I am an active member of the Advisory Panel forum. This forum has helped me a great deal. It focuses on all types of internet marketing including blogging. There are opportunities to take part in projects and possibly make money. But for me it’s all about the learning.

Jay from doWAHdiddy. As a member of the forum there’s a chance you can help write here too – another advantage!

I help run a Chronic Illness Support Group at my church. My Pastor helps me out with it as it can get to be quite a lot of work. Not the group itself but organizing things, choosing a topic to discuss, being sure that the members are informed of the meeting (a lot of us have brain fog so we may know when the meetings are each month and then forget) and getting the room set up with seats, Bibles, name tags, papers and of course food and drinks.

We’re at the point now where we want to see about finding some new members. One idea we had was to put up flyers in doctors’ offices. Another idea was to provide business cards for members to keep with them. If they meet up with someone that they’d like to invite to the group, all the have to do is hand them a card.

Deciding on a logo design is a bit more difficult. We want to convey that we rely on Jesus and the Bible for our spiritual needs. I was able to create a logo which is then placed on a business card very easily at a site called LogoYes.com. First I chose an image for the logo. I went with “Bold”. Then I had many options for the logo itself. I tried medical but it didn’t convey what I wanted. So I went with religious instead. It was easy to add the name of our church and the support group name, then choose a business card design to place this information on.

You can play around with the features, moving the logo closer or farther apart from your wording. There are so many types of fonts to look through to see what really fits. And then even after you put the logo on the card, you have more options.

It was a quick and painless process even for me. It’s nice to have the logo and cards match so that people can put the two together. For this type of group anything that helps people remember is a huge plus.

Joana was kind enough (ahem) to tag me with this updated longer version of the 7 unusual, unknown, weird things about me. Really, thanks Joana, I love being tagged. Here’s how you do this:

Here�s how you play: Once you�ve been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random facts, habits, or goals about yourself� at the end choose 5 people to be tagged. Don�t forget to leave them a comment saying (You�re It!) and to go read your blog. You cannot tag the person that tagged you.

1. I have a crush on Stephen Curtis Chapman. At Disney World’s Candlelight Processional, I tried to sneak behind the bushes (near his trailer) to find him. I don’t know what I would have done if I did, me being married and a Christian woman. He being married and a Christian singer!
2. I don’t like cooking any more. I used to love it. Now it make me nervous and anxious.
3. When I was pregnant with my first daughter I only weighed 98 lbs. I went over 100 pounds for the first time during my pregnancy. Don’t even think of asking me how much I weigh now.
4. I not only collect Mickey Mouse and lots of Disneyana items, I collect rabbits (not the real ones, ceramic ones, Easter ones, etc.)
5. I love the popcorn that hasn’t totally popped. It’s the crunch factor.
6. I really want to go to Fiji or some other tropical island just once.
7. Please don’t hate me, but I don’t like dogs. I’m a cat person. Dogs are fine if they belong to someone else, if I visit once in a while and if I don’t have to smell them all the time. I know I’m awful.
8. I find myself watching reality shows too often, like Rock of Love, Top Chef, Hells Kitchen and even re-runs of Top Model. I don’t like that about myself.
9. I can’t wait for this tag to end.
10. Although I’m totally disorganized I have OCD.

Whoever wants to do this tag, be my guest!

Thanks to Holly who tagged me for a viral tag that I did before. I’ll give you some linky love.

Today is Earth Day. Peanut’s school usually has a day long event but not this year. I was sad to learn that nothing was planned for the whole school, parents and community to take part in. I don’t know the reasoning of this. It could have to do with the fact that Career Day is this Friday and that’s a day long event. I asked her if she at least did anything in her class about this special day. No, not even in her class.

The positive thing is that Peanut know a great deal about living “green”. Part of the reasons for teaching her at a young age about saving electricity, recycling and saving water has to do with my desire to have a healthy earth for her when she grows up. Part of it is due to saving money. But mostly it is because of our Christianity. I believe that God created the world and everything in it (I’m not getting into a discussion of creationism if the world was created in 6 days or over millions of years, it doesn’t matter, God created it).

Where I live in Florida, we use recycling bins for newspapers and plastics only. If we want to recycle glass we take it to large recycling bins located at store parking lots and other areas. People who don’t have bins can do this too. We also are very concerned about water conservation. Watering your lawn is set for certain days only. We own a rain detector so that our sprinklers won’t go in during the rain.

In our home we turn off lights and tv’s when they are not in use. We also take cell phone or other chargers as they use electricity when plugged in even when not used. We try to re-use items as much as possible. For example if a plastic box is nice we’ll use it to store items. I have tons of Lego plastic tubs that Peanut stores her toys in. We do as much as we can and always try to learn more.

Here’s a link for children to learn more about Earth Day from Kaboose. There’s games, crafts, songs, information on the history of Earth Day and activities that you can do at home with your child.

Teach the next generation!

photo credit: LollyKnit