Weight loss tracking news!!

First of all, let me start off by saying good evening to all of my Fanatic readers out there. I've been away focusing on my weight loss that I've lost track of my blogging again. Well I know that you guys are dying to know what's been going on with my progress and how things have been going with me. I am proud to say to you all that I have lost a total of 30 pounds since I started my change of life focus in June. I know to most people this sounds like a small number for the length of time that I have been trying to lose weight. This doesn't matter to me though, because I can lose 30 pounds in 30 days if losing weight was my only problem. Unfortunately, I did some soul searching and I realized that it's not about losing the most weight and looking thin for me, it's really always been about keeping the weight off. I have lost a lot of weight in the past and gained it all back within a couple of months or a year.

I have realized through prayer and meditation that I have always had a problem with managing my stress and depression. I do not want to get on any medication to combat these problems, so I use the aid of vitamins and herbs from Herbalife. I also drink lots of Chamomile tea, which really helps take the edge off for me. I have been single and have not even been asked out on a date since I had my son and he will be nine in January. I haven't even seen too many guys out here that would even peak my fancy. Most of the African American men out here do not even date African American women. Lets just say to make a long story short that these have been my major issues and major factor for gaining weight this time.

I have read medical studies that have proven that if you cannot manage your stress well, as I have proven in the past. That you will gain weight much faster than usual. You don't even have to eat cake every day. You will also gain a huge spare tire around the middle from this. Mainly the medical cause for this is because overly stressed individuals like myself produce a certain hormone in the body, which we all have, but they produce it in an excess amount which in turn causes the weight gain.

The name of the hormone is called Cortisol. Now you cannot fight the decrease in this by purchasing those crazy gimmicky products on the t.v. or on the Internet. Trust me those are all scams. The best way to fight the over production of this hormone is to get rid of the stress in your life or most of it any way. This can be done by doing yoga, drinking chamomile tea, massage, sitting in a sauna or steam room or using herbs that help to relax you. Once you try some of these things you will see that the weight will just fall off of you relentlessly.

I have lost 30 pounds managing my stress and tweaking my eating habits. I am also happy to announce that I have lost over 38 inches all over my body. With my exercise routine I lose more inches than weight, and this is just fine with me, because I can see my results faster than just losing weight alone. I just want to thank you all for reading this blog whenever you can and I really appreciate the input and comments that I receive from you guys. Blogging has also been a great way for me to manage my stress, because I have people to express all of my concerns and secrets too. I will definitely keep you all up to date with my progress and I stand by my word to you that I will post a before and after photo of myself so that you guys can really see the transformation that I went through. Hang ten guys and pray for the country's current situation, because it affects us all. I hope to read a couple of your comments so please write away, I would love to get all of your input.

My awesome progress

I just wanted to touch base with all of my Fanatic's this evening and also give an update as promised about my endeared weight loss results. Now I am going to be very clear with all of you about why I gained and how I am losing. Mainly, the reason for my weight gain is just a lot of stress. I have been under a lot of stress for the past year and a half.

I used to be one of the people that would say that you couldn't gain weight because of stress and that saying so was just an excuse and a cop out. Well, let me be the first to apologize to everyone out there, I was definitely wrong. I have always experienced some stress, but none of which that was presented in my path last year. I will have to admit to that I got so fed up that I just quit. I quit eating right, exercising and trying to distress myself. I would come home from work dealing with stress and just get stressed out even more. I forgot that the exercise or even the tea's that I was accustomed to drinking helped me.

My life seemed to go from bad to worst, which aided in me constantly getting sick. Whenever I caught the flu I would always self medicate, because I have no health insurance. I ended up gaining a lot of weight, which led me to getting more and more tired. I even found myself getting depressed. Towards the beginning of June the flu basically kicked my tail and I had no choice but to go see my doctor since nothing over the counter seemed to work. This is when I really got my wake up call. I had no choice but to get on the scale that I had turned my back on. I was weighing a whopping 207 pounds. Can you believe that, I was turning in to a sumo wrestler. It made me sick to see the scale that day. From that day forth I decided that I would take it one day at a time and do whatever I could to move for at lease 30 minutes every day.

I did not change my diet right away, but I kept up the work out routine 5 - 7 days a week. Then because I was starting to feel better physically I started to lose a lot of the bad cravings that I had developed along with my weight gain. I mostly began to crave healthier foods, but I would also treat myself once in a long while to a small treat. I do not want to completely deprive myself, because I do not have any intention of gaining this weight back unless I have no choice, like if I get pregnant again in the future.

