Dr Copa

Guest post by Linda Bradshaw

Today I was really surprised when I got a chat message from Yvonne from our business networking group. She and I had chatted several months ago about how I enjoy blogging and I had approached her about me working for her as a copy writer for her Internet marketing enterprise. Yvonne very politely turned me down, without any hesitation whatsoever, so I guess she just wanted to keep all of her work close to her chest and not hire any outside help.

So, as I was saying, I was surprised today when Yvonne messaged to me that she had heard about my recent challenges and she thought that she was doing me a favor by suggesting that I might be able to make some money by signing on with a pay-per-click advertising service. She sent me a link to the Home page of a pay-per-click website, and I did look around at the website for a few minutes. I’m always interested in the types of financial opportunities are available. Being a blogger, I really did not look at the advertiser page because I didn’t feel like I was trying to sell a product, rather I read the publisher page to see how it all worked. For folks who have high traffic on their blogs, I can see where they could monetize their blogs in that way, but when I look at the stats for my own blogs I really don’t think that I would be making any significant amount of money myself. But I will forward the information on to my brother who has a very highly visited web page – I bet he would make a fortune!

I want to play games on our computer.  My wife wants to pay bills and check her emails on our computer.  It shouldn’t be a problem to share, (we ARE both adults!) but we find that more often we are competing with each other for computer time.  I suppose that is what happens when you both have only a limited amount of “free time” to be on the computer, and it happens to coincide with your spouse’s “free time.” 

My brother-in-law is always telling me that he can get a really good discount on computers from a vendor of his. I think I’ll talk to him and see if he can fix me up with my own laptop so my wife and I won’t have to compete for computer time.

For so many years both of my parents thought that their beloved German Shepard was the best type of Home Security Systems around hands down. He always made for good company and always made them feel safe in their own home. But these days there is such a huge increase in home break ins that they are now giving second thoughts about only relying on their guard dog. It’s unfortunately gotten so bad that we are now seeing more and more of the signs in people’s yards announcing that they have had the installation of a well known Home Alarm System company, ADT. There are more of these types of signs than the For Sale and Foreclosure signs that have been placed in so many people’s front yards.

My folks have gotten very proficient on using the Internet. They are not the type of seniors that are known for shying away from today’s technology. They are embracing it and using to the best of the abilities. I’m so proud of them for being that way. They have taken their time and taught several of their senior friends on how to use the Internet in many ways. So my mom was looking for tips on how to keep their home and property safe and they have decided to go ahead and have ADT Home Security come out and install a good quality security system for them. I’m so  glad to hear it and I really hope that it makes them have more peace of mind so that they can spend their “golden years” having fun in the sun and on the water rather than worrying about some jerk breaking in and possibly hurting them while trying to steel all of the things that they have worked so hard to get.

My wife has been getting some packages in the mail over the past couple of days and I was starting to wonder why she suddenly felt that we had enough money to start shopping online for things that were not on our “needs” budget.

Well it turns out that she found a shopping website that has bargain prices online lower than I’ve ever seen before. When she showed me the great deals she was getting and explained that she was getting stocked up on birthday gifts for all of the February family birthdays I had to admit that she was doing some very smart shopping. I wish the everyday prices on all of the items were that low!

Everywhere I go, I take my camera with me.  My wife bought me a great 35mm camera several years ago, and I love it.  But, I have to wait to get the photos developed, and I have started to feel the pressure of wanting instant gratification and get a digital camera.  Our son has a digital camera, and we are always borrowing it to take pictures.  We really like to be able to see the pictures right away, download them onto the computer and print off the good ones.  No more waiting to get the pictures developed!

Since I’ve been laid up from a car accident I’ve been playing around a lot with our cameras and have become quite interested in pursuing a career in photography.  The doctor says that I might not be able to go back to my old job, there will be restrictions on how much lifting I can do.  I still have to work that out with my old boss.