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Apr
30
2008

Free Money!

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 04:07
free money That's right, some retailers are giving away free money.

Most of us should be receiving our "Economic Stimulus Checks" soon, and if you haven't already spent that money you might look at this way of getting a bonus on top of your check.

Several retailers, and even grocery chains are offering bonus programs. Most of them require that you buy $300 to $1200 worth of gift cards, and they will add an additional $30 per $300 that you buy. So you get an extra 10% bang for your buck.

An extra 10% at the supermarket is a great deal, but unfortunately neither Price Chopper or Hannaford are offering the deal yet. I am hoping that they jump on the bandwagon with some of the other national chains so we can take advantage of the additional spending power.
Some of the others offering similar incentives include: Radio Shack, Sears, Kroger stores, Shop 'n Save, and Albertsons, among others. I just don't think we would have been spending that much at any of those stores ordinarily. Hopefully some stores where we would normally be spending will offer something similar.
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Apr
23
2008

The List

Wednesday, 23 April 2008 06:35

 

Okay, I am sure you have all seen a list come around by email, or seen other sites where people make a list of the 100 things they want to do in their lifetime. Maybe making a list and putting it out there as a reminder will help motivate me to cross some of them off. So, here is what I have come up with for a list so far. It's not a 100 things, it's not even 20 things I have added a couple so it is up to 20 (I combined a few because they will all get done at the same time)... but it's a start. If I start crossing off a bunch of these, I'll work on adding to the list. Or maybe you can give me some more ideas to add to my list. Leave me a comment with things that are or would be on your list.

Some of these are huge, some should be easy.
Things to do before I go...

  1. Retire early, and have enough financial security to enjoy it
  2. Rent a Villa in the French Countryside for a week or longer
  3. Learn to speak a foreign language and vacation in a country where I can use that new skill
  4. Spend a month in Italy
    1. See the Sistine Chapel
    2. Gondola ride in Venice
  5. Run a 5k race
  6. Give more to charity (not very specific, I know)
  7. See a World Series Game at Yankee Stadium (or whatever they decide to call the new stadium)
  8. Visit the Statue of Liberty Accomplished Sept 14th 2008
  9. Visit the monuments in Washington D.C Accomplished Sept 2012 on vacation
  10. Camp in the Grand Canyon
  11. Drive cross-country… and enjoy it this time.
  12. Vacation in Australia
  13. Vacation anyplace that looks like this
    Fiji
  14. Picnic in Central Park
  15. See the northern lights
  16. Go bungee jumping
  17. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
  18. Spend Christmas / New Year's in an exotic location (maybe that photo in #13)
  19. Drive a Cobra (not a mustang, but replicas count) Accomplished June 16th, 2009 when my mid-life crisis arrived.
  20. See a game in all of the American League Baseball parks
    1. Camden Yards - Baltimore Orioles Accomplished 2012 on vacation
    2. Comerica Park - Detroit Tigers
    3. Angel Stadium - Los Angeles Angels
    4. Fenway Park - Boston Red Sox Accomplished April 25th 2009
    5. Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City Royals
    6. Oakland Coliseum - Oakland A's Accomplished a long time ago August 25th 1991
    7. Rogers Centre - Toronto Blue Jays
    8. Metrodome - Minnesota Twins
    9. Rangers Ballpark - Texas Rangers
    10. Tropicana Field - Tampa Bay Rays
    11. Progressive Field - Cleveland Indians Accomplished May 29th and 30th 2009
    12. Yankee Stadium - New York Yankees We've been there once or twice wink
    13. U.S. Cellular Field - Chicago White Sox
    14. Safeco Field - Seattle Mariners
 
Apr
22
2008

Making a difference

Tuesday, 22 April 2008 02:28
Happy Earth Day everyone. That's right, April 22nd 2008 is Earth Day! So what right? Well this year I am going to make a pledge to myself to try to change at least one aspect of my life to make even a small difference. It's the least I can do right?

So here it is, I am going to work on using less water. No more leaving the faucet running while brushing my teeth, limit the yard sprinkling, less water doing dishes, etc... We'll see how well I do, but I at least have to try.

So how about you? Want to join my pledge? Leave me a comment on how you are celebrating Earth Day this year.

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Apr
14
2008

slideshow

Monday, 14 April 2008 09:59
This one is for Dave and Denise. I was playing with some new features, and found that I could embed a slideshow of an album from my gallery. Since we have so many pictures in so many different albums, I couldn't come up with exactly what I wanted. But I figured Dave and Denise would like watching a slideshow of all the picture of Tess that I have. Enjoy.

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Apr
11
2008

Has it been that long?

Friday, 11 April 2008 02:12
One of the greatest spring vacations Brenda and I have ever taken was 10 years ago when we went to San Francisco. I can’t believe it was 10 years ago already. We had been looking at camps, and had just looked at what is now our camp for the first time. I think I was out west on business, and Brenda flew out to meet me for a little mini-vacation. It was actually our second vacation in San Francisco. We got engaged on a 2 week vacation out there back in 1991. This time it was a much shorter trip, but we had a great time, as usual. We went all over the city. Had a great time at the Hard Rock Café, drove out to Monterey, we really packed a lot of activities into a short time.

While in Monterey we were wandering around Fisherman’s Warf when we found this wrought iron sun sculpture. We both loved it, and said to each other that it would look great in the house that we had been thinking about. We decided to buy the sculpture, and when we got back home we called the real estate agent and put a bid in on our camp. That was a great trip.

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