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Our sunflowers got us in trouble!

by Tricia

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Can you believe we got a notice today that we’re breaking a city bylaw?

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I have to cut down my beautiful sunflowers! We got an official notice stating that the flowers in the boulevard are overgrown and must be cut down to 0.92 meters (3 feet) by September 12th. The notice doesn’t say what will happen if we don’t do it, but I’m sure it will be a fine of some sort.

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I guess it’s because we let the sunflowers grow as they wanted – all over the boulevard instead of just a thick line of sunflowers this year. We also have one that’s grown to about 14 feet in height!

I could see the complaint if we were a house on a corner and or if all our neighbors used their driveways, but we’re the second house from the corner and we are the only people out of 8 houses on our block that actually uses our driveway! We don’t use our car much since we live close to work so it’s not like seeing around the sunflowers as we back out is a daily issue and it’s not that hard to see around them anyway. Grrrr.

Sorry I’m so behind on my Green Thumb Sunday post. We had our family reunion over the last five days and I really didn’t have any time to get my blogging done. All the guests are gone now so I should get back to normal blogging again. I hope! I’m very tired though.

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Goin2travel could make it easier for our to plan our next family reunion vacation

by Tricia

I’m behind in my blog posts this weekend because we’re having our big family reunion this weekend. In about an hour I’ll be going over to my brothers home where we’ll be having a big barbecue. All of my brothers and my sister will be there with their spouses and children. It should be fun.

I expect at some point during todays activities we’ll begin to discuss what we’d like to do next year for our family reunion. In prior planning sessions we’ve discussed traveling to other countries for our reunions.

Obviously if we were going to hold one of our get togethers outside the country we’d probably look in to some kind of vacation rental as this would keep our costs down and I’m sure we’d have fun staying together in one or two vacation rentals.

So … I’m doing a bit of research before I leave for the BBQ. There’s a site called Goin2travel.com that specializes in worldwide vacation rentals. Owners and managers of various types of vacation rentals list their rentals and availability on the site and people like myself who are looking to rent can browse through the selection and find the ideal vacation rental.

One of my brothers went to San Diego a couple of years ago and he just loved the area so maybe we’ll look into San Diego vacation rental homes. Another idea might be to look for Newport beach rental homes. The beauty of this site is that you can find vacation rentals just about anywhere.

Actually … one of my brothers lives in Vancouver Canada and we haven’t had our family reunion out west yet. Perhaps I should look for vacation rentals in Whistler BC. Staying in a lovely mountain home sounds beautiful doesn’t it?

I’m bookmarking this site and I’m definitely going to be telling my siblings about it when I see them in an hour or so. It might really help us plan our next reunion.

Filed Under: Family, Great Sites, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation, Vacation and Travel Tagged With: BBQ, Beautiful, beauty, Canada, Family, family reunion, holiday, list vacation rental, planning, rental home, rental home listings, selection, travel, vacation, vacation rentals, worldwide vacation rentals

Motherhood Redefined Luxury weekend – Special promo code 75 percent discount!

by Tricia

Ladies! I’ve just been given permission to tell you about a very special promotion. Motherhood Redefined is going to be holding a Mom’s luxury weekend getaway for self re-discovery this September 21st to 23rd in Phoenix Arizona.

Think about it … a weekend away from everyday life, accommodations in a four star luxury resort, celebrity speakers and interesting events including a fashion show.

Celebrity guest speakers that will be at the event are keynote speaker and relationship expert John Gray, Sheila Kelley of S-Factor fame, Dr. Lana Holstein will discuss intimacy, and Kathy Buckley – comedian and motivational speaker as well as a few other celebrity guest speakers who’ve also been guests on Oprah.

The point of the whole weekend is to give mothers a change to get away from their “mother hood” and have a chance to rediscover themselves, make connections with other women, spark their passions and interests again and just to treat themselves to an enjoyable and entertaining weekend.

Along with the guest speakers and fashion show, those attending Mother Redefined will also get to attend special interactive workshops such as learning how to dance the Salsa.

Now, the reason why I’m so excited about this is because the people running Motherhood Redefined decided to leak word of a very special promotion to only a few bloggers. I was one of the lucky few and I now have the privilege of letting you in on a special deal that will give you 75% off the regular price of the event.

If you use this special promotion code – 7575 – you’ll be able to attend all of the events, see all of the speakers and stay in the four star resort for only $319.50. Yes that’s right. Everything I’ve mentioned above is included in that price. The normal price for this event is $1,278! So you can see what a deal this special promo really is.

I know that a lot of women read this blog. Why don’t you treat yourself to a weekend away from the “mother hood”? Tell a good friend and go to the Motherhood Redefined event together. Just don’t forget to use the special promo code 7575 if and when you sign up!

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