I am happy to announce that I have lost 5 inches off of my waist giving me a total of over 19 inches lost all over my entire body. I am very proud and excited that I am starting to slim down, but my goal is not to become a skeleton. I accept my body as is knowing that I have had a child already and that it cannot be the way that it was when I was 16. I will be happy with myself no matter what, because I have built back up my self confidence and that is a very important thing. Wish me luck all and good night.

Back in the act

Hey there everyone. It's been a while since I have posted on my blog. A few months to be exact and I really do apologize about that. I had no access to the Internet at my house due to financial woes. Everyone is getting bit by the big one these days and I have just about fallen into that category. Have you all heard about the mortgage melt down that is devastating our economy? Well that has been a big issue for me. Last summer I started to have trouble keeping on track with my mortgage payments. I even fell into the trap that a lot of Americans have fallen in, which is trying to save their house by paying their mortgages with a credit card or some sort of a loan.

I basically have taken out several loans and even a few cash advances to try to stay a float. I will have to say that I am definitely in financial distress. I will however, not say that I am royally screwed though, because there is always some kind of help or a way to get out of any bad situation. I have been slowly been digging myself out of debt by consulting with a credit repair specialist. As it seems I should have most of my debts paid off by the end of the year.

I also am getting help with paying off my student loan. I acquired a student loan through a bank shortly after getting out of the military. In the lump sum of $8000. I now owe $13,000 due to late fees and interest acquired. I did not get any of the benefits that I was supposed to be entitled to from the military though. If any one that happens to read my blog knows of any way that I could get some help trying to access military benefits I would really appreciate it if you left me a comment back. I probably have been trying to access them the wrong way. Both my brother and I served in the military and we have not been able to access our benefits at all. We are constantly told by the V.A. that we are not entitled to them, but I know that we have to be, because we both got out with honorable discharges.

If anyone out there is knowledgeable in this area we would really love to hear from you. Please stay tuned for more info on Fanatic and tomorrow I will be giving you an update on my weight loss progress. I can hardly wait to tell all of you guys out there what's been happening to me. I hope that I can help motivate others out there who have been having the same struggle as I have been having. Good night all.

Paid blogging update!

I wanted to let all of you out there know about what's been going on with me these days. First of all, I would like to apologize for not putting up enough new updates and not enough new content here on fanatic. I have been feeling a little bit run down lately. Let me start off by congratulating myself on earning my first $108 doing pay per post. It has however taken me about three months to earn this money. I believe that this is due to our current recession. I logged on to check and see if I could grab some paid posts to do and frankly what they had to offer me was basically nothing. I would not recommend anyone to try to quit their job or bank on paying off bills from the pay you get from blogging. Other companies are not even as great as pay per post. They give you a run around and you sign up, but they never really give you work to do. I love to write so I think that pay per post is a great side gig. I hope that I eventually get some more work to do with them, so I will be right here eagerly awaiting.

Idol winner revealed

I am so happy to finally be able to know who the winner of American Idol is. After all of their hard work and sweat they all will get a chance at fame, especially even the final 12. I loved both of the two Davids who were left standing. They both deserved to be the two left standing, and I am happy to know that the winner of Idol is the older David, David Cook. I thought that David Archuleta was very cute and sweet and that he will also be cutting up the charts along with Cook this summer. This is the very first Idol where I felt that it didn't matter if I voted and I just didn't care who won, because I believed that they are both winners. So in my opinion there is no real winner of Idol tonight. They both will go very far and they really both deserve too. I wish them both good luck and also luck to the final 12 American idols who will be performing live all summer all over the country.

