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Have you purchased items online for your pets?

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

A few years ago I tried a service that let me purchase my groceries online. It came in very handy when I was busy – working long hours and with other commitments that I had to make. Who had time to go to the grocery store? I didn’t use the service for long though because I found that I preferred to pick out my own produce. The canned, dried and packaged goods were fine, but the produce wasn’t always items that would have been my first choice.

The reason I’m bringing this up is because I just found a site that offers online pet supplies. If I had a dog or cat I might use a service like this- particularly because most of the items for dogs,cats and other pets are already prepackaged so it’s not like one item is better or riper than the other as was my experience with online grocery shopping.

I know that a lot of my visitors have dogs and cats so I thought you might be interested in hearing about Vetsnab. Their pet supply items are competitively priced, and you can get many of the same items that you would normally purchase from your veterinarians office or a store. You can purchase, pet vitamins, pet supplements, pet medications, pet accessories, pet nutritional products, and pet toys. All of the products are made by well known companies such as Pfizer, Nutramax, Merial and others.

Do any of you use companies such as Vetsnab to get pet supplies online? I just remembered that I have used an online pet supply company in the past. I purchased special UVB bulbs for my reptiles.





Filed Under: Shopping Tagged With: Online pet supplies, pet accessories, pet medications, pet nutritional products, pet suppliments, pet toys, pet vitamins

A community for families in Japan

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

I’ve come across a site for English speaking families in Japan. The site is located at http://www.piqniq.jp. The site design is simple in it’s layout and seems to be very user friendly.

Families living in Tokyo or any other area of Japan can get online and talk with other English speaking people. They might start a conversation about raising children, or talk about great places to go while in Japan, even the ultimate family getaway.

The goal of the site is to create a community that English speaking families in Japan can use to help them in their day to day life within the country. It’s not always easy to make your way in a country if you don’t speak the national language so it makes sense to get online and talk with other people that are making their way just as you are. You can discuss ways to find babysitters or daycare centers, doctors or dentists, and even talk about schools and activities to do with the kids.

I can see this site being a life saver for couples who have moved to Japan to work but don’t know anyone and perhaps feel lonely and out of place is a society that is very different from the one they left behind.

Filed Under: Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Services, Socializing, Web and Technology Tagged With: community, english speaking in Japan, japan

Give me some ideas?

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

Speaking of money- as in my last post. I’m still trying to find ways to increase my income. Wait – what income am I talking about increasing? I don’t have an income! LOL

Are you making some money on the internet through your blog or websites? If you are – how are you doing it? I know a lot of people us a combination of Google adsense or yahoo ads and other text or banner ads.

Which ones work best for you?

Have you made enough extra money that you could actually pay a bill or treat yourself or your family to something nice regularly because of what you’ve done on your website? Tell me about it please.

Filed Under: Make Money, Web and Technology Tagged With: how to make money on the internet, money making ideas

Thinking of returning to school

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

Have you ever considered going back to school? I know that I’ve thought about it, particularly now that I’m off work due to illness. I’m starting to think that I might need to consider changing careers if I want to keep working. Being an ER nurse and working continuous 12 hour shifts is difficult when you have a chronic illness. Actually, prior to becoming a nurse I was a jeweller and I did end up going back to school- for nursing – when a severe recession hit and dramatically affected my business. So, as someone who’s already changed the course of her career path, it’s not that difficult for me to think about doing it again.

I found a site online called Capella university and I think this might be a perfect way for someone like me, or perhaps someone with a full time job and family who can’t afford to take a few years off work in order to go back to school. Capella University offers online courses. Students of the University can study for graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, information technology, human services and psychology. Capella also offers bachelors degree programs in information technology and business.

When I was reading information about Capella University I discovered that there are currently 16,000 students from all 50 states of the USA, and 63 countries, and that the University has been teaching students since 1993.

I think I’m going to look into the courses at Capella just in case I find out that I won’t be able to go back to my former job.

Filed Under: Jeweller/Jewellery Tagged With: bachlors degrees, Capella University, Graduate studies, Jeweller Jewellery, online courses

Money saving ideas

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

I’m always looking for ways to save money considering the situation I’m in – stuck at home sick, with no money coming, and I came across a site called The Thrifty Scot. It’s aimed more towards people living in the UK but the advice is practical and much of it could be used by anyone anywhere. I know that I’d love to find better ways to keep our money in our savings accounts where it belongs.

There is information on the site that will tell you how to choose better credit cards with lower rates so that you can keep your savings in your bank accounts. There’s also information about how to protect yourself from credit card fraud.

The site has a lot of information and links that will help you find mortgages for your home, and information on remortgages and even home insurance as well.

If you are looking for information on loans you’ll find information on how to get lower rates and better loan offers.

I’m not in a position where I need a loan yet or to re-mortgage our house- knock on wood- but I love finding ways to keep the money in the current accounts rather than losing it on high interest rates and bank fees.

Filed Under: Finance, Services Tagged With: bank, credit, credit cards, home, home insurance, house, Insurance, loans, low rate, Money, Money saving, mortgages, save money, thrifty scot

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