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Bushari Group Real Estate

The Boston area is one of my favorite places up north. I have several relatives that live there and I have visited them many times in my youth and would like to go again some time, it has been way too long since I took a trip up that a way. There is something about Boston that just gives me goose bumps, so much history was made there and they place has so much to offer all year round.

One of my distant cousins just purchased one of the really nice Boston Luxury Lofts that Boston is so well known for. He did his homework with the Real Estate in Boston and got himself a very nice deal and sent this pictures via email to prove it. The Boston Real Estate market is full of wonderful homes and deals are there to be had with the economy in such a mess, it is a buyer’s market, no doubt about that.

He was originally looking at the Boston Condos that are going for so such low prices these days, and then discovered Bushari Group Real Estate which assisted with his Boston Luxury Real Estate search, in which landed him in one of the nicest Boston Lofts that was on the market for the taking, as he did and his now proud of and one that I am eager to see when I do get a chance to visit up north again.

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Maternity Clothes Have Come a Long Way

The variety and selection of nice maternity clothes has certainly increased since back in the day. I have located a box full of photos that have been tucked away here at the house for god knows how long and spent last evening looking at a good amount of them. A nice stroll down memory line it was, one that I took alone and took my time with.

I come from a large brood of kids and my mother spent a good amount of time pregnant, according to these photos my mother didn’t gave a large selection of clothes to wear during these times she spent expecting, while tending to the other kids, my father and the house and farm duties. I imagine a lot of her maternity clothes were hand made, but some were obviously store bought but pretty lame looking in comparison of what today’s fashions dictate, but then again that was life on the farm.

At Kikisfashions.com they have a tremendous amount of trendy, fashionable and unique maternity clothes that are completely opposite of the old big and box style clothes that were once available back then. Bloggers and blogfriends can now receive an exclusive 20% off their online orders by using the coupon code of “blogfriend” during checkout time to apply.

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Martha Stewart’s Loss

I feel for Martha Stewart, who just recently lost one of her canine friends in a fire that was caused by a propane tank explosion in the kennel that her dog was being boarded at. What a bad way for any living creature to end their live. My heart goes out to her at her loss.

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Father’s Birthday

Today is my Father’s birthday. I have been trying for weeks to think of what I would do today to honor and celebrate his life, but I’ve just been trying to make it through the day. I’m sure I’ll be hearing from some of the family members tonight, my oldest sister most likely will be calling, after she feeds her large brood and has a few minutes between homework and bath time tasks take her over.

Think I’ll just kick back, enjoy the snow that has covered the place last night, have a shot of Jack Daniels and look through the old family album, alone.

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Good Neighbor’s are a Blessing

I hope you are blessed with good neighbors like I am. On the south side of my house lives a single woman who owns her own business and is there almost 7 days a week. And the guy she is dating lives in Indiana, so when she’s not at her business she goes up to Indiana to see him.On the north side of my house lives a single woman who is retired from a government job. Most of her family lives in Kentucky, so she is only home about half the time and the other half she is in Kentucky.

Both neighbors mind their own business but do wave at me if we happen to pass in the road.

Perhaps they take some comfort in the fact that there is almost always at least one person at my house, 24/7, so if there were a disturbance or emergency at any of the three houses, I would be here to get a start on dealing with it and getting in touch with the right people.

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The Best Seafood with Atmosphere

My youngest sister just sent me a post card from Orlando Florida, where she has been for the last week visiting with her in-laws and having fun with the kids with all that Orlando has to offer for family fun. They have been planning this trip for such a long time, saving up what little cash they could stick away for the past few years and are now in the land of sun shine having the time of their lives.

Her in-laws took the whole family out to dinner at one of the best restaurants Orlando has to offer in the private dinning sector, which is modeled as a sleek 1930’s ocean liner and is the perfect setting to enjoy fresh seafood, which they have flown in daily from around the world for their guests.

I’ve myself dinned at this popular restaurant while in Texas and I’m glad that she and the kids are experiencing this wonderful culinary delight, much as I did when I was in Houston Texas. They have the best seafood, with the perfect atmosphere to go along with the food. As far as I’m concerned it was and hopefully still is the best of Houston restaurants that specialized in seafood and was glad to hear that there is more than just the one that I had the pleasure of dinning at so many years ago.

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Code Red Soda

About 5 years ago I had the opportunity to visit St. Louis and meet up with a bunch of fellow internet fanatics for the weekend. We all had rooms at a hotel near the airport, and next door to the hotel was a convenient Appleby’s Restaurant. We rented out their small ballroom and set up a bunch of tables and played cards from Friday night until Sunday night. We played cards so long that our hands hurt from shuffling the cards. It was great fun and I’d love to do it again sometimes.Besides meeting a bunch of fun people, the one new thing that I took away from that weekend was a bottle of Mountain Dew’s new Code Red. Everyone was drinking it. I had never heard of it, so I had the chance to try one, thanks to those fine folks. It was pretty darn good and I’ve picked up one at gas stations every once in a while when I have a taste for something different.

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The Making of IT Professionals

The right training can make or break a person’s career. And there will always be a need for people who are certified in the computer fields, since 99% of businesses are relying on computers on a daily basis.

My one nephew is currently interested in becoming certified in MCITP and has started looking in to the MCITP Training that is being offered, along with numerous other IT training courses at Quickcert.com that has the certification materials that it takes for the self-study training that he is seeking.

The one particular nephew has always been a whiz on the computer, he was fully computer literate by the age of two, and I think that he would do well in this field and wish him luck.

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Week end plans

The weather man is promising a nice weather week end, a couple of friends and family members have promised to come and lend a hand at the place during that time. My one sister is coming with her kids and are promising to lend a hand and keep everyone feed and well hydrated, maybe even a bar b que would be a good plan.

There is so much to be done around here, I’m glad to have the extra help, some company and some decent food for a change.

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Area Rugs

I am now ready to start looking around for some nice area rugs to put the final touches on some of the home improvement projects that has been keeping me busy with as of late. I am basically leaving the final decision with my sister on what she thinks would look good with what colors in what room, but I do like to be able to browse along side of her when she does her browsing on the Internet.So far it looks like a company that is based somewhere out of Virginia has the best selection and best prices that we have found on our search. They have a website of Abingdonrugoutlet.com which I have spent a good portion of my time at these past few evenings during some of our my time. They offer rugs from a variety of dealers such as, Concord Global, Dynamic, Home Dynamix, Milliken, and Nourison, just to name a few right off.

They also have all the necessary accessories that are needed such as paddings and the like. And my favorite offering by this brilliant company is the Free Ground Shipping on all rugs sized 8? by 11? or smaller within the continental United States.