Evermore Rants

Where does the time go?

2012-07-19T13:17:00.000-05:00

I hear the phrase all the time " Where does the time go?". I have said this a few times since my 2nd child turned 18. I have 5 children. In order they are boy 20, boy 18, girl 17 ,boy 16 , and my baby girl is 14.

I set and look out the window sometimes and I can see them playing when they were little. I miss the drama, and all that goes on when you have that many kids.

One time my kids were outside playing. I had the windows open, so I could hear what was going on. My second son was always enticing the others to ask for things, or sneak to get things. Well he was up to his usual. I hear him tell my oldest daughter to get the pickles. "Moms upstairs she wont see you". She is to wise to this and says no. Quickly they decided to have my youngest son do it. I hear the screen door open. So I start to sneak down the stairs, and just watch. Just as he has the jar of pickles I just bought. I say "KJ what are you doing". BOOM, they hit the floor. I start laughing, he starts crying. Mind you he was only 5 at this time. We cleaned up the mess together, and then went to the store to buy another jar of pickles. Of course we all had a good conversation "for the hundredth time" about sneaking. Once we got back everyone had pickles, and watched a movie.

My kids are old enough now that they don't really think of me unless they need something. My 14 year old thinks I am the dumbest chic on the block. Of course you know "things were different back then".

It brings tears to my eyes when I think about the fact that I have only a few more years to make sure they are fine and responsible adults. I only have four years of high school left. This year I have a freshman, sophomore, junior, and a senior. It didn't bother me as much when my 20 year old graduated a couple years ago. Sure I was sad that he's all grown up, but everyone else was still so young, or so it seemed.

I appreciate every minute that I get to spend with my kids. I guess the moral of the story is to appreciate what you have before its gone.

Til next time,

Kim

Being more productive...

2012-05-23T20:20:00.002-05:00

I am trying to become more productive. That is with my blog. I have been busy lately with all the other crap I have going on. My J.O.B, family, new store and now I am into marketing. I think with all the things I have going on I would surely find things to rant about. Oh I do, but then I forget to jump on and spew away. Maybe I am just becoming lazy.

I have a plan.... I am going to set up my Twitter and Facebook page on my phone. When something throws me into a rant I will just post it there. Doesn't that sound like a great idea!? I thought so.

Or, maybe I will just rant now... I am searching for something about blogging or a blog. You know, some sort of self help guide or something. What do I find? Nothing of importance. Just some silly lamp. Really?

This has surely turned on yet another light bulb....

Live to work or Work to live

2012-04-22T09:01:00.000-05:00

So these days my blog is left all to its lonesome. Not a soul in site. Why is that? I'm working! Yes, working my life away,or so it feels that way.

Back in August I made the decision to go back to work, or work for someone I should say. Today I work all the time. We need more overtime they say. Okay, I get that, but why is it always the same folks working the overtime.

I have come to the conclusion that is also doesn't really help me when I get to many hours. Why, because then I am in another tax bracket. I have it down to a science. I don't work any more than 52 hours in one week. That gives me 104 hours a payday and I still get most of what I worked for. I think its sad that you have to be creative when it comes to work in order to actually get what you have earned.

I have been reading other blogs and they all talk about a work life balance. I thought what is that?
Boy, am I in trouble.

When I decided to go back to work it was because the stores did not provided a reliable income. Sure I averaged about $10 an hour, but that was only have you took total income and divided it by the hours I worked, and then that was never consistent.

I believe that the grass is always greener on the other side. The pros and cons of working for yourself or working for someones else are pretty equal. They are just different. I have written them down for myself and come to the conclusion that I would rather work for myself and make less money. I had more time with my kids and husband. I for sure had more time for myself.

Now the question is could I start up again and make it or will it break me.

Til next time,

Kim

Hello Again

2011-10-08T21:29:00.000-05:00

Well, Hello there!
Its been a long time since I posted. Since my last posting I have started a new job, moved to a new home, and closed two businesses. I will be writing more often now that things have settled down for me. I haven't forgot to write, only post to my blog. My poor little notebook is chalk full of rants. Oh and there is some goodies. I also want to acknowledge those who have wrote to me about the things that bug you. I am happy/sad to say that some of these are things that bother/bug me too. I also want to say thank you to those who are fans on Facebook I will be updating there tonight as well. I also will be updating twitter more often for those fun rants through out the day. Thank you also to those who were worried about my sudden disappearance. I am okay and will soon be back to updating daily, well maybe a couple times a week.

Till next time,

Topic Change on Facebook.

