“When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween.”

Hope you and your little gobblins have a spook filled day. With many surprises and lot’s of special things for the kids!

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Ever wondered what the Rules were for Halloween? Well I found a list this morning…

 

Halloween Rules

 

When it appears that you have killed the monster, never check to see if it’s really dead.

 

If you find that your house is built upon or near a cemetery, was once a church that was used for black masses, had previous inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices in your house - move away immediately.

 

Never read a book of demon summoning aloud, even as a joke.

 

Do not search the basement, especially if the power has just gone out.

 

If your children speak to you in Latin or any other language which they should not know, or if they speak to you using a voice which is other than their own, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. NOTE: It will probably take several rounds to kill them, so be prepared.

 

When you have the benefit of numbers, never pair off and go it alone.

 

As a general rule, don’t solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.

 

Never stand in, on, above, below, beside, or anywhere near a grave, tomb, crypt, mausoleum, or other house of the dead.

 

If you’re searching for something which caused a noise and find out that it’s just the cat, leave the room immediately if you value your life.

 

If appliances start operating by themselves, move out.

 

Do not take anything from the dead.

 

If you find a town which looks deserted, it’s probably for a reason. Take the hint and stay away.

 

Don’t fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you’re sure you know what you are doing.

 

If you’re running from the monster, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the monster is merely shambling along, it’s still moving fast enough to catch up with you.

 

If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, get away from them as fast as possible.

 

Stay away from certain geographical locations, some of which are listed here: Amityville, Elm Street, Transylvania, Nilbog (you’re in trouble if you recognize this one), the Bermuda Triangle, or any small town in Maine.

 

If your car runs out of gas at night, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help.

 

Beware of strangers bearing tools such as chainsaws, staple guns, hedge trimmers, electric carving knives, combines, lawnmowers, butane torches, soldering irons, band saws, or any device made from deceased companions.

Have a fun filled day.

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I received this video from a friend on Facebook, and it really has made me take some time this morning to think.

This is a speech given to a graduating class of ‘99. Many of you have probably seen it already.

Do you ever wish that you could be back at that day, just starting out with all those choices and years yet in front of you?

Do I wish that I were starting out again at my high school graduation?

Not a chance.

That was a whole other world ago… I didn’t do high school much, in fact I spent as little time actually in the school as I could. I would never want to go back to that portion of my life. Would I have done things differently? Maybe a few things, but nothing substantial to change who or where I am now.

People come in and out of your life, so does opportunity. You either take it or you don’t. Sometimes they come back around again, sometimes they don’t. And I truly think that if it’s a person or an opportunity that you NEED in your life, it will keep coming around again in one form or another until you can NOT ignore it anymore. And when you are ready, you will see it, and take it.

I also believe that when you no longer need them, they will go. They have taught you what they need (like my Dad or old friends). That is part of life…

Maybe I’m being extra reflective because this week is the first anniversary of Home with Heather, maybe it’s because of conversations that I’ve been having with my friends who have been going through some struggles of their own. I’m not sure.

I guess the thing that I’m trying to get across here is that we don’t need to be just starting out to have new experiences… new friends, new opportunity, new life and love.

What I think is that we need to be happy and grateful with who we are, ever changing and growing. Open our eyes and hearts to new things and they will happen.

For me: I am a mom of two high needs boys, who need me greatly. I try and blog to help others and to help myself. I’m happy with that for now. Do I want more for myself? Absolutely, and it will be when it is time.

The people that are in my life are there for a reason and I am truly honored to call them friends.

What about you? Are you happy with where you are in life… do you want to start over? What do you want to change? What are you waiting for?

Love and Peace to you.

This is a blog I posted on myspace this morning… I’m not sure if it’s the right kind of blog to post on HWH. But I wanted to get your thoughts. It does have to do with the Law of Attraction, and I do think that as mom’s, wahm’s or whatever that it is important to reflect at times.

If we don’t know where we are in life and business, how can we know where we’re going?

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Time for Halloween already. Wow some folks are really big into it. I haven’t even gone out to get my kids costume yet. I guess I’d better get that done today.

Every year I think it will be the last year my oldest talks me into going out trick or treating, but then the next year comes along and he talks me into it yet again. I told him this is the last year for sure. I hate giving out candy to kids that are taller than me. I think trick or treating should be for the little ones.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

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One of my team mates from the Thirty Day Challenge came up with an idea last night, and created a blog about it.

He messaged me this morning to tell me about it.

Shannon Cole has created a challenge for himself and for the rest of the blogosphere.

He wants to try and beat the number of RSS subscribers John Chow and Jeremy Shoemaker have within the next 5 Days.

5 Days to Beat John and Shoe

Do you think he’s out of his mind? Well maybe… But what the heck. If we can get this thing going viral and have EVERYONE sign up to his feed…

It sure will be interesting to see how far it goes, and how many subscribers he can get over the course of the next 4 1/2 days.

The blog has been created just for this purpose, so stop by and subscribe. It will only take you a minute. Tell your friends to also.

It’s a crazy idea…

I wonder how many he can really in 5 days, just from WOB (Word of Mouth Blog). What do you think?  Leave me your number guess in the comments section.

Pass it on K? Let’s MAKE this go Viral and see how far it will get.

5 Days to Beat John and Shoe

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and I’m kinda feeling guilty.

