Buy Better and Have a Better Life

Make Lose Weight one of your 2010 Resolutions

Laura — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:37:32 +0000

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Have you made your 2010 resolutions already? One of them is reduce your body weight? Hummm I belive so. After all the parties, traditional dishes, traditional desserts for sure that crossed your mind.

New year is just a few days ahead but you still have time to made your to-do-weight-loss-list. Remember to add:

Healthy food
Lots of vegetables and fruits
Outdoor exercises
Use your ellipticals
Use your home gym
Take advantage of the good weather and go for a walk
Ride your bicycle
Make low carb meals

I know there are much more things you can do to lose weight, use your imagination and stay away from too many calories.

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Packaging must Go Green

Laura — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:53:45 +0000

Go Green, Sustainability still is my main objective for this blog among other important subjects. On this holiday season I was kind of disappointed by watching people still thinking more about the gift and forgetting about the packaging.

Most packages still have materials that are hard to recycle. My daughter received dolls and make-up sets, my son toys inside packages and the packages were made with too much material, they were too heavy and some of them less than 50% recyclable.

However I noticed that in most stores the cardboard displays were made of almost 100% recyclable cardboard and they were light, using only the necessary material to sustain the gifts.

I wonder, why people waste so many heavy packagings, they are more expensive because they have more weight and they are more difficult to recycle. Next Christmas Season I hope people became more aware of the need to Go Green and protect the environment.

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Tips, ideas, posts and posts and posts

Laura — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:14:38 +0000

I’ve been so busy, so tired that I’ve been reducing the number of posts I write. When I arrive home from work it’s already dark, cold and sometimes I just want to dive in my bed and be really warm underneath the sheets.

I’m already preparing myself to work hard on my blogs, two of them regained their page rank and that was an incentive to me to keep writing and sharing information with my readers. I’m making a daily schedule for my blogs, certain subjects on certain days, certain subjects I want to cover, for now I only have a draft but I intend to stick to it.

Maybe in 2010 you will read here about a myrtle beach hotel, or a las vegas vacation but you will also read about going green, shopping tips and tips for you to have a better life. Stay tuned!

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Healthy Recipe: Makeover Cranberry Trifle Recipe

Laura — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:41:46 +0000

Who said we can’t eat what we want? Who said we have to take diet pills or fat burners? Here is a delicious recipe, healthy, low fat, extra light and full of flavor.

Makeover Cranberry Trifle

Ingredients

1 package (16 ounces) frozen unsweetened strawberries, thawed
1 package (12 ounces) fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
4 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 loaves (10-3/4 ounces each) frozen reduced-fat pound cake, thawed and cubed

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the first five ingredients. Cook over medium heat until the berries pop, about 15 minutes. Cool completely.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar and vanilla until smooth. Fold in whipped topping.

Place a third of the cake cubes in a 3-qt. trifle bowl; top with a third of the cranberry mixture and a third of the cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers twice. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Yield: 15 servings.

Source: Taste of Home

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Our life online, safe or not safe

Laura — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:25:28 +0000

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I have a friend that lost some part of his life. How? Well his computer literally burned out, in flames. An unsafe electrical connection to the PC was the reason of the accident. Now, he didn’t matter with the lost of the computer but he was really destroyed with the loss of important data information. Years of files and…most important… years of family photos that had never been backup.

I feel really sorry for my friend and I must say I learned a great lesson. I’ve already burned DVD’s with all the photos I have on my computer as well as important files. Right now I’m searching for a good online site where I can store photos, documents, where I can have an online backup of my computer in case something goes wrong with my PC.

I think that to have a better life sometimes we have to rely our own stuff to others and not only on our own stuff. Online storage seems to be safe and can offer us a backup of our own life data. But is it safe?

What do you think? Do you keep your documents and photos online?

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Shopping Quote Is Easy Online

Laura — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:56:47 +0000

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With the internet, a person can do a quick shopping comparison of almost any item they may be looking for. Since the World Wide Web offers so many shopping sites for the taking, a person can search an endless array of stores with just the click of a mouse. No longer is the public restricted to what store can come into their area because of the population. Anyone can comparison shop with just a computer.

One of the easiest places to do shopping comparison on the internet is Ebay. Ebay online shopping can be a fun experience for even the novice shopper. Because of the vast amount of items that Ebay offers, almost everything that is desired can be found here. Vintage items dating back to the twenties and thirties are available on Ebay. Because so much is offered, a person wanting to do shopping comparison would have an easy time at this vast online shopping mall. Even though this is an auction site, a person can find several items of the same thing so if one auction is not won, another may be. The object is to keep shopping and bidding.

Types of items can be compared in price with the internet also. If a person is do shopping comparison on a pair of Prada sunglasses for example, using Google can be a good first step in finding them. This search engine is a great online shopping directory. Just by typing in the keywords of the item that is being looked for, a person can find several sites that offer the item. For Prada sunglasses, the search may lead a person to the direct Prada design house. Here someone may be inclined to look at the latest line of this fashion guru.

Product research has become so much easier with the invention of the World Wide Web. No longer is the public restricted to just relying on Consumer Reports. Now a customer can look at the actual product reviews from the manufacturer’s website, and they can also see what customers who have recently purchased that item are saying about it. Shopping comparison has drastically changed thanks to the internet.

