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Do you enjoy crystal jewelry? If so, here is a site you must see.

Colorful unique crystal jewelry from Asia is just one of many kinds of crystal jewelry you will find on this website.

The site is filled with 100% genuine crystal jewelry of all kinds, shapes, and sizes. You can shop by category (type of jewelry) or by crystal (type of crystal). There are customer testimonials as well.

They have an extensive collection of anklets and bracelets, earrings and rings, necklaces, pendants, even home decor! Their crystal selection includes amethysts, bloodstone, garnet, jade, mother-of-pearl, opal, pearl, and much, much more!

This site also features articles of interest. I saw an article about artisan jewelry, an article featuring bloodstone (the stone of courage), and rutillated quartz crystals.

Their customer service is tops, prices are completely reasonable, shipping times are quick, and they even have a newsletter.

One thing that is of interest is their affiliate program. If you have a website that you think might be enhanced by CrystalCrib’s merchandise, then this is for you. Simply by linking to CrystalCrib, you can earn generous referral revenue. They handle all the technical aspects of it, you just receive the bonuses! What could be better than that?

Check out this site if you love jewelry!

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2857281320080228

This is definitely the way I would like to give birth! A pregnant woman used a toilet on a train and the baby slipped out!

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSSYD4276320080229

Two armed thieves chose the wrong time and place for their robbery!

Dog Owners! This one is for you! There is a brand new website out there for dog owners.

Bark411.com Sit, Stay, Search

LOL - that is cute!

Definitely check this out. It is filled with business listings, free classified ads, pet related events, articles, and much more.

Bark 411 is a site for the dog owner that promises to be a great resource for anything you may need. With their pet business listings you have the resource to find any specific local business for which you may be looking for your pet. Need a groomer? Need your pet boarded while you are gone? Need a trainer? This is the place to find all that and more easily!

Happy Leap Day/Year!

Did you know that the Egyptians were the first to have the idea for a leap year to keep the calendar in sync? I did not. Some time later, Romans adopted the idea as well and they were the first to designate February 29 as Leap Day.

Now this is definitely cool. If there are any tekkie iPod users who are studying to be stock brokers, you very well might be interested in this.

Knopman Financial Training has just unveiled what they are calling a Video iPass, a program that allows students to watch FINRA exam prep courses on their iPods!

Knopman Financial Training Services is dedicated to providing the best training and development programs to financial institutions. They are definitely achieving their goals as this is a very worthwhile opportunity. What could be easier than not only taking classes online, but downloading audio lectures to your iPod? There are great extras like practice exams and fact sheets as well. Students are also provided with contact information for their instructor so that reaching them for any question or concern is an easy thing.

If you are studying for this exam, I would definitely check into this!

1. List two things you are proud of yourself for this week

I exercised semi-regularly and I made some decent $ in a surprising way

2. Share a struggle that you over came this week

Found the time to exercise when I thought I was too busy

3. Were you able to meet your goals this week

For the most part, yes

4. Share three ways you took care of yourself this week

Recurring theme! Exercise, was able to fight off a cold, got enough sleep

Founded in 2002, this web based business has been providing software for small and medium sized businesses in this age of cyber-technology. World Market Systems is proud to have helped customers all over the world . World Market Systems is currently the creator and host of over 50,000 websites and they are on their way up.

They have all the expertise needed to provide for all of your web design and marketing needs. They are recognized as a premier provider of web services for today’s online businesses.

http://www.World-Market-Systems-Live.com is the place you need to go to be sure that you have the expertise needed to get your website online the way you want it.

From their website:

Although some of the biggest names on the Internet don’t charge you to become their affiliate, a person needs to have a professional web site and a willingness to advertise to drive people to their web site. Before World Market Systems got into the picture, there weren’t any credible website design companies that filled this need. Although there might be a few low-tech solutions, there’s really no other company that does affiliate websites for home business entrepreneurs as well as World Market Systems.

If you need to get your business online with a website, this is the business to check out first.

That I have found to be ?worth the effort?

10. Cooking and baking from scratch

09. Sewing my girls? dresses

08. Quilting

07. Gardening

06. Staying organized

05. Exercising

04. Learning PSP

03. Writing Letters

02. Clipping Coupons

01. Homeschooling

We are big into Home Improvement at our house. Living in an older house, we are always finding minor things to do and we have also chosen to do some rather major projects over the time we’ve lived in this house.

This site is a very interesting read. He’s got just about every category you could think of related to Home Improvement.

I looked at his kitchen category and read about stainless steel cabinetry, updating existing cabinetry, and even turning your existing refrigerator into a wine cooler. Did you know you could do this? I didn’t! His article covers all the details and has full instructions in a link. I think I might need to try this.

Other categories of interest include:

Backyard
Bathroom
Green Living
Home Office
Gadgets
Garage

I checked out his Laundry category and really liked his personalized laundry hamper article. In our house, this would be an interesting idea.

Take a moment and check out this site. I’m sure you will bookmark it like I have!

There is a new book I just heard about that is called: One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life

I haven?t read it yet, but it got me to thinking this morning. If I KNEW that I had only a very short time left to live, what would I do?

Well, the first thing I?d do is probably disconnect my laptop. I spend way too much time on it. I?d also stop spending so much time in the kitchen and start taking some shortcuts there. Many people start trying to tick things off their ?lists? that they haven?t done. This doesn?t appeal to me for some reason. Instead, I would just start trying to jam-pack every day left with ?little things?. Start trying to create little lasting memories for my children that would stay with them for years to come. I would also write something special to each child (this includes Ava and new grandbaby to come, too!) that they would have to save. I?d write a long letter to Leonard, as well. Getting something recorded on audio would be an interesting thing to try to do as well.

Do I have any readers who would like to share what they would do?