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HitFlip UK – exchange DVDS, CD’s, Games and more with others

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I know that a number of readers of this site are from the UK and Europe, and it’s because of this that I thought that this might be the best site to tell you about a site called HitFlip UK that I’ve just visited.

HitFlip UK is a site where residents of the UK can swap or barter their various media related products. The site is very simple to use. Just register for an account, log in, list items you’d like to exchange and then begin to browse through the various category listings for DVDs, games, music CD’s, books and audiobooks. It’s that easy.

Everyone has items that they no longer want or need, and just the same, there are often lots of items that we’d like to have. This is exactly why HitFlip UK was created. Simply create your account and list all of the items that you no longer want and would like to exchange for other items. Every item that you list counts as a flip. A flip is a form of currency on HitFlip. Use the flips that you’ve earned by listing products to get the items that you want.

You can use HitFlip to exchange games, or perhaps to exchange gardening books and DVD’s with others. I know that if I lived in the UK I’d sign up for a HitFlip account and I’d definitely be searching for gardening related books and DVD’s to exchange with others. Ok, I’m a music buff too so I’d probably keep an eye on the music CD lists as well.

You can read more about HitFlip, the people that run HitFlip and likely some of the products being swapped on the HitFlip Blog. The latest post has a photo of a cute inflatable dolphin that’s so cute.

Please let me know if any of you sign up and what items you ended up swapping for as I’d love to know if you like this service.






The many benefits of Gardening

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Have you ever sat back and thought about how good gardening is for us in general?

There are obvious benefits to gardening, for example if you grow fruit or vegetables in your garden you have access to fresh fruit and veggies throughout the growing season. The produce your grow is so much fresher than what we can purchase in grocery stores isn’t it? Not to mention that it likely lacks harmful pesticides and other chemicals that could be bad for our health.

Less obvious perhaps are the social, psychological, and physiological benefits of gardening. Maintaining a garden, whether it’s one that produces food for your family, contains a mix of flowering and leafy plants or a mix of both is good exercise, gets us outdoors for some fresh air, and allows us to spend quality time with our family or friends when we are working in the garden, or sitting back and enjoying the view from the patio.

My garden is many things to me. I spend several hours working in the garden from Spring though to Autumn. I know that I get a fair amount of exercise while working in the garden.

When I’m out working in the garden my neighbors often come out to work on their own yards, or simply just to say hello. Therefore I get a chance to get to know my neighbors better and to create a sense of community within my neighborhood.

When I’m not working in the garden, I can often be found either gazing out the window at the lovely flowers, or sitting at my patio table enjoying a drink or pleasant meal with my husband and or friends and relatives.

My garden is also one of the first places that I head after a long night of working as a Nurse in the ER. There is nothing like walking through the garden in the early morning hours to see which new flowers are about to bloom and smelling the heavenly scent of rose perfume wafting through the air. A few minutes in the garden after a long night of taking care of patients and perhaps saving a few lives and I’m almost magically de-stressed. It’s wonderful.

I also take great pride in how my garden looks and I’m very pleased when people stop on the sidewalk as they are walking by our house to look at the flowers in the front yard, or even to stare down our driveway to see the beginning of our backyard paradise. If I happen to be outdoors when my garden catches their eye I usually don’t mind talking to them about the plants I grow, or listening to their compliments.

Why do you garden? What benefits do you derive from gardening?

Lovely Flowers and gift baskets for Easter

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It looks like Easter weekend has arrived. Did you remember to send flowers to your mother or perhaps to another relative that you can’t be with this weekend?

If you are thinking of sending flowers to someone you love take a look at the fine selection of flowers at ProFlowers. They have some absolutely gorgeous Easter bouquets and gift baskets. You can pick and choose between a large number of Easter flowers such as tulips, iris’, lilies (Calla lilies, Easter lilies, and traditional lilies), orchids, roses and many other lovely flowers. They also have some wonderful Easter baskets filled with goodies.

When you make an order with Proflowers your flower delivery will be made up of flowers fresh from the fields. They guarantee that your flowers will last for 7 days or you’ll get your money back.

If someone were to send me flowers at this time of year I’d love to get a bouquet of tulips. My own tulips aren’t up yet, and for some reason I rarely cut my own flowers, yet I love having flowers indoors almost as much as I enjoy seeing them in my garden. Yes, a bouquet of tulips would be nice.

If someone where to send you flowers for Easter or perhaps Mothers Day what kind of flowers would you like to receive?

Don’t forget to send some flowers to your mother!

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