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10,000 Hours I finally got around to reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. It is a fascinating book looking at very successful people and shows that it is not just their individual skills...

Fifty Rocks I got this gift bag for my birthday. It had a pretty cool gift in it, but I also think the bag is pretty nice. I am going to use it as my lunch bag for the whole year (or as long as it lasts!)...

The Choices We Make Someone once said we are who we are because of the choices we make. Just about an hour ago I made a choice that will bring me closer to becoming fit in fifty. I was sitting on my couch watching TV,...

50 Things I'm Going To Do While I Am 50 I needed a place where I can keep a list of all my goals, action items, changes, (I'm not sure what I should call them, So I have decided to list them here. Some goals have sub-goals, and in my mind...

Fifty, Fit and Fabulous? Hello it's me! I've just turned 50. I would like to say that I am 50, fit and fabulous, but that is not the case! Well, I am certainly close to fabulous but there is no way that I am fit. Last...

Checking In I just noticed that I had not posted anything since last September. Poor neglected blog. I guess I am just too busy living life to spend time blogging about it. But maybe for my friends and family ...

A Very Nice Day I had a very nice day. While I was watering my garden this morning I saw this pretty blue Morning Glory was pushing its way between the Okra. I just thought it was really pretty. Totally different...

Satellite TV I have recently moved into a new home and my new husband and I are spending a lot of time talking about TV. Specifically should we stick with the antenna and have free TV, or should we spend the money...

How Could I Forget? I was in the AT&T phone store today, I finally get to upgrade my phone. (Note to self... next time, decide you hate your phone within the 30 days so you can return it and you don't have to live with it...

If Today Was Your Last Day A good friend called me today and told me that her son had died. Just 20 years old, he died of a rare form of cancer. At the end, he said no to the hospital and the breathing tube that would have...

Auto Repair You know what I really hate. When my car breaks down. You know what I hate even more? Is when my car breaks down and I am traveling out of town and I don't know any of the repair shops in town. Do...

More WaterFalls Last weekend I went on another waterfall hike with my Venture Crew. We were a small group this time, just 2 kids and 2 adults. The other kids didn't want to go, saying they had to do things like study...

Why You Should Keep Blogging I have learned that you need to keep blogging, because weird things happen while you are away, like all of your pictures dissapearing! Like I said in my last post, I haven't been blogging for awhile,...

Julie and Julia Cover via AmazonI just finished watching Julie and Julia on DVD. It is about the beginning of Julia Child's career as a chef, and at the same time it is about Julie Powell who goes on a mission to cook...

Somewhere Over The Rainbow I've been listening to a lot of music lately. I am thinking of getting a Ukelele. They are small and you can take them almost anywhere. And they can sound really good! Edit: Too bad, it...

My Favorite Things [caption id="attachment_241" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Tevas and Kayaks"][/caption] Today is my birthday and this is a picture of some of my favorite things. And not just my toes. On...

Caves, Creeks, and Poisen Oak This weekend's adventure showed me once again, that you never know what you are capable of until you try it. After a very long drive, our group of 8 teenagers and 6 adults find ourselves pulled over on...

Somebody Thinks I'm Awwsumm! [caption id="" align="alignright" width="127" caption="awwsumm blogger award"][/caption] Hey Look! Marilynne at Marilynne's World thinks I am an awwsumm blogger. Yea! Really I don't deserve it. I don't...

Indoor Rock Climbing Getting started at being an "adventurous" type person isn't easy when you have lived most of your life staying a little to far on the "safe" side of life. Call me silly if you like, but the idea...

Water Falls, Geocaching, and Venture Crew If someone was looking for a way to become more adventurous, and to spend more time outdoors. I highly recommend Venture Crew. There is only one catch, Venture Crew is a scouting group for boys and girls...

Today.Com No Longer Pays You To Blog Just over a month ago I joined Today. com. I get paid $1 for every post I write, and $2 for every 2,000 impressions. So far I have written 33 posts and have just over 2000 unique impressions. Today...

New Year, New Changes Happy almost 2009 to everyone. With the new year I am going to be making some changes to this blog. Despite the fact that Google refuses to give it a page rank, and despite the fact that I don't post...

