Unemployment is up, the Down Jones is down, and foreclosures are at an all time high. These are all things that we are bombarded with every time we watch the news in the morning. It's hard to avoid the recession effects, especially if you are currently one of those that are unemployed. Keeping an upbeat attitude can be difficult during a recession, but changing the way we think and do things can have a profound effect on our thoughts and how we cope with these turbulent times. I really try t... Read Full Story

The whole story behind getting my wedding photos was a total fiasco. To turn a long story short 8 months after the event we had to threaten to get a lawyer involved just to get the proofs. This is not a lens for backstabbing the photographer, but to share what many may have missed because we received the pics so late. By the time we received the pictures, it almost seemed like it was too late to share them with everyone because they had forgotten about the event. That's why I'm sharing them ... Read Full Story

The title of this lens is misleading, there really is no "best of" when it comes to what is happening to the Iranian people. Seeing the trouble and protests that the people of Iran have gone through in the past week, I have really appreciated that I am a woman born in a country where women are able to own property, come and go as they please, and have regular rights. Thank you Lord. I will try to update this lens with #iranelection tweets as often as I can, but I don't think I'll be able to... Read Full Story

Posted on Monday, 25th August 2008 by Bcarter I subscribe to Entrepreneur and Inc Magaziines. Entrepreneur was read every month when it came in, cover to cover for the first year I subscribed to it. For the past year all of these magazines have all been piling up next to my desk, unread and unopened. Why do I still subscribe? To stimulate my brain for ideas, to relax, and motivate myself. Obviously, if these magazines have been piling up next to my desk I they really haven’t been s... Read Full Story

Posted on Tuesday, 2nd September 2008 by Bcarter I’m sure other bloggers have been effected by this, but there seems to be a huge amount of spam going around these days. I haven’t heard of any knew comment software coming out recently, but all of these spam comments have the same format, a bunch of links in a list. Of course, spam is the reason that I always manually approve all comments carefully. I should say, almost always approve all comments carefully. Today, I was racin... Read Full Story

As I was sitting in front of the TV this evening, I saw a commercial for homebusinessmatch.com that looked extremely similar to the Crazy Fox commercials that were on TV up until just a couple of months ago. I always knew that Crazy Fox was a scam just because the people were bragging how they were making 1,000's a month from home only working part time. I don't care what business you are running, if you want to make 1,000's from home you have to be ready to work. I'm going to say that home... Read Full Story

So this is it, lens number 100. It didn't dawn on me until this morning that this lens should be a special one, I don't care if it gets a lot of traffic, but that would be cool. I just want to give back to those that I have met and networked with on Squidoo throughout the 2.5 years that I've been here. I have used so many of their help lenses, tools, and support which have helped me keep moving forward over the last couple of years. The order of the lensmasters listed here, reall... Read Full Story

There's a great free site where you can earn points for answering simple yes or no questions about the future. It's called Guess Now and this page is all about it. I will keep updating this page as I learn more about how Guess Now works.  This lens is due for a major overhaul. Guess now is no longer live so I'll have to come up with something creative Read Full Story

Posted on Sunday, 7th June 2009 by Bcarter I can’t believe it has been over 9 months since I’ve posted on this blog, but I guess it has been. I kind of went through a streak of being down on myself and such. I ended up with a kind of anxiety when it comes to writing, instead of writing for myself, I was writing for others and that just can’t be anymore. Q and I have had our ups and downs throughout this time, but as far as controlling his gambling addiction is concerned... Read Full Story

Your offline bricks and mortar business has been quite successful through word of mouth advertising and other methods you have been using, but you want to get the word out to the people you have been missing without spending a fortune. Knowing how to start a business website will allow you to get your site started on your own or avoid getting taken by the many web design companies that charge an arm and a leg for services that are so basic my mother could probably do them if she really tried.... Read Full Story