Those who have been on my friends list of my many social networks, now know I have been using STUMBLEUPON and I would hope have come up with some interesting subjects to blog about.

So today I thought to look up a HOW TO on blogging.  These sites come up randomly, so enjoy and hope someone will get something from all this.

The first to get stumbled upon is “ONE COOL SITE:blogging tips” where you can find several good ones in the categories. Here is the actual tips and Blog Directories for Backlinks and Traffic. Also of interest and loaded with lots of information is How To Be A Better Blogger Pts 1, 2, and 3. which is followed by 4, 5, and 6  The LINKS and RESOURSES may come in handy, so bookmark those two pages for reference later.  I know this blogger is on twitter, found her link and here are her post having to do with twitter. I do want to send my best to “froggie” hope it’s life has been long and happy, losing a pet can be hard at times.

Now I could stay on the same site all day, but lets get back to STUMBLE UPON, so who will it be next?  SKELLIEWAG comes up as a The Pocket-sized Guide to Blogging and as I always say, judge for yourself. Take what you want and pass the rest on.  I like the yellow truck which takes you to the Mecanics. Does give you a link for DailyBlogTips. I do figure this one has been at it a long time, just look at the Archives. This one is also found on Twitter. Wonder if Blogging and Twitter are going together like peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, etc, You get the picture…

Well the next one doesn’t work for me, as soon as it loads, here comes this sliding window which is way to big and I can’t get to any X mark to close it…so on to the next.  I just hate those things! I found a SEMI-PRO Blogger giving instrutions on how to write the perfect blog.

Here is eHOW and several articals on blogging,

What of safety? Check it ou-only the one with the arrested blogger is not a working link!

Along comes another twitter, with 40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content and the BEST OF.

Now I have heard of this next one, the Blog Herald . Check here  if you think you don’t have anything to blog about!. Do look over the articals listed at bottom of the post for more interesting reading. This is another site I could stay on all day, but must keep moving if we care to STUMBLE UPON another,

On to learning about Blog Traffic Exchange with the 2nd pt link here 

Blogging Information says it all with several dozen articals to read and learn from.

You can find the 23 DO’s and DON’Ts of blogging here

Now here is one that is easy on the eyes about BLOGGLED

Well lookie at the time, been going at this for several hours, before you go, check out my \other two blogs, along with this one . They are my GENEALOGY and my newest blog about Grandparenting

I enjoy doing my blogs this way, just looking for links and passing them on with my 2cents mixed into it.

Now what will it be we stumble upon next time?

How do you rate, measure up.

Want to get that REAL person on the line when looking for info or help , Check this out at DIAL-A-HUMAN

And how about giving a taste of their own medicine to those pest-Telemakers with your own set of question which they should answer before you take on theirs

now the magic of complaining, to learning just how to complain  (ck out the fly in soup @ top left corner!)

Ever want to know the 800# to a company , here are some HARD 2 FIND

where to find some interesting alerts and checking those small print “gotcha” at consumer world

Ever been ripped off, check this site out for upto the moment news

Be that ONE SHOPPER ahead of the pack or just being a smarter shopper

Ever wonder just how true to the word those info commercials are, for real or just another scam?

Here is your GAS BUDDY who can help find those local low (?) Prices

We can all use some tips on money

now here is one which may or may not be up to speed so to speak, but making a request for the webs best?! Mostly deals with product reviews.

Always a good suggestion is LOOK BEFORE CLICKING

Now lets get real simple and make life a bit easier

It Pays To Read License Agreements

we recyle everything else, why no electronics?

consumer freedom,  CASPIAN

If you have any ideas for links that can be added, please email me

Old people are in essence stoned at all times, this is so cute and funny, not only am I the same way, I remember my own grandparents being this same way. Just make sure you go to the 2nd page to finish reading this little gem!

After stumbling across afew more pages (all still with in the “grandparents” I came upon this impressive site of emergency #s

and some more good reasons to spoil those cute little grandkids 

Now for all moms and grandmoms

Now here is something for the grandkids to think of

Adults and kids join the fun, there is something for everyone

Share your kids’ lives!

grandparenting and retirement whidh is where I caught the Senior Moment

want to be cool grannie (grandpa)

something looks good and this is toooo cute .  Now don’t forget the soapbox

Finally back online here at the rooming house in my own little corner of the world.

