I am hesitant to do on-line banking over the internet. But I do maintain my writer's website, manage my Mary Kay business through my MK website, e-mail friends, instant message with my sister. I would love to find some little niche to sell on EBay--looking for ideas for that, and research, research, research for writing projects.

I do everything online that I can - bills, shopping, writing, eBay. It's so much more convenient. Plus I meet LOTS and LOTS of wonderful friends online!

Everything but sex!!!


Sorry i couldn't resist!! Its true though - banking, shopping, advertising, foruming (if that is a word), email, run websites, read newspapers, horoscopes and probably a lot of other things I can't think of right now.

I have no idea what I did all day before the internet was created!

Gosh, what don't I do online?

I use e-mail. Even using it to stay in touch with my many Internet e-groups I've joined. For example, I joined a Romance Writers Association chapter in my city and we stay connected via the Internet.

I use the Internet for research for my writing and everything else I need to look up. From some medical term my doctor used to who was in the show I watched last night that looked so familiar.

I do my banking online.
I order my prescription refills online (from Walgreens)
I order books from Amazon and Barnes & Noble via the Internet.
I maintain a blog online.
I maintain a writers' forum online.
I belong to several other forums, that I check in with daily, such as the BWS forum, a bird forum, an eskie forum, my publisher's forum, etc.
I play a very cool game called World of Warcraft online.
My doctor belongs to RelayHealth (on the Internet), and I can e-mail him any time I need to, get test results, and schedule appointments.
I can schedule telephone conferences with the Internet.
I maintain my calendar on the Internet, so that my husband and I are always up to date with each other's schedule.
I use Stamps.com and do all my mailing of packages online without having to go to the post office.
I maintain my own website online.
I probably do a lot more that I can't remember right now. But, I rely on the Internet and my computer a LOT!

Vicki,
I tried to mail a package online (that is, to pay and print off the bar code), but it didn't work, I couldn't get it to print off at my end. It took me many, many phone calls and time on hold to speak to a real person. The customer service rep supposedly processed a refund but I never received it. So that's about the only thing I won't do online now. It WAS a problem with a program file on my end, but of course I had no way of knowing that the program wasn't going to work properly until I had already paid and tried to print out the bar code! Anyway, it cost me close to $10 for nothing.

Most of our banking is online. El Hubbo has put himself in charge of finances, so that's mostly his domain.

I go to an infinite number of websites and READ. Poetry, essays, short stories. And sometimes stuff that -- I have no idea why I'm there, but I am -- techie sites, articles I never knew I needed to read, but...

Research. Research. Research. Everything and anything.

Tried ebay (both for selling and buying) but didn't particularly like it. Too many machinations, like auctions which are annoying. Did buy a dvd player and some Calphalon from Amazon.

I like to try on clothing in person, so would probably not go that route online. And I work at farmers' markets, where I get the best food possible.

I have never been much of a phone caller, so I looooove email!

Did I mention the 10 games of Scrabble I'm playing online?

I have 3 websites, 2 jewelry and one bead supply, and have had customers from Ireland, England, Australia and Thailand, as well as many closer locales. I think it's really cool that my creations have travelled around the world, courtesy of the internet! I just sent an order out to a woman in Hawaii whose sister in Pennsylvania recommended me.

I love everything about my computer and being online, except for my expanding Internet butt.

My husband pays many of our bills online -- he takes care of most of that. I keep up with a lot of my friends that are scattered all over the world thru email, do research when we're planning a trip, check out a couple of favorite forums (BWS, Sparkpeople, some other groups -- one is a private forum made up of friends I made when I was active at Hystersisters which is another online forum for women facing or who have had hysterectomies)look up information on any topic that I'm interested in at the moment, look up medical info, etc. I also have found many free crosstitching patterns online and I'm a sucker for free samples that I can sign up for online, although I've learned to be really careful about what I sign up for! Occaisonally I'll shop online.....or use the internet to find a local location that sells a specific product I'm looking for, and if I can't find it locally, will purchase it from the internet. Sometimes when my husband has a fishing tournament coming up that is not nearby and we can't find buy a lake map locally we'll order that online.
I also get together with a group of friends now and then for an online chat -- it's great!!

I shop for little things when I can, reading christian site, linking, networking with my site, play games too relax,uploading poems to other site and my own.

I research.places gardening queries.Books
Contribute to a poetry site
Contribute to a gardening TV programe via newsletters

Keep in touch with my son and friends.

If I miss church see the intimations

Dont pay for things but do the primary research then telephone orders.Love getting parcels.

Read some newspapers other than my daily paper.

Check weather forcast.

Answer and send dozens of emails a day...

Moderate on Authors Society several times a day...

Post here at least an hour a day, usually more...

Check my three websites for messages etc...

Writing number two of three novels... That takes most of my time...

Writing for several online sites...

Checking out authors all my friends sites...

And then I collapse, literally, into my rocker and crochet, not on line, in person!!!