Sunday, February 15, 2009

Life Lament

Well.. I've always aspired to be an opera singer while in my teens. But life has a funny way of turning out. I was recently let go of my previous job, somehow the economic crisis reached them to? It was just a small take away shop. Are people just using the economic crisis as an excuse?

I always hear depressing news reports of workers being sacked. What are their families going through now? How did this thing even start! Where does it all end up?

I just wish there was a clear definant future for me and my daughter. I am always worried.

Its almost feels like I'm writing in my diary!

Oh well if you've read this, then thank you :)

Monday, January 19, 2009

Oway.com.au - gluten free made easy

Hey all, this is my very first time blogging, but Google makes it seem very easy haha! I posted this blog as I wish to share my experience with using http://www.oway.com.au

After running back and forth searching in-depth and at length for gluten free products for many many years - often finding them out of stock (as my poor 13 year old daughter has celiac). I was really being stretched to my limit.

Apart from the extra long-hours of work, life as a single mother and all those bills piling up - I also had to work on cater for my special daughter. Though, one day as luck would have it - I received a phone call from my girlfriend (she is also a celiac suffer). She told me about an online shop known as Oway. Now, me being a very sceptical and cynical person, as I do not trust credit cards (at the time I thought you could only use credit cards) as I have been in enough trouble as it is and I've had very bad experience with online shopping (and bidding...But let’s not get into that).

Though, chatting with my girlfriend over coffee; she mentioned how easy life has been now that she has been using Oway to shop with - and also how impressive the Oway service is and how much money she had saved through bulk purchasing. Eventually I caved in and said why not. She helped me register a new account (which in all honesty was not even hard).

Oway provide such a varied range of items apart from just being Gluten Free, there’s everything I can imagine from breakfast, lunch and dinner to even skin care and toothpaste! I have actually replaced shopping at my local Coles with Oway (Well apart from when I need to buy some milk). It is set up in such an easy to use manner; I have made my own shopping lists where I can just simply access it through my account and add to my basket. Best of all I don't have to use a credit card! It took me awhile to figure out how to use PayPal (www.paypal.com) - but I can simply deposit money from my bank into it.

Oway has taken such a big load off of my shoulders, and allows me to spend more quality time with my daughter and even to focus on my own hobbies; also it has helped me over come my fear of the internet, even though I still don't like it much. But it still is one step closer to living a simpler life.