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Guess what I found online

I’m sort of new to the whole Internet thing other than what they showed us in school and I wasn’t into school that much until now.  I am learning so much from my Electrician training that it sort of makes me wish I had tried harder in school.  Oh well, you know what they say, ‘Hind sight is 20/20’ and I guess in my case, that’s very true.

Anyway, with the economy getting so tight lately you have to look for bargains or ways to save money every way possible.  I did not know that there were so many coupon sites on the Internet.  Man can you really save some money with coupons.  Who knew?  I didn’t but this is the first time I’ve been totally on my own so I still have a lot to learn.  The best part is I’m learning!!  I have found coupons on food, clothing, gadgets and you name it.

In fact, with the coupons I have found online, I just saved $13.75 on my groceries.  That’s nothing to sneeze at.  I have several sites bookmarked now and before I go to any store for anything, I’ll check these sites and see if I can find coupons I could use or even find where I can get discounts by purchasing the items online.  That way I’ll save on gas and wear and tear on my car too.  Every penny makes a difference right now.

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Happy Birthday to my Breanna

Today is Breanna’s birthday and I have something extra special planned for us to do.  I’m taking her out to dinner at a nice restaurant and then we’re coming back here for me to give her the present I got for her.  I really hope she likes it.  It’s hard to find just the right gift for someone that’s becoming as special as she is if you catch what I mean.

She’s been the best thing I have found out here.  I have been so very blessed with meeting some great people, finding a great place to life and a really nice man to work for with a great company.  I’ve learned so very much since I have been here.  I have learned that life didn’t have to be the way I thought it was for most of my life.  Life is good so here’s what I got Breanna for her birthday.  It’s a Citizens watch I found online.  I have never seen one like this before and it made me think of her because it’s as unique as she is and just as special!

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Well the surprise was on me!!!

I honestly think I’m falling love with Breanna!  This is the most amazing woman I have ever met.  The surprise for Valentines Day was on me, not her.  She came over and told me that she was going to fix us a nice dinner and we were going to celebrate Valentines Day right here.  Okay I thought, there goes my surprise for her but she’s a much better cook than I ever dreamed of being so I sure didn’t complain.  She fixed us some of the best steak I have ever eaten with a baked potatoes and a great salad.  We had a candle light dinner and I put the single rose that I had gotten her on the table while she wasn’t looking.  She loved it.  You would have thought it was a dozen the way she acted.

After dinner, we sat and talked for hours about her life and my life, our dreams for the future and anything else that came to mind.  She had a bit of a hard time at home too and I didn’t know that at all.  We found out just how much we have in common and how much our dreams of the future were the same.  I have to admit, this was the best Valentines Day I have ever had or could have ever imagined.  She is a very special woman.

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Trying to plan something special for this weekend

I’m new to all of this.  Living on my own, having a sweet girl for a girlfriend, and everything else that has happened since I moved out here.  I have to admit that my life has never been better.  I’m learning a lot on the job about construction, home improvements, electrical work and everything else involved in the construction of apartments, houses, and businesses.

I’m learning a lot about what a wonderful addition a good woman to be to your life too.  Breanna has been one of many blessings to my life since getting away from the problems back home.  I feel so very blessed and I want to do something very special for her for Valentines Day.  The problem is money.  I have to be creative in order to show her what she means to me.

What I have in mind is a nice picnic at the local park since it’s supposed to be a nice day.  I can afford some of the flowers you can get in the grocery store but I can’t afford a dozen roses.  I have heard that one single rose is just as good as a dozen to some women.  Breanna is that type of woman I think.  I’ll check and see how much a single rose will cost me from a florist because those that you get other places just don’t live very long.

I need some suggestions of what to fix for the picnic.  Got any suggestions??  Help!!!!!

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The floors look great if I do say so myself

What a difference the laminate wood floors have made in the living room and dining area.  The floors look great if I do say so myself.  The whole area looks twice as big and smells ten times better too.  It’s really starting to look like someone actually lives here instead of just staying here.  Do you know what I mean?

I just need to go to some of the thrift shops and find some pictures to put on the walls and it will look nice.  Breanna came over and helped me to finish the floors.  She’s a hard worker too.  She was a lot of help I must say.  She even fixed us dinner while I was putting down the quarter round around the baseboards.  That just topped everything off.  After we ate, she helped me to get the furniture back in and helped me place it better than I had it.  Leave it to a woman to know how to make things look better.

