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Debt is getting a lot of people

I know so many people that are in over their heads with debt due to either losing their jobs or having to take a pay cut just to be able to keep their jobs.  A lot of them have looked into Debt Consolidation Help because without it, they run the chance of not only ruining their credit but possibly losing their homes because of the high interest on their credit cards and the minimum monthly payment keeps going up and up every month it seems.  Luckily there are web sites like this one out there to help so many people.

One of the things I like about this web site is that it is a resource for financial education, credit counseling, and debt management. You can find help with budgeting and a lot of people sure need that, credit card debt, loan modification which a lot of banks now offer, do-it-yourself resources, and they even help you to keep up with the latest in financial news.  Most of the resources they have will even help people that are not in total financial despair yet.  In fact, it could help you before you get there.  I learned a few skills from their web site myself.  Check out their site and you just might learn some things to help you too.

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Remember to thank a veteran this weekend

Memorial day is a wonderful holiday.  It’s where we honor veteran and the families of veteran that didn’t make it back home.  So while you’re having your cookouts this weekend, remember to say a prayer for our troops that are in harms way today and be thankful for those that passes before them that gave us the security and freedom to have the cookouts in the first place.

Happy Memorial Day!!

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You have got to be kidding me!

My sister had me stop by after work so she could show me the American Idol finale.  I just knew Adam would win.  Did you see it?  I thought he out sang the lead singer of Kiss!!!  He was great.  Then when they announce the winner, it was Kris?  The judges thought for sure Adam would win and even Kris said that Adam should have won.  That’s okay, he’ll make it huge, you just wait and see.  In fact, I bet Slash will have him as the lead singer of his new group since he doesn’t have a lead singer yet.  I just had to share Adam with Kiss with you.  Enjoy!!!

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Thinking about going to Myrtle Beach this summer

Even though my mother has a beach house on the Virginia coast, I have been thinking about going to Myrtle Beach this summer with a couple of my friends.  We were checking out Myrtle Beach Resorts online and man there are some really nice ones down there.  If the three of us go and split the cost, it won’t cost us that much each to have a blast.  Even the Myrtel Beach Hotels are beautiful.  There are some that have great views of the beach and are high rise at that.  Some have jacuzzi tubs and all the extras you would ever want.

We haven’t decided just where we want to stay right now but we are all leaning more towards a Myrtle Beach Resort rather than a hotel.  The resort we were looking at is really close to all of the hot entertainment sites too.  I am so excited about going to Myrtle Beach.  At least it’s not the same old beach I have been going to since I was a kid.

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Mom’s at it again

Mom sent me another joke and I just thought I would die laughing.  I had to share it with you.

Elderly Road Trip….(Remind you of anyone you know?)

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, and she didn’t miss them until they had been driving about forty minutes.

By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around, in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve her glasses..  All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy old man…He fussed and complained, and scolded his wife relentlessly during the entire return drive.  The more he chided her, the more agitated he became. He just wouldn’t let up one minute.

To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant. As the woman got out of the car, and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer yelled to her, ‘While you’re in there, you might as well get my hat and the credit card.’

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Just call me the coupon queen!!

Boy since everything keeps going up, you have to find creative ways to get what you need at the cheapest prices possible.  Sometimes that means waiting for something to go on sale.  But to me, it means free coupons and free is the best four letter word I know!!  Well it’s one of my favorite four letter words anyway.  Super Cool Coupons has become one of the first places I go to see if I can find a coupon I need before I shop.

See, I do a lot of my shopping online if at all possible because it saves me time and money on gas and wear and tear on my car.  Well I have found just about any and every coupon web site but this one is great.  You can even get discount codes on domain names if you wanted to create a web page of your own.  How cool is that?  They have coupon codes for stores like Walgreens, Overstock.com, Amazon.com and a whole lot more than I have time to mention.  This is really one coupon web site you should check out.  I have saved so much money with their coupon codes that is amazes me sometimes.  Like I said, I always check on coupons before I shop and you should too if you want to save money.

