Nicole Flothe - Track the Time

Summertime Plans

2011-06-16T18:04:00.000-04:00

Traveling?

For those thinking of a trip out of the country make sure you get your VISAs complete. Someday one of the things on my bucket list is to travel to Australia so I have been compiling resources that I keep close to my heart on this blog. I also have started a Heartbeat Magazine and so when I get things that interest me or my friends lives I put articles together an post the Magazine online at www.issuu.com monthly. You can view the lastest magazine at

http://bit.ly/HeartbeatJuneMagazine

Some of my friends this month I enjoy are...

You can visit their websites...

1. Breakthrough Intensive Seminars

2. KAWAII for you

3. Backpacks 4 Aussie Kids

4. Connect2mums

5. 4 Ingredients

Tropical Smoothie Cafe National Flip Flop Day!

2011-06-13T21:42:00.000-04:00

On June 17th, Tropical Smoothie Café will celebrate the 5th anniversary of National Flip Flop Day! It all started back in 2007 as a celebration encouraging our customers to kick off summer, and their shoes, by wearing a pair of flip flops. As a simple thank you to our loyal customers, the first 500 people wearing flip flops at each location were given a FREE 24 oz. Jetty Punch smoothie. Soon after, we realized that National Flip Flop Day was also the perfect opportunity to spread some sunshine to those in need. In 2008, we proudly announced a national charity partnership with a magical place called Camp Sunshine. Today, we still spend National Flip Flop Day celebrating the kick off of summer by wearing flip flops and giving away free smoothies, but we also raise awareness and money for Camp Sunshine. This year, we decided to expand our charity efforts into six weeks of fundraising to help children with life-threatening illnesses and their families to make more magical memories.

Learn more about Camp Sunshine here. Make a donation at any local Tropical Smoothie Café, or right now by clicking here. And, don’t forget to stop by your local Tropical Smoothie Café on June 17th for a FREE 24 oz. Jetty Punch smoothie*. Just remember to wear your flip flops, and to maybe bring along a dollar or two to help those in need. That’s the spirit we started National Flip Flop Day with five years ago, and one we hope will continue for many years to come.

I know I'll be getting my Free Smoothie:) Yummy!

Using Wordle Today to show all my fun Social Media Sites

2011-05-31T20:03:00.003-04:00



Here are all my links for Social Media Sites that I Enjoy:
Twitter Facebook Tumblr TweetDeck Twiends 
Blogger Wordpress Flickr Picasa 
Photobucket Animoto LinkedIn Technorati
 MailChimp iContact Constant Contact 
Cafepress Zazzle Feedburner
 Bit.ly Digg Delicious Tweetology whos.amung.us 
Mixpod Wordle

Preparing for Father's Day

2011-05-30T17:07:00.000-04:00

Tiny Prints is your one stop shop this Father's Day with a great selection of customizable Father's Day Cards. They allow you to create individual personalized cards with photos, custom text and even embedded gift cards and have cards for every father in your life from your dad, to your grandfather, father-in-law, brother and son. In a matter of seconds, you can create personalized Father's Day Cards and have Tiny Prints mail them directly to you or the recipient. Instead of sending a generic run-of-the-mill card, search Tiny Prints for a selection of unique cards that are humorous, sentimental, show appreciation or poke fun at your Dad's favorite hobby.

From now until June 6th, Tiny Prints is running a special promotion offering customized Father's Day cards as low as $.99. Just use the code GC99 at checkout.

Glad that's taken care of, now I can check mark card off my to do list:)

Make it so

2011-05-02T17:58:00.000-04:00

I have really enjoyed 3 Seconds - The Power of Thinking Twice by Les Parrott, PhD.

I loved the true life stories he talked about throughout the book. If we could only pause before we respond and calmly count 3 seconds and think before we speak our conversations would be more meaningful and we'd achieve more in life.

The words of Commander Jean-Luc Picard "Make it so" are the catalyst to getting things done instead of waiting around for the perfect opportunity.

It's also amazing how Lou Holtz had a list of over 107 "Impossible" Goals and has completed 81 of them. I will be completing my Dream goal list.

Great book from start to finish.

Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging Review

2011-04-28T14:40:00.001-04:00

If you've never read the story of how Huffington Post was created it's pretty interesting. Arianna Huffington provides the details in the Blogging Review Guide Book I'm reading.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

Why Blog? I blog because I am. - Cali Williams Yost

Here are the things I've enjoyed about the book...

1. Blog Infrastructure
Which website to use for setup?
www.blogger.com
www.typepad.com
www.livejournal.com
www.wordpress.com
www.movabletype.com
www.facebook.com

2. Ways to Enhance the Blog -
www.tumblr.com
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Video Logs - Vlogs
Photolog or sketchblog

3. Anatomy of a Blog Post -
A. Template
B. Header (Add your header here and put on every page and post)
C. Titles - Short, clear, and Catchy
D. Date/Time
E. Tags
F. Bio
G. Blogroll - list other blogs and connect them with your site.
H. Sidebar
I. Pull quotes
J. Linking
K. Comments

Measuring Traffic -
1. www.sitemeter.com
2. www.statcounter.com
3. www.google.com/analytics
4. www.google.com/alerts

Search engines to get listed with -
1. www.google.com
2. MSN (search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx
3. https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit
4. buzz.yahoo.com
5. www.digg.com
6. www.delicious.com
7. www.technorati.com

Making Money on Blogs -
1. www.google.com/adsense
2. www.amazon.com/associates
3. Linkshare companies
4. www.publisher.yahoo.com

Community Institutions -
1. www.webbyawards.com
2. www.bloggies.com
3. www.bloggerschoiceawards.com
4. www.lulublookerprize.typepad.com
5. www.thebestofblogs.com
6. Meetup groups are good too.

The Book also had several pages listing The Huffington Post Blogroll which I'll list a few of my favorites but you'll have to check out the book to get the entire list.

1. www.boingboing.net
2. www.buzzmachine.com
3. www.dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
4. www.ecofabulous.com
5. www.blog.wired.com/business
6. www.justjared.buzznet.com
7. www.popsugar.com
8. www.treehugger.com
9. www.blogs.wsj.com/wealth
10. www.firstread.msnbc.msn.com

I just made a video at Animoto!

