Friday, January 6, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
PICKING WITH MY DAUGHTER
Guest post by Gerard Mcdaniel
This past weekend I spent “picking” with my daughter. We love to take long road trips stopping at every antique and odds n’ ends stores. Over the years, we have really acquired some pretty awesome things. There is not one type of thing that I really like to collect, but I always like to find a bargain. My daughter is good at taking things that we get for a good price and selling them on Ebay. She recently convinced me that I needed to wildblue so that I could follow our auctions on-line daily. I have really enjoyed getting on-line and looking up information about things that I find on the road. I found one really great antiques website called Miller’s Antiques. They have a great dictionary where you can search virtually anything and everything old and find some kind of information about it. If I had known that I was going to have this much fun on-line, I probably would have let my daughter talk me into it earlier!
This past weekend I spent “picking” with my daughter. We love to take long road trips stopping at every antique and odds n’ ends stores. Over the years, we have really acquired some pretty awesome things. There is not one type of thing that I really like to collect, but I always like to find a bargain. My daughter is good at taking things that we get for a good price and selling them on Ebay. She recently convinced me that I needed to wildblue so that I could follow our auctions on-line daily. I have really enjoyed getting on-line and looking up information about things that I find on the road. I found one really great antiques website called Miller’s Antiques. They have a great dictionary where you can search virtually anything and everything old and find some kind of information about it. If I had known that I was going to have this much fun on-line, I probably would have let my daughter talk me into it earlier!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Why be Traditional?
Written by my friend Constance Hayden
I have worked from home for a few years now, but I have been pretty traditional about where and when I work. I set up a home office, and during work hours I work. I don’t turn on the TV, call my parents to catch up, or run errands. I started to think about my situation recently and was wondering what the benefits from working at home are if I’m not even giving myself the flexibility to work when I want, and from where I want. I don’t get any of the social interactions that most people get working in an office, so sometimes it gets pretty lonely. I decide to start exploring things I can do to get out more, and maybe work from a coffee shop or library somewhere. One of the things I came up with was to sign up for 4g wireless internet service. This service would give me the freedom to work from another location, but know I could still keep in touch and send work to my clients. I’m excited about getting started and can’t wait to start exploring all of the possibilities.
I have worked from home for a few years now, but I have been pretty traditional about where and when I work. I set up a home office, and during work hours I work. I don’t turn on the TV, call my parents to catch up, or run errands. I started to think about my situation recently and was wondering what the benefits from working at home are if I’m not even giving myself the flexibility to work when I want, and from where I want. I don’t get any of the social interactions that most people get working in an office, so sometimes it gets pretty lonely. I decide to start exploring things I can do to get out more, and maybe work from a coffee shop or library somewhere. One of the things I came up with was to sign up for 4g wireless internet service. This service would give me the freedom to work from another location, but know I could still keep in touch and send work to my clients. I’m excited about getting started and can’t wait to start exploring all of the possibilities.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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