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Submit your posts to Thoof and gain site visitors!

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a site called Thoof. Did you visit the site? I think Thoof is a great site. You can read the latest news on the site in the form of blog and website posts that have been submitted to the site, and the Thoof system remembers what you’ve clicked on in the past so when you visit the site articles that Thoof thinks will be of interest to you are shown on the front page. In this way Thoof can very easily become your very own personalized news website.

As I said when I posted about Thoof a couple of weeks ago, you can submit your own posts and articles to the site. It’s really easy to submit and when you do you’ll start to see new visitors coming to your site to read the full story. A number of bloggers that I know have been submitting their articles regularly and they’ve been quite happy at the traffic that they’ve been getting from Thoof.

The creators of Thoof have even created a new badge called the ThoofRank badge. When you submit one of your articles you’ll be given the code for the ThoofRank badge that you can then place in your post. The ThoofRank will let you and your visitors know how popular your story is on the Thoof site. Cool huh?

Speaking of Thoof. Ever since I heard of Thoof.com I’ve wondered how they came up with that name. I even searched the site to see if there was any info on how the name came to be Thoof but there isn’t.

I have an idea of how the site was named. I think that the creators of the site were sitting in a room talking about what they should name this current news community. On the table in front of them were bowls of peanuts, and various fruits to snack on. I can picture one of the site creators leaning forward and grabbing some cherries to eat, but when he bit down on one of the cherries one of his teeth cracked! In horrendous pain he said “Oh my thoof, my thoof!”.

The others deep in conversation about the name of the site didn’t understand what had happened and as he kept repeating Thoof and pointing to his cracked tooth they thought the name Thoof was a suggestion for the site name. Since the person with the cracked tooth was being so enthusiastic they took a vote right away and that’s how Thoof got it’s name.

What do you think? That’s the only way I can imagine how Thoof got it’s name.

Hey, don’t forget to submit your gardening posts to Thoof! They definitely need more garden related stories there.






My favorite flowers are roses

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Have you ever thought about what your favorite flower is? That might be a simple question for a non-gardener, but I’m sure there are many people with gardens who would probably have a very hard time picking just one flower as their favorite.

I know I had a hard time deciding which flower might be my favorite, but then I thought well which flower do I grow the most of? The rose of course!

I suppose that many would pick the rose as their favorite flower because there are so many sentimental memories attached to the rose. It might be the first flower their spouse gave them. It might remind a person of romantic occasions or special occasions such as their own wedding.

Whatever the reason my bet is that the rose is the worlds favorite flower.

mbqfrenchkiss_grn07_l.jpg If I were to send a bouquet of roses to someone I loved I think I’d send this Summer Elegance Bouquet of flowers . It has lovely red roses as well as another favorite of mine – Lilies. The lilies in this bouquet are pink Nerine Lilies and pink Stargazer lilies – each compliment the roses quite nicely.

I love roses, lilies and many other flowers of summer. I think this bouquet signifies the best of summer.

What’s your favorite flower?

It’s time to change the curtains

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Our windows are dressed with a mix of curtains and blinds. Sometimes both on the same window depending upon the rooms purpose and how much light or privacy we want in that room.

We have blinds in the bedrooms so that we can darken the rooms while sleeping. Remember my husband and I used to do a lot of night shifts.

I’ve thought of getting new curtains for some of the rooms in our house. Certainly the bathroom needs new curtains. I never did take down the ones that the former home owners used and I think the curtain in the bathroom must be 20+ years old. Yes it’s time for a change.

Terry’s Fabrics has ready made curtains in a number of lovely designs and styles. Not only do they sell curtains but they also sell all of the accessories needed to dress your windows such as poles, tracks and other accessories.

When I’m ready to begin redecorating some of the rooms of our home I think I’ll be visiting Terry’s Fabrics to browse through their large curtain selection.

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