2010-12-06T22:55:00.000-05:00

I just made a video at Animoto!

Sports and Kids Schedules

2010-10-06T19:52:00.000-04:00

Sometimes I feel like I am the taxi driver extraordinaire. The kids go to school in the morning and then the youngest goes to preschool in the afternoon and then they come home. So I shuttle them back and forth from school three times a day for 5 days out of the week. To add on top of that some type of sport to round out their life is important to us but finding the time and cutting costs to fit our budget are two areas I always seem to be working on. I found a website that compares prices on sports items call www.become.com

My sons have a friend that plays baseball and so I went to the website to do a few comparisons. They had the Easton Baseball bat , the Tee Ball Bat , youth catchers gear , and some Nike baseball cleats. I like the site Become because it gave a listing of different websites on the internet that had the best prices. I could see someday when the time comes and my boys say, "I want to play baseball!" that I use this site to get the things on our list.

My daughter will be starting Ballet tomorrow and since we just moved I have been looking for her ballet bag. I haven't found it yet so I might just be using Become.com to do a search for some new ballet clothes.

Kids, sports, and schedules will continue to be a part of our lives, so I will choose to enjoy it!

Lulu published my A to Z on Alligator Alley Ebook

2010-08-13T14:10:00.001-04:00

I love www.lulu.com They have a great program for Ebooks and it's free to upload and share with the world. I've completed my first A to Z book that I hope you enjoy. You can preview it above.

Tweetology Review

2010-07-14T00:09:00.001-04:00

Today I created an account on tweetology and it was a simple application and fun to use. I have a few sites I like to keep up with and this allowed me to make a widget that posts updates of the latest live tweets. So far I have added these different sites and you can view the application towards the bottom of the blog.

Will see how it works for the live feed aspect but for now I'm impressed with the ease of the service.

Activity on Blog

2010-06-30T14:24:00.000-04:00

Due you ever get bogged down? I'm getting more organized to be able to update my blogs on a weekly basis but sometimes it can be tough. I see I haven't updated since June 4th on this blog and I've been active on my Social Media sites like twitter and facebook. But bloggin has been slower. I just found out you can connect your blog with your facebook fan page and your latest blogs will post on facebook. The nice thing about this is that if you start with the Blog then you don't have to update facebook that often. I also learned that the fan page can be connected to twitter so this takes three steps of Social media management to happen in one area. What a way to simplify connecting and making it easier to share important information to others about what I'm doing and perhaps what is going on in the industry. I love Social Media and I hope to help others with the Quick and Easy solution for their companies.

Google Feedburner Review and Setup

2010-06-04T23:23:00.001-04:00

So Feedburner moved to Google and I had previously learned about the features but had never actually applied the subscribe to any of my websites. I like it because it gives you the ability to have others get emails directly with your information from your blog and it has a super easy interface with blogspot. Anything that makes it easy is for me. Google has accomplished the epitome of simplicity. My first thought if I don't know the answer I go to Google. The key word "Google it!" has become common in my house and I'm sure across the world.

If you want to know the simple steps I took to add the subscribe to my blog than follow the list below...

1. Go to www.feedburner.com
2. Log in with your google account.
3. Once logged in type your blog url into the burner and click next.
4. Choose the correct feed source and click next.
5. Either accept the name it supplies on this next screen or change your name for your feed.
6. Than Congrats your Feedburner feed is now live.
7. Move on to step 2 and check out the details about the feed, at this point I just hit next again.
8. Lastly the feed is ready to be integrated and you can copy the html code to past onto your site.
9. I like to publish a chicklet to display on my blogs.

I hope this has been helpful and it will eventually help me in the future if I ever forget how I created the Feedburner:)
Enjoy.

SwagBucks Review

2010-04-10T21:30:00.000-04:00

So I just was on Facebook and my friend had a link saying she just earned swagbucks. I was curious and thought I'd give it a try. I would like to earn the free Amazon gift card. I joined and was awarded 30 swagbucks right away. Then on the front page of the site they had the Ipad drawing and you could get 1 entry for 30 swagbucks. So since we have just bought the ipad and the whole family loves it I thought I'd enter for the chance to have one for the kids. My friend also has a blog http://spencerlilyland.blogspot.com and does a lot of fun research on coupons and savings. I currently am learning how to use swagbucks but she says so far she has earned several coupons at Amazon and other free cool things.

In any case having fun surfing the internet, I might as well earn a few swagbucks while doing it. If you want to check it out you can visit my friends site or you can click here.

TweetChat Twitter and Seminar Tips

2010-03-15T13:57:00.000-04:00

I'm enjoying a Barefoot Executive seminar online and one of the big tips was when doing a seminar online set up a hashtag on www.tweetchat.com like the one she used during her seminar was #online2010

- Schedule your seminar for the time that is good for you.

- Surround yourself with Rock Stars to motivate you and encourage you to complete your tasks.

- Don't chase every guru, tool, technique, pick one system to follow and complete. This will get you progress. Follow one course until successful. FOCUS, Figure out Your WHY!

- Build your niche and list and then create product that serves the person enjoying your seminar.

- How to choose the person you want to learn from - Resonation, Strategically choose your mentor, Study core strategies that provide you a plan. Pull it together. Plan, Path, Purpose, and Process
Review Dorothy on The Wizard of Oz as an example.

"You will never find time for anything.
If you want time you must make it."
- Charles Buxton

"The bad news is time flies.
The good news is you're the pilot."
- Michael Altshuler

Dream Bigger than a paycheck this will make you motivated to achieve.
Set a Goal.
Study a Pro.
Surround yourself with a winning team.
Enjoy what your doing and create the niche that will get you going.
Play to Win.

You can watch The Barefoot Executive on youtube if you'd like to see some of her videos.

