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Start sending real letters again

July 12, 2007 by Tricia

theesnail.gif Isn’t it nice when you receive cards at Christmas time, your birthday or special holidays? Some people even take the time to write a family letter during the holiday season, updating the rest of the family about all the major events that have occurred over the last year.

What’s unfortunate about this is that the occasions that I’ve listed above are about the only times that Chris or I ever receive cards or letters anymore.

My parents were winter Texans and while I missed them while they were away I always appreciated and looked forward to the weekly letters my mother would write. Sure, they had a set routine so each letter had a similar theme, but there was always some little story that made each letter unique.

I miss those letters.

I’m assuming that you don’t get as many letters as you used to either. Do you miss getting letters?

Well, if you want to give someone the feeling of getting a real letter again, but like the convenience of using your computer you could use the free service provided by http://www.esnailer.com. Just type out a letter, fill out the name and address of the person you are sending the letter to and then submit your finished letter to Esnailer.com.

Esnailer will print out your letter, place it in an envelope, put a stamp on it and mail it off to your friend or relative for you. All free of charge.

Sure, you might be saying to yourself “well I could do that myself”, but honestly, when was the last time that you did?

At least with Esnailer half the work is done by them and it’s free. Have you taken a look at the price of stamps these days? Believe me, this is a bargain!

Give it a try.





Filed Under: Cool stuff, Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Web and Technology, Website Promotion, Writing Tagged With: Birthday, cards, christmas, Esnailer, Esnailer.com, Family, formal correspondence, free, free letter, friend, holidays, person, post, print, send a letter, send a real letter, service

Surrounded by Reflections

July 11, 2007 by Tricia

Wordless Wednesday

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On Saturday Chris and I attended an outdoor art exhibition, then we went to Dundas and Yonge in Toronto to see part of the Toronto street festival where they had “green” exhibits.

The buildings surrounding Dundas and Yonge at Dundas Square have glass panes. I quite like the way they look so I decided to take some photos to show you.

You can click on the photo and visit my Flickr account to see everything I took photos of on Saturday. Warning – I took about 200 photos!

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Filed Under: Canada, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, The Neighborhood, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: Art, Canada, Chris, Glass building, photo, photos, picture, reflections, Saturday, surroundings, Toronto, Wordless Wednesday

Blame the border for our desire to go to Brazil!

July 11, 2007 by Tricia

Last year we had a border from Brazil. Our previous borders had been from Vietnam so we didn’t know what to expect when he was moving in. It turned out that he was a very nice, quite guy who absolutely loved his country.

He talked about Brazil all the time, showing us photos, and talking about areas that his family would holiday in and so on.

I’d always thought of visiting Brazil, but actually talking to someone who lives in a country that I was interested in visiting gave me some insight into the country and increased my desire to take a holiday there some time.

I would imagine that it will be a year or more before we visit Brazil, perhaps we’ll even have another border from the country before we go ourselves.

I do know that I’d definitely like to see some of the historic sites, go somewhere to hear traditional Brazilian music, visit the famous Ipanema , and of course while in Rio de Janeiro we’d take a trip down to the Copacabana Beach. I’m sure we’ll have a whole list of things to do and places to see by the time we eventually visit Brazil.

Have you ever been to Brazil? Do you have any suggestions for me?

Filed Under: Borders, Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Music, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: beach, Beaches, border, Brazil, brazilian, Food, holiday, hotel, interest, Music, travel, vacation, visiting

DialAFlight has great deals on worldwide destinations

July 9, 2007 by Tricia

It seems that almost everyone but me goes on a vacation at least once a year. Even if it’s just a short get away. I know I’ve been talking about vacations and holidays quite often lately, but that’s because I think it’s time that I had a break of my own.

I know I won’t be going anywhere this summer because of the house guests that will be coming and going over the next two months, but I won’t let that stop me from telling you about some great packages at Dial a Flight. You can keep me in mind while you go on one of these holidays, ok?

Right now DialAFlight has some great holiday packages and flight deals. If you don’t have time for a full holiday, but you’ve been feeling that you need a break you should take look at their Weekend Breaks section. I see that they have some listings that include New York weekend breaks, Madrid, London, Montreal, Orlando, Florida, Rome and many other packages for world wide destinations.

If you live in Europe, particularly in the UK, I think it would be wise to bookmark the DialAFlight website. I’ve actually visited this website in the past and if anything I think they might have expanded the locations for which they book flights or list all inclusive vacations.

When you visit the DialAFlight website you’ll be able to find cheap flights, hire a car, book hotels and purchase travel insurance as well as find all-inclusive trips to worldwide destinations. I see listings for flights to Johannesburg, Safari listings, flights to Canada, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean – everywhere and anywhere.

What I really like about the DialAFlight site is that you can book all of your holiday needs on the site. Whether you just need a hotel, a flight or want a complete package they have it all. I haven’t done a lot of traveling recently, but it appears that the prices that they clearly list beside each destination or holiday package are quite reasonable.

Filed Under: Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: breaks, Canada, car rental, cheap flights, destination, DialAFlight, florida, getaway, great prices, hire a car, holiday, hotel, hotels, Orlando, Summer, travel, travel insurance, Uk, vacation, website, weekend, worldwide

Chris did make it home safe yesterday

July 9, 2007 by Tricia

I was just thinking that I never did update my tornado warning story yesterday.

Chris managed to make it home last night without ending up in the middle of a Tornado, and here in Toronto we never did get the severe thunder storms or hail that they’d warned us about for hours.

It all seemed to blow over.

Yes there were Tornadoes or funnel clouds spotted in Southern Ontario but to the best of my knowledge they didn’t cause any major damage.

What strange weather we’ve had this summer. We’re either in a heat wave or a cool front comes in and drops us below seasonal temps. I think we might have an unusual summer weather wise.

Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, Toronto, Wildlife and Nature Tagged With: Canada, Chris, cool front, damage, hail, heat, heat wave, home, Ontario, storm, storms, strange weather, thunder storm, Tornado, tornadoes, Toronto, update

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