WELCOME to Wil Mosher - our new Follower! Thanks for joining us, Will. I hope you enjoy reading along as we prepare to sell everything this year, and hopefully purchase an RV to full-time in early 2012. If you have a blog, let me know so I can follow along with you, too!
WELCOME also to the GYPSY G-MAS, Life on the Road! I've followed your blog from the beginning and have always looked for your posts to pop up on my Blog List (no pressure!). I really enjoy reading about your adventures. I hope we meet up on the road some day; we can exchange "tree through the roof" stories. : )
We have a new Governor, Mr. Jerry Brown, in California. I didn't vote for him, but have to admit I liked him the first time around, and have high hopes that he will do his best to fix all the problems in California. I think that's how it should be: no matter who you vote for or support, when the election is over, stand behind the winner. I think we'd all benefit from that. Especially at the national level.
Governor and Mrs. Jerry Brown
39th Governor of California
39th Governor of California
Speaking of Jerry Brown, who ran against Meg Whitman, I did find out what happened to my Ad-Sense ads, and I think I know why I was dumped. A reader who doesn't like Meg Whitman saw her ad on my blog and multiple clicked it a bunch of times, which was apparently picked up by Ad-Sense who investigated and canceled my account FOREVER. Apparently if you are canceled due to invalid ad clicking, you can NEVER have an Ad-Sense account again. That doesn't seem fair. I didn't do anything wrong, and I am the one penalized.
I know that this person, who feels awful about the account being canceled, also made purchases by clicking on ads on my blog, and was just exercising a political opinion against Meg, who I actually supported. This reader had no idea what the result of her clicking would be. I was surprised to see a political ad on my blog, Meg Whitman was the only politician I saw advertising, but I guess she had so much money she was appearing everywhere. Little good it did her, or me.
After seeing Tioga George's Income/Expense sheet, and seeing how much you can actually earn through blog ads, I may do some research to see if I can place ads another way. I know they can be a nuisance for my readers and apologize in advance if I do find a way. I'd never earn what George earns, he has a HUGE following, but any extra income would be a help next year when I'm living on Social Security and probably little else. I just ignore the ads on blogs, unless it's for something of interest, then I do click. We'll see...
On that depressing note, I'll add another. In 2010 I gained 8 pounds. Ouch! There was some discussion in the office today about weight gain last year. There were four of us there, and we all gained from 8 to 20 pounds. I know the fifth person in the next office, who remained silent on the subject, gained 15 pounds in the last months of 2010. So, 5 for 5. I sure hope 2011 is a year of better self control, less candy, and more exercising for me.
When Katie and I gained some weight three years ago, I put us both on a better eating plan, and we were walking a lot. I lost my 20 pounds and she lost her 3 pounds. Well, Katie is still thin and energetic and I'm not. She gets two treats a day, maybe that would work for me?
Kind of a mish-mash blog today. But, as I seem to be saying a lot lately, "It is what it is."
From Me and My Dog, Katie, have a great Monday evening, everyone! : )