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Healthy water

I recently got the chance to join in on the new wave water craze. A co-worker at work this past weekend offered me some of his oxygen powered water. Of course I took it, because I am willing to try anything at lease once. Anyway, he had me do three demonstrations to show everyone how I functioned without the water and then he had me drink the water doing those same demonstrations to show how I functioned better because of the water. Now, of course I was a little bit skeptical, since it's just purified water. Well He had me do three moves to show my flexibility and my strength without the water, and let me tell you all this, " I really sucked at all three of them". I didn't realize how unbalanced and weak I had been until that moment. After I drank a few sips of this oxygenated water he had me do those moves right away, and I literally got to experience how much better it helped my body operate. I did every move 50% better than I had done a few moments earlier. After he showed me what this water could do for me and how well it could benefit me in the future I also noticed that I was not tired anymore. I felt really awake, and I did not need to take my regular dose of Tylenol arthritis. I told him that I definitely would be purchasing some of that water from him, because it was definitely better than regular purified waters out there on the market today. If any of you would like to read up on this water just visit www.drinkperfectwater.com or you can visit the main site at www.jabywater.com. I urge everyone out there to try this water, because it will definitely help us become 100% better at whatever we are doing physically, mentally, and emotionally. I am hearing that this water is selling like wild fire and they just started selling it on April the 14Th. The orders are just pouring in so new comers to this product are waiting in a really long line. I will gladly wait in this long line for the chance to get some of this water and I will also make sure that I buy a large order of it also, so I can have enough to last me a good while.

New Paid blogging update !

"Hey there all my Fanatic viewers". I am sorry that I haven't put any new content on here for about a week. I have just been a little bit sphent lately. Well I'm back now and hopefully better than ever. On my last paid blogging update I explained to all of you about my disappointment. The paid posts were starting to get very scarce for me lately. Well I am happy to announce that even though the posts still are very scarce that the money is still coming in from previous posts that I had completed. The amount that I have earned for my completed posts is about $88. Not bad for just sitting in front of my computer and writing about what ever is on my mind. So right now I am just thankful for even getting the opportunity to earn some extra money to use for paying bills and definitely for buying gas. Stay tuned for any more new updates about my paid blogging gig, and please have a great evening.

Pamper yourself ladies

This year I have made the resolution to take more time out for myself and to pamper myself more. I think that too many of us women today are to focused on being the bread winner, mom, friend, companion and so forth. Many of us tend to put our needs to the bottom of the list. We always say I will get that new bra next month or as soon as I pay off those last two bills then I will get that dress. I think that it is definitely important not to be a shopaholic and make sure that your family has what they need, but we also need to find a little me time for ourselves.

I have started out by doing something as simple as changing the style of my hair. The process of me doing so has up lifted my spirits and given me a lot more self confidence and has greatly increased my self worth. When we continue to deny ourselves of certain things it can really lower our self esteem. I encourage all ladies out there to start off by doing some small inexpensive things like get your nails done, if you can't get them done then do them yourself. I always do my nails by myself. Remember to take time out for you this year, because not only will he notice it, but you will notice it too.

Money making update

I recently purchased a Roth IRA for investment purposes, of course. It has barely been three weeks since I had done this purchase and I have already turned a profit. My monthly quota came in and I earned almost $500 on this account. Talk about fast, that is really fast and blessed news for me to hear about. I have been so worried about bills and the constant price hike of gas every day that my migraines have really gotten alot worst. Knowing this information helps me out alot and also takes some of the stress away. I am a single mom and head of house hold, which makes these tough times even harder for my family at times. I truly believe that things are starting to look up for me financially.

Weightloss update!

I promised all of you guys that I would let you know what I was doing about my weight and any progress that I have made with it. So far, I have lost about 10 pounds. I am not even on a weight loss program or anything as yet. The plan is for me to start an Herbalife weight loss program and to work out at Curves fitness center. I haven't been able to start either plan as yet. I haven't been feeling very well for the past couple of days. The weight has been coming off due to the fact that I cut out one meal a day and added more water consumption throughout the day. Drinking the extra water curbs my appetite, and so most of the time I have to remind myself that I haven't had any food to eat in a while, and that I need to eat something. I definitely do not want to starve myself. Starving will only deplete my energy and deprive my body of the nutrients that it needs. The best thing that I can do to lose weight safely is to eat more smaller meals and keep drinking water. I have also switched back to drinking diet soda. I plan to rid myself of soda all together by the end of the month and only drink Gatorade,crystal light or Kellogg's K protein water. That will help me with my sugar addiction. I have learned that one of the main reasons for my weight gain is due to my constant craving for sugar. These alternative drinks have no sugar in them, yet they taste like they have sugar. I think they taste pretty good and it will be very helpful to my progress. My pants are falling off of my butt big time too. Wish me luck everyone, and I will be sure to give you an update about my progress and hopefully my return to exercise routine in two weeks.

