Michelle Brouse’s Blog

Hi everyone!

Just thought I would let you know about a really nice guy I ordered a logo from last week. Can’t beat the heck out of this deal! For just ten bucks, yes I said $10 bucks… he creates wonderful logos. Name is Jared, and you can find him here:

Custom Logo Design

I’m working on another new site, called axdog.com (not up yet, so don’t bother) - but… check out the logo he created for just ten bucks.

He made revisions on request, and I think he did a wonderful job. Check out his portfolio at:

Custom Logo Design Portfolio

Now after looking through his portfolio - tell me his logos aren’t worth ten bucks!

If you need any logos for your own websites - head his way. He’s wonderful to work with, and very quick. Does super logos, and is about as affordable as you can get!

Thanks!
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Well, unless of course you would like to list classified ads instead of auctions. Hmmph. I left eBay a long time ago for the communities outlook on digital products. So thankfully, none of my business really resides there. If you’re interested, you can take a look for yourself at:
eBay’s New Digital Product Terms

Lots of people are glad about this, and lots of people are sad. Doesn’t bother me a whole bunch either way, but I’m going to do my best to use that little gem in my favor. Why not?

Also makes me think pretty hard about Paypal - wondering if they will follow suit. If Paypal bans all digital products from being bought and sold through their system, I’m having the feeling that they will lose a lot of business. But hey - they are big powerhouses, right? Think they give a rat’s a**? NOT!

Pretty much will put me on the scout for a different payment processor though. I’ve been thinking about a merchant account for some time… so best start taking another look at them. If Paypal gets froggy enough to jump on the eBay bandwagon concerning digital products - I’m going to be ready. (Paypal is OWNED by eBay, in case you didn’t already know that.)

Anyhow, I feel no real gloom and doom - I’m going to try my hand at turning the tables a bit - so we’ll see how far I can get with that. Hehehe - what’s this woman talking about “turning the tables?” Can’t say yet - but I will when I have thought this through, and run a couple tests.

Just figured I would give you a heads up, in case you haven’t heard the news.

Thanks!
Michelle

Hello there everyone,

Wow. What a long hard couple months. Everything was going along relatively all right until Feb. 16th. Anthony and I had stayed up quite late working on some web stuff, I think I finally went to bed around 7am. The next thing I know, Anthony is telling me to get up, and that “Nana’s gone” - which was his mother.

Not being terribly coherent first thing in the morning, I’m like “what???” Here his dad had called about 8am, and said “hey, it ain’t lookin good, I think you better come over here.” Anthony went to his parents house and found his mom on the floor beside her bed. He tried to revive her until the paramedics got there, then they took over - but she was already gone.

This was an incredible blow for the entire family. Sue was only 62 years old, and in pretty good health. She had bit her tongue one night in her sleep - and went to get checked out. The doc’s said that she had a seizure in her sleep - and gave her some medication for it. They never did find anything that was really wrong with her. She only had a couple mild seizures in her sleep like that in about 3 years - usually stress induced.

She had been stressed about her job the week before she passed away. She worked in the basement of her home creating drapes for large companies. One company had really been rushing her and it was causing stress. Not to mention all the stress she had been in due to her daughters accident that I have talked about here on this blog already.

We got word back from the coroner’s office, that the preliminary findings were that she had another seizure.

Both of my sons were simply crushed, and so were the rest of us. I think that was the hardest couple weeks I’ve had in a long time. My husband is doing a lot better now, but Easter Dinner with Grandpa and the family this year was pretty hard. We were all so used to having Nana cooking all the good food, and happily running the show. We did the best we could without her this year. Anthony made her famous Italian Wedding Soup, Grandpa made turkey and ham, and the rest of us kicked in with veggies, salad and the rest. All in all, it wasn’t too bad. Nana would have been proud.

Here is one of my last pics of her we took at the Italian Christmas party this year.

She will forever remain in our hearts. We all miss her very much.

Well, it seemed as soon as that all happened, I began to have trouble with my ears. They were itching and scabbing so much that it was driving me absolutely insane. Since I had been reading about an overgrowth of yeast in your system called Candida, I thought that might have had something to do with why I had been extremely tired many days. Also thought it might have something to do with my ear problems.

