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Too many times we forget the birthday of our loved ones that have passed away. That’s not true for me. My great-grandmother is one of those people that I prefer not to forget about. She was an amazing woman. She farmed 20 acres of land long after my great-grandfather died. She grew enough food for three families and even sold a lot of what she grew.
I always make sure that on her birthday I place some chrysanthemums on her grave. She loved those flowers and even grew them to sell to a local florist. That woman could make money from the ground like no other I have ever known. Like I said, she was a very special person and I have learned so much more about life and living from her than I could have ever learned in any classroom.
CATEGORIES: education, family and friends, opinion, work and money
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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!
TAGS: bargains, fun, opinion, shopping
CATEGORIES: entertainment, family and friends, Internet, my life, opinion, shopping
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One of the things that scares me a lot is the proliferation of businesses like Little Payday that are cropping up on almost every second or third block downtown. Because of the struggling economy, more and more people are turning to short term loans to help them pay for things that they really need, like groceries and rent.
The problem with doing this type of loan is that if you are not able to pay it back within a few days of borrowing the money, you end up paying an enormous amount of interest, and by the time you are finished paying it off, you end up spending three or four or even five times the amount of money that you borrowed in the first place! Trust me, I am not a big fan of eating peanut butter and jelly every day, but if that is what it is going to take to make ends meet for a few weeks, it might be smarter to restrict yourselves to eating cheaper food for a while in order to prevent yourself from being trapped into a never-ending debt. Please folks, be really careful if you try to get a short term personal loan. Read the fine print carefully and make sure you understand all of the costs.
TAGS: education, money, opinion
CATEGORIES: education, family and friends, my life, opinion, work and money
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When I was shopping online a couple of months ago I was looking for specialty bras that I could wear to dance class. My favorite bras are sports bras because they have no hooks. The hooks dig into my body and hurt me like crazy. My favorite sports bras were only sold at Wal-Mart, and for some reason they don’t seem to carry them anymore. So I went online in search for that particular sports bra. I never did find it, apparently it has been discontinued. But what I did come across that I found interesting was a backless bra. I decided to order it because if it is backless, then there are no hooks to hurt my back.
Well, when the bra arrived, there were no illustrations or instructions about how to put it on and keep it from falling off! Apparently I am supposed to buy my own double-sided tape and tape it to my body to keep it on! I sure wish that had been explained in the description of the bra; I would not have wasted my money on it!
TAGS: clothes, comfort, dance, life, money, opinion, shopping
CATEGORIES: Internet, my life, opinion, shopping, work and money
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This morning I went to a business networking meeting in town at the local IHOP. There are a lot of different businesses that send a representative to the meetings, and it is always interesting to go and see who shows up and what they have to say. One of the ladies that always shows up is an employee of a dermatologist in town. She always talks about dry skin, wrinkles, and Acne. She always brings a book or two with her and says that her bosses are the authors of the book. The way that she talks about the products that they sell, it sounds to me as if they are selling something very similar to the Resurgence skin care product that my sister recently purchased with the Murad Coupon Codes that she found on the Internet.
They all sound like fine products, and I’m very curious to see how much my sister likes the Resurgence once it arrives. We’re both of the age where we are interested in minimizing the wrinkles that are starting to appear on our faces. A lot of people tell me that I look younger than I really am, but I think that they are just being kind. Skin care is near the top of my priority list this year, time is marching on too fast!
CATEGORIES: family and friends, health, Internet, my life, opinion, shopping
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