Katy's Happenings....

This is a repost from 2011 There are some people that consider Facebook evil. Can you even imagine? There are some people that will not get on Facebook at all for fear that people might get their information and use it in the wrong way. I know that this can be true. However, I have found that Facebook can be fun! I have found more people that I have grown up with as well as distant cousins because of Facebook. We have a connection that we would not have without Facebook or the internet. Some of my acquaintances that I knew from school have now become my friends. When we were in school there were certain groups, the surfers, the kickers, the band geeks and the guys into sports to name a few.  I don’t think too many people adventured into a different group too often. We stayed within our groups during high school. Now we are much older and wiser (cough) we do not have the stigma of having to stay in our different groups and we can adventure out and get to know people in a different way

Before you agree to working for someone online or having a financial arrangement with someone: Read the fine print! I found this out the hard way. I have been working through Freelancer to work on projects for people. There is actually reports of this company being a scam. I think they get away with stuff because the not knowing newbie freelancer (me) messed up and didn't read the fine print until they took out money I wasn't expecting!    Freelancer charges a fee to the person that has the project and the person that works on the project. I don't mind having to pay a little fee but 206.00 and 236.00 is rather extreme! What is worse is that they take the money out before I even get paid!   I am still trying to resolve this but I have definitely learned my lesson. What a mess this was! I had to get our bank to block all transactions with Freelancer. They kept trying to get money from me when I had already cancelled the work job. I even deleted my Freelancer account and t

October 6, 2015 Wow, it has been forever since I have written on my blog! I had to search my name on Google to find the URL!  I was just reading my old posts from when I was working at Walmart. Sheesh...I don't miss that job at all! So much has happened since 2004 when I wrote about that.    I hope to get better at blogging. So much has changed. I have my Masters in Special Education and have my certificate to teach. However, I have not been able to get and keep a full time teaching job. It is so frustrating. We are empty nesters and have been for  almost a year and a half. Kristina lives in Louisiana near New Orleans with her fiance' Cade. Justin is living in downtown Charleston with his girlfriend Kylie. He has been out of the house for 3 years now. He is going to Trident Technical College. James and I are on Kiawah Island staying at a one bedroom bungalo. We have been here almost a month now. Willow our 2 year old lab mix is with us.    This past weekend we had the rain