Happy November 1 everybody! Hope this month brings you want you need and then some.
This month looking ahead has a Friday the 13th in it for better or worse. It also has various light up nights for the Holidays. Light up night in Pittsburgh is November 20th this year. Also this month has Thanksgiving, November 26th and of course Black Friday on the 27th. Lots to look forward to !! One last thing that I look forward to is the Starbucks Holiday Cup. The paper and the ceramic mug both. I purchase the ceramic mug every year and it has become a collector's thing for me. I love this time of year!
This month also has five Sundays and five Mondays another interesting tidbit. A day of rest and worship and time with family and Monday a day for heading back to work and the weeks challenges we all face.
I love Sundays! Prayer, worship, family and football and lots of fun!
So how was your Trick or treaters this year? How many did you have? We had none. We live on a steep hill with houses 100 yards away on each side or better. So there is not much desire for little ones to stroll our way when houses abound in nearby developments.
Tori my daughter dressed up as a lady bug. A very cute lady bug I might add but yes I am partial. She went over to a girlfriends neighborhood and then to their part afterwords and she had fun. A lot of candy this year it seems like Reese Peanut Butter cups where in demand. One word of sadness here, no Mallow Cups or 3 Musketeers Candy. Sigh! But it was a huge success here and a new month has come to the plate.
So here I sit having an extra hour of sleep. Yes did you set your clocks back that hour?
I just made my morning coffee, no sushi this morning. Sigh! Did not prepare for my breakfast very well. So I guess thats why I am eating Waffles Cinnamon Toast. I do have my Carmel Vanilla Coffee at my side as well.
I made some changes to Make ME Smile ONline Dot Com last month. I changed color, format and even changed how the daily Gather post is routed. Once a year I pay for the domain name and hosting all at once. Close to $500 last year and this year I am shopping for another host service. Who do you use to host your web site? Looking at a few new developer tools.
Here are some of the things I changed this month hope you top and visit them and let me know what you think.
~ www.makemesmileonline.com: Color scheme, Navigation bar down left hand side, added photo gallery to list and moved storage of daily 'Our thoughts' to ....
~http://makemesmileonline.blogspot.com : changed template and color, added with each post an audible version that can even be downloaded to itunes or and Mp3 player. Also added from playlist dot com a player a selection of smile tunes that turns on when you visit the page. Yes indeed other sites use this so I wanted to see how it interacts with you the reader. Also so on other web sites not just one a You Tube player which I have added many of the very video's that I show on Gather. I need to add more to this.
I also have these other satellite web sites that are a work in progress:
~ http://smileonline.livejournal.com/
~ http://makemesmileonline.wordpress.com/
~ http://dipdive.com/member/victoryakin/blog/
~ http://www.squidoo.com/The-Smile-Movement
~ http://hubpages.com/hub/Make-Me-Smile-Online
~http://socyberty.com/lifestyle-choices/a-smile-of-the-heart
The last I posted through Triond dot com and the posts branch out into their domain under various sub web site names. I hope this did not bore anyone. But I wanted to share that I am committed to getting the message of the smile and gratitude out.
New things are coming! Maybe a new name? Let me know your thoughts email would be the best maybe for idea and suggestions. My email..... victoryakin@me.com
My prayers are that this grows into a dynamic energy. That if someone want or needs to smile they can find one here, in a community of kindness. I pray that anyone who sees another who needs a smile can give one freely and find new ways to share that smile with others.
My final prayer is for you the reader, on Gather or where ever you find our mission you have peace and gratitude in our heart, in your mind and in your eyes.
The best smile of all sent your way.
I leave you with a song that I have to say I love right now. Something from the new Creed albumn 'Full Circle'. The song Rain.... No rain in Pittsburgh today but if you listen to the words you may just find a different meaning...... The video :
I hope you enjoyed it... I hope if you feel so lead you will become a part of this journey and mission called Make ME Smile Online membership is free and so are your smiles.
May God Bless you this month and every month.
Till Next time.... Smile! Share that smile with someone who just may need it!
www make me smile online dot com
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