Social Media is Addicting?

March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging Support, Work At Home Support, social media

I truly think Twitter can be addicting but others may see Facebook as addicting. I mean I can get on both social media sites from my home PC, my laptop, and my Blackberry Curve. All three products allow me to stay connected to the social media world virtually anywhere I go. I could be in the grocery store shopping with my children and tweeting on Twitter from my smartphone!

When is enough enough? Don’t get me wrong, I totally dig social media and all it has done to open the doors to my blog and my business as well as my work at home income, but overall social media can be a disease that takes over a person, allowing them to further ignore their family and in turn creating a monster!

Think about it, if a person gets addicted to pills or alcohol or illegal drugs we step in and say something. Do you step in and say something to a friend or family member you feel is addicted to social media? Would you tell them that they need to seek help from their physician or counselor?

I honestly love my smartphone, I think it’s a useful business tool, but that is exactly what my Blackberry Curve is … a business tool. This is not a toy, this is not something that has to be in front of my eyes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Gosh I swear the work at home person tends to put in more overtime than that work-acholic parent who works outside of the home in a job! It is time we sit back and truly think about the endless hours we spend on social media and ask yourself if that time could be better spent with your family?

I know when I am in the grocery store shopping with my three kids there is no way I could have my smartphone in my face typing away on Twitter or FB while actually still keeping an eye on my children. Could you imagine how bad a parent would feel if their head was so far into their smartphone & social media tweets or status updates that they lost a child? I know I would be devastated and I would never want to touch a smartphone again.

I think we are all diving into social media because it connects us not only on a business level but on a personal,  community type level with our peers, but remember who your real life friends are, remember who your family is and remember if you know someone who is addicted to social media to speak up and let them hear your side about the subject, sometimes all an addict needs to hear is that there is a concern and they will be able to work on changing their habit in a way that is more healthy for themselves & their loved ones!

What do you think; do you think Social Media is addicting? Do you feel too many of us are on it for more hours than we should be? Would you tell a friend if you thought they were addicted to Twitter or Facebook?

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Medical Alert Products

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Miscellaneous

You know we all get old one day, eventually, it may be years, it may be months but we will get older and possibly need the use of medical alert products. Maybe you already have an elderly relative that is taking full advantage of an emergency response system. I know I would want my elderly relative to be taken care of. The relative actually doesn’t even have to be elderly, heck if I lived so alone that there was never an adult here I would so want to have some system in place to protect the home and myself if there were to be an emergency situation!

Just think if you were to fall down all you would have to do is hit a medical alert button and you would be all set with help coming! I know my oldest is aware of what to do should an emergency situation arise with me, but the other two are so young that I can’t quite teach them what to dial. My 3 year old can barely listen to me let alone concentrate long enough for me to teach him to dial 911, ya know?!

So do you have any medical alert type products in your home or relatives home? How do you teach your children to react should an emergency situation arise that left you unable to get up and dial emergency help?!

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Wordless Wednesday: My Hat & Baby K

March 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · wordless wednesday

I got a new hat from Swagbucks on accident, didn’t mean to use my points for it, but I kinda like it! Oh and check out Baby K he gets into everything!
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Lack of Sleep

March 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Miscellaneous

I have been having a really hard time sleeping and when I do finally lay down to bed about 2 in the morning I find that my head isn’t comfortable. I have thought about getting an orthopedic pillow for use as possible back pain treatment. Carrying around the two boys certainly creates for intense back pain which is causing sleep problems with me, and the pain in my back is keeping me from a good nights sleep!

Another problem I see in the house is that my daughter often complains of neck pain and I have thought about a neck pain pillow for her, but who knows if they are good for her age group?! Whatever we can do as a family to make each person and child comfortable in their own bed to sleep through the night and get a well rested night sleep I am game for trying! Lack of sleep causes memory issues, mood problems and of course it can assist in weight gain because your body is not sleeping long enough to burn calories or anything!

I find that even if I lay in bed with my eyes bright red, burning so exhausted I still can not get comfortable enough to get to sleep and usually when I finally fall asleep one of the three kids are waking Mama up! It never fails.

What do you do for a good night sleep? Products, exercises, relaxation methods? Looking for any tips!

