Mom’s taking a vacation

My mother and father used to travel quite a bit before he passed away and Mom just hasn’t had the desire to travel until now.  I’m so glad to see her taking a vacation without us.  She has always wanted to go to Cairo and she found City Discovery discount coupons to Cairo and invited her sister to go with her.  We all think it’s wonderful.

Of course she needed some new clothes for her trip so I found Esprit discount coupons for her to help her save money on her new wardrobe.  She’s as excited about this trip as we are for her.  Good for you Mom!!!

I think I’m going to change web hosts

When I first started my blog, I didn’t know squat about web hosts.  Boy have I learned a lot since then though.  A friend of mine suggested I check out a blog about web hosts so that I could learn more about the different ones that are offered.  That was the best advice anyone ever gave me as far as anything to do with my blog goes.  I’m so very glad they told me to check it out.  Just about any question you might have, you’ll manage to find the answer to it on their blog.  Nice to know that there’s help out there for us less knowledgeable in things like that.

Not only did that help with my questions about webhosting but this site helped me in more ways than the blog did once I learned what to look for.  These guys break down the good, the bad and the ugly of  web hosting.  They tell you which one is the best value, which one is best for your needs like blogs or an ecommerce web site and that makes it easier to choose the right host for you.  It’s sort of like having your own personal computer geek at your beck and call.  How cool is that?

There goes another one

Another of my neighbors is moving now.  The husband found a good job in Oklahoma so they’ll be moving soon.  I thought I would help them out by finding some good Oklahoma real estate online and give them a head start on where they might live when they get there.

The real estate market is wide open right now and they will be a first time buyer since they were only renting the town home they were living in here.  The best part of this move for them is that they have family out there and that’s why they want to buy a home instead of rent.  It’s time to put down roots she told me.

You know I love online shopping!!

I have got to quit looking on the Internet for things I want.  I am becoming addicted to shopping online.  One of the things I like the new site I found is they even have their own blog .  This lets you know more about what they sell.

No this is not one on the ‘discount’ shopping sites.  They offer item to people with the more discriminate taste, if you know what I mean.  You can check out ValetMag to find out more about them along with TheAwesomer and Selectism too.  It’s like I said, this is not a bargain site but if you are looking for the perfect gift for someone with that ‘special’ taste, I’m pretty sure you’ll not have any trouble finding something unique for them on this site.  It’s nice to look at too.

Now it’s time for shopping

By now you should know just how much I love shopping online.  Especially when I’m looking for something for outdoor entertaining.  I love having outdoor parties on a warm summer night.  Of course if you are going to entertain outdoors, you will need to make sure you have decorated your yard with garden accents like bird feeders and bird baths.  I have all kinds of things for my friends to enjoy out in my yard.

In fact, I get most of my home and garden needs online.  I really hate going from store to store trying to find what I want so I let my fingers do the walking on my keyboard.  I even buy my garden hoses and things like that online.  I save money by not running to one store and then another for what I want plus, I happen to like shopping from the comforts of home instead of getting in and out of a hot car.

Helping a friend pick out new furniture

One of my friends just bought a new Town Home near me.  I was thrilled to have her so close.  She needed some new furniture so I suggested she come over and we would shop online.  She had never bought furniture online and didn’t even realize she could to be honest.  Once I showed her some of the beautiful modern furniture she could find online, she was hooked.

The first thing she wanted to check out was  living room furniture.  They had a wide variety of living rooms to choose from and she couldn’t decide on just one.  Then we checked out  the bedrooms.  Again, she loved just about everything she saw.  On to the tables and still the same reaction.    Next she wanted to check out the closets.  Finally she had it down between just two.  I ended up asking her just how long it took her to find the right Town Home and she said a year.  Oh brother.

Mom and her online shopping!

I can not believe how quickly my mother took to online shopping.  She’s become the online shopping queen.  She finds things I haven’t even found yet, can you imagine that?  Like I have been telling you, she’s redoing everything.  She found the bedding and bed linens at great prices online that she has on her new bed.  She even found the furniture and mattress online too.

She hasn’t stopped there.  When my nephew needed some baby bedding and linens for his bed, you guessed it, she found them online too.  Most of her home decor was found online and she has a beautiful home because of it.  Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  Sorry Mom, I didn’t mean to call you an old dog!!!

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.

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.

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!