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Low Flow Toilets

Lauren — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:27:40 +0000

We have been experiencing toilet issues for many months now. I’ve about had it at this point and ready to take action myself, since my dad hasn’t been willing or able to do much about the situation. It seems that toilet repair isn’t one of his specialties, sigh……

I’m always about saving money, as well as doing my part in becoming as “green” as possible, when possible. So I thought it would be a good idea to look into the Dual Flush Toilets that I’ve been hearing about. Researching things such as these is so much easier with the Internet, I’ve only looking around just a tad and have found some good information to take and run with. A dual flush toilet can Save Water for a family of 7, a huge 49 gallons a day, which turns out to be a savings of 18,000 gallons per year, that is like a large swimming pool full of water!

We all use a large amount of water each and every day. At some point we could certainly run out of our much needed supply. SelectAFlush is focusing on water conservation, water being our most important resource to sustain life as we know it. To see and learn more about these Dual Flush devices, you can go to dualflushkit.com and check out what they have to say and what they have to offer. With them a little flush can go a long way!

Online Gift

Lauren — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:11:20 +0000

Guest post from: Winston Stewart

With the holiday season approaching, I’ve made a resolution for myself. After years of dealing with the crowds and standing in lines, I have made a decision. I am going to try to find every single gift that I give online this year. I have scouted out credible websites, and I’m pretty sure I can do it. You can seriously find almost everything online these days, and my gift list is no exception. I have ordered magazine subscriptions, home goods, clothes, accessories. I even ordered a subscription to satellite TV through www.direc4u.com! I didn’t have to worry about one single line, and I’m much more merry this year! Every gift just came right to my house, too- so I saved on gas! When I went to go checkout at one of the websites it gave me twenty percent off and free shipping. It’s almost like you don’t even have to pay tax! I think I’ve found a new way to shop for Christmas gifts! I suggest that everyone that is sick of manning the lines do the same thing!

Netflix for Christmas

Lauren — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:15:17 +0000

One of my favorite gifts from this Christmas was a year’s subscription to Netflix. We don’t get cable or satellite so this will be a real treat to be able to watch all that Netflix has to offer on the TV or my laptop. Gonna sign up come January 1st, way too busy right now for movies anyway.

Not Enough Time

Lauren — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:11:33 +0000

I have never been one to get into paying my bills on line, but with the cost of postage and the amount of time saved, not to mention the paper waste, I have been getting in-to more and more.The one problem I have is trying to get onto the computer, unless I get up at 5:00am it will be a struggle, along with the phones ringing, doorbells ringing, a cat or dog needing to go outside, there isn’t enough of me or the PC to go around.

I wish I had my own room and my own PC, I would go in and lock the world away. I guess just about every woman feels that way at times. I mean having her own room for what ever reason she needs it for other than a place to be alone, unbothered.

grape leaves

Lauren — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:21:30 +0000

The article written by Victor Flowers

We looked into internet providers Middleville and decided to finally get satellite internet. I love that I can do so much on the internet. I knew about internet shopping, but didn’t realize how much you could really buy off of the internet. I started ordering all of our bathroom tissue, paper towels, and non-perishable food items from Amazon.com. They have really great deals and if you order a certain amount of money worth, you can get free shipping. It really gives me a lot more time because I am not running back and forth into town. Lastly, I have been able to order specialty groceries that I cannot get in town off of the internet. I am of Lebonese descent and love to cook the traditional food. My favorite snack is stuffed grape leaves. Now I order the grape leaves and make them all the time. I am really glad that we decided to get satellite internet. My husband is glad too, because he loves all the wonderful dishes that I have been cooking because I can order the ingredients off the internet.

Halloween

Lauren — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:28:24 +0000

I’m glad that Halloween is on a Sunday this year. It makes it so much easier when it falls on a weekend, don’t you think so? My kids are getting a bit old for trick or treating but they are still wanting to wear a costume and attend the parties that are held at school and church.

