Author: Tina Bell

The Latest on Miss Meg-Meg’s Progress

I’m happy to let you know that since I last wrote about Meg-Meg, she’s really had a great few months. As I type this, she’s outside walking in the cold with her dad! He’s a great dad. :) We just got back from a week long family Christmas vacation to visit my family in Huntsville and Sealy, Texas.  She did

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Homemade For the Holidays

I’ve always been a big fan of what I call “Gifts from the Heart”, so this year for Christmas I decided to make most of the gifts for family and friends.  Below are 5 of my favorite gifts I made this year. Bubble Wrap Calendar One of my friends LOVES popping bubble wrap. When I found a “Bubble Wrap Calendar”

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Thank You Animal Adventure

For Christmas I really wanted to get Meg a new Boots & Barkley “porcupine” (her favorite toy).  She received one last Christmas from “Santa”, and she loved it.  In fact, it instantly became her favorite toy.  She played and played and played with it, and within about six months, it was time for a new one.  I bought her a

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The Zebra Ranch near Magnolia, AR

When I first started working at HealthCARE Express, my office mate and I would often drive back and forth to our Magnolia, AR clinic together.  On our way there, we’d pass a house that just had one zebra in the field.  As time went on, the number of zebras began to grow.  She loves zebras, so it was always a

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5 Tips to Ensure Your Press Release Gets Read

Taking the time to write a press release and then never seeing it printed can be frustrating. When it happens several times in a row, your tendency may be to devote your time to something else and forget press releases altogether. There are several reasons a press release may not be published. Perhaps you didn’t contact the right editor. Maybe

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Are Your Brochures Bringing You True Return on Investment?

A good brochure may capture someone’s attention and inform them about the services you provide at your business, but a great brochure does something more. A great, well-written, brochure persuades the person reading it. Unfortunately, most brochures never go from good to great. They never provide a true reason to the reader on why they should utilize a service. Where

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If I Had Only Known

There’s a song I heard for the first time in the sixth grade when we were shown a video by MADD. It’s name, If I Had Only Known.. I have always loved the song. It was, and still is, one of my favorite songs to play on the flute. But over the last two years I have really wondered if

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Get Your Business Found by Siri on iPhone

If you have an iPhone 4s or greater, you’ve probably spent a great deal of time playing around with Siri. Designed to be a voice activated personal assistant, Siri helps you send messages, schedule meetings, and much more. One heavily utilized feature on Siri is helping iPhone users find the nearest restaurant, gas station, store, or other nearby place. This

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What You’re Marketing May Be Hurting Your Marketing

You’ve paid a lot of money for your website, your beautiful brochures, and your advertising campaign.  You’ve told everyone you know about your business.  You’ve listed off a slew of services you offer, that in your eyes make you better than anywhere else in town.  Yet the response you’d anticipated to all your efforts has been dismal. If you reexamine

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An Update on Meg & Tips for Surviving Canine Chemo

It’s been almost a month since I last wrote, and a lot has changed … for the better!  :) First off, Meg seems to be doing really well.  She’s now only taking chemo every-other-week, and that will continue until almost Christmas.  We attribute the key in her turnaround to Dr. Joanna Pridgen at Wisdom Animal Clinic.  Dr. Pridgen put her

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