Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
I keep getting email for Canadian pharmacies. I’m not sure if the people who create these emails and send them out have any idea what countries the people live in when they send them. They must assume that everyone they send to is an American.
As a Canadian I already have access to Canadian pharmacies and I don’t even think it’s legal for me to purchase my medications online through one of these sites. LOL
Do you guys get a lot of these emails too?
If you have a small business or even a home business you know how important it is to keep track of your files and make sure that they are secure. Making sales and promoting your product is a big part of any small business, but as someone who used to own her own small business I know how important keeping all of the data regarding sales, company purchases and expenses can be.
Most small businesses store their data on their computer. Do you back up your data? What about storing your back up online using a secure service? I think it’s important for small businesses to think about having a secondary backup and using a company like IBackup – Online Storage. It just makes sense to have a secondary backup for your important data.
IBackup is the industry leader in online storage service. It’s features have earned it PCWorld and PCMag editor’s choices awards.
The company has several different packages to suit your companies needs. One of the features that I think most businesses will like is that ability to schedule online backups using a desktop scheduler.
Other features of this online backup service include mapping online data as a drive on your business computer, or mapping it as a webfolder. You can easily drag and drop files into your online storage as your edit or create them.
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Visit IBackup and see for yourself what this online storage service can do for your company.
Feel like doing a little shopping? Well if you happen to live in the UK you might want to gander over to Twenga. Twenga is a UK based shopping search engine that uses proprietary crawl technology in order to provide the best shopping deals for their members.
The site is easy to navigate. There are category listings on the left side of the main page, and all pages have category tabs across the top so that you can easily browse through the site without having to return to the home page first.
You can find just about anything you need on Twenga. You’ll find great deals on Photo equiptment, camcorders, digital cameras, mobile phones, MP3 players, computers, Household appliances, Homewares, Linen, Furniture, Gardening – DIY, Fashion accessories, clothing and many more products.
Another thing that I like about this site is that once you select a product that you want to know more about, for example this Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, you can read a detailed description of the products. When you scroll down the product page you’ll see a list of online stores that sell this Panasonic model.
Other features that you might enjoy are the fact that you can read articles of the products that you’re interested in, as well as write a rating yourself. I believe that you can also rate the products that are listed as well.
If you happen to be browsing the site and see an item that a friend might like, perhaps some jewellery, you can click on the “Recommend to a friend” link that’s located directly under the product rating on the right of the product description and tell them about interesting item that you found.
It seems that they’ve thought of just about everything on this site that you might need.
Did I tell you that I spent several hours on Sunday doing our taxes? Ughhh yeah, I did, and I finally got them in. We sent them off Monday morning.
Luckily we are each expecting refunds! I don’t know how we did it, but if I filled everything out correctly it looks like we’ll be getting a combined total of just a little more than $3000 in tax refunds!
The only problem is – this isn’t on this years taxes! I was sooooo sick last year I never did do the taxes when they were due. Yeah I’m bad, slap my hand. Hey I was home sick and not earning any income, and Chris had been sick and off work for a period of time that year as well when we thought he had a rare heart problem. There was no way I was going to come out owing taxes!
So yeah, I’ve still got 2006′ taxes to do too, but with any luck we’ll get a refund on that one too.
Two weeks ago, I made a lot of money in one day through some work on the net. A lot of money. Chris got all excited and started talking about this special piece of equipment he wanted to get for his guitar. It only costs $500. I wasn’t thrilled. The money I earned that day could pay off a lot of bills and keep us sitting above water for a while. So I told him we’d wait and see how our finances are when I do get paid that money and if we’re really in good shape he can get his new toy.
Well I guess our tax windfall on Sunday got him thinking about more guitar equipment because he was searching the internet yesterday for a special peddle for his acoustic guitar. This new item on his wish list is only $250.
Gee thanks Chris … I haven’t even thought of anything that I’d like to get – other than totally debt free. It’s not like he’s whining that he wants these things, but he is making a list. LOL
So I made a deal with him. When I get paid that big windfall that I made a couple of weeks ago we’ll hold on to it, or use some of it to pay bills if we have to. We’ll wait and see if the tax refund that I calculated for our 2005 taxes really is just over $3000 and if it is, he can use about half of his share of the refund to get his new toys. See I’m smart. His list is up to about $700 to $800 now and that’s about half of what his tax refund is supposed to be. Ha!
Guess what he did when I said that? He got back online and started cruising through the free auctions looking for guitar equipment. I’m ok with him finding the items that he’d like to get for lower prices, but I’m worried that he might find something else to add to his wish list.
If, when I do our 2006 taxes, it turns out that we’re going to get another decent refund, I might get another laptop. No I don’t need one. Not really. I’d get it for Chris to use. We both want to use the laptop when we’re sitting watching TV in the evenings. Trouble is, with only one, we can’t both us it can we?
It looks like if things keep going our way financially Chris is going to have a good year.
I haven’t spent a lot of time in recent years looking for new credit cards but I can remember how confusing it was to find just the right one. I mean, there’s so many different types of credit cards out there these days that it can be hard to chose which one will suite your needs best. Perhaps that’s why so many of the people I know have multiple credit cards.
If you’re like me and have had trouble in the past deciding which credit cards suited you best you should have a look at CreditCardSearchEngine.com. They have a wide selection of the best credit cards available today.
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The site is really easy to use too. For example – If you were to look at the Low interest rate credit card section you’ll see a selection of different credit cards offers from different banks and credit companies. There’s a description to the right of each listing that tells you all about the card, and information directly below the card listing that tells you more about the card such as interest rates, and what level of credit history you need to apply and so on.
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I like the way this site has been layed out, and I think if you were interested in getting a new credit card this would be a great site to start with as it has so many listings, a lot of information about each of the card offerings and you can begin your application right from the CreditCardSearchEngine.com site. Check it out for yourself.