After getting my tax refund, after not getting one for past several years and having to pay the government it is always nice to get money back, now isn’t it. So now the question is just HOW TO SPEND IT!

Been wanting to get online here at the house for some time now, so went to ALLTEL which they now have a new website.  The first card they tried on my ACER Mini was something called the Hawian but the mini just wouldn’t let it load on the machine.  So the the card I am now using is UTStarcom UM175 

*PLEASE NOTE- ALLTEL WAS BOUGHT OUT BY VERIZON

So now I can go online during my days (actually nights) off during the hours of 10pm-7am which no library is open. Now I am not knocking  the library and the great service it has, but ….well goe read my take on the whole thing here.

Now all I need is help with how to down load some CD of mine to a Magnavox 2GB Digital audio player…………..guess I answered my own question, finally got one of my CD;s on the player, now to get down to business of getting my favorite music on this thing.

I see I haven’t been here since TAX day the 15th of APRIL , been busy.  Have worked on the genealogy blog I moved from here,You can still catch up with my link posting at TWITTER,  also got another going for “Grandparents“  which I have also started one on Twitter for the “just-being-grandma”

Now that TAX day has come and gone, and yes I did wait till the last minute and won’t be getting the $ for about 3weeks.  At least this year I am getting something back!  Not much, but have already started a list of how and what I will spend it on.  Only thing is-things keep popping up that need to be taken care of just to survive!

Did get an email from a cousin in Calif who I call her mom about every other week or two .  Been long over due in calling, now I might not be able to talk with my favorite aunt.  Been told she is now worse and has live in care taker….am thinking of the family and my uncle in prayers.

Found out son who is in army in TEXAS is heading for Germany so don’t know when I will see him again.

Thanks to internet, have found another long lost cousin on dad’s side….did this through classmates and she no longer lives where she went to school.

Am hoping to get an aircard for my computer so I won’t have to be heading to library every day, only during daytime hours.  I work at night and my day(night) off I would like to be on the computer .

A list of my favorite which may find their way into a blog would be “Count Your Blessings” I have 3+2 that I can state off the top of my mind, “Get Nostalgic”, by just remembering childhood times,and memories such as the simple question like “where were you when kennedy was shot or the challenger exploded?” “Give Us Your Scrapes” where you pass on those notes, news articals, links, etc.,or just “Spread The Word” about whatever-whenever anything is happening ,”Take Inventory”, remember those lists, things to do, shopping ,and the wish lists? just to name afew. Or what about toward the end of the book in the last chapter there is a page for “STALKING”-now this isn’t what you might think, more in the area of People watching , jotting your thought down,

I found the book interesting just by looking over the Table of Contents, some being so intrigued I had to check the pages out for myself. Example, Chapter 1 has page 23 entry of FESS UP with the word “SCHADENFREUDE” which I will have to look up because I just don’t know the defention of this word. But maybe it has to deal with what page is, Dealing with your short comings and failures and putting them in a blog Just remember “To Err is Human, BUT to Share? DIVINE!”

I am think of writing a OPEN LETTER to retail consumers giving advise on how to behave , because thier actions and attitudes have alot to do with the costomer service they recieve. This comes from chapter 1 page 10 titled “Talk Back”. Writing about what you think from what you see, heard, or read about. Make sure you include the source of info you are writing about. Most newspapers today on on the web, as well as TV stations have websites you can link to. I like to use several search engines to get and use different links for what the subject I am writing about.

CURATE the Web? what is that, Again, chapter 1 page 13 gives you the idea of adding or linking to someone else’s blog or comment from your blog. You can add or point out err or another view point on an oringial blog post. Again you will need to have some link or links to back your findings so not to look foolish but then that is where Chapter 3 page 57 “Hang Your Head” would help.

Defend the little guy or that large corporation which may or may not be indefendable. Use your blog as a SoapBox to state your case for or against the item, issue or just what is on your mind. “GET DEFENSIVE” chapter 3 page 66 or just “TAKE SIDES” from the next page 67 Making it impressive with links of your research while talking about your own conclusions, letting your readers draw their own.

