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Time to shop for the garden

April 16, 2008 by Tricia

I find that we have seasonal expenses. I’m sure lots of people find that they shop more at Christmas time and that they have hefty bills to pay come January. Our expenses go up at that time too, but I find that we have another spike in our spending in April and May too.

Why? Well … I’m a gardener. Spring is the best time to go out and buy more plants for the garden or order from mail order or online shops. I always find that I buy seeds, bulbs or bare root plants and garden decor around this time. I also often end up with a new garden book or two as well.

One of the sites that I’ve been looking at this year is www.buy.com because they always have the best buy. I just type in garden or gardening in the search box and it brings up interesting garden items and gardening related books. I also check out their front page while I’m there too as they have some amazing weekly deals.

Check out the site if your shopping for something online. You’ll probably save money.





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Fondly remembering my Florida spring vacation

April 14, 2008 by Tricia

Spring is a wonderful time to take a vacation isn’t it? I’ve been enjoying spring here in my own city, but I can’t help remembering some of the great spring vacations I’ve taken in the past. Actually now that I think of it, I think I’ve been to Florida in the spring more often than any other place in the world that I’ve vacationed.

The last time I went to Florida for spring vacation was several years ago. It was beautiful. The temperatures were in the 70’s to low 80’s so it was extremely comfortable.

I stayed with some friends in the Tampa and Orlando area. We visited both Tampa, Orlando and several other cities across the State. You see one of my nurse friends had traveled with me to Florida but she was staying in Boca Raton so we went there to spend a day with her and even drove down to Miami and visited the Miami Seaquarium. I guess we spent a lot of time traveling by car, but it was well worth it.

If you’re planning a spring vacation you should visit Trusted Tours & Attractions. They offer discounted tickets to the very best sightseeing tours. You’ll find discounted sight seeing tour tickets as well as some great information for 23 cities across America.

I actually wish I’d known about this companies website when I was looking for things to do in Orlando and other Florida cities. I could have even picked up some discount tickets for not only sight seeing tours but local attractions and I believe hotel rates as well.

If you expect to be going on vacation this spring or perhaps later in the year you might want to sign up for their newsletter. When you sign up for their newsletter before the end of April you’ll be entered in a contest where you could win a hand held system. Isn’t that great?

The newsletter is full of travel tips, interesting stories and links to travel blogs. I’m sure you’ll find it interesting and informative.

Visit the website, I’m sure you’ll find some great travel ideas!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Gifts, Health Fitness and Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Nutrition, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Socializing, Toronto, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: America, attractions, cities, city, comfort, deals, discounts, florida, friends, holiday, hotels, ideas, information, interesting, miami seaquarium, newsletter, offer, Orlando, planning, sight seeing, spring, spring vacation, tampa, things to do, ticket, tours, travel, Trusted Tours and Attractions, vacation

Tired of shopping retail for swimwear – I’m buying online this year

April 12, 2008 by Tricia

I was just talking about how pool season is coming up and that got me thinking about swimsuits. If you’re shopping retail and you need a swimsuit you might be out of luck by now.

That’s what I hate about shopping retail for seasonal items. If you want to get a decent swimsuit or any swimsuit at all you pretty much have to shop for it in January or February in this area. Same goes for shorts and other summer wear.

Oh sure, the stores might still have some summer wear in stock, but by the time the first heat wave roles around there won’t be one suit in sight! Instead the stores will have winter coats and boots. I’m sorry but the last thing I’m thinking of in the dead of winter is a skimpy bikini and likewise I’m not thinking of down coats during a heat wave!

Has that happened to you too? The first hot day in spring or summer comes along and you feel like putting on shorts or slipping into a bathing suit so you can go for a swim and when you go shopping for new items the stores are out of stock. Frustrating isn’t it?

That’s why I’m so happy that there are online stores that specialize in seasonal wear. Take SwimSuitsForAll.com as an example. You can purchase swimwear 7 days a week, 24 hours a day year round.

Another thing that I like about this online swimwear shop is that they have a wide selection of styles ranging from tankinis, bikinis to one piece swimsuits and everything in between. They even carry plus sizes.

I was looking at their pre-season sale items when I noticed that they also carry swimwear for those with long torsos. That’s me! I have long legs, but I’ve also got a long torso. Most of my life I’ve had to purchase a bathing suit one size bigger than I really need just so I can get the length. I’m going to spend some time looking over their selection. Perhaps I’ll finally be able to get a swimsuit that fits properly.

Take a look at their swimwear. I’m sure you’ll find something cute for summer and the great thing is you can buy it whenever you want rather than relying on retails strange stocking schedule!

