Well, I asked if he can dance and he reluctantly admitted that, no, he has never bothered to learn to dance.

Everyone left the discussion, bitterly disappointed. The search continues.

Love, good health, and peace to all.

Noreen

Towards that end, she is going to need to buy a Shipping Scale to help her to determine the postal rates of items that she will be offering for sale.  Scales are vital because she needs to know how much the item weighs (including the shipping box and stuffing) in order to calculate the shipping charges that she will have to quote on Ebay.  She has already accumulated enough boxes to get her started as far as that end goes, and she has lots of old newspapers saved up for stuffing the boxes.

I suggested that she try to find one that is compact so that she can tuck it away into her cupboard when she doesn’t need to use it.

I am trying to encourage her to have the procedure done, I am sure that once it is done she will be much more comfortable the rest of her life.  At this point in time every time she catches a cold it always turns into a sinus infection and she is miserable for weeks on end.  Especially since she moved to a different state and her new doctor doesn’t want to give her the antibiotics that she needs to clear up the sinus infection.  Last winter she was sick for four whole months because of that!  So, she really needs this nose job.  I’m going to try to get my girlfriend that had the surgery done last year talk to about it and see if it might calm her nerves about it.

But my blog being beside the point, blogs ARE making a big difference in the world.  People are sharing, and reading opinions and thoughts and spreading them throughout their social network that they have built through their blogs.  That is why blog marketing is a big part of almost any business marketing strategy if the business wants to expand beyond their own little town.  The Izea Company is a marketing company that utilizes the social marketing advantages of the blog networks and offers their clients several different types of innovative marketing strategies such as product sampling, blog posts, and blog sponsorship.

Cindy sent me an email this morning that she is going to schedule herself to have a nose job.  She has a deviated septum that has been causing her to have trouble all of her life and her ENT finally suggested that she have her septum straightened out.  He has tried all kinds of nasal sprays, cortisone pills, allergy pills, and nothing has helped.  Over the years her discomfort has increased and she is simply miserable all of the time now.  She is very happy that after years of treatment and discussion he has finally referred her to a Minnesota rhinoplasty specialist, and she plans to call their office this morning to have an appointment.

Many people don’t realize how distressing a deviated septum can be.  They can cause snoring, chronic sinusitis, constant sniffling, and frequent/constant sinus headaches.  They also make your nose look crooked!  So a rhinoplasty is a good idea for people who have troubles with deviated septums!

She told me that there is some kind of controversy going on in the sports world about athletes having Lasik done to improve their vision to give them a competitive edge on their sport.  She said that some people think that is “cheating.”  I think that if the person really had vision problems and needed to wear glasses anyway, having Lasik for vision correction is not cheating.  However, if the person already had perfect vision and didn’t need glasses and had Lasik to give them “superior” vision (I heard that is possible) then I think that there would be grounds for calling that “cheating.”

I was telling my British cousin that we are looking at a couple of different used cars.  She had recently bought a used car herself, and she started giving me some pretty good advice about buying a second-hand car. 

She suggested that I check out a website called BuyYourCar that she used to help her figure out exactly which car make and model she wanted to buy, which is an important first step. So I have just been checking out that website.  The website has a great car review page that gives a lot of valuable information about different specifications and features that many different cars have.  I found it interesting that it also offers the background and history of the different car manufacturers!