AJ is Always Juggling

I had been hesitant about which topic to use for my 20th lens. I had been “humm-ing and haa-ing” all week over several ideas but for some reason I could not decide. I felt that this was a personal milestone, so no, I would not make the lens I want to make which is actually [...]

Excited and emotional because it was a tough lens to write. It opened up a lot of wounds, particularly when I re-read my diary, which is linked to it. But my beautiful Sparky’s lens Bullying at Primary School has made it to an all time high ranking of 81 and this is the first time [...]

The second lens I published is about Bullying and is the reason why I have an alias on Squidoo. (It should have been my first lens, but I got side-tracked. Now my first lens has a fantastic story connected with it, but I can’t tell it yet!)
So back to the bullying lens. Writing it was [...]

Congratulations to MiMi at GrowWear for making Lens of the Day with The best Squidoo lens not to do. As far as I am concerned it should be compulsory reading for anyone joining Squidoo. Not only is the LOTD well deserved, but MiMi is constantly giving other Lensmasters a boost, including me, with her blog: [...]

Payday – I was not sure what to expect. I know that some of my lenses did well, but I still cant fathom the monthly average calculation. Yes, I can work it out for the lenses that have been published for the whole of the month and yes, I do use a spreadsheet to record [...]

Last week I really knuckled down on lens production – instead of just discussing it on the Forum – and published another Christmas lens: Twelve ways to a green and ethical christmas. But it always happens. You are working hard on a lens and then another idea pops into your head. Do I go and [...]

When I joined Squidoo I would have said that my niches were children and parenting and green. Since then out of the 15 lenses I have published so far only 2 that have been “eco” and only 3 about “parenting” etc. I got a bit distracted on my Squidoo journey! Time to redress the balance.
Twelve [...]

Megan has posted a thread in the SquidU forum to say that very, very soon, the facility to change your username will be withdrawn and once you sign up with a name, then you are stuck with it.
You know I never, ever have wanted to change my username. For me the whole point is that [...]

Wow, oh wow, oh wow! But first let me take you back to the summer. I was reeling, one bit of bad luck after another! Earlier in the year the small family business I ran with my brother had failed, leaving both of us in debt. In the UK, a small Company buying family homes, [...]

It’s been a rough couple of days in AJ’s household. Lovely Hubby and the girls are fine but we have worries about other family members, so I have been rather distracted. I try to live life believing that the glass is half full rather than half empty, but these latest worries after our small family [...]