Search Engine For Shoppers

I'm always looking for new ways of shopping online. Since I first began writing about buying and selling online, I've tried to find the easiest ways of getting exactly what you want. Then I ran across a site called ShopWiki.com and soon realized that I wasn't finding all the online stores with great deals.

This is a great resource for finding all kinds of things online. You can find everything from boots and shoes, to the latest video games on the market. The reason you can find so much more here is because ShopWiki.com scours online stores much in the same way as Google crawls the various websites online.

Another really cool thing about this site is that they offer an easy-to-use gift guide that can help you choose just the right gift for the right person or occasion. This section is divided into two different categories, taking all the guess work out of the equation. And with Mother's Day just around the corner, you can get a jump start on the holiday.

If you're looking for a one-stop-shop for all the things you need and want online, I highly recommend ShopWiki.com. A search engine for the super shopper in all of us.

Grand Opening Contest at Feed Flare

Hey Ya'll!!!!! I wanted to run over here real quick and let everyone know that my friend Collin has just announced a huge contest at his new site, Feed Flare. This site has only been on the radar for about a month now, but he's bringing in some massive numbers.

Feed Flare is a cool site about how to grow your RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, numbers. He also gives great tips on which feeds work best, as well as offers great deals if you would like to Advertise with Feed Flare. Even though I've been doing this for about a year now, I've learned a few things from Collin that I did not know before.

As for the contest, Collin has tons of prizes which have been donated from bloggers all over the sphere. Featured contest sponsor-Dat Money-is donating a customized banner design in the size of your choice. There are many more prizes to be won, donated by bloggers such as featured contest sponsor-My Radical Blogs, BluFur WebHosting, and even a by yours truly.

There is a lot of stuff to be won in this contest, so get over there and get yourself signed up, and good luck.

Happy Leap Day

Hey ya'll. I just wanted to jump over here real quick and wish everyone a Happy Leap Day. It's not a major holiday, nobody's gonna be baking cookies or putting together a big family dinner over it, but what the heck.

For anyone out there who was born on the 29th of Feb., I wish you a Happy Birthday. How cool would it be to be one of the Leap Babies. LOL I always felt kind of sorry for the kids who were born on Leap Day, but now that I'm getting older, I think it would be awesome to only celebrate my birthday every 4 years.

Everybody have a great day, and if you're feeling froggy, just Leap!!!!!

Holy Cow, It's a New Year

Hello boys and girls,

I am so sorry that I haven't posted before this. It's only the third day of the new year and I've already lost track of time. I do want to wish everyone a very happy new year. I got so caught up in other endeavors, that I dropped the ball.

Anyway, I'm hoping that the coming year is going to be one of my best ever. I've got a lot going on coming to this year. I'm currently running about 5 blogs, working on 6, and that doesn't include this one. I've been learning a lot about making money with Google Adsense, and I'm finding out that if you really work at it, it is possible to do so. However, it does take a lot of work, and a lot of writing. As of right now, here's what I'm working on:

Aircraft Deals--If you're looking to buy an airplane, I'll point you in the right direction.
Ancient History Facts--Just like it says, I write posts about all things ancient. I have always been a history nut, and this is just a place for me to put it into words.
BlogClassifieds--This is a site that showcases all kinds of items for sale from all over the Internet
Special Offers Blog--This is also a site about deals and sales, but this one is still in the works. There are a few posts on it, but I need to work on it more.

Blog Wheels--This is a site I worked on a few months back, and am looking into reworking this site too.

Discounts-Online--And again, a site for finding the best deals and bargains around the Internet.


Plus, I'm trying to get my site, ChristineSenter.com, up and running smoothly. I've got a lot of plans for the coming year on that site, but I just hope I haven't over-extended myself. LOl
I wrote a post over there a few days ago, thanking the many people who have been there for me this past year, and have helped me get to where I'm at today. I tried to get everyone in the list, but soon realized that there were just too many to mention in one post. However, there are a few I'd like to mention in this post.

First of all, I have to thank the amazing Dani Pink, for being an inspiration to me and giving me something to express my creative side. Through a simple comment, she helped me create an amazing character.

I also need to thank a guy who's been more of an inspiration than he knows. One of the first bloggers I met a year ago in a social blogging site, ManoDogs. This guy knows more about the comic book industry than I knew existed. He's also a very good writer, and has an interesting sense of humor.

And of course, I have to thank Adsense Tracker. This chick is so cool. She can be completely serious in one post, then totally silly in the next. She is truly one of a kind.

As I said in my other post, I'm sure there are tons of other people out there that I need to thank, and I appreciate everything they've said and done for me in this past year. I wish you all a very happy new year, and I hope that this is your best year yet.

Artists of St. Augustine

Do you enjoy great works of art? How about being entertained with music? Ever thought you could have it all at once? Well you can, now and every month in St. Augustine, Florida. Each month, this wonderful old town celebrates with a "First Friday Weekend Art Walk".

From 5-9pm on the first Friday and Saturday of every month, St. Augustine offers a free tour of some of the towns best artists, musicians, food, and more. Every 15 to 30 minutes, one of their Red Sightseeing Trains or Green Trolleys come around to collect passengers for this unique artistic tour.

