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NH Mama loving life. Co-Author (w/ my daughter) of Positive Girl - The Power of Your Thoughts. Fueled by coffee, great convos & optimistic thoughts! Brandy Ellen, Virtual Assistant is a work-from-home entrepreneur. Question about this post or something found within it? Read my Disclosure Policy as well as Terms of Use.

Why Track Traffic on Website?

I use a few traffic stat programs for my blogs, Google Analytics, StatCounter and Get Clicky. Do not ask me why I use all three, because my answer would probably be “I don’t know“. I guess if I had to give you an answer as to why I use three different sites for traffic stats it is because all website analytic tools seem to calculate visitors differently. A friend of mine told me the other day that Compete only tracks US based traffic and of course I found that out after I sent my stats to a company with a direct link to my Happily Blended Compete Site Analytics. Google Analytics is great but I don’t see the same number with them as I do with StatCounter or Get Clicky. …

Child expert Wendy Toone offers fun ways to expand your child’s mind during the dog days of summer.

Child expert Wendy Toone offers fun ways to expand your child’s mind during the dog days of summer. We may be in knee deep in those lazy, hazy days of summer, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t keep our kids active with challenging games and activities that will keep their minds buzzing. In fact, here are some great rainy day and car ride activities that will challenge your kids to think on their feet! 1. Mind games can keep boredom away as well as physical activity. Even small children can follow an adjusted version of “I Spy.” Just be sure that the clues are age appropriate and not too tricky. Look for easy to spot shapes, bright colors, or unique characteristics (animals, common objects such as pencils, etc.). Remember …

Just Be Yourself Part TWO

This is a continued topic discussion from yesterdays Part one post about being yourself as a blogger. I wanted to split up my discussion into two posts for the reason that today I am going to touch base on the type of bloggers who are truly setting up a blog to vent, be someone else or just don’t wish to share their personal life on their blog. Maybe you read a blog daily and they are a review or giveaway blog, now it would be hard to determine a person’s character simply through reading reviews, giveaways and similar articles therefore my point of being yourself really doesn’t apply to strictly review & giveaway bloggers. I just feel like I am here on my site putting my world out there for …

I Want One of Those Gifts

The holiday season is just around the corner and I am finding myself wondering about Christmas gifts already. For instance, what will I get for my three children? I know they have outgrown a lot of their current toys in our home and are needing some more imaginative toys as well as books to read. I am not huge on spending a lot of money during the holidays because I feel holidays are for for family spending time together and enjoying the company. I do enjoy getting my children gifts though because they do expect some form of presents on that special holiday. The next person in my life I have to shop for this year is J, he loves computer techy type items as he custom builds computers on …

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