When we were in Denver, we happened to stop into a store that was the oldest furrier in the city and they had some beautiful fur vests for sale. I had never even tried one on before, but I definitely think I want some fur vests in my winter wardrobe. They even had fur jackets for sale, some were long and some were short. I tend to like the longer ones the best. I didn’t realize how heavy they were. Have you ever tried on a real fur coat? I understand why people get upset about fur, but honestly…are these same people upset about fried chicken? it’s ridiculous. Humans wouldn’t have evolved into the creatures we are today if it weren’t for high-protein foods like meat and the ability to live through more than 30 winters, thanks to FIRE and keeping warm in animal furs. As long as the animals are treated kindly (hello.. abuse damages their fur…) then its not a big deal. A good, healthy animal whose fur is used for a lovely coat isn’t dying in vain. Fur is an art, it’s clothing, it’s not immoral or unethical, but bossing people around is and if you don’t like fur don’t wear it. I didn’t know I liked it until a few months ago and I can’t wait to return to Denver to pick out MY personal fur coat. Life is good!
Via: Wpromote When I saw that image, I was so blown away by the awesome things that are happening in the world thanks to social media. What an awesome company they must be, the search engine marketing firm that was able to accomplish all of that as Easy as 1 2 3… right? So what about you, what do you know about social media? Or even about Internet marketing, for that matter? I think the world of digital media is fascinating and I love watching companies like wpromote grow because it’s really witnessing history in the making, right? Out with the old methods and in with the new. What an amazing time we’re living in
If you have people you’re buying gifts for in Austin, Texas, you should totally check out http://www.thesteamteam.com/. I know steam cleaning isn’t a traditional gift, but honestly as a woman I can say that I would LOVE it if someone were to pay for some steam cleaning services for me, what a treat that would be. It’s like a spa treatment for your house, that’s what it is. And even if I wasn’t a woman. Did you know that they can steam clean your stucco and your outdoor tiles, so they’re not weathered or blackened or rust-stained anymore? A man would appreciate that too, right? Especially if they’re the type of couple who likes to entertain. That would make the entire back porch look like new, wouldn’t it? I should think so.
Anyway, you should definitely check out this Austin carpet cleaning company because they do a lot more than just carpet and the aforementioned tiles. They do water damage cleanup, fire damage, Asian rugs, draperies, furniture, tiles, grout, driveways, walls, stucco, concrete and just about everything, really. i guess they can’t help with the laundry or the kids’ toys but it seems like everything else they can do. They even clean your air ducts, which is really important for preventing fires, improving your heating and air conditioning efficiency and increasing the life of your filters. No one wants a house fire because their dryer duct is full of lint, that would really suck and a shopvac can’t always reach as far as it needs to.
So what sort of things would you have steam cleaned if someone gave you such a silly gift? I should make a list now, huh.
OK, I have recently stumbled upon a gift idea that absolutely everyone on the planet would enjoy. Are you ready? I can tell you’re skeptical, so let me be precise. An old lady would like it, an old man would like it. Teenage boys and girls would like it. Grown men and women would like it… children would like it…. Have you figured it out yet? of course not because I haven’t given you any real clues yet, but here it is… arcade machines. And sure, you could spend upwards of $10,000 and get some shiny sparkly noisy new game but I’m thinking like vintage pinball games, those are so much fun. We used to have one when we lived on Opal Avenue in Palmdale. I’m not sure what ever happened to it. It was mint green, I don’t even remember what it was called. Oh well, do you agree, though, that a vintage arcade game would make a great gift for just about anyone? I honestly can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t find it awesome. My Dad, maybe… Oh well, What about you, have you ever stumbled upon something that would make a great gift for just about everyone? ideas like that don’t come along very often. I’m off now, to check Craigslist and the thrifty nickel to see if anyone is selling a used pinball machine because I know my husband would absolutely love one.
They might just be the absolute very ost difficult group of people to shop for. Teenage boys don’t really want much, do they? You could get them clothes but many of them won’t be excited about it. the things that excite teenage boys quite often are just video games and girls. And the thing about video games is that true gamers have their few favorite games that they get hooked on, so it’s not like you can just buy them a video game and know they’ll love it. These kids are picky and obsessive about it. And girls… yeah, not really a source of gift-giving pleasure for decent folks, we’ll just leave that one alone. But how about an airsoft gun. It’s not a weapon, it’s kinda like paintball guns, only without the mess. There are Airsoft Stores that help you choose which kind you want to give. I know people are uptight right now about giving kids toy guns because the media plays it off like it’s war mongering, but in reality, kids have been playing with toy guns for ages, remember the cowboy and Indian guns that Bobby Brady used to play with on the Brady Bunch. If our culture HAS guns, then there’s no reason kids shouldn’t be able to use them as toys, right? Anyway, these airsoft guns aren’t likely to hurt anyone, they come in a variety of styles and they’re used for play sport, shooting cans in the backyard and things like that. Just don’t let them go to school or for goodness’ sakes, you’ll end up with some sort of crazy charge for bringing a gun to school, did you see the news story a few months ago where a 9 yr old boy was charged with that, and it was a water gun. People really need to lighten up these days.
