No reason any reader should know this but over a year ago I had a total thyroidectomy and I had assumed (and you know what that gets you) that between that and getting back on track with my thyroid medicine I would like times in the past just start shedding weight.

Lets just say “umm, NOT!” although I didn’t really do much as far as gaining or losing truly I guess if this was Blackjack we would have a push except that I am still on the losing end of my battle.

This doesn’t really pertain to any particular part of my blog so I am going to create a separate area for it. Please feel free to join in and tell us your story.

We had a blessed Christmas and look towards the new year with much optimism.

Recent changes in our life makes a resolution for me a potential reality.

I am so excited that I have found two I will do instead of one.

I have selected “Learning to eat better and healthier and how to exercise again.” as my top priority. Then I have chosen to “Expand HNG Wholesale into something far bigger than it has been in the past by writing a Business  Plan for 2011 and a five year plan.” And naturally implementing them throughout the year. I will be posting results in the About Us category throughout the year.

Right now is the perfect time to stock up on  your ebooks:

Big Deals on eBooks from Bn.com- Download now and save with our NOOKBooks offer!

If you already have ePubs or pdf files you can use those on your nook too as long as they are not protected by the author. I will post more as I do research on this topic.

Check this out:

Meijer will be featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Tues., Dec. 28 – Tune in!

And my favorite offer from Meijer since I have a 2 month old granddaughter!:

Free Shipping on all Diapers & Training Pants

Her storefronts are so elegant and enticing that I believe I may purchase one myself if I reopen my eBay store for December! Check out this Black Filigree and Ribbons Store Front Header Package or the Glitzy Diamond Bling Full eBay Store Front Package.

The eBay listing templates are equally nice with a variety such as Sexy Brown Glamour Auction Template, Awesome Hot Fashion Auction Template and Romantic Gold & Diamond Jewelry Auction Template.

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Giving credit where it is due is sometimes hard to do when a company leaves a bitter taste in your mouth with its continuous increasing of fees but I think it is time that they are given credit for something they are doing now that I think is a very valuable move on their part.

eBay has a project underway that allows users to opt in to participate in the new changes in the website development and it is being termed “Garden by eBay”.

What on Earth is Garden by eBay you might be muttering to yourself right now the same way I did when I saw the announcement which didn’t fully impress me much at the time, but now I have seen it in action. Kudos to the web developers at eBay or whomever is to thank for allowing us to take part in the new features.

At the Garden of eBay you can opt in as I said earlier to a few options and give feedback that goes directly to the individuals working on that project. Do you know what that means? Yes, they are really listening to your feedback unlike when you simply send them a suggestion and your one of thousands if not millions of emails going to the same dark hole of unread or unseen emails that never get a response.

Granted I am not sure they can contact all of us back or have too much interaction but knowing that your feedback is getting to the right department is a huge change by itself.

If you haven’t been to eBay lately just drop in and take a peek at the new look. It’s lighter and faster. Not that it ever really stopped me from using eBay but it had become cluttered somewhat.

Areas they are changing that you can opt in to during their testing include:

• Streamlined search
• New Homepage Concepts:

Concept 1 – Fast and Simple

Concept  2 – Simple and Engaging

Concept 3 – Rich and Robust

• eBay Simple Lister
• Diamond Ring Designer

Some of these probably aren’t for you to worry about but now is your chance to take part and speak your mind on their “improvements”. After they implement changes I always hear complaints about how terrible they are so be sure to go by, test them out, and report your feedback.

Read more about the announcement here.

You can visit Garden by eBay here.

I love science and everything about it and when this thing came in we had to check it out. Amazing little thing makes you want to touch it for no apparent reason. I felt like a kid again!

I just noticed that they have a clearance section. Today it has over 200 items marked on clearance so something for everyone just about. Rightfully so they have this little gem of an item featured. The Sun and Moon jars are closer to $35 but they sound very cool.

During the day you set them in the sunlight and they recharge and then when it gets dark they come on. I am not sure how much light they toss out but they come in Sun (yellow), Moon (blue) and Pink Moon (pinkish purple if you ask me).  They claim they can be left out in any weather so I would say a great look for your flower garden! Although I bet my hubby and the kids would want them in the house somewhere so they  could play with them. Making silly faces in the cool colorful light would be tons of fun as well.