Since the last doctor I went to gave me ear drops (for basically the same previous problem) - and antibiotics, he also wanted me to get tested for “skin lupus”. I came home and read about this form of Lupus, and honestly I thought there was no reason for these type of tests, because I don’t have Skin Lupus.

Hmmm… Ok, so I says to myself - “self, let’s try a holistic doctor instead”. So I did. Looked up a holistic doc in my area, and had her take a look. She told me to change my diet, try Garlic Mullien drops in my ears, etc. and so on. Drink lots of water at room temp - no red meat, no wheat, organic chicken, turkey fish - only a couple fruits per day, lots of veggies.

I did all of that for about a week. My ears still bugged me the whole time, and didn’t seem to be getting any better. I even went with a girlfriend of my mom’s to a class on Saturday that teaches you how to use herbs - and has a line of products including “silver shield”.

Now I thought all of this was really great - and tried soaking my ears with Silver Shield. Bad move. The next morning I woke up with my left ear completely swelled shut. Sweet. So my butt sat in the emergency room of the local hospital for 5 hours. Finally I had a bottle of antibiotics, “swimmer’s ear” in both ears, and a bottle of Vicodine. Thank God for Vicodine, or I don’t think I would have made it another day.

The day after that, I woke up with my right ear completely swelled shut. Spent another 2 hours at another doc office to make sure there wasn’t something else seriously going on - but the antibiotics hadn’t had a chance to take effect yet. To show you what I mean - check out the pics below. (These are NOT for the faint of heart, that’s for sure.)

Left ear the day I came home from the hospital - which was nowhere near as bad as the right ear at that point (on the outside at least.)

This was my right ear about the time I started the holistic process.

This is my right ear when I came home from the hospital. You can see how this “infection” had started to spread down my neck by that time. Eeewwww! And you don’t want to know what kind of pain I was in when I walked into that hospital.

Well, at least I can hear now, but I still have some spotty itchy areas on my ears. At least the antibiotics have had a chance to fight the infection, and I’m better. Still have a few headaches, I suspect the antibiotics are causing that… but I have been doing my best to keep up with my design work.

Needless to say, I never made it to the seminar to meet Russell Brunson and the rest of the crew. It was a double blow there, because the day I was supposed to fly out to Salt Lake, we all sat through the funeral for my husband’s mother.

I’m still remaining as positive as I possibly can however. At least my Dad got his taxes paid for, he’s doing all right. The rest of my family is in good health. My kids are doing great, and got wonderful Easter baskets this year full of toys - and yes a bit of candy too. We all made it through Easter dinner without Nana. And my hubby has drywall up in the kitchen of our new house!

We may even get to move this spring!

Hope you all have had a much better time on your end.

Thanks for reading!
Michelle

Hey everyone!

How the heck are ya?

Doin’ OK here, doin’ OK. Hope it’s the same on your end.

Right now I’m on a serious mission. Hehehe - what else is new.

I’m on a mission to make about 5 grand before I go meet Russell Brunson in Salt Lake City here on the 21st. MAN - talk about SUSPENSE!!! He PM’s me in the WF forum, with a few cover jobs, you know me - takes me about 5 days to get them done… meanwhile I’m giving him my phone number like 2-3 times, saying - Uhhh… CALL ME!!!

How long can you wait before you make travel plans and what-not? Since the poor man “picked me” and has offered to “foot the bill” on this whole “infomercial taping” deal - I hate to think he’s gonna pay a large fee for waiting until the last minute to get me a dang plane ticket! LOL!

Well, he has a lot more funds than I do, but shees. No need to WASTE it!

Anyhow… I have a few other priorities, which include getting some cash in the accounts over on this end. Right now, my dad is seriously in a hole financially, with unexpected medical bills, prescriptions, and what not - plus his property tax bill is due here the day I should be leaving for SLC. He needs about $1250.00 bucks to pay this half’s property tax for the farm before I leave. He actually wants to list an old keyboard he bought in the early 70’s, but I’m about dead set against listing that on Ebay.

