My personal chronicles

Manufactured homes

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:09:00 +0000

My mother in law is selling her house in Florida and moving back to the cold New York State. The prices of manufactured homes in New York State is extremely high compared to the prices in Florida. She has actually found a better deal even with the shipping from Florida to New York rather than buying a home here. I guess its because she is only a few miles away from her place that makes the homes in Florida.

Love for pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:05:00 +0000

I always like taking pictures I can't seem to get enough of it. I used up so many batteries even if the rechargeable I am charging all the time. When it comes to viewing them the PC is nice because we have a big screen but nothing compares to putting the SD card into the Wii and see all of our pictures on a 50 inch Sanyo HD TV. So cool.

Solitaire engagement rings

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000

You know what they say if the price is too good to be real then its probably not real. My husband started shopping way ahead of time for solitaire engagement rings. A couple of places that he looked at had real great prices but at the time my husband wasn't schooled on a different cuts and clarity of a diamond. He came so close to a purchase the lucky thing about it was that he forgot his wallet at home so he would have to return on a weekend to purchase it. In the meantime he heard of another sale at a fine jewelers place. He stopped in there and all the salesman talked about was the different cuts and clarity versus the price of a good diamond. He ended up buying one that was a little bit more expensive but it was so much more unique in all ways compared to the other place.

Renting apartment

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Its so hard to be a landlord these days usually people move out without giving you a 30 days notice. And then you're stuck with all the cleaning and repairs of ignorant people. And then at the last moment you put the apartment up for rent on an add on craigslist and people just don't understand that we take applications and check job employment to confirm everything. We made three appointments the other day and the one that was supposed to arrive last arrived in an hour early with cash in her hand to move in. Again this person just couldn't understand why we wouldn't let her move in instantly. We just don't want anybody in our house that we haven't checked on.

Free online dating

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:19:00 +0000

My husband was telling me stories if years ago when after he went through his divorce he used to go out every Friday and Saturday night to the bars to try to meet someone. He said that doesn't work out so well because most of the girls were drunks and the other girls were just out having fun with their friends. Nothing wrong with that. But when he found free online dating it was so much easier to search and find someone of his age group and possibly the same interest as himself. He said he ran into a lot of nice women but no one really sparks his interest until he met me. I'm so glad.

Decorating

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Trying to decorate the new room , we know what we wanted for the effect of the room I should say. We went with bamboo style flooring. The walls we did in an artisan shingle style tongue and groove paneling. The effect that we were trying to come up with was a rustic look of a bamboo style cottage that we once stayed in in the Philippines.

Free youtube downloader

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:40:00 +0000

I have so many different programs in my computer for downloading different things. It depends on what I'm downloading to which program that I use some are better than others and there is one that is great. For doing my work in progress themes that I keep on going back to some days I will finish them. Lately, I been looking for a free youtube downloader that I can add to my collection. I'm just going to have to find more time in the day to blend my youtube videos in with the large collection of pictures I have.

External ice maker

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:34:00 +0000

The ice machine in my refrigerator broke about four months ago so my husband removed it and I loved the extra room in the freezer but when it comes to having everybody over for the holidays you need lots of ice. So I decided to buy a separate ice maker, you can just plug in. It makes ice really quick and if I have any extra I can store it in the freezer for the days to come.

CD duplication

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:32:00 +0000

After years and years of my husband being in residential remodelling, about a year ago he stopped to look back in time at how many guys he had taught and how many of those guys had gone on to start their own business, after a few years after my husband had taught them to be the best of the best when it came to remodelling or renovations. So in the next year instead of teaching new guys everyday he is making a set of Cd's that will cover all aspects of each individual task on the job. After these he will have to have a lot of cd duplication. Because of the expansion of our business he plans on at least having twenty five new employees by spring and to teach each employee individually would take years for him.

Humidity in your house

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:13:00 +0000

All winter long it gets so dry in the house even with the humidifier running it still not enough trying to catch up with the dryness of the wood stove. So this year my husband has found a deep pan that will slide between the wood stove and the wall that we can fill up with water and the wood stove will draw the moisture from this pan putting instant humidity in the house. So its less dry.

Receipt printer

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:55:00 +0000

Saving money in our little business is always big business to us. But losing quality is something that we're not ready to do so we have to split the difference on high cost versus low quality. Shopping around comparing prices on a new receipt printer was the topic of the week. Finally after four days and about forty sites later we found the one that we been looking for. And not a moment too soon for the old printer it died.

2008 Polaris outlaw motor install

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:39:00 +0000

A while ago my husband bought a 2008 Polaris outlaw ATV from the auctions on eBay. He purchased it with no motor in hopes that someday he could find a reasonably priced motor and install it himself on the ATV. He finally found a 2004 Polaris predator at a reasonable priced on eBay. So he purchased that. We went to pick it up at three and a half hour drive into Pennsylvania. Now in the weeks to comes he'll be removing and installing a new engine.

