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Merry Christmas!

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I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of my readers and visitors a very Merry Christmas and or a Happy Holiday.

I hope you are all having a wonderful time with friends and family. Enjoy, and be safe!

Me … I’m here at home at the moment (Christmas eve at the time of writing) and my neighbors in the adjoining house are having a Filipino karaoke party! LOUD and very bad singing of Christmas carols going on.

I’m so glad that I’m going to be traveling out of town on Christmas day to visit my in-laws for a Christmas meal. That’s one great way to escape the karaoke neighbors, and our elderly neighbors who’s taken to banging on ALL of our windows until we hear her and open the door.

Have a Good One!

Tricia





Prebook your hotel rooms before you travel

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Are you going on a holiday in the new year? I don’t think I am, but when I do, I know exactly where to go to look for well priced hotel rooms and other forms of accommodation. You see, there’s a site called HotelResverations.com and they list available hotel rooms, bed and breakfasts, condo rentals and other types of vacation rentals world wide. All you have to do is visit the site, pick a destination and book your hotel reservation, it’s really that easy.

You’ll be pleased with the prices too. I decided to test out their site price wise by trying to find room availability here in Toronto for mid January. Now, we tried to get hotel rooms in August for my husbands family when they all came to town for a wedding and not only was there almost no availability thanks to several conventions going on at that time, but the rooms that were available were very expensive – like $150 to $175 per night or even higher. I realize that summer is tourist season here and that hotel room prices may fluctuate depending on the season but when I searched on Hotel Reservations I found that most prices for the rooms suggested to me were well under $100 and since I know the area and the hotels that were brought up on the page, I know that those prices were fantastic.

So if you are going to be traveling and you want to book your rooms in advance visit Hotelreservations.com. before you go. I think you’ll be quite happy with the prices and the accommodations.

Create a wishlist for the gift items you desire

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Now this sounds like an interesting idea. Have you ever been planning a party for someone, possibly an anniversary, a shower, a baby shower, birthday, or graduation party? People often want or are required to bring gifts for these types of parties but sometimes it’s hard to let everyone know what the person you are holding the party for needs.

Well, Wishbin.com, has create a site that allows you to create and organize as many wish lists as you like. If you have an event coming up for yourself- say you are pregnant and the babies due in a couple of months, you suspect that your best friend will have a baby shower for you – why not be proactive and create a baby gift registry wish list? The site lists products from well known online retailers such as Amazon, Target, Banana Republic, and Best Buy, and all one needs to do is add products that they’d like to receive to their list as they browse the site. The list can even be downloaded and placed on a website for all to see so that when you send out invitations for that special party you can direct the guests to visit the site where you posted the wishlist.

I just thought of another use for the wishlist too. You can create multiple lists on the site. Why not create lists for your loved ones and as you learn what items they’d like to receive for their birthday or Christmas you could add the product to the list. As their special day approaches you can just look at the lists and select a gift to give to your loved one.

Check out the Wishlist.com site and see what you think. Now, hmm, maybe I should create one and put it on my site so that you’ll all know what you can get me if you’re feeling generous. LOL

Sore Loser

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I’m totally out of it after the race to put together the puzzle. I had massive internet connection problems from 3 pm Thursday until sometime this afternoon, so in the final portion of the puzzle race I was fighting an internet connection that was slower than a dial up connection. It’s a wonder that I even managed to collect all the puzzle pieces and post my completed puzzle within a few minutes of the end of the contest. Yes, it was close!

I paid the price though. I was up from Wednesday Morning until 2 am Thursday puzzle hunting. Then I slept from 2 am until 5:30 am this morning and then got up to hunt for the final two puzzle pieces. The contest ended at about 11:45 when Colleen beat me and a few others by submitting the puzzle first. I crashed on the couch at 1:30 pm or so and woke up a bit after 4 pm. I guess today, in two short periods of sleep I kind of caught up, but I feel terrible. I’m wiped out, my eyes are burning, I’m light headed and my abdomen is aching like crazy. Yeah- when I don’t manage to get some sleep the Crohns really flares.

Thanks Ted for dragging out the contest. LOL Now it’s going to take me a week or two to recover ’cause I think it made my Crohns flare worse. I wish I wouldn’t jump at challenges the way I do. I’m a total A type personality. Of course I was taunted with the possibility of winning $1000 and if you’ve been reading this site for anytime you know I’m not working because of the Crohns so I really did need that money. That’s why I pushed myself so hard. I’m going to pay for it.

Two very kind people helped me at one point or another during the contest. I won’t mention their names here just in case they don’t want others to know, but I will say that I totally appreciate their help and kindness and I’ll try to help them out in some way in the future. Thank you!

Want to win $250?

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I thought that would catch your attention. The folks over at Razz have a contest going on right now, and if you enter You could be the next RAZZ Idol.

That’s right. Just go to the site and use their Razz mixer – pictured above- and create a recording. They say that you can enter the contest by make a recording that introduces yourself, or perhaps a fake news report, an original DJ Mix, a Poetry Slam or Spoken Word, a comedy monologue, or you could make an advertisement that totally sucks up to the folks at Razz. Add a music intro to your recording too if you want.

I haven’t tried it out yet but the site looks very straightforward and easy to use. I most definitely will be entering the contest. They will pick 10 runner-ups who will win $25 each, and the grand prize winner will win $250. Winners will be judged by the staff at Razz and notified by email. You must use a background track, your voice and other sound effects to qualify for the Grand prize.

Good Luck!

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