A couple of my friends just got new homes, which means new mortgages. Congratulations, Jen and Kelly! How very very awesome. Someday, Dave and I will also get a new home, which will come with a new mortgage too. Heh. In the meantime, I can only prepare myself for what is to come when it comes to mortgage payments, interests, bank loans, and the like. It doesn’t sound easy at all, and from what I hear, it could be a big headache. I hear that cheap mortgages are hard to come by, and one of the best ways to get them is to have a lot saved up for a down payment on a home. Dave and I are working hard on that piece. Even then, I know there are places that allow for bad credit remortgages too, in order to help those who are struggling along. I value companies who are willing to work with customers like that.

While thinking of something to get Dave for Christmas, I came across OpticsPlanet.com, where they have a variety of all of Dave’s favorite things, from telescopes to goggles and binoculars to even strange and unusual flashlights. I think I may end up going to this site to peruse through their huge selections of gift giving ideas and actually end up getting Dave something from there. He loves gidgets and gadgets like these. We got a telescope a few years ago that we hardly use because it’s a little hard to focus and learn all these strange buttons, so I may end up getting Dave something more useful and user-friendly. Not to mention more powerful. Their best sellers is a good list to start with too, given that most of these things Dave would be ecstatic to get for Christmas. He’s easy to please: he’s a total geek meister.

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I found a really cool people search engine. It’s pretty awesome. Spock.com is a place where you can search for people according to their names, or their tags. For example, when I went onto the main page for the first time, I entered “green eyes,” just to see what would come up as a result. To my pleasant surprise, the results were quick, and it showed me pages and pages of people with green eyes. Duh. First up was Amanda Bynes. I’m not surprised. Heh. She’s a celebrity. However, the search is also for real people. If you join up and sign yourself in, you can add your own tags, and people can search for you. Also, people can add tags themselves of you. It’s an interesting networking system, though not mimicking other sites like myspace and facebook. It’s almost like a neat people google search or something.

Check out the cool widget according to my search. Isn’t it neat? You can put this on the side of your page, and see what comes up according to popularity. You can also do silly searches like, “big nose,” or “pimples.” Haha. Try it and look what happens! This site can be used for all sorts of things. Not only can you search for your favorite authors, actors, actresses, and other celebrities large and small, you can also search ordinary people all around the world. Hey, take a look at all the presidential candidates! The site has so much to offer, it’s crazy. What a great idea. The web certainly becomes more and more innovative over time, doesn’t it?

I’m going to go ahead and have some fun right now, before work. I gotta go in about 15 minutes but I’m going to do several dorky searches just to see what I can come up with. I suggest you do the same. It’s a fun little game to keep yourself busy!

So now that we have the major parts of our bathrooms renovated, we’re going to move onto other renovations in our home. The next stop is the kitchen, I believe, and possibly the back yard. However, even before we do those bigger renovations, we want to tackle the smaller ones, which includes getting new blinds and curtains. I’m really interested in getting these awesome vertical blinds — they make the home look so much more elegant. Vertical Blinds are really in right now. I see them all over the place, and in model homes they are particularly represented with elegance and class. They would definitely add value to the home, in terms of real estate jargon. Plus, the faux wood ones are so beautiful and they match our style so well (we love wooden furniture!). I will speak with Dave about these blinds. They’re not that expensive either!

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Okay if you know me, you would also know that I am a sucker (SUCKER, I tell you) for online shopping. I do most of my shopping online (at least until Jenbug came along, that is.. hehe. She’s too darn fun to shop with!). Online merchants make shopping so much easier. Even window shopping is more productive and less guilt-ridden. I even buy my vitamins online. For example, gnc coupons can be used to get awesome health and wellness drugs at GNC. Online shops that offer coupons and sales are the best, because it feels like you’re making a short detour to save some money. And while sitting at your computer, it is not that hard at all, to make this short detour. CouponKathy also has coupons to other stores I shop at, such as GoDaddy (I have a million websites through them), and Target (which is one of my favorite stores to browse around in). I love online shopping. Sometimes the offers online are even cheaper than going into the actual store. My experience with online merchants have been positive for the most part. I don’t believe I’ve ever had a package lost to me during delivery, or had my money stolen. Knock on wood! Sometimes packages come later than expected, but in the end, they always arrive safe, sound, and in one piece. Just as expected!

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When shopping for car insurance, we each know exactly what we’re looking for. Even when we don’t, we know what we’re generally after, and doing comparisons is so extremely important. Insurance companies have a way of ripping people off who don’t know any better, so you can’t just trust the first guy you see or meet. At gocompare.com, we can compare prices for each car insurance company, and divide parts into what we want, such as rental, breakdown coverage, courtesy cars, 3rd party collisions. With these extra features, the price can go up, so you have to keep in mind what features you want. The basic will only get you so far — everything else may not be included and you may very well need them.

Car insurance is so needed — and the worst to shop for because it’s not so fun at all! Trust me, I know. I’ve been around to all types of insurances to do comparisons, and I think I finally got the one I want! It is when I really need the insurance is when I realize if I have good insurance. You don’t want to wait that long to find out whether or not you’ve made the right choice in your insurance company! Do the comparisons right now and you’ll be more educated and won’t regret it!