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Swimsuit season is just around the corner

by Mary Anne

The past several days have been very warm.  The warm weather has teased me into trying on my bathing suits.  I know that we’ll be going boating and swimming later in the year, so it is time to be thinking about what to wear while doing that!

I’ve gained a few pounds since last year, so none of my bathing suits fit!  I’m going to have to buy a new one!


Changing cell phone companies

by Mary Anne

I have not been particularly impressed with my cell phones since we got them when we moved here.  Our contract with them is going to be expiring soon and I plan to change to a different company.  I just haven’t quite decided which one! A lot of my co-workers have been telling me that I should check outAT&T but I’m not sure what kind of coverage they have in the area around my house.  If it is at all possible, I’d like to get a plan that includes free phones for the entire family.


Gift baskets

by Mary Anne

One of the many gifts that I like to give is a gift basket. Sometimes I like to make them up myself of lots of little things that I’ve made, either crafting or cooking, or a combination of the two. Doing that pretty much ensures that they are not getting a duplicate gift that someone else has given them.

Sometimes life gets hectic, and an unexpected gift giving occasion arrives and time doesn’t allow the luxury of making the gifts. That’s when buying a gourmet gift basket comes to the rescue. There are so many gourmet gift baskets on the market, it is pretty easy to find one that will suit almost any occasion and please any recipient.


My sons want to learn how to surf

by Mary Anne

Yesterday my sons approached me about making plans for the summer vacation.  School will be letting out soon, and they want me to sign them up for one of the surfing summer camps that their friends have been telling them about, where the students are taught how to surf.

Surf Camp offers surfing programs for kids, teenagers, adults, and families.  They offer day camps and overnight camps.  My sons are too old for the teenager’s camps, so they want to sign up for the overnight adult camp.  The overnight adult camp would be for one week, off the coast of North Carolina.  The camp takes them to several different islands for them to learn how to surf, and includes side trips that includes a boat trip to an undeveloped barrier island and a trip to the new 84,000 square-foot Fort Fisher Aquarium.

 


Great review site for gadgets

by Mary Anne

The publishers of Stuff – a leading magazine dedicated to reviewing gadgets – have created a website that is also dedicated to reviewing gadgets.  So now everyone that is interested in learning more about the existing, or upcoming gadgets out there in the world of commerce has a place to turn when they want to learn more about them.  They cover just about everything you can imagine in the gadgetry world, leaning heavily on the electronics such as digital cameras, cell phones, televisions, and computers (just to name a few!)

The website has lots of different sections that you can go to.  My two favorite links on the website are the Top Tens and the Reviews pages.  In addition to those links, it has blogs, news, videos, and it has forums.  It even has contests to win prizes; the only hitch is that you have to register as a user of the website.  That’s shouldn’t be a problem, registration is free!


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