Ever seen one of these?
Original Old White Faced Odyssey Arp!

Now those old white faced Odyssey’s are very rare, plus THIS one STILL works. I think there is one oscillator that doesn’t work - but otherwise the Synth is in excellent shape. All the sliders work, and everything is in pretty great shape. Yes, I know he could make quite a few bucks on Ebay from me listing it - but pthpthpthpt! NOT!!!

I will BUY that Synth from him myself before I let him sell that one.

When I was a kid, I still remember him bringing that keyboard home. It was the coolest thing since sliced bread let me tell you. I wasn’t REAL happy when he sold the Leslie B3 Organ, but it was barely working, and he wanted someone else to take it over that could actually DO something with it. I used to sleep behind the speakers in that Leslie B3 Organ GREEN Blanket.

This old music equipment and I go WAY back. That Odyssey though - I remember the “train” and all the cool effects my dad used to get from that thing. I just simply do NOT want to see that go, especially after the Leslie.

All right - quit dwelling, right?

That brings me to my quest to bring in a bunch of quick funds. I have just listed a WSO for $97.00 bucks which gives rights out to some of my best products. These are the same products I have made over 10k with this past year (2007) - and I know others can make the same THIS year with the very same products. OR MORE! You see, I’m not the best “marketer” in the world, (obviously) - but I have been holding my own. I’ve done so much trading time for money, that when I get a break I do what I can to make a few MORE extra bucks by creating packages of graphics. An ebook or two. I have never truly been able to just sit back and do nothing but MARKET my stuff!

I plan to do exactly that very soon.

Leave it to Michelle to go about everything the flippin hard way, even when I KNOW better.

BUT - If you would like to see what I’m offering on a WSO right now - you can go to:
Grandpa’s Tax Sale #1!

I plan on getting a few more out here in the next few days - depending on how many day hours I get to do it. Now keep in mind, the above link is for Warriors and Subscribers ONLY - and I haven’t sent an email out yet. I’ve been working on getting some cover information together for my subscribers that will allow them to create some nice covers without using Photoshop. I’ve received a bunch of tips on this, since I told everyone I was having a bit of trouble dialing that in, so I still have a lot more work to do. My goal is to make it so completely cheap and easy to make ecovers that ANYONE can do it. “No subscriber left behind” and all that jazz!

Well, I should go to bed, kids have ceramics class tomorrow morning, and I’ll be dead weight if I don’t get some sleep.

Have a super weekend everyone!
Thanks!
Michelle

Hello all,

Of course I’m late on the update AGAIN - what else is new!

Hey, if you are into domaining, check this out before you do anything else:

John’s Blog

That man knows his stuff. I LOVE domain names, and I’m always buying more. Just a little bit more of that “virtual real estate.” Snap names is having an action, one day down - one to go (today) - that anyone into domain name investing should be interested in. You can check that out at:
Snap Names Auction

I collected the excel spreadsheet - and it’s a bit of an eye-opener. You can see what weird domain names go for, there is .net’s .org’s etc. I am one to always buy a .com if I can, but do also have some .net’s.

Grass.com made me laugh. I thought of two types of people. Pot smokers and “lawn obsessors”. You know - people who have an obsession with keeping their lawn immaculate - grass.com would be the ultimate domain name for someone who deals in grass all day. HA! Ok, I didn’t mean it THAT way, but boy, if I still smoked “grass” I would really be interested in making a mint off of “grass.com.” Course, I would probably be lucky if I got off my “high butt” to even BUY grass.com.

If they ever legalized marijuana, how much do you think grass.com might be worth?

OR - how many lawn companies, have no idea that grass.com is even available on auction right now?

We Internet people are on the “cutting edge” - LOL at myself again… grass… cutting… OK - I digress. Honestly though. I want to see what that name has either “went for” or is “going for today.”

Other new news…. I lost all of my email. Yeah, I know - big deal, I’m tired. I also never got any emails from my helpdesk as people submitted tickets, and I don’t think people are getting the messages that I have answered their tickets. Wonder what I have all boogered up now.

