I started the journal writing class this week. It was interesting. The ladies were a little hesitant to share their writings, so I went a little into lesson 2, and we STILL had a little time left! Oh well. Hopefully by this Thursday, they will open up a little. That amount of time is included into the class schedule, so if they don't paticipate, we have a lot of extra time. Hopefully, someone in that parking lot at the school will see the wording on the back of my car & call for benefits or work at home.

Funny, so much has been going on that I have not really had much time to work my business. Even so, I enrolled a couple of work at home reps (benefits brokers) in the past week, and some members. The brokers had found me during a web search for Dennis or Daniel Bloom, the co-founders of Ameriplan®. The members were warm market or from flyers I had posted on bulletin boards and such while out doing family errands.




Wednesday, a couple of my local brokers are going to get together and meet. I haven't met one of them, and they all haven't met each other. We can also bring prospects. I need to get on the phone and call some past prospects who are local and see about getting them to attend.





I had my daughter up to the emergency room the other night. Her doctor said if she had pain in her hips, hands, ankles, etc... after school, take her up there. Her rheumatologist appt. isn't until late October, and that was too far away for my satisfaction. I mean, sometimes this girl is in PAIN! They took bloodwork, and gave her a prescription for painkillers to take if it got really bad again. The E.R. doc thought it sounded like Juvenile Rheumatiod Arthritis ( was that right?), but of course, that part of the bloodwork hadn't come back by 2:15 in the morning, so they released her and told us to follow-up with her doctor.





We got a new dog a couple of weeks ago. Poor Rocky was lonely without Thunder ( so was I!). We finally decided on a 1 yr.old peek-a-pom. His name was Boomer, but we switched it to Max. He started coming to Max from the first time we called him that! Look at his pic! I joke around and say he needs AmeriPlan dental!

Well, must depart for now! Toodle-loo!

Wow! I'm sitting outside in what I call my "outdoor office". It's a spot I've been working on for the 9 years we have lived here. Before we built here, there was all woods. It had been farm land years earlier. In the first years, we were pulling out trees and stumps with Ron's van! Ron finally got every man's dream, a tractor! Our yard was also loaded with boulders and rocks. We have changed our landscaping with rocks and flowers numerous times over the years.

Last year, I decided I wanted an "outdoor office"-somewhere to go and hang outside and work. I got wireless Internet on my laptop, and it's been a work in progress since. When you enter the area, there is an archway made from branches- it's pretty cool! I will try to get a good pic of it later. You go through that onto a pathway that has plants on either side. The path was a work in progress. I was working on a flat rock walkway, but honestly, we didn't have enough rocks that were flat, or enough time!

Along the left side of the walkway was a wall made of branches. Every now & then it needed some maintenance, but not much. It was very cool there on a hot day. A few years back, there was a hurricane down south. We had bad, bad winds. My wood wall & everything held strong! The next little wind we had, it blew down. I was having my surgery that summer and never fixed it. So now it's just flowers!

The pic is of the "main" garden area-there are 4 areas here in my office that have flowers. My space is pretty much still woods. We've taken a lot of the trees out, so there's some sun. To tell the truth, 1/2 of those flowers are fake- I mixed real and fake- alot cheaper, less time gardening, and I'll always have some color! It fooled my neighbor! She commented on my beautiful flowers! I add more to it every day or so.

That lattice work in the background will probably come out any day. On the other side of it is a small pond we put in, more flower beds, etc... I think I want to incorporate them together. Of couse, we had originally planned on building an "adult tree fort/office" overlooking the pond. It's still an option down the road!

Anyway, I'm just rambling on! It is 88 degrees out but here sitting in my outdoor office, it's quite a bit cooler. The mosquitos are an issue. I have on bug stuff/sunblock on. The bugs aren't getting on me, but they are flying about an inch away! Anyhoo- I am just amazed that I can sit here and run ads on the Internet, answer emails, and talk to people and I'm outside. I love working at home! In fact, I took the pics AND downloaded them while out here! You just got to love it. Although modern technology scares me, I am hooked! We had a thunder and lightening storm last night. When I woke up, my Internet didn't work! I swear my heart was in my throat! After 1/2 hour of boo-hooing, I remembered that sometimes after a storm, if I unplug the cable box for a minute or two, it resets itself and all's cool. It worked! Whew....

And now, time for a 1/2 hr relaxation before my daughter gets home!

Friday night, some friends we haven't seen in about 6 mos. stop by. I told my daughter to get them a frisbee. The one said he wishes he knew about these dental benefits sooner-he just had an abcessed tooth and spent hundreds of dollars on dental work. After we had been talking a while, I happened to remember something. Last time we were at their house, I gave them a magnet that was about the benefits, with my phone number and website. I asked him, "didn't I give you a magnet before?" He looks dumbfounded for a sec, then says, " I think you did. It's on the side of the fridge-I forgot all about it! You can tell he doesn't wipe off the fridge much. Ha-ha! Anyway, the GF is supposed to call me tonight to sign him up for benefits!