Back and Kicking Abs

The hit television show called Work Out on the Bravo channel is back and kicking. There are some new trainers, but let us not forget some of the old trainers that were on the show last season. For example, This season there is no longer trainers Zen and Doug. Doug Was a beloved trainer at sky sport and spa who will greatly be missed. I personally thought he was totally hot. He passed away last season due to a bad infection that he just could not get rid of. I'm not really sure what happened to Zen, but her kuirky humor will also be missed. The season premiere of workout aired on April 15Th and it was definitely all of the rave. Some of the new trainers were absolutely hot, and this season I can ultimately say that the show has alot of eye candy for its viewers.

Jackie seems happier than ever with a new flame. Although I do think their personal scenes are a little bit too much. I will have to say that I wish her all of the best and she gives me a lot of motivation to become healthy and to this time stay healthy for good. She is a wonderful role model for all women out there that if you want something bad enough you can make anything happen. She wanted this career for herself and has built a huge empire because of going for it. I will be watching every episode of Work Out this season. Good luck to you Jackie Warner, I am definitely a huge fan of yours, keep on kicking those abs. For those of you who may be interested in checking out her website you can do so by visiting http://www.skysportspa.com/skylab/

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Have you seen Mariah Cary's new video

I have been listening to Mariah Cary's new song called touch my body like crazy. I absolutely love this song. I missed hearing her voice on the radio. She has an amazing tone to her voice. The song is really cute and the definitely beat goes with it. While I was at work this weekend I happened to see the video to this song. I never could have guessed that she would do such a funny video. The video was absolutely crazy, so much so that I almost fell over on the floor laughing. The guy in the video who appeared to be a computer tech nerd totally cracked me up. Watching this video will definitely brighten anyones day. I encourage everyone out there to visit the address below and watch the video, because you've just got to see it for yourself. Visit http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?artist=976&vid=212381.

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One of the best things that we can all enjoy is when someone comes up with a great idea and just runs with it. Then we all get a chance to benefit from their brainstorm. This companies whole design and layout was from one of these great ideas. It is basically what could be considered by some as the baby of police officers. They poured all of their heart and soul into this company to bring the public some much needed equipment and merchandise. It was their wish to sell to everyone, not only police officers and the military. They dared to be different in the 5.11 Tactical industry and have become a power house. I commend them for offering us these wonderful products and wish them continued success.

Tax deadline

As we all know, tomorrow is the last day that you can do your taxes for 2007. I am so glad that I have already done my taxes and gotten rid of that headache. Knowing that you have to get your taxes done can be really stressful. My advice to everyone out there is if you haven't done them yet, you should hurry up and go do them. This is the only way that you will get that economic stimulus check President George Bush issued out to everyone this year. I can't wait until I get that money, because it's going to really help me out. Every dime I get or make this year will be helpful to me. I am sure that it will do the same for all of you out there. SO, hurry hurry there's not much time left. Tomorrow will be a better day!

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Happy Belated B-Day!

I have been working so hard that I totally forgot when my birthday was this year. I actually thought that it was last Friday, when it was actually last Saturday. This has never happened to me before, so I have decided that I need to give myself a little bit more pampering. Life can't always be all about making money and paying bills, Can it? Well I am going to start this year off by giving myself and everyone out there a shout out! We all deserve one every now and then. We can all get everything that we have ever dreamed of. The key is that we have to always have the drive and the motivation to go after what we want. So I am definitely, working on it and I hope that each and everyone of you that reads my blog does the same. Thank you and take care.

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Georgeous weather

So, I got off of work at 7:00 a.m. this morning and came outside to some beautiful weather. I did not even need to wear a jacket or a sweater. The air seemed to be extra crisp and clean, which is much better than it usually is. There was not even a cloud in the sky yet. I am definitely enjoying this fact, due to all of the continuous rain storms that we have been having lately. I guess it's true what they say, "April Showers". These showers to me seem like such a blessing, because more water means less drought for us. I will complete this wonderful day by working at home a little bit on chacha.com and then I will be heading back to third shift again at my regular job for another eight hours. Then I will prepare myself for my two twelve hour shifts on the weekend when I get home in the morning. All I can say to each and everyone out there is enjoy the day, because we all take it for granted much to often. We never know if this day might be our last really good day or last day of life. My New Years Resolution this year is to take more time for me and to pamper myself a lot more. Of course, most importantly for me to never put myself last.

ChaCha.com update!