Here is an idea I have been wanting to do myself. “HIT THE STACKS” chapter 4 page 77 and even gives you a website to catalog and categorize your books as a virtual shelf, your own library where you keep track of the books you may have read from the library (which I do alot) or the ones you own (this will come in handy for my collection of books by subject or authors) Here is the link for the library online tool http://www.librarything.com/ or just keep track of that endless collection of links you want to look back to at another time ( which I am apted to doing) is another idea from chapter 4 page 82. Or page 86 “PUT IT ASIDE” by making your own time capsule which can be seen years from now showing what life was like “back in the good ole days?!” Be creative and of course once you have it all collected, burn it to a CD for added measures.

Be an Expert chapter 4 page 87 I may someday share a medical issue which I live with daily and after 7yrear I feel I am somewhat of an expert on the subject. The pro and cons and would I do it all over the same or not at all. Do wish I had done it sooner (that blog will be sometime in the future)

Now I do give this book 5*****stars out of 5 This artical has been written just from the table of contents and I haven’t really read the book. This is how I judge a the book I plan to read, that second to the index….AND I haven’t even looked at the idex of this one.(which just might turn up in a blog somewhere!). Now while here at the local library doing this artical, I came across the actual book called “HOW TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS YOU HAVEN’T READ” (another blog entry to come  in the future!)

NOW remember the word earlier in this post “SCHADENFREUDE” ? I did look it up, german noun for malicious gloating pleasure Source is the READER’S DIGEST GREAT ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY 10th printing 1975 printed by Funk and Wagnalls Publishing Company,Inc.

Now this was a pleasant surprise this morning while opening my emails.

And YES it is now in my list of links for GENEALOGY.

Section: Health
R0649.Wri Aids And Drug Abuse 
R0645.Wri Alcohol And Society Today
R0637.Wri Conquering The Smoking Habit
R0648.Wri Coronary Heart Disease 
R0659.Wri Eating For Life
R0651.Wri Exercise Melts Body Fat
R0643.Wri Facts About Alzheimer’s Disease
R0656.Wri Fifty Useful Tips For Better Sleep
R0639.Wri Fueling Up On Water
R0640.Wri Getting A Second Opinion
R0638.Wri Hay Fever, Allergy And Asthma
R0658.Wri Helping Your Child Be Healthy And Fit
R0657.Wri How To Make And Use Herb Preparations
R0642.Wri Lead Can Be Dangerous
R0646.Wri Live A Longer And Healthier Life
R0654.Wri Nervous Habit - You Can Break It
R0655.Wri Potions, Teas, Vitamins, Drinks, Massages
R0636.Wri Sensible Diet Tips
R0653.Wri Simple Directions For Using Herbs
R0635.Wri Ten Teas From Plants Around You
R0641.Wri The Positive Weight Loss Approach
R0650.Wri Ulcers Are No Laughing Matter
R0644.Wri Walking And Weight Loss 
R0652.Wri Where Diets Go Wrong
R0647.Wri You Can Have Healthy Skin