I’ll be staying home handing out candy to the neighborhood kids that come up each year. Hope it is nice weather for them, it usually isn’t raining, but it can get chilly when the sun goes down and all the ghosts and goblins come out!

Dogs

Lauren — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:12:29 +0000

We have two dogs in the house. Once in a while I’ll find a pile of poop or a puddle of dog pee and I have to tell you that it is becoming a challenge in determining which of the dogs have done the dirty deed of doing their business inside the house. I had a doggy door installed last Spring, so that they can go in and out at their leisure and that has worked wonders, for the most part. But like I said every now and then one of them is not using the doggy door and I’m getting frustrated with trying to figure which one is causing the mess. What a pain!

Puppy Chewing Issues

Lauren — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:12:32 +0000

Looks like I spoke to soon when I was bragging to my sister what a good puppy we have and how he hasn’t turned into the type of puppy that chews everything up around the place. No sooner had I told her that then I went downstairs and found that the little critter had chewed up several cables and wires that hook up a bunch of electronics that keep the big screen TV running, sigh……I’m so glad that my Dad was home and was able to come to our rescue and came downstairs and had everything that was needed in order to get everything back under control and up and running again for my daughter and me.

Looks like I need to make a run to the local Petco and find our puppy some new chew toys to keep him occupied with something other than our personal stuff around the place. I have a Petco card and a few coupons that they sent me so today I’m running a bunch of errands and Petco is first on the list.

Compassion – A Lost Art & Talent For Many

Lauren — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:50:38 +0000

I’ve heard much about the Walden University’s online degree programs that are helping so many people get their degrees which ultimately enables them to make the “big” bucks. In these past few darken years of being stuck right smack dab in a major Depression the “big” bucks is what we are all striving for. In order to learn about Walden I spent some time checking them out online, I found that at WaldenU.edu that they have a very intensive website that took some time for me to absorb. You gotta remember, I just barely made it out of High School. College was never really in the picture for me, back in those days. All my mother wanted me to do was to become a secretary and marry the rich boss, she never really got over the fact that I ended up in the food and beverage industry, a bar wench.

Anyway, I’m thinking of getting into the Social Services field since I have a good heart and know how to talk and deal with people. I think that I am a compassionate human being that enjoys assisting people in any way that I can, been known to literally give the shirt off of my back to some one that needs it more than I do. Anyone that is dealing with people in need most definitely require a HUGE dose of compassion and unfortunately what I have found from personal experience and from thousands of horror stories that I have heard from friends, family and my bar customers, is that the majority of these “professionals” are seriously lacking any type of compassion along with a lot of other qualifications that I think are necessary for this type of career. I think anyone that chooses a career (any career really) should enjoy it to a certain extent and not in it just for the money.

I like to think that I help a lot of people while tending the bar, but the tip jar is rarely flowing over from them all. Knowing that I could be doing the same thing and was guarenteed to go home on payday with a sum that would not only pay the rent on a house of my own as well as the utilities, insurance premiums, taxes, and keep gas, oil and decent tires on the car, well it would be awsome. But at the end of the day if I look in the mirror and like what I see because of what I have done for somebody that day that really effected their lives that day well that is just be the ultimate high.

Black Ringneck Snakes

Lauren — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:50:02 +0000

Had a surprise waiting for me down in the basement today when I went down with a huge arm load of dirty laundry to load into the washing machine. One foot away from the washer and dryer was a little black snake with a very bright yellow ring around it’s neck! I do not like snakes, they creep me out and scare me something awful. My Dad isn’t home for the weekend so I couldn’t holler for him to come down and take care of it so I looked around to find something to try and keep it contained and came up with a small bathroom type waste basket and carefully placed in over it and then put a heavy tool box on top of that to keep it weighted down, giving it no way to escape from there, at least that is what I’m hoping for!

After securing the critter I immediately got upstairs and got on the computer and looked up what type of snake it is. I knew that it was a Ringneck, but wasn’t sure if it was dangerous and thank goodness it isn’t, so I am thankful for that. Now I just wish Dad would get home and take care of the situation.