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Feb 4 2012

My son broke up with his girlfriend

by Mary Anne

My son called me from college last night.  He was sad because the girl he had been seeing has decided it would be wise to break off their romance.  He had seen it coming, because they were going to different colleges with a large distance between them.  When they first started dating they had talked about how this might happen, and they agreed that they would still be friends afterwards.  But that is harder to actually DO than SAY!

So, we talked about some different strategies on surviving the break up.  We talked about how he needed to take some time to heal emotionally, and avoid any kind of rebound romance.

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Jan 30 2012

Drop boxes

by Mary Anne

Recently I’ve noticed that quite a lot of people use mailboxes for other uses other than as a receptacle to hold incoming and outgoing mail. Mail boxes are being used by some places as drop boxes. The first time I saw a mailbox being used in that manner was by my mother-in-law. She had set up an arrangement with some clients of her book-keeping business to use padlocks on
residential mailboxes and use them as ways to deliver and safely store clients records.

The first time I noticed that type of arrangement was when I saw my mother-in-law was using a mailbox with a padlock on it as a drop box. She had a padlock on the box, and she explained that the office’s courier had a copy of the key so he could pick up and deliver correspondence independently of the US Postal service.

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Jan 30 2012

Making the best decision

by Mary Anne

The article written by Alonso Kramer

I was trying to use thewww.texaselectricityproviders.com/ website to figure out what the best options were for my energy utilities. I really need something I can rely on. At my one of my old houses, we had some problems with the provider. My husband and I always felt like we were being overcharged and it seemed like the electricity would cut out randomly for what seemed like no reason. We both decided we really wanted to do our research for the next house and avoid the same problem. We are set to move into our new house next month. We are both really excited. It is a lot bigger and a lot nicer than our first house together. However, since it is so big, I am a bit concerned about the price of our utilities and if we can handle it. My husband told me that he really thinks we will be fine. I just get a bit concerned because electricity is essential. I do not want to be strained for money so making the decision for the most cost-efficient and reliable source would be ideal for me right now.

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Jan 13 2012

A touch of class

by Mary Anne

One of my favorite things to do is watch Home and Garden Television shows about making your house better looking. One of my favorite shows is called “Curb Appeal.” The show is designed to take a hum-drum boring looking house and make it look outstanding. I enjoy learning about different ways to make a house look nicer. One of the ways a homeowner can improve their curb appeal is by putting one of the many good looking Gaines Mailboxes curbside. There are a large variety of Classic Mailboxes and Keystone Mailboxes available for sale on the Internet. All are USPS approved, and some websites offer free shipping.

The website I was looking at today that sells these mailboxes and offers free shipping is gainesmailboxesdirect.com. I was looking for a rural mailbox that might offer some theft protection features and saw that this website sells locking inserts for the mailboxes that they sell. I have never seen anything like that before; I think that is a good idea! There have been a few times when I have worried that just putting our mail in the mailbox was not protecting us from unscrupulous characters that might get into some of the mail and attempt some identify theft schemes. Having our incoming mail go into a locking insert would make it just a little bit harder for some unauthorized person to snatch and grab the mail quickly.

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Jan 12 2012

Take the time to learn the details

by Mary Anne

With all of the gadgets that are on the market, it is worth your while to really check out the details before you go out and spend a lot of money on one of the new digital camcorders. A couple of years ago I had a camcorder that used a tape to record performances, and the tape length was ninety minutes. Well I started to have trouble with the batteries not keeping a charge, and I bought new batteries. Even the new ones would not keep a charge, so I decided it was time to invest in a digital one. I had no idea what exactly all of the terms meant, and I ended up buying one that would only record about ten minutes before needing to insert a new disk. That was very upsetting to me because I wanted to be able to record my kids recitals and school plays, which lasted a lot longer than ten minutes! So, do your research, lesson learned!

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