Starting a new venture

Have you heard about Crowd Funding? Basically it is a way that individuals, organizations, new businesses, ect ask others to help fund their idea.

I am working on a new website venture and am hoping that crowd funding will help me make sure I can get it up and running properly and fast.

"TheParent411 is anxious to get fully up & running. We don’t want to do it bit by bit either. Therefore, we have decided that crowd funding was a great medium for us to utilize.

Please take a moment to check out our campaign, as well as share it with others"

Dear Santa

With Christmas fast approaching, I have been after my daughter to make her wish list. Since her birthday is three days after X-mas (lucky us & our wallets), her list can get a little crazy.

This year though, she only has one item on her Letter to Santa, a Kindle and some nail polish for her stocking. I lot that my little girl has become some an avid reader like her mom. Hopefully Santa will come through for her. Or even better, he can get me a Kindle Fire and I can give her my old Kindle ;) (Hey, we can all dream)

Obviously she wants some other things, after all it is two events and more than just Santa gives her goodies. After much prompting, here is the rest of her list:

Kit, the American Girl Doll

Lagoona's Hydration Station (Monster High)

Gift Cards (Justice, iTunes, Game Stop, Toys R Us)

Little Pet Shop toys

We did give her one gift already, a guitar & guitar lessons. After all she is going to be a famous singer one day ;)

What items are on your childs wish list this year?

Hump Day

While looking for my original "Greedy Bitch Wish List" today, I saw some of my old MySpace blogs and started reminiscing. One of my favorites was the "Hump Day" list.

The Hump Day list was a weekly blog I would do on Wednesdays (duh) that was a place for myself; and others; to let it all hang out. You could bitch, moan & rant about your day. Or you could list what you are looking forward to. Whatever you wanted to talk or list was welcome on Hump Day.

I decided to start this as a mid-week relief hatch. There was another MySpace blogger that had a Friday Fuck List, but sometimes we just didn't want to wait till Friday.

It was very therapeutic until I caught on my Employer was looking at it. Not as much fun when you had to be careful and edit your words...

As today is Hump Day, I figured I would do a list for old times sake. Feel free to join in if you wish :)

1) Hubby has a 7mm bulged disk. Will the back problems never stop? He also has to fly to FL next week to take his 1st PGA checkpoint test. Hopefully the DR's can help him some before then

2) It is starting to get really cold. The mornings are brutal and it makes it hard for my achy bones to get moving in the morning.

3) Speaking of getting moving, my motivation is severely lacking. I have so many thing I need/want to do, but I just can't seem to get myself to do them.

4) The last few days I have ended the day with a nasty headache. Sometimes I wish I could just chop off my head.

5) On the bright side, at least they aren't migraines. The migraines are back, but not as bad as they used to be

6) Finally pulled out the old laptop (Windows) so I could get to my SSDI files & converted them to PDF's so I could view them on my MacBook. Hopefully I can get some of my old DR files from them & forward to my new DR's so I can get some decent help.

While it was fun thinking about old times & hump day lists, I am not sure I will rekindle this list. There are too many things I would like to post, but with so many people active in virtual land these days, its probably best I keep it to myself or a trusted friend.

Thanks for walking down memory lane with me. While you are here, feel free to type out your "Hump Day List"

Greedy Bitch Wish List, 2011

'Tis that time of year again; Greedy Bitch Wish List update!!!!

As I was sitting down to start updating my list, I started wondering how long I have been doing this. I actually went through the hassle of finding my 1st one on MySpace (yes, I said MySpace) to see how it has changed over the last 5 years. If you feel like taking a walk through memory lane & checking out MySpace, here is the link:

http://www.myspace.com/irishdreaming/blog/209883894

Please make out one of your own and share with us. If you are going to post onion your Blog or FaceBook notes, please share. I love seeing what others wish for.

