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Savvy shoppers should enter the Cart Me Away contest!

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Who wants to win a contest? Not just any contest. It’s a shopping contest.

Ah I see I’ve got your attention.

Well if you enjoy shopping I think you’ll really like the Cart Me Away contest that Shop.com is going to be holding in July. You could win a $1000 shopping spree at Shop.com!

This is actually part two of the Cart Me Away contest. The contest is said to be a cross between Sex in the City and the popular game show The Price is Right.

I think this sounds like a really fun contest. I don’t know about you, but when it starts on July 1st I’m going to be sure to enter.

I don’t know the exact details of Cart Me Away 2, but I do know that it will begin on July 1st and end on July 28th. Weeks one and two of the Cart Me Away contest are called Bermuda and The Book Club Story.

I imagine that the new contest will be similar to the first Cart Me Away contest that was held earlier this year. In the first contest participants were given a story line to follow with scenarios such as Throwing a dinner party, Romantic French getaway, Shopping for a Hawaiian Paradise, and Escaping to New York. Sounds interesting doesn’t it?

If the second part of this contest is like the first, you’ll be given a daily shopping budget and then you’ll have to shop for items that match that spending budget right down to the cent. If you’re a savvy shopper and your items add up to the correct amount you’ll be entered into a one thousand dollar shopping spree at shop.com and win your shopping offers.

Bookmark the Cartmeaway.com website and be sure to put a memo on your calendar reminding you that the contest starts on July 1st. Who wouldn’t want to win a $1000 shopping spree? I know I’d love to!





Did I miss my ride?

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It was so hot here yesterday that I only wish a car filled with people armed with water guns would have driven by while I was outside!

Wow take a look at the drivers seat! Was this a prank or were they trying to get somewhere? I really don’t know.

Looking at this, well the water gun made me thing of running through sprinklers when I was a kid. That was always fun.

We do have a water gun but I use it to spray the pigeons and squirrels that keep coming into my garden. It’s fun and it works! for a little while anyway.

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Time for a yard sale

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I just went into the basement. I never go into the basement.

Never.

It’s a mess!!! Since our house has been in a constant state of renovation since the day we moved in and we only have two closets in the whole house, everything that we plan to use when certain rooms are finished being renovated is in the basement.

Unfortunately, I’m now certain that there’s a lot of other stuff down there that we’ll never use.

There’s some old furniture that I was going to use but I think I might just replace when the rooms are renovated, and then there’s all of Chris’ sporting equipment that he hasn’t used from the time I’ve known him! Stuff like hockey equipment, golf clubs, baseball gear and so on. I’ve got a lot of books and knick knacks that I don’t think I’ll end up using either.

Maybe I’ll go through everything in the basement and see what things are there that I don’t think we’ll ever use again and then set things up for a yard sale.

Yeah, that’s what I’ll do! Anyone want to come to a yard sale? We have nice junk.

Is pet food safe now?

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I haven’t heard anything about the contaminated cat and dog food problem for a while. Does anyone know if they ever figured out what was in the pet food that was causing them to die?

I don’t have a dog or cat, but I do have pets that occasionally eat dog food. Yep … it’s my box turtles. They are omnivores after all. We feed them everything from fruit and veggies, to bugs – yes I feed my turtles bugs like earthworms and mealworms; fish, and occasionally we’ll get a can of low fat Premium dog food for them.

Trouble is, we haven’t purchased any dog food for the turtles for months because of the pet food scare. If the food is safe now I’d like to give the turtles a little treat.

New Hosta Leaves

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I don’t think there’s anything prettier than the greens of spring. The vibrant colors of new leaves as they grow are just beautiful to me.

This is a photo of new Hosta leaves. I took the photo just after it had rained which of course is why they are covered in water droplets. I actually have an even pretty picture of the hosta leaves on my photo blog Breath of Life if you’d care to take a look at it. I’m actually quite happy with the way both photos turned out.

As you’ve probably noticed I love taking photos of flowers. I think this year I’m going to try to capture the beauty of foliage a little more often than I’ve tried in the past.

Don’t forget to check out the Chive blooms on As the Garden Grows too!

I’m way behind in posting my Green Thumb Sunday post. I thought that I’d be creating a number of posts on Sunday and didn’t want my GTS post to get buried to fast. I might as well have posted this early Sunday morning because I didn’t get around to doing all the posts that I knew were coming until late Sunday evening. Next time!

I hope to get around to all the GTS sites through the week. I will try. I promise!

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