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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Years ago (just after WWII and yes, years before I was born) my grandfather built a house and with that house he included a solar water heater. My grandfather was such a future thinker, but that’s a post for another time.
I have often wondered why solar energy isn’t more prevalent in our country and the world today. I just read about something that I think is totally awesome as I haven’t heard about the BP Solar Decathlon until now.
Sponsored by BP, twenty teams have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to compete in the 2007 Solar Decathlon. These teams will participate in a competition to design, build and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered home. Here is the cool part – in October (this week as a matter of fact) all of these homes will be transported to the National Mall in Washington, DC where they will form a solar village and compete in contests to determine an overall winner. Each participating entry will be judged on criteria including style, innovation and efficiency.
BP has sponsored the previous Solar Decathlons also which were held in 2002 and 2005. Supporting the Solar Decathlon is part of BP’s larger commitment to the promotion and use of alternative energy. I think this is totally awesome and I wish I could be there to tour the homes and look at the exhibits. I wonder what they do with the homes after the exhibit is over. I’ll have to do some more research to find out.
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
I haven’t really mentioned it because I think it is probably uncool, so I’ll just hint that my husband received a substantial inheritance recently. I’d venture to guess that we’ve moved from upper lower class to lower middle class, hehe.
Honestly though, we haven’t spent one thin dime so far that we otherwise wouldn’t have spent. I do see a nice Christmas in our future and I have my eye on a nice pair of earrings or maybe some nice jewelry for a change.
You know, I don’t really want something super expensive. I’m especially partial to the Rhodium-plated pierced earrings but maybe I’ll get kinky and get Cammy’s silver handcuff earrings. I predict that this is going to be one heck of a Christmas!
Posted in Shopping & Product Reviews | 10 Comments »
Monday, September 3rd, 2007
I was thinking about our “tree” where FanceePantzz is being held hostage. It looks a lot like the Stairway to Heaven cat house and our cats really love it. Well, Fancee really loves it because she lives on it now and even takes her meals there.
I was thinking about ordering another one and found a nice selection of pet supplies over at the Internet Pet Emporium.
I want to thank the people that responded to my post about Lilly because I think you understand how I feel about her. I know some people have the mindset that “it’s just a cat!” and I do understand that mind set because I never had a cat of my own until about 10 years ago when I got my Shimmer.
My husband and I lived in different towns before we were married and he would say he needed to go home because his cat Skid had been left alone for a day and I’d say “it’s just a cat!” to him. I could just kick myself now for saying things like that back then. Our cats are just like family to us and they are not “just cats” at all. They are our babies.
[tags]cat house, cats, kitties, pet supplies, pet information[/tags]
Posted in Kitties | 4 Comments »
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
I’m flabbergasted. Utterly stunned. Mona (my daughter-in-law’s mother that recently passed away) didn’t have any life insurance. Okay, I think she had a $1000.00 policy but in my mind that’s the same as having no life insurance. I can’t imagine what she was thinking. She had a good job working for a doctor’s office and was treated very well there. I just don’t know why she didn’t have more than $1000.00 in life insurance.
My husband and I have wonderful medical and life insurance through his work, but I’m telling you people to listen up. If you don’t have life insurance this is something you might want to start doing something about it.
I was looking around at options Mona could have taken advantage of. She loved the internet and was on it all the time. There are websites on the net that give tips to get the cheapest quote for life insurance as well as home insurance, car insurance and just about any kind of insurance you’re looking for.
On a selfish note, Mona not having life insurance is going to take a toll on my husband and I. My husband has already offered to pay off her car (she didn’t have credit life on that loan either) so the kids (our son and DIL) will be able to keep it. This is just the tip of the iceberg and I still can’t stop being flabbergasted.
[tags]life insurance, insurance[/tags]
Posted in Finance, Investment & Real Estate | Comments Off
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but fall is my very favorite time of the year. This probably sounds odd, but I feel more refreshed, more optimistic, and more ambitious during the fall then any other season. Maybe I’ll finally stop procrastinating and go ahead and purchase the dining room set I’ve wanted for so long.
I found a great selection of dining sets over at Great Priced Furniture and I do believe they live up to their name. I really, really like this North Shore Gathering Table Set.