1) Amazon Gift Cards

2) iTunes Gift Cards

3) A travel Tea Tumbler from Teavana (check it out)

4) Teavana Tea Tins

5) Teavana Gift Cards

6) Victoria Secrets or Fredrick's of Hollywood Gift Cards

7) Kindle Fire

8) Disneyland passes for myself & Keely (Southern California Annual Pass)

9) Disneyland Gift Cards

10) A BlenderTek Blender (Saw one at Sams & fell in love)

11) A Flip video camera

12) A portable Blue Ray/DVD player

13) A DSLR camera

14) A new Coach Purse (there are soo many I like I just can't narrow it down to one)
15) New tattoo(s)
16) Get my eyebrow re-pierced
17) Replace the diamond chip in my rose ring
18) Jewelry (the expensive kind, that glitters, mainly this blue topaz & sapphire ring that is being sold at a local jewelers)

19) iPad

20) iPhone

21) A Tanning membership
22) Notre Dame gear
23) $8000 to start up an on-line business idea I have (assuming I don't have an iPad & iPhone at the time, less if I do)
24) a new Vehicle (preferably a Sequoia or a luxury version)
25) A new Key for my truck as my current one broke & I can't keep it on a keychain (if I can't get the new car) & a second set of car keys to Terry's Pontiac
26) If I not going to get the new car above, then get all the dings and dents Terry has put in my current truck repaired and the wheel bumper replaced that I messed up.
27) Plastic surgery (Nothing extreme. I can't get rid of my thighs, never have been able too, even when I was allowed to exercise. I now I can't exercise unless I want to be sick in bed for weeks. So some lypo and a breast replacement. They don't need to be bigger, just raised since I ran around braless so much growing up. Damn gravity catching up!)
28) A trip to Jamaica (RIP Mikey. I am going to go to your dream Island before I die)
29) A trip to Ireland and Italy (to see my roots)
30) Enough money to set Keely's college fund so that she can go anywhere she would like for as long as she needs to
31) A house – at least 3 bed, 2 bath, w/a yard big enough for a dog & Keely, a walk-in closet big enough for mine & Terry's clothes & shoes (he is such a woman, but you didn't hear it from me)/on the other side of the spectrum the house needs to be at least 5 bed, 3 bath, a yard big enough for a pool and yard space so we can have a dog for Keely, big walk-in master closet, a the master bath has to has two sinks.
32) Start-up capital for my real-state investment company I want to own
33) To be able to have the resources available to research my whole family tree and Keely's as well
34) Have my charity for abandoned cats
35) Find my old best friend (Jason Metz) from when I lived in Diamond Bar as a child (How in this day and age when there are so many sites, can I not find this guy?)
36) A cabin in the mountains (So I can get away and clear my head every now and then. Maybe do some writing that I have been so blocked on. I have a few great book ideas swimming in my head right now.)


Please share everybody. It is always fun to see what others want. Plus you never know, Santa could be reading your list!!!This is just for fun though, so don't hold back!

Since we are on the subject...

The other night I asked my daughter what her X-mas/B-day Wish List was (there are three days between the two). Since I published mine for the world to see, I thought I would do the same for her. After all, the Holidays are supposed to be for the kids and this could help other parents of 6/7 year old little girls.

A Black Wii
An American Girl Doll
Disneyland Pass
A "real" microphone
The new Taylor Swift CD
An Ipod Touch (I gave her my 1st gen one, but it doesn't do Farmville & she likes playing that)
A Razor Scooter
A Barbie Dream House
A new CD player (hers is slowly dying), I would like to play her ipod as well ;)

It's not much, but did you notice that the majority of them are pretty big ticket items? It makes me miss the days of the little toys (not much, just a little).

So, what items are on your child's wish lists?

Greedy *itch Wish List

'Tis that time of year again. Time to do our wish lists. And as I have done for the last few years(not sure why I didn't do one last year), I am keeping up and updating my own "Greedy Bitch" wish list.

This tradition of mine started back when I was still working and used MySpace. Later it was transferred to FaceBook & now with the awesome apps out there, I can post it on my blog & have it go to FB as well. Gotta love technology :)

Please make out one of your own and share with us. If you are going to post one in your notes (or blog), please share the link in my comments so I can check it out.

I was motivated to do this a bit early this year by all the X-mas advertisements & decorations already out. If Corporate America can be early, so can I!! This year I decided to re-organize as well; from most realistic to the obscene and put items on the back burner that are unrealistic as I have no home to put them in.