Bleh. Bedtime.

Nite!
Michelle

How long have I been saying that now?

All, right. I’m a procrastinator. I admit it. (Even thought I don’t WANT to!)

Guess what my oldest son did today.

He went into his old preschool class to read them a book!

Isn’t that cool?

He just turned 6 on September 2nd, 2007. This kid reads on the second grade level already, and I would almost venture to say he decodes words that are further along than the second grade level. That’s all good for me though, because my major goal with Branden this year (for home-schooling) was to make sure he could read, and read well.

Everything else flows from there.

You should have seen this kid! Mrs. Foster and I exchanged a couple looks, because at first he was trying to read the book UPSIDE DOWN! Branden has seen me do this many times, because a book will be facing him, but I can read it when all the letters are upside down to me.

What he was trying to do, was make sure that all the other kids could see the pictures, while he read the book. Gotta give my boy credit, because he made it through the first couple pages with the book upside down! This led us to believe that he had the book memorized, but I KNEW he couldn’t have read that same book more than 3-4 times. We just GOT that book, so I was pretty sure that he couldn’t have memorized it that fast. And if he DID, his memory is WAY better than mine!

I mentioned “Hey Branden, you can turn the book right side-up, and then show the pics when you get done reading.”

He really got into it!

He sat in the teacher’s chair, read, showed the pics.. then check this out. He would look at one of the kids in the preschool class (that he remembered, of which there were a couple) and call them by name…

“Destiny?”

if they were not paying attention to his satisfaction! Mrs. Foster glanced over at me and said “Boy he’s got Mrs. Foster down doesn’t he?” He sure DID!

We even took a whole box of books down to the preschool for the kids to keep. I knew that some of them were “younger books” that the kids could take home to a younger brother or sister if they wanted to. The main key was, to get them interested in books, and reading.

I have to say, that there are certain teachers in your life that actually DO something for you. Other teachers just bore you to tears, or they don’t teach in a way that you can get excited about learning. I homeschool for a variety of reasons, but my oldest’s preschool teacher was the best teacher we could have ever asked for. She reminded me of some of the best teachers that I have ever had throughout my school years.

Mrs. Foster is an EXCELLENT teacher, to be sure. She gave Branden all he needed to excel as much as he has - with reading in particular. She gave him the foundation, the letter sounds, the word recognition. If Mrs. Foster taught all grades, I would have no problem with my son sticking around in a “government run” school - because she CARES. She TEACHES.

If I could pay that woman to be our private tutor I would! I would be happy to entrust my two boys into her care and instruction. Heck, she could even have her own room in our mansion if she liked! Well, once we GET one anyhow.

Needless to say, I was SO Proud of my oldest son today. And I actually missed Mrs. Foster and what she does for all the kids that walk into her class. She really does instill the love of reading, the love of learning, and puts her kids on the right path from day one.

No, I don’t miss the kids being continually sick from all the germs spread in school, no, I don’t miss the notes home about head lice, and no, I don’t miss the “preschool rush”….

But Mrs. Foster… if you get a chance to read this, Branden and I thank you so much for the excellent job you have done with not only US - but for ALL your kids.

If we can hire you as a private tutor in the future… are you interested? :::Big Cheesy Grin:::

Thanks for all that you do.
Michelle

I feel so rotten sometimes when I don’t get over here to update this blog!

Honestly, how hard is it? How truly HARD is it to make a blog post??? Uhhhm. Well, it’s NOT!

Now that I’m done kicking my own butt… How did everyone’s Christmas go? I hope that it was very happy, and that you got everything you wanted from Santa! It’s almost time for the New Year - so guess what one of my New Year’s Resolutions is?

UPDATE THIS BLOG AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK!

It seems that time just passes so quickly when you get older. Remember when you were a kid, and you had to wait for just an HOUR to do something - it seemed like 15 days? Now that I’m 40 years old, one hour goes by in the blink of an eye.

