Cha Cha Expeditor

A few months ago I mentioned that I had applied to be a Cha Cha Guide. Unfortunately I didn't pass their test, but I thought it was a really great opportunity. Well a few weeks ago, to my surprise, I received an email from Cha Cha offering me the opportunity to test for their newest position as an Expeditor.

Simply put, the role of the Expeditor is to format the text questions that Cha Cha receives and put them into their proper categories. I have just started to read the training material but hope to take the test in the next day or 2. Wish me luck! Of course I will post an update when I find out if I passed.

Windows Vista

Being that I work from home, I use my computer a lot. But lately my computer has been driving me crazy. There is nothing worse than being in the middle of a project or waiting for a page to load when all of a sudden, the computer freezes up. Then I will have to restart it and, more often than not, lose the information I was saving or the document I was working on.

Does this ever happen to you?

When I was telling my sister about my computer issues, she suggested that I switch to Windows Vista. She has been using it for awhile now and she loves it.

What are some of the benefits of Windows Vista? Well, for one, Windows Vista indexes your files so you can find them quickly and easily. This keeps your hard drive organized and saves your work so that nothing gets lost.

If you own a small business, there is the Windows Vista Small Business Assurance. This is an offer that was designed to help small businesses move to Windows Vista.
The offer, which runs from July 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008, is for small business customers who purchase PCs with Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate.. It includes free support, one-on-one coaching and compatibility assistance. Their customer service agents are available from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.

Quirky Me

I have been tagged by Jessica Michele over at Rants~and~Rambles to do this meme. I am supposed to reveal 6 unspectacular quirks about myself. She actually tagged me a few days ago but unfortunately one of my quirks is that at times I can be an unorganized procrastinator so this is the first chance I have had to sit down and write this.

Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) I was able to come up with 6 rather quickly. And they are:

1) I dissect my food. I have done this ever since I was a kid. I have no idea how it started or why. I have even asked my parents and they said they aren't sure either, I have just always done it. For example, if I'm eating pizza I will eat the toppings, then the cheese and then the crust. Or if its a sandwich I will pull it apart in pieces instead of just biting into it. Needless to say I am a very slow eater, which can drive people a little crazy.

2) One thing that drives me crazy..worse than fingernails down a chalkboard...is seeing someone chewing ice or biting into ice cream or a popsicle. Gives me chills just thinking about it.

3) At night when I set my alarm (which is actually the alarm on my cell phone) I always have to check it a few times to make sure I set it right. Even though in my head I know I did, I can't help it. I usually end up checking it like 3 or 4 times. Maybe because for so many years I worked 3rd shift and was already up when I went to work so I never had to worry about an alarm. Or maybe I'm just afraid that one morning it won't go off and some of the parents of my daycare kids will end up seeing what I really look like in the morning!

4) I always sleep with my feet uncovered. Even in the middle of winter when I am freezing with 2 or 3 blankets on...still nothing over my feet.

5) I have this amazing memory when it comes to phone numbers. Tell me your phone number and I will remember it. No need to write it down it will just be stuck there in my head. Forever. And those commercials that sing their phone number? Yeah let's just say that I now have dozens of phone numbers of businesses that I will never use just floating around in my brain, taking up space that could be used for information I might actually need.

**A funny story about this one- there was a commercial that was on when I was probably about 7 or 8 yrs old. It was for a cab company and the commercial jingle was just the name of the company and the phone number. I have always remembered that number/song and about a year ago some friends and I had gone out and were going to call a cab to take us home. As we were leaving I jokingly said we should call that company because it was the only one I knew the number to. One of my friends called it and they still (27 yrs later) are in business and have the same phone number!**

So I guess this quirk can come in handy at times...

6) I write upside down. Well, not completely upside down, but close. I am left handed and instead of writing with my hand and wrist all twisted like a lot of lefties do I have always turned my chair to the side a little bit and then turned the paper so that its almost upside down. This particular quirk did not sit well with the nuns or teachers I had back in my Catholic elementary school. I even had one that was so bothered by it she clamped my paper to the desk to "break me of my bad habit". Didn't work.


Ok, so now I am supposed to tag 6 people to continue this meme. I really have no idea who has already done this so instead I am just going to tag anyone that hasn't already done it that would like to do so.

My First Award!!

I am excited to announce that this blog has received its first award! The award comes from Lisa over at My GPT Money Blog. Thanks Lisa!!!



I am now going to pass this award on to 2 other great blogs. Please take a moment to check them out!

Rants~And~Rambles

Live Laugh Love

IOCS Payment

I have received another payment for a paid survey with the Institute for Online Consumer Studies. They now seem to be sending me surveys more frequently and, like Pinecone Research, they send payments automatically after each completed survey.

Looking For Web Hosting?

I have recently been considering moving this blog to it's own domain. As I mentioned in an earlier post, having my own domain should increase the amount of opps. available to me at PayPerPost because many of their advertisers are not allowing Blogspot blogs.

This past weekend I decided to do a little research on different web hosting options. That was when I came across WebHostingRating.com. This site provides a list ranking and reviews of the top 10 web hosting providers. They also have some great articles, including one that gave tips for choosing a domain, which answered a lot of the questions I had.

So if you are looking for web hosting I definitely recommend checking out WebHostingRating.com before you make a decision.

Product Test Payment- Pinecone Research

I recently did another product test for Pinecone Research. I received a a $3 check for the initial survey and a $3 PayPal payment for the follow-up survey that I completed after testing the product.

Another Clix N Cash Payment

A few days ago I received another payment from Clix N Cash. They recently increased their minimum PayPal cashout to $0.50. They also added AlertPay as a cashout option, with a minimum payout of $1.