1) A Wii (black w/motionplus)
2) Disneyland passes for myself & Keely (Southern California Annual Pass)
3) All of Anne Rice's book's in hardback (except for the few that I own, which aren't that many)
4) Adobe's Creative Master Suite (Edition CS5)
5) A Flip video camera
6) A Tanning membership (since it never happened last year, even though that was my present from hubby)
7) A portable DVD player
8) Good health Insurance for both myself & Keely
9) A Kindle
10) A SLR camera
11) Notre Dame gear
12) A new Coach Purse (there are soo many I like I just can't narrow it down to one)
13) New tattoo(s)
14) Get my eyebrow re-pierced
15) Replace the diamond chip in my rose ring
16) Jewelry (the expensive kind, that glitters, mainly this blue topaz & sapphire ring that is being sold at a local jewelers)
17) $1500 to start up an on-line business idea I have
18) a new Vehicle (preferably a Sequoia or a luxury version)
19) A new Key for my truck as my current one broke & I can't keep it on a keychain (if I can't get the new car) & a second set of car keys to Terry's Pontiac
20) If I not going to get the new car above, then get all the dings and dents Terry has put in my current truck repaired and the wheel bumper replaced that I messed up.
21) A TV that doesn't make horrible noises, preferably in the flat panel family
22) A Mac (So I can do animation again. But I know the PC like the back of my hand, so I want both. Mac for animation and video editing & PC for everyday stuff. Greedy bitch aren't I?)
23) Plastic surgery (Nothing extreme. I can't get rid of my thighs, never have been able too, even when I was allowed to exercise. I now I can't exercise unless I want to be sick in bed for weeks. So some lypo and a breast replacement. They don't need to be bigger, just raised since I ran around braless so much growing up. Damn gravity catching up!)
24) The complete works of Walt Whitman & Emily Dickinson (These are really the only two Poets I like & the complete plays of Shakespeare (I do love how almost every modern movie/comedy is based off him)
25) The Chronicles of Narnia in hardback (I used to own these , I would like to have them again, not only for myself, but for when Keely is older.)
26) All the James Bond movies on DVD
27) The following CD's:
Amy Winehouse
All of Incubus (minus the two I have & can find)
All of Pantera's
All of Type O Negative's (I know I have some, but who knows where)
All of the Beatle's
All of the older G'n'R's
Frank Sinatra's greatest hits
(This is all I can think of at the moment)
28) The following DVD's:
Rudy
Dazed and Confused
Grease
The Lion King
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Interview with a Vampire
The Basketball Diaries
The Corpse Bride
(I know there is more, but once again, I can't remember)
29) A trip to Jamaica (RIP Mikey. I am going to go to your dream Island before I die)
30) A trip to Ireland and Italy (to see my roots)
31) Enough money to set Keely's college fund so that she can go anywhere she would like for as long as she needs to
32) A house – at least 3 bed, 2 bath, w/a yard big enough for a dog & Keely, a walk-in closet big enough for mine & Terry's clothes & shoes (he is such a woman, but you didn't hear it from me)/on the other side of the spectrum the house needs to be at least 5 bed, 3 bath, a yard big enough for a pool and yard space so we can have a dog for Keely, big walk-in master closet, a the master bath has to has two sinks.
33) Start-up capital for my real-state investment company I want to own
34) To be able to have the resources available to research my whole family tree and Keely's as well
35) Have my charity for abandoned cats
36) Find my old best friend from when I lived in Diamond Bar as a child (How in this day and age when there are so many sites, can I not find this guy?)
37) A cabin in the mountains (So I can get away and clear my head every now and then. Maybe do some writing that I have been so blocked on. I have two great book ideas swimming in my head right now.)


Please share everybody. It is always fun to see what others want. Plus you never know, Santa could be reading your list!!!This is just for fun though, so don't hold back!

New Year

So, a New Year has started. I can't believe we are already 16 days into it. I had this plan at the end of last year of what I wanted to accomplish this month. And so far, I have gotten almost nowhere on this list.

Thanks to my friend Dave & the wonderful technology at my fingertips (FB chat & Google chat), I have gotten some motivation, and am working on starting this "to do list".

First step, get my blog back up, and to actually use it. So, here is my first post in over two years. I can't promise what I write will be interesting. But I feel like I need a place to just say a small portion of the scrambled thoughts in my head. Hopefully it will help me make sense of things and retain some sanity.

As I am typing this, I am noticing my outdated punctuation. I can't seem to stop putting two spaces after a sentence. When did this change happen? How many of us "oldies" follow the new rule? It sure makes typing hard when you are so used to doing it a certain way. Please forgive my posts, until I have trained myself all over again (if it is possible).

Well, goodnight all. Here is to a New Year full of hope & change.