I just attended a conference where we discussed "how" to create our blog, linking in our blog, and marketing in our blog.

There are differing opinions as to how we should create our blogging, linking and marketing in our blogs.

One person says we should "theme" our blogs and another says it's ok to write about different topics and still market other programs even if they aren't related to what you have written in your blog.  I agree with this opinion.

If you are going to write about sports for instance, I won't be visiting your blog. That just isn't my cup of tea.  On the other hand, if you write about sports one day and tell a funny story the next day or write about something completely different the next, then I might visit  to see what you have written that day and because I like your style of writing.

I think blogging can be a lot of fun, and it is a great avenue for business, but I disagree with those that suggest we have to or should "theme" our blogs.   It would get very boring and tedious to write about the same thing day in and day out. For me anyway.  I know there are some that can do that and that's great.  But I cannot. Well, I shouldn't say I cannot, because I "could".  But I choose not to. 

I want to have the freedom to write about anything I choose, whether it's VoIP one day or Visitor Exchanges another day, Politics the next or WildLife Gifts the next.   That is the reason I named my eZine Glenda's Potpourri.  Potpourri is a "mixture" of  different types. 

I want you to visit my blog because you like my style of writing and are curious about what I've written today.

Do you think you'd get more visitors by writing about whatever strikes your fancy each day? Or using a theme?  Maybe I'm wrong, I'm no expert, this is just my opinion.

I'm interested in reading  yours.  :~)


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Here's Your Laugh For Today...

Want a good laugh?  Let me tell you about a period of about 18 hours.

It began last Thursday, late afternoon.  I was outside cleaning up after my dogs,
and the scooper broke.  So I got in my car and drove up to Walmart.  While
there, I decided to go ahead and have my car lubed and get an oil change
while I did a bit of shopping, as I do almost every payday.

I finish my shopping, go to pay for my purchases, and......my card was denied!
I was motified to say the least.  So that meant I couldn't pay for my car either,
so I had the clerk call me a cab. (Thank goodness I had some cash on me,
I usually don't carry cash).

I went home and stewed about what had happened all night.  I called our bank
first thing in the morning to ask what was the problem.  The person I spoke with
said:  "We need your new phone number and want to know if it was you that made
these certain purchases"?  So I gave them our new number, and said yes, it was
me that made those purchases.  So she said:  "Ok, I'll lift the restriction on your
card, it's ok to use it now".  I've made large purchases online before and they
didn't restrict my card, so why this particular time?

I called a cab, went back up to Walmart, put the same items as the night before
into my cart, went to pay for them, and I'll be darned if the same thing didn't happen
again!  I couldn't believe it.  (I was practically in tears by then, not to mention extremely
embarrassed).  I tried calling our bank from a pay phone, but their 800 number is
not listed, so I tried calling information to get their local number.  Not listed there
either, I couldn't believe it.  (Now I am in tears of frustration).   I used my last three
dollars I had to call my mother to have her look up the phone number for me
(our bank is up north) but she didn't answer.

The clerk called me a cab.....again....!   I came home, had the cab wait while I
called the bank again, and told them my card STILL wasn't working and asked
why.  The person I spoke with looked at what had transpired earlier that morning,
and said: "The girl did not lift the restriction properly, I'll fix it right now.  Now
your card is ok to use".

This time I grabbed my checkbook (just in case), paid the cab with a check (thank
goodness they accept checks) and back to Walmart we go.  This time my card
worked. 

I was never so embarrassed in my life.  I think that our bank should reimburse me
for all those cab rides don't you?  That comes to $29.00 and I lost a day's work
because of this. 

I can understand our bank questioning large purchases, and wanting to know if it was
me that made those purchases, but jeez, did they have to "restrict" my card? 

When my husband called and I told him, he laughed.  Actually he roared. I didn't think
it was so funny. And still don't.  :~( 
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Make My Day!

I was tickled pink yesterday when my son, who is in the Air Force in Florida, called me to ask why his computer wouldn't recognize his new memory.  He could have called his techie buddies at work, but chose to call me. It pleased me to no end that he's finally realizing his mother ain't so dumb after all. LOL.

So I asked him if he had installed the memory stick at a 45 degree angle and pushed the stick hard enough to hear it click and to make sure the end enclosures were up and hugging the end of the stick.  He said yes.

So I said, ok, restart your computer, wait 30 seconds and let's see.  He did and it still didn't recognize his new memory.  I said ok, open your tower again and just make sure your stick is pushed down all the way.

