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	<title>Katelyn Cole &#187; home improvement</title>
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		<title>Looking for a new vacuum</title>
		<link>http://katelyncole.com/2009/10/looking-for-a-new-vacuum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you hate vacuuming as much as I do.  It&#8217;s about my least favorite chore out of all of the housework I have to do.  Thank goodness my old vacuum died because now I&#8217;m looking to buy a robotic vacuum.   I really expected for them to be more expensive than they are but I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure you hate vacuuming as much as I do.  It&#8217;s about my least favorite chore out of all of the housework I have to do.  Thank goodness my old vacuum died because now I&#8217;m looking to buy a <a href="http://www.shop.com/robotic+vacuum" target="_blank">robotic vacuum</a>.   I really expected for them to be more expensive than they are but I was pleasantly surprised when I found out they were around $150 depending on the model you get.</p>
<p>One of the best features about this is that I don&#8217;t have to stand there and push a vacuum back and forth, it does all of the work for me.  The best place I found to get the best price was online of course.  I find all sorts of bargains on great items there.  I would love to meet the man or company that invented the robotic vacuum.  I would give them a big hug and a kiss for it.  Thanks Shop.com!</p>
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		<title>When money is tight!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know of a lot of people that have had to take jobs with less pay than they received before they were laid off just to have something coming in, something to hopefully survive with until something better comes along.  Unfortunately, with cooler weather coming in now, a lot of people are in need of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know of a lot of people that have had to take jobs with less pay than they received before they were laid off just to have something coming in, something to hopefully survive with until something better comes along.  Unfortunately, with cooler weather coming in now, a lot of people are in need of help with <a href="http://financialplan.about.com/od/savingmoney/a/HeatingCosts.htm" target="_blank">heating costs</a>.  Saving money is a must too now.  If you&#8217;re lucky enough to set things up so your expenses aren&#8217;t as high, then you&#8217;re one of the lucky ones and these guys just might be able to help you learn how to do just that.</p>
<p>Still other people need help with <a href="http://www.paydayone.com" target="_blank">payday loans</a> to make it through the month.  Luckily there are a lot of options with payday loans now too.  I can&#8217;t think of anyone that hasn&#8217;t needed help from time to time when an unexpected expense arises.  We all have them unfortunately.  Then there are the holidays coming and a lot quicker than a lot of us would like.  There are a lot of <a href="http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/holiday_gifts_ms/" target="_blank">cheap presents </a>you can find that will not only make others happy, but help you to spread the Christmas cheer in your home.  Nothing makes most people feel better than seeing someone happy with what you have purchased for them but it doesn&#8217;t have to be expensive.  Don&#8217;t forget that.</p>
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		<title>I like his philosophy!!</title>
		<link>http://katelyncole.com/2009/10/like-his-philosophy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several ways to look at life and this college professor has the best philosophy I have ever heard.  What do you think?
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.  When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are several ways to look at life and this college professor has the best philosophy I have ever heard.  What do you think?</p>
<p>A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.  When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.</p>
<p>He then asked the students if the jar was full.</p>
<p>They agreed that it was.</p>
<p>The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly.  The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.</p>
<p>He then asked the students again if the jar was full.</p>
<p>They agreed it was.</p>
<p>The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar.  Of course, the sand filled up everything else.</p>
<p>He asked once more if the jar was full.</p>
<p>The students responded with a unanimous &#8216;yes.&#8217;</p>
<p>The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.</p>
<p>&#8216;Now,&#8217; said the professor as the laughter subsided, &#8216;I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.</p>
<p>The golf balls are the important things&#8212;your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions&#8212;and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.</p>
<p>The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.  The sand is everything else&#8212;the small stuff.</p>
<p>&#8216;If you put the sand into the jar first,&#8217; he continued, &#8216;there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.</p>
<p>If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.  Spend time with your children.  Spend time with your parents.  Visit with grandparents.  Take your spouse out to dinner.  Play another 18.</p>
