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December 1, 2010

Let the Fun Begin

Filed under: Holidays,Home,Shop til ya Drop,Things I Love,Travel — gardener @ 2:36 pm

Desere is in Atlanta waiting for her flight to Mobile (or I assume she is- since I haven’t talked to her) and I’ve been getting a few things done around here in anticipation of her arrival.

She’ll be here 10 days, but our time will be spent constantly on the go- so it’s safe to say that this definitely will not be a vacation of rest for her. In fact, it’s one of those trips where you’ll probably have to go home and get some rest to recover from the vacation that you just took.

Tomorrow we’re headed out to New Orleans. Friday, she and I plan to spend the entire day out shopping between the outlets and Malbis and then Saturday is our cruise. We get back on Thursday- and she leaves again on Friday. I’m looking forward to taking plenty of pictures and having many adventures to share- including our swim with the dolphins.

I miss reading blogs- but I just haven’t had the time. Maybe after she leaves and heads back home- I’ll have a little more time.

November 29, 2010

Christmas Cards

Filed under: Holidays,Seasons,Shop til ya Drop — gardener @ 6:00 pm

I pulled out my Christmas cards this morning with the thought that I may possibly start working on them. The key word there would be ‘thought’, because it didn’t take long for me to get distracted with other things. My brother called on his way to the doctor, so we talked for a while. Looks like he’s got a lighter version of whatever it was that I had last week. He left work after being there a couple of hours and after a visit to the doc for antibiotics, he went home and spent the rest of the day in bed.

I attempted to organize my very disorganized bedroom, plus printed out all the cruise documents that we need for this coming weekend. I also talked to Desere via Whats App for a while and then it was time to head to town with mom and diddy to pick up a few things. By the time we got home- it was time to get dinner going, and now- here I sit. The Christmas cards became a fleeting thought.

It looks like I won’t get started on them until we get back from the cruise. With Desere coming in Wednesday- it looks like I’m going to be busy for a while.

November 19, 2010

Hello, Are You There?

Filed under: Shop til ya Drop,Techy — gardener @ 2:47 pm

I noticed before Marcel and I left for our trip home that it seemed as though our telephone batteries were having issues holding a charge. We have two cordless phones in the house, one of which is on the charger at all times. I noticed after using each one of them that my talk time on a full charge had dropped from what was once five or six (maybe even more) hours to less than two. On the list of things to do when we return home will be either buy batteries or new phones. We’ve had the phones less than two years, and I wouldn’t think that they would be worn out already.

November 18, 2010

Simple Decisions

Filed under: Home,Shop til ya Drop,Techy — gardener @ 8:26 am

We didn’t make a decision on the computers yesterday while shopping. Mom wants laptops and diddy wants a desktop. His reason behind it is because he’s a creature of habit and some habits die hard.

We looked at home theater systems while we were there as well, since mom and diddy are considering an upgrade, but our main mission was computers. I thought we’d make a purchase yesterday, but that didn’t happen because there was still a question of whether it would be two laptops (my recommendation) or one desktop.

I was actually pretty sure that diddy wasn’t going to budge on the desktop thing, when this morning they started talking about getting the laptops. I guess some things do still surprise me. We don’t have them yet, so there’s still time for them to change their mind. I’ll keep y’all posted.

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Filed under: Home,Shop til ya Drop — gardener @ 8:14 am

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November 13, 2010

Rolling Calorie Explosion

Filed under: Food,Holidays,Home,Shop til ya Drop,Travel — gardener @ 4:51 am

This morning I finished packing my carry on and I have to say that if you could see the inside that most people would probably gasp. It’s filled with specialty chocolates and cookies- all things that everyone back home love about the area in which we live. Mom said that we’d need to know what is three best diet pill on the market if we ate all the goodies in that carry on, and she’s right. It’s literally a rolling carry on of about 30,000 calories, which is about 8 1/2 pounds. It’s a good thing it’s not all going to one person.

November 8, 2010

What Do You Think?

Filed under: Shop til ya Drop,Things I Love — gardener @ 9:09 am

I was goofing off at the Macy’s website earlier today when I got finished working and came across this sweater.   It is not something that I may typically wear, but I fell in love with it and have been trying to decide whether to order it or not.    I love the colors, plus I love the clean lines.   In addition- its only 20.00, which in my book is a bargain.   

My only drawback is that I’m not generally a huge fan of turtlenecks, and I’ve recently ordered three solid colored ones.   Still, I can’t help but think about how much I love this sweater.   I’ve added it to my cart, I just have to make the decision. 

What do you think?

November 6, 2010

Brain Power

Filed under: Food for Thought,Life,Shop til ya Drop,Techy,Things I Love — gardener @ 9:13 am

This is going to sound crazy (or maybe not), but lately I’ve had so much on my mind that I find I’m forgetting more than I’m retaining. That may not be 100% accurate, but that’s how I feel. I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to do something to challenge my brain a little and allow it to think more, but wasn’t sure what I could do.

I was lying in bed a couple of nights ago when after I finished checking email on my iPhone (the ‘eye’), I thought I’d browse through the App Store. I found a cute little trial game called “Cut the Rope” and it had great reviews. I figured since the light version was free, I’d check it out- after all it was free. It’s basically a little puzzle game where you have to feed this creature in a box candies. The candies look like Life Saver Cream Savers and well- it’s cute. It also challenged me.

It didn’t take long before I’d played all the levels on the free version and that left me thinking that the full version would be perfect. It was only .99 so I downloaded it. I’ve been playing it every spare moment since. I’m not exactly sure that I’m feeling smarter or forgetting less, but at least the grey matter is working and I’m having fun in the process.

November 3, 2010

Gifts to Leave Behind

Filed under: Holidays,Shop til ya Drop,Things I Love — gardener @ 10:01 am

Marcel and I won’t be spending the holidays this year with his family so we’ve been trying to come up gift ideas to leave behind for them. They aren’t really big on gift giving, but yet I happen to love seeing a person’s face light up when they have been given something they love. I know how much Marcel’s nieces would love to get their hands on some Taylor Swift tickets and I’m thinking if we can make it happen that it will be their favorite Christmas gift ever.

October 29, 2010

All About the Savings

Filed under: Holidays,Home,Shop til ya Drop,Techy,Things I Love — gardener @ 4:50 am

It’s no secret amongst my family that I’m the technical minded one of the bunch. I’m definitely no genius, yet somehow my family seem to think so when it comes to matters of the technical side. I say they are biased and would deem me brilliant no matter what, but I digress.

Mom asked me the other night what I wanted to do on our first day home for the holidays and my response was ‘find them a new computer.’ Technically, I’m hoping I can talk them into getting two computers, simply because I think they would benefit from having two ‘newer’ computers in the house. The ones they have now are lacking in speed, amongst other things. Even though the decision hasn’t been made yet, I’ve already been checking out computers at Best Buy, which is where we’ve bought the last four computers we’ve owned. I’ve always had great service, plus it seems that I can always find a Best Buy promotional code to add a little extra savings to the mix. I figure you can’t go wrong with that, especially since y’all know how much I talk about how I don’t check out online without first looking for a coupon code. It’s all about the savings, which gives us more money to spend on other technical goodies, such as WiFi Internet for mom and dad.

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