CLOCKS CHANGE - 2AM SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1ST

Just a reminder that on Sunday morning, November 1st at 2am, Daylight Savings Time will end and we will revert back to Standard Time. Before you go to bed Saturday evening, set all clocks, watches and other time pieces BACK 1 HOUR. We will then move them ahead to begin Daylight Savings Time "1 hour" at 2am on the second Sunday in March, March 14th 2010.. Most computers and cable boxes will make this change automatically without our help..

Websites to find the "least expensive" services

As always if you have a favorite website - share it with us and tell us why...

Cell phone plans – http://www.rateplan.com/ or http://www.billshrink.com/

Car insurance – http://www.carinsurancerate.com/ or http://www.carinsurance.org/

Bank fees – www.mybanktracker-com/banks OR http://www.findabetterbank.com/

Airline tickets – http://www.skyscanner.net/ or http://www.efares.com/

Travelling by car – you might want to know where the speed traps are set up… this is for real.. go to http://www.speedtrap.org/

An all time favorite for just about everything we need.. http://www.allmyfaves.com/

EMAIL - REMINDERS & UPDATES

Emails are meant to be brief - Avoid long sentences.
Try to keep sentences to a maximum of 15-20 words. Email is meant to be a quick and is different than writing a letter. When email are too long, they don't get read. If you need to send a letter, compose that in Word and attach it, so that it can be printed off and read as such

Don't forward virus hoaxes or chain letters.
We all get them – warnings of an unstoppable virus; promises of great wealth or – you know the emails I’m referring to… Even if the contents are accurate, the original senders usually are not, so consider just putting it in the Recylce Bin. If you feel you must share it, please be sure to verify the contents before forwarding it to anyone by checking one of these website:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/

http://www.breakthechain.org/

http://www.snopes.com/

Remove all email addresses before you use Forward
When you forward an email, it will be copied and in your “compose or write” screen so that you can work with it – be sure that you always remove any and all other email addresses that might be showing in the message before you send it out to your list… \

Of course when you send an email to more than one address you always put the addresses in the BCC field right??…

HAVE A MSN/HOTMAIL/LIVE ACCOUNT?? Get all your e-mail in one place
You can now receive e-mail from other e-mail accounts right in to your Windows Live Hotmail inbox. Any service that's "POP-enabled" will work, including AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo! Mail (Plus).* Here's how to set it up. From your Hotmail inbox:
1. Click Add an e-mail account (it's on the left-hand side of the screen).
2. Type your other account's e-mail address and password, and click Next.
3. Select whether you want the messages to go to your inbox or separate folder, click Save.

Note: For this to work, make sure POP has been turned on in the e-mail service you're trying to bring into Hotmail (this could involve logging in to the service and changing your settings).

CAN YOU SEND CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGE FROM YOUR COMPUTER?

Absolutely – many of us don’t have “text” ability on our cell phones or if we do, we don’t know how to text..

But you can send a text message to anyone who uses “texting” as long as you have their cell phone number. There are several websites – all are free – that offer us the ability to send family and friends text messages to their phones. Here is how they work...
You type in the persons cell phone number

• Now type in your email address
• Now type in your message (actually it is a tweet because it has a 140 character limit and counts down as you type so you know what you have left) or they have lots of “quick messages to choose from so you don’t have to type”
• You're done, so now click on the SEND button..

The message appears as a text on their cell phone and if and when they respond, their message will come back to your email account…

Again these services are free – like email it’s their advertising that allows them to stay free. Most of these services also offer you the ability to set-up a free account, which will then confidentially save the cell phone numbers you send to and save your email address so you don’t have to type them in every time - very much like your address book in email..
So give it a try and start texting/tweeting – it’s all free!!!

www.textem.net
www.txt2day.com
www.text4free.net
www.onlinetextmessage.com

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

I just want to thank each and everyone of you for your generous loving thoughts and prayers for Bob's wife Jennifer, their 2 little boys Dylan & Justin and for me and my entire family these last few weeks since our son Bob's death Sept. 19th - you've touched our hearts and helped more than you'll ever know.

I know without a doubt that Bob is safe in God's arms and that God will give us all the strength to get thru this until we see him again...
God Bless you all and I will see you after the Thanksgiving holiday. Until then thank you and remember, although I'm in Arizona, I'm just an email away to answer any questions you may have...
Cherie Houston & family....