Get Paid To Blog I like to blog. I also like to collect blogs. I have been telling myself "No More Blogs!" But today I started a new blog. (You can see it here.) The reason I started yet another blog, is that with this...

Powerful Beyond Measure I just watched Akeela and the Bee, and in the movie they use one of my favorite quotes. It is from Marianne Williamson. Enjoy [by Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate....

Healthy Re-Dos of Favorite Holiday Foods It was all the way back in November of 2007 that I wrote a post on healthy holiday eating. In that post I said I would give you some suggestions for making some of your holiday favorites healthier. ...

Grand Canyon Day 2 and Beyond I have decided that if I go into great detail on every day of the trip, I will end up writing a book! Plus there are many other things going on that I would like to write about. For this post I am going...

Grand Canyon Day 1 Continued Sorry it has taken me so long to continue. I start to write, but then I find I am not a good enough writer to put into words how amazing this trip was! So I will just do my best and you will have to...

Grand Canyon - Day 1 You Want Me To Do What, Where? Beware! Potty humor ahead. I am back. Actually I have been back for a few weeks, but I have been slow to get back to the technology world. I have tried to stay on "river...

Grand Canyon Adventure Well, I am off again. This time I will be spending a week in a place with no cell phone reception or internet connections! In fact, I won't have access to a computer at all. I am going on a rafting trip...

Mini Vacation in Santa Cruz, CA My daughter and I just got back from a little mini vacation in Santa Cruz, CA. I had no idea there were so many things to do. One of the highlights of our trip was the whale watching trip. I was smart...

Need a New Way to Waste Time? I haven't been blogging as much lately. I also haven't been exercising, or doing housework, or even watching as much TV as I normally do. I found a game on the internet, and it has just sucked me in! ...

Empty Blogs I, like many bloggers, have more than one blog. I also don't spend enough time updating my blogs, so most of the time I feel guilty if I sit down at my computer and don't write a blog post for at least...

100 + Posts! I was on vacation and didn't even notice that my last post was post #100! Yea! Here's to 100 more!

Tips For Great Health and Prosperity This showed up in my email a few weeks back. Some of it is trite, some of it I have heard before, but put together it is good advice! 1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile....

Motorcycle Helmets -They're Not All The Same With rising gas prices, more and more people are riding motorcycles these days. So I am compelled to get on my soap box again and tell you are story. Unfortunately it is very true. A few weeks ago, there...

A Cool Treat for a Hot Day Today is beautiful, sunny and HOT! So I put together this quick drink which is yummy, healthy, and low-cal. Just pour 1 cup of light (1%) milk over ice. Add a splash or two of sugar-free vanilla syrup....

Random Thought of the Day Today I woke up to the smell of fire, and I didn't panic. In fact, I smiled. That's because it wasn't a forest fire, or a house fire that I was smelling, it was a campfire. You see, I live just a...

A Quick Post I took a nice long walk today and spent my walking time thinking about why I have such a hard time writing regularly for my blogs. I have plenty of ideas, and plenty of time. I decided the reason was...

Art and Science Of Disease Prevention -Book Review If you are interested in health issues, but more than in just a "surface" type of way, I think you would enjoy Art and Science of Disease Prevention: Lite Version It is not your typical health and nutrition...

Camping on the Coast I spent Memorial Day Weekend camping on the Northern California coast with a group of Venture Crew Scouts. One of whom was my daughter! Venture Crew is for high school and college age boys and girls...

Saying GoodBye to Paid Posting I have been with PayPerPost since January, and until recently I could find 5 or 6 opportunities a week to write about. But now, something has changed. It has been 30 days and counting since there have...

I Love Contests! I love Blogging contests, because it is so easy to win prizes. Earlier I blogged about the Hochstadt's Party Contest. I got lots of entries just for writing a blog post about the contest, and for commenting...

The Joy of Long Term Goals Several years ago I was talking to my Pastor. We were talking about education and I was bemoaning the fact that I wasn't going to be able to get a college degree. I had married young and had children....

Random Thoughts About Steamers and Food Today while I was blog surfing it seemed like every blog I stopped at had pictures of food. It seemed like today was a good day to go along with the crowd. What you are looking at are two great...

