Looking for a business cash advance?  This is a loan taken out against future credit card sales.  It’s not as complicated as it sounds, it just means that a company that accepts credit cards for transactions can take out a merchant cash advance and then you get the requested money.  Then a little money is taken out of each of the following credit card transactions for the next several months.  Pretty soon the loan is all paid off.  They don’t do credit checks.  The money you request will be ready for you within seventy two hours.  This is a great way for businesses that in the past were unable to get a traditional loan to be able to get the money they need to make their business succeed.  Maybe you have been to the bank many times trying to be approved for a business loan and it just wasn’t approved. You have even maybe given up and stopped trying to get a business loan. Now you can have the loan you need. You can apply online and it’s a secure application.  What would you do with a business cash advance?  Maybe put it into inventory or do a remodel?  There are so many things that could be accomplished with some extra cash in hand.  Sounds good, right?  Check it out!

I tried to get a picture taken to show the color of my hair and haven’t really had much luck.  Here’s one from the car, it’s not a great picture, but you can kinda see the color…

What is one thing you were convicted about when you were younger, but now being older and wiser you have changed your mind on that belief? Why? Or on the other side, what is one thing you may have not held a conviction on that you now do? Why?

I was raised in a very very conservative church.  I was convicted at an early age that religion was primarily about the laws that were found in the bible.  I always felt like I didn’t quite measure up and rarely felt the presence of God.  I was in church a minimum of three time per week.  Every week.

As I got a little older I questioned some of those rules or beliefs and was told why and accepted it.  Until Izzy’s accident.  I read the bible with new eyes and saw that there was much more to it than the laws.  The laws are important and I feel like God wants me to be an obedient daughter… but God is with us.  Here.  Every day.  He guides my life and helps me.

On a lighter note, as a child or even young adult I never felt convicted to make my bed… now I can’t stand to leave it unmade.  Why?  Probably because I grew up …

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1. Are you right- or left-handed? right.

2. Any nicknames you have (or have had) and the story behind them?  Annie is actually a nickname, from birth.  There have been the usual… annie fanny, annie oakly, annie get your gun… good times.

3. Do you need to do laundry right now?  I have stayed on top of the laundry lately.  With four kids there is a lot of it too!  I do it first thing in the morning and then some at night usually.  I have a load going in now and I’ll be done… unless I start stripping beds.

4. What CD is in your CD player/music on your iPod right now?  Mama Mia Soundtrack.

5. How/when did you learn to ride a bicycle? When I was about five.  They took the training wheels off my bike.  Our driveway was a little steep and I rode down the driveway and across the road.  I remember once a car hit me (lightly) and I got up off the road, picked up my bike and went home to tell my mom what happened.

6. What is your favorite weird food combination?  It’s pretty common now, but ranch with pizza or pickles…

7. What is something you have that is of sentimental value?  my wedding ring.  It was Matt’s great grandmother’s wedding ring.  She died in the 1919 flu epidemic.

Breakfast
Are you a morning person or a night person?
Neither! Ha!

Lunch
Do you like to shop? If yes, for what? Alone or with others?
Of course! I like to shop for specific things like clothes or things for the house… I don’t enjoy food shopping!

Dinner
What is something that really motivates you?
Anger. If I am mad I can get so much done!

Midnight Snack
What is one thing you look forward to each day?
Going to sleep!

Recipe for this Week (instead of your recipe for life – what is it for just this week?)
The recipe for this week was a lot of picking up after the kids… helping with homework… taking Izzy to school each day…a sprinkle of blogging and a lot of rain!

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Friday Fill-Ins #86

1. Dancing to the beat while at church makes me happy (I don’t actually dance, more like tap my foot .

2. The last time I had a night out I barely nearly remember.

3. When I drive I check email and return calls.

4. I saw our basketball goal standing upside down beside my car … yikes.

5. Give me faith, give me hope, give me love.

6. Next week I am looking forward to a late birthday lunch with Jana.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a quiet evening at home, tomorrow my plans include John & Paula coming to visit and Sunday, I want to nap after church!

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1. It’s not raining today. That’s a good thing.
2. Mom made schnitzel for me last night. It’s my favorite!
3. I brought home some to warm up for lunch today.
4. I’m on a diet again.
5. Schnitzel doesn’t go with a diet.
6. I did skip the mashed new potatoes.
7. I didn’t skip the fried okra.
8. … or cake.
9. Thanks Mom!
10. No really, thanks Mom.
11. Amanda saw an olympian with her hair french braided across the front and remembered we did her hair that way when she was growing her bangs out years ago. So we did that to her hair.



12. Emelia saw it and wanted her hair done the same way.
13. They both looked very cute! I should have taken a pic of the two of them… maybe later today

Here’s Izzy, just out of the bath…

Hair combed!

All dressed for school!

Have a great day!

It’s Wednesday… half way through another week. Remember being a kid in school and being so excited it was hump-day? It meant that we were on the downhill slide heading right toward two full days of no school! Yay. Yeah, well… not so exciting these days. I guess the main thing that comes to mind on hump-day is the fact that yet another week in my life is half way over. The weeks just come so fast like a pitching machine with the balls set on a speed way too high to deal with!

It’s been raining and raining here. Some flooding. I saw on the news yesterday they were taking people west of the city out of their homes in boats. Crazy. The clouds have passed for now and it should be a dryer day. I got SOAKING wet taking Izzy to school. I had the foresight to put a blanket over her. She stayed dry. But me? I was like a wet rat. I couldn’t maneuver an umbrella while carrying her out… good news though! I dry.

Guess what came in the mail yesterday? Well first… are you a sucker for an infomercial? I’m not. At all! Matt sorta is. Well one morning on a weekend there was an infomercial on for a hair product. Cleansing conditioner. I was busy doing other things and didn’t change the channel and it sounded pretty good. Matt piped in with, “I’ll buy you that.” Okay. You got me. I ordered the “wen” product that morning and it finally came yesterday. I’m pretty hooked on biolage, but this product promised it would dramatically change the structure of your hair. My hair is naturally curly and can be frizzy if not handled with lots of care, chi-ing, products, etc. I brought the box straight to my room and we got in the shower together… me and the Wen… I had to read the instructions about three times. I still need to read them again. It’s a little more than lather. rinse. repeat. Verdict? I hope that it improves with time and I don’t feel like it’s fair to judge the product when it was raining. My hair is curlier than ever and will hopefully have a chi date later this morning. We’ll see. I will let you know how it turns out. They did say they promise that your hair will be better within two weeks. But they did say that some people had dramatic results on the first try. I did not have dramatic results. Not of the good kind anyway!

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Well, bad news…. my shark I got for my birthday… that I really love. It won’t charge. I used it for several days. Daily. Loved it. And yesterday I had it all charged up and it wouldn’t really work. I’m going later this morning to exchange it for another one. I am really hoping I just got a bad “one.” and that a new “one” will work and for a long time!

OH! I got a pantech duo phone several months ago.

I had a blackberry.

I was excited. It has a little slider keyboard. I have absolutely hated that phone from day one. Hated it. Yesterday I found my little blackberry and got it all set up and called ATT and had them fix my plan back for it. It’s like being reunited with an old friend. I heart that phone. Pantech Duo’s are awful. Never get one! Well, maybe if you are a teen and like cool gadget stuff that isn’t practical get one… otherwise. Just don’t.

One more thing… my bloggy buddy Jodi gave me this sweet award. Thanks Jodi!

Have a great Wednesday!!!