Shopping for Lamps and Lighting

Do you remember me talking about that great site to shop for lamps? It is called Farreys.com and they have anything and everything you could want in lighting field. It is always my first stop when I am looking for lamps and lamp shades, but sometimes I forget how many different lighting options they carry.

If you are sending anyone off to college soon, be sure and check out their selection of desk lamps. If you are anything like me though, you will soon be shopping and dreaming about updating the lighting in every room in your house. I can always find the name brands I am looking for, but the selection sure beats any that I have ever found when shopping locally.

My husband just had to make a pull chain light for our basement because we could not find a low clearance light with a pull chain in the store. I never thought to look at Farrey's, silly me! I think I am going to look around and see if they have any of the lights we could have used in our basement, then I will know for next time.

I think my favorite thing they have is the huge array of ceiling fans, it is unbelievable. The other day when I was at the home improvement store my daughter was picking out the ceiling fan that was "perfect for her tree house". I laughed so hard I was almost in tears! You have to love the things kids come up with.

Flying Colors

How was your 4th of July? Our party went off with flying colors, red, white, and blue of course! The day went better than we could have hoped for. The weather was perfect, the people all got along, and the food was great.

The hardest part of the party was when anyone would bring up the main purpose of the party, which was to send our buddy off to the Army. Like I said before, we are all very proud of him, but we are going to miss him. His wife will be staying here for the time being and hold down the fort until he gets stationed somewhere permanently. By then I am sure she will have have their two little ones and everything else all ready to pick up and move with daddy.

My husband was in the service before I knew him. It is one of the things that makes me the most proud of him, but I do not know if I could have been the "one at home". I think I would have been too nervous. Especially now with a war going on, I commend my friend and his family for being able to do this as a team. I wish them and all the patriotic families across America,,,THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Get Away To Gettysburg

Speaking of patriotism....if you are looking for ideas for a family vacation this summer, why not go somewhere that is both fun and educational? Did you know that you can visit historical Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and go camping?

I found this site that has all the information on gettysburg camping, it is called campgettysburg.com. If you type in rv camping gettysburg, or pa rv camping in a search engine, you will more than likely come to this website. It is a real treasure trove of information on the Gettysburg area.

I love the idea of taking a family vacation that can teach the kids something and be fun at the same time. I have never been to Gettysburg either, so it would be interesting for me as well. I do not know if my hubby has been there, he has been every else in the world when he was in the Navy. It is hard for me to find places that he has not been before me. I think our kids would be interested in the history even though they are young. They are really starting to pay attention when we tell them the meaning of something, or the story behind something.

Carport Resort !

Yup! That is what we are going to call our carport...Carport Resort!

So far this year we have held a wedding rehearsal dinner, a bridal shower, almost a wedding reception and now we are having a 4Th of July combo party this year. It is a combo party because it will be our regular family 4th of July get together and a send off party for our friend that is going in to the Army in August.

That part of the party will be a bitter sweet one, since we are proud of him by doing this for his family and his country, but it is always a little nerve racking to say the least when someone goes into the military. These days when someone signs up it is an even bigger decision I think since they go in knowing we are already at war. There is no chance that they will get through their tour of duty without going to combat, since there is already something going on.

So this 4th of July remember that it is a holiday to celebrate our independence, and stop a moment to remember and thank all of the servicemen and women past and present that help to make our freedom possible...GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

Credit Woes Getting in Your Way?

It is a fact of life these days that you need at least decent credit to get ahead. It use to be that bad credit only made a difference for big things like purchasing a house, or a car, or getting a good credit card. Now it seems they run a credit check before you can go through a fast food drive thru. I know that is an exaggeration, but not by much.

If you need credit repair I found this site called Repairyourbadcredit.com, that has quite a bit of credit repair information. There are testimonials on the site from previous happy customers, so they must have made a few people happier about their credit score. I am not sure what the service costs, but a good credit score can save you money on everything from credit cards themselves, to car insurance, so it probably pays for itself.

So if you want help repair bad credit, you can check out that site and see what they have to say. Keep on top of your credit because it will definitely help you with so many things in the long run. Taking the time to fix it now before you really need it would be a good plan in my opinion. I know we go to extra lengths to take good care of my husband's credit and I have been trying to rebuild mine for a while. Take care of your credit so that it can take care of you when you need it!

Farewell to Farrah

Well it seems to have happened again, we lost three famous people in a row,,,,Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and now Michael Jackson. The other day I was watching E News I think it was, and they had just started talking about how Farrah Fawcett had passed earlier that day. The screen went black, but you could still hear the words of the report about Farrah. All of the sudden they started showing pictures of Michael Jackson and saying that he died at 50 years of age or something like that.

My first thought, was that it was some sort of hacker hoax or something. Then the report on Farrah started over with the right words matching the right video of her. Then I REALLY thought it was some sort of goofy error. Then a BREAKING NEWS logo flashed on the screen and Ryan Seacrest starts to report that Michael Jackson had indeed passed away.

Now while I felt shock and the average amount of sadness that you feel when you hear of someone passing away, I was also upset for Farrah Fawcett and her family that their time was cut short because Michael Jackson happened to pass away as well. I was never a huge fan of either entertainer, but it just seemed rude that the report on her passing was deemed less important than that of Michael Jackson. It seems she was at least worthy of her own date in history as it were.

I don't know, maybe this will be a good thing for Farrah's loved ones,, maybe now they won't be hounded by the media since the paparazzi will be busy stalking the Jackson's.

Getting Help For Addiction Problems

My family and I were talking about addicitions the other day. There are many types of addictions, and there seems to be a new addiction everyday. Food addiction, sex addiction, alcohol addiction. We were talking about how easy it is to end up with an addiction problem even from prescription medication.

Luckily there are places to get help for most any problem. There is this site called Rehabinfo.net that can be used as an addiction resource information center. If you or a loved one is having problems and needs to find alcohol rehab info or perhaps drug rehab info, this would be a great site on which to start your search.

On the home page of the site they are featuring a place called the Seasons in Malibu. This place looks beautiful in the pictures. I have said it before, I wish I could go to a place that looks like that for a vacation. I do not want to have the problems that they treat of course, but I do have a few issues with food.. Hopefully you and your loved ones will never need this type of help, but it is nice to know the places are there just in case you do need them.