Month: July 2013

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Plush Amplifiers

When I hear the word plush I think of something that is extremely pricey. So when I found out that I could buy plush amplifier at musicians friend for less than $50, I was excited.  I really can’t afford a whole lot for numerous birthday presents that are up and coming in the month of September. The month of September and the month of March are chalk full of birthdays and anniversaries. As much as I try and budget for these extremely popular celebrations that require a gift there never seems to be enough to spread around as I would like it to.

Even $50 bucks is a bit more than I would like to spend on this particular gift for this particular family member, but I know how much he has been wanting one and I can’t wait to see the look on his face when he opens it up and realizes just what it is!

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Younger Brother

I come from a fairly large family with brothers and sisters that do all kinds of things and have lived in all kinds of places.  As a kid I did not enjoy having so many siblings, I was not a very happy child, lonely as can be, even with all those other kids around.

Now that I am older I am grateful for each and every one of them. I honestly don’t know what I would have done without them all.  Each one has assisted me in one disaster or another in some way or another. And I in turn will do anything that I can for them when they are in need.

Hubby comes from a large family also, it is unfortunate that they are not as close to each other as mine are, and are not always willing to come to each others aid when needed, such a shame because they each have so many talents and skills to offer also. But we were raised that family always comes first and they take care of each other no matter what.

My family has a plumber, a car mechanic, an electrician, a construction worker, a heating & air conditioning specialist, a writer, an office worker, a computer whiz, an engineer, a tax preparer, a car sales person, a school bus driver, a package & shipping specialist and the list goes on as they all move around in their careers and locations. Each and everyone would be there for me if I needed them, gotta love it!

One of my younger brothers has been incarcerated for the past 15 years and has just now been released and has been looking for work since his release.  He is staying with another brother for a while until he can get back on his feet, which my take some time.  It isn’t easy for someone who has been locked up to get back in the swing of things, it takes time and patience. Finding employment has been one of the biggest challenges for him, but things are looking up for him, I just got an email from him telling me all of the things that he has been up to since his release, which was right before Halloween. The family had a really nice Thanksgiving holiday this year with him being home, where he belongs, once again.

In his latest email he was telling me that he has finally landed a job in the field that he was in before everything went haywire 15 years ago.  He had worked in industrial electronics/construction and was getting really good in that field, but a lot of things have changed in that field in that amount of time so he needed to be refreshed in it all before he could get back into it. So he took some classes, did good in them (of course, he is a very smart guy) and then started looking for work.

He finally has landed a job at a company, Zycon. It seems that Zycon is an industrial directory. Engineers, contractors, industrial companies, etc. can use this directory to find manufacturers and distributors of the industrial products and services they need. He was going on about grommets, blowers, flow meters, quad rings, lock pins, pneumatic cylinders things like that are so foreign to me, but are second nature to him of course. Of course I checked out their web-site www.zycon.com and boy was I over my head on that site, but it seemed to be a good place to find things that one would need in that field.

I’m so glad that they are giving him this opportunity, with his record and everything, I hope that they treat him well and give him the respect that he deserves and needs at this point in his life.  I wish him luck and look forward to getting more of this kinds of positive emails from him more often.

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Online Brochure Printing

Last year was a brand new beginning for my oldest nephew after a long few years of absolute stress from school, and having a baby girl with his long time girlfriend since high school. Everything seemed like it wasn’t going to get any easier to my nephew, but one thing stuck in his mind to keep him going. He had always wanted to open up his own restaurant since he was a young boy, and worked hard through school to educate himself to do so.

His girlfriend was willing to help him do so at any cost and found her passion for interior and exterior decorating through out their relationship, so my nephew had asked her to be the one to decorate and design his restaurant. After they gathered enough money to put their plan into action, they started a hunt for a building to rent out or hopefully to rent to own, to open his restaurant in. It didn’t take long to find the perfect spot for them to do so in, and started right away with their plans.

After everything was set up and ready, they both came to me one evening while I was watching over their precious little girl, and had asked me for opinions on the cheapest but most effective way to get their menu out to everyone around their location. I had them sit at my computer with me to see what our options were, and after a long night of trying to compare options and prices we found brochure printing online, which is a perfect and not a costly way to get not only their menu out to everyone, but to get their new business name out and recognized.

Needless to say, that’s the route they took, and ever since their grand opening of their restaurant, their business has been booming. I’m glad that everything they worked hard for, is really taking off like no one ever expected, and I am so happy to lend a helping hand to them to help them provide for their beautiful little family.

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Paintball Anyone

The only thing that I really remember about my one time experience with paint balling, back in the 80’s, was that it did sting a bit when you got “hit” with a blast.  I was younger then, but it was great fun and I know that I walked a bit funny after the fun was over on the next day!

I’m surprised at how much there is to offer now a days in the paintball industry, but a lot of things have changed in past 30 years, I suppose.  There a store right down the street from use that sells paintball accessories and military/police items as well.  I have never been in there before, but Hubby and his friend walked down there one year way back and looked around a bit, I remember them telling me about all of the merchandise that was for sale in there. The parking lot is always full, so they must be doing something right.

If you are into paintballing you might want to check out pntball.com and see all of the things that they have now for paintballing fun.  Hubby was looking over my shoulder the day that I ran across their web-site while I was surfing the net, and the next thing I know, he is sitting in the chair and had taken over the PC so that he could look at the products better.  You can order piece by piece or they have whole kits geared to get you started at. Their stock has a full line of cheap paintball guns, paintball markers, paintball gear, barrels, hoppers, harnesses, tubes, and paintball masks, by many different brands.

Hubby seemed particularly interested in the one Tippmann 98 custom Paintball ACT Marker Sniper gun package. It regularly sells for $429 and is marked down to $299, so Hubby was drooling at the mouth.  I’ll have to keep that one in mind, maybe for Father’s Day, wouldn’t that be cool.

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Summer Shopping With My Daughter

Today I went to try to find some new clothes for this upcoming summer for not only me, but for the entire family. My daughter is a fashion fanatic so I had her come with me to help pick out some nice things for everyone. She went crazy around every store in the mall and had a blast picking out outfits. She very much so surprised me with how she shopped and how much she is like me in many ways I never noticed before. She not only has great taste in clothes, but she shops with her head to where she keeps track of how much money there is to spend and how much she tries to save as much as possible in the process.

Pretty much to sum it all up she is a bargain shopper with a great attitude about it. Many people dread going shopping and spending money on a bunch of clothes that will probably be thrown out by the following year, but we had a great time together as mother and daughter just shopping, talking and laughing about every little thing. Well we had gotten home after hours of shopping, and everyone tried on their new outfits and loved every piece we had picked out. I am so happy that I got to spend time with my daughter and also learned about her personality along the way, I’m hoping to do this more often with her in the future, I enjoy every moment with my family. We are now ready for the summer and ready to look great during the season and cant wait to show off our new clothes to our friends and family.