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Did I sleep too much?

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I was so tired yesterday, because I didn’t get much sleep the night before, that I actually fell asleep on the couch at about 9:30 in the evening!

I remember waking up again around 12:30 am when my husband was going to bed, but I think I fell asleep again while trying to watch TV within half an hour. I slept until 6 a.m., stayed up for a bit doing a few things on the computer and then went back to bed, my real bed this time, by 8:30 am.

I still managed to sleep for another two hours!

I must have needed sleep! Either that or my illness is about to worsen. Unfortunately I’m afraid it’s the latter.

I’ve been up for about two hours and already I’m feeling sleepy again. This can’t be good.

I’m someone who, for most of my life, has only needed five or six hours of sleep at the most. Last night I had at least 10 hours of sleep! I shouldn’t be tired. Somethings up.

I am glad that I managed to get a good sleep. I know I needed it. It’s just worrisome that I’m still so tired.





Spanish lesson audio books

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If you’re planning a holiday to a Spanish speaking country it’s always a good idea to know some of the most important phrases that you’ll need to use while staying in that country.
Actually, if you could manage to learn a good portion of the language before you go on your holiday you’ll probably have a much more enjoyable vacation.

If you’d like to start learning Spanish visit An Ear For Books and take a look at the Spanish audio books that they are selling. The first book in their collection gives you five hours of Spanish language classes broken into 10 30 minute sessions.

You can listen to your Spanish language lesson tapes as you commute back and forth from work if you’d like. Why not put that time to good use for a change? I’ll bet you’d learn Spanish in no time.

AnEarForBooks.com also has audio books that range from best sellers to the classics so take a look at the rest of their selection while you are there.

Quick Blogging – Just Do It!

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John who is affectionately known as Techie in some circles, of the Something for Nothing Blog, came up with a great idea the other day.

He coined a term for a method of blogging that you might already practice at times, or that you might wish you could do more often. He’s called it Quick Blogging, amd I must say, I’m jumping on the Quick Blogging Revolution band wagon.

I think to some degree I already practice Quick Blogging. It’s basically blogging something as soon as you think of it rather than holding on to it and thinking about it.

I’m going to call my post Stephen King on the Hour and Surnames in China my first official quick blogging post, but I’m sure I’ve practiced this form of blogging in the past. Perhaps even as often as once a week. Now I think I’m going to try to make a quick blogging entry at least once a day from now on. Why not.

Basically all you need to do for quick blogging is blog whatever you are thinking about when it comes to you.

Take my Stephen King and China Surnames post. I was watching a television show, enjoying it, and I thought “Gee this is a great show, and that fact about Chinese surnames is really interesting. I’ve got to blog about that.” So I just did it.

Do the two main topics of that post go together? No not really, but at least they were tied together in the guise of the TV show that I was watching. That’s not the point thought. The point is to blog about something as soon as it comes to you.

You know how you’re at work, the bank, shopping or just walking down the street and something either happens that makes you think “I’ve got to remember to blog about this” or you think of something to blog about? Well how often do you end up blogging about it when you finally get in front of your computer? Probably only half the time right?

Well stop that.

If something occurs to you to blog about get to a computer and blog it.

Whether it’s just a few lines or turns out to be a few paragraphs it doesn’t matter. Just get those thoughts out there. Make sure you have a spell checker on your computer or in your browser, and watch your sentence structure and grammar so that your post doesn’t end up looking really bad.

There’s some posts that I spend a lot of time thinking about and going over again and again as I write them up.

There’s other posts that I write in advance and save as drafts, and then go over before I publish them.

Then there’s some that I just write on the fly and post without much thought.

You know what I’ve found? While the posts that I’ve taken a lot of time over get a fairly good response, it’s the posts that I just write quickly, the ones that just pour out of me that tend to get the most response.

So what do you say? Are you ready to give quick blogging a try? It can’t hurt. You can always delete or edit the post if you change your mind about it.

Write it, read it, post it. Just do it!

Working Capital for your restaurant or retail business

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I know many people who are in the restaurant business. They or their families own franchises or small restaurants. It’s a difficult business – between the hours of business, keeping good employees and creating a delicious menu that will keep clients coming back for more.

Getting business loans to finance a small to medium sized business can be a stressful process as well.

Advance Restaurant Finance is a company that specializes in short term, working capital loans. As per their name they do specialize in loans for restaurants but they also work with small to medium sized retail merchants.

If a business qualifies, the working capital that they’ll receive is a loan, and the interest that the business will pay as the loan is paid off is tax deductible.

Visit the ARF website to learn more if you are looking for working capital for your restaurant or retail business. If you like what you see you can request a call back in order to learn more and perhaps start the process of applying for financing.

The roses, oh the roses!

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My roses are blooming. All of them are blooming! Come visit my backyard and smell their sweet perfume. It’s heavenly.

Three of my rose bushes are taller than I am and they are just covered with scented spring buds and blooms. It’s gorgeous! There’s white ones, pale yellow ones, rich yellow ones, pink ones, pink ones, pink ones, and red ones!

I went out and finally did some work in my garden yesterday. My back is now aching! It as nice to be surrounded by such beauty and scent. My lavender is just about ready to bloom too and I was working with it to straighten it out and the scent of lavender mingled with the beautiful rose scents. Ahhhhh! I must bottle that scent for winter!

The photo above is not this years. I did take some photos while I was out but I haven’t transfered them to my computer yet. Just wait until you see them!

Sadly I lost some roses this winter. You can find out which ones on As the Garden Grows.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

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