The completely impossible - possible List!

I have started a new Website a few weeks back with a nice new Blog attached to it. The Website is titled "In and around Las Vegas" and pretty much focuses on Events, Concerts, Fairs, Job market, outdoors tips etc in and around the greater Las Vegas Area which are other FREE ADMISSION or extremely cheap. I also decided to give small business and freelancers, Artists in the local area a chance to showcase them-selves on my Blog and Website. Place an AD which will stay up more then a day or two at rediculesly low prices. But not only that, I started going to some of those Festivals, taking photos and reviewing them for my Readers. If and when I would find a particularly "nice" Vendor I would take photos and ask them for their Business Card, Website Address etc so I could simply link to them.

That is considered free Traffic you know and a little tip up for them. So why post about that in the impossible Blog? Because believe or not, being nice and trying to help people these days can be almost impossible.

Out of 30 People I made this offer to only 5 accepted. Of course they always asked me what it was for and I am more then honest in explaining. Now consider that I am not asking them for anything other then the permission of taking 1 or 2 Photos of themselves and their Booth and their Business Card so I have the Webaddress and contact information. I was honest enough in telling them that my Website and Blog was still fairly new, but growing quickly.

Surprisingly a larger number asked was actually kind of rude in their answers.
In the cases of the 5 who accepted I was prompt about "plucking" their business for them within the content of my Blog Post. This was not going to turn into a spam or scam blog. I want to provide valuable information to my Readers. In a couple of Cases I got leads and two agreed to give me a short interview at another time when they were not busy so I could showcase them a bit further.

Surprise, suprise. When I contacted them for follow up they were shocked. Seems I am not the only one that has had some more then unpleasant interactions with other "businesses".

That is another thing that is really going down the drain. Seems that when You ask people to follow up with y ou, you are waiting for hell to freeze over. So right now I am setting, making a living while doing something good for others under..impossible dream. Boy I hope I can shift it over soon!

Las Vegas must be part of the Elite Crowd of rude and obnoxious people or maybe they just attract them. I am not 100% sure, but after living here for over 8 years I am more then ready to move away from here. Of course moving somewhere else is not as easy now as when I was l8 or 19. That has been 20 years ago, in case you wondering.

These Days finding a new job is down right a miracle, relocation is a major money under taking and then you have to find a place that hasn't pissed Mother Nature off on a constant bases. With other words, at this moment in time not an option!

But this is where my Blog comes in, my dreamland of the completely impossible - possible List. If I was to coin a Prayer to the Universe today it would go something like this.

Dear Universe,

I know that we have messed things up pretty well around here, but I would like another chance please. I would love to have my own personal little Island somewhere far away from here on which there is still plenty of clean breathable air, fresh Water I can drink without having to add dozens of chemicals just to not get poisoned (:() and fertile ground on which crops can grow and animals that nourish me. I know that I will have to work extremely hard to be able to survive. There may not be any electricity, no computers, no TV, but maybe I can bring some books, my Art stuff and if my husband can tear himself away from his electronics he may actually come too and remember that he has a wife at home and not only chicks on his computer.

I know that there will be a lot of new things to learn, a lot of pain to endure as I work the ground, learn to build my home etc. I would like to make this Island nice and friendly. I don't anyone there that is negative, can't understand that the word Thank You and Please is not a dirty word. I only want friendly people to come and visit me, those that like me just really need a break away from all the rudeness, the stress and the constant aggravations.

I want a safe place for children again. Yes, I know there may be wild Beasts, but we have them here too. Only there the Beast hunt and kill for food and protection, here they are called humans we hunt and kill each other for sport. I find that Animals are a lot more humane then we are. No I am not saying that guns are bad, it is the idiots that use them for drive by shootings, muggings, murder are bad.

I will do what it takes to protect me, but I won't find joy in doing it. Sorry, that is just not my personality. I want kids to be able to be kids again, instead of having to be afraid of Uncle George or Auntie Jane not knowing that their little bodies are OFF LIMITS you perverts. I want to be able to hug my daughter and walk down the street holding her hand like I used to when she was little and not have some idiot honk at us because his mind is in the gutter. You know Family hugs and holds hands for non-sexual reasons too. It is called physical loving and comfortable contact aka love!

I want to be able to smile at someone without them thinking I either want something from them or then suddenly feeling like they need to hit up on me. I want to be able to ask for help without feeling like I am the last piece of shit on the face of the earth, because helping someone went out of style with the dark ages.

I want to be able to tell a lady that she looks lovely today, without some moron thinking I am Gay or getting an erection because he hopes I am. I want to be able to dress up nice without someone trying to ask me how much it costs to fuck me.