2011-07-26T17:12:00.001-05:00

Facebook is all the rage these days. Its great for personal interactions with our friends & family, playing games, and keeping up with brands that we love. Facebook claims that there are more than 750 Million users on the site and 50 % log on daily. I believe that to be true. I use Facebook everyday for personal and business. I log on to check on my friends, and to monitor my fan pages for new fans "likes" and comments.

I love to network on Facebook. I believe that a good percent of the fan's "likes" I have on Facebook are from networking. If you have a fan page for your business, blog,or whatever and are not networking, your Crazy! Networking on Facebook takes some work, but the rewards are 10 fold. A couple of the places to get started are Fan Page Promote and Promote My Fan Page. The concept is really simple. Like a page with your personal profile. Leave them a note telling them where you are from. Most of the time the page owner will return the like and post on your wall. This is good for both pages for two reasons: your page is gaining new likes, and it is active with the posts. This boosts both pages in Facebook's rankings. Now I don't suggest you go around liking pages willy nilly. I only like pages I am truly interested in because in reality I would want the same.

Something to be leery of is pages that change topic when they get their fan base built up. I tell you this because I recently noticed a page that I had liked do this. The page started out as a fan page promotion. This was fabulous. Their concept was to like the page from your personal page and they would do a shout out for your business. Also, if you did a shout out for them they would return the favor. I loved this page and promoted them heavily. This page also had a business directory that was made up in the notes section of the page. Then one of the admins decided to sponsor this business directory on her blog. This was AWESOME! I was one of the first in the directory. I even grabbed the button from the blog and put a link back to it from my site. After a short bit of time, this page had nice numbers for "likes". I started noticing fewer shout outs for businesses no belonging to the admins.Then the ability to post on the wall went away. Then the main admin changed the location of her blog. There is no longer a link to the business directory on the blog. I asked on the pages wall if I had missed an announcement, and was the blog going to continue to host the directory since they moved. My question was deleted and the admin once again posted about her blog. I find it VERY RUDE! Trust me I will no longer "like" that page, and I have warned others.

Until Next Time!

eBay Cracks Me UP!

2011-07-23T10:51:00.000-05:00

eBay sure has changed a lot over the years. I remember the first time I went to the site. I was amazed at all the good finds. I created my 1st account in 2002. I bought everything I wanted and needed, and even crap I didn't need, just because it was a good deal. Today I have 4 accounts. I have 2 for personal and 2 for business. I don't mix my buying and selling and I don't mix personal with business.

My eBaying has slowed way down in the last couple of years. I stopped selling on eBay last year sometime. I don't remember the exact date, but it was shortly after they removed the ability for sellers to leave negative feedback for buyers. This sent me over the edge.
9 times out of 10 transactions go smooth. Buyer pays, I ship, buyer receives they leave feedback, and then I leave feedback. Every once in a while you get a coo coo who thinks they run the show.
I personally have left negative feedback for a buyer only once. Was it for retaliation? YES! The guy left negative feedback for me because the post office left his package on the neighbors porch and the neighbor brought it to him. After he left the NEG with a comment of "took to long to ship". I emailed the buyer and asked politely if the address was correct. Buyer responds yes, but it was a big inconvenience for the package to be at the neighbors for a day. He was rude and cussing throughout the entire email. Claiming I was a horrible seller among other things. Mind you, I don't have any control over the situation. I mailed the package the day after payment was received to the right address with tracking. I left a Negative for him with a comment of "Next Time I will Fly It To You Myself"

My personal selling account has a feedback rating of 99.3% over 2,288 transactions. My business selling account has a feedback rating of 99.8% over 7,364 transactions. I think that is pretty damn good.

Yesterday I get an email from eBay that just sends me in to laughing hysterics. I almost peed myself. I haven't sold on eBay in 6 months according to my feedback. eBay says "We've updated the selling limits on your account [Seller Name]. You can now sell up to 10 items and up to $500.00 a month, whichever comes first. We'll review your account periodically, and may automatically increase these limits based on your selling performance.
These updated selling limits aren't because of any actions you've taken on your eBay account. Limits give sellers an opportunity to learn to sell effectively on eBay before ramping up. If you'd like to sell more each month, you can request a selling limits increase."

Really!? I don't think I want to sell at all. eBay has lost its way. You don't see many small sellers these days. And the FEES, well that's for another rant. I just looked and I haven't bought off of eBay for over six months either. I think I am comfortable saying I am done with eBay. I prefer to shop elsewhere. Most of the small sellers have there wares listed on other sites in addition to eBay anyway.

Crazy Driving Drug Addicts!

2011-07-20T21:40:00.002-05:00

Boy Howdy! Where do I begin?

Its been a long, but awesome day. The store's sales are way up. I am so happy about this, but tired from processing all the orders and answering the phone all day. My husband suggests we go out for dinner. So of course we had CICI'S Pizza here in town. We love that place! We had great family time and then on the way home stopped and picked up my daughters friend so she could stay the night.