Quit thinking what do I want to be when I grow up, think about who you want to be when you grow up.
Like Zig Ziglar...
"Building a better you is the first step to building a better America."
Zig Ziglar

Changing Blog Backgrounds

2010-02-27T01:31:00.000-05:00

I love changing my Blog backgrounds and Designing Banners. So I took some time tonight and tried out Free Blog Backgrounds from www.thecutestblogontheblock.com I picked my Design as I love Sunflowers and this one reminded me of a nice day in the springtime that is soon to come. I then created my header using their easy instructions and on my mac added the name of my blog. Then I uploaded the header onto the blog. Very simple and easy to edit.

Whrrl story of Facebook and Twitter Today

2010-02-03T21:17:00.002-05:00

Found @whrrl online and its a cool story website
that you can connect with people and tell your story.
I created my first story above. Enjoy!

Daily Routines Of Interesting People

2010-01-30T00:20:00.006-05:00

Women in Business Article on Daily Routines

I have always been interested in how successful people layout their daily routines. I found this article on line at womeninbusiness.com.au and you can click on the link above to view. I imagine that most interesting people don't sit in front of the couch watching show after show. I would think they would be engrossed in their passion whatever it might be, art, music, acting, leadership, photography, internet/social media marketing. The list goes on. A great book could be titled, "The Daily Routines of Influential People". Perhaps someday I'll interview 10 extraordinary people and layout their routine for others to review. For now I'll just have to think about what my perfect Routine would be and work towards that.

http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/

Time Management and Business Success

2010-01-20T17:33:00.000-05:00

I just recently left a post on Poshmama's social networking site about Time management. I'm reading a good book called The Carrot Principle by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton that talks about Leadership and ways to Accelerate productivity. So far I thinking time management is a process, starting out with setting goals and then moving on to the farming process as per my review of the book. I have struggles with my own time management and always look for tips so I would love to hear how your review goes. The biggest tip I can give is to plan your day the night before with the biggest tasks first and then the smaller tasks towards the end of the list. Seems to help me get things accomplished. All the best on your article. Article

Sandman Melting this Holiday by the Ocean

2009-12-23T17:23:00.000-05:00

I packed and packed the sand for one hour and then took my picture of my first melting Sandman. It was fun in the sun. I started with building the bottom base and then the second level of sand. The third level was the hardest as the sand began to dry and started to crack. What a fun challenge it was, no snow in Florida but at least lots of Holiday Cheer.

Xmas Blockbuster Game created online for Free

2009-12-23T00:24:00.000-05:00

Enjoy the fun game my husband created online. Cool site and fun game:)

So close to Christmas, and my shoppings not done.

2009-12-21T19:06:00.001-05:00

I'm almost done with my shopping but it still feels like I have a few loose ends. I've completed shopping for the kids but have to get a few odds and ends for them. My parents and in-laws are complete and relatives but friends this year haven't really gotten any gifts yet. I'm not sure if its the economy and my money seems tighter with our budget or if I've just been caught being less task oriented. I know I've been able to complete several tasks as I just went on Sheikra at Busch Gardens with my son for the first time. I always said no as I was to scared but I braved the ride, here is a series of pictures...

So I have a few days to still finish my gifts for the season. Gifts never end but Christmas only happens once a year.

How I Searched Google and Twitter To Play The Piano Online

2009-12-12T23:05:00.002-05:00

*Please allow time for video to load and Enjoy:)

I created a video using www.jing.com on my computer to share how easy and fast you can find a cool piano to play online with your family or just practice for yourself. I really enjoy piano music but only have the toy pianos at present. I would love someday to have a room with a beautiful piano that could play music with the touch of a button and also learn and create some songs. I only know music by hearing it but I'm sure with practice I can make some creative tunes.

10 Ways To Take Stunning Portraits - My Own Experience

2009-12-10T18:19:00.007-05:00

10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits

I was reading 31 Days to Build a Better Blog and I really enjoyed the link they provided to the 10 Ways to Take Stunning Photos. So I decided to take pictures of own in these 10 ways and have fun with it. Here are the pictures below...

1. I Altered My Prospective

By taking pictures at different angles I was able to capture more of a unique picture than just the normal stand up and say cheese picture. My dog was a good sport and I enjoyed learning the process.

I got up close to take the picture.

2. I Played with Eye Contact
A. Looking Off Camera - The snowman is looking off camera and it gives the subject more of a mystery or the illusion that there is some deep thoughts going on.

B. Looking Within The Frame - So much fun can happen in a photo and this captured a story within the frame.

3. I Broke The Rules of Composition
The Rule of Thirds is one that can be effective to break – placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image – or even creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot can sometimes create interesting images.

4. I Experimented with Lighting

I love the lighting from the moon just as it begins to get dark. The clouds are highlighted from the sun.

5. I Moved My Subject Out Of Their Comfort Zone

This shot took some time as I kept shooting and missing the jump into the leaves. Action shots are hard if you aren't used to taking the photo. I think they were in their comfort zone though as they love to jump:) It was fun, and the more photos we took the better the shot.

6. I Shot Candidly

Here I took a photo of a baby cow and Mommy cow in the trees. I think Candid shots are fun because they are unexpected and you can get true feelings in the shot.

7. I Introduced a Prop

I really love the picture from the article of the girl and the blown up bubble gum. Here is a picture of a cool bird that will sit on your hand if you give it a sweet drink. I will eventually take a picture like that bubble gum one but I'll have to practice the angle.

8. I Focused on One Body Part and Got Up Close

I think Hands are so unique and represent the bonding time we have with our children. I read that you should try and hold your child's hand for 60 seconds to make a great impact.

9. I Obscured Part of The Face for the Picture

I think everyone should try this photo once in their lives. It was really neat how the eyes just pop and how much focus is given to them.

10. I Took a Series of Shots

This was my final set of photos and it was a bit of a challenge as I had to figure out how the camera took rapid photos and then create the layout.

So I completed the quick Portrait Experience and would highly recommend it to you if you'd like to get your camera going and into action. I will hopefully take a fun photo class sometime as I just recently found a photographer that offers classes online. Blogs are great so that you can get some many free ideas and share so many unique experiences.