I am so sick of stupid human behavior in the Cities it is impossible.

So dear Universe, can I please have my own personal Island so I can start out from scratch. Where the only immigration law is that you have to be NICE, want to work hard, be willing to learn one flipping language so we all can understand each other and want to live in peace and be part of a wonderful something, instead of coming over and trying to take over? Where those that really wish to work can. And those that are too lazy to work are not welcome and have to leave?

Where murder has only one result if you are proven guilty? Death - instant? They may actually quit doing it if they need to fear being taken out instead of cozied and fed. And if you touch a child and that is all the way up to 18 - you get your fucking nuts cut off or your hole sewed tight. If the teen can't keep the legs crossed, she or he can go back to the City. Good bye!!!

My Rules will be posted clearly for all to see. If you can't read them, then come back when you have learned enough of English (since this is my language and it is my Island) to read and understand it. If you are willing to live by them you can come in and good luck to you. We are all here to help each other out. We had to in the beginning! If you can't get back on that Boat and go home!

So yes, I am sort of Tyrannical about this, but I am tired of the way this place is now!

Anyone wanna come along?

I am going to go to San Antonio to see my Daughter Graduate, there is no question about that, but the question that does arise is how.
If, and at the point this is a big if still, my husband will drive me up there after I find a way to pay for all of it, our little blue Minivan named "The Duke" needs a major check over. It is making all sorts of strange little noises and I am a bit concerned about going on such a long trip with it in that condition.

The bad part is that I can't afford to pay for that as well. I mean there are too many other hidden costs already creeping up all over the place. MMMM, I wonder if Dodge Garage would be willing to sponsor my Trip and do the check up for free?

Keep your fingers crossed for me everyone.
So today's completely impossible making it possible shopping list item is...a good check over for The Duke.

Hugs all and have a good weekend!

I wish just once men and women would look at things the same way. My husband and I had a big fight early this morning. About money of course, what else do we fight about lately. No matter how many hours of work I am putting into my office at home, the money is just not coming in. I counted 96 work hours, writing, marketing, trying to find work that is not a scam, and made a whooping $150.00 for my efforts. That is enough to make anyone cry.

Let me first of make it clear that I fully understand where my husband is coming from and that he does have an excellent point, the only thing that he does not get is that this is the one thing that is extremely important to me. I can do without a lot of things, I do usually put myself back in almost everything we do, but this one I CAN NOT let fall. I can't it is too important to miss.

So here is the deal.

I have mentioned my trip to San Antonio before and for those of you who are not familiar with the entire dynamics please read: Journal of an Airforce Mom
I have a hard enough time depending on other people to be generous enough to help me out with this and donate towards the cost of the trip since I can not make enough to go past paying my bills and that is now already coming constantly out of my savings account which is close to being fully gone now. Now however, my husband is trying to practice "tough love" on me, like that is going to make me work harder. I am sleeping on the floor on a cushion from a round chair with a blanket over me in my office already so I can catch about 3 hours a sleep a night, the rest is spend working. I really can't work more then that.

He informed me this morning to get the hair brained idea of me going to the graduation out of my head. That since I can't even make enough to pay the majority of my bills, we just don't have the cash to waste on a Trip.
Ok, ok, I know he is right about my priorities here, but I also understand that I have to raise the money besides my bill money. Which is why I have started to ask for donations and put all those extra hours in to begin with.
I am not taking it from the household money, which is behind so far that it hurts.

However, he needs to understand that this is important never the less. Not just to me, but to my daughter as well. I have to be in those Stands looking down when she graduates. She needs to be able to see me, spend that weekend with me before she goes on to the next phase. She doesn't have much family left, and if I let her down, that is not a good thing. I have never let my Baby Down before and I can't and won't start now.

So my completely impossible / possible shopping list item for today is two fold:
Number 1
Getting my husband to understand the importance of this Trip and start being supportive instead of being a "voice of reason". Really I don't need that, I already know all the ins and outs of the situation.

Number 2
Raise another $1150 for the trip. Are there any Businesses here who would like to support this cause in return for publicity for your Business? Banner Advertisement on various of my blogs, a Review of your Blog or Website published on Associated Content written by me, a Review published through Triond?
If you are interested in helping out, please contact me at: Freelancewriterforhire@cox.net

I would appreciate it!

Regina S.
(Proud Airforce Mom)

If there was right now something I would like to purchase, especially on Sale if possible, it would have to be... a whole new Set of Nerves for me.