<p>There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.  Take care of the golf balls first&#8212;the things that really matter.  Set your priorities.  The rest is just sand.</p>
<p>One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the Beer represented.</p>
<p>The professor smiled and said, &#8216;I&#8217;m glad you asked.&#8217;  The Beer just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem, there&#8217;s always room for a couple of Beers with a friend.</p>
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		<title>My grandparents are getting older</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a hard time admitting that my grandparents are getting older, ya know.  I still see them as I did as a child.  One thing I&#8217;m very happy about is they&#8217;re redoing one of their bathrooms with one of those walk-in bathtubs.   My grandfather is getting up in age and my grandmother has bad [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a hard time admitting that my grandparents are getting older, ya know.  I still see them as I did as a child.  One thing I&#8217;m very happy about is they&#8217;re redoing one of their bathrooms with one of those <a href="http://www.seabridgebathing.com" target="_blank">walk-in bathtubs</a>.   My grandfather is getting up in age and my grandmother has bad knees so it&#8217;s hard for both of them to step into their other tub.</p>
<p>There are <a href="http://www.seabridgebathing.com/walk-in-tubs.html" target="_blank">several models of walk-in tubs</a> for them to choose from too.  I had no idea there were as many as there are but I was sure glad to see that.  In fact, on that web site I found <a href="http://www.seabridgebathing.com/resources-elderly-disabled/" target="_blank">many links and resources for the elderly and disabled </a>that I was totally unaware of.  I guess things like that don&#8217;t get your attention unless you know of someone personally in need of resources like that.  It&#8217;s a great service they provide for the elderly and disabled I think.  I know I was glad to see them to help out my grandparents.</p>
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		<title>What a wonderful idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone has seen some absolutely beautiful wedding cakes but there is another type.  It&#8217;s a &#8216;Divorce cake&#8217;.   My divorce will be final in a couple of months and I have been looking for someone to make me one&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.make that two.  I&#8217;m going to throw a &#8216;Divorce party&#8217; and make sure that the other one is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone has seen some absolutely beautiful wedding cakes but there is another type.  It&#8217;s a &#8216;Divorce cake&#8217;.   My divorce will be final in a couple of months and I have been looking for someone to make me one&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.make that two.  I&#8217;m going to throw a &#8216;Divorce party&#8217; and make sure that the other one is delivered to my soon to be ex-husband.  What do you think?  I think it&#8217;s perfect.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-369" title="Divorce cake" src="http://katelyncole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Divorce-cake.JPG" alt="Divorce cake" width="300" height="274" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Or should I send him this one?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-370" title="divorce cake II" src="http://katelyncole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/divorce-cake-II-300x264.jpg" alt="divorce cake II" width="300" height="264" /></p>
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		<title>My darn sister</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my sister dearly but she&#8217;s really got to make a choice on her own.  You would think I was the older sister but I&#8217;m the baby in the family.  She is having a heck of a time deciding which bedroom furniture to get.  The problem is that she finds one she [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love my sister dearly but she&#8217;s really got to make a choice on her own.  You would think I was the older sister but I&#8217;m the baby in the family.  She is having a heck of a time deciding which <a href=" http://www.eroomservice.com/cat/bedroom" target="_blank">bedroom furniture</a> to get.  The problem is that she finds one she decides on and then keeps looking at other furniture for bedrooms.  She loves the look of a <a href="http://www.eroomservice.com/cat/beds" target="_blank">platform bed</a> and so do I but there are so very many styles and colors and other pieces to match them.</p>
<p>Part of the problem is she&#8217;s just discovered that she really loves <a href="http://www.eroomservice.com" target="_blank">modern furniture</a> when she&#8217;s used to having other types.  She just can&#8217;t nail down her taste totally yet but surely she will soon.  I love helping her redecorate but how long has this been going on now?  A couple of months at least.  I can&#8217;t say I don&#8217;t understand because I had a bit of a hard time sticking to one too.</p>
