BBC London Interview

My eHow article, How to Make a Sarah Palin Halloween Costume got some press today. The BBC London called me to do a piece on it. I will post a link to it when I hear back from them.

Then eHow contacted me right after and said they were going to post it on the home page, so double wow.

So far, it has over 36,000 views and I will let you know how many I end up with. It should be really interesting to see how much it jumps after the press. Since it is almost Halloween, then Friday should just about do it for that article till next year. Anyway, stop by and take a look at the article and tell me if you know who the woman in the red, white and blue scarf is?

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Press Release

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eHow Becomes weHow this week.


Santa Monica, Calif - eHow, the website for how to do just about everything, invited 17, best of the best eHow writers to meet and talk with the eHow team this week. The event was a celebration of its writers as well as a way for eHow to hear how it could be more beneficial

Jerrie Dean, a Santee, California resident was one of the 17 invited to attend the very first eHow user event called weHow in Santa Monica.

“It was wonderful to meet members of the eHow team, like Greg Boudewijn, General Manager; John O’Mahony, Content Manager; Julie Campistron, VP of Marketing & Community and Rich Noguchi, the Community Manager that is such a favorite of eHow writers that he should have a fan club,” said Dean.

“I was also able to meet other eHow writers from all over the U.S., that I have only talked to on the eHow forums. We were able to solidify the bond that we had already established on the forums and join in a round table discussion about what would help us as writers on eHow and on a more personal level, how important eHow has become to each of us.

Dean, a private piano teacher, began writing for eHow over a year ago when she joined so that she could write articles about learning how to play piano. It wasn’t long before she had over 300 articles and was posting her own how to videos, too.

“What’s so great about eHow,” Dean says, “is being able to reach and help others right from my own computer and making an income while doing it. I let my earnings build up for Christmas gifts and I already have that, so now we will be taking a Christmas vacation to Big Bear, too.”

eHow, is a Demand Media[TM] owned company and is a leading online resource and community that offers answers to questions like, “How to Decorate with Rangoli”, “How to make a Sarah Palin Halloween Costume” and “How to Beat the Carnival Milk Bottle Stack Game.

eHow Day

As I have been sitting here for about 45 minutes going over my Halloween eHow articles and submitting them to social networks, I realized that my toes were cold. It is a feeling that I haven't had for at least 8 months. You hear me complaining about the heat, and now, I am thinking about going and putting on a pair of socks. I am starting to remember that during the winter, I can't walk around without some kind of sock on, because it's so cold. Funny I forgot all about that while I was moping about the heat.

I am flying up to LA today to be a part of the eHow Convention. There will be 12 of us there and I am looking forward to meeting them. This month a lot of them have reached the $1000.00 a month earning level. I am not there and I don't know why. I have written as much or more than these guys, so I have to find out what it is that is holding me back.

It must boil down to the subjects I am writing on, because everything else seems to be comparable. When I get back I will let you know, if I figured anything out.

I am really looking forward to getting away from my family and having some time to myself. You know, not so much about getting away from them, but getting away from picking up after them all the time and telling them to do this and that. Seems like nobody around here would pick up a dirty sock off the floor unless I told them. Sometimes it gripes me more than other times and I am like a drill sergeant ordering them to do this and that. I just can't wrap my mind around why someone would walk over a piece of trash repeatedly instead of picking it up. The excuse is, they don't see it. Hmmmm. I don't think they realize how much they are putting themselves down by saying that, cuz they are either in denial or lying.

I do think I may be a little burned out with the house wife role and need to go away so they can see how it is without me. Don't I sound big-headed, but I actually thought the other day, that they can't possible survive without me. Of course, they can! It would be dirtier around here, no one would get lunch, schoolwork would be lost and clothes would be dirty, every tv and light in the house would be on, but they would survive, and maybe become a little bit more responsible.

Hmm, maybe there is a way I can extend it a couple of days.

If your feeling a little burned out yourself, you might want to read my article.

Still HoT

We had a little reprieve in the weather last week and now it's back and strong as ever. The Santa Ana winds came through the back yard and picked up our canopy and tossed it upside down in the back yard while I was giving a piano less. Stupid thing! That canopy has seen more air time, than a WWII plane. We tied it down, used bungee cords, screws, bolts, and rebar, this last time and it still managed to break free by cracking the fence in two places where it was screwed in.

Things have been very quiet with the neighbors. They have not looked over or called the cops on our canopy. Believe me, a few months ago they would have been taking pictures and calling in the police and city over the airborne canopy. Now, nothing. Our neighbors across the street said that the bad neighbors came over and offered them some wood to burn in their outdoor fire. Last time they spoke was over a year ago.

On to another topic. I saw my first mule deer on a cliff on my walk this week with Tara. The mule deer was not spooked at all and was very close, if you call 30 feet above me close. I have my new smanzy, danzy picture telephone and did I think of taking a picture? No. I got to step up to the 21st century for crying out loud.

I bought me a cute t-shirt at a craft fair last Friday. It is 3 champagne glasses that are lined up and each one has less champagne in it and the shirts says, "Going, Going, Gone." I guess I should take a picture and post it, huh? Anyway, I think it was adorable. I am going to wear it one evening in Santa Monica at the eHow conference while drinking a cup of tea probably. The craft fair was loaded with little handmade crafty decorations for the upcoming holidays, but I just don't need that stuff. Cute to look at, but just don't need it one more handmade wooden ghost.

I came to a realization one day. You have Halloween decorations, you put them up for about 2 weeks, then into a box for 11 1/2 months. Now is that crazy or what! I don't think I need another ghost or scarecrow to put up. I have put up some handmade ghosts in my front yard, though. Here's a great howto on how to make them for yourself. I especially like my idea of the ruffled pink tablecloth for the little girl ghost instead of a standard white sheet.

But, the Santa Ana wind had it's way with them, too, just like the canopy, so my duty, when it cools off around this stifling hot town, is to go put them back on their stands. Right now they are puddled on the ground like a ghost massacre.

I am off to water and try to save some trees before the weather kills them for good.

Talk to you soon!

Now what do I do?

My husband and son went off to go fishing today. I got everything done this morning and now I have time just for me. And what to I do, I am on the computer digging my eHow articles to try and bring my income up.

I can watch a movie, go shopping, play SIMs but instead I am writing on this blog. Kinda like I am procrastinating. Do you know how many times I have wanted a few minutes to myself. I got them, I got several of them, but I can't get myself off the computer to go do anything.

Watching t.v. or going shopping, even at the thrift stores is not appealing to me, as I would rather be on the computer that is setting in the hottest room in the house.

Too bad it's not raining because I know what I would do then.

eHow Wow

I was thrilled to receive an email from eHow asking if I would come to their LA headquarters for a user conference. They will pay for my trip and hotel room while I am there. Right now I don't know how many other people have been extended this offer (I have seen no one mention it on the eHow forums).

I have to really juggle things around to go, but my husband is going to hold down the fort while I am gone.

Check back in 3 weeks and I will tell you all about it.