When he went to do that, he discovered the one of the white enclosures on the end was not closed and that one end of the memory stick wasn't seated properly.  So he pushed until he heard it click and made sure the white enclosure was hugging the end of the stick, restarted and VOILA!  He now has 1 Gig of memory!

And now he knows what to check the next time he wants to install more memory. 

*Thanks TJ, you made your ole' Moms' day!*  ;~)

Brrrr! We're having a "cold" period! :)

Brrrr!  We're having a cold snap this week.  Snow level is down to 500 feet.  We're only 85 feet above sea level, but we've got frost this morning.   I woke up to a cold house.  For some reason, my heater went off during the night.  Of all times to do it, this was the wrong one.   I'm dressed in like 3 layers of clothes and two stocking hats until it gets warm in here. LOL.

I am soooo hoping that by the end of this year we can move out of this RV.  I think I've had enough of little space, mice, fighting the heater, high winds and the cold.   Oh and I'm REALLY tired of not being able to make coffee and have my heater on at the same time because it blows a breaker!!  Grrrrrr!!  When this journey started out, it was fun and the beginning of an adventure.  Well, by the end of this year it will be about 6 weeks shy of 3 years.  Time for this adventure to end.  :)  Course, if we could get a newer RV with slideouts and heaters that worked, then I'd consider staying in one, but we'd still have the breaker problem...nahhhh, I think I want a house again!  Finding a rental that will allow my babies isn't going to be so easy though.  I'll just have to win PowerBall (which is $300 million at tonight's drawing. Can you imagine the good that I could do with this kind of money?)  before the end of the year so we can buy some land with a view of the ocean and build a house.   :)

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 I heard something on the news this morning about a new medication coming out.  I didn't hear the entire thing, but I did hear that the manufacturer is going to be charging about $100,000.00 yes, one hundred thousand dollars a year for this medication!!  Unbelieveable.  Only wealthy people could afford it.

Is this greed ever going to stop?  Every human being on this planet deserves medical care regardless of their station in life. But it seems there are some greedy evil people that don't agree.
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Time to go to work, more things to do than time, as always.  Have a great day everyone!  Stay warm!

glenda
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It's That Time... :(

It has become "that time". It's time for me to start researching for information on Eldercare for my mother. She turns 73 on the 24th of this month. She is not in good health.

For All Baby Boomers!

I have been so busy lately it's been awhile since I've posted.  I apologize for that. 

We sure had a heck of a wind storm last night.  It scared me.  The big awning over the living room window came down, or the arms did anyway and the awning was flapping and hitting the window.  I was just sitting here waiting for the window to break.  Thank goodness it didn't.  But the wind just tore the awning arms right off the RV, where the screws are I have no idea.  The neighbor kid fixed it for me today, but we have one more storm coming in this week then we're supposed to get a break for awhile.  I sure hope so.

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My son Tom who is in the Air Force stationed in Fort Walton Beach, Florida sent this to me today and I thought I'd post it for everyone to enjoy, I sure did, --->laughing<--- I'm sure all the Baby Boomers out there will appreciate this,   ;~)

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TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE

1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !! 

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
and/or drank while they carried us.  They took aspirin, 
ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't 
get tested for diabetes.  Then after that trauma, our 
baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based 
paints. 

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors
or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no
helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking. 

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts
or air bags.  Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm 
day was always a special treat.  

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a
bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from 
one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.  

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank
soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight
because......  

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!  

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
 
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K. 

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out
we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a
few times, we learned to solve the problem.  

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no
video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video
tape movies, no surround sound, no cell phones, no
personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and
found them! 

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.  
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the
worms did not live in us forever.  

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and
although we were told it would happen, we did not put
out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled
for them!  

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
disappointment. Imagine that!!  

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the
law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! 

This generation has produced some of the best
risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!  

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation
and new ideas.  We had freedom, failure, success and 
responsibility, and we learned...  

HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!  

And YOU are one of them! 

CONGRATULATIONS!  

You might want to share this with others who have had
the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and
the government regulated our lives for our own good.  

and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so
they will know how brave their parents were.  

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with
scissors, doesn't it?!

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Glenda Schloff -  is a self educated Internet business woman, who truly 
understands that the learning process never ends. This is clearly demonstrated 
in the content she provides her readers. Her mission is to educate, motivate,
inspire and empower others toward personal and professional success.    
Glenda Schloff is the owner of www.glendaschloff.com and
http://www.wealthpreneur.com

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