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In the Spring I plan on riding my bike more often

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Spring will be here soon and if you’re like me, suffering through a very cold winter with lots of snow, you’re probably yearning for the nice weather to arrive. Usually by this time of year I’ve got cabin fever. It’s not quite as bad this year because we’ve got the puppy and whether I like it or not I’ve been getting outside every single day. No matter how cold it’s been. Brrrr

As I said when we got our puppy one of the reasons we got her was so that I could get more active. That new resolve had led to a lot more walking. I think I probably walk at least three to five extra miles each day now.

When the weather gets better, in about a month, I’ll get my bike out and hopefully start to go for rides a few times a week if not every day. If I don’t ride too fast our puppy can trot along beside me for while I go for a short ride.

We do need to get another bike though. My husband Chris has two bikes but neither of them are in good shape. One is a ten speed that only has one speed now! The other is also a 10 speed but it’s totally dismantled.

So I think one of the things we’ll purchase in the next month or so is a new bike for Chris. We have great bike trails near us here in almost downtown Toronto and then there’s always the boardwalk area at the beach too. They’re great areas for both walks, runs and bike rides.

I took a look at the Beach Cruiser website and I really like one or two of the cruiser bike styles. I think Chris will like them too.

I really like the yellow one that I included an image of at the top of this post! It’s so bright you couldn’t miss it and I like the style too. It’s a womens model and the price is quite reasonable too! Who knows, maybe I’ll even get myself a new bike too! They accept credit card and Paypal as forms of payment. Perhaps I could get the two of us new bikes using the earnings in my Paypal account. Now that would be nice!

They have cruisers for men, women and children as well as low rider and chopper style models too. Take a look at the site if you’ve been thinking of getting a new bike or if you have plans to become more active this Spring.

I’m certain that any of the cruiser models would make a fantastic gift for someone special in your life too.





Get 25 percent off a dozen roses

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If you’ve only read my blog for a couple of weeks you’ll already know that I love roses. I often post photos of the roses I grow in my garden or talk about my garden in some way. Trouble is, I live in a cold climate so I only get to enjoy my roses during the warm months of the year.

I start jonesing for some pretty flowers and color by this time every year. I bet that a lot of women do! Good thing Valentines day will be here soon.

Are you looking forward to Valentines Day? Have you made any special plans to treat the one you love? A dozen roses and a romantic dinner are the two basic ingredients for a lovely Valentine’s day celebration.

Of course romance, roses and romantic dinners need not only be for Valentines. I think we should treat our loved ones to special days all year round.

If you’re planning on giving flowers to your special someone on Valentines you might want to visit 1800flowers.com. I just noticed that they have a special on their bouquets of a dozen roses. They are offering 25% off. With that discount you might want to send a dozen roses to a good friend, your mother or other family members. You can order red, peach, pink, yellow or white roses.

While you are visiting the site you might want to take a look at their flower arrangements, flower and or plant baskets, plants and gift baskets. Their food gift baskets sound fantastic. They have everything from fruit baskets to organic food baskets, gourmet food baskets, cakes, cookies, chocolate and candy, wine and cheese baskets. They sound yummy! Check it out.

Give your loved one a very special day

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Valentines day will soon be here and it’s time to start thinking about a great gift for that special someone.

There’s a UK based company called Red Letter Days that specializes in providing special gifts in the form of an experience day. Now, an experience day is not only for Valentines, but since that’s the closest special holiday where we tend to pamper those we love I think it’s worth checking out.

Red Letter Days has an assortment of very special experience days that would make perfect valentines day gifts for him or for her.

You can gift the gift of a special experience day to your loved one in a variety of ways. There are special driving, adventure, pampering, flying, culture, gourmet, lifestyle, sports, wildlife and water related experience days. There are also special experience days for couples, and even junior experience days for kids.

Considering that Red Letter Days has such a variety of special experience days to choose from you should be able to give your loved one a dream experience.

As an example, if you wanted to get a special gift for your husband you might want to check out the activity gifts section. Perhaps the gift of a Ferrari or Aston Martin driving experience day might thrill him. Among the many experiences you’ll find body flying, Tandem Skydiving, tank driving, North pole fly in, the sports car thrill and many more.

There’s even an experience called the Yippee Ki Yay Action Day which sounds like it’s right out of Die Hard:

* Live Free or DIE HARD!
* Your mission is to play at being John McClane for the day
* Receive specialist instruction in evasive driving, weapons training and unarmed combat
* Like the movie, there’s even a helicopter rescue element in the final showdown
* Refreshments and safety equipment all included

For the ladies one might consider the Urban Spa Ritual, Mosimann’s Academy, a recording studio experience, An Italian Cookery Masterclass, Topshop VIP Experience, Makeover, Photoshoot and Four Prints, massage, chocolate wrap and several other luxury experiences.

You can use the personal gift finder to help you pick out the perfect gift for your loved one, or you can simply browse through the categories as I’ve done until you find something that sounds just right. If you can’t decide you can always purchase a gift card so that your special someone can decide on their own special experience.

Many of the experiences are located in the UK, but there are others that are located in other parts of the world such as Norway or Asia so I think that the site is worth checking out no matter where you happen to live.

My niece took in a nice haul at her shower

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Last Sunday I went to my brothers house in Aurora for my niece’s baby shower.

Earlier in the week I’d gone out shopping with Chris to pick up something on her baby gift registry. Instead of getting just one item on her list I got three, plus one extra gift. I couldn’t help myself! Plus it didn’t hurt that everything I bought had an extra 20% off either!

I got her and Eddie Bauer diaper bag, a Jolly Jumper baby carrier, a soother pin with a cute little duck on it and a teething ring that can be put in the freezer.

A lot of people turned out for the shower and she got a lot of gifts. She did really well! We all passed each gift around and some of the things were so very nice.

My sister and her daughter were also at the shower so I got a ride back to the subway with them. Well, actually my nieces boyfriend came to pick us up in his parents Charger. I didn’t realize how much that car had changed over the years!

I remember when I was in high school one of my good friends boyfriends had a Dodge Charger. I think it was a 1970 or ’72 or something and that was quite the car! The newer Charger that my nieces boyfriend was driving looked like a toy car compared to the old Chargers that I remember. It was a nice ride though. Very smooth.

I’d say it almost looked like a kit car. Maybe I got that impression because it had billet grilles, fancy hubcabs and other add ons. I guess my nieces boyfriends father must be a car enthusiast.

It was great to see some of my family and my niece who’s expecting. She looked great. She due near the end of February and it looks like they are having a little girl.

I’m pretty sure when the babies born that I’ll be buying more gifts. That babies going to be spoiled!

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