So much has happened, since I last wrote. The best news was that my sis-in-law “Aunt Jen” to my boys, got to come home for good on Thanksgiving Day!!! She is doing so incredibly awesome, it’s crazy. She’s been home baking cookies, making candy, and is able to do pretty much everything she always could. She has some vision problems in her right eye, has trouble hearing out of her right ear, and has some short term memory problems, but my goodness. You would never know that she had been hurt. Check out this picture taken at one of our Christmas parties of her and my son:

Can you tell she had such a huge head injury that we wondered if she would live through it? She was in a drug induced coma for what, over 14 days? THAT my friends, is the power of positive thinking, and giving good energy to someone instead of BAD energy. I can tell you that my oldest son learned a lot from that experience, and as you can tell, he is extremely happy to have his good ole “Aunt Jen” back so he can hug on her!

Other than that, we have had Christmas party after Christmas party, on all sides of the family. We were so busy it took me 2-1/2 hours to clean the kitchen in the “aftermath!” Anthony’s dad said, “it took you two hours to load the dishwasher?” I said, HA! Yeah, it took me two hours just to FIND the dishwasher!” LOL

The boys got much of the things that they wanted for Christmas, so that was good. I got a new memory chip for my camera, which was one of my favs! Also a nice fuzzy robe to keep warm in around the house while I work at night. Just like sitting in a big comfy blanket!

Meanwhile, I had been bugging Russell Brunson since he mentioned that he was flying a few people up to be in one of his new infomercials. I even created a video for him. He was looking for success stories - and I happened to be one of them. I’ve known Russell for close to three years now, and his first membership site was what really got me started online with the www.ecoverfx.com site. (That one is currently closed, so I could get caught up on things, and get through the holidays - but I’ll be revising that one soon.)

Anyhow, if you would like to see the video I created for Russell - it’s really pretty good. It does however, take a very long time to load - and may not travel over a dial up connection very well. I had created it just for Russell, and I knew that he had a cable line - so I put the vid in high gear for him. I did not plan for it to run over dial-up, so I apologize if you can’t view it.

You can check it out here though if you like “Thanks Russell.” Just open the page, go get some coffee, and it might be loaded when you get back.

Anyhow, I bugged him a couple times, and finally got notified by one of the folks up at his office that I HAD BEEN CHOSEN! Whoo-hoo!!! So Michelle Brouse gets to go meet Russell Brunson, after all this time, in Boise, Idaho!!! I am soooo excited. He’s even going to put my silly mug right on TV! Can you believe it???

How’s THAT for a Christmas present? Think getting to meet Russell here in a few weeks might help my New Year go a whole lot better? HA! You better believe it! Not only that, he is paying my way up too! All expenses paid. I was so excited when I first got the note that I had been selected, that I didn’t know what to do with myself. I couldn’t work, I thought about cleaning house - (fat chance) - but that energy was about to burst! I called my dad, my mom, Aunt Jen, Anth’s mom and dad, my girlfriends, - of course I could hardly contain myself.

Sometimes my family thinks I’m rather “odd” anyhow - so some of them were like “yeay - an infomercial! - what for?” In other words, “who’s gonna watch an infomercial anyhow.” I just chuckle, because I know this is going to be GREAT for me. I’ll make that million dollar target YET! :::BIG CHEESY GRIN:::

Of course I have a few things I’m putting in the works for when I get up to meet Russell. I want to have all the sites I have been picking away at DONE - and ready to go - so that they guys and gals up in Russell’s camp can go over everything. They can tell me what to change, and I’ll get it done. We need to make some cash in a big way - that house we’ve been working on for 3 years needs finished, and we have some credit cards to pay off. Plus I STILL haven’t let Anthony go back to work yet - which has been since April 13th (Friday) of 2007. So uh, yep - I need to get REAL busy REAL soon!

Speaking of, think I’ll go do that now!

Just thought it might be nice to UPDATE THE BLOG though - once a week now folks… shoot me a comment like one nice person did, saying “hey, would like to hear the update!”

Thanks!
Michelle

Wow,

I can’t believe almost another whole month has went by since I wrote a post. You guys are going to have to start emailing me saying - “hey, have you updated your blog lately?” I’ll listen. Sometimes I am just a TURTLE.

