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So much more than a laundry hamper

Advent — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:17:42 +0000

OK I saw this laundry hamper and I just thought it was the coolest thing. First off I know I would not use it for a laundry hamper because there are so many more things I could do with this. Besides my house is not that big that I need to worry about wheeling my laundry from one end to the other. I could however see this to be useful for laundry if you had to go to a laundry mat or something.

I thought about all of the times me and Lani come home in the evenings and she has her paperwork for the day, lunchbox, jacket, my purse, work folders and of course the items that we picked up from the grocery store on the way home. We could just throw everything in there and make only one trip instead of two or three. Then I run into the issue of having to chase Lani down because she left out of the house on one of my trips to the car. I really think I am going to get one of these. Maybe I will ask for it for Christmas. I really like this thing the possibilities are endless.

What about the picnics or trip to the park or just trips to the store. You could just put you bags in it as you come out of the store and when you get home everything is already in it and all you have to do is wheel it into the house….perfect.

Rising cost of just trying to get by

Advent — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:06:25 +0000

I don’t know what is going on with everything these day, insurance, taxes, mortgages, gas prices (which are better now) the rising cost of food.,….it is all just becoming too much. We have our home insurance and our property taxes escrowed into our mortgage payment so most of the time we do not pay attention to the rates until the beginning of the year when they adjust our mortgage payment to cover the raising cost of taxes and insurance so in turn your mortgage payment goes up.

This year our property taxes when down a couple of hundred dollars but our home owners went up 100 and our flood went up 200 so at this point we are exactly where we were last year. Florida tried to help everyone by lower our property taxes but they let the insurance companies raise their rates so it really did not help. We are now shopping for a new home insurance company because there are some out there that really do try and keep the rates down so be on the look out for the good ones.

Funny car plate

Advent — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:16:38 +0000

Matt and I were in town the other day and the mini cooper in front of us had the most appropriate plate on it. I do not remember the exact spelling they used but it read: IM L8 2 I’m late too. I thought that was so funny because you know every time you are in a hurry you get behind someone that is going so slow. I have always wanted to get one of those Private Number Plates but I can never come up with anything cleaver. I really like the sites that point you in the right direction so you can have a very cleaver plate without putting too much of your own brain power into it.

I really like to cook

Advent — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:30:34 +0000

I really like to cook and one of the things I wish I had done was gone to one of those culinary arts schools. I would love to be able to go to school and learn all of the neat things you can do with food. Matt tells me I should just do it but I don’t know. I have been looking around at them and found that no matter where you leave you can find a school close to you.

Maybe when we move out to California and I am looking for a career change I can try my hand at culinary arts school. I really like to cook and I love to try new recipes so think I would be great to broaden my knowledge. I don’t know if I would want to work in a restaurant or not but I think I would be awesome to be able to have the chance to. I always tell Matt that if we get rich one day and I do not have to worry about money I would like to work in a soup kitchen or something just volunteering. I guess I should just do what I want with what I have and not wait for the perfect conditions to come along because we all know if you wait for the perfect moment you will be waiting forever. Sometimes you just have to jump in and do it.

Buying things online

Advent — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:01:19 +0000

Now that Matt is starting to branch out with services on the Internet our ability to have credit card processing has come to the forefront of our business also so the ability to accept credit cards without paying more for the service then we make is very important. Finding a company that would fit our small business needs was crucial, luckily we found such a company to help us expand without digging into our profit.

Palin banning books

Advent — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:17:08 +0000

I wanted to pass along this post from another blog, Sarah Palin banning books. Take the time to look at it and then do your own research. We need as much information as we can gather on the eve of what could be a dog fight election. We are looking at more and more of our children turning voting age. This will be my oldest daughter’s first election, she turned 18 in July. With that in mind we could have one of the largest voter turn outs in a very long time. Everyone is on their soap box screaming for change but we need to make sure it is the change we really need and not just simply “change”.

City guides

Advent — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:54:02 +0000

When we were preparing to go to Asia we looked on Amazon books and found two really good guides for Bangkok and Singapore. Now we are in search of some good guides for Los Angeles, you know the kind that tell you what locals like and not just tourist traps. We are looking to move in the Glendale or Sherman Oaks vicinity. I know I have readers all over the place and if any of you live in LA and would like to share something with us please do, we would love to hear from you.

Still thinking about trying to lose some weight

Advent — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:01:27 +0000

I am excited about Mom and Dad moving down because Mom is very active and I hope I can start to do things with her. I know I need to add more exercise to my life but maybe a supplement would help too something like Orovo or something. I just need something to give me a little help. I have about 15 pounds I really want to get rid of. I seems like every time I talk about it I tack on a couple more pounds. I guess that is life….you are never satisfied.

consumer Reports 11 worst cars

Advent — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:53:06 +0000

Listed below is the consumer reports top 11 worst cars to own. These are not listed in a particular order.

JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED

HUMMER H3

JEEP LIBERTY SPORT

CEVROLET AVEO5

DODGE NITRO SLT

TOYOTA FJ CRUISE (Matt and I were actually looking at one of these at one point)

TOYOTA YARIS

SUZUKI FORENZA

JEEP PATRIOT LIMITED

CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER LT

MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS

It is really no surprise to me that a Mercury has made the list. I had a Mercury Sable once and it stayed in the shop more than it did in my driveway. I hated that car so much. It does surprise me that Jeep has so many on the list and Toyota has a couple.

Does your job suck?

Advent — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:45:21 +0000

Here are six signs that your job sucks

1. You ask your new boss for supplies and she hands you a No. 2 pencil and legal pad — and nothing else.

2. You were shown to a cubicle your first day of work, given a company manual and haven’t spoken to anyone since.

3. You get the same reaction every time you tell someone about your new job and employer: Raised eyebrows and “Really? … Good luck with that.”

4. After two weeks on the job, you are already halfway to becoming the employee with the most seniority.

5. You answer the phone while the company’s secretary is away from her desk and find that the voice at the other end is a collection agency calling for the third time that week.6. You notice that every day for the last week, at least one person has run crying from your boss’s office.

Does any of this sound familar? If so, maybe you need to start looking for a new job. To read the entire article click here. You should always try to be happy where you work because it affects you entire life not just your work life.