We are on our last stretch of road before we get home and in front of us is this Red Blazer looking vehicle driving like a maniac. Swerving from side to side in both lanes and almost hit the car in front of him in the ass. I recognize this vehicle. I saw it the night before just outside of our house on the corner just sitting there idling. I am a curious (Nosy) person and opened the door and stood there looking at them with my hands on my hips. They slowly turned and went on down the road.
I tell my husband, "I know that car, its the one I told you about last night." Mind you our neighborhood has had some thieving going on. My husband backs off just in case they cause a wreck. Sure enough they turn on our road. They go on up from our house. My husband pulls in the drive. The other vehicle is about a block up the road stopped talking to another car. Before my daughters friend can get all of her stuff out of the trunk. This red car comes FLYING by. I yell out, "Its 25." The girl driving slows down and yells out F**k you bitch and flips the bird. Then she speeds on down the road. Then the red vehicle we had been following comes FLYING by. This time I yell, "IT'S TWENTY FIVE." The guy slams on his breaks and starts to back up. He says "What the Fu** did you say to me?" Its obvious this guy has toked on waayyyyy to many crack pipes (Meth Pipes). I walk closer and say in a loud voice, "Its 25." He says in a threatening voice, "I'll drive 70 if I want to you F'ing bitch." I say, "There are children and its 25." He is all ate up! He starts asking if I have his tag number and taunting. He doesn't have tags on his vehicle, not even a valid temp tag that I could tell. I laugh. Then he drives off. I guess I don't need a tag number if I can give a good enough description of all his bumper stickers and him. LOL My husband calls the police and gives good description of the goings on and the guy and his vehicle. A little later we hear a traffic stop of two vehicles that sound like theirs, and these people have warrants for multiple times of no tags. Gees I wonder if this could be a problem for them? Hhhmmm!

My husband yelled at me about how stupid I was for yelling and those dumb asses. He claims they could have shot me down. Now I suppose to a rational person that could be so. I also think about the future and if the assholes were to hit my daughter. I suppose I would be the one doing the shooting. Yes, really I would. I honestly believe that if someone hurt my child out of neglect or on purpose I would gladly go to prison to avenge their death.

I am not a bitch, I am the bitch, and that is Miss Bitch to you.

Facebook Giveaway Hounds!

2011-07-19T02:40:00.000-05:00

What the HE.Double Hockey Sticks is a Face book Giveaway Hound? These are people, mostly women that like pages that are having a giveaway. Then BLAM they unlike it when the Giveaway is over.

Now that you know what it is, lets move on. This irritates to me to no end. Why? Because I have a fan page for my other business. I hate watching my numbers go up during the giveaway, just to drop afterwards. This is just plain RUDE! Some of these trolls scour Face book like ticks looking for hounds. They enter and then they leave. Sometimes they leave before they get their prize. LOL I do not give anything away until I have verified that they are a fan.

I personally love the contests and giveaways that other pages have. I enter all the time. I win some and I lose some. The point is. If you like what the page is giving away, or their sponsors then you must like those types of products or services. So, why not stick around? Who knows you might be missing another giveaway just for fans "likes". I might even start sponsoring giveaways here. MMMMM Maybe NOT.

Really! You need that many ads for a dictionary?

2011-07-19T00:51:00.002-05:00

Okay, so now I have this wonderful blog. I need to spruce it up right? The first thing I want to do is add the definition of rant. I know you probably know what it means, but it was for nostalgia. You know something to make my blog stand out. OMGEEE! I find something to RANT about.

I go up to my Google search bar and put in "definition of rant". Of course a full page comes up, but at the top is Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary and they have a small blurb of the definition. I click on it to go to the site. I can't stand it from the start. There is advertisements everywhere. Now don't get me wrong. I understand that if your going to give out FREE information you need to monetize the site to pay your bills, but come on. I counted seven yes 7 points of advertising. That is just ridiculous, and to top it off the actual definition is one big pop under ad waiting for you to click on it. That just totally sent me through the roof. Then I smiled and thanked them so I could write my first post, an then went back to Google so I could click on the next link. This was like a breath of fresh air, aahhhh!

The next link was a simple one www.thefreedictionary.com/rant.

The site had some ads, but was clean and easy to use. I enjoyed this site and I have vowed to use them from now on.

After all that here is your definition of rant.

rant (rnt)

v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants

v.intr.

To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.

v.tr.

To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.

1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.

2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: "The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy" (Daniel Okrent).

3. Chiefly British Wild or uproarious merriment.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

Definition found at www.thefreedictionary.com/rant