ss_blog_claim=89c5075de08a27469a4c85b7b67a5e81 Rantings Of A Woman: December 2010

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Golden investment opportunities

As hard as you might try to find him, the reality is that you won't find a magical leprechaun with his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Granted a rainbow in itself is very magical it simply doesn't happen to have a leprechaun attached. Now that doesn't mean that investing in gold wouldn't be a great idea, long known to generations all over the world as a sign of wealth and beauty, Gold has been a great investment choice to secure a future. Knowing how to buy gold bullion, bars and other forms of gold can be a challenge and you should take some time to study before you buy. The good thing in choosing Gold for your investment portfolio is that it has proven itself to be a very safe choice with healthy returns. It is a smart idea to diversify your investments and having a portion of at least 5% gold in your investments is a healthy secure choice.

How the Grinch stole Christmas

It has been a frustrating Christmas season for us, normally we would be so excited heading into Christmas but this is an unusual year. Thanks to my husbands work they swept in and stole our Christmas by tossing him out of his job with no notice and not even a penny of severance. To make things worse because of the crazy story they made up we don't even qualify for EI. |Merry Christmas to us and thanks evil company that stole our future and Christmas.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Nutcracker Heaven

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.





My son and daughter are starring in there dance school's production of the Nutcracker, they have been working on it for a few months now and the performance is really starting to come together so beautifully. They are very excited to be part of such a big show, I thought for Christmas I would surprise them with a special little Nut Cracker and Mouse King of their own. I was having a hard time finding just the right holiday gifts in the local stores but there isn't much selection around here so I decided to try shopping online. I found this guy on the Pier 1 web-site and he is perfect for my son.



While I was visiting the site I found some very exciting decorating items that I want for my dining room to help bring the Christmas Spirit into the house this year. One of  my favorites is a gold beaded table runner that will look beautiful down the middle of our dining room table. I'm really into the traditional look for Christmas Decorating and tend to stay with the standard gold, silver, red colors when it comes to my decorating.  It is also nice to shop at a retailer that gives back to there communities, Pier 1  is looking out for kids in need this Christmas with promotions online and in-store. You can donate any new unwrapped toy at your local Pier 1 store. Online you can like Pier 1 on face book and Pier 1 will donate $1 to the Toys for Tots Program



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Boxing Day Early

One thing that is working out to our advantage this year is that the store flyers all start on Friday so this year all the boxing day flyers start early. I just got our flyers today and now we are making plans for Friday morning as to where we will be heading for shopping fun. You can tell the stores are hurting for business because there are a ton of give aways in their flyers this year compared to other years. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Golden Options

As hard as you might try to find him, the reality is that you won't find a magical leprachaun with his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Granted a rainbow in itself is very magical it simply doesn't happen to have a leprachaun attached. Now that doesn't mean that investing in gold wouldn't be a great idea, long known to generations all over the world as a sign of wealth and beauty, Gold has been a great investment choice to secure a future. Knowing how to buy gold coins, bars and other forms of gold can be a challenge and you should take some time to study before you buy. The good thing in choosing Gold for your investment portfolio is that it has proven itself to be a very safe choice with healthy returns. It is a smart idea to diversify your investments and having a portion of at least 5% gold in your investments is a healthy secure choice.

A delicious new treat




Remembering back to the good ol days and the treats we loved as kids my husband brought up pudding pops. He used to have these every summer, especially the Jello brand with "Bill Cosby". Trying to figure out how to recreate these for the kids was a challange but with a little google search we found the solution and it was simple. Make Jello pudding as per the directions and pour it into freeze pop makers, try it you'll love them, our favorite Pistachio.

Kitchen fun

We are back into finishing our kitchen, we took a break through the winter to gain our breath but now with the fresh spring weather we are back to finishing up our renovation. We are adding shelving and refacing all the cabinets. We also bought new doors from the local mill work shop to make the kitchen look the way we want it to. I am so excited to finally get this project behind us.

Recycle your gold

With record prices for gold and precious metals in today's market it is a sellers market. It has become increasingly hard to find new deposits of Gold and Silver in the World and with prices so strong right now it is the ideal time to cash in on your unwanted or damaged jewellery. There are many companies that will send you a package to send your gold and jewellery to them for assessment and then send you back and offer. You can turn the offer into cash or decline and get your items back. It's a pretty exciting market that you can easily take advantage of with a little assistance from the United States Gold Bureau you can buy gold, silver or other metals and coins and have them delivered to you or stored in an independent bank until you need them.

Little mouse go away

Well a couple of months ago we discovered we had a mouse in the house, in the end we ended up with 2 and we caught them and thought that was the end of that. This morning we pulled out the dog food bag to refill their containers and there was a hole chewed in the bottom and debris around the bag. I guess it means we need to get the traps back out and ruin Mickey's day again.

Lego Video Games

The boys love their video games but we are always looking for the right games for their age, it can be difficult. We recently found the Lego series of games that all the kids enjoy and can work together to try and win. First it was Lego Starwars, then Batman and finally over the weekend it was Indiana Jones. They love these games and now are looking forward to the new Harry Potter Lego that came out a while ago that is on their christmas list.

End of the Rainbow

It's a rainy day here today but with sun peaking through we are eagerly awaiting the appearance of a Rainbow. I always love this time of year when we get those sun showers. There was always talk of chasing the end of the rainbow and catching the little leprachaun for his bucket of gold. Now of course we all know that is an unlikely fairy tale but in reality it is a good time to buy gold bullion with the current state of the economy it is making the trade of metals and coins more valuable. Gold is trading at it's highest value in some time and continuing to raise. Gold and preciouse metals have always been a very good investment as they have been throught the test of time and have proven themselves to provide reliable investment with safe return. If you are interested in finding out more about the Gold Trade checkout usgoldbureau.com for more information, but don't forget to let the kid in you chase the dreams at the end of the rainbow.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Santa Claus is coming to town

It's coming up on that time of year when Santa comes to the malls and the santa clause parades hit in spades. It is funny here because we have 3 communities that are pretty much within 20 minutes of each other and they all have their own Santa Claus parades rather than 1 big one. It's kind of fun because with a busy schedule sometimes it can be hard to make one, at least they are all on different weekends

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

It's the most wonderful month of the year

It's that time, everyone needs to get into shopping mode as the countdown to Christmas is now here as it is the first of December. I will be trying very hard to get Christmas shopping done early this year so I don't have to rush around at the end when the malls are so crazy, I really can't stand that, and everything is all picked over anyway so to get the best gifts possible this year I am making an effort to get done early...wish me luck