Archive | December, 2009

Want to become a Photoshop Pro?

/ December 29, 2009 / photography / Permalink

Well I keep no secrets about the fact that I love to touch up photos in Photoshop – especially my own. That being said, however – I have spent the better part of 15 years or so using it, so I would think that I should be pretty good with it. The way I learned [...]

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USA First Home Buyers Tax Credits Information

/ December 29, 2009 / sponsored / Permalink

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Coldwell Banker. All opinions are 100% mine. I remember when I was purchasing my first home (back only 5 years ago this month) – I tried to take advantage of all the tax benefits I could in order to make it as much to [...]

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My Christmas Post – What A Season..

/ December 24, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

Well it’s finally here – Christmas Eve. I’m not going to write much today as I still unfortunately have some errands to run (So much for being done on November 25th eh??). I did however, want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’ve been run off my feet the last [...]

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Are You In The Holiday Spirit? I Am, And So Is..

/ December 16, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

The Best Western! Although I try to do a lot of work for Humane Society’s both in PEI and in NFLD, I usually don’t write much about them on my own blog as I like to keep the two as separate as possible… something like this though, I read about and was extremely touched by their generousity [...]

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Bought Myself Some Pet Insurance

/ December 12, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

Ok I know that this is a little bit of ‘hindsight’ (pardon the pun), but Hunter and Bella are now insured! To a point anyhow, and I can’t tell you about the feeling that health insurance leads to when it comes to the people and pets that you love. Of course, I wish I had [...]

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Smart Move – Save Shopping Until Saturday At Shoppers

/ December 12, 2009 / save money / Permalink

So Liz and I were doing some Christmas shopping on Wednesday night at Shoppers and since I don’t want to give away what I was buying there, I’ll just quickly say that it was a major purchase (over $100). However, as we were approaching the checkout counter, I had remembered that almost every Saturday Shoppers [...]

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What The.. An Inkless Dell Printer Which Weighs 7 Ounces?

/ December 11, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

After watching this video and recalling the old polaroid photo camera I had in the past, I’m really excited about this company “Zink” and to see what it can come up with in the future. You may, or may not know.. that I do a lot of printing and although I don’t have anywhere near [...]

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Don’t Usually Post Trip Deals – But I Can’t Go So You May As Well..

/ December 9, 2009 / save money / Permalink

Just noticed this travel alert deal and it looks pretty good for the end of January.. Return flight out of Halifax to Tampa for a week for $476 taxes in! Check out the Details here: http://www.travelalerts.ca/top-travel-deals/20091209-yhz-to-tpa-air.html $353 – Halifax to Tampa, Florida, return airfare ($476 w/tax) Fly for cheap to Tampa this January! Source: Wholesale Travel [...]

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To Plow, Or Not To Plow – That Is the Question..

/ December 9, 2009 / everyday life / Permalink

It’s about half past 7 this morning, and I’ve already been ‘sort of up’ for over 2 hours due to the fact that I thought we were getting a snow-storm overnight and would have to get up to clear out the driveway. Years previous I’ve always had my neighbour clear out my driveway as he [...]

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How Much Is My Car Costing Me?

/ December 7, 2009 / everyday life, save money / Permalink

Alrighty, well I had a pretty great weekend with some great friends, family and perhaps drink of wine or two.. some card games, board games, and wine games were had. I’m also VERY pumped that I finally sold my winter car I’ve used the last two years as well, it’s been for sale since the [...]

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