To update you on the previous post ~ Aunt Jen is doing very well! That poor woman has been through it let me tell you - but she doesn’t seem a whole bunch “worse for wear” Thank God.

Check this… she walks, she talks, (she can chew gum at the same time!) LOL - she can read, and she remembers much more than one would think. Yes, she has a few memory problems at the moment, time lines are a little strange, other things will fade in and out for a while, but honestly… I think it’s fantastic that she is doing as well as she is.

I am so happy that she is giving the nurses and doctors some “grief” - she remembers her family, her kids, and many other things. Even how to read, which is something that is totally fantastic. It’s been a long road for everyone so far. But how cool is it to have my kids Aunt up, about, walking, talking and generally being herself - after all of that trauma?

Man. She could have died, been a veggie… but she didn’t, and she’s not. If I think of all the stuff that happened over the past month and how worried we all were in the beginning… I’m so glad that part is over.

Stuff like when she had to go to surgery to get that drainage tube out (staples stuck - gawd!) Then she had blood clots in her legs one day, and I remember talking to “grandpa” (her dad) on the phone - to where he didn’t sound so good. (Not normal for grandpa, one of those calls were he was on the verge of totally CRYING!) They had to give her another surgery to put screens in - to prevent the blood clots from moving to anything “important.”

When she was finally brought out of her “drug induced coma” and actually woke up, she was very disoriented IE “irritable.” hahaha Irritable. Go figure.

Nobody really knew what to expect, and it was hard to gauge just what the heck she remembered, realized, etc. Too much stimulation sent her over the edge, but we were happy that she was ALIVE, and UP, and that she REMEMBERED people!!!

I’ll tell you what. That woman has CONQUERED! She is a SURVIVOR! And I’m going to tell you something else. She had a WHOLE lot of support. (This portion of my post is for anyone who may be in the same position with a close family member.)

I remember the day after Jen got tossed from that hayride. My oldest son was saying things like “I miss Aunt Jen.” “I hope she doesn’t die.” I had to back up and tell my son, “Branden, let’s do this. Let’s use our ‘law of attraction.’ We’re just gonna think of Aunt Jen getting up out of that bed, remembering everyone, walking, talking, she’ll be fine. Positive thinking, son.”

I even IM’d Gina Gaudio Graves one night telling her I needed some of that “positive thinking” for people who have been in an accident. She made me feel a whole lot better by giving me things that I could DO right then. Even though I was telling my oldest son some of this stuff, I was not FEELING it inside. After I talked to Gina, I began to FEEL it.

Then I spread it around. I spread it to my husband and children. I spread it to her husband. I spread it to her parents. And not that any of these people were being negative in any way, they were just worried. I kept saying “everything will be fine. She’ll be all right. Positive thinking. Don’t worry.” Sometimes I would even question myself, because I didn’t want to tell my kids and her kids “a story” so to speak - because what if I was WRONG? What if she really did die, or “not come out of it?”

I kept pushing that thought out of my mind as soon as it would enter, and I would concentrate on the positives. I would picture another friend of mine who had brain surgery, and how she got right up out of that bed in no time, no prob.

There were also church groups everywhere praying for this lady. My stepmom came over one day and had me spell Jen’s last name for her, so that she could be added to the group prayer. There were about 15 more churches that did the same. Even Willie Crawford’s wife added a note into the inner circle forum that she would pray for Jen. So not only did she have her family on her side, she had the local community, and a few other folks worldwide giving her best wishes and prayers. I can’t say it doesn’t work, because I really believe that it does.

There is a whole lot more to be said for prayer, pushing the negatives out, keeping the positives in, and dwelling on your vision of what YOU WISH TO happen… but I honestly do NOT want to type all of that right now.

Suffice it to say, that if you are ever in my position, where you have a member of your family that is on death’s door - don’t let it get to you. I know you will be worried. I know you will be scared for them. I know you will wonder what you will do without that person in your life.

STOP IT!

Unless the person is around 100 years old, JUST GIVE IT UP!!!! Don’t let yourself fall for the trivia, the trauma, and the “doctors opinions.” You just picture that person getting well.

