I need a life coach

So I've totally decided I need a life coach.  A seriously good one.  I need someone to help me set a routine that works for me.  I want to be a better mom, get up earlier and faster in the morning, design a meal plan that healthier for my family, get myself motivated to do the things I need to do, budget, pay off my debt ..... and so much more.  I think that's a great idea for a reality series actually.  Maybe I'll video tape my life and see if anyone feels bad enough to come ans save it LOL.

On a serious note, my thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people affected by the shooting at the Empire State Building today.  What a horrible tragedy.  Go home and hug your loved ones you can and call the ones you can't with an I love you.  Life is too short not to.

This weeks donation total is 76 dollars which will be sent to St. Jude. Thank you to those of you who donated!

Sorry Guys

I've been totally ignoring this blog. I think because I find myself jumping head first into these ideas I think are so fantastic just to find myself discouraged when they're not doing what I thought they would. I mean honestly, did I really think people were going to donate a whole bunch of money to this? No. Well when I started it I did, guess it was a manic day lmao. I have 3 different blogs going on right now including this one. I'm grabbed onto the things I think I know the most about. One being dogs & training since I've been doing that for over 10 years and the other just my life in general with 2 kids. Why I think my life as a mom is going to catch anyones attention I have no clue. I mean sure some pretty hilarious stuff occurs in my everyday life but enough to grab the attention of millions of people? Probably not. I guess I'm just having a pessimistic day. I just found myself searching for a kid I used to watch on youtube named Chris Crocker. He made some crazy videos the first of which I saw about 5 years ago, "Leave Brittney Alone". Now this kid was controversial, hilarious, obnoxious and wonderful all rolled into one. He was just putting crazy videos up and people were watching them. Today I pulled him up since he popped into my head for some reason and he has a freakin HBO DOCUMENTARY!! LOL I could not believe it. Its so amazing what the internet can do for people, I just haven't figured out how to make it work just yet.....
So forgive me if you're a return visitor looking for something new and its not here.... I'm really losing steam here & close to giving up =[ bleh

Hillary Clinton grooooovin! LMAO!

Ok so this is the first post specifically for traffic...... and I don't know how you couldn't watch this lmao!

I've been slacking =]

Sorry guys, I've been slacking!  I went on vacation for a few days to upstate NY, no cell service, no internet, no tv..... it was absolutely wonderful.  I love being up there, and usually go once every August with my kids, other half, little sister, step mom and of course my dad since he's the reason I get to go =]  Thanks Daddy.  Even at 27 he still takes me on vacation =]  It's nice to know I can survive quite happily without technology =]  In my opinion everyone should give it a shot.  It gives you a chance to really relax and focus on the little things in life. 

So back to this blog.  My ideas for it have changed quite a bit since I first started.  I think that I am going to focus more on views, like I said a post or two ago instead of the dollar donations aspect of it.  Though the total is $96, I really don't know how I can expect people to keep giving dollars.  For every person who has donated $1 there are 2 people who send hate mail asking why they should give me $1 for my debt when I should be making my own money.  (I guess they missed they first post where I shared that I do work.... TWO jobs).   I am going to take the $96 and donate it to a local rescue organization that provided me with 3 months worth of dog food a few weeks ago.  I called looking for one bag to get be through the next month or so hoping to get ahead a little bit and they ended up giving much more.  They shared their cause with me and what they do is amazing so I think they are a good candidate.  If anymore money comes in I plan to donate it in $50 increments to different charity organizations.  I figure if I can get some decent traffic to this blog maybe I can get a little money from adsense for myself and just donate any other $ that comes in.  Like the idea?


Now I just need to figure out what kind of content will bring people in, keep them coming and get them sharing....... ideas, thoughts, suggestions??

Thanks =]

Views

Each time I check the stats page views have skyrocketed! I think today the goal is going to be increasing page views more than anything else. I want this experiment to eventually go viral so views are the most important thing right now. So today instead of dollars all I'm asking is that you share, share, share this blog! I'm going to be posting pretty regularly and I'm looking around for trending topics to keep the interest factor up :) Also working on a contest fundraiser. I have a company willing to donate one of the following: Ipod Touch PS3 or Wii What do you guys think? Which one would you absolutely LOVE to have and what kind of contest ideas can we come up with???

ugh.