The Hochstadt.com Party Contest! Last week I found out that I won not one, but two prizes on The University Kid's Blog Contest. Now I think I could become a contest addict. Entering an online contest is easy, and your chances of winning...

3 Reasons I Hate Your Blog ...And I'm Not Coming Back! Normally I try to stay on the positive side of things. There are plenty of bloggers ranting out there! But today, I don't know, I'm in a mood, and I just can't hold it in anymore....

New Camera Litton Trail, Grass Valley, CA (Not a Paid Post!) Today I bought myself a new camera. I didn't need a new camera, I just wanted one. Specifically, I wanted a camera I could slip in my pocket and just...

Do Me A Favor, Do Yourself a Favor! I would like to ask a great big favor of you. There is a contest going on, and I would really like to win it. And you can help me. You don't need to stumble anything, or write a blog post. I'm even...

Happy Stumbeling April Fool's Day to Me! Since I completed my 30 day blogging challenge I have taking a break from blogging. I've been spending time with my family, Saturday we watched 3 movies in a row, ate pizza, and then went out for apple...

30 Day Challenge Evaluation I was going to write today that I was ending my 30 day blogging challenge early. (The challenge was to blog every day for 30 days.) I have a couple of real exciting projects in the works and I would like...

Always Keep Checking EDIT: Back to the old theme. This one worked well for me in the past. It should work well in most browsers. Please let me know if it does not. EDIT: Working with a temporary theme for now. I know it...

Happy Easter! I am spending the day with my family. I hope you can do the same. Here are some Easter Quotes for you from QuoteGarden. Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but...

Sleep Lately I have been feeling the need for more sleep. I have been getting up at my normal time, but instead of being able to stay awake until midnight, or even 1am, I have been getting tired around 9...

Fast Food Burgers Revealed Have you ever seen anything that just turned your world around? Just yesterday I enjoyed a small order of McDonald's french fries. Now I don't think I'll be able to eat another one again. Please watch...

Cooking Irish I am pleased as punch today! On this lovely (and sunny) St. Patrick's Day my favorite author, has agreed to guest post for me! If you enjoy this you will enjoy reading her mysterious blog. So now please...

This May Be the Ultimate Blogging Contest Blog Contests Are Boring Now normally I wouldn't blog about a contest. I mean there are so many of them out there and I get tired of seeing them. They all seem the same, jump through 500 hoops and you...

If You Have Adsense You Need A Privacy Policy At the end of February Google changed it's Terms of Service. Now every adsense publisher must have a privacy policy. Here is an excerpt from the new terms and conditions. You must have and abide by an...

Help with IRS Tax Debt Are you in debt to the IRS, maybe even behind in your tax payments? Afraid the IRS might put a Tax Lien on your home or other property? It is important to stay on the good side of the IRS, but it can...

It Was Just One Of Those Days Have you ever had a day where NOTHING goes right? You start to wonder why you got out of bed at all, and can't wait for the day to end. Yesterday was one of those days for me. It started out OK, it...

When Ethics and Integrity Get in the Way of Making... My Daddy once said to me, the only thing you have, that no one can ever take away from you, is your integrity. You can only give it away. Everything else you have, even your life, can be taken away....

Save Money on Gasoline I work from home and consequently, I don't do much driving. I only need to buy gas for my car a few times a month. And every time I buy gas I get a new case of sticker shock! On our recent trip (in...

Getting Back to Diet Basics My weight has been creeping up on me again. A few years ago I managed to lose 30 pounds. I did it a simple way, by eliminating all sugar and refined carbohydrates from my diet, and by eating foods that...

Smiles on a Sunday I have just arrived home after driving 6 long hours of curvy roads in a motor home. It has been a long day so I am going to keep this short. I did fix the problem with the comments area. You can now...

Solar Power Just a quick thought tonight. With all the concern about running out of oil, and the reliance on foreign oil, and all the government programs to help people save energy, would it make sense for the...

Do You Like The Theme? I changed my theme again. I really like this one. Three days from now I will probably really like another one! I have a lot of fun looking for new themes and trying them out. However, I'm not sure it...