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Got a new fridge and now for the floors

Well I have great landlords.  They had a new refrigerator for me the very next day.  It’s a lot better than the other one because it has an ice maker in it too.  I hate to have to empty ice trays.  I usually just grab a couple pieces out of the tray and when they’re all gone, I’ll refill them, usually.  I have just sat them off to the side and started on the next tray.  Before I know it, I’m all out of ice.

I have been getting pieces of laminate flooring out of the dumpster at work, remember they told me I could have what ever I find?  Anyway, this has been going on for several weeks while they were building several houses.  I finally have enough to put down in my living room, dining room area.  It’s going to look so much better than that dirty old carpet that’s in there now.  All I have to do is go to my favorite store, Lowe’s and buy the under pad and 1/4 round molding and I’m good to go.  Sounds like a good project for this weekend.

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Came home to a mess

I didn’t pay any attention before I left work to the refrigerator.  I mean, why would I?  I got my sandwich out of the refrigerator I had made last night for lunch today and grabbed a Coke and everything seemed cold so I didn’t notice anything different.  Well it was a totally different story when I got home.  In fact, it was rather easy to tell something just wasn’t quite right.

I went to get a Coke and a snack and the refrigerator was almost warm inside.  Man the darn refrigerator had gone out sometime and I”m not sure when either.  It could have been last night or else after I went to work but I’m thinking it was last night for it to be as warm or ‘uncold’ as it was inside when I got home.  I called my landlord and they said they would get a new one.  Well tonight I have a cooler with ice in it to keep my food from spoiling.  Thank goodness I didn’t have the freezer full.  What was in there I went ahead and cooked, invited Breanna over and we ate most of it.  The rest I put in the cooler.  Hopefully there will be a new refrigerator in my apartment when I get home from work tomorrow.

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New Year starting off great

Well I have met someone.  She’s beautiful inside and out………..so far that is.  I wasn’t looking to ‘hook up’ with anyone just yet but I walked into the grocery store and there she stood.  I couldn’t take my eyes off of her.  She smiled and walked over to me and said ‘Hi’.  I stood there like a moron and just kept staring.  I finally get myself together and said ‘Hi’ back.  She said her name was………I think she told me her name.

Oh man, this is awful because I’m supposed to meet her at O’Charlie’s tonight at 6:30 for dinner.  That was her idea.  Wait a minute.  She gave me her phone number and hopefully she wrote her name on it.  She did and her name is Breanna.  She has auburn hair and a smile that lights up the world.  Her eyes are the most beautiful blue/green I have ever seen.  Now what am I going to wear?  See you girls aren’t the only ones that worry about how you look.

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Best Christmas of my life

I told you I had great people that I rent from.  Well for Christmas, they gave me a months free rent.  That means I don’t have to pay any rent until February 1st.  I went to church with my landlord and the church gave me a box full of food too.  I guess Mrs. Thomas told them about me being young and out here alone.  I don’t know but now I have enough food to last for about a month I bet.

The after Christmas sales are really helping me get everything I need.  Most stores didn’t do as good before Christmas as they thought they would so they really marked stuff down a lot after Christmas.  I got a new pair of work boots at 40% off.  I got some jeans for work at 25% off.

That allowed me to buy a mattress and box springs that are new at a local thrift store so I now have a bed.  I don’t have a headboard or dressers but I have a bed.  I got a set of sheets too.  Luckily I have a blanket and pillow.  I’m getting there.

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Had to work half a day today

Well the boss told us to come in for half a day today.  I didn’t mind since I didn’t have anywhere else to be and that man really blew me away today.  He gave me a gift card for $100 to Lowe’s so I could get me some tools I’ll need for work and then gave me a whole box full of canned foods, a ham and all kinds of fruit.  He gave everyone a box of food like he did me but I don’t know if he gave everyone else a gift card or not.  I’m not asking because if he didn’t, I sure don’t want to have anyone get mad at him.

Everyone has been so very good to me since I moved out here.  I finally found a place where I feel like I am welcome and needed.  I have had a blessed Christmas and it’s not even Christmas Day yet.  I think I’ll go to an evening service at one of the churches around here and make sure I give thanks properly.  I sure hope you and your family have a very blessed Christmas too!!