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    Steps to Making Your Website a Hit

    Whether you’ve set up a small scale website to sell a few home made products, or whether you’ve decided to go all out and set up a small business as your main means of income, you’re going to find that running a website entails a lot more time, effort and thought than you might have originally thought. At the same time, your website is going to generate the vast majority of your sales, so it really is important that you take steps to ensure that it looks its best, functions at its best and gets as much traffic as possible. Here are a few steps that you can take to…

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    Hello October 2022! Time For The $50 Your Way Giveaway!!

    October 2022 giveaway time. Okay, all together now……… HOW DID it get to be October already!??! My monthly update is filled with Halloween goodies! I decorated early in September. I just couldn’t help it. I started sending goodies to Alice and Olivia for Halloween. Then the whole ‘Winston‘ thing happened. Thank you Kate for the name, it really fits him.  The most important part of Winston is the fact that my son Zachary STILL refuses to acknowledge him!!! Seriously!! How stubborn is this kid?!?!?! Yes, I do see the irony. That nut did not fall far from the tree. However, I continue to send an updated picture of Winston throughout…

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    Gold Rings And Silver Bracelets Make Momma Happy!

    I am a jewelry hoarder. I personally have the worst case of ohhhh shiny! I love sparkle, shine, dazzle, and pretty. I love uniqueness, I appreciate fine jewelry. Yes, I need all the pretty things, especially stackable gold rings. If those gold rings accidentally have diamonds in them well then YES, PLEASE! For a lot of women that I know jewelry is programmed into our DNA. I know my family certainly passed down the love of sparkle. Did you know that the first trace of jewelry was in Iran? (Actually, it was the Mediterranean at the time).  About 3,000 to 400 BC!?!? That’s nuts right??   Initially, most of the…