If you enjoyed this Post make sure and check out the great book I'm reading 31 Days To A Better Blog, great links and content. Click here to view more details

Till next time,

Nicole

Great Technology Tablet Coming

2009-12-03T11:59:00.009-05:00

I found this article on Twitter and wanted to post it on my blog as this technology would be something I would love to own. Thanks to http://twitter.com/Flipbooks Sports Illustrated Readies Digital Version for Tablets (video) http://bit.ly/6lZ7AY #AdAge

Can't wait for the Tablet's to come out. If they are truly this amazing I'm sure I will have to buy one. You can view the full article I read at http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=140817
Technology is amazing and great gadgets are coming:)

Twenty Four Days Till Christmas Day Advent Calendar

2009-12-01T16:33:00.001-05:00

Last night we pulled out all our Christmas boxes and decorations and I found our Advent calendar. We had bought it from Starbucks last year and ate a special candy a day and then flipped the box over to have a Christmas scene completed by the 24th of December.

I found a picture of it online at laurabloom and it's the same one. So now that it's not filled with candy I decided last night to write 24 things that we can do and each day we'll pull one out and complete the task. Here is the list if you'd like to be creative too.

December 1st - Go play HORSE basketball with the family.

December 2nd - Take a nice bubble bath.

December 3rd - Have Hot Chocolate as a family.

December 4th - Give a gift to your favorite charity, get your goodwill bags ready to drop off.

December 5th - Hold your loved ones hand or parents hand for 60 whole seconds:)

December 6th - Make a dessert and give the first piece to the youngest of your family.

December 7th - Play Cho Cho Train with kids.

December 8th - Build something fun with playdoo, blocks, or sand, or snow(based on where you live)

December 9th - Wear some funny hats and clothes and take funny pictures.

December 10th - Eat a favorite candy of your choice.

December 11th - Have a nice Hot Shower.

December 12th - Have a race with toy cars on a tabletop. The winner gets to chose whats for dinner.

December 13th - Make an ornament for the tree.

December 14th - Give a hug to each person in your family.

December 15th - Cut out stockings and draw presents inside and color them.

December 16th - Create 1 Christmas card for a special person. Holiday card ideas at Martha Stewart.

December 17th - Get some pots and pans and play a song

December 18th - Play Jingle Bells song and sing along, go here for lyrics:)

December 19th - Have your favorite ice cream sundae
December 20th - Go for a bike ride or a walk.
December 21st - Shake a snowglobe and watch the snowfall.
December 22nd - Make a train set and watch a train video

December 23rd - Sing The Twelve Days of Christmas, you can click this link to get the lyrics.

December 24th - Open one gift per family member to celebrate Christmas Eve.

December 25th - Merry Christmas

Hope you enjoy each day, we just Horsed around the house and will go outside soon and play Horse Basketball.

Happy Holidays,
Nicole

Holiday Ecards and Plans for Making Cards

2009-11-23T19:52:00.001-05:00

I just sent out my Ecards to my friends and family. I was able to find a site that I could personalize an Ecard with my daughter's face and send out Thanksgiving Wishes. The site was www.care2.com and so I twittered about it - Happy Thanksgiving! Check out this eCard I personalized: Pumpkin: http://tinyurl.com/yfg6s3n

I also love the personal touch so I'll have to create a few cards from my scrapbook supplies but for now at least I can check off the list that I was able to send some warm wishes.

I found a neat blog at http://joyfulheartdesign.blogspot.com/ that shares about that personal touch on cards so I thought I'd add it to this post.

Dimdim Webinar Registration Widget

2009-11-19T16:38:00.001-05:00

Problogger Tips on Creating Great Blog in 30 days

2009-11-15T16:04:00.001-05:00

I just found a great article about how to create a more interesting Blog. The book helps to provide tips and techniques that will increase your abilities. I'm looking forward to reading it and perhaps I'll blog about what I do each day as I start my journey. If you'd like to check out the book here is the link below...

Click here to view more details

Tip on Being Different in the Market Place

2009-11-13T13:56:00.002-05:00

I just finished watching a great video and thought I'd post it for today's tip on marketing.

What are you doing RIGHT NOW to uniquely separate YOU from the competition…both within your own opportunity and with those you compete with in other network marketing companies?

Whether you are in traditional business, multi-level marketing, online marketing, information marketing…or anything else for that matter, it is of UTMOST importance that you NOT BLEND IN!

Watch this little lesson from network marketing expert and entrepreneur Todd Falcone as he teaches the importance of STANDING OUT from the crowd.

Another video I liked from him was the one where he talked about Acting like your successful. You can view it at this link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODHh2Jom6Zk

Using Picasa On Mac

2009-11-04T18:59:00.000-05:00

Just downloaded Picasa for my Mac and checking out the features. I like the collage setting. I'm helping my dad create a book on the internet and here is a compliation of all the photos. It was simple and fun to use. I still want to figure out how I can merge two images together as I was googling a program that could do this and someone on yahoo said that this program can do this feature. I'll let you know when I get to that section and post the picture. For now I'm having fun!

Candy & Fun with the Kids...

2009-11-01T22:23:00.000-05:00

So we completed the weekend festivities and the time change has been nice as the kids are tucked in bed at an earlier time than usual:) Lots of candy for months to come, I wonder how long does candy last? I just googled it and found that everything should have an expiration date, after a year it's not a good idea to keep it. I guess I'll keep it around for a little while so the kids can get there fill and then slowly filter it out. At least I gave them their MonaVie juice so I know they've had something good today. My husband made a delicious steak dinner tonight with corn on the cob. Good way to end the evening and we watched Ice Age the latest one, just as good as when we saw it at the theaters. So I tucked my boys into bed and the eldest was having fun playing with his exotic car in bed. So fun to see him having fun.

Tonight I've been doing some research on car websites as my sons number one area of interest is the exotic cars. I just checked out a cool website called www.exoticcargallery.com in Orlando. We hopefully will take the journey and get them to see all the cool cars this month.

News from Gary Vaynerchuk - Book Tour

2009-11-01T00:12:00.000-04:00

Free Ebook on Twitter

2009-10-28T16:15:00.000-04:00

As I avidly search the twitter comments I found a new friend that I choose to follow @DaryleDickens .

