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Green with envy

December 1, 2006 by Tricia

Oh my gosh! I’m so jealous! Do you remember I told you that a friend of mine, a nurse, had moved to California to take a job there? She just sent me photos of her new home! It’s fantastic, four bedrooms, a pool in the backyard with a nice garden, a huge kitchen. I must go and visit her soon.

She also told me that her broker with real estate La Jolla was great, putting up with her indecision over homes and taking her out almost every day to show her homes that fit into what she was looking for. Our real estate agent was like that too and we even became friends after spending so much time together looking at houses.

Oh I am so going to visit my friend in the new year. Her new house has a great view and she’s near the beach. Ah, what I wouldn’t do for a great Californian holiday right now.





Filed Under: Real Estate, Sales and Marketing, Services Tagged With: beach, crohns, Health and Fitness, Health Fitness and Beauty, home, home with a view, IBD, Inflammatory bowel disease, jealous, La Jolla, nurse, pain, Real Estate, san diego

A community for families in Japan

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

I’ve come across a site for English speaking families in Japan. The site is located at http://www.piqniq.jp. The site design is simple in it’s layout and seems to be very user friendly.

Families living in Tokyo or any other area of Japan can get online and talk with other English speaking people. They might start a conversation about raising children, or talk about great places to go while in Japan, even the ultimate family getaway.

The goal of the site is to create a community that English speaking families in Japan can use to help them in their day to day life within the country. It’s not always easy to make your way in a country if you don’t speak the national language so it makes sense to get online and talk with other people that are making their way just as you are. You can discuss ways to find babysitters or daycare centers, doctors or dentists, and even talk about schools and activities to do with the kids.

I can see this site being a life saver for couples who have moved to Japan to work but don’t know anyone and perhaps feel lonely and out of place is a society that is very different from the one they left behind.

Filed Under: Culture, Home and Lifestyle, Services, Socializing, Web and Technology Tagged With: community, english speaking in Japan, japan

Money saving ideas

November 30, 2006 by Tricia

I’m always looking for ways to save money considering the situation I’m in – stuck at home sick, with no money coming, and I came across a site called The Thrifty Scot. It’s aimed more towards people living in the UK but the advice is practical and much of it could be used by anyone anywhere. I know that I’d love to find better ways to keep our money in our savings accounts where it belongs.

There is information on the site that will tell you how to choose better credit cards with lower rates so that you can keep your savings in your bank accounts. There’s also information about how to protect yourself from credit card fraud.

The site has a lot of information and links that will help you find mortgages for your home, and information on remortgages and even home insurance as well.

If you are looking for information on loans you’ll find information on how to get lower rates and better loan offers.

I’m not in a position where I need a loan yet or to re-mortgage our house- knock on wood- but I love finding ways to keep the money in the current accounts rather than losing it on high interest rates and bank fees.

Filed Under: Finance, Services Tagged With: bank, credit, credit cards, home, home insurance, house, Insurance, loans, low rate, Money, Money saving, mortgages, save money, thrifty scot

Thinking about buying a used car

November 28, 2006 by Tricia

I’m starting to think that we might need to get a new car sometime soon. Our Ford Contour has been acting up a lot over the last two years. It’s only 10 years old, but I think it’s starting to tell us that it might not last that much longer. I said new car, but we can’t afford a new car right now so I’m starting to think about finding a place to purchase reliable Used Cars. I think I might have found the ideal site to search for used cars over at lemonfree.com.

My husband has always been a fan of Honda. We had a Honda Prelude in the early 90’s but this car eventually gave out on us. It did however live to be 14 years old- not that we had it the whole time. It was originally his parents car. So with that in mind I’ve been looking at the Honda area’s of the site, particularly the Honda Accord section.

As I’ve been looking through the site I’ve noticed some features that I really enjoy. When you find a car model that you like you can read a article of the type of car model, crash test results and ratings, you can also read stats on the estimated fuel economy, and recall notices for the make, model and year as well. I really like that part. When we were looking at cars back in ’98 I was reading reports on the models that we were interested in – like recalls and crash test results … so to have it all in one place so easy to find as I’m looking at a car that I’m thinking of purchasing is wonderful. LemonFree.com has made finding a used car, and learning more about the make and model so easy. I’m really impressed.

Another thing that I like about this site is that it has listing for both Canada and the US. As a Canadian I’ve found many sites geared towards American Consumers (even Canadian sites!) but not as many that have items for both countries. I found listing for a 2002 Honda Accord that might be suitable. At least it’s in our general area so we can contact the current owner and possibly go to see the vehicle.

Wish us luck!

Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Services, Shopping Tagged With: car, deal, honda, Honda Accord, Honda civic, interest, LemonFree.com, post, rating, reading, Rent, sites, used cars, used cars in Canada, used cars in USA

Publicity Guaranteed gets your company noticed

November 25, 2006 by Tricia

If you are running a small or large business and you’ve paid to get publicity for your company but felt that you didn’t get what you paid for then Publicity Guaranteed might be the right company for you to work with.

How does it work? Well, the experienced writers at Publicity Guaranteed prepare an article for you that they feel will give your business more exposure. After you’ve approved the article their media relations department works towards getting your article published in magazines and newspapers. Publicity Guaranteed only charges you for results- not for their time as some PR firms tend to do.

Article placement starts at $195 and works on a sliding scale from there. For more information, visit http://www.PublicityGuaranteed.com . The company states that they have placed articles in The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and many more well known publications.

Filed Under: Sales and Marketing, Services, Web and Technology Tagged With: articles, major magazine, major newspapers, promote your company, Publicity Guaranteed, publish articles about your company, small business

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