By having the internet available to do a shopping comparison of products, a person can easily figure out which place to buy products. Even if a customer chooses to not buy on the internet, they can still do the product research by using the World Wide Web. By do a shopping comparison beforehand, a person will be more prepared to meet the challenges that a sales associate whose check is relying on a commission will put before them.

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To Have A Better Life

Laura — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:21:57 +0000

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To Have a Better Life it’s important that we have good habits.

Eat healthy food - lots of vegetables, fruit, low fat food
Drink a lot of water
Stay out of crazy and uncontrolled diets.
Quit smoking even if you have to go through a treatment or use electronic cigarettes to start quitting the habit.
Don’t skip your sleeping hours, sleeping well makes you feel ready for a tough day
Try to have a hobby and spend some time doing it so that your stress can drain through your body
Window shopping sometimes it’s an excellent way to relief stress, even if you don’t buy a thing
Call your friends, ask how they are doing
Watch your favorite TV show.
Go to your room window and watch the view
Say Hi to your Turtles even if they don’t answer you back

This list will be updated shortly, there are so many things we can do to have a better life some of them are so small we just don’t realize.

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The Everything Family Christmas Book: Stories, Songs, Recipes, Crafts, Traditions, and More

Laura — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:28:18 +0000

Have you already thought about what you are going to do in Christmas time? Are you cooking those traditional dishes? Are you telling traditional stories? If you are not sure about what you’ll do maybe you can get some ideas on The Everything Family Christmas Book: Stories, Songs, Recipes, Crafts, Traditions, and More (Everything Series) book.

Product Description:
This holiday collection is a treasury of Christmas traditions, stories, songs, and recipes that promises to bring readers young and old together to celebrate the spirit of the season. Everyone will enjoy this delightful guide to all things Christmas, featuring: the perennial classic Christmas stories, poems, and carols; recipes for family gatherings, parties, and holiday gifts from the kitchen; ideas for thoughtful and creative handmade gifts; decorating ideas for any room; and holiday customs and traditions from around the world. As a gift or a book to be treasured, this book will help readers create new traditions that can be shared year after year.

This Christmas forget family misunderstands and enjoy your family, forget your diets, your appetite suppressant and cook delicious meals, forget the bad things that happened during the year and enjoy yourself and your family.

Take advantage of The Everything Family Christmas Book and have a funny and Happy Christmas.

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Shopping Tips: Save Money This Christmas

Laura — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:07:17 +0000

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This Christmas parents are looking for ways to make holiday shopping a successful experience. This may be more important than in times pass if a family has a limited budget and is already paying some loans like student loans or payday loan. The importance is to have a plan and follow through with it. If done right it will give families an opportunity to still have a good Christmas. Here are some great suggestions and tips to help guide your family as they do their holiday shopping this year.

Make a budget. Look at the costs of what you will want to purchase for the holidays. You will likely have to either make tough decisions on what you can afford or be more creative about how you would pay for it. Another thing to do is have a maximum amount for each child. Ask your child if they want many smaller presents or one big present. This should help determine your limit. Your budget will help act as roadmap showing you how to effectively spend your resources.
Shop online. Shopping online is increasingly becoming a common part of the holiday shopping experience. More households are becoming comfortable with using the internet to make holiday purchases. It is becoming more secure and there is the immediate benefit it offers. First, you save gas. You can shop from the convenience of your own home without having to deal with the crowds. Another benefit is that you can do comparison shopping with the click of a mouse. This allows you to find the items on your Christmas list at the best prices.
Try to look for coupons and sales. These are going to be a great way to increase your savings on holiday purchases. Many companies will be looking to clear their inventories and with the economy trying to recover from last fall will be giving steeper discounts. As part of your shopping strategy, look in store publications and newspapers for information on upcoming sales and possible coupons. If you are a coupon clipper then you will be glad to know that you can also find them online. Stores are even offering them for online purchases as well.
Try to start the practice of buying items after Christmas. The truth is that if the sales this holiday shopping season will be great, the weeks after Christmas will have phenomenal sales. Use this as an opportunity to shop for next Christmas. You will find yourself saving a lot more on purchases in the long run if you start keeping to this practice.
Maximize shopping for your kids by buying video games and accessories to toys they already have. For example if your child has a video game console they may have wanted to get a wireless controller or a new game. This will prove to be much cheaper (no than buying a whole new set of toys. This also applies for girls with dolls. Try getting the Beach doll house or car. This will make your choices a great hit with your children.
Something that you can do special is for your kids to get a special call from Santa Clause. You can customize the call with the good things your kids have done and what they wanted for Christmas. Your kids get to actually speak with and confirm their belief in him. This will help to make this Christmas one that is magical and unforgettable.
Create magic in your child’s eyes with our letters from Santa. EZSantaLetters.com offers fully personalized Santa letters and 15 pre-written Santa Letters. All letters are postmarked from the North Pole and will definitely put a smile on your child’s face.

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Giveaways all over the web

Laura — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:04 +0000

It’s amazing the number of giveaways there are around the web. With Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed who needs a mass notification system to spread the word out. I’m not doing any giveaways (until now) but I would be pleased to announce your giveaways. Email me or send me a Twit about your giveaway and I will publish it on my blog.

I’m a no-us resident so I can’t participate in most Giveaways but I like to RT those that pop up on my twitter window.