I got pretty lucky today. As you know I’m looking to promote my business with something a little more unique than handing out business cards to anyone who’ll take them. I found a company called Gimmees.com, they specialize in Business Promotional Items. You can pick up anything you could possibly imagine to publicize your business and it’s not going to cost you thousands of dollars in bill-board advertising either. I was able to poke through everything from Apparel to Travel Accessories. I focused more on notepads and pens because that really does make the difference. Everyone can use a pen,…more»

I’m waiting for UPS to get here. Sean’s aunt ordered a computer this past weekend and to save on shipping and taxes she had it sent down here. She’ll be here tomorrow evening anyway so it kind of made sense to do it that way anyway. I was a bit surprised by the purchase, she ordered it from Costco and was able to pick up a 17″ HP Laptop for $599. When you factor in your Costco membership, the two-day only sale and other key factors, you have to admit that it was a bit of a steal. For me,…more»

A design company that I used to work for is now depending upon Answering Services so they can outsource their support staff. The issue I have is the loss of a job but at the same time, I can understand their reasoning behind this. If you’re only paid for a 9-5, naturally after 5 rolls around SOMEONE needs to be able to answer the phone and up until recently they were dealing with phone calls at 2am to their personal cellphones. They being Administration. So the best option is to consider looking into an Answering Service that automatically picks up…more»

I’m really behind today but that’s based on how late I went to sleep last night (about 5am).  I woke up around 1:30 and while I would typically take a shower as soon as I get up, I was just too cold this afternoon to get around to it.  During the week I have a block of shows that I watch and then around 5 I can get back around to the real-life end of things.  So right now I’m almost 2 hours into the shows, and I’ve gotten a lot of work done as well.  I multi-task with the…more»

I’ve been looking into numerous different ways to get my name out there for more business. Sure, I can drop off a stack of business cards at the supermarkets but who honestly pays attention to them? I need something with a bit more – creativity. I’ve noticed a trend in people paying more attention to large Signs instead of the small little cards. Maybe it looks like you can afford to put more into your business, maybe it’s that the population is slowly losing their eye-sight and small cards just aren’t seen. Either way there’s a big rise in car…more»

So while I’m no where near where I need to be on projects – my eyes have begun to wig-out on me and that’s a typical sign that it’s time for me to go to bed. Hopefully things will be easier tomorrow. I’ll be able to get my resume printed out, I’ll have my usual morning coffee and email check and then hopefully I’ll be able to walk into an office and be handed a job that I so desperately need right now. :crosses fingers: Night All! Technorati: Work, Sleep

Tech Nerds have finally stepped up and figured out a way to make face-to-face contact over a broadband connection seem a bit more – REAL. Not only would it be considered technologically advanced, it’s also known as affordable video conferencing. It’s the new high def way of talking to friends, family, business associates and basically anyone over your computer. Oh, did I mention it’s HIGH DEF? Now you can really get away with plugging in your 40″ HDTV to your computer and using it as a monitor. It’d be like watching Lost in HD, only you know exactly where this…more»

I think I’ve done about 20 loads of laundry in the past few days. When I went to do my laundry a few days ago, I noticed that the laundry room was overloaded with stuff that just needed to go. So I got all of my stuff done and then I started the daunting task of completely getting the room cleared out. I did accomplish it, but I just threw in the final load of white wash a few moments ago. My reason behind doing it so late is the fact that I’d completely forgotten about it until I went…more»

Okay, so I know it’s a little premature but as a girl (in a very happy long-term relationship) I tend to poke around the Internet when it comes to wedding related items. I know of the possible dress, where I want to hold the reception, I even have the name cards picked out, the thank you notices and just about every other key factor available, right down to the flowers. I’m a Rose person but there are so many different flowers that work well for weddings that it’s almost impossible to figure out what you’re looking for. I, however, am…more»

So it’s about 2am and I’m still wide awake, okay so not WIDE awake but I’m certainly too strung-up to really lay down and relax in bed so I can fall asleep. I’m hoping to have a relatively easy night for however long I’m online for. I do hope to get these CSS issues figured out and while I’m in the midst of doing all of that – I’m going to have to get my butt in gear on writing up a cover letter and printing out my resume. I’m looking to take a little trip tomorrow so I can…more»