Section: Consumer
R0583.Wri 10 Best Ways To Hide Your Valuables
R0576.Wri 64 Ways To Make Your Car Last Longer
R0553.Wri A Consumer’s Guide To Fats
R0534.Wri About  Invention Promotion Firms
R0541.Wri Buying A Safer Car
R0498.Wri Buying A Used Car
R0547.Wri Buying A Used Car
R0565.Wri Buying Used Federal Personal Property
R0544.Wri Car Cures
R0577.Wri Citizen’s Guide To Pesticides
R0545.Wri Consumer Handbook To Credit Protection Law
R0552.Wri Consumer’s Resource Handbook
R0551.Wri Cost Of Owning & Operating A Vehicle
R0578.Wri Customs Rules For Returning Residents
R0513.Wri Emergency Preparedness Checklist
R0554.Wri Federal Help For Individuals With Disabilities
R0564.Wri Fifteen Things You Should Know…
R0557.Wri Fly Smart
R0558.Wri Foreign Entry Requirements
R0512.Wri Get The Most Out Of Your Police Department
R0562.Wri Glove Box Tips
R0500.Wri Growing Old Gracefully
R0536.Wri Guide To Health Insurance (Medicare)
R0571.Wri Guide To Obtaining Vital Records
R0573.Wri Guide To Social Security Benefits
R0537.Wri Handbook On Adjustable Rate Mortgages
R0506.Wri Handy First Aid Tips
R0531.Wri Healthy Lawn - Healthy Environment
R0561.Wri Helping Your Child Get Ready For School
R0560.Wri Helping Your Child Learn Geography
R0535.Wri Helping Your Child Learn History
R0532.Wri Helping Your Child Learn Math
R0542.Wri Helping Your Child Learn Resp. Behavior
R0533.Wri Helping Your Child Learn To Read
R0572.Wri Helping Your Child Succeed In School
R0580.Wri How Shoplifting Affects You And Your Family
R0497.Wri How To Avoid Being Arrested
R0495.Wri How To Avoid Traffic Accidents
R0570.Wri How To Avoid Traffic Tickets
R0524.Wri How To Burglar-Proof Your Doors 
R0525.Wri How To Burglar-Proof Your Windows 
R0549.Wri How To File A Claim For Your Benefits
R0519.Wri How To Guard Against Purse Snatchers 
R0522.Wri How To Protect Cars, Bicycles, Motorcycles… 
R0515.Wri How To Protect Your Home From Intruders
R0523.Wri How To Protect Your Home While Away
R0517.Wri How To Protect Your Valuables From Theft
R0520.Wri How To Protect Yourself From Armed Robbery
R0521.Wri How To Protect Yourself From Pickpockets
R0516.Wri How To Protect Yourself On City Streets
R0518.Wri How To Protect Yourself When Traveling 
R0527.Wri How To Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood
R0581.Wri How To Safeguard Against Rape
R0526.Wri How To Select A Burglar Alarm
R0548.Wri How To Teach Your Child Right From Wrong
R0563.Wri Living With Police Radar
R0538.Wri Lost Or Stolen: Credit And Atm Cards
R0575.Wri Medicare Q & A
R0509.Wri Method Of Selecting The Right Octane
R0511.Wri Naturalization Requirements
R0510.Wri New Car Buying Guide
R0499.Wri Nine Ways To Lower Your Auto Insurance Cost
R0546.Wri Popular Con Games And How To Recognize Them
R0514.Wri Preparing Your Child For College
R0550.Wri Professionally Clean Your VCR Yourself
R0501.Wri Safeguarding Your Food
R0569.Wri Schools Without Drugs
R0543.Wri Seven Tips For Carefree Boat Trailering 
R0505.Wri Social Security Information 
R0529.Wri Solving Problems Can Be Challenging & Fun
R0507.Wri Stop Oil Burning In Your Car
R0508.Wri Stop Oil Burning In Your Car (Ad Copy)
R0568.Wri Swindlers Are Calling
R0504.Wri The Dangers Of Household Garbage
R0559.Wri The GED Tests
R0496.Wri The Inside Story
R0539.Wri The Medicare Handbook
R0503.Wri The Radon Problem
R0528.Wri The Sweepstakes Fraud
R0579.Wri Thirty Gas Saving Tips
R0540.Wri Ways To Save Energy & Money In The Home
R0567.Wri What To Do When You’re A Crime Victim
R0582.Wri Your Consumer Rights
R0555.Wri Your Home Fire Safety Checklist
R0502.Wri Your Personal Safety

