Category: Opinion

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Gift Cards!!!

I really love how gift cards have become so popular for people to use and receive as presents these days. I managed to receive a nice little bundle of them this year and look forward to using them for things that I find and want. I love the challenge of researching and comparing products online. It beats the heck out of going out and dealing with all the issues that go along with shopping and believe me I have a lot of issues with shopping. I’ve become so spoiled by the Internet that I just don’t see the need to go out when I can stay in and get much better deals, better service and a whole lot bigger selection online.

I have a few items that I will be looking into soon, some new linens and bedding for my new mattress is definitely in order. I’ve been waiting for after Christmas see what selections are reduced. From Clothes to Home Furnishings and Decor, there are just a massive amount of savings to be found with having Internet access, you gotta love it! I use ShopWiki.com a lot and would urge anyone into checking them out when venturing out there.

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Web Hosting Info Right at Your Finger Tips

It can be, but doesn’t have to be, a challenge trying to find the best web hosting options for your needs when the time comes to make that all important decision when first starting out. There is help out there for those who take the time to do a bit of their homework and the Internet is there for us and can come to the rescue once again. One great site that I had recommended to me and I would like to pass along to you is Webhostingrating.com, where you can find great web hosting rating information, right at your finger tips.

There are many things to consider before making your decision and Webhostingrating.com has great tips, articles and tutorials to assist you that are laid out for you nice and easy. Their one article on How to Gauge a Cheap Hosting Service is a great way to start researching this issue. It helped me understand the evaluation process that is necessary. They recommend that you get a good first impression, then know the guarantee and the up time, put an emphasis on after sales support and then they put your mind at ease by letting you know that there are a number of respectable companies offering web hosting that you can count on to give you a reliable service. A great informational and  web hosting rating site for all to use to their advantage, so go for it.

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Plastic Surgery

It is amazing what cosmetic surgeons can do with a body these days. One day I would really like to get a nose jog. Nothing major, just a little minor adjustment so that I wouldn’t be so self conscience about it for the rest of my life. My whole family has nose issues, so I got mine honestly, but it doesn’t mean that I have to like it.

I’ve been looking at some Before and After Photos online lately, trying to get my courageup and getting some ideas and price ranges. The Internet makes something like this a much simpler task and it has an educational as well as entertaining experience thus far.

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Printed Envolopes Discovery

It hurts the whole family to see my mother and stepfather’s business going under worse and worse with each coming month. They have an appointment with a lawyer to discuss their options and bankruptcy is one of the options that is leaving a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. My mother worked her fingers to the bone for their mail and packaging store, before their health started declining and of course the economy being still in such turmoil has made it all too much for her to handle much more of.

I have been going down to their store for the past couple of months at least once a week to help out in any numerous ways that are needed. I’m real good at getting other peoples stuff sorted and organized, so I have been doing as much as that as I can. I have been discovering things that I had no idea about and stuff that they had completely forgotten about throughout the years. I found two boxes of their envelope prints that they got such a good deal online a few years about and then forgot all about, so now that I have uncovered them they are thinking of ways to put them to good use as soon as possible.

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So Many Types Of Jeans To Pick From

Years ago I was a big fan of Levi jeans. I wouldn’t even consider buying a different brand of jeans. I liked the way that Levis fit me. I liked the different styles of boot cut and straight legs, the midrise and low-rise, and my favorite jean of all time was the Levi 501 button fly jeans. I haven’t seen the Levis 501 jeans in years. They have a line of jeans now that they call 501s, but they have a zipper fly with extra buttons just for the look. The original 501 used the buttons to actually close your fly – not just look pretty or nostalgic.

It always amazes me how many brands and styles of jeans that are being manufactured every day to try and find their way into the hearts and the pocket books of  today’s jean wearers. Something that used to be so easy to run in and grab right off of the shelve can now take hours looking, comparing and trying on all the various jeans that are available these days.

I have mainly been wearing men’s jeans for years now. They are so much more comfortable all the way around than the ones made for the female gender. The pockets are deeper, you can get the right length regardless of your waist size and they just feel so much better to wear, not as restraining I guess is the right way to explain it. So it can really take a long time to find the perfect jeans considering I have the ladies section and the men’s section to check out.

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Custom Built Homes In Florida

Found an interesting article about mobile manufactured homes. Some people call them trailers. So I think you would probably want to call this futuristic manufactured home a “Jetson’s Trailer.” The home is manufactured and sells for much less than a stick built home. It has a few options, but the main design is for the home to be easily assembled on a prepared level home site and provides the basic functional rooms that a modern family or retired couple might need with a lot of modern touches and energy efficiency built-in.

If I were to have my dream house I would turn to a Fl Home Builder since there isn’t any other place that I would want to live out my life at. There are many ideas that I have been entertaining about the way I would want my dream house to be set up and with what appliances that it makes my head spin just thinking about them all.  I swear I don’t see how people are able to make the thousands of decisions that come along with the building of their custom-house.