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Day 1 Elevator Pitch

March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging Support

Mariana over at Riding with No Hands is a long time bloggy friend that I don’t always get to connect with but I do subscribe to her blog and the other day I noticed she was getting ready to start @ProBlogger’s 31 Days To Build a Better Blog, since I have the book I thought why not get started with her and the few others who are going to do this together. Just like a great exercise plan, it’s always more fun & productive when you work as a team!

Day 1: Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog

Now I am not going to get into sharing all his tips, tricks and advice regarding this Day 1 task because then why would you want to purchase his book? We all have to make a living somehow and I am not up for sharing his book secrets since it’s not a free book at all, but you can certainly buy it to read more details on every step I am going to go through!  Today’s task is to write an elevator pitch for my blog …. I have done this for my virtual assistant business before so let’s DO THIS!

My name is Brandy Ellen and I am a Mommy blogger at HappilyBlended.com. HappilyBlended.com’s speciality is promoting happiness & inspiration one blog post at a time! HappilyBlended.com is here to help others lead a more positive, happier & healthier life!

Now that may not be the best pitch, what are your thoughts?

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Getting Ready For Spring Cleaning

March 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Miscellaneous

I know Spring isn’t here yet but I was already starting my Spring cleaning this past weekend! Oh yes, I have moved and rearranged and tossed junk out of the house into my garage in hopes that as soon as Spring arrives I will be able to get rid of my junk in a yard sale, free pile or Freecycle!

As I cleaned this weekend I was reminded that I need a couple good exterior doors and interior doors for my home and garage! I have seen so many beautiful doors and someday, just someday I would love to have one on the front of my house! I don’t like full of window doors for a front door to a house, although it’s pretty I just feel it isn’t something that is safe. Someone can break glass easily!

I have been wanting replacement windows ever since I bought my home, but alas it hasn’t happened yet. I hear Spring is probably the best time to get those windows taken out and new ones installed. What I wouldn’t give to have my windows able to stay up in the Summer time instead of having to be propped up with a stick of wood! I want pretty windows, energy efficient windows and ones that are safe for little hands too (if possible).

So as Winter heads out the door and Spring arrives I say let’s get cleaning!

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Where Do I Find Info About Blogging?

March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging Support

I get that question all the time, well first I usually share information on blogging support here but haven’t been doing as much of it lately. Feel free to browse that category! Another resource I use is Top Mom Blogger which helps show you how to make money with your blog. One site that I have been completely addicted to is ProBlogger, he spells out everything from Adsense to how to write good posts to gaining comments. I subscribed to his blog a long time ago!

One of the biggest ways to start building your blog is to blog network, yes visit bloggers, find bloggers, and comment like crazy. I don’t mean stop by and just leave stupid comments that have absolutely no value but real meaningful comments! Take time to read the bloggers post in it’s entirety and really find a way to relate to the post, add relevant feedback to it, or just leave your comment about what you thought. Don’t just leave a comment that has nothing to do with the blog post topic!

Entrecard is a great way to gain traffic and comments, I drop 100 to 300 per day and it really has helped increase my visitors, subscribers and comments.  Be true to who you are and everyone will eventually find you and your site. Be sure to be up on Twitter and if possible Facebook as well. Set up Networked Blogs too! Any social media advice can be found on my Examiner Social Media Expert page, so that may help lead you in the right direction with social media as it pertains to business and blogging!

Before you do anything you need to be sure you have Google Analytics or Get Clicky set up on your site so you can track your traffic sources. If you are not reviewing where traffic is coming from then you could be wasting your time on sites that you don’t need to be visiting!

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Teens Who Volunteer

March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Miscellaneous

I am not a mother of teens, but someday I obviously will be and so summer volunteer programs are important to me to keep up with so that when the day comes & my children are teens I will be aware of teen volunteer places and encourage them to be a part of this program!

At this time my children are really young but we still try to volunteer our time in ways we can that are age appropriate, we donate goods every year as well to those who need food for the holidays. As a family it is important to me that we volunteer and give back to our community and other human beings any chance we get. I hope that when my sons are older we can do a lot more, but with two in diapers I tend to be a home body!

I hear so many great local hero stories on the news about teens who do the most amazing things for others. I just hope we are raising our children in the way that creates a positive future for our next generation!

If you are a mother to teens, do you encourage them to volunteer and do you look up teen summer program locations to see if there are any in your area?

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