Check newspaper sites --about 3 of them.
Participate in 2 internet forums, including this one.
Check job ads that are worthwhile to click open. Sometimes must apply for jobs directly online via website so I can be in a recruiter's database.
Read articles at certain websites/1-2 blogs, to keep abreast of my profession.
Plan for trips
I don't shop online, but do book hotels/b'n b.

Anything I can! I keep an eye on all my accounts so it doesn't bother me to do business on line.
I don't like to shop at malls so I shop online. Amazon is one of my favorite places to shop....all those books! Other things I do online is banking, job search, book motels, listen to talk shows, and do tons of research to name a few things. I'd buy all my groceries online if I could.

Hmmm...a lot of things. I, too, love to do whatever I can online and am one of those who would buy my groceries there if I could, as Cookie said. I read the local newspaper, check the weather, take online courses, visit business sites, visit places around the world with Google Earth, do my banking, love to shop Amazon, too!...shop for birthdays and Christmas, maintain my website and my local diner's website, email, of course and most importantly visit here at BWS!

Hi Dotsie --

Per your posted excerpt that you're on the computer all day and don't want to spend so much time on it at night.... guess what?
It is soooooo much faster to pay bills online, you will gain free time using online.

Even tho I'm a computer user, I hesitated for all the same reasons as the other gals - is it secure? can I keep track? None of those issues were problems, the security is tight, the reports really do allow instant tracking such as "Did I pay that bill yesterday?"

But the bigger bonus I found is this
No stamps
No envelopes
No fees
Fewer checks to write
Don't have to find the checkbook
Don't have to find a pen
Easier to balance bank statment
Can pay a bill from anywhere
Can plop them in there, to be paid say on the 15th when you're out of town.

Just takes two seconds to pay a bill - again no stamps, no envelopes, no pen, no checkbook at hand...

Convinced?

I rest my case...

Helen

Just a suggestion..before you do anything online..read John Deaver´s, "The Blue Nowhere" which is a term for the place hackers work from..the blue nowhere. There is nothing that is SAFE online..there is always someone who can get to you if they want. John Deaver does research for his books..this is a thriller, written in the 90´s..and it certainly has changed my outlook on doing any banking over the net.

I see daily what the younger generation can do with the net..how much they can by pass and change..there is nothing SAFE on the net..ever.

Just a thought along the way...

VICKY..do you play WoW on the net?????? What level are you on??? Do you hold your own??? I am very very interested! Do you hold down a job, too. How do you find time to keep up? I have kept away from this game as I have 2 avid players here at home and I see how much time it seems to take. How do you manage??? I am serious!

Grateful for an answer when you can!

I just won a Scrabble tournament

meredith, do you ever play literati?

Gims, I have way-back-when, but I like the larger (full-size) scrabble board better. But I'm always up for a game

I pay bills, manage my money (online banking), buy most of my books and products from Amazon or some other online store, order and watch movies (Netflix), blog, teach and take classes, share pics, Twitter....and I used to date online, until I found and married my hubby..:)

My first preference is always to do whatever I can do online first.