You ever have those days when you just can't help but wonder why there is no such thing as a full body Nerve Transplant? Or is there such a thing and I missed it somehow?

I have been working hard all day long, typing my fingers to the bones. Really you should see those poor abused digits of mine only to bring in an entire $20.00 for 12 hours of work. Wow, I feel like I am residing in one of the 3rd World countries. The difference, there $20.00 would be a wonderful wage for the day. Here it may buy groceries for one day if you are extremely lucky!

I guess that is the downside of working freelance. When the economy slides, so does your business unless you are already well established. I came into that particular game a little too late. So my wish for today... a brand new set of Nerves so I won't be tempted to give up!

Anyone?

Yes, I am putting this under today's wish list for the impossibles! You know each time I have a Blog set up the way I want it to be and then figure it is finally ok to try to get a bit of traffic to it, the Blog starts balking back at me.

So for today's completely impossible wish ... a blog hosting that actually does what I want it to do! Wouldn't that be just swell for a change? I think it would be fantastic.

Not to mention that when you find a Layout for a Blog you really like and want to use, you can only host it at that platform, but then it won't let you do what you need to do with it.
Prime Example!
I started this Blog: http://impsmom.wordpress.com (Airforce Mom's online Journal / Letters to IMP) as a way to #1 hold a promise to journal everyday and keep my daughter up to date as to what goes on in my life. #2 Just maybe help other Military Mom not feel as if they are alone out there when their kids first go off to Basic and later on to whatever tour of duty may come their way. #3 to help me raise the money I need to be able to go to see her graduate from Basic Training in 8 Weeks.

In order to do that, I would have to be able to list ways of donating money towards this, be able to actually put this on social networking so people even know that this Blog exists and can find it and perhaps actually have everything work well for a change!
Newsflash ...... I tried and tried to add widgets to the various things I wanted to get done with it! NOTHING! Won't show.

But if I pull the blog and rehost it somewhere else, well that won't necessarily be any better either. Can you tell I am one frustrated little puppy right now?

If anyone on here knows how to get around the wordpress anal probe, could you please let me know? Thanks a million.

Happy belated New Year everyone! Towards the end of 2008 it had become almost impossible for me to even think anymore of going shopping for anything. Seriously with all those thousands of lay-offs we hear about every day on the News and in some cases even experience our-selves it is no wonder that shopping in many ways is the last thing on our mind.

Then came the entire Christmas / Winter Holiday Season and poof there went what little money we had left over. I would say it is fair to mention that we all are probably more in debt after those days of cheer and giving then before. So I canned the day dreaming for a while, but now that I am working hard on recouping what went out and making the extra Bill money that is so sorely needed, I find myself drifting off to "Dream World" more and more often again.

As always, finding the perfect bargain, going on that elusive Vacation is right there on my mind. Of course that is easier said then done now isn't it.
An actual dream I have been harboring for quiet a while now is purchasing a Motorhome and going on the Road with it. Oh not traveling everyday, but finding good places to live for a few month to a Year and exploring the lovely United States that way. Trying to make my income with writing among many other venues has made me realize one thing, if you stay too long in the same place, doing the same thing everyday your creative juices will run dry.

For almost 2 Weeks now I have started writing one article after the other only to set it back down and throw my hands up. Blogging seems easier, but then I can just give my own opinion on things isn't it? Not particularly challenging, but hopefully entertaining to an extend.

So today's dream purchase is my NEW RV! Oh if I didn't see the sweetest RV right before the Holidays too. A nice 2008 Model brand new and reduced in Price. I am drooling even thinking about it. It would have been the perfect little nest to travel in for my honey and me, but even at the low Price Tag of $69,900 (Reduced down from $120,000) it was way out of our reach. For Weeks I crunched Numbers, did figures, hoped against hope that somewhere a Miracle would happen. Well I am still where I always have been, right here in Sin City Las Vegas and getting out of here in my very own new RV doesn't seem any closer to becoming a reality then it had been only a few month ago.

But let me dream, just for a few moments longer. I can almost imagine signing the Paperwork and putting the money down for it. Reducing my clutter and deciding what is the most important of my Stuff I really want to keep. Selling the rest or giving it away. Then comes the planning, where to go first? I would like to follow the Lincoln Highway and see where it takes me. Just think of all the historical places I could find. All the Material for writing! Oh joy, pleasure and dare I say it Adventure? Just the thought of being free and being able to move is invigorating.

Have you ever noticed that even just dreaming can make you happy? I know I feel so much better already. Will I get my dream? Not likely, but impossible? NEVER!!!