meta name='ir-site-verification-token' value='1860762106'> How to save money and look great while doing so

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Earning prestige on your own merit.

Award Prize Ribbon Winner Win Competition
I have touched on this subject before because there are some people in this world who are looking for hand-outs or looking for the magic carpet to instantly appear out of nowhere.  You can learn a lot by putting in your own hard work.

 I remember Wendy Williams was talking to someone in her audience and she mentioned about the days when you lived in your first apartment and had mice or other pests in your the home and you toughened up and made it work out.

Let me go back and tell you about my very first apartment.  It was in a town where I had never lived and an apartment manager had taken me to another apartment first.  This apartment was so dingy, I cried. (really I did!)  I had never been on my own, and I was determined, but the vision that I had in my mind was not this one.

 I dreamed of a fully furnished apartment in the nice part of town, and everything was bright and beautiful, and I could just see myself entertaining my friends and enjoying my life.  Sad to say that this was not my reality.

  My reality at that time was ragged flooring, walls that desperately needed to be painted, and mice and other pests.  There was definitely drug selling and other things being sold in this neighborhood.

I could not imagine the beauty that could be created. Now I see a lot of ladies on Youtube showing how to make a less-than-perfect apartment beautiful, and it is really inspiring.

  We didn't have Youtube at that time but we all had that aunt who could create a palace out of a not-so-beautiful apartment.  This experience was a hard pill to swallow because it wasn't my dream but I have to say that this experience changed me.

 It changed the way I saw things and my perception.  It taught me how to be creative and appreciate the work that I had to put in and also the young lady who thought that she couldn't make it on her own. Made it!

It was hard but it showed me how to make some serious choices.  That is the key, choices because if you do not change the way you think, your outlook will remain very bleak.

 I can never forget those days when I had to stretch the orange juice by adding more water to it and the days that I ran out of my favorite floor cleaner and the day when my old car finally stopped running and I knew that I would have to rely on public transportation at that point.

 I didn't turn into this frugal queen by accident; I had to struggle.  The tools were always there but it was not something that someone could tell me or rescue me, it was life and life humbled this scared young lady.  I now know that I can make it no matter what.  If I can make it, you too!



Monday, April 3, 2017

To Wear Makeup Or Not To Wear Makeup (Commentary)

There has been a great debate regarding makeup since Alicia Keys decided that she will not wear makeup and she is sporting a more natural look.  Alicia Keys is a beautiful woman and she definitely can make that choice because she doesn't have any notable flaws.  I am sure that a lot of women will follow her lead and she is just showing young girls that they can be comfortable in their own skin.

Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder and during my twenties, I didn't wear makeup.  My skin was nice and clear and I saw no reason to be made up.  I was struck by illnesses and still, I did not wear makeup.  Fast forward eight years, my neighbor knocked on my door.  She wanted to borrow some bottled water.  She looked at me kind of strange and she said, " are you feeling okay?"  I told her that I had been very sick and then she went back to her apartment.  Next time I saw her she said, " when you are sick, you should put on a little makeup because if you look in the mirror and you look sick it will kill your spirit"  Honestly, I thought she was throwing shade but I looked at myself in the mirror and I had deep circles around my eyes and I really did look sick.

I watched some Youtube videos so I could learn how to apply makeup and a whole new world opened up to me.  I saw myself in a whole new light and it restored some of the happiness that I had lost due to being ill.  When I am feeling my worst I apply some foundation and do my eyebrows and I feel good about myself.   My point is, everyone, do not have the same story and if your skin is in good shape and you have no blemishes or scars, it is good not to wear makeup but for ladies who are suffering from skin diseases or perhaps have deep scars, makeup can be good for your self-esteem.

I have never been a person who jumps on bandwagons and I do what makes me happy. If my health returns to a healthy state, maybe I will wear little or no makeup but until then, I will enjoy the blessings that makeup has given me.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

What To Do When Someone Steals Your Ideas



What To Do When Someone Steals Your Ideas:
We have all encountered this situation when we have conversations with someone and they pick your brain to get your opinion.