I went to his website and found a cool guide for #art #artists on Twitter: http://su.pr/1o1Gct [PDF] Free e book download.

Enjoyable Read:)

Wix Free Website Program

2009-10-28T14:19:00.003-04:00

I was on twitter today and read a cool tweet so I"ll RT @gaksdesigns 20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Design http://bit.ly/18lM33. During my review of their site I checked out wix free website program and created an online business card. Here is my creation for now. It seems like a fun system and they have other tools I could use to market online and with others. For now I will keep investigation:)

Free website - Wix.com

Keep Holding On Video

2009-10-24T13:07:00.000-04:00

Fitness from The Maximized Living Bible

2009-10-24T10:34:00.003-04:00

I have been reading through the bible that I found online at
Daily Devotions

The Bible has articles that are added for review from Dr Greg Loman and other Doctors. I just read one that I wanted to share its called When Your Way isn't God's Way. Your Estimated transit time Leviticus 3:17

Excessive obesity and the extremely high rates of malnutrition and disease among Americans are related less to "how much" food we eat than to "how processed" those foods are. It is the highly processed fast foods, prepared with an abundance of chemicals, additives, and preservatives not even allowed in other parts of the world -- things that make up such high percentage of the calories consumed by Americans -- that cause us such problems.

Outside of America, meals are more often prepared fresh, from scratch, and with natural food, instead of convenience foods out of a box. Convenient, processed foods contain sugar-based and other types of additives that make food impossible to break down adequately. These foods, which aren't really food at all, stay in your system. The longer anything stays in your system, the more problems it will cause.

There is a digestive trait known as the ETT, which stands for the Estimated Transit Time. The longer it takes for food to get in and out of the system, the less healthy the diet is. Food should be eaten, broken down into its basic nutrients, utilized by the body and quickly eliminated. The edible products created by God are high in fiber and water, the two elements necessary for a speedy and successful ETT. Processed, high fat foods, that contain additives make for slow ETT.

reflect: Consider changing your diet to include more foods high in fiber and water.

Twitter Friends found Crush It Book

2009-10-24T02:10:00.007-04:00

Tonight I was putting in my 5 tweets out and browsed a few tweets and found a great book I'd like to get sometime called Crush It. www.crushitbook.com The website offers a review of Chapter 7 and I was able to enjoy the 10 pages and wanted to read more. I'll be heading to Barnes N Noble tomorrow to see if I can find the book. Again I am amazed at how quick my new found person I've meet I want to learn from. I didn't know Gary Vaynerchuk a few seconds ago but the marketing and knowledge he shared provided me with that trust and interest to begin my learning from him and his book. I love how simple life can truly be if we make it simple!

Finding Websites

2009-10-22T01:17:00.001-04:00

So today I learned about several new websites that I thought I would add to my resources to use sometime in the future. I learned about the sites from a free email I received from Ryan Lee. I find it truly amazing how you might not know someone one second and then you get an email from another person introducing you to them and all of sudden you want to learn and enjoy what this new person has to offer.

I've spent a few hours learning how each site works and so I'll add a review of what I find cool.

I just visited my primary companies new website www.monavieuniversity.com and they have some awesome information and learning tools for distributor support. If you have an interest in amazing Health and wellness send me an email or go directly to www.monavie.com and enroll using my ID #77721

A website called www.disk.com is a great website that can be used to outsource creation of free reports booklet and create an interview disk that you can drop ship to your customer. All you have to do is send them a pdf file of your word document and then they fancy it up and upload to them your data you want on the disk and they will create it. Seems like a pretty cool tool.

The next website I learned about but haven't put much evaluation into is www.membergate.com this website can offer the ability to have a subscription based program that you can charge customers a monthly subscription and they handle all the back office work. That would be nice perhaps sometime in the future.

The last website I have truly enjoyed is www.screentoaster.com which is much better than www.jing.com in my opinion for now. It was so easy to use to video my screen on my computer, I could save my file to my computer or quickly upload it to youtube. They allowed you to add things to the screencast of your computer and I will be using this tool fairly shortly and post my video sometime this next week. As I was checking out screentoaster on twitter I found they have a sister company called www.screenjelly.com and this is a place you can create a quick video and post it quickly on social media or email it to a friend. I like this as you can watch most recent videos that people have made and I found some really great ones. In fact currently I've been learning from this girl named Karen and she made a short video on something called a Voki. Go there and watch it as I want to make one sometime and post it on the blog. Voki Video

So all in all tonight has been an eventful night with much to do for the future and I'm glad I've spent this time blogging about this so I don't forget these cool sites.
Hope you enjoy them too.

Twitter tool I found yesterday...

2009-10-15T11:06:00.000-04:00

I found a cool Twitter "Follow" Badge that I just put on my blog. You can get your own by going to http://www.go2web20.net/twitterFollowBadge/

I really like it because it offers an easy way that others can just click on the link and join you on twitter.
It was very easy to set up too which I think is very important. I just went to settings and then add gadget then choose HTML code. I added it to the top left of my gadgets and pasted the code, saved the blog and presto it was done.

I also have been researching a few webinars online
The one's I'm looking into are the following...

www.DimDim.com has pay plans and one plan is FREE

Adobe offers - adobe acrobat connect pro

www.gotomeeting.com

http://www.liveonlinemeeting.com/Pricing_Plans.html

www.Skype.com cool features for conference calls and webinars.

My other area of interest is finding a good conference call program.
I found a few...
www.freeconferencecall.com
http://apps.facebook.com/calliflower/
www.rondee.com

So I'll be spending sometime seeing which one works the best for me and if you have any suggestions feel free to add a comment. When I have some other sites I find I'll make a post of my latest results.

A Minute of Thought is Worth More than an Hour of Talk.

2009-09-20T00:33:00.000-04:00

I have been reading a great Women's Devotional Book and just recently came across this story so I thought I'd share it on my blog.

A heart doctor was amazed at the great improvement that one of his patients had made. When he had seen the woman a few months earlier, she was seriously ill in the hospital, needing an oxygen mask. He asked the woman what had happened.

