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Tanning Beds

Having a nice tan is the least of my concerns, I spend so much time outside tending to the farm and the animals, I found that I have darkened a few shades since I took over the place just the last couple of years. Although I have to admit that from the waist down I am pretty darn pale, wickedly so. Guess I’ll have to start wearing some shorts at times come next summer in an effort to even up some, but I’ll always have white feet, you’ll not see me any whereon this property with out good shoes or boots on. Too many things that could hurt a person’s foot in this type of environment.

I don’t know if there is a tanning bed salon in any of the towns that are anywhere close by here, I may just have to stick my feet out in the sun for a bit each day or just deal with it.

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What Is The Best Debt Relief Plan?

Most of us are still reeling from the recent turn of events with the economy, well I guess it isn’t all that recent, this has been going on for over 5 years now. And it is most unfortunate that there really doesn’t seem to be any form of light, what so ever, at the end of this long dark tunnel.

There is a lot of debt relief advice out there that we have all heard from friends and relatives, co workers, neighbors, at church, in magazines, books, lawyers, credit companies and of course it’s all over the Internet. From what I gather there really isn’t a quick fix or a one size fits all plan that fits everyone in every situation. What I would do, as I do with most advice, I read and listen, ask a lot of questions and then take what I want from it all, use what I can, toss out the rest with the garbage while hoping and praying that I’ve done a good job with all that I have. The rest I leave in God’s hands.

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Look It Up On The Internet

It just really floats my boat that you can turn on your computer, go straight to Google, which many of us have as our Home Page anyway, and type in something as simple as “house for sale louisville ky” and badda boom, badda bing, you’ve got some of the most up-to-date and accurate information right there in front of your sweet Baby Blues.

I can’t tell you how often I ask someone a question and instead of them supplying me with the answer or telling me that they don’t know, I am told to “Look it up on the Internet” don’t get me wrong the Internet is awesome but sometimes I worry that we depend on it too much and what the consequences of that will be for all of us and at what point.

 

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Leaking Issues in the Basement

Upon making a quick trip down to the basement, trying to make my way to the root cellar, that stores many food items during the year, I noticed that there was some water on the floor in one corner. It appears that I am in need of a new sump pump. I worked on this piece of ancient equipment myself for a while and finally gave up and came back upstairs to my computer to see what I can find about getting this leaking basement and sump pump issue resolved. I haven’t a clue as to who my parents would have called for this type of problem, this wasn’t an issue that was ever talked much about, so I had to start from scratch on this one, so I’m glad that I have Internet access and was able to use it to my advantage for locating a good company to contact for immediate service, which I found at B-Dry.com.

At their website, they gave me an opportunity for a quick and free estimate, but I just skipped through that due to the urgency of this matter and gave the closest office a call, toll free of course, and they are coming up late this afternoon to assist me with this mess. One of their new submersible sump pumps will be the first order of business and then I would like to talk with them about addressing the leakage problem and give me their free estimate at that time.

It is always something is seems, but I guess it all comes with running and maintaining a house and home, and this old home is in need of some hard work along with some love and care.

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Back To School Supplies All Ready

Every year the Back To School commercials start coming on the TV earlier and earlier. Around here the last day of school was around June 23rd, and I swear right after the 4th of July holiday was over the Back To School commercial commenced. What’s even crazier is that they are scheduled to go back to school at the end of August. Not much of a summer vacation if you ask me.

So right now there are great deals on laptops for students and I’m seriously considering taking advantage of these savings that anyone can cash in on. Not to mention pens, pencils, paper and all the other various “back to school” supplies that we all tend to need around the house, not just at school.

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To Market

Sis is now looking into getting into the wholesale fragrances market and literally then taking her fragrances to the flea market on the good side of town that attracts a much higher clientele than the other local flea markets. She has always been into colognes and perfumes so this could really be something right up her alley. I might just roped into helping her transport her wares and set up the booth with her, but as long as it doesn’t keep me away from the farm the whole day I won’t mind.

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Smart Cars

I’ve been hearing a lot about those new “Smart cars” and I’ve seen quite a few of them on the road.  I saw a short review of them, the reviewer was saying how great they are, they say that they only cost $15,000, are half the size of a “regular” car and get 33 mpg.  They seem to think that is wonderful.  I have to wonder about that because last year I bought a used Lumina that is in great shape for only $5,000 and it gets 26 mpg.  It seems to me that I got a pretty good deal!

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Critters Everywhere I Turn

Over the years we have had numerous wild and interesting animals that have found their way into the back yard. Everything from opossums, raccoons, ground hogs, ducks, skunks, and even a wounded dear have ended up spending time in our side and backyard, much to our amusement and entertainment.Last week a neighbor was coming to our back door to return something that she had borrowed from my mother’s kitchen years ago and had to back off because she saw something on the porch that didn’t look like any type of dog or cat that she had ever seen before and she turned around and went back home and immediately called me on the phone to let me know that there was some type of critter that kept her from coming to the door.

Come to find out that it was a porcupine, a good sized one at that, and I spent a good 1/2 hour trying to catch the darn thing so that I could box it up and take it and release it back into a good wooded area. I even called animal control, and being that it was late at night they where closed and I had to leave a message, by the time we got a return call I had already taken care of the situation. The man didn’t believe me that is had been a porcupine and he actually came over to the house to discuss it, and it proved to be good thing that we took a picture of the darned thing before I released it, it was the only way that we could get him to believe that it actually was a porcupine. And the fact that I still had a few of it’s quills that had fallen off of it during all of the activities of the chase and capture.

So I have come to the conclusion that we are in need of a few good animal traps, because I am way too old to be chasing these wild critters around any more. I checked the Internet and found a good company called Havahart that offers a GREEN approach to critter control with a better way for the environment, more “earth friendly” and a more humane way for the animal.

I’ve decided to purchase their Havahart Easy Set Raccoon Trap, which I believe should be suitable for the majority of animals that we have had to deal with these past years. The only other animal that I can think of that hasn’t shown up at our place, beside lions, tigers, and bears, is an armadillo, it could be just a matter of time and this cage would even handle that, if needed.

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Finding some spring projects to do with my kids

Guest post written by Alex Hunt

It’s always a big deal to get my kids to stay inside when it isn’t really warm enough for them to play outside. My kids are especially prone to colds, even though they eat well and take their vitamins, so I worry about them playing outside in colder weather. But it’s almost spring time and they’re a little more restless now because of it. So I’m trying to find some activities for them to do inside that are spring-y.

I thought that it would be really fun to try and make some birdhouses with the kids. While I was looking up some easy kids’ birdhouses directions I saw info regarding DEBT COUNSELING. As I was looking up some more info on it and how it would affect my family’s debt, I decided to use the counseling services.

I found all kinds of little birdhouse directions to make with the kids and I decided on the simplest one that I could find. Plus, it will be a lot more fun to actually paint the birdhouses than to just assemble them.

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Home Invasions

Contribution by Kennith Griffin

I usually don’t watch the news when I get home from work because it is all just so depressing. There are so many people getting shot and robbed and whatever else that I don’t even want to see what is going on out there in the world. I am only worried about what is going on in my world except when what happens out there happens a little too close to home. The other night I flipped on the tv when I got home and heard a story about a home invasion that happened not too far from my neighborhood. This of course caught my attention immediately and I started to worry about the family that was in the house. I thought it might be a good time to call ADT Security Illinois to talk about getting an alarm system installed in our home. Even though an alarm can’t prevent something like that from happening it can hopefully deter someone who sees the sign in my front yard and if it doesn’t I can have the comfort that my systems is monitored and if I hit a panic button the police will be on their way.