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Charming flowers

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Guest post by Linda Bradshaw

Right before Christmas my mother decided that she wanted me to accompany her to a fantastic display up at the Shenandoah Caverns. The display was of historical parade floats, and antique
Christmas window displays from storefronts.

Having always been fascinated by things like that, I readily agreed, although I would have preferred doing it after Christmas. Nonetheless, we went up there and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the window displays. One of the things that I really appreciated was the fact that the main room of the window displays was decorated with artificial flowering wisteria hanging from garden arbors.

The effect of the flowers climbing the arbors was very effective, and it made the entire room feel charming and romantic and old fashioned. The display has inspired me to put an arbor on my “wish list” for the landscaping plans for the side yard of the house.

Hit or miss

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Ever since my girlfriend told me about all of the great nomorerack insanity deals I have missed, I’ve been trying to remember to go online to their website to grab some for myself. All of the nomorerack reviews I’ve read indicate that it is a fun and cheap way to get merchandise online. So far I’d have to agree that the bargains are outstanding, and what adds to the excitement of it is the fact that you never know whether you are going to score a great bargain that day or not. Kind of like a hit or miss type of deal. Don’t get me wrong, everything is a bargain there, what you don’t know is whether you are going to be able to scarf up one of the insanity deals, or even better one of the free deals!

This afternoon I went online around one hour after they put their deals up online and saw that their free deal was already sold out! Darn it, missed it this time! I’ll have to try to remember to go online at noon to check out the new deals and hope that they have something great then!

Learn something new every day

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When I was sitting down this afternoon to eat my late lunch of peanut butter and honey sandwich and a glass of water (yes, I really am trying to save money) I noticed that my son was watching an episode of “House” on television. I was only there for a couple of minutes, but I watched it while I was there. I learned something very interesting in that couple of minutes; sorbital is used as an artificial sweetener in sugar-free products, such as gum. It is also used by the medical profession as a laxative! Now that I know that, I will keep that in mind the next time I am having stomach troubles!

The Internet is fun and educational

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One of the great things about having a fast Internet connection is the ability to participate in webinars, watch movies and videos and play online games whenever you want to. When I got my first personal computer the Internet was not even available to the general public; I used my personal computer to type up term papers for college.

When the Internet first became available in my area it was restricted to dial-up, and that was the only option for a very long time. Because of that restriction I used it for emails and research only for a very long time. I had to go on a waiting list for faster Internet and when it finally became availabe I was so happy to be able to go online and see and do things I had only been able to do at work before. Now whenever I go to my mother’s house and use her computer to check my email I am reminded about how lucky I am to live in an area that has fast Internet connectivity.

Once Upon a Time

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I really didn’t think that I’d get interested in the new television series Once Upon a Time, but a couple of days ago there was a marathon of Once Upon a Time on television and I found myself watching it while I was clipping out coupons. Before I knew it I had finished clipping coupons and was folding laundry, still watching it. Then cooking supper, eating, doing the dishes, and opening the mail. Long story short, I did find that I am interested in the show, and I will be very likely to watch the next season of the shows if I can find the time.