Hi…

I spent last week not well at all with a dreaded “bug”.

During that time I learned a lot about the power of Social Networking for building friendships, business relationships etc.  I plan on looking at these more closely – Twitter, FaceBook and YouTube.   I plan to create videos for my Blog, my eBook site and the internet- marketingbootcamp at You Tube.

I am growing as an online marketer and learning exciting new things every day.  It is really very exciting as I am really passionate about  learning and teaching.

Before I go on to talking about what I am doing in the way of  Social Marketing, Internet Marketing, eBay and Traffic Generation I was sitting here looking at a photo my son sent to me.

I can honestly say I feel absolutely blessed.  I know I am definitely married to one of the greatest men on Earth – Bruce Harridge.xxxxx

Greatest Bloke On Earth!

I met Bruce the weekend before the October long weekend in 1969.  He was a blind date, set up by my friend at Teachers’ College.  We hit it off immediately, became engaged in the January of 1970 and married in August 1970, only a few months later.

It is almost our 39th Wedding Anniversary – on the 22nd August, in a few short days.  He is an excellent husband and has been a fabulous father to our children.

Talking of our children – Christopher 27 (prefers to be called Chris) and our daughter Caroline 24, I would like to share a little about them.

We are extremely proud of them.  They went through much during my illness and hospitalisation and have come out trumps.xxxx

Best Daughter In The World!

Best Son In The World!

What A Ring!

I must get a better photo but it really is a magnificent, shiny ring!

One week later, on the 11th July, Chris and his Michelle had their baby son Riley James Harridge born.  How exciting!   Riley is Bruce’s and my first grandchild.   This is a picture of Riley only 12 hours after birth, actually taken on the same day he was born.  He is the spitting image of Chris when Chris was a baby.  Isn’t he beautiful?

Cutest Ever Grandson In The World!

Great Dad Chris And His Son Riley!

Proud Grandma Or What??!!

It is an unbelievable feeling to be a grandparent.  It is the most rewarding experience to be a parent.  I have to keep pinching myself to know that it is real.  Parenting definitely comes with its ups and downs but I would never change the gift I was given to have had that wonderful experience.  Your love just grows more and more every single day.  But when you see your own child look at their child with such amazing, genuine love and devotion, this is a totally indescribable feeling and one that definitely brings me to tears.  Michelle and Caroline’s Chris do not like their photos being taken but I will get one of each of them one day soon and share them with you too.

Our son Chris is already an unbelievably hands-on Dad and I know he will continue to be the very best Dad imaginable.  Lucky Riley!  Lucky us too!

My Mum has Alzheimer’s – a horrible disease.  She lived with us for several years and sadly, during that time, Alzheimer’s appeared slowly.  Sadly she went in to a Nursing Home a few years ago but she I know she does recognise and know me.  She occasionally is even able to communicate with me in sentences. I visit her almost every single day.

Riley is her first great grandchild.  I spoke with the Nursing Home – Edinglassie at Emu Plains NSW, as to the fact I would love to have a photo of her with Baby Riley, Chris, Caroline and me – 4 generations.  Sadly the day we organised this for, Caroline was not able to be there. The Nursing Home is a brilliant one and they have looked after my mother fantastically – the Nursing Staff are fabulous and headed by the wonderful Susan Patterson.  I am so glad my Mum is there.  As soon as I told them we were coming for special photos and to show her Baby Riley they went to so much trouble to prepare her for us all.  She really looked beautiful.  She could not take her eyes off Chris and baby Riley.  I know she knew Chris was her grandson and that he had her great grandson with him.

Marvellous! - 4 Generations!

We are arranging to take Riley and all the family to meet Bruce’s Mum – Vera.  She is 94 years old and still lives in her own home.  She is an amazing person.  She brought up 4 wonderful sons including Bruce.   She now has many grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.  She is really looking forward to meeting Riley.

We have 2 more members of the family to introduce you to.

Very Cute Christmas Canines - Ebony And Bella! I Wonder Which One Is Ebony?

Ebony is 4 on the 31st October and Bella is 5 years and 4 months.  Ebony is the ADHD of dogs.  She is a total delight.  If you have ever seen Miley and me, then Ebony fits the picture well.  She is so full of energy as well as so fit and well.  She loves with all her heart.  Her favourite toy is her yellow duck.

Bella is as her name implies – beautiful.  However, she is a sickly dog.  She has taken several fits and has an immune disorder.  She is under the care of the best Veterinary practice in the world and the winner of the NSW Small Business Award – Coreen Avenue Veterinary Practice Penrith.  This is run by Dr Nicole McMillan and a brilliant staff.  They look after Bella brilliantly.  I could not ask for more.

Enough of my wonderful family for the moment and I definitely will share other things with you when they come to hand.

I was talking about my Marketing and Traffic Generation growth and ideas.

I studied up on Article Marketing and wrote my first 3 articles today.  One was about making money on eBay to highlight my website and eBook that will be launching any day now.  One was about list building and one was about Blogging.  Each of these articles points to one of my websites that are of the same category.

I have a program called Mass Article Submitter through which I joined the major article submission services including EZine Articles and it stores all of my information about each of these article sites.  I then lodged the article and all the information about the article – then merely clicked a button and the articles all went off automatically to all of the submission sites.   Wow!  That was great so I will let you know how I have gone.

I also shared with you that I have joined Google Analytics which I have put the code on to all my sites and it comes up with the statistics for each site.  I have had quite a few registered visitors to this Blog site, several to my new list building site and a few to my eBay site I have not officially launched yet, so I think that is rather special.

I am looking forward to seeing the growth of traffic over these weeks.

It is very important for me to build great relationships with people.

All the best for now and I will keep you updated how I am going with my Marketing and Traffic Generation.