Clawfoot tubs

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:18:00 +0000

My husband tells me of way back when they were doing renovations on the house that was built in the middle of the eighteen hundreds in Syracuse New York. Over the many years, the owner of this house seems to have taken care of everything except for the upstairs bathroom. The renovations included removing the old tub while the owner was out looking at all the different clawfoot tubs. After finding the tub of his dreams it was up to my husband to install it. It was the most amazing bathroom my husband ever created.

Battery expense

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:10:00 +0000

We're always spending so much money on batteries for the kids toys each Christmas and through out the year its not funny. So I decided to buy a battery charger but at the price of the rechargeable batteries are I can only buy a few at a time of the best ones. I started out with buying the rechargeable triple A batteries that we use the most of, between the toys, the cameras and the remotes that will save us quite a lot over a years time.

Cutting tools

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:36:00 +0000

My friend found out that there was a lot more expense in setting up a small shop than he thought. Just redoing the electrical in the building to handle his specialty machines cost over seven thousand dollars. Luckily he had an order for fifteen hundred custom design parts. The profit from this went into paying for a complete line of cutting tools for the next job that would start in two weeks.

Scaffolding

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:25:00 +0000

So far my husband is still working outdoors. He can't believe that they're over ninety feet out on scaffold. It's the highest he's ever been. The work that's being done after them is replacing the glass in the carousel tower. All the glass after twenty years is fogged up so they're putting new in. After this they're building up on the south wall to the top. This side is even taller.

Camescopes

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:43:00 +0000

Good thing it doesn't happen everyday. Electronic pricing is always going down. Waiting a little bit of time usually saves you a lot but its very tough to find the exact item if you're just doing the comparison shopping online by yourself. I decided after being so frustrated with our old one, it was time to look at the newly designed Caméscopes. It's more for my husband than myself but still isn't it easier saying that its his present even though I have fun with it anyway.

Meeting new friends

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:32:00 +0000

It's so much fun going to our Christmas party seeing old friends and meeting new ones. I couldn't believe that I met two girls of my nationality that lived within five miles of me for years and we've never run into each other. It just goes to show you what the odds can be of meeting a friend by accident.

Medical uniform

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:44:00 +0000

Our car pooling to work helps out so much when it comes to the budget in our household. One of our coworkers hasn't been feeling well for such a long time that last week our carpooling to work turned into carpooling to the hospital to see our co-worker. I can't believe how expensive the parking garage was for our 3 hour visit. When everybody made it back to the van for the ride home most of the girls weren't talking about our co-worker, they were talking about the medical uniform that the girls were wearing at the hospital. So bright and so many different designs they're made purposely to brighten their day along with the patients and I think it does.

Electric leaf eater

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:32:00 +0000

Its so much easier cleaning up the backyard now that we bought an electric leaf eater. This year I would have taken probably twenty five bags out of the backyard. Being we have the leaf eater we ran them through the machine and blew the shredded leaves into the surrounding woods of of backyard. So much easier now.

Best eyelash growth product

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:24:00 +0000

When I was little living in the South Pacific area I always had the longest eyelashes. I remember my mom always commenting on them. After I moved to New York it seems like they just don't grow as long. It must be because New York gets so much less sunshine than where I used to live. I've got into the point where I'm looking for the best eyelash growth product. My eyelashes right now are only about half the lenght they're suppose to be and that is kind of upsetting.

Drinking coffee at night

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0000

I used to think that eating a small candy bar or having a cup of coffee after supper is what was keeping me up at night. Until one night I was craving a cup of coffee and it was around nine o' clock at night. I drink my coffee finding out that it actually relaxed me and I had a pretty good night sleep. Needless to say at my doctors appointment they found out that I have low blood sugar and adding the sugar a little bit at this time in life actually is a good thing and helps me sleep better.

Easter baskets

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:58:00 +0000

I can't believe since the last two generations how commercialized Easter has become. It has been always one of our favorite holidays for the children. Every year the grandparents seem to spoil the kids more and more along with hearing what their best friend got from the Easter Bunny. Where did Easter turn into getting presents? But when were little we received a small chocolate bunny and some jelly beans in our

easter baskets. Now my son says they have light up led laughing baskets. I told him I find that hard to believe but you never know.

Our boat

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:47:00 +0000

This year to save some money we decided to not put the boat in the water at the marina. We found out it was a big mistake.The times we spent going out on the boat was alot of fun. But most of the time we would just go to the marina on hot days to relax. You can go swimming there fishing there, make plans with friends family to have a barbecue there. So the money we saved wasn't really worth it compared to how much fun we had there next year. Its going to be in the water next year no doubt.

Back pain seminar

noreply@blogger.com (Malou) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:18:00 +0000

Have you noticed lately how many kids are out there raising kids? Most of them don't have a clue. Someone should put their foot down in the state department that the parent should have to go through in racing your child course because apparently the grandparents never instructed their child on how to do it. Just so frustrating. On the other hand a lot of employers don't instruct their employees on safety. Instructing your employees on safety is a very simple thing to do and there would be a lot less accidents. Maybe if they ever experienced extreme back pain the employer could put them through a Back pain seminar. Anything to create an atmosphere of safety first is always worth the time to learn it.