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Help me plan a kids party

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I seem to know a lot of people that are expecting kids soon. In the last weeks I’ve gone to one baby shower (for my niece) and been invited to two more!

If that weren’t enough one of my friends is having a big birthday party for her little boy who’s turning 10 next month and she’s asked me to give her a hand. I’ve got a list of things that she’d like me to help with such as helping her pick out the party decorations and kids party invitations. We’ve also got to come up with some kind of entertainment.

Thinking of entertainment for a kids birthday party in the summer is easy but in the dead of winter … hmmm … I have no idea. I think clowns and magicians have been over done. I wonder what other kind of entertainment I can find.

The best idea that I can come up with is that I know the owner of an exotic pet store. I wonder if I could ask him to get one of his staff to bring some animals to the party? That might work.

Any other ideas?





Donate your car to Car Angel

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I was just saying on my other blog My World that I think Chris and I will be getting a new car in the spring or early summer. Our car is 12 years old! It’s still in pretty good shape and barely has any rust (nothing noticeable) and drives well … but I think maybe we should start looking for a new car before the old one begins acting up.

I don’t think we’d get much money for trading in our old car. I could be wrong, but considering it’s age I doubt it. Too bad there isn’t a branch of Car Angel here in Canada or we’d consider perhaps donating our car.

If you are in the US and perhaps have a car that you don’t use or one that you’re thinking of replacing you should think about donating it to Car Angel. It’s like donating to charity. When people choose to donate car, boats, trailers, RV’s or other vehicles to Car Angel they use the money they’ve raised to make videos for kids and teens, and assist single mothers, the homeless, orphans and other worth while causes.

I know it’s probably a little unusual to think about donating a car to charity but people donate money all the time to worthwhile causes and a vehicle donation is just like donating money. The folks at Car Angel will even arrange to have your car picked up and they’ll do the paper work so that you’ll get an IRS tax deduction too.

As I said earlier Car Angel makes videos for kids and teens and they’ve given away over 2.4 million videos so far. Here’s an example of one of their videos:

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!

eBay sellers and retailers can get wholesale clothing at huge discount prices

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I don’t know how many of my readers have their own retail businesses or whom might be responsible for buying stock for their company, but if you are responsible for making purchases you might be interested in Merchandise Liquidators.

Merchandise Liquidators is licensed to liquidate the merchandise of high end department stores. You’ll find Wholesale Clothing by brand names such as DKNY, ABS, Boss, BCBG, Guess and many more popular brand names.

All of their merchandise comes from Overstock, wholesale closeouts and surplus from most major department stores in the USA. Along with Wholesale clothing buyers can also purchase electronics, shoes, toys, tools, jewelry and many other items.

Merchandise Liquidators sells items to their clients by the pallet and truckload. The cost of items are as low as only $7 a piece!

Actually if you are an eBay seller buying merchandise from Merchandise Liquidators would be a fantastic way to get quality brand name merchandise for a fraction of wholesale cost. Perhaps I’ve just given you an idea for a business you can run from your home?

Merchandise Liquidators also has an email list. Each week members of the email list receive a product list and hear about their weekly specials.

Visit the Merchandise Liquidators website to learn more!

PureCosta has information about Costa Rica Real Estate and Living in Costa Rica

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I’ve always had a list of places that I’d like to visit at least once in my life. Some places I’d even consider moving to if I enjoyed the area or country enough.

One of the places that I’d like to visit and would consider moving to is Costa Rica. I’ve been drawn to the country because if it’s wildlife.

If you’re interested in learning more about Costa Rica and perhaps interested in investing in property there you should visit the purecosta.com website.

The website is owned by Coldwell Banker. They are very passionate about Costa Rica – particularly the Southern Nicoya Peninsula. Their agents are licensed in both the USA and Costa Rica and they have a lot of experience in helping anyone who is interested in Costa Rica.

You can learn quite a bit about Costa Rica on the site. They have information about the country, the economy, what it’s like to live there, the people, the climate, currency, cost of living and taxes as well as information about investing in Costa Rica.

At this time there are 13 pages of property listings in the Listings section of the site. All I can say is you must take a look at the listings. The properties are beautiful! If you have any interest in purchasing a property in Costa Rica the listings page will make you seriously consider making an investment. Check it out.

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