For the most part I'm a very positive person. Tonight just knocked me down a few notches. First my one and only credit card was declined when I went food shopping. Totally caught me off guard I'm usually very careful with my money. Somehow I forgot the car insurance payment was scheduled for yesterday. Not the end of the world but embarrassing and heartbreaking when the kids want their stuff. So we ended up with the essentials for today, milk, bread,eggs,peanut butter and a box of snacks. Next bomb: I come home to find the little red button that pops up to let me know there wont be anymore hot water went ahead and popped. :( ugh. So I got to dig out my 6 gallon diesel can, load everybody back into the car and run into town for my diesel. The looks I get when I'm dumping it into my tank are less than friendly. Cmon people sorry I don't have it as great as you do. Aggravating. What a bum night. You guys here brought a smile to my face with our new total :$14. :) as long as the little things can still make me smile things cant be all that bad.

We're reaching more countries!

This is so awesome!  I leave the stats page up to keep track of where people view....

so far we have

United States
Germany
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Romania
Serbia

I've never even heard of Herzegovina

Please guys leave a comment when you stop in with a little hello and where you're viewing from!!!

Thanks guys!

Not one dollar related

I heard a clip today of a woman literally sobbing over the fact that Kristen Stewart cheated on Robert Pattinson....... This woman was obviously super distraught and could not believe "she would do this". I think my mouth might have been hanging wide open when I heard this clip, I mean seriously lady? I don't know, I've just never been one to obsess over the famous..... it was very bizarre. Any thoughts??

Real quick...

Thank you to those of you sending support and sharing this blog :) neat thing of the moment: 3 views from Germany :)

Goals

I think I'll start with some goals to show my immediate reasons for starting this experiment. Goal #1: $83.00 Reason: To bring my bank account to 0.00-gotta love overdrafts :( Goal #2: $300.00 Reason: To cover the repair that will let me pass inspection. I despise the little red sticker that greetsme everytime I get in the car. Eventually I'd like to get myself out of debt, save some money, help a whole lot of other people and really just see how far around the world this blog can go, how many people it reaches, how many people donate $1 and how long it keeps getting donations. Also excited to see it turn into an experiment that becomes a project that helps other people in financial crisis... hey maybe it will become a foundation or non profit. And it will all have started with $1 :) Total so far: $7.00. :) so cool

First afterthought ...

I decided it would be neat to see where in the world this blog gets viewed too. So whether you donate a dollar or not leave a comment with a little hello and the country you're from. It always amazes me how the Internet can take a little blog like this, made in a tiny little town halfway around the globe. So now we have a few things that can happen here: Send your dollar Share this blog Just leave a hello from wherever you're from! They all count for something :) Don't forget to send your name and email to join the experiment so I can incorporate you once I figure out exactly how I'm going to expand.

I've decided....

To try an experiment =]  I got the idea from another experiment on a personal development site I visit daily and from other experiments I found while researching the subject.  I am going to try to collect $1 from the internet world and see how far it goes.  As I go along I am going to try to figure out how to manage the experiment to include the names of other people out their in similar financial situations... struggling, WORKING families.  I want to help people who help themselves, people and families that have fallen on hard times and are due for a little miracle =]  So today I'm starting my experiment.  I'm going to send this blog all over the place in every possible way I can think of.  Then if it starts to take off I'll start taking names to add to a list which I'll incorporate into the experiment.  It will end up being kind of a like a chain letter for dollars =]  I'll perfect it when I see this one start rolling =]

A little bit about me:
I'm a 27 year old mom to 2 beautiful toddlers.  They light up my life every minute of everyday.  I work long hours between 2 jobs just to get us by but we make it!  With smiles on our faces too!  I have 2 dogs and 2 cats, my "4 legged children".  We live in a little one bedroom house that someday will be have another bedroom or two =]  I have a pretty yucky amount of debt, which is one of the main driving forces behind this experiment.  I am saving every extra penny I can to get back to school to become an addictions counselor for moms struggling to overcome their addictions.
I have a wonderful family and 2 awesome younger brothers.  My dad has been a force of hope in the extremely dark periods of my life and I'm hoping that when this takes off I will be able to help him out of a financial crisis he's facing in the family business and maybe take him on a vacation since he's taken me on so many!

I'm a pretty shy kinda gal and I'm almost embarrassed to even be asking people I cannot even see to donate $1 to my cause, but I'm biting the bullet and doing it because I believe in miracles =]


SEND YOUR DOLLAR NOW =]


And stay tuned =]

P.S.  If you want to send your name and email address to be a part of this experiment once I perfect the idea please send if onedollaexperiment@gmail.com  You will not receive any spam emails EVER.  I will only email you when I have everything set in stone.