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13 Years And Still Going Strong!

Crazy blog, strange blog, ‘what was she thinking’ blog – that is what you are all going to be saying after reading this one!

So, what has been going strong for 13 years?  My glasses of course!  And here you were thinking that it was my relationship, got another 5 years to go for that!

Yes, in September 1996, my mother bought me my glasses.  Rather pricey frames too, but they were the ones I had to have.  It is just coincidence my darling mother had the same pair in purple frames, honest it is!!!

I didn’t start out having to wear glasses full time, just for reading off the blackboard at school.  That changed for needing them for doing anything close, and it has gone back and forwards over the years. (more…)

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Found My Ratings Groove

I’ve been a bit disillusioned with Helium of late.  My stars all disappeared, meaning that I kind of lost my spark to partake in the site altogether.

After a couple of months absense, I decided to log in one day to see how things were going.  This lead to me deciding that I would read and rate some articles (helps that you need 1 rating star to earn off your articles now, but that’s a new blog).

I started by telling myself that I would do just a few.  That few very quickly turned into a few more than a few, until, in the past 90 days, I have done 96 ratings and earned 1 rating star (which means my articles are earning again). (more…)