Tax Rebate Checks are Coming The IRS says the tax rebate checks for over 130 million US Taxpayers will be sent beginning in May. I have a post on My CFO on the Go that talks about how to make sure you get your tax rebate check....

On Writing So I am all the way to day 5 of my 30 day challenge. And already it is getting hard to post everyday. It is not that I have any trouble at all coming up with topics. I've got enough things I'd like...

It's the Simple Things After weeks of rain and snow, yesterday was a sunny day. My husband and I managed to drag ourselves away from the TV and computer and we went for a walk. Just a simple walk. There are some nice forested...

Kindness, Beauty and Truth Today is just a quick quote to share. I'm taken it easy on a Sunday! The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness,...

PR -0- AND PROUD OF IT! It is that time again. The forums and blogs are all abuzz. Google is updating pagerank, and bloggers and webmasters everywhere are rejoicing... or groaning. I guess I should be in the second category....

Blog Review - UpstartBlogger.com I am not usually big on posting about blogging contests. Most of of the blogging contests I have seen want you to review a blog that may not be very good, for a prize that is just so-so. Then there...

Criticism How do you deal with criticism on your blog? I would like to say I am a perfect adult and always take criticism well. But my first reaction often is "HOW DARE YOU FIND ANY FLAWS IN MY BABY! DON'T YOU...

Paying Off Your Mortgage One of my lifetime goals, was to pay off my mortgage and live in my home debt free. I set that goal 20 years ago, and I achieved it 3 years ago. Paying off my mortgage, and all my debts, has been one...

I Love My Readers! Who are You? Happy Valentine's Day! I have been trying to think of a way to thank all my readers this Valentine's Day, and to let you know how much I appreciate you. It just wouldn't be practical to send chocolates,...

Say Good Bye to Packaged Cereal It has been too long since I last blogged about food. Anyone can tell just by looking at me that I love good food! So I thought today would be a good day to talk about how your choices in food can be...

Valentines Day Gifts for All Your Love Ones Today I am pleased to bring you a sponsored post about a company that I have been using for years! Most of my family lives out of town, and I find a great way to send them gifts is through 1800Flowers....

An Alternative to Disposable Diapers In the running for "what is filling up our landfills the most" is disposable diapers. So once you have done the easy step of giving up plastic grocery bags, the next step, at least for parents of babies,...

Life Insurance Today I am going to talk a little about life insurance. Not the most exciting topic, but one that is very important. Life insurance is an important financial tool that benefits those you leave behind...

An Easy Way to Help the Enviroment Sometimes it really is the simple things that can make the biggest difference. It doesn't seem all that long ago that plastic grocery bags came on the scene, and the question "paper or plastic?", became...

Winter Warmth Today I am sitting inside, watching the snow fall. We don't usually get much snow, so a foot of snow is quite a treat. The snow is falling in big fat flakes, and outside, everything is covered in icy...

Frugal Friday Today seems like a good day to start Frugal Fridays. Today's job report shows that more Americans are out of work, gas prices continue to rise, and I cringe every time I open my power bill. Don't get...

Articles from the Web Here are some articles from around the web.

Inspiration Here is one of my favorite inspirational sayings. It is attributed to Mother Theresa and is written on the wall at her Home for Children in Calcutta. It seems to be an adaptation of a poem by Dr. Kent...

You Can Quit Smoking, Without Pills, Potions, or Patches! by Katalina Mau All Rights Reserved If you were only going to do one thing to improve your health, and your overall quality of life, it would be to quit smoking. Quitting smoking will improve your health,...

Which Wolf Are You Feeding? There is a story going around that I have heard attributed a number of different ways. I first heard it on Dr. Laura, and since then, I have heard it being identified as both a Cherokee and a Navajo story....

Changing Again Sorry if it seems like the theme here changes every other day. I find a theme I like, and then it won't work with the mods that I want to make. One of these days I will take the time to learn enough...

The “One Heck Of A Giveaway” Contest If you are a blogger and you haven't heard about this contest yet, I don't know where you have been! Bloggin-ads.com , working with other bloggers, has come up with a list of prizes that is hard to beat!...

