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Save money on your vacation with lowfares.com

June 3, 2008 by Tricia

Summer is just about here and I’m sure that quite a few of you are beginning to plan your summer holiday. I don’t even know what we’re going to do for our summer vacation this year, but I’m sure I’ll try to find an interesting place for us to go soon.

If you are going to be flying anywhere you should visit lowfares.com where you’ll be able to find cheap flights to destinations all over the world.

Just type in the city you’ll be departing from and the city you’d like to fly to, plus the date of your planned holiday and LowFares.com will give you a selection of low fares a wide variety of travel sites. You can compare prices and flight details and chose which one works best for you.

You can also take a look at vacation deals or build your own vacation package by booking hotels and renting a vehicle directly through the lowfares.com website.

With the economy down and gas prices rising I’m sure you’ll be looking for ways to save money this summer. Yet everyone still wants to have a vacation, don’t they? So why don’t you visit lowfares.com and see if you can book a great holiday and save money at the same time?





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Need parts for your car? Check out Go-Parts first

May 30, 2008 by Tricia

A few weeks ago our car broke down while we were on the way to Chris’ parents house. We ended up getting our car repaired in another city and the car was basically stranded there for three days!

We normally have our car repaired and get regular maintenance done at a garage just around the corner from where we live. The garage is owned by the sons of one of our close neighbors. As a result we get quick service and sometimes get a deal when they can manage to give us one. They also allow us to order our own parts. Sometimes that has worked out well because we’ve been able to get parts cheaper than what they would have sold them to us for, so all we have to pay is labor when we supply our own parts.

If you happen to enjoy working on your own car or if you’d like to see if you can get parts for your car or truck cheaper online than what your local garage will charge why not visit Go-Part.com.

For example, you can visit their site and look for Nissan parts, or parts for just about all of the top vehicle makers such as Ford, Acura, BMW, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Jeep, Buick, Cadillac, Lexus, Mazda, Porche, Saab, Toyota, Saturn, Volvo and many more. All their vehicle parts are sold at discount prices.

Now I don’t know that much about car parts, but this site looks easy to use. Just click on your car makers name in the left hand menu and once you are on the manufacturers page you can select your car model and search for parts from there. For example if you have a Nissan Pathfinder just click on the word Pathfinder and a selection of parts will appear beneath the vehicle name.

Lets say your Pathfinder is a 2006 model and you need a left taillight. Just click on the 2005 – 2007 Nissan Pathfinder left tail light link and you can read the product description – such as what models it’s compatible with and then place your order.

Likewise if your Nissan Altima needs a new A/C condenser or a right side mirror for your 200sx you’ll be able to find the part at Go-Part.com.

Go-Part.com has a toll free number if you need to speak with their support personnel, plus there’s also live chat support as well. Plus this company ships to all countries which is good news since I’m in Canada. So the next time our Ford Contour breaks down, if we need an expensive part I’ll check online first.

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Design your own Logo and Business cards

May 29, 2008 by Tricia

If you’ve been thinking of creating business cards to promote your website, online business or company you might want to visit LogoYes.

I just tried out the free logo design demo on their site and within just a few minutes I had created a logo for Tricia’s Musings. Take a look at what I created:

musingslogo.jpg It was easy! LogoYes has a simple step by step proceedure that’s foolproof. You can even go back a step or two if you change your mind about what you are creating!

The first step is to choose the type of image you want your logo to portray – High-tech, bold and flair are the three choices. I picked flair for my logo style.

Once you’ve selected your style you’ll need to decide which industry your business or website falls into. This is a fairly general blog that discusses a number of topics so I had a bit of trouble choosing my “industry”. I eventually decided to go with health and beauty as I discuss health topics quite often.

Step three involved picking a symbol (image) from my industry of choice to use in my logo. As you can see I picked a flower bouquet. There is a wide variety of images to choose from so you’ll be sure to find a symbol that will depict your website or business quite well.

Step four and five were the most fun steps. This is where you can chose the colors of your logo and add text to it as well. I choose to simple add the name of my blog – Tricia’s Musings. I then decided to make the bouquet a red color and matched the text of Tricia’s Musings as closely in color as I could to the main green colors of my blog.

