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Peace and Quiet

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My husband is on the road this weekend driving back and forth from Toronto to the Kemptville area.

He went there on Friday evening to be with his brother and nephew. His nephew is trying out for an NHL farm team this weekend so my husband went to cheer him on. My husband called me late last night to let me know he got there safely. The traffic will be very bad coming home tomorrow what will everyone coming home from the cottage so hopefully the car doesn’t overheat or anything and he doesn’t end up needing emergency roadside assistance.

While he’s away it’s just me and my big black Lab at home. We’re enjoying the peace and quiet. Well … actually, I think my husband being away kind of disrupts things, especially for my dog. She spent half of last evening lying by the door hoping he was going to come back and today she wouldn’t do her business until the evening! So yeah, she’s off when he’s not around. Otherwise, we’re fine.

Treated myself to a dinner out

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My husbands away for the weekend and I treated myself to a dinner out. Well I guess it wasn’t a dinner out, but a dinner in. I ordered my favorite chicken dinner.

I only wish that I would have been able to treat myself to a great desert. One that would have been good would have been chocolate covered strawberries. I love those! You can get them from this place if you click click here. They’re fabulous!

I’m totally stuffed after my dinner.

Using coupons to save money while shopping online

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If you’re like me you’re always looking for deals and just about any way to save money while still getting the quality product that you want to purchase. Am I right?

It’s hard not to be like that when the economy has been so bad for the last few years. Even in good times it’s a good idea to watch for deals and to conserve your money.

I’m always watching for coupons online or in flyers that come to my door so that when I go out shopping I can use them to get the best deals. Likewise, I do the same when I shop online. If I know I’m shopping online at a particular store I often do a search for coupon codes to see if I can find some deals on the products that I’m looking to buy. I just recently came across a website that offers walmart coupons. I’m sure I’ll put those to use at some point in the near future.

Do you shop around for bargains and deals? Do you use coupons when you shop in stores or online? What else do you do to try to save money?

Lots of visitors this summer

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Well it’s that time of year again. The time of year when my house fills up with visitors. It must be summer. Our relatives and friends love visiting us so much that we must be great to stay with, perhaps we should open a Bed and Breakfast in the future?

Sometime next week, my husbands brother and his youngest son will be driving from Chicago to Ontario to see my husbands parents and then to stay with us in Toronto. Shortly after their Toronto visit my husband, his brother and our nephew will be driving to Brockville because our nephew is trying out for the NHL farm team there. Gosh I hope he makes it!

All in all it’s going to be a hectic week!

One nice thing to look forward to about my brother in laws visit is that he almost always brings gifts with him. When he called us the other day it was partly to tell us about his upcoming visit and partly to wish my husband a happy birthday. He said something about bringing my husband a bottle of his favorite alcohol and some morgan dollars that he’d recently purchased. I guess he’s been investing in coins.

The following week I believe one of my brothers is coming for a visit and then the next week my mother in law coming to stay with us for a few days. I don’t know our guest line up for August yet, but I’m fairly certain that we’ll have guests most every week. That’s just the way it seems to go around here.

Do you get a lot of house guests in the summer? Do you like it?

Keeping in touch with relatives

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I ran into my ex-brother in law the other day. It was my twin niece and nephews birthdays and I was calling the house to talk to my nephew but he wasn’t home so I ended up having a long talk with my ex brother in law.

I hadn’t talked to him for over a year, so it was good to catch up with him. It sounds like he’s pretty much the same as he used to be. When he’s not working he’s either barbecuing or smoking meat in the back yard or he’s out in a forest somewhere hunting. In fact part of our conversation did involve talking about hunting. It seems he’s looking into getting new hunting tree stands or something so he’ll be already for hunting season this fall.

I really should call him more often. Just because he isn’t my brother in law anymore doesn’t mean we can’t talk occasionally. I always liked him. We should stay in touch. Do you stay in touch with “ex” relatives?

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