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Overworked? A little …

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I’m seriously going nuts trying to keep up with all my blogs.

I’ve been accepting work for the blogs and perhaps I’ve taken on too much. It just seems like all I do all day is type, type and type some more.

I’m actually pretty happy with the work I’ve been offered. I’ve found all the products and sites I’ve been writing about interesting and I hope my readers have as well. There’s nothing wrong with writing about alcohol rehabs occasionally, but it’s nice to have articles that really fit well with my sites.

I just need a few more hours in each day to get them done. Sigh …





It’s cold tonight! Brrrrr

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This is the coldest night in months! Last week we had a heat wave and temperatures were getting into the 40 Celsius (104 F) range with the humidity and now it’s gotten very cool outside.

Actually the last couple of days have been pleasant with temperatures in the low 20’s (68 F to 75 F), but yesterday evening exactly at the same time my husband got home from work a huge storm came up and it cooled everything off dramatically. I mean trees blown over and all!

During and after the storm the temperature dropped. By 11 pm it was only 12 Celsius (53 F) and now, at 3:30 am it’s 11 Celsius (52 F). That’s cold! It’s making me think of winter and it’s far too early to think of winter! It has reminded me that I need a new winter coat though. Perhaps I’ll get a nice warm North Face jacket? One that can stand up to our cold Canadian winters and strong icy cold winds.

It looks like it will be cool most nights over the next week. I think I might have to think about bringing some of the tropical plants that I’ve placed in my garden into the enclosed back porch at night too.

Ahhh I hate the thought of cool weather coming. I haven’t had enough summer yet. It can’t be almost over … can it?

Ready for the new television season

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I can’t wait for the new television season to start up again! Only a couple more weeks at the most and some of my favorite shows like Heroes and Ugly Betty will be back on the air.

We haven’t watched much television over the summer because there’s been so many reruns on. They show enough reruns during the regular season lately that I just can’t watch the shows for a third, fourth or fifth time during the summer. I’ve got better things to do.

New shows though … well I look forward to those!

We kept ourselves busy TV wise watching a few short summer season series like My Boys, John From Cincinnati, Californication, and The Riches. We really liked the Riches – I hope that show comes back.

Now I’m eagerly anticipating the return of shows such as House, Grey’s Anatomy, ER, Desperate Housewives, 24, Survivor and several others.

What shows are you eager to see again?

I need kitchen reno ideas – please

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I can’t wait until we get a chance to redo our kitchen. I have no idea what the former home owners were thinking when they renovated. They had only renovated a year or so before we bought the house, but they went the cheap route – new floor and really cheap cabinets.

The fridge between the back door and the basement door all by itself so it basically looks strange where it is and makes it hard to use either door. The fridge is going to move to the other side of the room when we renovate. The stove is an old gas stove and it’s beside the kitchen door so there’s only a little bit of counter space to one side of the stove. I’ve got our big microwave beside the stove so if I’m carrying something hot I have to be sure that I can hold it for a few steps as there’s no place to put anything down quickly!

I won’t even begin to get started on the melamine cupboards and the cabinet hardware! Or the very small double sinks!

Kitchen renos are really expensive though … I’m trying to think if there’s a way I can renovate better than the former home owners, but without spending $30,000 doing it! The best way to do that is of course for us to do the majority of the work ourselves.

We’ve also thought of going to the local Habitat For Humanity Store, there’s one just about five miles from here, to look for used kitchen cabinets. We’ve looked before and you can get some nice wooden ones for great prices. Even if they’re a bit outdated they’re better than the melamine cabinets we’ve got now.

Got any ideas for me as to how else we can do an inexpensive kitchen reno?

Time to start thinking about booking a hotel in Vegas

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I’m still trying to decide if I’m going to go to Las Vegas in November. I’m really not sure if I’ll be going on not. Last week, the company that’s holding the blogging convention that I’m supposed to go to really riled up a lot of bloggers. As a result of what happened and a lot of other things that have disappointed me in regards to this particular company in the last while I’m just not sure that I’m willing to go now.

Having said that … if I do decide to go I’ll have to figure out which of the many Las Vegas Hotels I’ll want to stay in!

There’s so many! We’ll need one near the convention center or one that’s at least close to transportation to the convention center.

I’ve visited the site realtravel.com as they have listings for Las Vegas Hotels complete with price comparisons, descriptions and even maps of the hotels location. They even list nearby attractions, restaurants and even other hotels close to the one you’re looking at at the time.

Considering that I’ve never been to Las Vegas I think this is a great site as far as getting a general idea of where each of the Las Vegas Hotels are situated compared to the area that you plan to visit. Naturally with it’s price comparison features I’ll be able to find the best deals on hotel rooms as well.

I’m going to keep this site in mind while I try to decide whether or not I’m going to Vegas in November.

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