Advents Corner

I just signed up for PPP, that is Pay Per Post. It is a way for me to make money blogging. I am so excited about this opportunity. I get the chance to go to websites that I may not have seen other wise and look at them, then pass them on to you.

Yes, I can make money at this. For each post that I write a monetary value is placed on it. At the end of 30 days BAM I get a check. How simple is that? You only pick the sites you want to write about so you don’t have to go to a site that you don’t like and say that you do like it. You have the freedom to accept or refuse any website if you really don’t care for what they are about.

On the other hand if you find a cool one, write about it. Let everyone know that you found this really cool site and they might like it too. PPP gives you all of the tools you need start blogging for money. I am hoping that with the extra income, college for my daughter will not be so scary. Just getting that little extra in each month is something that I could get use too.

Kolcraft’s Contours 3 in 1 Play yard has been recalled do to a suffocation risk. A 10 month old child has died do to this pack and play.

Please stop using the crib and contact the company at (888)655-8484. Forward this to any parent you know that might have a child this age. You never know if someone has this product or not.

This is really cool. You, not Google, get to pick the top websites. You get to vote on the best of the best websites and that is how they are displayed on the page. You and others like you get to say what is the #1 ranking site. Want to try it? Click here to try sproose You can even comment on the web pages.

What happened to the days when you volunteered somewhere and you did not have to pay? As you know my daughter is graduating from high school in May and she wanted to join the Peace Corps to be an active member of our society instead of a burden. To our surprise we find out that the Peace Corps have the following minimum requirements:

• 18 years of age or older
• U.S. citizenship
• A four-year college degree or solid work experience in an area such as agriculture, business management, or a skilled trade. A community college degree paired with specific skills or work experience may also qualify you.

Yes you did read that right. One of the minimum requirements is that you have a 4 year degree or solid work experience. My question is, after going to school for 4 years and obtaining your degree, at that point in your life who can realistically pick up and leave for a year or two.

So my daughter and I start looking into other programs that you can volunteer for. There has to be other programs right? One that you do not have to have a 4 year degree to join and help make a difference in the world. We looked and looked and looked and all we found were other programs that you had to pay them to let you go volunteer for them. Wait just a minute you say. The standard program to go and volunteer for a year where ever they need you cost you, the volunteer, between $2,000 and $5,000 depending on where you are sent.

How did we become a society where when our children decided to give of themselves to a world that obviously needs children that put others before themselves, we charge them or in most cases their parents for this “privilege”? I did volunteer work when I was younger and I did not have to pay someone to let me work for them for free.

How does this make sense? There has to be some programs out there that would welcome students like mine with open arms without charging them an arm and a leg. I am putting a call out to each and every one of you. If you know of any programs that would allow a high school graduate to give up a year of her life to go and make the world a better place without charging us $2,000 to $5,000 please let me know.

It is rare in this day and age that you have a 17 year old talking about putting her life on hold for the betterment of mankind. Why do we have to make it is difficult for them to do that?

What would life be like without a digital camera? I think of how long it took me to develop film back in the stone age. Like how my daughter was 2 months old when I took the pictures but 1 ½ when I had them developed. Now thanks to cameras with docking stations I am able to send the photos out to friends and family moments after the picture is taken.

Last week I was able to video my daughter throwing a tantrum for the first time with the video feature on my camera. I posted the video and the next day it had been viewed 30 times. Canon cameras are also great gifts for children just starting out with photography. They can see the pictures right away and it speeds up the time it takes for them to learn the skills of picture taking. Instead of waiting days or weeks to see that they did not get all of grandma’s head in the picture they can see it in seconds. Also with the on screen menus it is easy for them to see the features a camera has and explore more with picture taking.

This is crayola’s new crayon for toddlers. They are the perfect size for little toddler hands. The best part of all is when the crayon tip gets low you just twist it and more comes out. Check out these nifty crayons and color with your little one today.