I am once again working on opening a new online store.  Not an auction site, but a real storefront type place.  I have one store on another site, but I don’t want to put all my eggs into one basket, so to speak.  So, I’ve been doing some research into different sites and have found one that I think is a pretty good place.  The site is called Bonazle.com and it seems decent, which is why I went ahead and created my own booth called Prairied Treasures.

One of the things I look for is base price.  I’m a bottom-line-it kinda person.  The thing I like about this site is that there are no fees for listing items.  You can add as many items to your personal page as you want, without having to pay for little things like adding pictures and such.  As far as ending fees, there are some but they’re not bad.  They way they figure ending costs is by combining the total for the product and the shipping costs.  Anything under $10 will cost 50 cents.  From $10 to $50 will cost $1, and so on.  The high end is that anything over $1000 will cost you $10.

Another feature of this site is the option to have Bonanzas.  This is a super mini auction that can last anywhere from 1-3 hours.  Though I doubt I’ll be using this feature anytime soon, it’s a great way to bring in extra sales for those who enjoy the auction atmosphere.

The one thing I like most about this site is that you can choose your selling options.  You can only sell to those in your own country, or choose International shipping.  They also give you several ideas on how to promote your site to bring in more customers.  Plus, there is a great forum area filled with like-minded sellers who are more than happy to help you along.

So, if you’re looking for a place to set up shop, or you’re just looking for a place to start doing your Christmas shopping, I recommend checking out Bonazle.com.  And while you’re there, be sure to stop by my booth and say hi.

I love traffic exchanges, especially if they make it interesting from beginning to end.  I’ve joined several exchanges and end up leaving from lack of excitement.  I can’t just sit and click from one site to the next for hours on end.  There has to be something there to keep me going.  I love sites that have games, or throw in random links for banner impressions and extra credits.  One site I found that does all this and more is called Relentless Chaos.  I’m hopelessly in love.

You have to surf 25 pages in order to activate your account. But, once you do this you’ll be amazed at how much fun you’ll have. Every few pages, you have a chance to win text ads, banner impressions, extra credits, and even real money. They have a great anti-cheat factor built in, so that bots and cheaters don’t have a chance. It’s a great site.

I invite you to join Relentless Chaos. If you love traffic exchanges, and you’re looking for one that is both effective and fun to do, then this is the site you’ve been waiting for.

I hate it when I don’t feel well.  I’m trying very hard to get a bunch of articles written for my paying clients, but I feel like crap.  My brain doesn’t want to work, my fingers feel like jello, and I’m absolutely freezing.  The worst part about this is that I felt fine like an hour ago.  Now, all of a sudden, I feel like I’ve been hit by a mack truck.  But, I have to write.  I have to get these articles written, even if it means passing out on top of my keyboard.

I’m hoping that by writing this silly little post, that my brain will get back into gear and do what it’s supposed to.  I’m not sure it’s going to work, as I still feel like someone beat the tar out of me, but it is getting better.  Ok, I can do this.  I can get out there and write like my life depends on it.  Oh wait, it does depend on it.  Well, that tears it.  Back to work.  When I’m at the grocery store and getting food for my kids, I’ll remember why it is that I do this to myself.  LOL

No matter how hard you try to work with teenagers, they will always think you’re an idiot.

I am the mother of 2 teenaged children.  I have a son who is 18 and about to graduate high school.  He is starting to get out of the whole “my parents are morons” stage.  However, I have a 15 yr. old daughter who is pretty much convinced that her father and I are out to make her life hell.  We’re not, but she’s sure that we are.  You know, we do all those violent, vicious things to make her life hell like making her clean her room, do her homework, and limit her time on the computer.  What rotten parents we are.

I’m hoping that by the time she turnes 18, she’ll understand that we’re not trying to ruin her life, but I don’t know if I can last that long.  I can tell you one thing, raising a son is way easier than raising a daughter.  Boys aren’t nearly as dramatic as girls, though they do have their moments.  I’ve heard a lot of parents say that girls are cleaner than boys, and that’s a load of crap.  I tell my son to clean up his room, and it’s done in a matter of a few minutes.  I tell my daughter to clean up her room, and 3 days later it’s worse than when the fight started.

Everyday I live with my daughter, I have way more respect for my parents.  My poor daddy had 3 of us girls in the house, though my older sisters lived outside the home as teenagers.  Oldest sister lived with grandmother, and middle sister lived with her biological mother.  But still, when we were all home for any length of time together, I’m sure my father felt the need to hurt something.  LOL

Ok, I think I’m done ranting about my daughter now.  At least until she comes back into my room trying to find another excuse as to why she can’t get her room done.  then we get to start all over again.

Almost 3 years ago, I started one of my very first blogs, Sapheyerblu.com.  It was the first self-hosted blog I purchased and never looked back.  Over time, I created several other blogs, and this one sort of fell by the wayside.  So, I decided to give myself a little Christmas present and allow myself to get back to the real reason I wanted to be a blogger.  It’s a way for me to release myself and for my creativity to flow free.

In the future, this site will contain some of my poems, stories, rants, and whatever else tickles my fancy.  It’s not going to be your normal run of the mill site.  Just a place I can relax.  It’s high time I got back to my roots, and enjoyed my life as a writer.