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| A February Painting- Grapes | I have been trying to create more artwork and as a result, have not spent too much time on blogging. It seems like time just flies by. I am wondering what happened to all the minutes in the day. There is no time to get everything done. This is the latest painting I have done, titled simply - Grapes.
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 | The Healing Powers of Emu Oil | I had been suffering from a rash for about 4 months. It began when I
wore a new sweater that I had bought. Within a couple of days, I had a
rash around my elbow area. It definitely was some chemical in the
sweater that I was reacting to. Over a period of several weeks, I
continue to ignore the problem. Finally, I had to go to the doctor for
another problem and told her about my rash. She said it looked like
contact dermatitis and she prescribed Triamcinolone acetonide cream (
it 8x more powerful than prednisone). Within days, my rash was gone
from the elbow area but had traveled down my arm. The area affected was
now a lot longer and wider.
Since my son had been sick with
severe gastro-intestinal problems, I have been using different natural
supplements on him with great success. I decided that I needed to try
something along those lines for my skin rash. When I went to the local
health food store to buy supplies for my son, I asked the owner what
they would recommend for the rash. They told me to try emu oil. It was
in a small bottle for about $11.00. I took it home and started applying
a few drops on my rash every day. At first my rash looked uglier and
redder and I wasn't sure the oil was helping at all. Eventually, 7 days
later, the rash was completely gone. The oil acts as an
anti-inflammatory as well as a deep moisturizer. I was amazed. Now I am
using it on my cracked heels and it is working on them too. I am
wondering how many other natural products are out there that give this
kind of result. I am a believer! | | Posted: 2/10/2008 at 11:59 | Read 11 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
| An Honest View of Survey Taking and Whether or Not it Pays to do Them | I have been doing a lot of research on survey taking and it has been
hard to weed my way through countless number of sites promoting this
survey site or the other. There are a bazillion blogs hyping this or
that paid survey site. I have been at it for about 3 months now.
Definitely still a novice and no expert. But honestly, I can tell you
that the paid survey sites where they give you lists of survey company
URLs for a price are definitely not worth it. I have bought into a
couple of them and found that eventually I would have discovered most
of those sites on my own. It would have taken awhile longer but it
would have saved me some cash to be sure.
So far in my quest to make a little extra money, I have made and been paid twice thru Cashcrate.
I am expecting another check next month. Total made so far is $46.00. I
do like them in that they have a $10.00 minimum so you can be paid more
frequently then some other sites. I have only been doing the daily
surveys at .80 per survey and not doing offers. I have some referrals
and I get a percentage of their earnings so that helps some too. For
awhile, I was qualifying for a survey every other day. That has slowed
considerably and I am only qualifying for a survey maybe once per week.
The same can be said for inboxdollars.com and sendearnings.com.
I have $21.00 and $18.00 respectively sitting in my accounts there but
the payout won't occur until I reach $30.00. I haven't qualified for a
survey in quite a while with them. Demographics are really key and I
guess if you live in a big city, your chances of qualifying may be
greater. Unfortunately, I live in rural America.
I have signed up for well over a hundred survey sites. Most I have not received anything back from. Your2cents.com, I have had a few thru them and am expecting an $8.00 check sometime. Also Surveysavvy.com,
I have taken some surveys through them up to $5.00/survey. The only
thing I noticed is that they are slow to post the amounts to your
account so right now I only have one completed survey listed even
though I have done about 4 with them over the past 6 weeks.
Surveyspot.com is another one that will pay $1-$3.00 for some of their
surveys, most they will not but will enter you into a drawing for some
fabulous prize. I still have not been credited for the surveys that I
did take, it takes up to 6 weeks or more to show in your account.
Pineconeresearch.com
is the one that everyone says is the best. Hard to sign up with them
and I can't remember how I was able to but I have received a few
surveys from them but did not qualify. The latest one I have so we will
see how that goes.
In the end, I have to say that even though it
has been a tougher go than I had anticipated, it still has been worth
doing the surveys. There is definitely some work to it. Don't believe
all these blogs that tell you that you can earn all this money
instantly. I think it is possible to earn money but it will take a lot
of perseverance and time. I can see where the referral system does help
a lot and will probably make a positive difference in your monthly
income. | | Posted: 2/8/2008 at 20:31 | Read 13 times | 0 comments | Leave Comment |
| In the Hospital | My mom called the other day and was saying that my dad had not been
feeling well. In fact, he hadn't been well in weeks yet he did not want
to see a doctor. She finally persuaded him to fill out some medical
forms from a doctor's office that was recommended by a friend. They
were going to drop those off on Friday and then wait to see if he could
get an appointment.
Things did not go according to plan as my
dad began to feel worse than ever. He finally dragged himself into an
Urgent Care Center and they took one look at him and called the
ambulance. He was taken to the nearest hospital. I got word of it later
that day. Apparently he had pneumonia and it was bad enough that they
wanted to keep him overnight. They started an IV of antibiotics and
hopefully that will do the trick.
My parents are at the age
where things like this are starting to happen. My mom has very severe
osteoporosis on top of a slew of other afflictions. She was relying
heavily on my dad to take care of everything.I was about to hop on the
plane and go down there to help them but it looks like my dad will be
released soon. Thank goodness.
My dad should have been seen a
lot earlier than he was. I don't know about you, but it is getting
difficult to get into a doctor right away. Every time my kids have been
sick or myself, it takes at least two to three days to get an appt.
Gone are the days when the doctors will try to squeeze you in. I have
had to take them to the emergency room because my own doctor would not
see us. What is happening? A friend of mine who works in the hospital
labs told me that doctor's offices are now being treated strictly as
businesses and patients as numbers. They don't see us as suffering
human beings. We are just $ signs to them. I had been going to this
doctor for 20 years and it's been in the last 2 years that I have been
treated like this .This is very disturbing to me. I cringe every time
anyone gets sick because I know that we could be on our deathbed and we
still won't be seen right away. It is very scary! | | Posted: 11/4/2007 at 16:20 | Read 15 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
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