Blog Review - NorthxEast.com A Blog about Blogging Do you spend more time reading about blogging than you do actually blogging? I certainly do, I am always looking for the great tip that will make my blog incredibly successful and profitable! Most of...

Need To Lose Fat? Cut Out Artificial And Processed... Need To Lose Fat? Cut Out Artificial And Processed Sugar! By Simon Dainton Processed and artificial sugar is hidden in everything from fruit yoghurts to bread - even your favourite breakfast cereals that...

23 Ways to Stay Healthy Year-Round It is that time of year again! Reader's Digest has some tips on staying healthy. The usual "wash your hands" is there, plus a few more I hadn't heard of. #6 "Run your toothbrush through the microwave...

Plastic Bags are Killing Us Here is an article from Salon.com that will make you think twice when asked...paper or plastic? The most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, the lowly plastic bag is an environmental scourge like none...

Eco Resolutions, Good for the Planet, and Funny! Today I was going to write about my Green New Year's Resolutions. But I found this post from TheDailyGreen.com. Not only do they have great resolutions, they are also funny! 1. I will relinquish my...

Three Brown Eggs Please welcome guest blogger Ferox. Ferox is a Veterinary Student in Australia. Read her blog, Nearly-Dr Ferox, here. Walk through your local supermarket and you will be presented with three types...

Knowing the Numbers Maybe I'm a little different from others, but I find it very helpful to "know the numbers". Little things like, how long will it take me to become a millionaire. Based on a calculator I found, it...

5 Daily Requirements for a Fantastic Life Today I am going to do something a little different, and let Anmol Mehta give you a Yogi's view on achieving happiness. Our good buddy, lazy Yogi Ponchie, had just read a great blog on meditation, where...

How a Family of 7 Lives on $35,000/Year I’ve read about America ’s Cheapest Family in various articles and posts but haven’t really seen them in action till I caught a repackaged episode of 20/20 where they were once more featured. I cannot...

7 foods you may think are healthy, but aren't Pick a fruit, any fruit, and you know it ’s good for you. It’s the same with vegetables and many whole grain foods. They deserve their nutritional halos. Some foods, however, have gotten the healthy...

Healthy Holiday Eating It may be called the Christmas Season, or the Holiday Season, but I think it really is the Eating Season! More than any other time of the year, food seems to be a focus for the next 6 weeks. Here are...

Can BlogRush Really Bring More Traffic? I am trying something new today. I have been seeing the BlogRush widget on websites I have been visiting, and I finally decided to sign up. BlogRush shows links to your posts on other websites. Here is...

A Thanksgiving Poem for You May your stuffing be tasty May your turkey plump, May your potatoes and gravy Have nary a lump. May your yams be delicious And your pies take the prize, And may your Thanksgiving dinner Stay off your...

Eating Local is Elitist? I was talking to a friend about how I was trying to be more "aware" in my food choices. I have been trying to eat locally produced food whenever possible. I also try to eat organic food, with the least...

Give One Get One Here is a great way to do some good and get something cool for yourself. Give an XO Laptop and get one for yourself! Give One Get One Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get...

Cheap Web Hosting Cheap as in price, not quality! LunarPages webhosting has been my webhost for over a year now. I have been very happy with them. The regular price is just 6.95 per month when you purchase a two year...

The Road Not Taken Another quote for you. I have always loved this one, especially the last line. How many times have you had to choose a direction to go...and that decision made all the difference? I shall be telling this...

Eating Local in the Winter For the past 6 months or so I have been trying to eat local as much as possible. Because I live near some of the richest farm land in the world, it has been fairly easy...until now. The farmer's...

Collecting Quotes It looks like I will be adding a catagory for quotes. Here is a quote from C.S Lewis that I just found. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of...

Rejection I was rejected today, in a big way. I had applied for a job that I was 99.9% sure I was going to get. The job description described my skills to a T. The application process was long and drawn out...

SEO and Website Tools I just found a great site for webmasters. It is a web directory that has a ton of free tools to help you get the most from your website. iwebtool.com has tools to check your Google and Alexa page...