What you see above is the logo I created.

I then went on to create a simple business card by going through two additional steps:

musingscard.jpg

Now i have a logo for my site that closely matches the style of my blog. This of course is known as branding. If I order these business cards those who visit my site after receiving a card will see that the cards colors and logo are similar to that of the site.

I’m quite pleased with how my logo and business card turned out.

LogoYes also does custom Logo Design so if you can’t find a Do It Yourself logo that works well for your company you can inquire about having a custom logo made for your business.

This was actually a fun process to go through. Anyone could design their own logo using a system such as this. Give it a try.

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Buy and sell Panama real estate at Encuentra24

May 25, 2008 by Tricia

Have you ever thought of living in an exotic local? Sure we all dream about living on an island or perhaps somewhere in South America, but few of us act on those dreams. Why?

I say why not? It’s a global world, there are several jobs that can be done from home – a home located anywhere in the world.

If you’ve ever thought of moving to Panama or perhaps you might be moving there due to your current job you might want to visit Encuentra24. It’s the leading Panama real estate listing service provider in Panama.

Features of the site include a large database of properties both for sale and for rent as well as images of most of the properties.

Perhaps you are in Panama right now and would like to sell or rent your property? Just visit Encuentra24, register and list your property. It’s that easy. Your ad will be seen by up to 800,000 prospective buyers and renters.

Along with being the largest Real Estate in Panama website, you’ll also find a variety of classified listings at Encuentra24. You can buy or sell cars and vehicles, find or list jobs, buy or sell items or find trade services to do work on your property.

I tried searching for properties on the site and I found the site easy to use. I was also pleased with the number of listing and their quality. The ones I found included pictures and even video of the properties.

If you are looking for property in Panama do check out the Real Estate Tips article. The article discusses how to buy real estate in Panama, discusses Panama real estate taxes, and among other great tips you’ll also learn which areas are the best areas to buy property in Panama.

I’m fairly happy here in Toronto, but sometimes during our long winters I dream about living in a place without snow. Who knows, maybe even I’ll move to a place like Panama someday. Hey, these days my job is on the internet – why not?

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Need to order new checks? Get a second box for 49 cents at 4Checks

May 5, 2008 by Tricia

Where do you normally purchase your checks? If you’re like most people you probably order them from your bank whenever you find your checks are getting low.

Did you know that you can purchase check online? Most of the time you can get them at a much lower price than your bank charges. I think the last time I ordered checks from my bank I found it expensive. I have to admit that I do most of my banking online these days and I haven’t ordered checks in some time. It’s probably more expensive now!

If you’re interested in saving money on your next order of personal or business checks you should visit 4Checks. The website is a check search engine and it lists well over 800 checks.

As I went through the site I was amazed at the wide variety of check styles. They have checks in just about every category that you can imagine. I’ve always been partial to animal or nature related check backgrounds myself, but as I said 4Checks has quite a variety.

You’ll find checks with American themes, animal checks, career related checks, human nature checks, just for fun, nature, special interest, sports, stylistic designs, and if you’re a vehicle affectionado there’s a category called trains, planes and motorcars.

New clients can order a box of checks for as low as $9.95, plus, if you use this code – ZWF328 – you can get a second box of checks for just .49 cents. Bonus!

The checks come in an assortment of formats. If you are buying checks for your business you might be interested in 3-per-page business checks, payroll checks, laser or inkjet checks, or continuous feed style checks. They also have top stub and side tear checks.

I found some checks that I liked and as I went through the checkout I discovered that I could choose from wallet single or wallet duplicate. I could have also selected labels, inspiration cards (which look quite a bit like business cards) or a checkbook cover.

4Checks specializes in providing a wide selection of check designs and products but they also carry check related accessories such as address stampers, deposit tickets, check registers, address labels, and calculators. I also discovered that they have a number of gift related items like books, jewelry, photo gifts and frames as well as a number of other products.

This is definitely a site worth visiting and perhaps bookmarking.

I was saying earlier that I was going to buy some checks but as I went through the ordering process – which is very easy I might add, I discovered that I could only input a US address and since I’m in Canada I’m going to assume that 4Checks probably only caters to those living in the United States. I could be wrong about that though.

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