Growing up one of my fondest memories of Christmas was getting presents in the mail. They came from relatives who lived across the United States. Aunts and uncles in Arkansas would send boxes of mixed nuts. They had a farm where they grew nuts. Other relatives in Los Angels would send a box of...
Grouponicus and Gobblepalooza are some of the fancy names we are seeing to describe the after Thanksgiving Black Friday Day sales. For about a week now I have been getting emails from Amazon.com and others announcing Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. Some stores have jumped the gun and have already started their sales. At one time Black Friday...
We are less than two months away from Christmas Day. The holiday shopping seasons officially starts in less than three weeks, with Black Friday. Already we are starting to see hints about Christmas shopping, and where the best deals will be at. Commercials from Wal Mart stating the best deals will only be from...
This is one of those Halloween Day where we get to celebrated for the whole weekend plus one day more. On Friday many schools had their Halloween or “Harvest” Day celebration. Some Trick or Treaters were out gathering treats on Friday evening, instead of Monday October 31st is the official Halloween day. Many community organizations and...
Traveling anytime between Thanksgiving and Christmas and even through New Year Day can be a double sided coin. It is great time reconnect with family members. On the other hand holiday travel can be worst than exploring the Brazilian rain forest with a three legged mule. Statistics show more people travel in the time period around...
Halloween is still a couple of weeks away. We have over six weeks until Thanksgiving. Why am I writing about Christmas? It is bad enough for store to put out their stuff earlier and earlier each year. The traditionalist don’t want to see any Christmas decoration in stores until the day after Thanksgiving. I...
It is October. That means Halloween is just days away. The specialty Halloween stores have been open for some time. I have been getting emails announcing sales from Halloween costumes, candy, along with various ghoulish accessories. My spies have been telling me the cost of getting a Halloween costume at one of those specialty stores is...
Today’s post can have several titles. It could be call Price Comparison. It could be called Good Better Best. Or it could even be titled Finding the Best Possible Quality at the Best Possible Price. However, I have title it Website for Finding What You Want. All the titles summing up what I have written. On...
I know gas prices are starting to go down. This is no reason to start using more gas. The money saved from driving is not just the cost of gasoline. It is the cost of oil, as well as wear and tear on the vehicle. In the month of June we bought one used...
Since we are surrounded by technology, I want to ask you, “How much technology do you need?” “What kind of technology do you need?” It wasn’t to long ago when all this technology was not available to us. When we do not have our favorite technology we start to act like a drug addict...
