It’s My Imagination

What a Storm!

June 17, 2008 on 4:42 pm | In My Imagination | 2 Comments

WOW!  What a storm we had roll through north Texas today!

When I turned the news on this morning, the meteorologist told me that there was a big storm up in Oklahoma that “may” cross the Red River and affect towns close to the Texas/Oklahoma border, such as Sherman, Texas.   That was a big maybe and a big mistake!

Not only did the storm come down into Texas, it came all the way down into Dallas and surrounding suburbs.  Around 11 a.m. today, the winds picked up, some gusting up to 65 mph., and the thunder and lightening started.  It began raining super hard and then, almost as soon as the storm hit, we lost power.  Our power was off for over 2 hours.

We had orthodontist and other appointments today, so we did have to go out in this weather.  Fortunately, the worst of it passed before we had to leave the house.  With the loss of power, I even had to figure out how to open the garage door manually.  We got out and got everything done.  Softball practice is canceled tonight due to more storms heading our way.   Hopefully, these upcoming storms won’t be as powerful as the ones that rolled through here earlier today.

Tags: weather

Software Application to Help Get Rid of Junk

June 17, 2008 on 8:35 am | In Some of This Some of That | No Comments

In the 7+ years we lived in Illinois, I probably held at least 4 garage sales. This was such a simple way of getting rid of unwanted or unused items in our house. Before we moved, I had a huge garage sale, plus, I had an “no longer used” furniture sale that I advertised through my employer newsletter. Prior to that, I had sold quite a bit through our local paper, particularly baby and children’s items.

Now that we’ve moved, I have no desire to hold a garage sale. For one thing, it is way to hot here. I have instead been donating items to charity. I have a box that I toss thing into as I run across them and about every two months, the local charity comes out to pick up my donations. I do have a few items though that I’m wanting to get rid of, but would rather advertise them.

Many people have taken to using Craigslist to sell and get rid of their unwanted and unused items. A downside to this though is the time it takes to create item listings, particularly if you have multiple items. As busy as we all are, time is not something we want to spend typing in online forms, listing items and doing follow up.

With that in mind, I’d like to provide you with this craygo review.

Craygo is an automatic posting software that allows you to maximize the time you spend posting ads on Craigslist. Craygo helps you reduce the time you spend posting an ad by almost 50%. This software has many time saving features including allowing you to store your ads for future posting, automatically entering your ad data into the correct forms on Craigslist and properly submitting the ads on your behalf. Craygo software is simple to use and comes with a manual that explains every feature and how to use them. This is a screen shot of the Craygo software in action.

Craygo has more features than any other Craigslist posting application out there and Craygo has more features than Easy Ad Poster (EzAdSuite), AdsOnCraigs, AdBomber and AdMaster. Features include:

• automatically publish your ads
• captcha reading capability (in the elite version)
• send email reports of posting activity
• can specify a posting delay
• manual and email support 7 days a week
• user friendly

If you’re a Craigslist user, you should really check out this software. If you have more questions, there is a live chat available to answer your pre-puchase questions.

Tags: Craigslist, Craygo

Drink Coffee - Live Longer

June 17, 2008 on 7:51 am | In Family Health | No Comments

The television was on this morning as I was standing at the kitchen counter making my coffee and ironically, a story came on the news with the headline that there is no higher death risk from drinking coffee.  Shew!  What a relief!

In fact, not only does drinking coffee NOT increase the risk of an early death, a study has found that drinking coffee may actually CUT a person’s risk of dying from heart disease.  This same study also found no connection between consumption of coffee and cancer.  The study found that drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease than women who did not drink coffee.

This is really good news to me, especially as I sit here drinking my very large cup of coffee.

Tags: coffee, heart disease