When you go to visit, you give your positive energy to that person. Yes, I said you give your POSITIVE energy to that person. When you visit, you think only good things, and imagine your white energy flowing to the person in need. Never let a moment of negativity reach the person in need. Block it. Leave the room if you get freaked out. Let another more positive person take your place in the room, so they can give THEIR positive energy.

Negativity saps all that is good. I’ve been negative in my life way more than I would like to admit, and I still have my moments. Just QUIT IT! It’s that easy. Replace the negative with the positive, and totally DWELL on the positive instead of the negative.

Please. If you listen to nothing else from me, listen to that one thing. Never let the negatives take you over, dwell only on positive things, and that includes ABOUT YOURSELF!

Don’t let your brain think “I’m not good enough to…
“I’m not good at…
“My life sucks because…
“Nobody understands me…
“I cant…

Yes, there are a million more negatives that I don’t have time for, and neither do you. So just think of the positives, and get yourself in order. If you need help, email me, I’ll do the best I can!

Thanks!
Michelle

Hello all,

Well, it’s been a “trying” week to be sure. Last weekend we had a horrible accident. My husband’s sister got very seriously injured, we’re all glad she is still alive.

We all live in the same house, our family in the front of the house - Anth’s sis and family in the back. So we share the same big 3 acre back yard, and the kids play together often.

Last Saturday as I worked online, the kids kept running in and out of the house with my husband, planning a party in the back. Jen and Mark, my bro and sis in law - were having a bonfire, Halloween type party, complete with hayride, etc.

By the time I got outside, the house was all decorated in the back, my husband had the bonfire going, Pizza, snacks and drinks were set out, the kids were getting dropped off by their parents, everything was great. All the kids were having fun. I even got a few videos of one kid who was a super jumper, jumping over his friends from the trampoline. (yes, it made me a bit nervous, but everything was fine.)

My youngest son was begging to go on this hayride they had planned. Finally about a half hour after dark, Anth (my husband) went back with Mark to hook up the hay wagon. They attached this thing to the Bronco (Jen’s vehicle) and brought it around.

Michael was all excited - my youngest - until Anthony said: “Michelle, I don’t like the looks of it. No, they can’t go. I don’t want you guys on it.” First off the back was set higher than the front, and I asked if it was hooked on right. He said that it was, and I thought about letting the kids go. Finally, after everyone was getting on the haywagon, I told my boys - “hey, let’s do this. We’ll follow them in the car.”

That was fine with our boys, so we got in the car and followed the hay wagon down our road, and up another road. We had the hazard lights on, and my oldest said “Mom, your turn signal is on.” I explained that they were the hazard lights, and what that meant.

When they started going down a lane in a cornfield, the boys and I almost followed, but Aunt Jen said, “NO Michelle, don’t come down in here.” So I turned around in favor of not getting my car stuck in the mud.

When we got back my husband had a Halloween mask in his hand and was walking out the back door. He wanted to go “scare” everyone on the wagon. I told him which way they went, so he and my oldest went off to find the hay wagon. Michael and I sat by the bonfire waiting for everyone to get back. Anth and Branden got back about 10 minutes later, saying that they got one good scare in before they were recognized.

They sat down at the fire with us, waiting for everyone to get back from the hayride. About 1/2 hour later I asked Anthony where all they went, because it seemed like they had been gone for a while. 5 minutes later Anthony’s mom was coming through the yard. She tells me to keep the boys in the yard, that Jen had been in a car accident.

As soon as they left, I could hear the sirens. My first thought was that Jen had fallen off the hay wagon.

What had happened was, they were coming down a local back road that was down a large hill. A couple of little old ladies, the driver with glasses on, were coming down the hill. They ran smack into the back of the hay wagon, and knocked Jen off the back, into the car - and onto the pavement. She was immediately rushed to a local hospital, where she went through cat scans, and ended up in emergency surgery by 3am Sun. morning.

