Labor Day Memories - My Fondest Memories in Lake Pleasant, NY - Short Memoir By Erin K. Pitts

Everyone has some sort way of their own to celebrate Labor Day weekend. Every year for as long as I can remember in my 27 years of existence, I have spent Labor Day weekend at my family's camp in Lake Pleasant, NY. When I tell people I'm going to camp, they assume that I am pitching up a tent. Well it's not like that at all. It's not a house but its a trailer. It's not the niceat trailer but it's kept up. With it's 70's style paneling and ancient decorations from my grandparents left behind, it gives it a distinctive feel. The smell of pine trees, smokey campfires, and bug spray is something I look forward to every weekend of the summer I don't have to work. My favorite time of the year is Labor Day though. Our camp throws a huge party, and it's usually the biggest celebration of the year aside from Fourth of July and our annual beach party. Around noon on Saturday we all gather to the beach to play games. The games include egg toss, balloon toss, scavenger hunt, blind fold canoe race, and my favorite, the relay race! They have adult version and kid versions of each game. If you come in first place, second, or third, you go home with a medal. I live for these things. It's a very special medal. It's made out of the bottom of a canned food with gold, silver, or bronze, with a red white and blue ribbon usually connected to it with hot glue. The medals are presented at the family picnic. It's exciting when everyone gathers for dinner. They serve anything you can imagine from clams, fried chicken, and brownies for dessert. Sunday night we have a bonfire. With a little buzz or sober, it's a great time where you're guaranteed to meet new people, and create memories. Some of my fondest memories of my childhood were at camp. I still talk to the same people I grew up with, except now we are all older and having children. It's also very sad sometimes at Labor day because once it's done, you know it's almost time to take the boat of the water and that the season is almost over. I look forward to waterskiing a lot recently since my parents just bought a boat. We have had a few boats but never had one this nice. They named it" 401-Kay" since they bought it from their retirement money. My Mom basically told my father, " You need to buy the boat now, because if you don't, I'm going to buy it anyway when you die, so you might as well enjoy it." Well those somewhat harsh words worked and I'm glad they did. LOL. The older I get, the more I have learned to appreciate camp. It's my happy place. I hope within the next few years I can buy my own camp or house in Lake Pleasant. It's a family tradition that I have no passed down to my son, and can't imagine what summer would be like, if it I didn't have such a special and beautiful place to spend with my family. Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone! Don't forget to be safe and drink responsibly, unless you are like me and don't have anywhere to go and will be put for a while. Please share your own Labor Day memories in the comments below, and don't forget to subscribe to my daily blog!



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How Switching to Ambit Energy CHANGED MY LIFE in 25 DAYS!! – Erin K. Pitts Personal Testimony

