I’ve been promoting the same company as the best website hosting company for a couple of years now.  I never thought I would change my opinion… but I have.  Why?  Because my needs have changed with the times.  I have gotten involved in affiliate marketing and addicted affiliate marketers like me need space…  Lots and lots of space…  And lots and lots of domains.   

You may want to look into this hosting company if you are paying more than $6.00 a month for your hosting.  Or if you expect to be building multiple websites.  Or if you have a lot of content that people will be downloading.  I’d be more than happy to help you transfer hosts if you need assistance.  (I’ll be honest here… This is NOT the plan for you if you only plan on having one or two small static websites.)

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Article by: Aurelia Williams

Mothers are expected to possess huge hearts, big shoulders, a minimum of 3 hands, all the answers and the list goes on! What many mothers forget is they are not born with super hero powers to handle all of those things at once.

Mom = Stress. It’s a fact of life. Reducing stress is of the utmost importance to everyone, but especially mothers.

You know stress can lead to depression, heart disease, and an unhealthy mom. Did you also know your stress, if not handled correctly, can have a negative impact on your children too?

The most important things in a mother’s life, her children, are also the most influential. Children are sponges and everything Mom does they will, at some point in time in their lives, mimic. If children see their mother constantly stressed out, they will be more inclined to follow those patterns. What you do today can determine the kind of life your child will lead tomorrow, including how you make it a point to reduce stressful situations.

Mothers tend to overload themselves, which in turn overloads their children. Adults move at a much faster pace and their bodies are more adept to handle the speed of life. Children, on the other hand, are not able to function this way, which can lead to developmental and behavior problems in the long run if constantly pushed to keep up with an adult’s quicker pace.

Studies have shown a mother who is under excessive amounts of stress will hand out harsher punishments than one who is not. Prolonged stress can cause a mother to get to the point that she feels overwhelmed and will not stop to think before handing down discipline. This type of behavior teaches children it is ok to let your mood control your life as a parent.

Children need to feel a sense of security and know that their mom is there to help them work through and understand the stressful times in their lives. If children are not taught what stress is and why it is a part of their lives, they will never learn how to reduce it, therefore leading them down a path of unhappiness and unhealthy choices. Give them the tools early about how to deal with stress and more importantly, how to reduce the amount of stress that occurs in their lives.

There is no one who lives an entirely stress free life. In fact, you shouldn’t want your children to have a life with absolutely no stress. The day will come that a stressful situation occurs and they will have no idea how to cope with it, which is cause for an extremely negative outcome.

As a mother you must show your children that stress does not have to control your life. Mother’s have a tendency to try and do it all; even when they know they are not capable. STOP! Make a point, each day, to reduce your stress levels. Eliminating just one stressful situation can make a world of difference in the way you feel and how your children handle stress as adults.

About the Author:  Aurelia Williams is a certified Personal Life Coach and author of Finding More Family Time.

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I just returned from a week long vacation to find…  get this…. over 1500 emails in my inbox.  If they were money-making emails, that would have been awesome.  However, the majority was spam email. That was more than just a little frustrating!!! 

Preventing email spam for my clients’ websites is something that I try very hard to do now that I’ve learned what NOT to do with an email address.  However, I learned these lessons the hard way and I’m still paying the price.  I have corrected my ways and it has cut down on some of the spam, but obviously not enough.  I wonder if I’m missing something and the spam programs are still finding me or if my email address is just floating around on some “spam me” email list somewhere that I’ll never get off of.   Do I really have to change all of my business email addresses?  (If you have an answer to that question, please comment and tell me.)

So, how did I end up with over 1000 spam emails in one week?  Here’s a list of what NOT to do with your email address:

• Do NOT set up a catch-all/default email address for your domain.
• Do NOT directly publish your email address on your website using a mailto tag.
• Do NOT use your primary email address in the bio box of the articles you use for article marketing purposes.  (DUH!)

Since there is no point in rewriting a good article on preventing email spam, here’s a link to some good tips: 
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/03/hide-your-email-address-on-websites.html

Of course, the thing that I hate the most isn’t the 1500+ spam emails in my inbox.  What bothers me is the fact that these rotten spammers are now using my email address to spam other people and I’m getting blamed for it!  That is not how I do business!

If you have other tips on preventing email spam, please comment and leave your advice.

In our neighboring county, kids go back to school next week.  Mine go back on the 27th.  When do yours start?  Are you ready?

We have our backpacks and school supplies.  We already purchased some new school clothes.  We just got home from having haircuts.  Am I missing anything? 

We can’t find out who their teachers are until the 24th during Meet the Teacher time.  However, we will be on vacation so I have to call during that time to find out.  They won’t tell me before.  Since my daughter will be new to the school and won’t be able to meet her teacher ahead of time, I think I may have to bring her to school the first day instead of letting her ride the bus like she wants to.  I don’t know.  We’ll see. 

Yes, I know.  The last week of summer break is a strange time to take vacation, but we are meeting grandparents at the beach and that’s when my in-laws decide to go.  I must be accommodating.  (Especially since they are paying for most of it.)