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Getting ready to open your pool? learn more about chemical free pool systems

April 10, 2008 by Tricia

Now that spring has arrived I’m sure many of you have taken some time to enjoy the nice weather. Perhaps the weather’s nice enough in some areas that you’re even starting to think about how you’ll enjoy your summer?

We don’t have a pool. Heck, with our small yard we don’t even have room for a pond. However, some of our friends have pools and they are already starting to talk about preparing their pool for the upcoming hot days of summer.

Do you already have a pool? Perhaps your big landscaping project this year will be the addition of a pool or spa? If so, I’m envious!

If you already have a pool or if you’ve been thinking of installing a pool have you thought about what kind of treatment you will use to maintain the pools water quality?

I know if we were lucky enough to have a pool I’d want to try to use an environmentally friendly pool treatment system. You see, we have an organic garden. We don’t use any chemicals on our land to get rid of pests or to fertilize our plants, so it only makes sense that we’d try to maintain a pool or pond with the same chemical free standards.

If you’re interested in learning more about environmentally friendly pool treatments you should visit Ecosmartepool.com. They specialize in chlorine free pools and spas.

I think everyone knows that Chlorine treated pool systems aren’t the best. Certainly chlorine isn’t very good for the environment.

Now you might be thinking that salt water pools are a safe alternative? I know I did before I read some of the articles at Ecosmartepool.com.

Salt water pools actually use chlorine generators to keep the water clean. Chlorine generators can make it easier to maintain your pool, but they require a lot of maintenance and one type of Chlorine generator makes a byproduct that is messy and not easily disposed.

Wouldn’t it be much better overall if you could use a system that was 100% chemical free?

EcoSmarte specializes in chlorine, salt water and hazardous chemical free pool systems, spa systems, and pond systems. They also carry EcoSmart filter glass media which is used for pool treatment systems.

The EcoSmarte pool systems use natural oxygen to maintain clean pool water. There systems are easier to use than chlorine based systems and safer than ozone. The natural oxygen system is also much more effective than bromine or bacquacil.

The people behind EcoSmarte believe in protecting the environment and are in fact against Salt water and chlorine based pool systems. They even donate 5% of their profits to environmental charities.

You’ll save money by using the EcoSmarte pool system too. Think about it. You won’t be purchasing chemicals regularly to maintain your pool system. Plus, the EcoSmarte pool system is energy efficient. It costs less than $1 a month to operate.

With all of those benefits it’s certainly worth considering isn’t it?

EcoSmarte offers a 60 day satisfaction guarantee and a 5 year warranty on all purchases. Visit their site to compare their pool treatment system to several other types of treatment systems, then if you’re interested in learning more about their product you can contact them for more information and a product brochure and a free quote.

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I’m So Stuffed!

April 7, 2008 by Tricia

Chris and I went grocery shopping in the early evening and we came back with fresh Halibut steaks, new asparagus, corn, fresh organic strawberries and salad fixings. We also bought some wine – a Pignot Grigio.

So guess what we had for dinner?

I marinated the Halibut in a mixture of chopped chives – fresh from the garden, dill, paprika and a tiny bit of cayenne pepper and a splash of the white wine.

As the fish marinated, I prepared the asparagus by rinsing them and snapping off the woody ends (they were young asparagus so the ends were pretty good). I then placed them in a microwave steamer container. When I cooked them I put them in the microwave for about four minutes, took them out, drained the tiny bit of water that was in the container, added a tiny bit of margarine and a splash of lemon juice and microwaved them again for 30 seconds. Yummy.

I shucked the husk off of two corn and steamed them in the microwave as well (5 minutes).

As if the fish that Chris eventually barbecued on the grill, the asparagus and corn weren’t enough I also made a salad with fresh chives, green onion, sweet onion, organic salad mix, tomato, radish, cucumber and tomato.

We also had a glass or two of that lovely wine and I’m a little light headed right now.

For desert we finished off some fresh pineapple that we already had. I chopped it up and mixed it with some of the strawberries that we’d purchased at the grocery store.

The meal was delicious, but it was much larger than we normally have these days. So I’m stuffed.

I think I might head for bed soon!

What did you have for dinner?

BTW Our puppy got to taste a few new foods tonight. We gave her a small piece of strawberry, fish, and radish. She seemed to love them. We also gave her some cucumber, salad leaves (spinach and lettuce) and a tiny piece of pineapple. She’d had a taste of each of those before. She’s not big on the leaves but seems to really like cucumber.

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