http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com green,outdoors,advice,friends,media Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:17:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I understand that everyone has to make money to live. I have been looking for something too, but I will never be a spammer. These people are the leaches of the internet. At least half of my emails are spam. I wish I could send them a virus that would ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/20/spammers-are-garbage/ It is the season for crankiness in the northern part of the country. The daily level of sunlight is low, the snow and ice haven't melted in weeks and now we are due for another. I have gone through 2 bags and 4 jugs of assorted ice melts. I still ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/15/winter-blues/ I can't tell you how many times a day I have a negative thought. It can be about myself, an annoying person near me, or something on TV. Maybe stress makes it worse, or maybe I'm noticing it more, because I'm into self improvement at the moment. I'm not sure ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/13/training-the-thought-process/ At Christmas do the people in your family tell you what they want for holiday presents? The people in mine had very exact lists. They even showed me ads. I like a few surprises, but not having money at this time, makes giving or receiving useless gifts that much worse.  My kids ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/12/beware-of-vivo-its-a-ripoff/ Stopping smoking is definitely not going to be any easy ride. I'm having such nasty cravings. It doesn't help that I have a sick kid home from school. I feel miserable and I really don't want to have anyone around. Luckily she is upstairs sleeping. I think I need to ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/08/still-hanging-on/ I have had a love/hate relationship with cigarettes for my entire adult life. I guess it started because both of my parents smoked until their deaths . And yes they died too young of smoking related illnesses. You would think a relatively intelligent person would see what was in her ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/07/quitting-smoking/ For Christmas I got the game Rock Band for the XBox 360. We set it up and have been playing it daily ever since. It really is loads of fun, but you don't need any real musical ability to play it. I'm no kid, never was into video games too much, ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/03/rock-band-fun/ A couple of days ago, my neighbors' kids asked me to come over really quick. They said their mother was going down cellar with a rope to kill herself. I went over there right away and went down there to see what was happening. It took a few minutes for ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2009/01/01/trouble-with-neighbors/ I'm an avid Patriots fan, before you hate me, I was a fan when they were terrible. I sat and watched our first go at the Super Bowl become a game you want to forget. I was there for the bad, so I stuck around for the miraculous emergence of Tom ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2008/12/31/cassel-or-brady/ It's the final stretch, everything is almost done, and I'm taking a moment to reflect on what is most important in my life. My children are very much loved and I cannot imagine them not being in it. Robert is a great young man. He is seventeen and is first in ... http://marihayes-contentwriter.today.com/2008/12/24/christmas-eve-a-time-for-reflection/