To me, my love of reading is both a blessing and a curse – I have this undying thirst for knowledge. There’s nothing like curling up with a good book and a steaming cup of hot chocolate or herbal tea to learn something new! At the same time, that “thirst” can get overwhelming, especially when I have to put reading on the back burner. I feel like I can’t read fast enough to keep up with the growing list of books I want to read.
August 11, 2009
June 23, 2009
Easy Ways to Reduce Unwanted Mail
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When I went to retrieve the mail today, I could hardly get it all out of the mailbox. A small sample that I had requested had finally showed up, but that wasn’t the problem. Five magazines and catalogs were jammed in there. That’s enough. I’m tired of getting coupons and offers that are enticing me to spend money on things I don’t need! The ones that immediately come to mind are AmericanTV, Guitar Center, Home Decorator’s Collection, Country Curtains, and JCPenney.
I went to Catalog Choice and let these companies know that I don’t want their mailings. They do the hard work for you and the service is free. Currently there are 1,138 merchants that participate in the program. If a company does not participate, Catalog Choice tells you know how to contact the company directly.
If you’re worried about missing out on your favorite products and deals, there’s also an option to search through a few iCatalogs – catalogs available on the Catalog Choice website.
So then what do you do about unwanted credit card offers? These guys usually send you a postage-paid envelope. I’ve read about someone who sends back the envelope with nothing in it or a note to stop sending mail. Some companies will stop after you send back the first envelope, while others will take a few empty envelopes to get the point across.
So go check out the site. Send back some envelopes. Get rid of some mail so you don’t have to keep throwing it away and wasting your time reading it.
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March 11, 2009
A New Way to Find Popular Blogs!
I’ve found a great new way to search for blogs! Alltop calls themselves “an online magazine rack of popular topics.” You can do a search by typing in what you’re looking for, search for topics alphabetically, or search through their ten umbrella categories. These categories are: work, health, culture, interests, tech, people, good, news, geos, and sports. Within each category there are numerous topics. When you click on a specific topic, you are taken to a page where the top blogs of that topic are listed. The five most popular articles are listed under each blog. And when you scroll over them, a box pops up showing you the first paragraph of that article… sweet!
It’s kind of addictive looking through all the different topics and blogs. For example, I did a search for “eco friendly” which brought up the following topics: Atheist, Environmental, Food, Green, Pets, Travel, Vegan, and Weddings. Naturally, I click on “Green” and I just have fun looking at all the information! I love it!
To check it out, visit Alltop.
December 1, 2008
The ‘Twilight’ Saga
The plot: 17 year old Bella moves from Phoenix to Fork, WA to live with her dad. At her new school she meets Edward, a vampire, and they fall in love. Bella is a klutz and is always getting hurt or in situations so Edward is there to save her, especially from the bad vampires. That’s all I can say without giving everything away, but if you’re reading this, you probably already know the whole plot due to all of the publicity.