Yesterday, we went to a friends so Ron could help with the guys truck. I of course gave them a frisbee for their dog! :) After that we went to a garage sale and picked up some toys for "Little Man", our Grandson. He is a few days shy of 7 months and just a cutie. We really didn't have any interesting toys, and we were babysitting last night. After Little man got there, we took him to a couple of Ron's friends from his hometown that we hang with. They never saw the baby. The baby slept through the first visit, but was up and kicking after!

Now that I work at home we can get the baby during the day and go to the park or bike riding (have to get a baby seat.)

Tomorrow, Ron goes on nights for a few weeks. That means getting used to a whole new routine. Once we get used to that, he'll go back on days. I made up a quote about that years ago "Life is just one big routine. Just as you get used to it, it changes!"

Anyway, I have to go run some ads!

It's supposed to be pretty nice out today. The kids are on spring break, so we are going to the zoo! My son and his girlfriend, along with her 2 year old sister, are coming along. I love being able to do these things when I want, not when a boss says I can! And I'm sure there are places at the zoo to "leave" some info. If nothing else, I should see a few laudermats and gas stations to hang up flyers!

Things have been coming along here. Between outdoor work, spring cleaning, and a home based business, I'm keeping pretty busy. We are going to be painting our hallway and living room, and putting up tongue and groove, as well as brick behind our wood stove. We are also planning on remodeling the kitchen somewhat. The question is, do we do it all at once or at different times. I'm for all at once except I'm not totally sure what I want in the kitchen. Also, you have twice the mess. Because we have a farmette, we need durable floors that can take the mud and dirt and constant mopping. Of course, we try not to get dirt around, but the dogs come bouncing in, wet and full of mud!

I am also working on a duck pond. We recently got 4 ducks. The two females took off for better waters (the big pond at the end of our property.) I guess we need to make the waters up here better!

We have an event coming up at our local mall for the biz in early May, so I have alot to do there. We are having a free drawing for health and "feel good" gifts, as well as balloons and probably some other give-aways. We are hoping to draw in some members for dental and medical plans.

I do not know how I ever worked a full-time job, ( and a part-time one also at one point!) I barely have time for housework now-I'm too busy doing the stuff I want to do. If I worked a J-O-B, I would probably be fired by now anyway. I always have at least one doctor, dentist, or orthodontist appt. for someone every week.

Working from home- Ahhhhh............this is the life!

Well, I just found out that my grandmother has passed away. I was there with her all week, and we kept thinking it would be any moment, but she kept hanging on. She had said she would go out kicking, and she sure did. But, she was in a lot of pain toward the end, and I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted that!

But honestly, the world has lost a wonderful woman. My grandmother was loved by all. She was someone that could speak to any generation. The young as well as the old will miss her greatly.

I actually got some work done on my down times. I had several calls about health benefits. My uncle still has dial-up, but he got a faster connection. It really was ok. I didn't run too many online ads or anything, because that took some time and we really wanted the phone lines to be clear as there were a lot of relatives calling to inquire about grandma.

I don't have much time to write right now as a I have a little catching up here in the house, and have to prepare to go back to my grandmothers in a day or two. And I'm still beat from very little sleep all week. I think I'll lay down for 15 minutes and regroup!

Thank the good Lord I fired my boss and started working at home. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the last week to spend with Grandma. I told her many things I may not have said often enough when she was feeling better. And although she was weak and could hardly speak, for the most part she seemed to understand ok. I'm sure she heard us!

Anyway, later! Need to rest & then get back on track with my business!

Thank the good Lord I work for myself! I swear, if I still had a J-O-B, I would have been fired yesterday for sure. Over the weekend, my daughter broke a tooth. Thank God it was a baby tooth! That entailed an unexpected trip to the dentist Monday! That's all fine and dandy, but she also had a doctor's appointment yesterday morning. Even if I had gone back to work afterwards( If I were so unfortunate to have a job), I wouldn't have been there the rest of the day. Around 2:30, my 16 year old son calls and asks me to please come, he & his girlfriend had just been in a car accident. Holy moley! He said they were ok except some burns and bruising from the airbags. The whole way there (about 15 minutes) my heart was in my throat (or so it felt). I could feel it beating & I was afraid I was having an anxiety attack. Thank the Lord, they are ok. Just writing about it is making my heart pump!

I have been SO busy. Alot of interest in our promotion. I have been hitting the streets hard with flyers. We have a new member bonus program launching soon, and it sounds great! I'm going out again today as long as the weather complies. I love doing flyers. I hop in the car and drive all over. I have a regular territory, and each week I advance out a little. I usually go shopping, go to bank, etc...while I'm out. Kill two birds with one stone and also I can deduct my mileage! That's like getting paid to shop!

