This past week I’ve been finding myself waking up early, like 6:30am.  My body just seems to wake up at that time no matter what, and after I feel back asleep I was up by 7am.  I got up since I heard my parents and the dogs downstairs.  I just felt like it was time to just get up.  I had a healthy breakfast - an egg white omelet with tomatoes and onions (it was yum, especially with pepper) and now I’m just listening to music as I type this.  Wishing I could have went to the beach earlier and just walk.  It’s already starting to get hotter, so I don’t really feel like it anymore.

Glen’s fishing at a tournament up north, so we’ll see what happens tomorrow, maybe I’ll go to the beach early then.  There’s something about the beach that makes me feel relaxed and I need to reflect on some things - life, career, the future, and the fact I’ll be 25 on Tuesday.  Eek!

You know what I haven’t done in a while? I haven’t ridden my bicycle! I was planning to go bike riding last weekend but the rain ruined that plan. I was just curious about what kind of bicycles are out there now, since styles change over the years. My bicycle is about 3 years old. A lot of bicycles I found were really expensive, ranging in the $300+! Just when I thought there weren’t any good but inexpensive bicycles, I found these really cool bicycles called beach cruisers, and they’re less than $100!

XYZ Bikes have a great selection of beach cruisers in different styles and colors. This is the perfect bicycle to bring to the beach and ride on the boardwalk, and even in the park. The women’s bicycles are really cute too! I like their chopper styles too, which look similar to the motorcycle chopper, of course. The price of $88 is still mind boggling to me because you can’t find a good bicycle for that low of a price. Riding a bicycle brings me back to when life was so simple, and even when I ride a bike now, it makes me realize that it still can be.

Okay, so you’re probably wondering what PPP is. PPP is short for Pay Per Post, which is a site that lets bloggers get paid for what they do best - blogging! I was finally approved for PPP since you have to have an active blog for 90 days or 3 months. So I had to wait and the wait is over for me because now I can write about opportunities that I find and get paid for them! Even though I write about a bunch of things doesn’t mean that every post is going to be a paid one. I totally believe in blog ethics which is to write about subjects that I feel will still interest my readers.

I guess you can say I’m a blogger that wants to make a mark on the blogopshere by inspiring others as well as others. It may seem silly to some, but I want to be a professional blogger. I want to be able to write about the things I enjoy and reap benefits (that come in the form of $$) from that. It’s not really about the money, but the fact that I get to not only better my writing skills, but to give someone interesting to read and give a better insight on whatever it is I am writing about. PPP is a step to getting to that pro blogging status. Besides, I enjoy blogging, and my dad always told me to do something with my life that I’ll enjoy. With blogging, not only do you get to voice your opinion, others can react to your opinions and who knows, you may meet people that you’ve inspired but inspire you as well!

The other day, my mom was telling me about how she saw dog beds on the cheap. My dog Logan, is pretty destructible when it comes to his bed. He gets bored and starts breaking it open exposing the stuffing and making a mess of it everywhere! When I saw this website that make personalized dog beds, I thought it was pretty cool! Bedding with his face on it may make him think twice about destroying it. Not only that, he probably won’t let my other dog Lex sleep on it and take care of it.

The top right picture of those dogs reminds me of my dog Maxie. Aww. I miss her.

Just when I thought dating sites could not get so specific, I stumbled upon this dating site that is geared towards people who are tattooed and finding other tattooed individuals. Tattoo Lovers is a tattoo dating site that helps you find a gal or guy specifically who are into tattoos. I think this niched dating category is a pretty good one, since it’s very specific to tattoo singles. Everyone that joins this site will be attracted to tattooed men and women and most likely will find that in common, rather than other dating sites which are just about general dating. This site is definitely different because not only do tattoos usually have a meaning to them, which will strike intellectual conversations between each other, rather than just wanting to hook up (which may happen too, but all the better, right?!). As a woman, a guy with a tattoo definitely brings attention to your eye rather than a guy without one!