I am happy to announce to everyone that the searches have really been picking up for me. I mean it has been absolutely non-stop on there. This is absolutely amazing for me, because that means more income coming in. This may be due to the fact that the CEO of chacha.com appearing on a live television show last Sunday. They say that the searches went up by 400% that day. Wow, this means big bucks for all active guides out there. I am so grateful to be apart of this amazing company. My employment with them has been going on to a year and a half now. I have made $90 for this month and my goal is to get past $100. I get paid on the fifteenth of every month as long as I have made $100. It looks like the sky's the limit for this great company and I wish them all of the luck. I plan to be apart of this company for the long hall, so wish me luck everyone.

Shopping blues

I have been a little bit depressed today. Yesterday, I had to pay a few more bills and also get a few groceries. What in the world is this world coming to? Is it me or is everything going up about $.50 every week now? I am so angry, because I spent $3.15 for one bottle of thousand island dressing. Well I ended up buying two bottles of salad dressing for this price. I got them, because I was tired of eating generic salad dressing. I am trying to stock up on things to help me eat healthier, since I am starting my weight loss regime in a couple of days. This country has lost it's mind. The healthy things are almost out of every one's reach and the unhealthy food is getting cheaper and cheaper. They must want us all to be in the emergency room having triple bypass surgery. The best thing that I can suggest to everyone is to go out and buy, like two Sunday newspapers each week. These coupons can really help a sister out, believe me, I know this. Good luck to everyone, and clip those coupons. What is this world coming too, we all have to eat man.

Blogging update!

Hey, to everyone out there. I just wanted to give you guys another update about what is going on with my paid blogging. Well I will have to say that everything seems to have slowed down for me for about a week now. I haven't done any paid posts for Pay Per Post in just that long. I have decided to check in on the work every so often, but I have a lot of things to do so I am not going to just sit in front of my computer all day and all night like I did when I first got started. I do not think that this is even healthy. However, I will have to say that I have been getting paid for the previous posts that were already done by me. I have been doing more live searches for chacha.com since the work has really seemed to pick up on there. I will be sure to post any other legitimate work at home jobs here on Fanatic, so please stay tuned and keep a look out for my posts about my fitness and weight loss.

Finally they wise up!

Have you guys noticed that since the middle of last year everything has gone sky high? You can tell when you go just to pick up a gallon of milk or especially when you have to fill up your gas tank. There aren't as many jobs to choose from either. Once again factory jobs have proven to be the most unstable. I heard that Freightliner laid off everyone on second and third shift this time. I think that this is horrible for people that need to feed their families. This is when I think it is definitely time for a career change. I don't know how many times I have to say it, "keep American jobs here, and don't let anymore companies go over seas". This has really sent the economy into a tailspin. Ladies and gentlemen the reporters are finally saying it, " we are in a recession". Wow, like we did not even know this. We have been in a recession for over a year now. A recession does not start when some higher upper officials decide to state the known fact. It starts when many jobs are lost, and when merchandise keeps on skyrocketing. My advice to everyone out there is please do not think that your job is secure, because at this point I do not think that any ones job is. Save enough reserve funds so that you can at least pay your bills and live for six months. This will help you to sleep better at night, trust me.

Wealth Growth

Today I have finally gotten a chance to make a start towards earning my wealth for today and the future. I finally got my tax return money a few days ago, and I vowed last year that whenever that money came I would take it all and open up a Roth IRA. The Roth IRA is much more than any regular IRA. First of all, the reason for this is because you earn more on the interest rate on this kind of an account. You can triple whatever amount of money you put into very quickly in a short amount of time. I also learned from my financial adverser that it is also tax refundable and whatever amount of money put into it throughout the year, you will get back when you do your taxes if you need it. SO if I can muster up $10,000 into this Roth IRA, not only will I earn on the high interest rat, but I will also get this money back next year. Now everyone, I will have to say that I do not have nearly anything close to $10,000 in this account yet, but you never know what can happen from April-December. I will be happy to post about updates and achievements from this account. So everyone stay tuned because there will be a monthly update about my Roth IRA starting in June. I want to give the account time to bloom first. My motto now is take care of yourself and never put yourself last.

Cha Cha up and running!

