All this time

The Author of this post is Velma Baird

Who would have thought after all this time I would end up here? I love making music but being a music producer was something I never would have thought I would be doing at this phase in my life. LA is a great place to live if you want to do this and there’s a lot of opportunity but there’s a lot to do on the business side of things, too. It’s hard for me to keep track of it all from the small business xo to the accounting to the vendor relationships but what really drives me to keep going is the music. My clients are some of the best of the best and there’s nothing that gets me more excited than making a great piece of art for someone who really appreciates it and that’s what I get to do each and every day. And I get paid to do it! Like my dad always said, if you do something you love you’ll never have to work a day in your life…

Upcoming couples camping trip

Guest post written by Gabrielle Stevens

Now that our kids are off in college and not around the house all the time, we're doing things that we put off doing for years before. Just one of those things is planning a really big couples trip for us and some of our closest couple friends. As much as I miss having my kids around all the time, it's nice to do things like this whenever I'd like.

I guess that because it was my idea, I was kind of elected to do all the planning for it, but I'm fine with that. I've always been a very take charge person that would rather do the extra work to make sure things turn out the way that I want. While I was online looking up camp site pricing, I ran across the website
http://hearingaids.miracle-ear.com/hearing-locations/south-carolina/g/greenville/. I looked through it and after that I decided to sign up for a hearing aid test, which is something I've meant to do for a while now anyway.
I do have most of the details for all of our couples camping fun planned out, I just need to make sure that we go grocery shopping and buy the appropriate things to cook there before the big weekend!

Moving!!!!

This week I am finnally moving. I am in school and I will be living in the city again. It's bitter sweet though as I have met someone really great and now have to see what happends, but it's all a good thing and I think even if we don't make it we will still be friends.

That is a hard part about moving. You meet people before you move that you wish you had met months before. The good news is my family is up here and I have a ton of friends here too so I know I'll be here a lot. At least as much as my money allows me to.

What is your opinion of long distance relationships?

Flordia Dreaming

I have a friend who has a home in Florida, she doesn't live there all year, but she goes to visit a lot. She recently decided to do a search for a Hyundai Dealer In South Florida, specifically a West Palm Beach Florida Hyndai dealer, since that would be close to her. She decided she doesn't want to drive to her vacation home anymore, she wants to fly, but she will still need a car to get around, so the search is on.

She's the type that needs something new and there is no way she's going to be looking at used cars, she's very picky like that, so she's been looking at a 2012 Hyundai Genesis, she loves it so much she's even talked about how fun it would be to cruse around Delray. I even love this car. It's fun but doesn't make you look like your 18 years old with your first new car. It's classic style and I told her she needs to buy it. She's still thinking about it, but I'm sure she will eventually break down and get it.

Things Stolen and given back

I was coming here to write about my week and events that happend when I saw on my cute Amazon Associates box the book shown to the right. The title alone made me think I should write this post in a different way, so I am.

Last week a friend of mine was stolen from me, she passed away in her sleep and even though I had not talked much to her in the last few years we were close as teens. The opportunity I had to redo that connection is gone I can't get it back, in a way a life I could have had was stolen from me.

Though I can't fix the situation with this friend now, I can fix this with other friends and luckily they have the same idea. A group of us have planned a camping trip next month and I think it will be fun. We are trying to get everyone together and if it works it will be a great way to honor our friend who has passed and hopefully bring everyone closer together.

Starting Over

I've been thinking more and more about how nice it will be to start over in a new place. Yes I am moving to an area I have lived before, but it's different and it's big and I only know a few people so it will be nice.

Not that I have a lot I regret from my life now, but so many people in my small town have this image of me. It's either a great image or a bad one. Some think I'm perfect and it's hard to live up to it, while others think I'm nosy and out to hurt people. Really it's all small town drama and I'm happy to get away from it.

What do you think about moving to a new place? Is it a good way to start fresh?

Saving Moolah

Guest post of the week by Brittany Booker

I was online the other day when I came across a link but told me to click here for reduced energy rates in my area. I don't usually buy that kind of thing, but this one seemed particularly compelling so I clicked it… And here I am a week later set up to save lots of money already! I've decided I'm going to try to figure out some additional ways to use the Internet to make money, including finding coupons online, selling some things on eBay, and maybe even taking out some ads on a blog that I found. I always knew the Internet was a great business tool, but I wasn't exactly sure how to go about starting it. This is exactly what I needed to get the ball rolling, and now that I'm saving so much money on my utilities, I have a little extra to put into my new found online company. I haven't decided on a name yet… I want something modern and techie. Any suggestions?

Moving and Going to School

I got into graduate school yesterday so now I will be moving back to the big city I left when I was 12. I'm excited as I have a few friends still down there and family in the area. I'm ready to be out of the country and around people who don't have a bunch of kids and wonder why I don't.

Not that I don't love kids and I do want some it just has not happend yet as I would like to be married before I have kids. Nothing wrong with not being married, this is just my preferance.

Now I just have to motivate myself to pack and get things ready for Fall term. I applied for summer but they don't have classes I can take.

Do some Belly Dancing

I decided the other day to get out my old Bellydance Fitness for Beginners dvd's so that I could get moving and hopefully lose some more weight. Oh my! Did I make a good choice not only is it fun but I get a great workout in a very short amount of time and I found that I really am still not in very good shape.

A good thing about it is it really boost your confidence you feel sexy when your doing it. The girls in the video I have are thin but they have a little tummy on them that I think looks healthy but it does make you feel better knowing you don't have to look like a celebrity to do the workout.

So girls check belly dancing out, your man will probably love it if you do.

New blogging schedule

I'm thinking I need a blogging schedule. I need to set aside time each day to write up a bunch of post and call it good. for about three years now I have worked every day either by writing post or by doing other behind the sceans stuff. I feel like I need to work all of the time and I think it's effecting my health.

Today I took some "me" time and it was nice, but again I'm right back to work and feel like I need to be here all of the time. It's crazy and it needs to stop. Over the next few days I think I'm going to work out a plan of some sort to get my life back on track and to get work done. I think the hardest part will be getting my friends to understand that I won't be able to just go out and do things when they call. Since I will try hard not to work after 6pm so it will all have to be done before then.

Do you blog? How do you schedule your time?