The woman said, "I was sure the end was near and that you and your staff had given up hope. However, Thursday morning when you entered with your troops, something happened that changed everything. You listened to my heart; you seemed pleased by the findings, and you announced to all those standing about my bed that I had a "wholesome gallop." I knew that the doctors, in talking with me, might try to soften things. But I knew they wouldn't kid each other. So when I overheard you tell your colleagues I had a wholesome gallop, I figured I still had a lot of kick to my heart and could not be dying. My spirits for the first time were lifted, and I knew I would live and recover."

The heart doctor never told the woman that a third-second gallop is a poor sign that denotes the heart muscle is straining and usually failing!

Just a few words can be enough to make a difference in a person's life. How important is it to choose our words wisely!

I really enjoyed this message and I hope you do too.

Marketing Tools Shared Easily with Others

2009-09-14T23:41:00.001-04:00

I found this program online called www.jing.com and they allow you to create screenshots from your computer and talk to educate others on what your are trying to teach them for free. I thought it was cool so I am giving the program a try. So far I've created a tutorial about Marketing Tools and uploaded it to their website. I still have some technical areas that could use some help but for now it is a step in the right direction. I have attached the link so that my video can be viewed for others to enjoy my testing...

http://www.screencast.com/t/YgcUSg8gQ

www.instantpresenter.com

Time Zone Challenge

2009-09-08T23:58:00.000-04:00

I have been trying to find a great app for checking the time quickly in the different time zones. Currently I haven't found the perfect fit to what I'd like to use.

I want something that all you have to do is put in your local time and then ask for the specific time zone your looking for and it will let you know.

The best one I can find for now is www.time.gov

Time zones based on 12:00 pm Eastern Time:

PT time - 3 hours behind 09:00 am
Mountain time- 2 hours behind 10:00 am
Central time- 1 hour behind 11:00 am
Eastern time- n/a 12:00 pm
Atlantic time- 1 hour ahead 1:00 pm
Alaska time- 4 hours behind 08:00 am
Hawaii time- 7 hours behind 05:00 am

Emv MonaVie Youtube challenge

2009-09-04T09:36:00.000-04:00

I just created a few Emv Youtube videos to join in the challenge for the Smart Car and free Emv drink. I hope you enjoy the latest video:)

You can check out my youtube account by going to http://www.youtube.com/jenflothe

Cheers!

Greeting Card Giveaway!!!

2009-08-12T13:54:00.000-04:00

Greeting Card Giveaway!!!

MonaVie Emv Photos in Alaska

2009-08-08T11:46:00.001-04:00

News Update for My Health Drink

2009-08-07T20:13:00.000-04:00

I have been enjoying MonaVie™ for the last 3 1/2 years and in the last six months they have enhanced so many things. I just love the new www.monavieonthemove.com

The two most exciting updates are the new MonaVie™ Pulse and the new MonaVie™ Emv. You can view more product knowledge by visiting www.monaviepulse.com and www.monavie-emv.com

MonaVie™ Emv - features a proprietary blend of antioxidant rich fruits, including the superfruit açai, and natural sources of energy. Formulated for everyday energy needs, this healthy drink increases performance and concentration by kicking up your energy level and keeping it there-without a subsequent crash.

MonaVie™ Juice- features a proprietary healthy blend of 19 fruits specifically chosen, including Original, Active with Glucosamine and Pulse with Resveratrol (2 ounces of juice twice a day of MonaVie Pulse contain 0.8 grams of plant sterols. This is the recommended amount by the FDA to promote healthy cholesterol in our bodies. )

I also love the passion for helping children and families in Brazil www.themoreproject.org

Making a Difference One Step at A Time.

Nicole Flothe RN
MonaVie Independent Distributor ID#77721
239-777-9396

Mister Linky Test

2009-07-21T14:32:00.000-04:00

Just found Mister Linky from www.resourcefulmommy.com it seems to be a neat tool that you can use to have people register for an event and then also offer those people the ability to get promotion from adding their link to your website once they register. I'm going to try and see how it works and will post my results.

Posting Typing Thinking Doing

2009-07-14T14:08:00.000-04:00

On a Daily basis my mind must think of a blog full of things to post, type, or do but generally I don't get to putting them on my post. I should get a mentor that can give me some tips on how they plan their day. I start out waking up when I want to and then reading my bible and then other inspirational stories for a bit. I then shoot off some emails and check out twitter. Make a few RTs and comments and then work on my MonaVie research and development to share the juice. After that its time to make meals for the kids and myself and entertain them with a few games. Type some more on the computer and do some more surfing the internet. Then I have a JOB that I educate people about Healthcare services for Home Health and I get to use my RN title. Nighttime comes and I watch some prerecorded TIVO shows about Cake decorating or family shows. Finally off to bed. Jim Rohn says - Plan your day as if it is finalized before your day begins.

Upline Steve Merritt Shares the Plan

2009-05-07T22:11:00.000-04:00

I just found this great video about why my Upline Steve Merritt loves sharing the MonaVie Juice.

Visit the corporate website at http://www.mymonavie.com/jimflothe ID#77721

Having Fun On WWW

2009-05-07T21:05:00.001-04:00

I have been having fun on the world wide web for the last month and haven't updated my blog for a while. I went to the library the other day and ended up finding 10 books that I had to check out and try and read:) I love great inspirational books and different life stories. I read Matt Hoover's Guide to Life & Weight Loss and some Organization books, along with One Minute Entrepreneur. I've enjoyed all of them but I currently have about 5 books left that I haven't been able to finish to the end. I love the library but I don't get to keep them and so I feel bad that I can't end the story. I guess its a learning curve for me as I need to check out only three books at a time to really be able to finish them and enjoy them. I read twitter daily and love the different subjects from so many different people. Somedays I read about Africa, some days I read about Health and mostly I pick up on inspirational quotes and RT them. I just found a photo canvas company that I'd like to learn more about. Photography is a hobby of mine along with scrapbooking but I have to be able to finish some things so they don't get as much time as I'd like. My husband just brought me a rose cupcake to eat. I love him and thank him. I will enjoy every bit and then do some WII Yoga before bed tonight. I'll be back but for now I hope that my weekend & those other Mother's out there have a Wonderful Mother's Day on Sunday.