Why are We So Fat? It is a popular topic in the media these days. Why are we so fat? Of course, not me, not you, just the other 30% of adults who are overweight or obese. Fingers are pointing everywhere, and diet books are...

Tell Me About Yourself Here is a quote I came across today. For some reaon it resonated with me. Tell me about yourself now, simply, one thing at a time. Who are you? Where do you come from? What parents? What place? What...

How Many Posts? The question of the day is: How many posts does your blog need to be considered a blog worth looking at? Do you need hundreds, or just a few. I went looking at some of the sites that will pay...

The Omnivore's Dilemma As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been reading a lot about food. Right now I am reading The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Michael Pollan gives a facinating look at where...

Debt Free I saw a site today that promised to show you how to get rid of all your debt...even your mortgage....in 3-5 years. It would only cost you $47 to download their free e-book that would give you all the...

Getting Organized Lately I have been having trouble focusing. I do a little on this project, a little on that....and nothing gets done! There is nothing like a bunch of half finished projects staring at you. It makes...

The 9 Adwords Tips You Were Never Told Someone in the Earner’s Forum asked me the other day for some quick tips on Google Adwords. I have been quite successful with Adwords, and so my post got longer and longer as I thought of things, and...

Real Food I have been reading about food a lot lately. Not cookbooks and such, but books that have caused me to think about where my food comes from, how is it produced, how safe is it to eat? It used to be easy,...

How to Find Happiness The Positivity Blog has a great post on happiness. The post looks back 2500 years to find wisdom on how to find happiness in your life. How to Find Happiness: 7 Timeless Tips From the Last 2500...

Make Money with My Power Mall So many "make money online" deals start with you paying money. It might be $149.95 or $49.95 or even a bargain $9.95. For that you'll get an eBook, or a "money making system", or an "exclusive membership". You...

Making Money on the Web I have been spending quite a bit of time, looking for ways to make money on the web. Something where I can just sit at my computer and watch the bank balance go up. I haven't found it yet. I've been...

What If...? What if there were no free templates on the web? What if sites like WordPress, Joomla, and Blogger didn't exist? What if there were no free tutorials, forums, or discussions where you could get your questions...

Is Hoodia Gordonii Safe To Use? Article By: Vanessa Doctor The South African wonder plant Hoodia Gordonii has recently climbed the ranks as an effective weight loss supplement, bringing health observers to predict that it will soon...

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Today.Com No Longer Pays You To Blog

Posted on : 14-01-2009 | By : Katalina | In : Everything Else

Just over a month ago I joined Today. com. I get paid $1 for every post I write, and $2 for every 2,000 impressions. So far I have written 33 posts and have just over 2000 unique impressions. Today has a minimum payout of $50, so I am looking for my first check from them next month.

Last month I wrote a post on how Today pays you to blog. I am very disappointed, in that they have just changed their terms. New bloggers who sign up with Today.com will only be paid for impressions. After a 30 day probation period, (during which you need to write at least 20 posts) you may be invited to the paid program. Then again, you may not.

If you are already signed up with them you will still get paid to blog, but unfortunately, new bloggers won’t get the same deal.

Edit: It looks like new bloggers will have to go through a trial period before they can earn the $1 per post, but they will get the $2 per 2000 impressions right from the start. Of course, if you are only paid for impressions you will have to get some pretty good traffic to your blog to hit the minimum payout amount in a reasonable time.

New Year, New Changes

Posted on : 31-12-2008 | By : Katalina | In : Happiness, Wealth

Tags: outdoor adventures, waterfall

Happy almost 2009 to everyone. With the new year I am going to be making some changes to this blog. Despite the fact that Google refuses to give it a page rank, and despite the fact that I don’t post enough here, this is still my favorite blog. While I will allow myself to write on whatever I feel like, in the coming year I will be focusing more on my outdoor adventures.

You see, it wasn’t that many years ago that I would have been too afraid to go whitewater rafting, rock climbing, or mountain bike riding. When I think about it, it even seems a little silly to me that a slightly overweight, late forties woman would suddenly think she is mountain woman and start doing all these outdoor things. But still, just last weekend, I rode my mountain bike 3 miles, and then hiked another 1/2 mile just to see a waterfall. In the rain, and mud. On a trail on the side of a cliff. Mud is very slippery, and the brakes on my bike don’t work well when they are wet. But the waterfall was beautiful, and I had a great time!