I just know that I want a fireplace, the washer and dryer need to be on the main floor. The kitchen must be easily accessible to the bringing in of the inevitable groceries and other purchases. And my refrigerator needs to have a see-through door and have an ice maker. Those are just a couple of ideas that I’ve been thinking about, not that I ever plan on having enough money to build my own custom home, but stranger things have been known to happen, right?

 

 

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Nice and Easy

Wearing a tactical vest could make the difference in weather you live or die for the majority of police officers that are subject to that kind of violence. And I saw a lot of other really cool police gear today via the Internet.

What is one of the many good things about the Internet is, that it allows you to visit virtually every business and industry without having to leave your house, which tends to sway most folks into entering their web-site to look around, when normally you wouldn’t have even considered finding business like that and then actually transporting yourself there to look around.

For example, no more than 1 1/2 blocks away from the house is a Police Gear & Accessories store that I drive right by at least twice a day, but never once have I pulled into the parking lot and gone in to look around and for no reak particular reason either. I mean I am interested in the merchandise that they have for these hard working law enforcers and with all of today’s technology I’m sure that I would find some pretty interesting and amazing things there to explore, yet I wouldn’t think to go and browse around there, ever. But I would check out their website.

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Location, Location, Location . . .

I really don’t know what all the hoopla is about with not being able to use any information that is found on Wikipedia.org. I have been relying on Wikipedia for a very long time and have rarely come across anything questionable, not quite looking and/or sounding right. My niece was sharing with me on Face Book last night that she has an essay due next week and is having a hard time finding resources that are helpful and acceptable by her teacher. This teacher is telling her class that she will not accept anything turned in that used Wikipedia as a resource and/or a reference, which is something that just surprised me and caught me off guard at that moment.

Her school library doesn’t have the book she needs, nor do the 5 county libraries that are within an hour’s drive of her house has the book(s) either. They live way out in the boonies which is a pain in the rear – at least they do have Internet access, which several people in that little town don’t have at all. I just can’t image living out in the country. I need all my things right there, easy enough for me to get around efficiently enough.

 

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Setting up an Online Store

There is a lovely couple in town trying to make a living selling tie dyed tee shirts and they are hoping to use the internet to help increase sales. The problem is that they do not know anything about the internet and they know nothing about finding e-commerce partners to help them set up their online store.

I like to stop by their store and look around once in while because each piece is a unique design and they are always making new things. Tie dye makes a fun gift for someone, and every time I wear tie dye around town I get compliments from fellow shoppers and the cashiers. The remarks are always positive and I think the shirts make people smile. The bright colors and unique designs are like a little burst of sunshine on a dreary winter day.

Today I stopped by their store and asked them if they were going to be making any yoga pants in a tie dye design? She said they had not realized that customers would like that and I showed her online a few styles that I like. People are starting to wear yoga pants around town because they are so comfortable and I think we are just getting tired of always wearing jeans. When I showed her the colors that I want, she promised to make a pair for me and a couple of extras to put on the rack and see if anyone else would be interested.

Then she showed me their new web site that a friend was helping them create. It’s still under construction but so far it looks really good! She told me that it took about 4 months to design and write everything they have so far, because the brick and mortar store is only closed one day a week and they are always so busy helping customers and creating the tie dye items. She said that the eCommerce portion was the last part they are working on. They had to take photographs of all their tie dye designs and write out descriptions to create an online catalog, and then they have to figure out how to add the shopping cart and payment processing.

I am so impressed with all the work they have put into this – I just know their store and their online store will be a great success.

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Online Tutoring Needs

Where was the Internet was I was back in school. I can’t even begin to imagine how different my education would have been if only the Internet had come along just a decade earlier. Today’s students can find Physics help, Chemistry help and Science help, along with all the other subjects that had us tearing our hair out back then, simply by going online.

I remember my physics tutor that was hired by my mother in her effort to provide me with some type of Physics problem solver. The tutor was this elderly lady who smelled of old fake fur. I just couldn’t get past the smell in order to concentrate enough to make her efforts worth while, so my mother finally decided to let her go. Strange how we remember things like that. I can’t remember her name, but I remember what she looked like and that smell will forever be embedded in my memory banks.

My niece is finding it necessary to find a Chemistry tutor. She has turned to the Internet to find some help. She is in her first year of college and is getting very frustrated with the whole college scene, bless her heart. She is the first one in her family to attend college and is giving it all that she has in order to make her parents proud and to make something out of herself.  She used to love science ( one thing that we have in common) it wasn’t uncommon for her to email or call me with some of her Science questions that she needed help with in High School. I always enjoyed science and that was our common bond for a long time. But now that she is in college I’m afraid it’s all a bit over my head.

I wish her all the luck in the world. It would be great to see her graduate and live a successful and prosperous life, then I could say that “I knew her when……”   LOL