My Favorite Tools on Twitter

2009-03-03T21:15:00.000-05:00

Here is a list of the most recent tools I have been using...
www.twitter.com/replies - Place to check out your past replies
http://twtqpon.com/ - Place to create coupons
http://search.twitter.com/ - Place to search for cool things
www.twitbacks.com - Backgrounds for your twitter site
www.tr.im - Place to track urls and they have great charts showing recent clickthrus
www.twollo.com - Place where you can search twitter for certain keywords that people are talking about and then follow them.
www.twitpic.com - Place to share photos with other tweet people.
www.twittercounter.com - Rank info and stats
www.tweetake.com - Saves a backup of all your posts and others info to help you track your information. I like it. Very easy to use.
http://www.tweetworks.com/ - Groups and discussions search tool.
www.twitterel.com - They provide you with a search on keywords to find people of your interest. I searched for fruit and they found 15 other people talking about fruit that I might have an interest in.

www.WishAFriend.com- Cool Backgrounds

I'll be updating this when I find more secrets I'll let you know.

New SpringWidget

2009-02-28T08:57:00.001-05:00

Get this widget!

Visit the blog of the day

MyBlogLog

2009-02-26T19:38:00.000-05:00

Just found @yahoo and @google on twitter and so looked into the @yahoo blog. I love the colors and the design. I also found www.mybloglog.com and so have now created one to see how it works.

Hopefully I can figure out how to use the program today as I enjoy blogging and have to authenticate my website and complete the steps to verify my site. The MyBlogLog website is full of other bloggers that can view your blog and you view theirs. It has a great widget to load on your site and keep track of your contacts.

Review of Website Builder Tool

2009-02-23T21:58:00.000-05:00

Recently my husband and I have been researching website building tools and found www.xbuild.com

They seem to have a great layout and so far I've created a few websites for some friends and family.

You can visit them at www.alphaaps.com and www.antioxidantsuperfoodsinc.com

I really like the ease of the website builder and how simple it is to use. The other thing I like about the program is how professional the sites look once you create them.

I have been using my Apple computer to make iweb sites and you can view my friends at www.cruisersmaltshopandgrill.com
I love the Apple computer, I find it so artistic. Anyway, I'll keep this article updated as I research my likes and dislikes of Xbuild and the most recent websites that I have created.

TipJoy Review

2009-02-15T18:16:00.000-05:00

I enjoyed today spending time with the family at the fair and now I'm learning again from those that share on Twitter. I received a DM from

@TwittAbundance Thanks for the follow trackthejuice. The Micro-Course on Micro-Giving is Here! :D ENJOY :D http://TwitPWR.com/4jL/

It was a great download that shared some websites that help with twitter progress and they also introduced me to TipJoy.com

TipJoy is similar to Paypal but the essence of sharing and caring is evident. If you like someone or some cause you can send any amount of money to them via their email or website. You can also send money directly to them on twitter. I like the many ideas that were offered in the free download. I joined www.tipjoy.com and will be sending my first donation to charity:water as they are currently doing a fundraiser with tipjoy.

My daughter enjoy the fair and the little kid rides, she met a girl and they instantly grabbed hands. I think if you like something and know it will benefit others we need to be like children and grab each others hands and share the joy of life.

Learned about Blog Catalog Today

2009-02-14T11:41:00.000-05:00

As I was viewing my twitter account I came upon a new twit and it was from a mom. She shared her website and had some neat apps on her page. I clicked on blog Directory and was introduced to a whole new world. You can view Blog Directory // Blog Catalog at www.blogcatalog.com

I am very impressed with the simplicity of the site and how easily you can view other blogs. I will be spending sometime today taking the steps to learn the site and if I find some other tips or important information I will update as I go.

I also joined the Widgetbox program for the Women's Network of Bloggers. Each step takes me closer to learn from others and hopefully help educate those that don't know about these great services. http://www.widgetbox.com/network/

Time to go twitter some more so I can learn some more.

Happy Valentines to All.

Twitter Coupons?

2009-02-07T14:46:00.000-05:00

www.twtqpon.com
I found this article online while I was browsing and I think I will be looking more into the details. I hope to learn how to...

Create Twitter Coupons!
Enhance your social media marketing by offering discounted coupons to the Twitter-sphere!

DELL made $1M last year on Twitter

Enhance your marketing strategy on Twitter
by bringing added value to your followers

Offer exclusive deals on Twitter!

I'm currently creating a coupon for my dad's chocolate business.
www.educatebuychocolate.com

I'll update later on the cool results.

Valentine Giving

2009-02-04T22:53:00.000-05:00

I love Valentines and so I was twittering away and found this cool blog website blog.mommywizdom.com and they are doing a great program about clicking links for a good cause! I am excited to join them and so have posted a link to the website on my blog and hope to be able to meet the challenge for these 14 days of February and on. I am so in love with Twitter right now. It seems to be a quick an easy way for me to find supportive people and great ideas all over the internet at the click of a twitter. Anyway, Mommy Wizdom explains how to participate on her website and I highly recommended taking a look at the details. I wish everyone a lovely Valentines this month and a future that is bright!

Today is a New Day

2009-02-04T22:14:00.000-05:00

Travelocity's Green Directory: Featuring Green Hotels so you can travel responsibly!

Just got affiliate information on Sales so thought I'd start posting the most current affiliate offers and keep them up to date. When new ones come in via email I'll update this post.

I've been enjoying Twitter and shared it with a few more people today. I think the concept is amazing for marketing and also learning about other fields of interest. I hope to be able to incorporate it in my everyday life to keep up with new friends and also learn about recent events.

I love Bloggin and learning about new things. Today is the day to start accomplishing things. I was talking with a friend Maloe and I said that we sometimes have to start at the ground again on things and plant new seeds to see us growing! Tomorrow is a new day. I was also listening to a motivational speaker Gino Nicoli and he said we need to be grateful for each day the ups and the downs and know that we have Tomorrow to celebrate these unique events in our lives. I'm excited to see what tomorrow brings.

