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Stargazer




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Stargazer's Life List

  2. 1. Make money blogging
    3 team members . 5 entries . 2 cheers     		73 people
  3. 2. Live in a home in the country with my husband and kids and lots of pets and animals
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		4 people
  4. 3. exercise daily
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		1,889 people
  5. 4. Lose 20 pounds
    2 entries . 1 cheer     		6,489 people
  6. 5. Get out of debt
    3 entries . 4 cheers     		10,552 people
  7. 6. Work successfully from home
    		14 people
  8. 7. eat more vegetables
    2 cheers     		840 people
  9. 8. Return to eating a macrobiotic diet
    		2 people
  10. 9. Spend time in nature
    1 cheer     		34 people
  11. 10. get a masters degree
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		2,794 people
  12. 11. Create and maintain a clean, peaceful and positive environment in my home
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		12 people
  13. 12. get a cat
    3 cheers     		842 people
  14. 13. own a lovely white-faced cinnamon cockatiel
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  15. 14. have a duck pond with my pet ducks swimming in it
    		10 people
  16. 15. Buy a telescope powerful enough to do some decent astrophotography
    3 cheers     		2 people
  17. 16. learn astrophotography
    1 cheer     		10 people
  18. 17. see the northern lights
    1 cheer     		16,413 people
  19. 18. Find my first Geocache!
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		11 people
  20. 19. Visit Japan
    2 cheers     		5,369 people
  21. 20. Learn Japanese
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		9,424 people
  22. 21. Drink tea in Japan
    3 cheers     		7 people
  23. 22. Visit Vermont in the Autumn
    3 cheers     		7 people
  24. 23. visit Switzerland
    		109 people
  25. 24. Think Positive
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		280 people
  26. 25. Write a book
    		24,978 people
  27. 26. Write a children's book
    2 cheers     		1,278 people
  28. 27. Start a company that survives longer than 2 years
    2 cheers     		373 people
  29. 28. live passionately
    1 cheer     		5,541 people
  30. 29. Design and build a house
    1 cheer     		255 people
  31. 30. take better photos
    		228 people
  32. 31. work because I like to, not because I have to
    		3,378 people
  33. 32. create something beautiful
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		502 people
  34. 33. make a difference
    		6,629 people
  35. 34. learn to garden well
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		8 people
  36. 35. Live long and prosper
    2 cheers     		47 people
  37. 36. become a millionaire
    		1,491 people
  38. 37. get a patent
    1 entry     		78 people
  39. 38. make my orchids bloom
    1 entry     		3 people
  40. 39. Get back into Martial Arts
    		55 people

How I did it
How to get a bike
It took me
1 day
It made me
Eh...

How I did it: I went to a yard sale, and saw a touring bike. It was $35 and I bought it. It's not in great working condition, so I have to fix it. I achieved the goal of actually buying a bike that's kinda close to what I wanted. But because it was in need of repair, and I didn't have the time to do it, I let the bike sit. This bike sat for years and got in worse condition. I've just now set the goal to fix the bike, and I have to go parts for it. I ho… Read how I did it…

May 30, 09:41PM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to keep up with current web trends
It took me
4 weeks
It made me
Feeling connected!

How I did it: Keep up with the current trend of social networking by using it!  Sign up for accounts with Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.Use Twitter, Facebook (don't really like it but I jumped into it for a couple of weeks to test it out), and test out the other social networking programs. See how they work.  Think how you can make them work for you.  Visit RSS and Twitter links in your subjects you like - while you're reading about… Read how I did it…

May 30, 09:33PM PDT | 0 comments


How to buy a beautiful home
It took me
3 years
It made me
Happy!

How I did it: I took all my salary and put it into the bank as a downpayment, and we lived extremely tight off my husband's money.Then, we realized we would never be able to buy a home in the Washington DC area where we lived. We loved it there but all we could see is more years of renting expensive places until we got old. So we moved 2 hours away to Pa. He still works in DC area, and I work at home. He comes home 3-4 days a week and works there 3-4 d… Read how I did it…

May 30, 09:18PM PDT | 0 comments


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Recent entries
create a personal web portal
Web Portal 3 years ago

Personal web pages at www.sunnypad.com. It’s ideas are from when web pages first came out; it looks rather childlike and I’ve not gotten away from that look but would like to revamp it some time. Anyway it serves its purpose for now!

Feb 08, 2006, 06:23PM PST | 0 comments


Make money blogging (read all 5 entries…)
Ack! Half of January is over... 3 years ago

I’m working on a project that’s nearly done but haven’t forgotten this, my main goal. I need to make money from having something online, preferrably a blog.

I’ve already started pointing people to my webpage as much as possible. Mostly people from gaming forums I’m on, etc. It’s sorely in need of a redesign, but it is what it is right now. Stop by! www.sunnypad.com

Here are my ideas:

Non-blog:
1. Make a top-100 list. List of games, list of technical tools, something like that. Pop some ads on it and get the list out there to start generating some revenue.

Blog ideas:
I’ve had two blog ideas. Would appreciate feedback on which are better ideas:
1. A regular ol’ technical blog. Pros: people like them. I do. Cons: there are a bazillion of them out there. What will make people want to come back to mine regularly?
2. A knowledge-type of blog. Kind of a learn-with-me thing. I take a subject that I don’t know anything about and just start learning about it and blogging. Anyone interested can learn along with me.

Problems with blogging: People like me use news aggregators. I only go into the blog entries if they hold my interest or have more information that I want to see. People that skim links in an aggregator won’t bring in revenue for me.

Another thing – what will make someone want to read my blog? I have a bazillion feeds in my aggregator. But which blogs make me want to rush to them first? Also there’s not enough time in the day sometimes…even the things I’m dying to keep up with, I just can’t. So the updates are piled up in my newsreader. I’m sure I’m not the only one having this issue.

Things to think about and tackle.

Jan 16, 2006, 09:54PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment


Make money blogging (read all 5 entries…)
Akismet 3 years ago

For anti-spam (a HUGE problem I’ve had on my personal Wordpress blog, which I actually stopped using because it was so time consuming cleaning out all the spam) someone suggested that Akismet http://akismet.com/ is great. I plan on installing this on any future blog.

Dec 24, 2005, 08:31AM PST | 1 comment


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