Time is Money… And it’s Just My Words

Ok post script from the last post.

I’ve been excepted in to a money for words program, and it was a lovely thing to see in my email box this morning.

It’s a interesting web site, seems to be a new and up and coming site that I’m sure will take off and do big things in Europe but also in the rest of the world too.

Bloggerwave is it’s name and I’m using this post as a way to tell the world about it and also as my first paying post.
The Web site is very clean and easy to follow, you sign up on the first page as either a Blogger or an Advertiser and follow the steps to earning money.
From the looks of things, over the coming week/months the site will have more features, like a blog from the creators and I’m sure lots more exciting jobs to choose from.

So if you’re wanting some extra cash, and I know with the way interest rates and looming recessions are every extra dollar counts, Bloggerwave is an fun and easy way to earn money for doing what you’re doing now…. Writing!

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Money - It’s a Gas..

Photo By tengtan

With the lack of flowing income I’ve had lately, I decided to give blogging for payment a go.
It seems like an interesting concept, I’m sure it can’t be that hard, writing enough words on a subject and people pay you for it.
I can see that it would take a lot of skill and maybe even a bit of real thought on the side of the blogger, to get what the person paying you the money for out to the whole world.

I know personally that I may not be the worlds greatest writer, but I do know what I like and I do know how to tell others if something is good or not, so really I can’t see why it wouldn’t be a fun experience.

So far I’ve signed up to two web sites that offer pay for posts, one has told me that I need to post a bit more before I’d be able to participate in their program, which is fair and understandable, you’d expect a blogger to blog a lot to get a good traffic stream and have lots of people reading to make it worth the money.
I haven’t heard back from the other web site yet, but hopefully I may have a chance with this one, and in the mean time I’ll post a bit more, and see if that helps my traffic.
I know I have to post about two games I’ve been playing in the last week and they deserve their own post.

But giving this money making thing a try was something I’d been thinking about posting on for a few hours today and it’s still fresh in my mind, so why not do it now.

Winter iz Cold

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It’s times like this when I’m at the tail end of a cold that I would love to spend my time curled up in bed just not moving.
But sadly I can’t but I really know how this dog feels.
Seems the colds have really taken over my little town, every second person I’ve seen lately is coughing and sounding like I did on Saturday - like a Tranny.

I’m glad in a way that I’ve had a cold now, because hopefully I’ve got it out of the way so I wont get another one later on in the real middle of winter, but it is a pain in the chest all the same.

Up and Down goes My Week.

First I’d like to start of this entry with a fact - I have a cold. *snifff*
My first for the season, and it’s a joy to behold as usual, the runny nose, the watering eyes, and the cold and flu tablets.. Oh the joy.

Other then that little tidbit, my week has been different that’s for sure.

Started a new job Last Tuesday and quit said job this Tuesday.
To make a long story short, the boss was an arse and I wasn’t going to stick around and be degraded in a place that really wasn’t what I was looking for in a career, no matter how much I was told to give it time.
Sorry I’m not that kind of person anymore, I wont just stick it out until my spirit is broken and I end up jumping off the roof.
So at the moment I’m waiting on some teaching work and doing a bit of sub-contracting work for a friend’s Hubby and enjoying the fact that I ate a 500g block of dark chocolate and a 250g bag of Dark Choc Malteesers and didn’t put on any weight this week.

I have Discipline but waiting might kill me

The man has done it again.

I wake up this morning and see that Mr Reznor has released another piece of musical magic to the world and it’s brilliant as always.

DISCIPLINE

I downloaded a copy of this song like the good little NIN fan that I am, set it up to play and thought it would be something mind blowing.
It wasn’t totally mind blowing, but I did enjoy it, reminded me of [With Teeth] it was catchy and quiet worthy of adding to my iPod.
I was surprised that it was something they’d only just finished Monday, talk about churning it out, we go for ages with nothing, and then BAM Ghosts pops up in March after a really annoying Soon appearing on the NIN.com front page.
Now this shows up after another soon, I honestly think if Trent keeps saying Soon he will kill off a few of his fan from the excitement.

The idea that it was just so out of the blue makes me think that this might become normal for Trent now that he’s in it for himself and not the record company.
I really couldn’t see something like this happening under contract, the fact the single was dropped off at the Radio stations in the US without any warning would be really hard to pull off if you had to go through other people before release.
Now that being said in the track info for Discipline, May 5th was mentioned; my first reaction to this was…
My first reaction to this was - what ever could you be planing Mr Reznor and will it involve me paying for more Overseas Postage??

And on another note the new tour he has planned is a World one, Yewh!! hope he comes back to Australia, I want to have a better concert experience then last years.

Nine Inch Nails

My winter fashion must haves.

With all the weight I’ve lost in the last year, the idea of shopping is still something I’m getting used to.
Thinking about what I want to wear this winter is starting to becoming something I’ve seriously had to plan and with all the sales on at the moment, I’ve been able to pick up a few new things to wear.

Now that I can wear some of the more “In” things thanks to being in a Size 16, which is fairly normal and having a greater selection of shops to choose from I’ve had to start making a ‘Must have’ List.

• More Jeans.

I practically live in Jeans, no matter what size I was, jeans are a stable of my wardrobe, so need to get a bigger selection to choose from, and Target’s 25% sales of late are really helping with this.

• Jackets - Trench

I really do like the range of jackets out this winter, the Trench coat is really a nice style, very casual but also can be dressed up to seem more classy.
Will have to get a good coat as it gets really cold where I live and I really don’t want to freeze to death.

• Fitted T-shirts

Another welcome addition to my wardrobe, less weight means more fitted items, I’ve been getting a few short sleeved shirts, but thanks to the weather the longer ones are on the list now.

