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Expecting twins

Admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:39:58 +0000

I have been looking at double baby strollers this afternoon – no not for me, I don’t have any sort of announcement to make
One of my friends from work just announced that she is expecting twins and was telling me how they were really going to struggle financially as they had only planned money-wise for one. I said I’d try and find her some bargains online to save her as many pennies as I can

Finding Happiness isn’t easy

Admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:18 +0000

As you probably know by now if you have been reading this blog for some time, my health is very important to me. This time 5 years ago I was obese, a heavy smoker and drinker, I had no confidence and I hardly ever left the house. To say that I was unhappy would be an understatement.

I finally decided it was time to do something about it and find that happiness that I so desperately wanted and I turned my life around.

I lost 100lbs, stopped smoking and drinking, started going out more and challenging myself to do something new and scary are often as possible.

I am now fit, a social butterfly and it has even been said by my friends I am somewhat of an adrenaline junky. I am certainly a lot happier than I was, but am I truly happy? That I am not so sure of.

I still have issues, I still have things in my life that I would like to change or better so I would say that I still need help with Finding Happiness – like most people in the world I assume. Those that are truly happy don’t know just how blessed they are.

Do you think that you can find happiness on your own, is it something you can learn and teach yourself, or is it something that you need help with – either from friends, family, loved ones or even from proffessionals that can work with you in trying to discover what’s holding you back.

I have heard a lot about the benefits of self hypnosis recently and I wondered if it could help with happiness and confidence, it is something I will be looking into more closely in the following days and I might have to give it a chance myself.

Audio conferencing

Admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:29:24 +0000

Does any one know of a good audio conferencing service that is affordable and reliable? There are so many to choose from that I feel like my brain is going to explode as they are so widely priced and offer so many features and the like it’s hard to really know where to start and which features are important vs which are just ‘fluff’. Argh.

Learning about Camera Tripods and so much more.

Admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:08:26 +0000

Recently I have found myself getting more and more interested in photography. I have always loved looking at photographs but have never really taken notice of the technical aspect of how they were created. When it comes to taking photos myself I am simply a cheap digital camera or cell phone camera snapper – point and shoot, let the camera do the work and appreciate it if the photo simply comes back in focus.

I have been looking in to what sort of equipment I would need to start out in more ‘serious’ photography and even looked up a few lessons and courses I could take in the local area. There seem to be a lot of choices to suit all skill levels so it is definitely something I will consider. I might try and convince my husband to come to a few classes with me though as I always prefer to do this sort of thing with someone I am close to and comfortable with. However even if he doesn’t want to come with me I am going to go ahead and go on my own as I am serious about wanting to learn more.

I have been doing my research as if I am going to get into this even semi seriously it is not a cheap hobby and there is a myriad of options. From what I can tell in the research I have done so far about tripods Benro is one of the best brands and they are affordable too – I am glad that I looked into it as well as I probably would have just bought a cheap tripod, assuming there wouldn’t really be much of a difference in quality when it comes to them but if you directly compare cheaper camera tripods to a Benro one there is quite clearly a huge difference.

Looking for our millions

Admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:10:48 +0000

I am thinking of grabbing a couple of bounty hunter metal detectors in the sale for me and my husband – we started going out on long walks last year and always said it’d be fun to take a metal detector along with us, add a little excitement to proceedings and heck you really never know what you might dig up – it could be the millionaire makings of us

Protecting the pup

Admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:31:24 +0000

We really need to get a pool fence now that we have the puppy and he’ll be able to go into the complex in a few weeks time. At the moment he has not had his injections so can’t go outside any where other than our back yard but it won’t be long before he can go every where – we don’t want him swimming in the pool!

Gone up, like everything else!

Admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:31:08 +0000

I need to pick up some Marcus nursing uniforms for work, does any one know where I can get some cheap? The ones I have been looking at all seem quite expensive and I thought they were a lot cheaper than that the last time I bought some, although having said that it wa s a few years ago now and as we know every thing is going up in price.

Cuff links for Christmas

Admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:27:30 +0000

I think I am going to visit www.cufflinksdepot.com for cuff links for my dad and other half for Christmas, it’s only a week away but I am struggling to think of any thing they would like this year an am starting to panic as Christmas is literally just around the corner now. Cuff links are always a winner with them though so although predictable, I know they will like what I buy

Happy birthday Dad

Admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:34:24 +0000

I buy cigars every year for my Dad’s birthday (which happens to be today, happy birthday Dad )

It’s been somewhat of a tradition since I was 16 years old – one of his favourite packs of cigars which will last him the whole year, as he doesn’t smoke them a lot, just on special occasions. And a bar of his favourite chocolate – it makes gift buying easy

Reading real reviews

Admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:30:40 +0000

I love to wear Make Up. Actually I love every thing about make up, I love reading Cosmetics Tips online and watching Make Up Tutorials on video sites, I also love going to the shops to buy make up and reading reviews about new products.

When it comes to new products I definitely always like to read the opinions of real people who have used the products, rather than ‘experts’ who just tell you how they work.

I have probably saved myself a small fortune in not buying various items I had planned to after reading the reviews of some real women