In addition to great prices, Great Priced Furniture offers a 30-day money back guarantee and GE Consumer Financing with no interest and no payments until February 2009. I’m still looking at other dining sets on their website but so far the gathering table set is my favorite.
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
It is hard to believe summer is nearly over and fall is almost here. I never did buy the mailbox I was talking about a few months ago so maybe it is time to start thinking about that again.
Mailboxixchange is a neat website that features high quality mailboxes. I’m tired of our current little leaking mailbox so I’m looking at some of the post mount residential mailboxes. We live about 2/10 mile from the hard road so I’d like to have a big heavy duty mailbox as a replacement.
With over 1500 residential and commercial mailboxes it should be pretty easy to find just the one I want.
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
I’m on a campaign to improve and replace several things in my home and ceiling fans are on the top of my list. I recently found a website that has a selection of more than four hundred unique ceiling fans from thirteen manufacturers. This is the largest selection available online.
When we bought our mobile home a few years ago the people we bought it from promised to install two ceiling fans before delivery – one in the master bedroom and one in the living room. After the home was delivered, you guessed it, there were no ceiling fans installed. There were only a couple of gaping holes where the fans should be. Of course I got on the phone and let them know about it and they said they would take care of it and would send someone out with the fans to install them. Ha! By the looks of the fans they sent someone to the nearest discount store and bought two fans for the blue light special.
I’ve been checking Farrey’s website and looking at some of the fans they have listed there. I think I like the Hunter fans best.
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
Okay, here is my kind of luck. One week after I upgrade my PC I find out about CensusPC. I could have saved about $100.00 if I had purchased my upgrades from CensusPC instead of having the repair shop do the upgrade for me. Of course, I gladly payed for the repairman’s knowledge and expertise since I have no idea how to upgrade a PC.
All isn’t lost however, because there is always some new toy or piece of equipment just waiting to go home in my shopping cart. I’ve been thinking about holding a contest on this blog and I think one of these USB Flash Pen drives would make a really good prize.
I was looking around at some of the other items and noticed they have large selection of notebook AC/DC power adapters . Now, I’m not interested in that for myself but oddly enough my son mentioned that he needed a power adapter for his notebook the other night when we were out to dinner. He is also in the process of building his first computer so I’ll have to be sure to forward the website address of CensusPC to him.
[tags]video games, computer equipment[/tags]
Posted in WebDev, Internet & Geek | Comments Off
Friday, August 17th, 2007
I often wonder how people choose a drug rehabilitation program. There are tons of drug rehabs out there but I would have no idea how to select one or which criteria to even ask about. I think a person in that position might have a hard time doing the groundwork and searching for the program that is best suited to their needs.
4Rehabilitation.com is a drug rehab referral service that assists those in need as well as their families in finding the drug rehab program that is right for their situation. Your personal information is kept confidential and private and 4Rehabilitation.com is HIPPA compliant. If you are in need of help with the disease of alcohol or drug addiction you can complete the online assessment form or give 4Rehabilitation a call immediately.
Posted in Education & Personal Growth | Comments Off
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
This looks like a cool website. There are tons of social communities on the web but Cellfish is set up a bit differently. You can upload media to Cellfish from your computer or your cellphone as well as download to either your computer or cellphone. This makes sharing with friends both online and on their cellphones extremely easy. Your locker at Cellfish is a virtual storage area where all your uploaded graphics, videos and other media are stored.
My cell phone company provides a free storage area for my uploaded pictures but my storage is limited to a certain number of images, unlike Cellfish where you get unlimited storage in your locker. Ummm…. unlimited storage… don’t you just love those words? I know I do! Content will stay in your locker forever. Well, forever is a long time but your content will stay in your locker until you delete it, unless you violate the terms of service or something like that. I think most of us know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate material so I don’t think we have to worry about our content being deleted.
At Cellfish you can download premium as well as free ringtones. I had a good time listening to all the ringtones. I’ll have to download a few just to see the surprise on my husband’s face when he hears them. *grin*
Of course I had to try out the uploading feature myself so I uploaded a few pictures from the loaner computer I’m using.
I like the way I can embed my album into my website or blog and then scroll through it to look at my pictures. When I finally get a new computer or get my old one fixed I’ll be uploading a lot more pictures to my locker at Cellfish.
Posted in WebDev, Internet & Geek | 2 Comments »
