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Working multiple jobs
Whenever I hear that someone has to work multiple jobs in order to get by, my heart goes out to him (or her). These people work hard and nothing I do could ever compare to it. Sometimes I say that I work multiple jobs as I work on a number of different projects at once. While my mind works all the time (I'm currently working on 3-4 different projects right now), I have no idea what it would be like to physically work multiple jobs; I have enough trouble working 8 hours a day. I'm completely exhausted at the end of a day. I'd like to think that there is a better way for people to earn enough to live, unfortunately for many people that are unskilled or don't have skills that are in high demand, there is no other way.
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Getting paid to watch commercials
As I was watching our TiVo the other day, I saw that they had a new promotion; watch ads and get Amazon gift certificates. We had nothing to watch, so I watched some ads. This promotion is supposed to go on until sometime in June, so it looks like I'll be watching more commercials! Talk about a way to get my to watch ads; if it only takes a few seconds and I can get free stuff, sign me up! This is much better than going to the movies and having to pay to watch ads.
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Gadgets still in use
As a technology person, I always have gadgets lying around. I'm very attracted to them, but I lose interest in many very quickly which should make me think harder the next time I'm going to buy some technology product.
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The art of baby proofing
Having a baby means a lot of things. To me, the latest thing is "baby-proofing". There are lots of pieces to making a house ready for a baby/toddler to crawl around. The first step was putting up a gate to keep Aiden in the living room. That sort of worked, but the area was too big and still too many objects he could access, so we put in a portable play yard. OK, one room ready. Next was the kitchen. The previous owners had done some baby proofing, but didn't finish or took it out, I can't really tell. They had a combination of Tot Lok and other plastic clips. I liked the Tot Lok system as I didn't have to reach my fingers in the cabinet to open it. So, I replaced some of the locks and installed locks on the rest of the doors and drawers. None of the drawers had the locks and the reason is simple. They're a royal pain in the you know what to install. Furthermore, due to the panels on the front of our drawers, technically they aren't even supposed to work. Well, I managed to get all the locks installed and yesterday finished our 2 bathrooms upstairs (the rest of the areas we can simply close the doors).