The Rocketmoms are back in action today with Session 8! This special 5 week session’s theme is Fun With Food. It looks like fun all around with prizes from food sponsors and a 2010 Rocketmoms Cookbook. There’s sure to be some tasty lenses made this session, but they don’t even have to be recipes either. There’s a category for the Most Creative lenses made about food, and those can be crafts, hobby or humor. The Smartest Women On The Web are a sisterhood of women who want to learn to make good, better and the best lenses on Squidoo. We have a Ning group; we   read more

Howdy! Perfect weather for Squids here, if you're a real Squid. LOL Hurricane Alex missed Corpus Christi (where I live) by 110 miles last night. That's close enough, in fact still too close as far as we're concerned. It's been raining buckets since yesterday morning with no end in sight until Sunday. Tropical storm force winds and tornado watches are getting on our nerves and much of the city is experiencing street and beach flooding. *sigh* Please join me in sending prayers & good thoughts to the citizens of Mexico in the area where Hurricane Alex made landfall. Not sure how much   read more

Hurray! I just graduated Rocketmoms Session 7, among some truly STELLAR women. Unbelievable to find myself among them; I'm totally honored. I'm grateful to the group too, and to our fearless leader, Bonnie (bdkz) for making the sessions so much fun. Check out the Rocketmoms Session 7 graduation page and prepare to be amazed by the awesome talent of these ladies. And don't forget to visit my Rocketmoms Session 7 page, where I listed all the lenses I made for this session. What a blast! Now I can't wait for Session 8. LOL In regular business, I've only managed to produce two more   read more

The sales at Stanley Home Products are sizzling this month with 2-fer specials and new products! Save $2.50 on Stanley’s famous degreaser concentrate pack of 2; regular $18.98, now on sale for $16.48. And that’s just one example! Visit my Stanley Home Products site today & check out all the Special Offers in the upper left column. And don’t miss Stanley’s HOT new Fiesta Red brushes; the dishwash brush (pictured here), the general purpose brush and the pot scrubber brush $7.99 EACH this month. Shopping for Stanley has never been easier! Come on over and see   read more

HYMALAT? That's what my mentor, a_willow would ask me. Every time I started to work out this blog post about the hurricane that is my life, I always remember her question to meHYMALAT? Have You Made A Lens About That? My answer at the moment would be, "heck no, I'd be making lenses till glory day!" LMAO Not even a week ago, I quit smoking. Why would I do such a crazy thing in the middle of Summer, as I start to pack everything we own to put into storage, as we start making small and not so small repairs to our house so we can sell it, as my electric stove cashed in its chips and my   read more

So you want to put together a little marketing for your business and you want to stand out above the rest? Well then, put a little pride into what you do.  Make up samples that encourage others to visit your site, view your products and see the pride you put into it with what you are handing them.  As shown in the photo, we added a piece of candy,  a business card, and a little bit of ribbon to a crisp clear 3″x5″ bag.  Can we make these samples cheaper?  Probably.   But for the few extra dollars, we will probably gain a few extra customers because…. instead of giving   read more

What exactly is a business card? Your business card is one of the least expensive forms of advertising you possess! Your business card is your introduction to everyone you meet. This is your opportunity to tell every person you come in contact with what you have to offer them in writing. You’ve heard the expression “get it in writing”. With your business card, you can give it to them in writing. When deciding what to put on your business card, remember–you want to entice people not bore them. Stay away from fancy lacy fonts, they’re far too difficult to read   read more

Just wanted to share this poem I've had forever. It never fails to inspire me. Hope ya like it! When I Asked God for Strength, He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face. When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn, He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve. When I Asked God for Happiness, He Showed Me Some Unhappy People. When I Asked God for Wealth, He Showed Me How to Work Hard. When I Asked God for Favors, He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard. When I Asked God for Peace, He Showed Me How to Help Others. God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted, He Gave Me Everything I Needed. Author: Swami Vivekananda   read more

We’ve all heard about Ning going to paid communities by now. It affected some of the Ning groups we as Squidoo lensmasters are members of. Some groups are closing, some are staying & paying, others still are moving. So I wanted to do something to offer Squidoo lensmasters another place to gather, visit, share their lenses, etc. and I found a place with a free network. It’s called SocialGo. Introducing The Squid Zone Community Network. Joining is easy, but is on approval (to help try to keep spammers out). You will need your lensmaster URL to join, but that’   read more

Howdy, howdy ~ hope you're well on this Fabulous Friday! Time to put down what I'd like to accomplish this month (before the month passes by, lol) Last month, I updated nearly half of my Squidoo pages. This was a real eye-opener for me. This was a great way to "see" how much I've actually learned since the last time I updated those pages. See, some of the ones I worked on hadn't been updated with fresh content and better tags (keywords) since 2008 and 2009. DOH And I wondered why I never made any money on some of them? The result has been incredible. Many of those lenses are showing   read more