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No flying vacations for a while I guess

December 10, 2007 by Tricia

I was just saying on my other blog that now that we have a puppy we probably won’t be flying anywhere for vacation for the next several months. Puppy needs to be house trained and grow out of her chewing and teething stage before we could even ask anyone to look after her while we are away.

So that means she’ll have to come with us on vacation if we even go on vacation. I guess we’ll be doing road trips and we’ll be trying to find pet friendly places to stay.

I’ve always wanted to go to Carolina. It’s a long drive, but not too bad. Perhaps a vacation on the Outer Banks might be nice. I’m sure that there must be some pet friendly cabins or motels there.

Do you know of any pet friendly vacation spots that aren’t too far from where I am here in Ontario?

Those As Seen On TV products

December 10, 2007 by Tricia

The other day I mentioned that I sometimes end up channel surfing late at night and end up seeing some of those as seen on tv ads and infomercials on TV.

Have you ever watched any of those commercials? Some of the products actually look like they are really good ideas and that they might make it a bit easier to get some things done around the house.

Items like the one touch jar opener might be good to have around. Back when I was a jeweler my hands were incredibly strong. I did diamond cut designs on jewelery by hand. My husband was also a jewelery but unlike me he didn’t have to grip a precision tool all day long so I think my hands were stronger than his at that time. I could open the jars he couldn’t! Now my hands aren’t so strong so it might be great to have something around for those tough jars.

Steamers – I’d love a steamer to clean my oven and to clean so many other items in my home that have tough ground in stains. I’m sure the steam would help.

What As seen on TV products have you seen advertised that you’d like to try?

Pecher Peony bloom

December 9, 2007 by Tricia

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This is a beautiful peony that I grow in my backyard garden. I took this photo a few years ago and I believe the bloom was just about to fade. It was still lovely of course.

This peony has a mild scent. I don’t cut flowers to bring indoors often, but I do sometimes gather a bouquet of peonies and other flowers in bloom in the spring or early summer. The scent is lovely indoors too.

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

Cat Tails by the Lake

December 8, 2007 by Tricia

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I’ve always been fascinated by Cat Tails or as some people call them, Bull Rushes. I remember even as a child I couldn’t wait until the cat tails had matured as they’d burst open to spread their fluffy feathery seeds.

Just like a dandelion, blowing on an over mature cat tail produces the same results … a sea of seeds blowing through the air.

I took this photo a few years ago when my husband and I were traveling from Toronto to Ottawa Ontario. The long cat tails were by a lake … Sharbot Lake I believe. So pretty.

Stay in comfort in a furnished apartment in when you stay in Dubai

December 7, 2007 by Tricia

If you’re traveling to Dubai for a vacation or possibly to live there while you are on a work assignment you’re going to need a place to stay.

If you will be staying for any length of time you might want to look into renting an apartment while you are there.

I don’t know about you, but whenever I have to stay in a hotel for more than three days I dislike it. Depending what area I’m visiting I’d much rather stay in a cabin, or some kind of vacation rental home. It’s not home, but it certainly feels much more like home than a one room hotel room does! I also like having a kitchen and being able to cook my meals or warm food.

As I was saying, if you will be in Dubai and if you don’t want to stay in a tiny hotel room for weeks on end why not look into one of the lovely dubai hotel apartments or dubai apartments available at dubaiapartments.biz.

The apartments are being rented out by their private owners and property managers and they are often luxury apartments that cost much less to stay in than in a hotel. Of course you can also find some very nice dubai hotels listed at dubaiapartments.biz.

All of the apartments for rent are of the quality of a three star hotel or greater. I believe all of the apartments are furnished and have all of the amenities that you would need to make your stay comfortable.

The site is very easy to use. Just go to the site, select the location that you hope to find, select the price range that you desire, the date that you need the rental, amount of bedrooms as well as a few other features and the site will bring up a list of potential rentals to select from. Once you find one you like you can follow the easy instructions and book the furnished apartment.

You can view photos of many of the apartments that are available for rent as well.

Dubaiapartments.biz is the largest short term rental portal in Dubai. There are over 120 self catering properties listed. So if you are going to be staying in Dubai stay in comfort and rent an apartment.