Just musingHi all. I'm back again with musings. I trie to post a few minutes ago but something didn't take. Yesterday, July fourth was great. Well good anyway, Terra and I went to the apartment barbecue in the morning, Tina our manager did a fine job with hotdogs, polish sausage and Hamburgers. Later I went to the churche's soup or during the summer salad supper. It's held once a month. We had some great salads and pizza. Usually Wanda makes the pizza but I think this time she got it at Chucks Pizza. That's a place in Rosamond that delivers as well as sells at the restaurant. They just changed owners and are bringing in some inovative ideas. I especially like their Roadrunner pizza, their Grilled chicken salad--which can feed two or more if you order the large, and their sandwiches. They also have dessert pizzas like cinamon and other flavors maybe comin soon.
Has anyone ever heard ofadvertising webservice? Istarted to sign up for a free trial. you pay $5 for two weeks and they launch an add campaign for you. If you don't cancel it's $64 a month. I can't afford that but they sent me an email saying
http://www.ff4w.net has real potential and as an extra incintive they will post us in a business directory of local businesses.
I would think if they viewed the site they would see we wouldn't be a cash cow for them.
The cheerful givers at present is made up of four blind people and one disabled person, all living on fixed incomes.
Now that's not saying some of us aren't trying to become employed! Kimber is greaduating from massage school next month so she will soon be working, Terra is training to become an Accesstechnology instructor to teach computer skills to blind and disabled people who use computers and accessible technology, and I am pursuing my master's degree in Rehabilitation from San Diego State University.
I just finished my first class with an A 96.85 points out of 100. What a blessing. Many were praying for that and I thank you.
I am taking a class about cultures and how they differ this term, the second class a fieldwork cours I had to hold off on because I need an internship which I don't have yet.
I'm trying to get one through the Lancaster Department of Rehabilitation but it will take time.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if through the relay for life I met some other agenciesI could intern with and maybe work for?
Terra wants to move to Nashville to be near her mom and maybe we will do that if I can find a job there when I greaduate.
Candy sells for the relay are moving we still have a lot left but it's only Terra and I doing it. The church members bought quite a bit and we sold some in front of Albertson's. We also advertised in our apartment bulletin,Wanda sold lot's to Chuck's Pizza and my mom just sold a case. Frank, my brother in the flesh, one of the team members bought about $34 worth but he says an invisible man in his refridgerator ate it.
Yah right! Can't blame him though it's good!
We are really trying to get new team members. Last year Terra and I joined an existing team, Jill's All Starrs. Terra met Jill at orientation day and was very impressed with her. So we joined her team. This year though we decided to form one of our own. We don't have the advantage of subliminal advertising so members are harder to come by.
I ran the add you saw in a previous post last Sunday in the Antelope Valley press, but it hasn't generated anything. I guess you have to advertise more than once to be affective. We were on page 4 a very small add, we paid $31 for it. I don't have the funds to really advertise and if candy sells don't pick up I could take a big loss financially. I think God will take care of that, but I have to advertise responsibley. I know if we had ten to twenty team members the candy would've been gone. World's finest chocolate is a great product so are the lollipops and efundraising.com is a great company. Our representative is Paula Lane.
Online you can help by helping us get donations we are aproaching $400 and we want to raise $2000. If the candy sells we will have about $800. We hope to sell at the relay too, maybe some little toys or something so if you want to donate sells items or prizes for our online incintive opportunity contact me at mike@mikesmaze.net.
Mike's maze is our personal website where we provide lots of information about the church of Christ. It has nothing to do with the American Cancer Society nor do we ask any money for our efforts, it's a labor of love.
I want to form a local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind in the Antelope Valley, but I need eight to ten blind people to get it started.
If you know anyone in the Antelope Valley who could be interested feel free to have them contact me.
mike@mikesmaze.net
We don't want to duplicate the mistake of our relay team, the NFB does lots of fundraising for college schoolarships and for advocacy work etc.
see
http://www.nfb.org
If we have ten members Terra and I won't have to carry the whole load. We can build from there.
If you have any suggestions to help us make our relay team site more affective please contact me.
Thanks for reading!
God Bless & Have a great day!
Mike

Trying something new for the relay for life

Hi all. this probably won't look right but we just posted an add in the antelope Valley press. It comes out today!
check it out
Join the 200 Club& Help Fight Cancer!The cheerful givers need yourhelp in the fight against cancer.Be one of 200 to help! Please donate $10 at:http://www.ff4w.net • Email Terra to joinour Walking Team or call at (661) 256-25394041629

Your a winner! or could be soon.

Win cash Apple Ipods, & Amazon gift certificates.
I know this works, my brother Frank signed up as my refferral and Sunday he won $10 Amazon gift cert.
I've won before here and so has my wife Terra.
http://www.winzy.com/its-mike
It's worth checking out.
Winzy is a search engine and that's basically all you do up-to 50 times a day. They have games that come up. The games give you more points and if you don't play in the arcade you can't loose. If however you like added risk the arcade allows you to gamble your points.
If you join sign up as many friends as possible that will give you more points and more prizes when they win. Try to sign up at least one friend each month so you get in the monthly special drawing.
This is the only prize-winning search engine I use on a regular basis currently.
The other one search chips closed until next year when the new owners are suposed to bring it back.
If you want more information about winzy write me. I'll be glad to help.
Again that link is
http://www.winzy.com/its-mike
God Bless and have a great day!
Mike

What a summer!What a summer!Wow. summer is all most ere. Well in CA we kickoff summer with the memorial day weekend. This year promises to be a blast. First Terra and I have tickets to two dodger games. The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing like they really want the pen ant so that should be a forecast for some antastic seball. Than we got a promotion for subscribing to the Daily News Antelope Valley addition. Two tickets to Universal studio in North Hollywood. Terra hasn't been there yet. The antelope Valley Fair promises some great atractions too, Reba Macintyre will be there. We want to go see her but the cost of tickets and transportation probably will prevent that, but it should be a great Saturday night Concert.
Than they have Charlie Daniels and Lone Starr appearing together, the concert is free!
We will probably go to that one.
Of course we have the relay for life September 15 and are you ready for the culmination?
The end of summer ultimate concert looms on our horizon.
Tricia Yearwood is doing a concert in Lancaster the week after our relay!
What a perfect end to summer fun!
She's awesome.