So everyone is a little skeptical of these new energy choices right?! I know I was!! What is an energy choice anyway? They all seem like pyramid schemes and sometimes it might be a little hard to find the catch right away. Well, I was very skeptical at first. But like they say, a penny saved is a penny earned!! So I searched near and far to find the catch with Ambit Energy. There had to be one, but I couldn’t fine one! I found out Ambit was rated #1 in a July survey in customer service by JD POWER, and had maintained an A+ rating with the BBB (Better Business Bureau) since it’s birth in 2006. I also learned that fixed rate plans were no bueno, and that the guaranteed lower rate plan than the market price was the way to go. It just seemed to good to be true and all, it cost me nothing to switch with no contract to change to Ambit as my supplier (while National Grid remained my delivery service). I carefully analyzed my first few bills! The merchant charges were REALLY removed, and I was receiving a 7% discount! A merchant charge is simply a charge your provider taxes you on your second page on which is a few extra dollars you get charged every month! Most people don’t even realize that charge is even there. By choosing an ESCO (Energy Services Company) you are not charged the merchant rates. I learned very quickly that before energy deregulation, we were practically paying the monopoly price. My bills don’t lie, they have averaged at $13 a piece this summer the past 3 months! Granted I am not home alone, it’s a lot cheaper than the $230 gas bill I was paying over the winter. I was currently receiving a HEAP credit discount from the government, so I couldn’t believe it was barely being taken out of the grant the government gave me! Anyways it was so nice after I got my grant not having to pay my gas bill, that my consultant Sue told me about Ambit’s FREE ENERGY Program. “This can’t be real”, I thought to myself. I thought about how nice it would be saving a few hundred dollars every month, especially in the winter months. That would be like an extra tax return! So as a customer I took advantage of this program. I thought, “What would it really hurt stepping out of my comfort zone referring a great product to get free stuff?” I then started posting things on my facebook about how happy I was with the Guaranteed Savings Program. My Consultant, Sue Tilison, was very helpful and helping me get leads. In Ambit you are never alone, it’s a family and friend based business and everyone helps everyone again success as a team. In New York where I live, Ambit Energy is the ONLY company that GUARANTEES savings and FREE ENERGY AND GAS. At the end of the year Ambit Energy sends you a statement of how much you would have paid with your current incumbent provider, i.e, National Grid, NYSEG, or ConEd. If you did not save, their guarantee is to send you a CHECK WITH THE DIFFERENCE! So it’s a win win situation. I couldn’t go wrong with my decision. Every time I checked the New York Commissioner webpage, the rates were lower that what everyone else was paying! So as I started to gather referrals, I realized HOW EASY it was! Sue said, “You should consider becoming a consultant”. Ok, so after I got about 3 or 4 referrals in a day I said, sure! I’m not going to lie, I was scared to death. I barely had the sign up fee, but I believed in myself and knew I would make it back. You get an unlimited time frame to get your 15 referrals for the free energy program (as a customer or consultant). As long as you get 20 customer points in 3 months, you are guaranteed your investment back. Customers can still earn free energy and gas, but consultants pay the fee because we get paid RESIDUAL INCOME. Residual income is a check I get every month (while earning free gas and energy) when my customers pay their bill! Then when I sign on someone as a consultant to this amazing program, I make double the money off everything they do! It’s great. So moral of the story is, I got my 20 customer points in 25 days. I am a 27 year old single mother who was once working as a waitress and a day job, and I’ve now been able to quit my waitressing job, and I’m proud to say I won’t need HEAP Assistance this year! I can’t wait to see where Ambit takes me. My up line is already selling her double wide and buying a log cabin house in only 6 months! I’m excited to see where Empower Network brings me with Ambit as well. I discovered how awesome and fun blogging can be! It’s a fun way to express myself and draw traffic to my business with the lead generator and smart keyword feature. Regardless, the free energy program has really changed my life, and has opened a lot of new doors for me. This is only the beginning and I have met so many amazing Ambit Family members & friends that support me and my business. I LOVE IT and wouldn’t change it for the world! I never knew in less than a month, my life could be changed FOREVER, for the BETTER!!


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HOW TO BLOCK A NUMBER WITH AN IPHONE/ANDROID/SMARTPHONE FOR FREE USING YOUMAIL WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR NUMBER

HOW TO BLOCK A NUMBER WITH AN IPHONE/ANDROID/SMARTPHONE FOR FREE USING YOUMAIL WITHOUT CHANGING YOUR NUMBER - So for a very long time I have been frustrated with Straighttalk, and the iphone, because I was NOT paying for an application that would block peoples numbers or change my number, since Straighttalk does not allow you to block people's numbers. You know, you have those ex's, or telemarkerts, shoulda, woulda, wish they coulda been's always calling or texting you from time to time, or harassing you. If you are like me and just too nice or don't have it in my heart to tell most of them to go "eff off", or they don't get the picture, this is for you (because I don't need to take it to extremes to call the police, they're just annoying like mosquito’s!). Well today I discovered the BEST application ever! YouMail. You can now set up a message that plays as their voicemail message saying "doo doo doo" this number is not in service, and set it up so that the person calling you can't leave a voicemail by a "ditch caller" feature. I'm extremely happy because now I don't have to feel guilty being the "bad girl" and saying something mean or vulgar. I merely "changed my number" (but really didn't) and moved on with my life, without even having to change my number or act like an outright meanie! Best part is, I can still see smile while these pathetic lames are still trying to call my phone, but not worry about it interfering with my new amazing relationship!! Guys & girls, I recommend this app very very much, there is a free version that works just fine! You can also add a message for Blocked #'s that tells the caller to call back again later with an unblocked number and to reveal their identity. You can also set up the out of service message for unknown or blocked numbers. Aside from all the blocking for the people you like or if you have a business, you can also set up your phone to auto-reply feature with a text message for when they miss your call, and even add your website or a short message to it! Pretty cool. Although the auto-reply is somewhat faulty, the blocking and ditching feature is amazing and I recommend it to anyone who wants to leave the past in the past, and not even give it a change to mess up your future (it's not worth it) so thank goodness for technology!!
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