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I need a spare Laptop

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I was just saying on one of my other blogs that I’d like to get a spare computer. Either a Mac or maybe a Netbook.

So I’ve started scanning the stores and online shops for laptop deals. I think overall I’d prefer to get a Mac because I can do more with it than a netbook, but price is a factor as we don’t have a lot of spare change these days.

A Netbook would make it easier for me to just go outside and do a little work on my sites, but a Mac would let me do everything that I already do now with my PC laptop.

Which would you chose? Help me make a decision.

Smaller pores, Clearer skin

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I’ve been on a skin care kick for the last month or so.

I realized that since I’ve been home on medical leave I haven’t been taking care of my skin the way I used to. I’d all but stopped using moisturizers and pretty much any other kind of advanced skin care formulas.

Well .. in the last month I started using Noxema to wash my face with at least once a day. I actually put a warm to hot cloth over my face to open the pores and then apply the Noxema. I do this so it can really help clean my pores out. Then once I rinse it off the Noxema I rinse my face with cold water to close the pores again. Then I apply some moisturizer and I’m done.

I’ve always had large pores. Well not everywhere … just on my nose for some reason. I used to get blackheads .. mostly when I was a teen, but I find that when I clean my face this way my pores get smaller and clearer. No more looking up how to get rid of blackheads for me!

Now that I’ve gotten back to really taking care of my skin properly I can see a huge improvement.

Do you have a special skin care regime that you do once a day or once a week? If so, what is it?

A few more pounds to lose before summer

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I was just saying on my other blog now that spring is here I’ll bet that more than a few of you are about to start diets or a new work out routine in order to get in shape for summer.

I am too. I have a few extra pounds on me and I’d love to get rid of them. Soon! Actually I’ve been losing weight all year … it might have helped that I’ve been awfully sick with two colds and pneumonia this year, not that I’d recommend getting sick in order to start losing abdominal fat or anything.

I’m trying to be more active. Good thing the weather here’s been cooperating! We’ve had spring like weather here in Toronto for more than month and my garden is already about two weeks to a month ahead of itself. We actually spent some time this past weekend cleaning leaves out of the garden … I can imagine that I’ll be digging in it and planting in another week or two if this weather keeps up … and of course that all fits into my plan of being more active. I’ll be taking longer walks too!

What are you doing to lose weight … eating healthy? Dieting? Jogging?

Remembering to use cloth bags when we shop

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Last year all of the grocery stores here in Ontario and I believe across Canada as a whole started charging 5 cents for plastic grocery bags. This of course was a way to remind people that plastic bags aren’t good for the environment and that we should be bringing our reusuable bags to the store every time we come.

This didn’t bother us all that much as we’d been using cloth reusuable bags for years. The only time we use plastic bags these days is when we forget to bring our bags from our home. The reason this happens is because when we bring our groceries home and unpack it we place the cloth bags on our enclosed front porch and whichever of us goes to the car next is to put them in the trunk … well that doesn’t always happen! Which is of course the reason why we sometimes show up at the grocery store and need to buy plastic bags … or carry our items out in our hands. LOL

I think I might buy a few more custom tote bags so we’ll always have some in the car. I’d like to find some large, yet really thin ones that I could fold up and put in my purse too. Then we’d never ever need to buy a plastic bag at any store ever again.

Do you use clothe bags when you go shopping? If you don’t – Why not?

Mac or PC Notebook?

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I think that before this month is over I’ll be the proud new owner of either a PC or Mac Notebook.

My current notebook is getting slow and well … old. I’ve been watching all the deals and I think it’s time to either replace this laptop or at least get another one to use along side this one.

I’ve always wanted a Mac. I do a lot of graphic work and I know that macs are the best for graphic artists … so I’m leaning that way. I just need to make sure I get one with enough macbook memory in it for all the work I do!

On the other hand … I’ve been hearing good things about Windows 7 so a new computer with the new operating system might be nice to try out too. Of course I could always have my current notebook and computer updated.

If you were thinking of getting a new laptop would you buy a Mac or a PC?

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