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What a great view

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Earlier today I wrote a post on my other blog about how I was enjoying some eye candy just outside my house.

It was kind of funny to be able to see some great looking guys working just outside my door. They happened to be putting in an interlocking brick walkway for my neighbors and let me tell you – they worked hard – all day!

The only turn off was that one of them, or at least only one that I noticed happened to have acne on chest so that wasn’t so nice. But hey … it was a hot summer and working out side and sweating probably isn’t the best for the skin so I’ll give the guy a break. He still had a nice face.

Do you ever have people working out side your home? Construction workers or perhaps some people putting a new roof on your neighbors house?

Tingly fresh skin

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I’m having a night in – it seems. My husband is out of town tonight. Well – he should be home any minute, but who knows.

To keep myself occupied, and to take care of my skin I decided to give myself an at home facial. I gave myself a facial massage, and then I followed it up with a facial mask for 15 minutes.

Ah – that feels good. My skin is tingly and fresh. Oh and squeaky clean. Then, to top things off I followed my facial up with a good moisturizer. Now as I wait for my husband to get home I’m reading about wrinkle creams and treatments. If you want you can learn more by reading this site too.

Now if my husband ever gets here we can watch Glee! I hope he’s not too tired when he gets home.

Do you ever go to open houses just to look around?

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This past weekend my husband and I decided to go to a few open houses being held at some homes that are up for sale in our neighborhood.

We aren’t thinking of selling our home or moving – not just yet anyway … but we were curious as to how the home owners had renovated and decorated their homes.

One open house we visited was in a home that’s very similar to ours in design. Like us – they had knocked down the walls in the entry hallway, and the walls separating the living room, dinning room and main hallway in order to create an open living room dining room area. The only big difference was that they hadn’t taken out hte stairway hallway as we did. We felt that our main floor looked a little bigger or more open than the home we were in.

Another house that we visited was totally modern – stark white walls, white furnishings and just about everything stainless steel in the kitchen – including the Hansgrohe faucet. The house was a little too modern for my tastes, but I enjoyed looking around.

My husband and I are still renovating our home. Actually our renovations are stalled … so visiting a few open houses might have helped motivate us to finish our renovations and gave me some ideas for how we might decorate once we’re finally done our renovations … well if we ever manage to finish!

Do you ever go to open houses to just look around and get ideas?

Time to shop around for a new insurance company

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In a few weeks it will be time to renew our home insurance (and car insurance too). Unfortunately the prices have gone up … quite a bit.

I think I’m going to spend some time this weekend looking on line for some decent home insurance rates. You’d think that since we tend to combine our home and car insurance that we’d get a slightly better price, but the company that we’ve been using for the last nine years doesn’t seem to car this year as they hiked the rates!

It’s weird too because we’ve never put a claim in and my husband and I both have excellent driving records with no tickets or any other kind of driving offenses. So it’s strange that they’re hiking the rates, but I think they’re doing it across the board to all their customers.

Anyone have any suggestions for some good Canadian insurance companies?

Buying Garden Furniture On The Internet

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Choosing the right garden furniture is critical to getting your garden looking the best possible way. Make sure that the colour tones fit well with your overall garden look. Today’s garden furniture is a far cry from the earlier versions. Make sure that the garden set or seating blends in with your current theme.


Buying garden furniture can be easy if you know what you are doing and know where to look.The first thing you need to do is research garden furniture onlineA great review site can be found at B&Q Garden Furniture. At garden furniture review sites you will find a lot of information about choosing the correct furniture, style, color, bench, lounger etc, where to go and how to get the very best deal along with all the latest news and resources.

A large amount of different materials are currently used in todays garden furniture. These days the sky is the limit to what you are able to expect. Carefully consider what you want and dont forget to remember about aftercare. If you want wooden furniture make sure that it is treated correctly and always cover it up or take it indoors after use. Make sure that your furniture is covered up no matter how well it has been treated.

The style of your garden furniture is always more important than comfort. Cushions of all shapes and styles are available seperately to make you comfy.Garden benches, love seating, sun loungers and many others are readily available when buying garden furniture to suit your outdoor space. Garden tables of all shapes and sizes are also available. Outdoor patio furniture is available in many colors and you will not have a problem in finding what you want. Choose a few pieces that you like and match them to your surroundings.

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