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		<title>I have to have one of these!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I have racks for wine glasses and a wine rack in my kitchen and it suddenly dawned on me, I don&#8217;t have a proper wine opener.  Well I just can&#8217;t have just any old cork screw.  I want a Rogar estate wine opener.   They make a statement like the rest of my kitchen does.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here I have racks for wine glasses and a wine rack in my kitchen and it suddenly dawned on me, I don&#8217;t have a proper wine opener.  Well I just can&#8217;t have just any old cork screw.  I want a <a href="http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/" target="_blank">Rogar estate wine opener</a>.   They make a statement like the rest of my kitchen does.  You have got to see them.   <a href="http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/" target="_blank">Rogar wine openers</a> are as special as your own individuality.</p>
<p>I found them online by shear accident and boy and I glad I did too.  I was searching for a <a href="http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/" target="_blank">champagne wine opener</a> and that&#8217;s when I found them.  I had no idea what-so-ever that anyone made such beautiful openers.  Have you ever seen an <a href="http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/" target="_blank">estate wine opener</a>?  You really should check them out because they are beautiful.  <a href="http://www.rogarwineopeners.com/" target="_blank">Rogar corkscrews</a> make your wine taste more expensive simply with their beauty.</p>
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		<title>That went great</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My grandmother went down to her beach house Monday as I was coming back.  When she got there, she gave me a call and said that she was going to bust my rear end.  I thought I had done something wrong and made her mad.  That&#8217;s not what it was.  She absolutely loved the things [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My grandmother went down to her beach house Monday as I was coming back.  When she got there, she gave me a call and said that she was going to bust my rear end.  I thought I had done something wrong and made her mad.  That&#8217;s not what it was.  She absolutely loved the things I had gotten for her kitchen.</p>
<p>She loves to watch the cooking shows on TV and always talks about how pretty their kitchens are and the things I got her were just what she had been wanting.  She told me that I didn&#8217;t have to do that which I already knew.  At any rate, I made her happy and that&#8217;s what I was trying to do.  Mission accomplished.</p>
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		<title>Yes I&#8217;m frugal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There, I&#8217;ve admitted it!  What can I say, I&#8217;m frugal.  If there&#8217;s a dollar or even a penny to be saved, I&#8217;ll find it.  It doesn&#8217;t matter what I&#8217;m looking for, I have learned of a great web site to find discount coupons for just about everything. I even found Beach Bums discount coupons.  A [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There, I&#8217;ve admitted it!  What can I say, I&#8217;m frugal.  If there&#8217;s a dollar or even a penny to be saved, I&#8217;ll find it.  It doesn&#8217;t matter what I&#8217;m looking for, I have learned of a great web site to find discount coupons for just about everything. I even found <a href="http://www.coupontrunk.com/coupon-codes/beachbums/" target="_blank">Beach Bums discount coupons</a>.  A girl has to be fashionable at the beach you know.</p>
<p>Then you just won&#8217;t believe what else I was able to find.  Since I have been helping my sister redecorate, I even found <a href="http://www.coupontrunk.com/coupon-codes/overstock/" target="_blank">Overstock discount coupons</a> too.  That&#8217;s a great site to find deals on most anything for the home and more.  I just love saving money!!  Leaves more for ME!!!</p>
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		<title>I might get my grandmother a surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katelyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m at the beach, I thought it might be nice to leave her a surprise.  She is very particular about the house and likes for it to look good.  I personally love JK Adams products.  My kitchen is full of their items.  I have the JK Adams  spice rack and don&#8217;t know how I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I&#8217;m at the beach, I thought it might be nice to leave her a surprise.  She is very particular about the house and likes for it to look good.  I personally love <a href="http://www.jkadamsdirect.com" target="_blank">JK Adams</a> products.  My kitchen is full of their items.  I have the <a href="http://www.jkadamsdirect.com" target="_blank">JK Adams  spice rack </a>and don&#8217;t know how I lived without it.</p>
<p>Grandma could really use a <a href="http://www.jkadamsdirect.com" target="_blank">JK Adams cutting board</a> and a <a href="http://www.jkadamsdirect.com" target="_blank">JK Adams pot rack</a>.  She keeps the kitchen well stocked so that everything is there for who ever goes down there for a weekend or whatever.  There are enough pots and pans to be able to cook for an army so I really think she would love the pot rack.  Her old cutting board has seen better days and so I know she would appreciate a new one.</p>
<p>I always like to leave the place better than I found it which is really hard to do so I&#8217;m really glad I thought of this for them.  She wouldn&#8217;t want a <a href="http://www.jkadamsdirect.com" target="_blank">JK Adams wine rack </a>or I would get her one of those too.</p>
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