By the Grace of God, none of the children were seriously hurt. One other girl had hit her head, but is fine. The rest of the 20-30 kids, including my niece and nephew were all OK. Shaken up, and of course freaked out by seeing their mom thrown and hurt like that.

Right now, they are keeping Jen under heavy sedation. The head injury was really bad. Fractured skull, and a hematoma the size of a woman’s fist. They just took the drainage tube out here a couple days ago, and the staple got stuck if you can believe that. They had to take the poor woman back to surgery to get the staple out. She periodically swells up over the proper pressure, giving everyone a scare, then the swelling goes back down. Stats look good now, and hopefully they can start pulling her out of the heavy medication soon. I am keeping my thinking totally positive. I also keep telling everyone else to do the same.

So, first off… let me remind you be sure to enjoy your days. Never let people or things get you down, or too irritated, because it just isn’t worth it. Your family and friends are more important than something that didn’t get done quick enough. Some days you’ll have a choice to either work - or do something fun with your kids. We all need money, but your kids need YOU sometimes, not your absense. Take a walk with the kids, do something fun with your husband, your mother, your father. One of them might not be around tomorrow - but work sure will. You can ALWAYS work. You can’t ALWAYS get that special time with your family.

Personally, I have a tendency to let certain things bother me, until I am reminded of just how lucky I really am. I have my two children, myself, my family, my friends, all in pretty good health. Even if some of us are financially broke, we’re all still OK. I almost took my kids on that hayride, I can’t imagine what would have happened if I had been sitting on the back holding my youngest. We are very lucky, and Jen is lucky to be alive, as bad as she is hurt right now.

Therefore, I’m currently a bit slow moving on all of my stuff over here. Still working as much as I can, but it’s been busy around here to say the least!

Thanks!
Michelle

Hey there!

What was The Internet Marketing Inner Circle exploding with? Well, with Willie Crawford behind the scenes, it’s exploding left right and center. The members of the Inner Circle have compiled an ebook. Not just any ebook mind you - but an ebook that tells you how you can make $100 per day online.

In fact, there are 20 ways to make $100 per day online. And those are just the ways that Inner Circle members do it. Think about all the other people on the planet that make $100 per day online that nobody knows about! They have no clue who Willie is, and probably - they don’t care. As long as they make the money they need, they just keep quietly doing it.

Even little ole me got approved by Willie and a team of editors to write up a chapter on graphics. I still feel very honored! You can easily make $100 per day online doing graphics, but you need to WORK at. Afraid of that 4 - letter word? Well, then stick to the day job folks, because if you’re not willing to really WORK for what you want - it may not be as easy as you think.

Boy, I still remember Alex from Bling Covers asking me… “So how much can you really make?” I said “Well, 500.00 in a weekend is not uncommon, but you’ll have to bust your ass.”

Bling lives in Romania. I just love the guy, we worked closely for a long time, and he got very good, VERY FAST! Now when he walks into the bank, they call him “SIR!” I just LOVED that comment.

But the boy worked. And he worked hard. Now people love him, and he’s ALWAYS booked.

OK, ok, the sidetrack queen is getting off subject again.

SOOOOO anyhow. I got to write a chapter on graphics that I’m no stranger to.

Now. If you are interested in purchasing this ebook, you can go directly to:
http://www.pathway100.com/

I should be shot for not using an affiliate link, but you know what? I don’t have any clue what it is! LOL! And honestly, at this point I don’t care. I’m so dang busy, that to “go in search of” is not on my schedule. I totally recommend the ebook, aff link or not - because it’s GOOD. It’s 247 some pages worth of GOOD. Written by people who practice what they preach.

Except for me of course. I would be the odd-ball that is looking to make much more down the road, so I’m willing to put the “unpaid” time into my own business. Which does NOT involve trading time for money I might add. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

I did however, get my dad’s Halloween costumes posted to ebay!
Nightmare Before Christmas Costumes!

Always the “graphic chick!” LOL!

Best go get some sleep - the coolest ebook is launching tomorrow!

Hey, and if you missed the site the ebook actually came from, it’s:
www.innercirclemembermichellebrouse.com

Have a great MONDAY!!!
Michelle