Hey everyone, I am happy to announce to you that I am finally up and running with my live searches for chacha.com again. I was put out of commission, because my laptop was broken. In order for me to take live searches for chacha.com I needed the guide app to be downloaded to the computer that I am currently using. I just could not even figure out how I could do this. Well, I finally knocked some sense into my head and figured out what needed to be done. I just completed four live searches a few minutes ago. Thankfully, I have not become rusty at all looking up the information that people ask me to find for them. As a matter of fact, I found the answers to their queries much faster than before. So, I am going to definitely give myself a thumbs up. Remember everyone, if you are having any problems finding information on the Internet just check out chacha.com a live person like myself would be happy to assist you in any way. Have a great day!

Paid blogging update !

As I have promised to all of my viewers, I want to keep letting all of you know what's been going on with this site and have I made any money doing the paid blogging as yet. First of all, I am happy to announce to all of you that, yes I have been making money with this blog. I have been doing some paid posts for Pay Per Post. They are the best company that is out there that will pay you to advertise for them on your blog. There are a lot of other companies out their that require everyone to bid on a paid post and to basically, fight like cats and dogs to get one. It's not like that when you work for Pay Per Post. I did not have to bid for a post, all I had to do was accept a post to write about on this blog and then I would get paid for it as soon as they approved it.

The main thing that they require a postie to have in each and every one of their posts is good grammar, so I try to keep an eye on that issue. By the grace of God I was able to earn some cash working for this great company. I have earned a total of $77.61 so far. It took me about a month to earn this. The reason is due to page ranking. I will be elligible for a lot more work from them once my ranking goes up. I have been working on this on improving this matter. It was very easy to do the posts and also very fun to do. Whenever, you guys visit my blog and see ads on their those are my paid posts. I will have a regular updated post either underneith the advertisement or above it for everyones viewing pleasure. You can keep track of my latest content and news daily. I will definitely be puting updates on Fanatic about my paid blogging updates and my newest series, "summer time slim down". Guys this will be an ongoing weekly post until I get into my goal weigh, which I have also promised to post my before and after photo. Wish me luck everyone, and please have a great day.

Summer Time Slim dowm

Now that spring is finally here that means that summer won't be far away. Many of us tend to hibernate like the bears do in the winter time. We may tend to ease up on our exercise routines and indulge in a few more treats. I will have to say that I am definitely guilty of this offense. Around the colder time of the year I also tend to become a bit depressed. I love to see light and bright color, and there is usually less of this during the winter. Thus in turn, I sometimes do reach for the sweets. I have decided that I will start back my exercise routine with the gym called Curves this April.

I will also begin my weightloss program with Herbalife International. My intention is to change my way of life and that's what being on is all about, lifestyle change and eating habit change. The exercise routine at Curves is wonderful for any women who has had kids. They specialize there exercise circuit training to target those problem areas that most women have after giving birth. When I get to my goal weigh I will proudly post a story adding my triumph which will also include my before and after photo for all to see. My aim is to get into something comfortable this summer.

I am not saying that this will be easy, because nothing in life is ever easy. My motivation is for me to become a lot healthier and stronger. I have noticed that the added extra weight that I gained has put a strain on my back and my feet. My feet always hurt me now. I always have to take pain pills because of the back pain associated with my line of work as a certified nursing assistant and also the excess weight.

I am not really interested in trying to look like a teenager as some women strive to do. It is only my intention to be able to play outside with my son more with out being out of breath and saying to him, OK honey that's enough, mommy's tired. I think that is a sorry excuse for him and I want to be able to spend all the time that I can with him, because the time that we as parents get to spend with them goes by quickly. I will be sure to leave updates about my progress for all to read about every two weeks once I begin these programs in April. Wish me luck everyone, and I wish all of you that are making the same decision luck too.

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I have found some wonderful cards that can be purchased for many different occasions. They are greeting cards that come from Cards Direct LLC. These gift cards are so heart warming and beautiful to look at. Trust me, anyone would love to be a recipient of one of these fabulous Photo Cards . No, more plain regular digital cartoons or any of those crazy talking greeting cards. These photo greeting cards were specialized for some serious occasions. For example, your next anniversary, wedding, romantic occasion and many more. I especially love the fact that you can have your loved ones embedded on the front of one of these gift cards, or even yourself. Isn't it great to know that 9 out of 10 of the companies on the fortune 100 list have trusted their card printing to Cards Direct. This in addition to many thousands of individuals and businesses who have experienced their excellent quality of service. This power house of a greeting card company was founded in 1998 and has grown into one of the most trusted resources for custom imprinted card stationery. Products that can be found anywhere. All I have to say to everyone is that this company has a known and proven track record with their customers. Some of their fortune 100 company customers include, Exxon Mobil,Wal-mart,General Motors,Chevron,Ford Motor,Conoco Phillips,Citigroup,General Electric,American Intl. Group,Hewlett Packard,Bank Of America, Home Depot,Valero Energy,Verizon Communications, and many more. This company has the experience and great quality of product to stand by their success.