Now don’t get me wrong. I don’t do any of these things well. In fact, I do them pretty poorly. On my bike ride I got my pants caught in my chain…twice! Fortunately I was going so slow I didn’t crash.

Hopefully, by sharing my adventures with you, maybe I can make you believe that you can be too overweight, and too old, and too out of shape, but you can still do all this cool stuff, and have fun. And by having fun, you find you are losing weight and getting in shape, and you don’t feel so old after all!

Get Paid To Blog

Posted on : 05-12-2008 | By : Katalina | In : Reviews, Websites and Blogs

Tags: bloggers, blogging, free blog reviews, make money blogging

I like to blog. I also like to collect blogs. I have been telling myself “No More Blogs!” But today I started a new blog. (You can see it here.) The reason I started yet another blog, is that with this new one, I know I’ll earn some money. Money is good. It pays for hosting and domains. The new blog is with Today.com. You start a blog with them, and they promise to pay you $1 for every post you make for the first month. The post must have at least 100 words, and they only pay for one post per day. But I figure there is another 27 days in December, so I know I can earn $27. After the first month, your payout can go up or down, depending on the quality of your blog and how much traffic you are getting.

I gave some thought as to what I wanted the topic of my new blog to be. I decided to do free blog reviews. Bloggers like to have their blogs reviewed. I like to review blogs. Sounds like a match! So the new blog is ~~Best Blog Reviews~~Review Me Today. If you would like me to review your blog for free, just go over to my new blog and leave a comment. I’ll write your review and then you can show it off to all your friends!

Better yet, why don’t you start a new blog at Today by clicking on that flashing banner. That will make me happy, because, once you have a blog with Today, they have a pretty nice affiliate program! It will make you happy, because you know you will make some money! Then, once you have a few posts, get your blog reviewed by ~~Best Blog Reviews~~ Review Me Today! You will get more traffic, which will help you earn more money.

If you start a new blog with today, leave a comment here and let me know the URL. I’ll make sure to visit your blog and leave a comment with you.

Powerful Beyond Measure

Posted on : 03-12-2008 | By : Katalina | In : Everything Else

I just watched Akeela and the Bee, and in the movie they use one of my favorite quotes. It is from Marianne Williamson. Enjoy

[by Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

Healthy Re-Dos of Favorite Holiday Foods

Posted on : 02-12-2008 | By : Katalina | In : Health

Tags: Healthy Eating, healthy holiday food

It was all the way back in November of 2007 that I wrote a post on healthy holiday eating. In that post I said I would give you some suggestions for making some of your holiday favorites healthier. It has been over a year, so I think now would be a good time!

Sweet Potatoes

It has been many, many years since I have eaten the classic holiday sweet potatoes swimming in butter and covered with marshmallows. I don’t really miss it! Instead of butter and marshmallows, try mixing garnet yams with unsweetened canned pineapple chunks. It is really good and surprisingly sweet!

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie can be good for you! The biggest problem is all the sugar. Try cutting back just a bit. Use just 3/4 cup of sugar for every cup of sugar called for in the recipe. Or do like I do and substitute Splenda for the sugar. Then use non-fat evaporated milk, instead of the full fat version, and don’t eat the crust.

Egg Nog

If you must buy the stuff in the store, at least mix it 1/2 and 1/2 with non-fat milk. Or better yet try this. Add 2 teaspoons sugar free vanilla syrup, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to 1 cup of non fat or low fat milk. Yum, one of my favorites. Drink it hot or cold.

Green Bean Casserole

Skip the mushroom soup altogether, and instead mix in some slivered almonds, and just enough fried onions to get the flavor.

Mashed Potatoes

You can use a lot less butter in your mashed potatoes if you start with Yukon Gold Potatoes. They have a naturally buttery flavor. Just mash with some non-fat milk and you can have mashed potatoes that are actually good for you!

Do you have any healthy re-dos for holiday favorites? If so, please leave a comment here!

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