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I have many big changes going on in my life at the moment - both professionally and on a personal level. Since this is my business blog, I will just stick to the professional changes ;)

Last week I accepted a full time contractor position. It was a big decision for me, but in the end it felt like the right one, for now. It’s more monthly income and you can never have enough money coming in. Most importantly, I am going to learn a lot and that was a bigger reason for my decision. So that makes two contractor positions and my business (33+ sites) to keep up with. Needless to say - I am working on my time management skills.

My business is doing well and it was time to finally accept that I can’t do everything, so… I hired my first freelance blogger to help on one of my blogs. This was another big decision for me, but it is working out quite nicely. I am happy with her work and she will be starting on another one of my blogs in April.

Also, (and this was great news for me!) a good friend of mine is now offering virtual assisting services. She will soon be working on a couple of projects with me as well. All in all - things are coming along and moving in the right direction.

Best of all, I have more book money ;) Seriously though, its out of control. I have stacks of brand new books sitting next to me and two new orders on the way from Amazon and Book Closeouts. I really should be smarter by now, I say ;)

I love affiliate marketing and blogging. I can’t imagine not doing this work. However, lately I have been thinking that going back to school might be a good back up plan. My Husband is going through a big career transition and I find myself carrying a *larger* chunk of the financial burden.

While I have been trying to come up with a solid back up plan, my most important factors are keeping my business going and working from home. These years with my kids (my youngest is 7) are most important to me. I narrowed it down to two options should I decide to go for it - a marketing degree or a paralegal career.

While doing some research I came across the Paralegal Career Guide and it is full of FREE information about starting a paralegal career. I found the guide very helpful as it explains everything from education to salary expectations, paralegal career options and much more.
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Calling all Geeks & Google Lovers:

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The day I discovered WordPress was one of the happiest days of my life. It’s easy to use for the technology challenged and the options are endless - from themes to plugins and everything in between.

I love finding new WordPress themes. It is far easier for me to modify an existing theme to my liking then for me to try and build one myself. The very thought gives me a headache to be honest.

One of my very favorite WordPress theme creators is Brian Gardner. I use his themes on several of my sites and I LOVE THEM. I was thrilled to stumple upon his blog today and find that he has re-released one of my favorite themes Vertigo (3-column). He also has plans to re-release more of his free themes!

If you own a forum, he recently released a FREE Revolution Forum Template that is definitely worth checking out. I wish I could use it on the one site I have forums, but the forum design matches the site design so it wouldn’t work out.

The Revolution Theme Series, while not free, is also quite smashing and worth every penny.

The point of this post? If you know of Brian Gardner already, chances are you are as thrilled as I am about all his new goodies. If you haven’t yet heard of Brian Gardner, you can thank me later ;)