National Blog Posting Month

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Articles for Military Servicemembers and Spouses

I thought I'd do a post that showcases the articles that I have done that are geared toward the military. Enjoy!

This article is a memoir of my deployment overseas:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/375590/we_are_winning_the_war_in_iraq_my_participation.html

Along the same lines, another article about how my family and I coped with my deployment overseas:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/666327/my_familys_deployment_and_thoughts.html

Powers of Attorney Basics for American Servicemembers - this article is a great resource for military members and dependents, and those individuals who help out during deployments and TDYs:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/363810/powers_of_attorney_basics_for_american.html

What is Memorial Day and Why Should You Observe It (the title speaks for itself):
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/256559/what_is_memorial_day_and_why_should.html

This article is about Worldwide EchoTaps, and how military members are involved in such a wonderful endeavor to honor military veterans:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/252878/echotaps_worldwide_honors_veterans.html

This is a series of book reviews that I did for military spouses and girlfriends. In addition to AC, this series was picked up by the Fort Lewis Ranger (the official print newspaper of the Fort Lewis Army post in Washington State).

Information for new military spouses, and those who are soon to marry a military member:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/245863/helpful_books_for_the_military_wife.html

General Information about the military and being married to a military member:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/249617/more_helpful_books_for_the_military.html

Books about how to cope with deployments and issues that surround them:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/249633/more_helpful_books_for_the_military.html

Memorial Day - It's Meaning and Observation (another piece I did on Memorial Day - so many Americans are clueless about this holiday, and you can never talk about it too much):
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/722143/memorial_day_its_meaning_and_observation.html

Prom Articles Need Some Google Love

A couple of my most recent prom articles did not get indexed by Google, so I am posting the new ones (and the old ones, even though the PV average on the old prom articles is about 2,000) here to remedy that:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1533487/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_thousand.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1533131/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_cleveland.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1559415/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_detroit.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1533489/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_philadelphia.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1533113/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_washington.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1533015/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_omaha.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1498206/shopping_for_affordable_prom_dresses.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/555391/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_evansville.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/555379/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_terre.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/550807/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_manhattan.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/550641/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_wichita.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/550245/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_jacksonville.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/550137/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_indianapolis.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/549891/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_queens.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/549615/where_to_buy_cheap_prom_dresses.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/549433/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_oklahoma.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/549355/shopping_for_a_prom_dress_in_memphis.html

Wednesday.

I haven't felt well mentally since my cousin passed away. That, combined with a lot of other craptastic happenings have killed my motivation. I don't want to write, don't want to go to class, don't want to study. Going to the gym is about the only thing I am motivated to do right now. I managed to get three more articles in today for the cutoff. Payday is Friday. I plan to get a couple articles written for another site this evening after I go to the gym, so they will pay Friday as well. This weekend, I have drill, so it will be a wash. Tomorrow I have a doctor appointment in the morning, but should be able to write all day after that, until I pick up the kids to go workout. And I'll have some time Friday afternoon after I get back from the gym.

I just hate this down, depressed time. I want to do so much, but can't get myself to do it.

No Examiner for me. :(

Well, I was very excited to begin working as an Examiner at Examiner.com. So much so that I was running around the house singing for an hour after I got the "Welcome to the team email." As much as I hated to, I had to turn down their offer, due to a couple personal reasons. I was so excited about it, and very grateful to them for selecting me and giving me a chance to work with them. There are just a couple reasons that I can't do it. I'm kind of sad about it, but I guess everything happens for a reason. Just have to press on in other areas.

Death Surrounds Me...

And I'm really so tired of it. First my cousin, my sister's employee, and a fellow blogger. Tonight, my dear husband is making a notification to a family of a deceased sailor. They just made the notification about 30 minutes ago, and are about 5 hours from home, so I doubt he'll be home tonight. I can't go into details, but it is a bad deal. I don't know how much more I can take. I feel sad for the sailor's family, but I am not worried to be home alone without the DH. My home is protected by Smith & Wesson, and not only have I been in the military for 12 years, I was raised with firearms, and learned to shoot and clean one when I was 8. Yes, I am from Southern Illinois, we do that there.

I was sick today, and couldn't make it to class. My writing suffered, and so did my diet. I ate more than I wanted to (I have set impossible goals for myself I think), and I wrote less than I wanted to. My paycheck for this week is going to suck. Next week I have to study for mid-terms, and the following week I am going home to visit with family in Indiana and Illinois, and they only have crappy dial-up, so I won't be able to work. I'm not hurting for money, but it's hard to continue to work on my debt snowball if my income isn't also snowballing.

I did make a doctor appointment for me for Thursday to get a medical issue looked into. I plan to go to the gym to work out tomorrow. I will salvage the week somehow. I hope my next blog post is happier.

February's Goals - Wrap Up.

Well, I did pretty good for February's goals:

40 / 50 - Site
20 / 25 - AC
19 / 10 - Helium
19 / 15 - Blog Posts
1 / 1 - eHow
1 / 1 - Examiner
1 / 2 - Textbroker

I set up three blogs, got started on Facebook, applied to Examiner and got selected, and did quite a bit of article promotion, so I think it's been a good month. And I lost about a week of work time due to my cousin's funeral and orthodontist appointments and other stuff. March will bring Spring Break, so I'll lose a week this month, too. My goals for March, however, will be:

50 - Site
25 - AC
10 - Helium
50- Blog Posts in my 3 blogs
20 - eHow
20 - Examiner
5 - Textbroker

I'd like to post a few articles on another site I'm thinking of writing for, but haven't decided to take the plunge yet. And I'm starting a new fitness plan, so we'll see how it goes. :)