Section: Career
R0377.Wri Creating Resumes And Cover Letters That Work
R0383.Wri Federal Law Enforcement Job Guide
R0374.Wri Get A High-Paying Job With The Government
R0376.Wri Guide To Getting A Government Job
R0380.Wri How To Never Be Without A Job
R0352.Wri How To Write A Job Winning Resume
R0348.Wri Job Report - Accountants And Auditors
R0350.Wri Job Report - Actors, Directors, Producers
R0454.Wri Job Report - Actuaries
R0450.Wri Job Report - Administrative Services
R0351.Wri Job Report - Aerospace Engineers
R0353.Wri Job Report - Air Traffic Controllers
R0355.Wri Job Report - Aircraft Mechanics
R0354.Wri Job Report - Aircraft Pilots
R0356.Wri Job Report - Architects
R0385.Wri Job Report - Archivists And Curators
R0358.Wri Job Report - Automotive Body Repairers
R0357.Wri Job Report - Automotive Mechanics
R0455.Wri Job Report - Biological Scientists
R0359.Wri Job Report - Bus Drivers
R0360.Wri Job Report - Carpenters
R0395.Wri Job Report - Chefs And Cooks
R0361.Wri Job Report - Chemical Engineers
R0362.Wri Job Report - Chemists
R0363.Wri Job Report - Childcare Workers
R0390.Wri Job Report - Chiropractors
R0396.Wri Job Report - Clinical Laboratory Techs
R0364.Wri Job Report - Commercial And Industrial
R0367.Wri Job Report - Computer Peripheral Repair
R0366.Wri Job Report - Computer Programmers
R0368.Wri Job Report - Computer Service Technicians
R0365.Wri Job Report - Computer Systems Analysts
R0369.Wri Job Report - Construction Inspectors
R0451.Wri Job Report - Construction Managers
R0371.Wri Job Report - Correction Officers
R0370.Wri Job Report - Cosmetologist
R0382.Wri Job Report - Counselors
R0381.Wri Job Report - Dental Assistants
R0372.Wri Job Report - Designers
R0391.Wri Job Report - Dietitians and Nutritionists
R0392.Wri Job Report - EKG Technicians
R0394.Wri Job Report - Electrical Engineer
R0386.Wri Job Report - Electricians
R0378.Wri Job Report - Employment Interviewers
R0456.Wri Job Report - Engineering Science
R0387.Wri Job Report - Engineering Technicians
R0347.Wri Job Report - Engineers
R0452.Wri Job Report - Financial Managers
R0388.Wri Job Report - Firefighting Occupations
R0389.Wri Job Report - Flight Attendants
R0428.Wri Job Report - Geologists And Geophysicists
R0393.Wri Job Report - Graphic/Visual Artists
R0397.Wri Job Report - Guards
R0398.Wri Job Report - Health Services Managers
R0399.Wri Job Report - Heating and Air-Conditioning
R0400.Wri Job Report - Hotel Managers And Assistants
R0412.Wri Job Report - Industrial Engineers
R0402.Wri Job Report - Industrial Machinery Repair
R0429.Wri Job Report - Inspectors And Compliance
R0403.Wri Job Report - Jewelers
R0441.Wri Job Report - Kindergarten/Elementary School
R0404.Wri Job Report - Lawyers
R0410.Wri Job Report - Licensed Practical Nurses
R0414.Wri Job Report - Lithographic/Photoengraving
R0453.Wri Job Report - Management Analysts
R0444.Wri Job Report - Marketing And Advertising
R0406.Wri Job Report - Mathematicians
R0407.Wri Job Report - Mechanical Engineers
R0408.Wri Job Report - Medical Assistants
R0431.Wri Job Report - Meteorologists
R0411.Wri Job Report - Nursing And Psychiatric Aides
R0434.Wri Job Report - Occupational Therapists
R0448.Wri Job Report - Operations Research Analysts
R0405.Wri Job Report - Paralegals
R0430.Wri Job Report - Personnel Training
R0435.Wri Job Report - Pharmacists
R0401.Wri Job Report - Photographers
R0413.Wri Job Report - Photographic Process Workers
R0436.Wri Job Report - Physical Therapists
R0416.Wri Job Report - Physician Assistants
R0415.Wri Job Report - Physicians
R0437.Wri Job Report - Physicists And Astronomers
R0418.Wri Job Report - Police And Detectives
R0426.Wri Job Report - Printing Press Operators
R0438.Wri Job Report - Property And Real Estate
R0419.Wri Job Report - Psychologists
R0420.Wri Job Report - Radio/Television Announcers
R0422.Wri Job Report - Real Estate Agents/Brokers
R0423.Wri Job Report - Recreational Therapists
R0409.Wri Job Report - Registered Nurses
R0421.Wri Job Report - Reporters And Correspondents
R0439.Wri Job Report - Restaurant And Food Service
R0432.Wri Job Report - Science Technicians
R0440.Wri Job Report - Secondary School Teachers
R0424.Wri Job Report - Secretaries
R0417.Wri Job Report - Securities/Financial Services
R0425.Wri Job Report - Social Workers
R0427.Wri Job Report - Surgical Technicians
R0442.Wri Job Report - Teacher Aides
R0433.Wri Job Report - Tool Programmers
R0443.Wri Job Report - Travel Agents
R0457.Wri Job Report - Truck and Diesel Mechanics 
R0458.Wri Job Report - Underwriters
R0449.Wri Job Report - Urban And Regional Planner
R0445.Wri Job Report - Veterinarians
R0447.Wri Job Report - Water And Sewage Treatment
R0446.Wri Job Report - Writers And Editors
R0384.Wri Jobs For Tomorrow
R0459.Wri Primer For Prospective Police Applicants
R0349.Wri Success On The Job
R0379.Wri Tips For A Job-Getting Resume