I am a firm believer in sharing ideas but sometimes people do not want to do the work needed to find the solutions themselves.

All over the Internet, you will see where someone has copied your post or ideas word for word and it is something that really upsets me.  I understand that people have similar ideas and that is not a problem for me but outright stealing is something else.

I feel that people want a free ride and they want to profit or get credit for your art or work.

There are things that you can do to combat this problem.


  1. Always copyright your work.
  2. If you see your work or ideas on another website without your permission, ask the person or site to remove this information off their website.
  3. Contact a Lawyer.
  4. Be careful who you tell your ideas and dreams to.
  5. Put a Disclaimer on your site explaining what will happen if your work is stolen

Friday, March 3, 2017

Real Reasons to Dissolve Some Friendships


Friendships are great.  We meet people in our lives and we share so much but there are times when a great friendship is on its way out.  Some of our friends are people we have known since childhood or different season and stages of our lives.  Talking and sharing our secrets was a mainstay of our relationship. As we grew as women and married, had children or experienced that dreaded Divorce we always knew that we had each other's back.

Friendships that was so sacred that our family didn't even know what we were going through because our dear friends were the keeper of our secrets.  At some point in our life's journey, we go through changes in jobs, kids, family, and locations, and we both notice that our visits and phone calls are getting fewer and fewer.  No one is mad or upset but it is just a sign that we are outgrowing our friendships.

Nothing ever stay's the same and I have come to realize that life's roads sometimes lead you into a new and different direction, and sometimes God has something new for you and new friendships for you to form.

Sometimes, someone has broken your trust and that shatters your relationship and there is no coming back and you must move on, never to return again.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Great Quotes About Money.

I decided to do this post because I was thinking about how people in the past felt about money and it will give a lot of insight about money today. Below you will see the quotes and the famous people throughout History who made these quotes.

Great Quotes About Money
 "Money produce happiness.  The more of it one has the more one wants."
                                                             -  Benjamin Franklin -


 "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
                                                              -Albert Einstein-

 " A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
                                                               -Jonathan Swift-

 "Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power."
                                                               -Benjamin Disraeli-

   "Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative."
                                                               -Leland Stanford-

    " The Rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger."
                                                                -Sholem Aleichem-

   "The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question."
                                                                -Woodrow Wilson-

"If money go before, all ways do lie open."
                                                                 -William Shakespeare-
                                             
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."
                                                                  -Frederic Bastiat-        
                                                               
"Money is needed even to do without them.  We have had enough of great wars; I think that now is the time of great peace."
                                                                   -Honore de Balzac-

            

Saturday, February 25, 2017

How To Wash Clothes.




It is very important to learn how to clean and take care of your clothing.  They will last much longer if you take the time and clean them properly.

Sunday, February 19, 2017

How To Get Rid Of The Unproductive Areas In Your Life

Learning how to pinpoint the unproductive areas in your life isn't easy. To do it, you have to take an honest assessment of things that may be time wasters.  When you work at home you have to think about all the time that you are not doing work on your business.  Sometimes people think that they can spend a lot of time on the computer or talk on the phone and if this is keeping your from your goal for the day, this is wasting time.

If you are going to the Mall or other places where you could bring your Laptop or Ipad to do some work, and you don't, you are wasting time.

There are a time and place for enjoyment and relaxation because it is important but sometimes we are even putting off housework when we could put laundry in the washing machine and dryer; it doesn't take much time to do this.

Productivity is the quality of being productive or having the power to produce. This means that you can write yourself a to-do list where you can give yourself something productive to do every day.  It doesn't have to be something hard or tedious, it could be just one thing.  You will find that this will get easier every day and you will reach more of your goals.
}; (function(d, t) {var s = d.createElement(t); s.type = 'text/javascript';s.async = true; s.src = '//clickcdn.sovrn.com/api/sovrncm.js'; var r = d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; r.parentNode.insertBefore(s, r); }(document, 'script'));