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Time to replace our mailbox

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One of these days we’re going to get around to getting a new mailbox for our home. The one we currently have came with our house when we bought it, but over the past two years it’s started acting up. It squeaks when we open the lid and then the lid sticks up after we take the mail out.

I’d like to get something that looks nice against the red brick of our house.

If you’re looking for a new mailbox you might want to check out the mailboxes at Seattleluxe.com.

They have a wide selection of mailboxes. There are both residential and commercial styles.

Seattleluxe even has an assortment of anti-theft mailboxes that would go a long way towards protecting one from identity theft!

There’s literally thousands of mailboxes to choose from including multi-unit styles and unique designs. You can even purchase custom mailboxes or personalize them.

Perhaps I’ll find a mailbox that suits our home at SeattleLuxe. Visit their site if you’ve been thinking of replacing your mailbox too.





Finally upgrading my WP sites and their plugins!

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Over the last few days I’ve spent a good portion of my time updating all of my blogs. All of the new ones – the hush hush ones – have been updated to WP 2.3.3. It was easy to do because I was able to use Fantasico in my web hosting C-Panel to do it.

Now I have to update all of the blogs on this domain! Argh … I’ve moved those blogs to new web hosts twice in the last year and the last time was a manual update so this time round all the blogs will have to be manual updated too. It’s ok to do one or two manually, but when you have seven or eight that need to be upgraded manually it’s a pain in the butt! By the time I’m done I’ll be the WordPress upgrading queen! (17 blogs later!)

I’d also been having trouble on all my blogs when I’d try to save or publish a new post. A few months ago I had some kind of conflict occur when I upgraded my bad behavior plugin and the Google Sitemaps plugin on the same day. Ever since then I’d always get an error message when I saved or published a post. The posts were published but I’d have to check to be sure. It was a pain! I didn’t realize it but it was also messing up the do follow tags on my sites too. So there was a conflict between three plugins!

Luckily I discovered that there was yet another new Bad Behavior plugin update as well as a new Google XML sitemaps plugin. I updated those two plugins and refreshed my permalinks and TADA everything works right again!

Now I just hope that I don’t have any problems with my wordpress themes when I upgrade the sites on Feverishthoughts.com to the most recent WP upgrade. I think all my blogs on this domain are using 2.2.1 so it’ll be a big upgrade. If you drop by and notice that one of my feverishthoughts blogs is sporting a new very plain bare bones theme then you’ll know something strange happened when I updated the platform. It will only be temporary.

Once all that is done I can get back to work on the new blogs. One is a home and garden blog that will discuss mostly home type topics (my gardening blog will go back to mainly gardening!) such as decor, interior decorating, great recipes, tips for around the home and so on. The other blog is a shopping blog where I’ll talk about fashion trends, cosmetics, new home decor designs – who knows I’m sure I’ll even talk about platform beds on one or both!

Working on those two sites has inspired me again. I’m full of ideas and of course every time I find something cool to write about I also want to go out and buy it. I’ll be unveiling these new blogs shortly and I really hope that you like them. I’m trying to keep it fun, interesting and of course full of helpful information.

Have any of you updated your sites recently? Did it go well?

Anyone start any new blogs too? What is your new blog about? Are you being re-inspired as well?

Can’t wait for the flowers to grow? Buy a bouquet!

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I think just about anyone that’s visited this blog a few times knows that I absolutely adore flowers. Hardly a week goes by when I don’t post at least one photo of the flowers I grow in my garden. I’m so thankful for the photos that I have considering that I live in such a cold climate! I mean, I can’t enjoy my love of flowers any other way during our long winter … or can I?

I could of course purchase fresh Flowers from a site such as e-florists-inc to get me through the next month or two until my own flowers are blooming. You could too if you wanted to brighten your home with a lovely bouquet. After all there’s nothing quite like a beautiful floral arrangement as the center piece on the dinner table when you’re having a romantic dinner with someone you love.

