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Comment on Watching House and you could win $500

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I just discovered that 451press is having a contest. One of my other blogs is located on the 451press network. It’s called Watching House and it’s all about the hit television show House M.D.. I also dish about Hugh Laurie and the other stars of the show on the site too.

It would be great to get some more visitors and some regular readers for my newest blog, and now 451press has created a contest that will help me, and all the other bloggers on the 451press network gain some readers.

Stop by and leave a quality comment on Watching House or any of the other 451press blogs, and for each comment that you leave that adds to the sites content or contributes to the article you will receive an entry to win the grand prize of $500.

The 451press Comment Contest will be held from now until January 31st, and at the end of the contest a random draw will take place and 6 prizes will be awarded. 1 for $500 and 5 more for $100 each. Nice eh? I bet you could use that money right after the expense of the holidays.

Visit the 451press blog for complete contest rules. BTW that’s the only site on 451press where you comments won’t count as entries for the contest.





It’s an Honor!

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I just found out a few hours ago that I was nominated in a couple of Categories for the 2007 Bloggie Awards. Thank you so much Anita!

Anita from Say No to Crack was a doll and nominated Tricia’s Musings for Best Canadian Blog, Best Design, and most Humorous. I’m not sure that I have a chance at any of those categories because there’s a lot of fantastic blogs out there, but as the title implies it is an honor to be nominated.

Nominations end today at 10 pm. I’m not sure which time zone that is unfortunately.

You can only nominate your favorite sites once, so if you haven’t already what are you waiting for? Go get your votes in now.

I went and made my choices already. Then I visited some of the sites I nominated and let them know. I haven’t got around to everybody that I gave the nod to yet though, so if you didn’t hear from me it doesn’t mean that I didn’t nominated you.

I noticed that one of the categories is Best Topical Blog. If anyone is going to nominate sites would you consider perhaps putting my Gardening blog As the Garden Grows into that category? I might actually have a chance at that one. 🙂

Ah, just found out that Mrs. Lifecruiser nominated my gardening site as well as Tricia’s musings for the Bloggies too! Thank you!

Beautiful Hawaii property rentals

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Oh my gosh. You know how I’ve been longing for a vacation don’t you? Well I can’t take one right now, so I’m doing the next best thing by visiting exotic sites online and day dreaming about them. Well I found one that makes me drool. It’s a site that features Hawaii Vacation Rentals and now I’m just dying to go to Hawaii.

Gebhart Properties has vacation rentals on the “big island” and on maui. These are premiere resorts and ocean front homes that are being put up for rent. The resorts and rental homes are just lovely, with ocean front views, spacious living areas and they are even decorated with beautiful artwork.

Each property that Gebhart properties rents out is unique. Some have gourmet kitchens, another is only 30 feet from the ocean. If you’ve been thinking of a vacation in Hawaii or even moving their temporarily why don’t you visit the Gebhart website and have a look at their lovely properties.

You just have to promise me, since I can’t get away for a vacation right now, that if you do go you’ll send me a note and let me know if it’s as jaw dropping gorgeous as I think it is.

Fly like a Monarch

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UK readers – have you heard of a website named Flymonarch? If you weren’t aware of the site prior to reading this you really should visit it. They offer amazingly cheap flights. Actually if you are traveling in Europe you might be interested in booking a flight with FlyMonarch.com to go from one European destination to another. It sounds like it will save you money.

Monarch offers low-cost flights from London Luton, London Gatwick, Birmingham, Malaga, and Manchester airports to destinations such as Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, the Canaries and the Balearics. Not only do they offer cheap flights, but you can pre-book your seats and enjoy quality in-flight shopping, free newspapers, and even hot and cold meals. That sounds good. Most North American airlines don’t serve food on flights anymore, even if the flight is 5 hours or more.

Through the FlyMonarch.com site you can also book car rentals, travel insurance, hotels and you can even make golf bookings, along with scheduling your cheap flight. This certainly sounds like a company to visit when you are planning to travel.

My traveling brother

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My brother just came back from a trip to San Diego. He’s becoming quite the traveler. Every year he and his wife take at least two trips. Last year they went to Africa and went on safari. This year, they had the San Diego trip and in a couple of week they’ll be off to India. I only wish that Chris and I could travel like that.

Anyway, my brother called this evening and told me all about his trip. They went to the zoo and took in a few productions, and he told me they went to the most amazing restaurant. My brother never gushes over food and as he described their meals he was making me drool. If he enjoyed the restaurant then it had excellent food. Unfortunately I can’t remember the name of the restaurant that he was describing to me. I’ve been trying to see if I can figure it out by looking up San Diego restaurants on Discover San Diego, but I’m not having any luck. I’ll have to call him tomorrow and ask him what the name of the restaurant was. I’m going to write the name down, because if it was as good as he described I’m going to go there some day when Chris and I go to San Diego for a visit. At least in the mean time I’ve been learning a bit more about the city from my brothers travels and by reading Discover San Diego. I like learning about new places – especially ones that I’d like to visit.

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