The artists featured during these tours, offer amazing sketches and paintings that seem so real that you want to step through the canvas and into their colorful worlds. Each artist brings their own styles to the party, creating an adventure that can only be appreciated through one’s own eyes.

If you’re living in Florida, or are planning to visit the Sunshine State, be sure to make a trip to St. Augustine during the first Friday or Saturday of the month, and spend a few hours in a whole new world. Enjoy the great works of art, dance to the vibrant music, and tell the world that you found paradise at the St. Augustine Artwalk.

Almost Thanksgiving

Well, tomorrow is the big day. Turkey, stuffing, and the whole nine yards. And who's cooking it all? Me. Just me. Why do I do this to myself?????

It's not even Thanksgiving yet, and already I've made a batch of homemade bread dough that became dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls. Then I made 2 pecan pies and a cherry pie. Ironically, I'm not real partial to pie. LOL

Tomorrow morning, I'll get up early so I can properly wrestle with a dead bird that's bigger than I am, hold him down in the sink so he can get a final bath, then slather him up in cooking oil. Whoo hoo, don't that sound fun? Then I'm going to shove him into a plastic bag and lock him in the oven for the rest of the day. LOL

From there, I'll get out a big knife and cut up a bunch of helpless vegetables. I'll arrange their poor bodies onto a plate in an intricate pattern of squishy to crunchy. Then it's on to the industrial strength can opener so the beans and the corn can be freed from their tin tombs, only to be drowned in mushroom soup and boiled over an open flame.

I'll skin a couple pounds of potatoes, chop them up, and dump them in a pot of water that will eventually boil so hard that the burner will hiss with steam. The aromas from the kitchen will bring in stragglers who can be sent fleeing with the words, "I could use some help".

Once the bird is sufficiently toasted, I'll try to pour some of the drippings into a pan in order to make gravy. I'll end up pouring more on me than in the pan, and I'll use some colorful language to proclaim the situation.

I'll whisk the gravy like a mad woman, cursing every lump that finds its way to the top. I'll slap someone's hands for getting into the food before everything's ready, and I'll notice I missed several lumps in my gravy.

Finally, I'll get out the good china, set everything out on the table, and call my family in for dinner. I'll watch their faces light up with the sight of such an incredible meal, and beam as they mention how good it all smells.

We'll take hands and thank God for allowing us to have such a bountiful meal and for all that's He's given us. Then, I'll sit back and watch my loving family turn into a bunch of vultures and pray that I don't get hit with a spoon full of food before I can eat.

A proud day in motherhood

UPDATE:
This link will take you to the page with the article about the kids and the pic of them dancing. My son is the one in the back row with the blue lei around his neck. I am just so proud.

I am such a proud mommy. Ok, don't tell my kids I used the word "mommy", as both of them are teenagers and they'd just die from embarrassment. LOL

Yesterday, both of my kids were in a choir competition. My daughter is in the Jr. Swing Choir, while my son is in a show choir called the "21st Century Singers". This choir has won several awards over the years, had sang the National Anthem at several Denver Nuggests basketball games, and has been to Washington D.C. and on several cruises over the years. It's a huge honor in our little town to be a part of this choir.

Each year, the kids in this choir sing at least one song from some famous musical and this year they did the song "Honey Bun" from the musical South Pacific. The girls in the choir came out dressed in little sailor suits and sang the main part of the song, then went off stage. When they came back on stage, they had the boys in tow, who were all wearing coconut bras, grass skirts, and mop-top wigs. I laughed till my sides hurt.

It was such a proud moment for me to see my 17 year old son dressed like that. Those boys not only went out on stage like that, they sang their little hearts out and hammed it up with everything they had in them. They did an awesome job. They didn't win, but I won't go into that, sore subject. LOL

The kids made the front page of the newspaper and I'm going to blow that picture up as big as I can and give it to him on his wedding day. LOLOLOL

Happy Halloween

Just think, boys and girls, in just a few short hours, your doorsteps will be the resting stop for all the little ghouls and goblins in the neighborhood. I have my bowl full of candy ready for the little monsters who will be peeking out from behind their little masks tonight. I'm kind of excited.

Halloween isn't my favorite holiday, but the rest of my family loves it, so I do this for them. We'll have the orange lights in the windows, the scary witch hanging from the front door, and the 4 ft. tall, blow-up pumpkin in the front yard. We'll pass out candy to all the kids in town and then I'll sit up and watch old monster movies all night.

Then, as of midnight tonight, I'll begin writing my novel. Yes, it's almost here. Time for me to finally get started on NaNoWriMo. I have lists and lists of ideas ready to be put down on paper/computer screen, and the main character and I have already had a disagreement on how she's going to die in the first chapter. I wanted her to die saving someone's life, but she's determined to die from a brain hemorage. I guess it's her death, she can have it how she wants it. (Yes, my characters talk to me. LOL)

So, as you go about feeding the spooky little critters in your neck of the woods, remember me as I set out on my own scary journey and start my Great American Novel. LOLOLOL