One of my team members is in the army and is being deployed to Iraq! I feel so bad for him- he has a wife and kids! I'm really sorry too because he seemed like a nice fellow and I barely have gotten to know him! That's what I love about this company. The people you meet and work with, the friendships formed. We have single parents, retired doctors, teachers, you name it! It's almost like a huge extended family. And when our "Family reunions" a.k.a conferences come around, we don't have to ask a bosses permission to go. We just go! How great is that? I Love working at home in my own home based business!

I have no idea how Friday got here! They are continuing our promotion until the end of May- only $25.00 to start a home business with us- normally it is $95.00. So, we've had a bit of action going on!

Since I became a Regional Sales Director, I have been encouraging my team to reach RSD. My goal is to reach Senior Regional Sales Director by the end of this month, and to be up on stage as a National Sales Director by the next Freedom at Team annual event next February! I really enjoy creating a team "newsletter" each day. I have always liked to write, and I can share my infinite wisdom (ha-ha) this way!

I have a couple of team members that I believe will really shine in the coming months. This home business really has the potential for some good income! I hope to see my team mates move forth & achieve their dreams! Next week, I help host the Prosperity team meeting. I think that will be fun. I love teaching others. As a matter of fact, I have a couple of classes I'll be teaching this semester at our local adult ed center. I'll have to sneak in a bit about my business. Maybe once I'm making $100,000/yr, I can teach a class about network marketing.

A couple of my team members and I are having an event for cover the uninsured week. We are going to advertise it in the paper and hang flyers around. Hopefully, we'll each have quite a few member sign-ups. Anyway, time to get going.

Wow! I just got home from Houston last night! We had a blast. I got to meet all those wonderful people I have been working with (by phone) for the past year. Since I was promoted to Regional Sales Director just a few short days before the event, I got to go up on stage for some recognition & a picture with our wonderful team leaders. Others were onstage accepting awards for making 25, 50, $100,000 or more. This event just reinforced what I already knew-there is an alternative to the 40 hour a wk/40 year plan that must of us have come to associate with adulthood. Because most adults have lost all hope and are afraid to dream, we don't see the opportunities right in front of us. We continue going to a J-O-B everyday, making someone elses dream come true.

I really love working from home- I can do what I want, when I want. I can make as much money as I want, my future is in my hands, not a bosses. Because I am paid residually, I can take a month off, and will still have a paycheck waiting for me when I get home. Sometimes, there is a surprise and someone has self enrolled for benefits or work from home!

I have made a goal for myself- by the time next years event rolls around, I will be up on that stage as a National Sales Director making AT LEAST $100,000/yr. Watch out world, here I come!

Wow, between work, Girl Scouts & the holidays, I've been busy. On top of that, my Grandmother has been in and out of the hospital in a neighboring state, about 150 miles away. My business has been a blessing- I can just pack up my laptop, some postcards, my cell phone, etc...and go to Grandmas. The only glitch is my uncle (who live's there w/Gram) has dial up, and his computer is s-l-o-w. It's not only dial up slow, it's an old computer that has XP on it and doesn't have enough memory for that. My mom & I were trying to book our airline tickets to Houston for the event at the end of February. It took at least 10 minutes for it to warm up, then longer to get to the Internet, etc... My sister oftentimes works from home. She also visits my Grandmothers from another state. I was thinking of seeing if she wanted to go 1/2 on getting my uncle wireless Internet so we could go there whenever & not worry about tying up the phoneline & getting kicked off the internet and such. HMMMMM........

A couple of our goats also had babies. My pygmy had a little girl JUST after the new years, and a nubian had a girl last week. Last year we had 9 babies, but a few that I thought had been bred this year apparently weren't.

We have had pretty nice weather for this time of year. The dogs & I got out for a long walk a couple of times, and my daughter & I took a nice walk at Grandma's. She lives in Pennsylvania on a long, narrow, windy road. At one point, it was all open field and the mountains in the distance were barely visible through the mist. It was so beautiful.

Yesterday, there was light snow falling, and the dogs & I took a walk in the woods before I began work for the day. The snow was clinging to the branches, and covering the pond (which was barely frozen). It was so pretty & serene. The dogs had a blast rolling around, gnawing on each other!

Today I have to go get coal for the stove (great heat!) and do some other running around, so I guess my mornings work will be putting out flyers and such! Gotta go!

I only have 2 more days at my job, then I can freely work my home business. Yippee!



This morning it was so nice out- a crisp 40 degrees or so. After I fed the goats, I played with the dogs for about 1/2 an hour. I just love being home in the mornings! Since then, I have had a few return calls to make as well as new ones. I have been alternating calls with pre-Thanksgiving stuff & keeping my daughter company. Because it's Thanksgiving eve, the library isn't open tonight, so I don't have to work. That means I can attend a Wednesday night conference call that I have been wanting to go to. Yee-haw!