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Neighbor next door

My neighbor next door has the sweetest 11 year old daughter, Kendall.  She loves to come over to my house and does as often as her mother will allow.  See, I have a computer and they don’t have one an she loves to play games online on my computer.  I always let her play as long as she wants.  She’s a huge Hanna Montana fan too which I think is great because she really writes some great songs to help young girls feel good about themselves.  Well I was looking for some new games to show her online and found a site full of Girl Games. I couldn’t wait to show her.

She usually plays different games that have to do with dressing up or cooking, you know, girl games!   I had even bought her the game Disney kitchen and she loved it but she’s about outgrown that and that’s why I was looking for more online games for her.  Her mother usually let’s her come over two or three times a week and when she does, I let her play for as long as she’s here which is usually a couple of hours before her mother calls for her to come back home.  I think my mother is going to get a laptop computer and she said she wants to give Kendall her old one if her mother will let her have it.  The only problem is I probably won’t get to see her as much then!

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American Idol

I don’t watch a lot of TV and you already know my favorite show is Dancing with the Stars but American Idol is one of my sisters favorite shows.  She always records it on her DVR so if something really good is on that show one night, she can show it to me.  Well that boy on the show…Adam something, has the best voice I have heard in a long time.  Man is he a cutie pie too.  I figured he would win the show because I thought he was the best, most versatile and had a range that would blow you away.

Guess what?  He came in second to someone that is also good but doesn’t hold a match to Adam.  I’m sorry but that’s my opinion.  I think I know why the other guy won and Adam didn’t.  I think it’s the fact that Adam may not be heterosexual, he could be homosexual but what does that have to do with the fact that the boy is amazingly talented?  Nothing at all.  He reminds me of Freddie Mercury of Queen.  He’s very flamboyant and puts on a heck of a show.  I really think it’s a shame that America is still a bit homophobic.  I have several friends that are homosexual and that has nothing to do with our friendship at all.  I love them for who they are, period!!!

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Annie’s finally seeking help!

My friend Annie suffered a very traumatic event three years ago, her house caught on fire but luckily her son wasn’t in the downstairs bedroom close to where the fire started.  She has finally admitted she needs help because of the resulting drug usage afterwords.  She’s finally checking into drug addiction counseling and I am so very proud of her. Just admitting she needs help is the first positive step to a full recovery.  She has been through so very much emotionally that she turned to drugs to stop the guilt and pain she felt as the result of the fire.

Even though she knows it was not her fault, she just couldn’t stop thinking that her baby boy (who is actually 24) would have been caught in the fire and might not have been able to have gotten out because of where the fire started.  At Realization Center LLC, they specialize in addiction and the underlying cause of it like a traumatic event.  She’ll learn new ways to forgive herself even though we may not see that she needs to do that.  I was just so very happy with her choice of treatment centers and I can’t wait to have my old friend back as good as she was before all of this!

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Looking for furniture online with my friend

I told you that my friend is moving to Wilmington, NC.  Well since she’s moving into a new house, she’s going to need more furniture than she has and really needs to replace some she has.  A lot of it was hand me down when she got married to help them out.  She wants a new living room suite but not just any living room suite either.  She wants an Oasis sofa made in Belgium.   I have to admit it is beautiful and 100% original, guaranteed.  Then she started looking at entertainment centers.  She wanted something unique and that’s what she found.  It’s called LC-Bandarole 1 made in Italy.  I have to admit that I loved it too.

Then she was off to the bedroom.  She said she could take her old one and put it in the guest room but she wanted a new bedroom suite for their bedroom.  Something modern and classy.  She fell in love with the Ben Comp 6 from Spain.    I loved it too.  It’s gorgeous!!  One things for sure, if you want high quality modern furniture, this is the place to start.  They also offer financing.

If you don’t find something you absolutely love, it will shock me.  Oh and get this, all of this furniture comes from a store in New York too.