Movie Review (stop-loss)

I have been seeing advertisements about the movie Stop-Loss. This movie is basically a military movie that gives the public awareness about what is really going on with our young soldiers. It seems as though there has been a higher amount of military retention due to the war. Of course, who wants to join the military to go to Iraq and die. The government is very close to having to bring back the draft to replace the amount of soldiers that are getting injured, killed or are just getting out of the military and moving on with their lives. This movie is letting the viewers see what they have to go through i order for them to get an honorable discharge now.

In the movie the government issued that this soldier and his friends had to be automatically reenlisted and serve more time in Iraq, even though they finished their contract agreements. This in turn was the governments way of slowing down retention, and they call it stop-loss. They did their time fighting and they deserve the chance to move on with their families. The young soldier who is the lead in this movie is actor Ryan Phillipe as Sgt. Brandon King. After going back home he and his friends begin to adjust to the civilian life. It takes time for returning soldiers to adjust to life again and they had just started to do just that.

He gave the military all that he had as a decorated war military personnel man. They decide that they want him to do more and that his country still needs him. Well that's unfortunate for them, because this time Brandon decides to go AWOL. He decides that he is not going back to Iraq or back into the military. If a soldier goes AWOL this becomes a federal offense and that soldier has to live as a fugitive for the rest of their life or risk being captured and going to jail. I being a former naval personnel service member, will definitely be honored to go and see this movie, and I would advise everyone out their to go and see it too. It premiers on March, 28Th.

Retirement Woe's Pt.1

Every year people lose focus on what they are going to do when they retire. The most important thing for all of us to remember is that we control when we retire and how we live after we retire. The first thing that must be done by individuals is to start to prepare for this by opening up a retirement fund of some kind.

You can start off by taking out a company 401 K plan at your job. However, it is advisable that you take one out that has 50% matching. This basically means that your employer will put in 50% of what ever you put into the account. These accounts also incur interest and once left untouched can grow into a nice nest egg for you. You can also purchase one of these accounts from an investment firm, such as Edward Jones or even Wachovia. I will advise that you earn more on the incurred interest when you purchase from an investment firm instead of a bank.

Other types of retirement accounts that you can choose to open are IRAs,and Roth IRAs. They are basically called interest rate accounts. They are like savings accounts except that you earn a lot more interest. The difference between the two IRAs is that with the Roth IRA you can earn triple the amount of money that you put into it in a very short period of time. It is also tax free and tax deductible. This means that whatever I put into the account I would get back on my tax return.

I have also learned that the sooner people start a retirement fund the better they will get to live during their retirement age. Now there is nothing in the role book that says that because you have a retirement fund and you reach 65 years old that you even have to retire at all. A person could choose to use that money to live a little bit more comfortable, and still continue earning an income. People are starting to work until a much older age these days, because they choose too. Unfortunately, I will have to state that people also work at a much older age because they did not have a plan. They had no retirement fund and no company pension to assist them.

As time goes by it is becoming a fact that companies are not required to even offer their loyal employees a viable pension plan. Regular savings accounts are just a joke, because you earn very little interest on them. The safest thing that we all can do is get started with a retirement fund today.

Tips for saving at the pump!

For most Americans it is becoming an absolute struggle to purchase gas every week. You just never know how much you will have to shell out at the gas station any more. I thought that it would be helpful for me to write about this situation since we are all experiencing trouble from all of this drama. The main reason why we are having to bite the bullet at the gas pump is mainly because of the Iraq war. Before the war we were all complaining about spending $1.45 per gallon for the purchase of gas. Now we are all screaming about having no choice but to purchase gas at the outrageous amounts of $3.25-$3.65 a gallon. To make matters even worst many of the gas stations have started pushing back their pumps. Tip number one, people check out exactly how much gas you are getting for the money that you are spending. You may hand them $50 and only get $20 worth of gas. This is beginning to make us all really frustrated.