You can find some beautiful flower selections at e-florists-inc. You can shop by the type of flower or plant, or by the occasion as they have arrangements that are perfect for birthdays, the birth of a baby, for Mom or to say congratulations to a friend or co-worker just to name a few of the selections from which you can choose.

roses.jpg If you purchase one of their best selling arrangements you can get it for up to 50% off as they’ve already reduced the prices on their most popular bouquets and gift baskets. I really like the white rose and white lily arrangement that I’ve include to the right. Isn’t it lovely?

If you’ve been thinking of buying some flowers for your home or as a special occasion gift for someone do take a look at their selection. They have some lovely arrangements. Easter’s coming up soon, perhaps you’ll want some flowers for your home at that time?

I spent quite a bit of time browsing through the site since I’m just fascinated with flowers. If you’re as interested in flowers as I am or if you’d like to learn more about how a Blossom develops and how flowers have become masters at attracting certain types of insects in order to pollinate you should take a look at the Wikipedia article that I found. It will answering any possible questions that you have about blossoms!

In the Spring I plan on riding my bike more often

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Spring will be here soon and if you’re like me, suffering through a very cold winter with lots of snow, you’re probably yearning for the nice weather to arrive. Usually by this time of year I’ve got cabin fever. It’s not quite as bad this year because we’ve got the puppy and whether I like it or not I’ve been getting outside every single day. No matter how cold it’s been. Brrrr

As I said when we got our puppy one of the reasons we got her was so that I could get more active. That new resolve had led to a lot more walking. I think I probably walk at least three to five extra miles each day now.

When the weather gets better, in about a month, I’ll get my bike out and hopefully start to go for rides a few times a week if not every day. If I don’t ride too fast our puppy can trot along beside me for while I go for a short ride.

We do need to get another bike though. My husband Chris has two bikes but neither of them are in good shape. One is a ten speed that only has one speed now! The other is also a 10 speed but it’s totally dismantled.

So I think one of the things we’ll purchase in the next month or so is a new bike for Chris. We have great bike trails near us here in almost downtown Toronto and then there’s always the boardwalk area at the beach too. They’re great areas for both walks, runs and bike rides.

I took a look at the Beach Cruiser website and I really like one or two of the cruiser bike styles. I think Chris will like them too.

I really like the yellow one that I included an image of at the top of this post! It’s so bright you couldn’t miss it and I like the style too. It’s a womens model and the price is quite reasonable too! Who knows, maybe I’ll even get myself a new bike too! They accept credit card and Paypal as forms of payment. Perhaps I could get the two of us new bikes using the earnings in my Paypal account. Now that would be nice!

They have cruisers for men, women and children as well as low rider and chopper style models too. Take a look at the site if you’ve been thinking of getting a new bike or if you have plans to become more active this Spring.

I’m certain that any of the cruiser models would make a fantastic gift for someone special in your life too.

The English Rose – Abraham Darby

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The beauties above are a popular English Rose called Abraham Darby. Aren’t they just beautiful?

Abraham Darby also has a lovely, intoxicating scent.


I grew this rose for two years, but sadly, last winter was mild and my roses didn’t have enough winter protection, and when it did get very cold during the winter some of my roses must have been damaged as I lost at least five rose bushes last year. Abraham Darby was one that I lost and I miss it dearly.

Whenever I was in a garden center, nursery or even a home hardware type store that sold roses (Home Depot anyone?) last spring and summer I searched for Abraham Darby. I couldn’t find a replacement. It’s probably just as well that I didn’t find it as I should be able to get a good quality one from one of my favorite rose mail order nurseries.

I guess this post will serve as a reminder to me to take a look for this rose online and place an order for spring delivery!

Of course that’s a risky endeavor as I’ll probably end up ordering a bunch of fancy hybrid spring flower bulbs too! It could get expensive!

Have you ever placed a mail order or online order at a nursery for plants, bushes or spring bulbs? If you have – what’s your favorite mail order or online nursery?

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information. GTS participants remember to check in at As the Garden Grows each week so that we’ll know you made a new post!

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