Category: Shopping

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Cover and Protect

My hubby called from work and asked if I would like to go with him tonight to the hardware store after dinner. Or he could just go on his own after he leaves work tonight before he comes home. I told him that I would rather skip the shopping trip and can just have dinner ready an hour later than usual. But I forgot to ask him what he needed from the hardware store.

I hope he is thinking about painting the two bedrooms. They need a fresh color badly. If so, he will need to get a good dropcloth as well as the paint and brushes. We have to protect the floor from paint splatters. Its much easier to use a good tarp as a preventive measure than it is to scrap little splotches of pain up off the floor – or, worst case, having to refinish the wood floors. That is messy and expensive.

I’ve always been a fan of tarps, thanks to my Dad. Every time my Dad did anything around the house, he included me or my brother so that we would learn. I am so grateful that my dad was there for us and taught us well. He took parenting very seriously, and I hope to give the same benefits of a two parent home to my children.

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Go West for the Best Candy

Until I started reading about chocolate and learning about candies, I did not realize that candy making was such a regional specialty.  People who live out West have always had See’s candies to enjoy, while those of us on the East Coast have not had the pleasure. The only reason I was ever introduced to See’s candies was when my Dad went on a business trip to California and he bought a box of See’s chocolates to bring home for my mom.  She opened the box right away and shared her special chocolates with everyone. They were so so good!

I’ll always be glad that my dad went on business trips once in a while. Although my mom was not happy to have him gone, sometimes for up to a week, we were always so happy to have him come home. He always brought us back something for a treat, and we always celebrated with a special dinner, including dessert!

Dad would tell us stories about the cities where he had traveled and about the people he met. Most of the time he would take the train, but when he had to go out West he would have to fly. I remember standing at the big glass window watching his plane taxi away from the gate. We were all standing there waving goodbye, jumping up and down, and we would always be there to meet his plane when he got back. But with security like it is now, no one is allowed to do that anymore. I miss those days.

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DIY Ringtones

Everywhere I go, when people around me get a call, their cell phones are ringing these really cool notes or ringtones that make their phone and even that caller special to them. I really want to have some special songs, too, so I have been listening to a lot of songs and haven’t really found what I want. I’ve been reading lyrics online and listening to clips – but nada.

My brother just got a new iPhone 4 and he told me that by using an iPhone 4 Video Converter he can upload DVDs to his iPhone. I can’t imagine having an entire movie on my phone – how cool is that?

If he knows so much about converting DVDs and videos, I hope he can help me do some simple ringtones on my iPhone. I found an iPhone 4 Ringtone Maker online and it looks easy enough, but I don’t want to mess up anything. If I’m going to jump into this tekkie project, I would fell better having a real life geek sitting next to me to help out if I get stuck.

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Ink at a price I can afford!

Why does printer ink have to be soo darn expensive?  My printer takes ink that costs around $60 or more  just for one cartridge.  I’m always printing something and these things only last for 600 pages.  I’m either printing something for work, coupons, or my kids are printing off coloring pages.  600 pages does not go very far in this house.

I found a great site that has cheap ink.  They have the ink I use in my HP printer for a whopping $5.95!!!  That’s about 10% of what I was paying before. They even have a great deal where I can get a combo pack of 2 color and 4 black for only $49.99.  At this price I can afford to print off all of those coloring pages for my kids and not worry if I’ll have enough ink to print out my report for work.

This site has inkjet cartridges for a variety of printer brands… all of the popular brands plus a bunch I haven’t even heard of.  They also sell toner cartridges for laser printers,  fax cartridges, copier cartridges, and refill kits.  It’s a one stop shop for all of our ink needs!

Call me crazy, but I might even purchase some cartridges as gifts for my friends and family with kids.  I don’t know a single kid that doesn’t love to print out every picture made with the standard paint program.

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Networks Drive Me Nuts

Computers are so very awesome and I love them.  Really, I do love them.  I have worked hard over the years to learn all the big software programs.  I used MS Word and MS Excel almost every day.  I love the internet and use Firefox all the time, although once in a while I go to a site that requires IE.

What trips me up is the network side of computers.  I know about routers and modems, but why do I have so much trouble with these routers?   I have to buy a new router just about every year.  And, I never touch the dang thing – it is in the basement on an old desk, next to an old PC and printer that I don’t use any more but don’t want to toss out yet.

But about once a year, I start having connection problems and then I have to go down to the basement and reset the router.  When I have to reset it every couple of days for a couple of weeks, then I know it is about to quit working and I start shopping the sales ads for a new router.

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The Red Wii

Now that I have started the shopping for Christmas I have found some great things like the Wii in red.  I was going to buy it for someone I knew but now I think I want one too!  I may just keep this one.  They are moderately priced so I think it will be enjoyed by a lot of people this year!

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The New Tree

Soon after I put all the decorations for Christmas up my prelit tree decided to stop working! So I had to find a new one and fast!  I jumped online to see if I could find one.  I had been in the Bass Pro Shop earlier and saw a tree that was great!  I had to have it!   I found the tree and bought it right away. Not long after that I had my tree.  So now it’s up and prettier than the last one!

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Costumes!

Well one of my favorite holidays is coming up.  I dress up every year. I think that you are never to old to play dress up, it’s fun!  So I was going through some websites to find some reasonable prices on some Elvis costumes for women.  There are not that many costumes like that for a decent price. But, to my surprise I found a website that had just that! halloweencostumes4u.com

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Car search

The search for a new car has went on all summer and it seems I am in a lost circle.  I can not find what I am looking for and,  if I do find something close it is way more expensive than I can afford.  I want a SUV that is big enough to haul my daughter, the dogs, the junk that I need to haul everyday and, at the same time it needs to be affordable.  I guess that I will just have to keep my old Tahoe and keep looking for the right fit.  I hope I can find a good car before school starts again this fall.