Pandora's Casket

There are many people just like me that run businesses over the internet. Having an online business means that you must be able to take credit card payments. Some businesses accept Paypal or services such as these but they can only go so far. Another thing is that the fees associated with a merchant account is rather high. Trust me I know this for a fact. In order to accept credit cards on your site you have to make sure that you choose the right company to suit your needs. Also keeping in mind your budget at the same time.

Looking into the company Online Check the services actually floored me. I have compared other merchant accounts and truthfully they can not stand up to what I saw. Nearly everything that I read was FREE. Down to the application fee which a lot of others charge $25-$75 just to apply. There are other freebies here with their services such as:

Free replacement of the credit card machine/terminal
Free application fee
No Set Up Fee
No annual fee
No programming fee

There are other things that are associated with their service as well. I am simply sold on this as even with the other company that we all know the fees are more than this.

In order to utilize your site to the fullest choose a merchant account that suits your needs and then some. Why would you want to pay more for your credit card processing and the ability to accept credit cards if you do not have to?

I am going to give them a jingle as I have personally been looking for a merchant account for my businesses but the costs were not in my budget at all.

What a great day! Jeremy is finally home.

They stopped off at Grandpa Norms before they came home which I guess really made his day in seeing his grandson!

Now he is out and home we can take some pictures and start spoiling him rotten!

Auntie BB has yet to eat his toes but I am sure it won't be long before she does just that

Today I got the scare of a lifetime. Nicky has been walking home from school now for two days. I am barely comfortable with that but it is time.

Today I was watching the time. Giving him ample time to dilly dally along the way home. Well, 312 comes along and no Nicky. I waited five more minutes. No Nicky. I got my shoes on and headed downstairs looking in the upstairs bedrooms and asking if B had seen him. Nothing

I started walking to the school which is barely a 6 minute walk. Streets are dead as usual. By this time I am totally flooded with despair and started to cry a little. I turned around to go back home.

I heard some children laughing. My instincts perked and I walked to where I heard the sounds. There were three little boys jumping on a trampoline having the time of their lives. One such little boy looked like Nicky but from the distance I wasn't all that sure.

Getting up to the boys sure enough there was Nicky I was caught between emotions of being ever so angry and just relieved.

I asked him to get his things and we walked home. Tear again started to flow. Even though I found him it was still the left over stress over the overwhelming fear of every parent that their child might be missing.

Right now he is grounded to playing inside and not with his friends for his punishment. Although he apologized and was crying at seeing me cry he has to learn that by not coming straight home like he is supposed to it shows irresponsibility in his actions. He is only 8 going on 9 so I still worry.

Will he walk home alone tomorrow? No he will not. I think that he is just not ready to do this all the way home. Or maybe I am not ready to let go completely.

Have you watched the video I have posted here on my site or another's site? It is so cute about how they as a family are attempting to fit into their community. I know how that feels as we were that way when we first moved here in our small town. So very hard to be outsiders. They have added a llot of things over on the freshfunds site for you to look at and join.

Now that they have actually opened up the site and it has gone live it seems to be something that will be a lot of fun to join. You purchase certain products and save the points. Accumulate the points and you are able to use them for purchases that are on the online auction that they have. Now, everyone loves to bid and win victoriously (snickering) so this will add to the fun and entertainment that you are able to have. Signing up is a breeze and there are full details on the site and the good works that they are doing with the proceeds of sales. Donations go to much needy causes.

This morning as I was doing my normal drops I started to read a few of the blogs that I normally do not read, or just glance at the newest posts. For some reason something caught my eye on each of them so I started to just read older posts on their front page.

I was really disturbed by a few of them. All are really nice sites do not get me wrong but they were writing about their children and spanking them

One went so far as to say they were in pain and the child was crying and they felt like spanking them so hard to make them stop. Whoa back that train up. That one was the worst of all the others I read.

The others were about how they spanked this one and that one. OK, I realize that we all rear our children in different ways yet personally reading the one about spanking so hard just disturbed me enough to post on it. Usually I read things and laugh about it.

Small children and spanking them because you are in pain? I guess we have never heard of

Pain Begets Pain

Spanking a child when they are crying only makes them cry more. AND if you feel that you need to spank a child get some help.

I have six children which more than half are 18 and over. Only two are 14 and 8. I can actually count the times I spanked any of them. I lectured them to death or they had time outs or things taken away that they liked. BUT if I was in a mood that I felt pain or sick I would explain it to them and I would walk away. Making sure they were taken care of at all times.

No, I am by far not a perfect parent as there really is not one of those walking this green earth and if you think there is you are an idiot

I don't know but spanking a child is just not appropriate discipline. Especially if it is taking your pain or anger that you are personally feeling out on them.

If you know anyone that has diabetes then you are well aware of the B12 shots that some have to endure. My ex, Norman, is a diabetic and has these shots. He hates having to go to the doctor and having the shot. One thing that bothers him is he takes his shots daily then has to make the appointment to have himself stuck. Those are the words that he uses. Of course I totally understand his frustration regarding this. A shot pain is a shot pain.

A few months back I told him about this alternative medicine. At first he was skeptical as his doctor did not ever say anything about it. I sat him down making (yes, making him) him read all the information, testimonials and everything that was on the site about the Sublingual B12. We both agreed that it was something that he should in fact look into.

His next doctors appointment he took the information that we ran off from the site to the doctor. His doctor had in fact heard of this alternative and agreed that Norman should give it a try to see how it worked for him.

Now, it has been a few months and with monitoring by his doctor he does not take the B12 shot any longer. He is very happy with the fact that this alternative pill form has been made available to him and others that suffer from diabetes.

This is not just for those that suffer from diabetes. Oh no, it is for other diseases as well. Such as Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia, heart disease and others just to name a few. It is in pill form coming from handy tear apart foil packets for your daily ease of usage.


If you are interested in giving this a try, which I do not see why you would not be, you have a great surprise a head of you. Not only with the results but the price. Get your box of sublingual B12 and a free bonus today.

If you or someone you know is wishing to find an alternative method rather than the B12 shot, do what Norman did. Be open minded and try it. If the results are the same as his you will be so very happy!

This morning it was crisp outside. Actually it was chilly. In coming back from taking my son to school I read the article about the Farmers Almanac stating that it was going to be abnormally colder in certain parts of the states. Lucky us we are in the certain parts.

Of course this has been debated by the National Weather Service already. The Farmers Almanac has an 80-85% history of being right on the nose. Not to bad a percentage if you ask me.

I have noticed that the leaves are already falling and can't forget the fog that has come in as well. Fog in August? Yes, indeed. There are a few more signs that Fall is closer than we expect. Seems to me that winter comes earlier and earlier.

I am interested to see which one has the correct forecast. I am going with the Farmers Almanac

Yesterday one of the things that we were out doing and that was picking up some of the materials for my room. Expanding the walls and putting in the insulation will be a pretty big job. I have to move all my furniture around on one side so Jamie can start. It won't be until later this week or next due to it is so hot up there right now and there are things coming up this week that we just won't have time. I will be so glad when my room is done. I figure by next summer it should be. We have to insulate where the antique loom is to make that an office area. Then adding the other section for my library room. Yes, the room is that big. I am taking one section and making it into a general area where I will be putting a couch and end tables. I started looking at furniture this weekend as I might be able to put the couch in by this October.

While at the mall my daughter was looking at new body jewelry while I saw some great accent items for my room.

I am really excited about the room as you can tell!