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Nearly every day for the past week I’ve found a penny lying “heads up” on the ground on my way back from walking The Teenager to the bus stop in the morning. (Yes, I walk her to the bus stop - it’s over a half mile away and at 6:30 in the morning, it’s not very light.)

I’m not quite sure what the pennies mean but I know it means something.

See, it’s not the first time it’s happened - that I’ve found pennies lying around for days in a row. And every time it’s happened before, it has had some significance. Like the last time - we were looking at our house and we came by on several occasions to look around, check things out, get a feel for the house and every time we came by, there was a penny lying the floor or in the window sill somewhere. The house was vacant at the time.

We took it to mean it was the right house for us.

Now, I don’t know what these pennies mean this time. They’ve been outside around the corner from our house between here and the bus stop and frankly, I’m perplexed by it. I have no idea yet what the Universe may be trying to tell me.

But my eyes and ears are open and I’ll keep watching with eager anticipation.

In the arena,

By the way - the blog header special listed below is going to go the way of the dinosaur pretty soon so if you’re even the slightest bit interested in having me design a blog header for you, get it now!

Did you know I design blog headers and ebook cover graphics, too? Yes, I do. And you can get one now for the introductory price of $55 for a limited time. Just send a payment of $55 to me via PayPal along with a description of what you want. You’ll have a design within 48 hours.

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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So, we had another plumbing emergency this past weekend. You might remember that we had some major septic problems over the summer and we thought we’d worked it all out.

Apparently not.

Because by the end of last week, the kitchen sink wouldn’t drain, the bathtub in the main bath wouldn’t drain but everything else was fine. We ultimately eliminated any additional problems with the septic and discovered that the lines running from the kitchen sink and the bathtub - from opposite directions - were so corroded, nothing could drain. Why it only affected those two is a mystery to me but then, I’m a writer and artist, not a plumber (thank god!).

Saturday morning we called a plumber and several long and costly hours later, we had clear pipes. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we will have to replace all of those lines VERY soon.

Hmm . . . maybe it’s just time to sell this place and go elsewhere. I mean, we initially planned to fix this house up, remodel it our liking and live here for a good 20 years but stuff has changed in the past two years and I no longer do real estate full time. If that were still the case, it’d be fine. But now that I have put my writing and design business at the forefront of my endeavors, it’s no longer feasible to undertake any more major repairs. I simply don’t have the time.

Anyway, there could be a major change here soon depending on what we decide to do. I really hate moving, but it might be the best thing for us to do right now.

But I have a huge project and a deadline so I’ve got to head off and get crackin’. I’ll be back soon, I hope, with an around the web post and some other stuff.

Take care!

In the arena,

Did you know I design blog headers and ebook cover graphics, too? Yes, I do. And you can get one now for the introductory price of $55 for a limited time. Just send a payment of $55 to me via PayPal along with a description of what you want. You’ll have a design within 48 hours.

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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The DJ on the radio this morning told a quick story about a sign he saw on the back of a septic tank pump truck Friday afternoon and this is what he saw . . .

Just thought I’d share that with you. I nearly fell off my chair I was laughing so hard. Made the kids wonder what the heck was wrong with mom this morning.

In the arena,

Did you know I design blog headers and ebook cover graphics, too? Yes, I do. And you can get one now for the introductory price of $55 for a limited time. Just send a payment of $55 to me via PayPal along with a description of what you want. You’ll have a design within 48 hours.

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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A couple of days ago, I promised a list of some cool articles . . . so here are a few links to articles around the web which I’ve found particularly useful or fun or just liked. I thought perhaps you’d enjoy them as well.

Chris Brogan - Do What Works for You

Blogging Without a Blog - Interview with Lorelle Van Fossen Part 7 (Check out the rest of the series with Lorelle also.)

A Year of Crockpotting - Vegetarian No Noodle Lasagna (This looks so good! I’m going to be making it one night this week.)

Catherine Lawson - Are You Falling into the TFT?

Freelance Folder - Becoming a Freelancer: 7 Things To Do When (Or Before) You Take the Plunge

Joel Falconer - How to Double Your Income With the Art of Delegation

If you’ve found something this week you really liked, why not share it with us? Feel free to post it in the comments. I love finding new blogs with great content so don’t be shy. I read everything from tech blogs to fun blogs to design blogs and news blogs, so don’t censor something you enjoy by thinking nobody else will. Just put it out there!
In the arena,

Make $10k in a weekend - “Too good to be true.” That’s the first thing I said when
I heard of http://tinyurl.com/5lq2g4. You can’t REALLY make $10K in a weekend. But I quickly bit my tongue once I saw the content. . .

Annie Anderson is a freelance copywriter and graphic designer specializing in the small business and real estate markets. Her tagline “Making your business, my business” means that she’ll take the utmost care when creating words and images for your business - just as if it were her own.

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