I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, I know I did. zach ate wayyyy too much, he is sort of hung over this afternoon, suffering from what I think is a food hangover.  I'm feeling much the same way today, kind of hard to get moving this morning, just sitting around drinking coffee and surfin the web.
I wanted to explain to everyone what had happened with the initial ad-click campaign I had going with Google Ad-Sense.  We were doing very very well, I scored almost 300.00 in less than a week and that is thanks to all of you faithful readers.  The money was going to be used for Christmas, because being unemployed does not leave much room for anything else but barely scraping by with the bills.  So one morning I was checking the balance on my Google Ad-sense account, and it read that my account had been shut down due to illegal activity.  Now I could not understand what illegal activity it possibly could mean, so I appealed the situation, they wrote me back saying that there are numerous reasons that they could do this.  Maybe someone who previously used this service was shut down, and if they happened to click on one of my links, that automatically made me disqualified, another possible reason was if two people from the same household, both clicked on an ad at different times and because they check the IP address of every click, that could have possibly been another reason.  They just would not give me any specifics as to why MY account was shut down, all I know is I made them 300.00 and they refused to pay me.  Can anyone spell SCAM?  I was so excited that I would be getting paid for doing what I loved, and very disappointed that they would abruptly shut me down and refuse to pay. Being that they do not have to give you a reason, I would advise against anyone joining their services.  It seemed too good to be true and well you know I guess if it seems that way it usually is. I did report them to the CA Attorney Generals office and I am going to leave them to take any action that they see fit.  There is no sense getting all riled up over someting I can't control.  So I want to thank everyone for their help, you all came through like troopers and unfortunately SOMEONE benefited from all those clicks, it just wasnt' me.  I joined with another advertising company who seems much more reputable, so please if you see their ads on my blog, feel free to click away.  This company starts you out slow, with some basic ads and the more traffic you generate, the more ads they will give you in the long run.  So it's back to square one.  I am going to be starting my advice blog, you have to know that this is something I always wanted to do.  I consider myself very intuitive when it comes to helping others, I may not have the right solution, but I can certainly help you maintain an attitude where it will move you in the right direction.  It's a passion of mine.  Since leaving social work a few months ago, i find that I miss the aspect of helping others and giving them motivation.  There are many things I do not miss but that is one piece that I really did love about my job.  I also studied tarot cards here and there for most of my life even back when I was a young teenager.  I really believe they can be spot on sometimes, and while they do not predict the future they give us insight and options into our issues, our strengths and our weaknesses.  I will be using them on my new sight as well.  I was informed yesterday by  good friend that mercury is in retrograde right now and that means this is not a good time to start any new projects, sign any contracts, and it is a good time to finish up old business.  Being slightly superstitious, I am going to follow this advice, so right now I am working on the new website and trying to make it ready to go, probably very soon.   I wanted to introduce it properly and ask everyone to please feel free to use it.  I am trying to work on getting some ads placed on the new one, and a pay pal donate button, so if you use it and feel it has helped you, feel free to donate whatever you can.  I am still trying to find my niche and make a living for my son doing something that I love.  I am hoping by giving a free service that will benefit myself and others this may be a catalyst into adventures that I would not even know existed if I didn't give this a try.  I have read some very wise quotes lately and I feel they have been coming to me for a reason, many of them saying things like "do what you love and don't do it for the money, if there is a service you can provide and you trust in the universe to lead you in the right direction, things will take care of themselves, money included."  That requires some deep trust but what have I got to lose ( except my house, my heat, my lights, my phone )  hahaha  just a joke.  Your life should be your career.  If you wake up each morning with anxiety and lack of enthusiasm for your job, it's a pretty good sign that you are not meant to be there.  I have done that for many years and it basically made me very resentful, very tired and I forgot who I was and what I really loved to do.  I am placing my ultimate trust in the universe, and I am inviting everyone to come along for the ride.  The website will be called "sprinkles of hope" it will be a sister of sorts to the good the bad and the beautiful, and what I am asking of you all is to keep following me especially if any of it resonates with you.  I hate to be weird and have a waiver saying I am not responsible for anything if I give someone some really shitty advice.  I am doing this with my BEST intentions, and I trust and have confidence that I can at least give some positive spin on anything that is not going right in your lives.  perhaps someday I will use this whole experience to write my first book that is a real dream of mine.  What I need from you all is participation and feedback, lots of feedback, good or bad, I can take it.  By all means share share share, if you know someone who needs some help and has no where to turn, point them in this direction.  I can only do this with readers and referrals,and you guys are the ones who can do that for me.  I love writing this blog, it makes me feel so alive.  There was a time when I was so afraid to share anything that I wrote, i was just too embarrassed.  I don't feel that way anymore, I feel empowered every time I sit down at this keyboard and begin to tap away.  Remember there will be no judgement, no breach of confidentiality, no ulterior motives, just a desire to  combine what I feel is my gift to share. So by all means you can start sending in any issues to my email of lshusta@aol.com just put sprinkles of hope in the subject title.  I will be compiling them and working on them and when the time is right, I will be posting and hoping that there is some fun, some healing and some good reads for everyone.  I can't do this alone.  So Bring it!  Love to all and please continue to follow me on this blog, if you haven't subscribed, please do so.