Tip number two, always fill you gas tank up. Don't put in just a small amount thinking that it will go down next week,because nine times out of ten it will be going up instead. Tip number three, try not to go from store to store. It will save you gas money if you try to get most of your groceries and personal items at the same store. I have always been one for hopping from store to store just to catch a good bargain, but this will add up in the long run. You will be spending the money that you save at the gas pump. There are also products that you can purchase that can stretch your gas and make it last longer at Home Depot or Lowe's. Always keep your oil changed, check your tires and have your car running smooth. Run your A/C only if you absolutely have too, because that also can waste gas. Try rolling down your window more. I hope that these tips are helpful to you, because they have certainly been helpful to me these days. Take care and happy driving.

YouTube Downloader Review

I love the newTubeTilla YouTube Downloader program. First of all, one of the greatest things about it is that it is completely free to download and easy to try. When you get this program you have the chance to download videos from YouTube, convert them instantly and watch them on your PC, Video iPod, PSP or iPhone. You can even download your latest music videos and listen to them on your mp3 player. I am absolutely ecstatic that I had the chance to try this out.

Single Mom's shout out!

This one goes out to all of the single mom's out there. First of all, I would like to start off by stating to everyone out there that I have been a single mom for eight years now. Basically, it was my choice to raise my son on my own. My mother has been helping me to raise him. His father was pretty much a player, but we were from the same school and pretty much the same neighbor hood. He would always seek me out at high school. I was pretty much a loner, because I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but having a child can make you open up and become more outgoing. I realized late in the game that I was lied to by him and that I was pretty much on my own. He acted as though having a baby was like playing with a doll and then going home to his girlfriend that he did not tell me about and then I would have to figure out how to feed him and shelter him on my own. I thank God every day that my mom did not throw me out of her house and say go raise your illegitimate child on your own now.

Unfortunately, this is what happens in African American community. A young girl gets pregnant and her mother says good, now you can how I had to do it. Go do it on your own now. My mother has always believed that a divided kingdom cannot stand. If we all bonded together as families and helped each other out, we would all have a higher standing in society. I was faced with the decision to either stay and end up homeless, because my mom could no longer find work in New York at the time or to move away to the South and make a fresh start. I also had to choose between taking a job in Manhattan that offered to pay me $20 an hour and moving. Some years after making this horrid choice I realized why I had to pray about my answer of should I stay or should I go. I may have been killed or severely injured, because this job was going to be in the World trade center.

I know that my decision was best for both me and my son. I am on my way to becoming a nurse. I hope that my story can help to motivate single mom's. We can do it, be mother and father to our children if we have to. It would be nice to have someone great in my life as a husband to be their for me and my son, but I know that I am glad that I am equipped mentally, emotionally, and financially to care for him. I am not interested in getting any type of child support for him, because it doesn't help and I think that it just opens up a whole new can of worms. This gives the fathers out there a chance to become a Thorn in a single mom's side and can also open up a whole new can of worms. I want to say to all of the single mom's out there that you rock and I want to give each and everyone of you out there a shout out, because we all need one from time to time. We will prevail and we can do it on our own. We can raise our children to be positive and have a higher standing in society one day. So this one goes out to all of you.

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The bad Girls Club

I have been watching the Oxygen channel original series reality television show called the bad girls club. Basically they get some girls who have major issues with anger and self control to live together in a beautiful condo. The head of the house hold is the clearly the one called Tanisha. She is the one that tries to keep everyone in line. She has the loudest mouth in the bunch and she doesn't take mess from anyone. All the other girls need to watch out. I think that this show was a great idea to help these young women to finally deal with what has been ailing them. By the time the show ends they will all hopefully be leading fulfilling and meaningful lives. They will learn how to interact with one another and how to finally deal with confrontations the proper way, which would be in a civilized manner. I hope that everything works out for all of the cast members, and I will definitely be keeping track of this show every week Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. You ca also catch the re-runs in the daytime on Tuesdays and catch up on any missed episodes.

Spring is finally here!

I am so happy that I can finally say that spring is here. Early this Sunday we had to wind our clocks forward at 2:00 a.m. I have noticed that every where that beautiful blossoms are starting to bloom. You can also see some really cute yellow flowers on people's front lawns. It is also starting to warm up outside. I especially enjoy this, because it means that I will not have to endure another cold night in my house. The tree's are also starting to blossom and we will soon get to enjoy their beauty and shade in the summer. I think that Spring is the best season because it is not too cold and it is not too hot either. There is a great medium during this season and I am going to enjoy every minute of it.