My Twitter Tools I Find

2009-01-29T21:39:00.000-05:00

www.tweetgrid.com/search - Place to chat on a grid and search
www.twitter.com/replies - Place to check out your past replies
http://twtqpon.com/ - Place to create coupons
http://search.twitter.com/ - Place to search for cool things
http://twitpwr.com/ - Place to track & shorten your urls
www.twitbacks.com - Backgrounds for your twitter site
www.tweetlater.com - Place to tweet later and send auto responds, also keyword search
www.twittergrader.com - Place that ranks your twitter site and you can also search the Elite area for popular people and popular places.
www.tr.im - Place to track urls and they have great charts showing recent clickthrus
www.twollo.com - Place where you can search twitter for certain keywords that people are talking about and then follow them.
www.twitpic.com - Place to share photos with other tweet people.
www.twittercounter.com - Rank info and stats
www.tweetake.com - Saves a backup of all your posts and others info to help you track your information. I like it. Very easy to use.
http://www.tweetworks.com/ - Groups and discussions search tool.
www.twitterel.com - They provide you with a search on keywords to find people of your interest. I searched for fruit and they found 15 other people talking about fruit that I might have an interest in.

I'll be updating this when I find more secrets!

2009-01-28T00:13:00.000-05:00

I've been having fun today on just learned about a twitpic program to upload pictures and share them with the world. I will try and keep a log of the things I am learning so that I can reference back to them in the future. For now I have to go upload some more pictures...

Our Daily Show Radio Blog

2009-01-24T13:43:00.001-05:00

I just learned how to make my very own BlogTalkRadio show. It was fun and looking forward to my next attempt tomorrow. I want to go through some more of the FAQ so that I can continue to discover.

Facebook

2009-01-24T00:02:00.000-05:00

Create your own travel map or travel blog

Travel Info at TripAdvisor

So many Social Networks, so much fun...

I just got this new app to post where I've traveled in life. It's a fun tool and I am amazed at how many tools are out there free for us to use. I'm looking forward to tomorrow as my goal is to try something new on the net at least once a day. To all that are enjoying the internet that was made for people by people, let's have some more fun. I'll keep you posted on my next news tomorrow.

Twitter

2009-01-22T16:59:00.000-05:00

Learning about Twitter has been a blast today.

I have so much to learn but spent some time getting familiar with each of the tabs and how it all works. I've followed many people and so many more to come. I have made some new contacts and it's such an easy way to see what others are thinking. A way into others lives is through intelligent words.

There are so many interesting websites, i.e. www.millionclues.com and the new blog a like is resourcefulmommy.blogspot.com

I'll update things as my learning improves.

Check back for some updates soon.

Jim's Photo's from Alaska

2008-06-20T00:30:00.000-04:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/jimflothe

When ever you take a trip or see something interesting I can see it too! Thanks for updating your pictures. Looking forward to more photos soon.

Nicole

Happy Birthday Jimmy,Daddy

2008-06-11T22:48:00.000-04:00

Here is a video we made for you. Lots of Love, Nicole & Elizabeth

Watching You

2008-05-27T09:11:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to give an update today. Woke up from my pager this morning at 7:00am. Had to call a few people for work and then tried to go back to sleep but no go. Now we are getting ready to take Dad to Dr. Luke's office to get the tube hopefully out so that the bladder spasms will stop. We are praying for a successful trip.

The kids went to the scantuary with Grandma and I wanted to put a few pictures in this story.

We can't wait to hear how the Alaska Camping Trip went. Leave us a post!

Nicole & Family

Daily Info May 26, 2008

2008-05-26T12:46:00.000-04:00

Today I created my first Blog to record events from the day. So far today we have been taking care of my Dad and ate breakfast. Lizzie and I woke up around 9:00 am and then helped Dad get out of bed and go for a short walk. The Physical Therapist came and did a few exercises with him. He is still having a few bladder spasms but much better than when he was at the hospital. He has just been tired and had sensitivity on his left leg and foot. Lizzie has been Little Nurse Lizzie and helped Grandma with getting Grandpa water and making sure he is doing OK.

We are now enjoying some quite time as Grandma and Grandpa went for a midday nap. It was a bit funny with both of them wearing their dark masks for sleep in the middle of the day. I know they can use some great sleep though and help each of them re-energize. Elizabeth has been enjoying some cartoons recently- Pokemon adventures. It has really got her attention. It's now commercial break and she is active into everything on the desk. I've said no several times and now she got the message:) She is now jumping on the bouncer and having fun saying Bouncy Bounce and Jumpy Jump. So cute:) Its amazing how much you truly have to keep your eye on her as she likes to get into different creams. I've had to clean her hands twice of cream.

I also went through all our Juice contacts and determined where each person lived and did some data analysis. I'll be contacting every person to do some more data analysis. That part should be fun:)

I want to create an autoresponder with some good content for weekly emails. I've been learning from my Marketing program that this is a great tool to build education and value in your business. So many things to learn so little time. I just watched a great Oprah program on Itunes that I downloaded about Business Success. I haven't watched the whole program but it was talking about when we work we should focus on our Strengths and make our balance more on our Strengths and delegate our weaknesses. Think about your stengths and list them out to help you focus on them and it will improve your days performance and enjoyment. Pretty cool stuff.

I'm really looking forward to our trip to Alaska this Thursday. Elizabeth and I will be flying together across the country. I'll be working on getting everything organized this week. Last night my mom and I stayed up until 1 am working on sorting Elizabeth's clothes and completed the task. She has now several pretty dresses and new things to wear. We also made a box of clothes for Madison her cousin. I think my next task is my clothes and then the garage cleaning.

Just had to put Lizzie in a time out for not listening. 2 minutes and then we will talk about better listening. Back and forth I go to put her back in her time out spot. I wonder how many times parents spend going back and forth. She is now saying I'm Sorry Mom. How do you keep her in time out when she is so sweet. Only 1 more minute to go. She is now out and we had our talk and hug.

I'll update sometime later if we have some other news but this is all for now.
Happiness Always,
Nicole & Lizzie