Somewhere over the rainbow…

Bringing together a very special Christmas play

Guest post written by Erin Hinson

Last year our church Christmas play never really got off the ground because of a whole bunch of different things that happened that I just won’t get into. Well, this year we wanted to make sure that the Christmas play happens without a hitch. Lots of people were really sad last year when it didn’t happen, so I’m determined to deliver the best Christmas play possible.

I’ve been doing a whole lot of research online to see if I can come up with some really cool costume ideas and while I was doing that about a week or two ago, I ran across some information on Miracle Ear. After I looked through it a little bit I decided to go and get fitted with some hearing aids. My kids have been telling me that I need to get some for so long now anyway.

I found one kids Christmas skit that I think we’re going to include in the play. I love adding a little something here and there, but only if it’s going to add to the overall experience.

Real Estate

Posted by Gaylord Campbell

I have been a real estate agent for over 30 years, but since the real estate market took a dive a few years ago, my family has had some financial struggles. With three kids in college, we’ve had to make some adjustments to make ends meet. My wife began working at the local middle school as a receptionist, which brings in a significant amount of money each year. We’ve cut down the amount of channels we receive with our cable, and we got rid of our home phone and only use our cell phones. I went to www.ShopElectricityRatesTexas.com and found out that I could save money on our energy bill. My wife began using coupons on groceries. We have also tried to limit the number of leisure drives we take in the car in order to save gas money. I believe that the housing market will pick up eventually, but it may take several years for the market to recover. In the mean time, we will continue to figure out ways to save money until I can find another career path.

Love saving money

The Author of this post is Velma Baird

I love to save money. It’s probably because when I was young, our family was very poor and could not afford much of anything. I even had a teacher who bought me a coat one winter because my parents couldn’t afford to buy me one. As I got older, I always paid attention to how much everything costs. I started working as soon as I could and was committed to save enough money to buy a house. I got married after I felt that I was financially stable enough to support a family. After 10 years of marriage and two kids, I had saved up money again to move into a bigger house. When we moved into our new house, I found the cheapest provider f or cable and internet. I have a friend who suggested I use Texas electric rate to find the best deal for energy rates. I couldn’t imagine paying full price for anything, including our utilities. My children tease be about being cheap. I usually ignore them, but I always think to myself, “They will never know what it’s truly like to live without money.”

Working too much…

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

Although I’ve always been raised to make sure that I provide for my family financially, it’s really put a strain on my marriage how much I work. You always hear stories about the absent father that is never home, and the wife that gets irritated because said husband is never home. I never thought I’d say this- but my life has turned in to that exact same thing. My wife says that not only does she feel like we don’t spend any time together, but she said that she doesn’t feel safe in our house all by herself when it gets dark at night and I’m having to work later. In order to save my marriage, I took off a week of work to spend time with her, and also went to home-alarm-systems.COM/ to get a security system. Even though she says that there will never be a ‘me’ replacement, she appreciated the effort I put in to make her happy, and we have been doing well for the past 3 months. I know that I’ll have to continue to make my family my number one priority so I don’t lose the most important people in my life!

iContact Email Marketing

If you have a web store or internet business, do you send email newsletters to your valued customers or members? I constantly receive a few from some web stores that I used to shop with previously. Even if I stopped buying baby products from them, I still get informed about the latest arrival and promotions. Who knows? I might want to buy something next time.

So, if you are a web store owner, do you have email marketing to attract and retain your customers? These email newsletters will keep your customers updated about your site and they won’t forget about it easily. Furthermore, if you are away and if someone leaves you an email, the autoresponder will reply a simple email on your behalf. You can just give the iContact Email Marketing software a try as it’s free for the first 15 days. After the free trial, you can decide if you want to purchase it starting at $9.95 per month.

Thus, it’s still affordable for small business owners. If you are interested, check out the product, ok?

Fulfilling Your Insurance Needs

I don’t have to search for insurance as I’m getting most of them from my brother. Anyway, if you are looking for various types of insurance and hope to get some quotes, then you can find out more from Insurance Portal Online.

They have all types of insurances including

• Life Insurance,

• Auto Insurance,

• Home Insurance

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So, just check out their web site for more info, ok?

London Advertising Directory

Hubby’s cousin who owned a Chinese restaurant had recently opened their 2nd branch in London. They were looking for some advertising companies to create and distribute brochures for them.

It’s not that hard to find online. They easily found a few web sites related to advertising industry in London from an directory which is newly launched! Since they found a few companies, all they need to do now is deciding on which that will give them the best designs and effective marketing plans.

All the best to them!

Ebates

With 3 simple steps, you can get cash back guaranteed whenever you’re shopping at web stores like Target.

Firstly, get yourself register at Ebates.com. All you need is just your email address. Then, return to Ebates and download the Moe Money Maker and let Moe remind you whenever you shop. You’ll earn up to 25% cash back on your purchases besides getting coupons & specials discounts shopping online.

The cash back discount will be returned to you in a big fat check and mail to you directly! I’ve registered myself as a member with Ebates. Anyway, its membership is free, why not give it a try?