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A gift for a musician

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It’s time to put on my thinking cap and come up with a fantastic birthday gift for one of my friends. It’s his birthday in two weeks and I want to get him a gift that he’ll really enjoy.

Think think think … Hmmmm well I know my friend is a musician. So is my husband, and my husband is aware of most of the musical instruments and equipment that he has but it seems that he might need a digital recorder. I was looking at various types and I’ve almost settled on getting him a marantz brand. My husband says they’re very good.

Other than that … hmmm I don’t think he needs anything else musical instrument wise. I’ll have to keep thinking. Any suggestions?

I need to replace a ceiling fan

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Some time in the next few weeks I really have to shopping for a new ceiling fan.

I know some people don’t like ceiling fans, but they really do help cool your house and save you money on your heating and air-conditioning costs if you use them properly.

We have a few ceiling fans in our house and naturally, the nicest one, the one in the living room the one with the three speeds, reverse, remote control lighting and a dimmer switch on the light just stopped working in the Fall. Now that we’re well into Spring and the weather will be getting warm soon I’m definitely going to want a ceiling fan in the living room that works – let alone a replacement light. I’ve been missing that light too!

I plan on looking at Hunter ceiling fans first, probably because that’s what the old fan’s brand is and I really like the style. It lasted 11 years and was used regularly so I don’t think I can complain that it wore out too fast.

Do you use ceiling fans in your house to stir the air in order to cool or warm your home?

Canada really does have talent

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Have you been watching Canada’s Got Talent? I have and I’m enjoying it immensely. I find that the talent that made it to the semi-finals is much more diverse than on the American version of the show.

I’m watching this evenings show and the last performance is a native hoop dancer. There was also a dance troupe that performs tributes to tragic life events which sounds depressing but it’s really beautiful. I’ve never seen anything like that on America’s Got Talent.

Surprisingly there’s fewer rock bands and solo guitar/ singer performers getting through than I would expect. The one rock band that I liked had an amazing drummer. I think he played a set of Dunnett Drums. Unfortunately they didn’t get through. However I think the good things about these shows is that even if the people performing don’t make it all the way to even the semi finals or the finals if their talent is shown on national TV it might help them get started.

Well I must vote for my favorite performers from tonight’s show. There were six performances and I really liked three! I should only vote for one though if I want to give an act a serious chance of making it to the finals. Oh what to do, what to do! If you watched the show who got your vote?

Why did it get so cool?

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I can’t believe that it might snow tomorrow. It hasn’t been all that warm this month, but SNOW???? That’s crazy! Here I was thinking how nice this spring was overall – I mean my garden is growing and blooming so nicely and oh the weather in March was as warm as May and June.

Hopefully it really starts to warm up again soon or else I’ll start to wish that we could give spring a dose of xomax so it would shape up! LOL

Are you having strange weather in your area too? Was it warm and then cold and then maybe warm again? It’s so strange this year!

Time to go shopping

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I think I need to do some serious shopping this weekend. Earlier this week I had a meeting in Human Resources at my workplace to see where they might place me if I come back – if they have a job for me, and due to my recent weight loss and lack of recent clothes and shoe purchases I really had to scramble to find something nice to wear. As it was the shoes I chose to wear have left my feet sore to this day! Owwww!

So at the very least I must buy some decent dress shoes this week. Not pumps or high heels necessarily, but low heeled dress shoes that I can wear with nice pants or perhaps a dress. Something versatile.

I’ve been holding off getting new clothes because 1. I think I’m still going to lose a bit more weight, and 2. It would be nice to wait until I’m back to work and I have more money to spend on clothes etc. Of course I could be like one of my internet friends who just got one of those quick loans from a company or something called title loans Arizona when she needed some money fast. I don’t think I’ll need to do that though – hopefully not anyway ..

Anyone want to go shopping with me this weekend?

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