Will Marcus Prove Me Wrong? A New Challenge

Well, I’ve decided to take on a new challenge (as if I didn’t have enough to do). Except this challenge is more mental than physical. I guess we need to keep things balanced, eh? Earlier this year I wrote a post explaining why I didn’t want to be a Beachbody coach. I decided to do this after being inundated with comments on my blog from Beachbody coaches, practically...

Help! How Do I Build My Own Website?

Yesterday I received a rather frantic phone call from one of my sisters in need of help. Usually when my family asks me for help it has something to do with one of their pets, but I have to say that I was a bit relieved to hear she needed help with something computer-related (computers are usually a bit more predictable than dogs and cats–but not by much). It seems she wanted to...

Do You Have a Happy List?

Dang–I can’t believe one of my favorite books is almost 20 years old. That makes me feel old. I remember buying it when I was in high school. Anyway, once upon a time I picked up a copy of 14,000 Things to Be Happy About by Barbara Ann Kipfer. I have to admit it’s been a while since I’ve flipped through the pages but thought I’d share my own happy list...

Become Debt-Free With the Jones’

Well I did something pretty fun this week. I sent in my last car payment to the bank. So now my 2004 Pontiac Aztek (aka “Bubba”) is officially paid for! We also paid off Jimmy’s truck in December so now we have NO car payments. How cool is that? Between the two of us, our car payments cost about $600 every month. Now that $600 will be going towards our credit card...

Learning How to Make Money With Your Digital Camera

Digital photography is a subject that I find totally fascinating. Several years ago I got a copy of Photoshop 6 and was totally hooked. I gathered up all the pictures I could find and scanned them into my computer. I taught myself how to make cheesy collages and spent hours on forums learning how to retouch and restore old photographs. Little did I know this was just the beginning of my...

The Great Jones Bathroom Remodel of 2009

Well, two weeks ago at work I got a rather interesting phone call from my husband, Jimmy. Keep in mind that me and my husband are not really phone people. Unlike a lot of couples we don’t call each other a gazillion times a day. When Jimmy calls me at work it’s usually something important. So I was a bit concerned when he called me late one evening. Our conversation went...

Do You Have Enough Patience to Be Successful Online?

Over the years I’ve heard people tell me that I have a lot of patience. I can sit and do a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle for hours on end. I can push pixels around in Photoshop until my eyes go fuzzy and I can wait in line for 6 hours to meet Vince Gill (my favorite musician of all time). I have a degree in forestry which is also a career that requires a lot of patience. Most foresters...

Cute But Fake Kitten Photo Teaches Us a Lesson

If you’re anything like me you probably get a bunch of emails from family and friends with cute pet photos attached. I received this photo with a bunch of others not too long ago. At first I was amazed but it didn’t take me long to realize that this photo is fake. There’s some kitty cloning going on around here–and not the kind that involves DNA! My first clue was that it would...