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Site makes me remember my old neighborhood

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Before Chris and I got our house we lived in a apartment in a very trendy part of town. Within walking distance there were really good restaurants, night clubs, antique stores, and unique little shops like the “doll house” or “Georges Trains”.

We loved getting out and taking a walk through the neighborhood, window shopping as we went. Our new neighborhood has a lot of stores and restaurants within walking distance and it’s nice, but the shops aren’t of the same caliber as the ones that were in our old neighborhood.

What made me think of this anyway? Well I just found a site on the internet called Moveable Models and it made me remember the stores of my old neighborhood. Have a look at the cute pedal cars. I really like them, as I’m sure any collector would. I suppose they might make a good gift as well. You can get a variety of models from a 1932 Roadster, to a 1965 Mustang. Moveable Models also has a number of other items such as Pedal Planes, Model Trains, diecast model cars, trucks, motorcycles, ships and boats, as well as motorized models.

Check it out for yourselves. I enjoyed my short walk down memory lane.






Fingerprint door locks

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I saw a disturbing news story on TV a week or two ago about a new way for people to break into homes. It was so disturbing that that news program I was watching did a 10 minute segment on it and then followed up the next day.

I don’t want to give all the details about the news show that I saw in case some unsavory types find this post and use the technique, but basically it involved having a key made of the same brand as the home that the thief wants to break into and then simply using a hammer to tap the key into the lock. Unfortunately, and horrifyingly it worked within seconds every time it was demonstrated on the program that I was watching.

I eyed my door carefully as I watched the program and for many hours afterwords- that’s how disturbed I was by this new technique.

Then I started wondering how to protect our home. I have very odd sleeping hours so it seems that at any given hour one of us is up and awake in our home. I’m sure seeing someone moving around a home at all hours would deter the majority of break-ins from happening, but still home invasions do happen.

So what else could I think of to protect our home?

I came across a site that sells a new type of lock called the Fingerprint lock and it sounds like it’s exactly what I need in light of this new break in technique that I’ve just heard about.

Not only would this type of lock protect us from many types of break ins, but it would also save my husband a lot of grief. He comes from a long line of “Key Losers”. Every single person in his immediate family has the ability to walk into a house or room with their keys in their hands and within one minute the keys are missing. They put them in strange places and forget where they put the keys immediately. It’s unbelievable! It’s also very funny to watch, except for when it happens to my husband because then I need to give him my keys and if he loses them … well there will be H*** to pay. LOL Actually in the last 5 or so years he’s gotten much better about not losing keys. I’ve finally trained him to always put them in the same spot, but still, a fingerprint doorlock? That would ensure that lost keys would never be a problem again!

If we were going away and wanted to have someone check the house for us we could even “enroll” their fingerprint temporarily so that they could get into our home. Same thing if we took in any more boarders – and once they move out we could easily erase their prints from the door locks memory.

The fingerprint door lock comes in many different styles and price ranges. So it would be easy to find one or two for your home that would suite the style of your house or door, and your budget.

I’m really excited about this new product- particularly after watching the news program and seeing how easy it would be to break into our house with the normal dead bolt locks we have on our doors now.

What do you think of this product idea? Would you purchase one if the price was reasonable? Why or why not?

Money saving Coupons

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I absolutely adore the Coupon Chief. I’ve been using the site to get coupons for items that I’m purchasing ever since I discovered the site a month or so ago.

I just can’t believe how many different stores they have money saving online coupons for. It seems that just about any major store that I could go to in a mall – that also has a shopping website online is listed in the Coupon Chief.

I’ve been keep my eye out for any good coupons or deals that might come up at the Gardens Alive store. Right now there’s only one discount coupon that will enable purchasers to save $20 on any order over $40. Sounds good to me. I think I’ll go and browse around the store a bit and see if I find any items I’m interested in purchasing.

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