I found it! I have been looking all over for a site that would compare prices on product and I finally found it! I've been trying to get a site that would give me information and price comparison with an easy-to-use format, and I found ShopWiki. Thank goodness, because I have shopping to do!

Everyone who knows me knows that I have a love/hate relationship with my laptop. Lately it's more hate than love, especially since my browser will freeze with very little provoking, and now the cord hardly charges it anymore. I'm going to have to seriously look into getting a new laptop if I want to use it for any MT jobs in the future, and with this site I'm hoping I can learn enough to make the right pick and to get the best price!

I found a Dell Latitude E4200 that looks really, really nice. I'd love something small, ultralight, and easy to use, especially if I hope to make my new jobs portable!

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How funny!

I was remarking to a friend the other day how much I dislike Ebay now. It isn't like it was in the beginning, with your everyday people selling their things online to make a buck. In fact, I have a TON of baby girl clothes that are in perfect condition, but I'm not even going to bother trying to sell them on Ebay because people don't seem to use the site the same way they used to. Now, it seems to be geared more toward businesses selling products without a storefront. Which is fine, but I don't find their products to be discounted at all, and it just seems like "big business" as usual.

As I was looking around on the web, I stumbled upon Bidazzled . What a cool site! It's relatively new; launched in November, but already taking the auctioning world by storm. What I like about this is bids are purchased prior to bidding. This way, the price increases on a few cents rather then by what your actual full bid is. After you bid a few seconds are added to the clock, and if no one else bids the product is yours. So, if there's some high-ticket item and your bid is $1.20 with no bids after you, when the time runs out the item is yours. Fun! And, if you don't win, you receive up to 50 "bonus bids" as a thank you for participating in the bidding. So, no losing!

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With all of my sadness over the past week or so, I got to thinking about my college days. I did a lot of partying then, but there were only a few people who I really connected with. Since most of my friends were as lost as I was, it isn't surprising that most of my friends from freshman year didn't make it back for their sophomore year, but what makes me sad is the fact that I lost track of so many of them! I did remain friends with one of them for a while, but time went on and the distance grew...

Anyway, I wonder what she's up to now. I have tried to find her through the usual internet sites like Google and Facebook, but I've had no luck. However, I stumbled upon a new (for me) way to search for her! This site, MyLife, is great! For only $1.99 a month you have access to all sorts of profiles. I entered my friend's name and up popped about 100 matches. Some were obviously not her (she is nowhere near 55 years old), but I have a whole bunch of other profiles to look through. I got super excited becasue I found someone with her exact name (including her middle initial) who lived where she used to, but it wasn't her. Very strange, because she's from a small town in the south part of Massachusetts and I have a hard time believing that someone else has her exact name. But, I saw a picture and it is definately NOT her, LOL!

I'm pretty excited about this because I may actually find her! I'm also glad I joined the site; you never know who might be searching for you! Isn't it worth $1.99 a month to find out?

If I had money I know what I would do with it: I'd buy more hydroponic gardening equipment. In all honesty, I'd love to buy some land and do a whole "farm" of this. It's amazing! I think there would be a profit to it as well, because I know that people want to eat safely/healthy with the rise of cancers and with the use of hormones in our foods but a lot of people don't know if they want to eat organic, local, natural... It's a great topic and I LOVE doing this and learning about it. It would be so easy to write up a business plan and to implement, but it just isn't in the cards for me, obviously.

Anyway, the garden is great. I got rid of the fugus-infected plants and planted the new seeds, so I'm just waiting for them to start budding. I have about 2 new seedlings, so that's exciting! The lettuce is still growing well, and the cucumbers are yielding about 2 a day. The tomatoes are starting to come out, and I think the eggplant and broccoli aren't too far behind.

Here's the system all set up in August:



Here's Ian planting in the bottom container:





And now, here it is!



Amazing, isn't it? My pride and joy is my lettuce, however.




I love being able to walk outside and pick a salad for dinner every night, LOL!

I've been busy today. So far I've gotten 2 reports for work completed (a big load off of my mind!), ordered the crib parts I need, gotten stuff straightened out in regards to Ian's possible 504 plan, and looked into possibly remortgaging the house.

Not bad for a Tuesday!