Since moving to Texas, I feel fortunate in that I’ve been able to stay home and work on my sewing and blogging “businesses”. I don’t make too much money doing either, but I do enjoy them both and want to continue on those paths. I recently was fortunate to find a part time job that will allow me to work from home, 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. Not only will I be able to continue what I’ve all ready been doing, but I will have a regular, steady (I hope) income to supplement the small amount I do earn from blogging. This will allow me to buy even more fabric and do even more sewing!
Obviously, there are many ways to make money from home and everyone has to find something that works for them. Whatever it is, it needs to be something you enjoy or you won’t do well at it. Working from home requires commitment because no body is there looking over your shoulder to make sure you’re doing your job. If you don’t enjoy it, chances are, you’ll set it aside. I looked at many opportunities before deciding on what I’m currently in training for (more details later), and that’s why I know there are all kinds of work from home opportunities available.
Something many choose to do to earn money from the comfort of home is to use a proprietary email marketing system. Before doing this, you definitely want to verify the information on the company using testimonials and and any other data you can find. Success2u offers a free 7 day trial that can provide you with easy to use email marketing software, a built in list of email addresses, ready made templates and access to products among other things.
While this isn’t necessarily the type of work at home job I’m personally looking for, it is a good fit for many. Having a free trial period allows you to check it out and decide if it’s right for you or not without jumping in head first and taking a financial risk.
Do you have or are you looking for a work at home position?
WOW!! It’s the 50th edition of Four Foods on Friday! Valmg at Fun, Crafts and Recipes has done such a fabulous job with this meme and it just continues to grow!
This weeks questions and my answers are:
#1. Pasta. How do you tell when it’s done? Do you cook on medium or high? I always cook my pasta on high and usually time it for about 10 minutes. I used to do a taste test, but got tired of burning my mouth on hot pasta! Now I just guesstimate that it’s done and go with that.
#2. Deep frying. What kind of oil do you use? I don’t deep fry anything.
#3. Grilling. Do you grill on foil or directly on the grill? Most things I place directly on the grill. Smaller items like veggies, I will put in or on foil. Fish also works well on foil to keep it from sticking to the grill and falling apart.
#4. Share a recipe that involves cooking something two different ways.Example, for lasagna you might fry the meat and bake the whole dish Most any recipe that uses chicken requires the chicken to be cooked first. Tonight I’m making chicken noodle soup, using a mix and adding the chicken. I’m going to cook the chicken breasts first, after cutting them up into bite size pieces, and then add them to my soup mix. It’s a Bear Creek soup mix I do believe.
If you’re interested in participating, head over and give Valmg a shout out!
Oh my, I’ve been so busy lately that I really feel like I’m falling behind on just about everything. I’m even having trouble keeping up with posting on my two blogs. Some nights it seems as if I have to choose between blogging and cooking dinner. Well, if you have a family, I’m sure you know which one wins out. Unfortunately, I can’t chop veggies, brown meat, and get it all put together while typing blog posts or any other writing tasks.
I recently went so far as to take Dragon’s typing speed test! typing just to see how I could do. There was someone speaking the words at the same time, so that was a bit distracting. I wound up with these results:
So, I’ve been hearing a lot about a program called Dragon Naturally Speaking and did some checking into it, including reading Dragon Reviews. It’s a program that allows you to speak into your computer’s microphone and then the software does all of the typing for you. It allows you to type at the same speed that you speak. Sounds great to me! I would be using the PC program (it is also available for MAC) and I could get so much more done, talk about an opportunity to multi-task!
There is a novel writing contest, NaNoWrimo, beginning November 1. If you’re interested in entering, you should consider using Dragon NaturallySpeaking for NaNoWrimo as it would allow you to type so much faster and get a better flow to your writing. Check out these videos for more information.