Life can be complicated, right? I mean, we all have days where everything sucks or nothing is going right for us. When someone in your family is having a day like that, on of the best things to do is to share a few laughs with them. It’s a scientific proven fact that laughter replenishes the brain’s feel-good hormones that help them cope with life’s ups and downs. Here are a few of the fun things I like to share with friends when they’re down:
Photoshop Fail This page shows some really funny ways that graphic designers have screwed up on things. I don’t often catch them in real life, but when they point them out it becomes hilarious. It just proves that if you look closely, there’s always something to smile about. Here’s an image I ripped off of the Yahoo News website. The article was about nutrition, but do you notice anything strange about the proportions of that fruit?
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Here’s another funny one that made me laugh like crazy. Surely you’ve noticed that some young women, in an attempt to make their lips look fuller without botox, make a really stupid duckface in pictures. This web page calls them out on their ridiculousness. I’m so glad my daughters aren’t duckface girls Funny AutocorrectFinally, if you have a smartphone you’ve probably had a few funny autocorrect moments, I know I have. This site is great for a laugh when you’ve accidentally told someone “I live you” or “sexactly”
The best gift I ever got was a little Samsung camera from my grandparents when I was a kid. It was so amazing to take pictures and then, after a few days, see them in print. At that time, the magic was in the freezing of the moment. The adventure lied in seeing how much of reality you were able to capture. SO many pictures didn’t turn out back then. It wasn’t like today where you can preview the image on the camera itself, or change the settings and experiment while you’re shooting. Back then, you just had to click and wait (a very long time) and see. Great photos were for professionals and the rest of us just had to suffer with red eye (black marker, anyone?) or glare or washed-out colors. Today, anyone can get a digital camera and take awesome pictures, so instead of focusing on the wait-and-see magic of photography, we can focus on the real magic of capturing a moment, seeing things from a new perspective or whatever else you’re into. Personally, I love capturing macro images, zooming into something really tiny and focusing on one amazing little miracle of nature. those photos inspire me and help me see the magic in the world. I also like action shots of people having fun. If I could print out a million photos of my kids enjoying life I would. Photography helps us focus on the good thing, doesn’t it?
I had never ever even heard of online mastering service until we went to the most awesome karaoke party last week. The guy who was the DJ actually had his own recording studio and he was fascinating, he was telling us all about how after an artist records, the digital files get “retouched” just like photos do, only it’s called mastering or something. So what this guy did for the karaoke party was so cool, he recorded everyone and had it all retouched so everyone sounded like a real rock star. it was so cool to end up with our own mixtape style CD with the songs from everyone at the party. He couldn’t do much because of the hooting and hollering from the audience, but it just got me thinking about how cool it is to know that professional singers get worked over that way. They might not EVER sound like they do on the CD version. I mean, we’ve all been to concerts before where the song doesn’t sound anything like it does when we’re listening to it on the radio.
The other cool things about the party were the decorations, they had it decorated like a cheap night club with sawdust on the floor, a black curtain over the wall, folding chairs and card tables and even those red candles in the middle of the table. They served mocktails, to, so it looked like everyone was drinking but since the party was for teenagers mostly, they didn’t have real drinks, even for the adults. I get it, but it would have been fun.
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For our teenager’s birthdays this year we are giving them both a year’s worth of cell phone service with unlimited talk, text and web. We are sold, Hook, line and sinker on these phone plans. My husband and I have already switched over to montly, no contract plans and if you haven’t then you really need to switch.
Maybe you don’t mind spending twice as much ever month for a contract plan but we are a working family. I love my iPhone, but when we discovered that you can get an Android on Straight Talk that was all we needed to know. I mean, there’s just NO REASON to go with any other company because if you’re using a contract, you are getting ripped off.
How much clearer can it be? before, we were paying like $199 a month for two phones, so that’s like $100 a month per phone and we got these huge phone bills every month, they would like… list every text message with the time it was made and the fact that there was a zero charge for each one (columns and columns full of zeros, what a waste!) but now we just pick up a pepaid card and that’s the end of it. Everything you need is right there on the card. Honestly, those itemized lists would be cool if they quoted each message, but that wasn’t happening, it was just nonsense wasting of paper and machinery and staff and everything. I just don’t understand why anyone puts up with that anymore when there are smarter alternatives. So Call a friend and ask them “Is it smarter to pay $100 month or $50? See what they say. It’s really a no-brainer in my book.
What’s up with me and their big TVs? My husband came home with a 55” TV the other day and wanted to put it in the living room above the fireplace…do you have any idea how big that is? I spent a lot of good money on a decorator to come in here and make this place look great and the last thing I’m going to do is let a behemoth TV ruin the aesthetic of the room. I told him if he would take it upstairs to his man cave I’d go to satellite911.com and get him satellite so he and his friends could get all the games and that seemed to placate him for the time being. I just don’t understand why men think that everything is better when it’s bigger – Lord knows that’s not the way I think! I buy shoes and he yells at me so why should I let him off easy when he buys a TV with a screen the size of my car? I don’t think so!