Thought I’d put a blog up and tell you a bit about the craziness that has been my week. Life has been so busy, disorganized and frankly quite strange lately. This week has gone by so slowly while at the same time seems to be speeding past. That ever happen to you?

It’s going slowly because I just really want my renovation to be done, and to be in my “new” home. I want to cook dinner in a new kitchen… my new kitchen. I want to put the new pictures on my walls, unpack all my things and just be home. I want my dogs to be in their own yard where I’m not worrying all damn day that they are going to wreck something at my mom’s.

The reno is so far very much on track and I am planning on moving back in next weekend. All of my friends were telling me that it couldn’t ever be done that quickly. I think it can, and I’m doing what I can to make sure it happens. We’ll see.

The cabinets are in, the painting is done, I’m hoping the bathroom will be done this weekend. The flooring goes in starting on Monday. I spent a few hours today getting things cleaned up and ready for flooring (contractors are not the tidiest group in the bunch). I have 1200′ of trim that I’ll be busy painting this weekend so it’s ready to go on after the flooring… and then we should be good to go home.

Can I please get a collective :cross-fingers: across the blogosphere?

That’s where the time rushing by comes from. Schedules to keep and deadlines to meet. In addition to keeping life as normal as possible for my boys, and my blogs.

I’ve also been out purchasing things to go IN the new house. All though you’d think that may be fun, and it is to an extent, I’m not a shopper. I don’t piss around. I go in, get what I need and leave. Hope I like what I got…

Next week will be Home with Heather’s One Year Anniversary. So I’ve spent a bit of time getting ready for that as well.

Changing subject a bit… I got another phone call I was not wanting yesterday… They say things happen in three and I guess in our family right now, that’s true. The phone call was telling my that my Uncle Ray from Vancouver passed away yesterday afternoon. I won’t be able to go to the funeral this time, but the family is in my thoughts and prayers.

Tough year… first my Dad in May, then my Grandpa in the summer and now Uncle Ray.

Anyway, I have a few hours to myself tonight. I should relax, right? I can’t… too much to do. I’ll relax after I’m back home, and when I’m on holidays at the end of November. For now I think I’ll putter a bit and then get ready for baseboards in the morning.

I’d love to hear what you’ve been working on this week.

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This week, I’m trying to make my focus more on women in business, mom bloggers that kind of thing. We all face such unique challenges when trying to run a home and a business and be there for our families.

So here are some really great articles that I’ve stumbled upon this week, take a look at them. You might also want to show them a bit of networking love.

Want Your Own Crystal Ball Heather has a relatively new blog, but she is kicking out some great content. I love the whole idea of her website, Girls Who Network. Helping women create the life and business they love.

Three Thought Thursday - Staying Motivated to Work Your Business is a great article by Alice Seba. It is easier to stay motivated when you don’t feel overwhelmed.

We Adopted Multi-Racial Teen Boys Last September is an article that is very touching and actually close to home for me with the work I do with kids. Give it a read, stop by and say hey.

Turning Scary Movies Into Scary Blogs - Though it fitting for the holiday and it made me smile…

A Commercial You’ll Never Forget - OMG, that is hilarious.  Course I would probably just turn around and walk the other way.  Stand a few isles over and wait it out.

Alright, there you have it.  Two to motivate, two to make you smile and one I just really think everyone needs to read.  And all from a great group of mom/women entrepreneurs.

Happy Friday Everyone…

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I was reading a post Jon did at Smart, Wealthy, Rich on How To Get 1261 Subscribers in less that 3 Months with his new blog Freelance Folder.

Wow - that’s amazing to me. So how’d he do it, and what are the rest of us doing wrong?

In a recent post, Monika commented:

Good idea for a poll. I actually voted others and what I’d like to suss out is why I seem to personally struggle with getting RSS subscribers? This really bugs me as all the blogs I’m subscribed to (including yours) are all writing and blogging about the same stuff. We all talk about our journey, our experiences and our failures and yet some have these huge subscriber lists and others like myself don’t.

It is a mystery to me to be honest and if you know the secret, then let us know please?

Monika, it is a mystery to me too.  So I’m still looking for answers.

Jon mentioned a few things in his post that he’s doing, and I’m not (or wasn’t).

•  Allow RSS email subscriptions.  I’ve always meant to add this, but never had.  It’s very easy to do just by going in through feedburner and setting it up.
• Networking.  I network and leave comments, but this is always at the bottom of my list.  If I run out of time in a day, I don’t do it.  Funny though because I do take time to read many blogs and it would really only take a few extra minutes to comment them.  Jon says he was spending 2 - 4 hours a day networking.  Wow - that’s a lot of time.  But I know for myself, as soon as I do this, by unique visitors increase and so I would then assume that RSS readers would also increase.
• Getting links from A-listers.  Well I have gotten a few in the past, but will strive to get more.

Other things that I have not yet done are:

• Submit my RSS feed to RSS directories.  This is very time consuming unless you have software for it, or unless you outsource the project to someone.
• Put your email and RSS links on all of your remote site.  This is an awesome idea from Jack at FTR, check out the full story here.

And as always the way you’re going to get more people wanting to subscribe through RSS is to keep putting out quality content posts.  I find that my list of subscribers tends to fluctuate 10.  The type of post I put out on any given day, or if I’m not able to put one out at all has a huge impact on the number of subscribers to my list.

I will be implementing all of these changes and keep track of my numbers, just as sort of an experiment for myself.  Right now, I’m at 78 through my feedburner feed.
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