OK, just had to post this since it’s holiday crunch time and people are short on cash (or they will be in January when those credit card bills come in)!

PayPerPost rocks. I just got $20 this week from some blog posts I recently, and all together I’ve made $72 from posting on PayPerPost. It’s ridiculous! I’m not even taking most of the opportunities!

There are tons of different opportunities about different topics. I pick opportunities that are about things that I would be posting about anyways - like NASCAR, and the hookah I bought in Istanbul.

If you haven’t at least looked into PayPerPost, at least give it a try. I know it’s not for everyone, but if you haven’t considered monetizing your blog in any way, this is a great thing to consider!

Heading down to Charlotte for the race! Look for me on TV tonight . . . nah, don’t bother, just look for my boy Kasey!!! He’ll be the one winning ;-)!

Man it’s been busy!

On Thursday, Matt arrived right after lunch, so I now have both of my roommates - YAY! Then, around 7, my parents, brother, and the puppies arrived. Bo spent the night at my apartment that night, and Mama and Daddy went on to thier hotel.

On Friday, Bo left eaaaaarly to go to Elon and move in. He was super excited, though he would NEVER have showed it, LOL! They were busy moving him in all day, and I stayed at home and helped Matt get settled. And that night was a theatre party.

On Saturday, I drove to Elon to see Bo’s room and go to the family picnic. It was so crowded - parking was a nightmare. But he seems to have all of his stuff ready to go, and he’s gettng along fine with his roommate and suitemates. After that, all the parents were supposed to leave, so Mama and Daddy headed back to Winston-Salem to my apartment. Mama got to hang out with the puppies while Daddy and I had an accounting lesson (good thing about a father who is a CPA - he can help you with your homework for business school). After they left, we had a bunch of people over for the NASCAR race, we went to a concert, then we came back to watch Alien (which I had never seen). Phew.

On Sunday, Mama and Daddy came to pick up the puppies (:-() and then they left to go back to Florida. In the apartment, we cleaned some, and then we had a business meeting for something called IBO (more on that in another post). Next - homework. Boo. Then I fixed supper for everyone, which was delicious because we had zipper peas that Mama brought me :-)!!! And after that, we had a much-needed business meeting for MagicMouth, and we have so many cool things in the works for this year! It’s just super exciting!!!

So now I’m exhausted, and it’s Monday, LOL!!! Oh well . . .

Yes friends, it’s true. I have fallen in love. It snuck up on me, and I really wasn’t expecting this at all, and I’m pretty excited about it!

My newest love’s name is NASCAR.

Had you goin’, didn’t I ;-)? It’s true. I’ve embraced my inner redneck and become a fan of NASCAR. It all started when I went to a race last October with a bunch of my friends. I didn’t know ANYTHING about racing at all, but we had a blast, and I knew that if given the opportunity, I’d have fun going to another race.

Then, back in February, my friends started up a NASCAR fantasty league, and I got in on it. I’m not gonna lie - I picked the drivers based on their sponsors, LOL! This turned out to be a BAD strategy, and I had to get some help from my friends to rework my team. However, it still wasn’t a top-notch team, and eventually I got tired of losing because I simply had no idea what I was doing.

So I started asking questions. LOTS of questions. And as I learned more, I became more and more interested. I decided to start playing the game. I started watching the races. I started reading the articles on websites like NASCAR.com and NASCAR on SPEED.

It’s ridiculous now. We’re religious about watching the races, we have plans to go and see one, potentially two, races before the season is over, and I have a hat for my favorite driver (Kasey Kahne, #9!!! And no, he’s not my favorite because he’s really hot, my best friend’s dad works for his team . . . though being hot does NOT hurt ;-)).

Any other NASCAR fans out there? Let me hear you!!!