Archive for March, 2010

With all of today’s high tech involved in our daily lives it is important to keep up to date with so many computer issues. Spyware, virus protection, colocation plans and dedicated servers are all very necessary to keep our information safe and secure. Businesses need the best managed hosting that they can get their hands on and there are a lot of options out there to choose from these days.

 

My sister is starting her own small business later this year and has been researching many of these necessities, being as pro active as she can, while she can. She is a whiz on the computer but still has a lot to learn.  I do believe that she will do well in her endeavors. It take a lot of guts to start any type of business during these uncertain economic times.

 

As for me, well, I’ll just keep on doing what I’ve been doing and hope for the best. The great weather is making a difference in people’s attitudes and there just might be a light at the end of the tunnel at some point.

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I forgot to mention that while I was flea marketing over the weekend, I found out that one of my favorite markets will be closing down soon. It seems that something happened to the owner and now the whole deal is up for sale. What a bummer, it is a great market that has been around for a very long time. I always enjoy the people that I meet there and have found some really good pieces from time to time.

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I have a niece who will be celebrating her 4th birthday in May. Her parents are putting together a great shindig for the occasion. The weather should be great by then, so they are planning on having the party outside. Pony rides, a clown and a Moon Bounce are all ready lined up and ready to go. We have a large family, so I’m sure that there will plenty of people attending.

 

I have turned to the Internet to find a Dollhouse for her, if I can’t find one that I think will be appropriate I look at the selection of Ride On Toys that are so readily available these days. You can’t seem to go wrong with something like that. We all enjoy being mobile at times. The days of the Classic Kid Toys are gone as far as I can tell. But that is OK with me, I just want the kid to have a good time and be happy for years to come.

 

Maybe one day I’ll have a nephew that I can buy Action Figures for. Now that I can get into. So I guess I need to get busy and start looking online for some good deals to take advantage of; May will be here in no time!

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I enjoy going to the various flea markets that we have around here. Over the weekend I stopped at a few, found a few good deals and some treasures to take back home. It was a great weather weekend, so a lot of people were out and about taking advantage of it all.

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When I was in college I was surprised to learn that less than 2% of the American population owned Stocks!  One of the reasons it surprised me was that is one of the definitions of wealth.  Supposedly if you have enough money to invest in stocks, then you are not considered “poor.”  As a result of that lesson, I became interested in Stock Trading and opened up a couple of IRA Accounts for myself and my wife.

Since then I’ve started to do my investing with my computer, online.  I found that getting an Online Broker was not very difficult at all.  You just have to be careful to check out all of the fees because some of them charge more than others.  I found that Online Trading is beneficial to me because I can do it at my own convenience, and the sales can be done quickly; wherease with the broker I used to have I had to wait several days to get my money into or out of my stocks.  I like fast!

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