• Cardigans

These are up there with Hoodies as my favourate item of clothing ever, I think it’s my Gran channeling that makes me love a good cardi.

• Shirts

Can never have enough Shirts and in my line of work, you tend to wear them daily and paired with a knitted vest it can be functional and warm!

• Knitted items

Hopefully I should have something I’ve knitted to use this winter, I’ve been attempting a few harder items in my patten books.

• Boots

Saw a pair of these boots in the Target magazine last week and even though the are guys boots I really liked them.

• Bigger messenger style bag

I never have enough room in my handbag, so I’m on a mission to find a in between sized Messenger bag to carry all my stuff; being a scout I’m always prepared for anything and with a bigger bag it wont look like I’m carrying the world - even though I am.
If any of my readers know of a place that sells one under $100 I’d be greatful for the directions.

Winter Fashion

Yeah!! for the Cheaper Alternative.

One of the biggest Gripes I’ve had over the last two years is the price of the drugs I’ve now had to start taking thanks to “C”.
The medication for my Thyroid Hormones has been at a pretty good price, thanks to being on the PBS at $5 for about a two month supply.
But the one that really gets me is the drug I have to take thanks to my total Hysterectomy - Livial (Tibolone), this drug is a HRT but only for woman who can’t take estrogen or progestogen, which are two of the things my Uterine Cancer enjoyed feeding off.
I wasn’t too fazed about having to take this drug, it’s just another white pill I have to pop in the morning, the thing that really gets me annoyed is the Price.

Depending on where I went when I was given the prescription in 2006 the price and the fact it’s not on the PBS really shocked me.
My local Chemist wanted to charge me $40 for a 28 day supply, which in my mine is far too much, so I went else where to get it, namely Chemist Warehouse.
They were really good, I could get a 6 month supply for $150 - so I did, and thought I could handle that price, but like all things the price went up and at the start of 2008 a 6 month supply would have cost me $190! Don’t bloody likely I said to my mother when I was told that price, Chemist Warehouse might claim to have the cheapest prices on prescription drugs, but I wasn’t buying that.

After googling for a cheaper price I managed to find one day when I was in a bigger shopping centre a chemist that would sell it to me for $34 a pack, and that’s brilliant and I would have paid that price until I was told that they had now brought out a generic brand of my drug.. WooHoo which is $32 and get this it’s cheaper then the price of the originals that I got in 2006 from Chemist warehouse.

Damn I love it when they do that, the only thing different to the Livial is the box is purple and the name is different - Xyvion
So in the long run it really pays to check your prices for things and someday soon I’m looking forward to being told that it’s on the PBS and would cost me $15….. When it happens I”ll chuck a party for sure.

Uterine Cancer HRT TiboloneGeneric Drugs

What I’m addicted to - April

Another month is on it’s way and another month of things I find myself doing or using a lot of.

[A'kin] White Tea & Aloe Vital Hydration Gel Creme
Ahh what is there to say about this Creme that isn’t all gushy and wonderful like.
I’ve been using it now for over a month after receiving a free full size bottle of it as a thankyou for testing out their Sandalwood & Neroli Pure Facial Cleansing Gel, and I must say it’s such a wonderful product.
the smell is lovely, not too strong or overpowering, and the texture is wonderful on my face.
I’ve always had this problem with any type of face creams due to my combination skin type and the fact I’ve found out the more wonderful things I’ve become allergic to since Chemo treatment.
But since using this stuff my skin has felt wonderful and I really like the fact it’s made by an Australian company and has no harsh chemicals in it at all. 100% natural.
So I’m fully addicted to this product.

Travian
Oh dear!… Could I get any more addicted to this web site??
I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for a war Sim type game, and this site is a full on blast.
You build up your village, raid or attack other people’s villages and then take over and hopefully win.
it’s long, at times boring, but very very addictive.

Argh this web site is evil.
I love the clothes and today in the mail I received my winter catalogue, which was good but when mum was having a look at it she pointed out something I didn’t see when I had a quick look.
They’d send me also a $15 gift card!!.
More money to spend on nice clothes…. oh this isn’t going to do my bank balance good I can just see it now.

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When little girls grow up they can be.

When I heard that Kevin Rudd had selected Quentin Bryce to be the first Female Governor-General, it showed me another reason why I’m glad I voted for him in last years election.
The fact we have a female deputy Prime Minister and now Governor-General, shows me that in the future when a little girl wants to be a leader of the nation she now has more public role models to look up to.

It’s a really lovely thing in this day and age that more and more woman are breaking through the all boys club that is still alive and well in Australia.
I know we have a long way to go still, but every step is another hurdle jumped and another reason for girls to strive for something more in their lives.
To think we might even get a female President one day, now that is something I never thought I’d see, but the way things are going, it could be a likely thing.

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Crafting in public

Colourful hooks, by wardi.

Over the last three days I’ve been crocheting a scarf for myself out of some black wool that’s been sitting in my knitting bag for about a year now.
It’s in basic Treble and a good practice for myself as a beginner and I really enjoy doing it.
Now today I had to go to the hospital for a pre-admission appointment for my Colonoscopy next Monday and had no idea how long I’d have to wait until seeing the nurse, so I did what I normally do when I’m mid-project, I took the scarf with me and pulled it out in the waiting room and worked away while I waited.
This isn’t that fascinating, but it would seem that me sitting there minding my own business crocheting was really fascinating for another women in the room.
The expression on her face was one of utter shock, like she’d never seen someone doing this before. I really had to try my hardest not to laugh at her.

Now this is not the first time I’ve had people watch me while I either knit or crochet in public, I’ve been known to sit in cafe’s and work away while drinking tea, but her look just amused me so much.

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