Caden is doing great. He has been without reflux for over two weeks now. We are still suctioning him with the suction machine quite frequently due to secretions. His secretions and saliva seem to have increases significantly due to cutting teeth. He has his second tooth in as many weeks coming in right now.
Sherry is getting out more with the boys. Yesterday she went to the water park with them. She hired a baby sitter to help with Caden so she and Riley could have some quality time at the park playing in the water. She said it was absolutely awesome. Riley’s vocabulary is exploding and he is a hoot to listen to these days.
Sherry took Caden for a follow up appointment last week with the surgeons. They said Caden is doing great with his recovery from the Nissen procedure. The surgeons have given the green light to go forward with the botox treatments as soon as we can get it scheduled. We have an appointment with the ENT on July 12th to discuss the botox treatment. The botox injections that would go into the muscle tissue of the upper esophagus is supposed to correct Caden’s swallowing problems.
I have been asked about the ads on the side of Caden’s Page. They are there for two reasons. (1) They do generate a little bit of income to help offset the cost of this web site. (2) They are part of a test to see how some of the more popular affiliate programs work. An affiliate program is where an online retailer like Amazon will pay me a percentage of every purchase made when a customer visits they site via one of my links. Yes, I have received a couple of small checks in the past so I know it does work. Caden’s Page does not generate a ton of traffic from people other than friends and family, but there is the occasional visitor who finds Caden’s Page from a search engine. For instance, if you go to Google and search on “Caden” you will find Caden’s Page as the fifth listing out of about 116,000 as of this morning. Why you ask would anyone search Google for “Caden”? Well, it is an increasingly popular name and some would be parents just want to see what they can find out about the name. For instance the name Caden means “fighter” according to babynamesworld.com. Caden’s middle name “Gabriel” means “God is my strength”. Quite appropriate for this little boy wouldn’t you say?
Anyway, I wanted to fill you in on why you see ads on Caden’s Page. A few of the ads I can choose. The Google ads in particular are based on content of this page and they generated automatically when Caden’s Page is updated. I have not tried all of the products and I do not endorse all of the products that you see on the side of this page. If I link to a product in a posting, then you can safely assume that Sherry, I, a close friend, or family member has tried the product. We will usually even state that when we link to the product. I do not make a ton of money off of these ads. For instance, I get a single digit percentage of purchases made on Amazon. I get a few cents for each Google ad that is clicked and I get even more if they visitor actually buys somethings. The other ads vary in commission. To date, I could not buy my family dinner with the total amount I have earned off of hoei.com so far. The site does cost me little per year plus the time I spend updating and maintaining it. I do have total control over the content and have placed the ads by choice.
All of that said, I do want to extend an offer to any of you. I want to help other people post blogs, web sites, and more. I am searching for ways to make money on the side. I am going to be working with other web site developers to generate the look and feel of the sites to meet the needs of each person or company. I am willing to host some blogs for free as a directory off of my main hoei.com web site like the The Tech Land of Ozz. You can help me build a client base while you take an opportunity to share information or opinions on a subject of your choosing. I am working on a terms of service document that will basically ask that you keep it clean and I will agree to keep you running. If you want to do it but want to have your own site (i.e., www.[whatever].com, then I can help you with that too. Just drop me an email and let me know if you are interested. You do not have to be local to me and you do not need to know how to do anything more than send and receive email. Contact me at: hank.osborne@hoei.com if you are interested.
I can create a web site for just about anything you want whether it is informational, selling a product, jokes of the day, or whatever. I can set up shopping carts to accept online payments including credit cards. The root of my idea is driven by my desire to find a way to work from home and not have to travel. If one of my crazy ideas works out, then I may get to a point where I can spend more time with this wonderful family and not have to travel without them anymore. Wouldn’t you like to help fill that wish? Sherry is interested in starting a couple of blogs, but she will not be able to post frequently enough by herself. I can set up multiple people to be able to post to the same blog. Sherry’s ideas are: Stay at home Mom Resources, Home School Information, Education Information (Public, Private, and more). If you have an idea or want to help Sherry with one of her ideas, then just let me know.
Hank O