG time!

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

If I was to plan a romantic dinner for DH with wine, soft music, candles and a wickedly delicious dessert, we probably wouldn’t eat until 11pm! We normally have dinner at 6-30pm. The kids have their baths and bedtime routine between 7 - 8.30pm. It’s “lights out” at 9pm the latest. So where in all [...]

How do I keep up?

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I honestly had no idea that it was such hard work keeping blogs!
There is so much to learn and just typing a post and hitting “publish” is just the start. I’ve been reading a few of my favourite “pro bloggers” and to be honest, it gives me a headache.
I’m hearing “content is king”, “use twitter [...]