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Have you ever looked up a lost love?

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I didn’t realize this, but apparently around this time of year, probably due to Valentines day and people wondering about lost loves, sites such as PeopleFinders.com get a huge upsurge in people searching on their site.

I suppose that it’s true that the holidays, particularly romantic holidays such as Valentines Day make people think of what could have been. I must admit that I am one of those people that occasionally think of old loves around this time of year. I haven’t done any searches for them in recent years, but I do think of them.

There’s one old love that I remember that I think about from time to time. Even though I’m married now, I must say he was the most romantic of all the men I’ve ever dated. On one of our first dates he picked me up from my home to take me downtown for a nice dinner. We had an enjoyable meal and got to know each other better while at the restaurant.

Unfortunately, as he was driving me home at the end of the evening one of the back tires on his car went flat and we ended pulling over under a deserted overpass of the highway.

It was raining out- but it was that soft, warm rain that makes you want to go out for a walk with someone you love kind of rain. You know what I mean? Well, he’d run over to a pay phone and called for a tow truck since he didn’t have a usable spare tire, and while we waited, instead of sitting in the car, we stood outside the car in each others arms dancing to some romantic music that was playing on his tape deck.

All in all, despite the flat tire and the rain it was one of the most romantic evenings I can ever remember having with any of my dates. I suppose that’s why I think about him from time to time.

Now I happen to know that he still lives in this city, but I don’t know much about what’s been happening in his life over the last few years. I wonder, if I were to do a search for him at PeopleFinders.com if I’d find him, and what I’d write to him if I did find him. It makes me a bit anxious just thinking about it. I’m happily married so I certainly wouldn’t be looking to reconnect with him on a romantic level.

I guess that if I did find him I’d just write a simple “Hey great to find you on Peoplefinders. I hope that you’re doing well these days. Please write back if you’d like to keep in touch again.”. Then if he replied I’d tell him that I’m married but that it would be nice for us to get together for dinner or an event.

Have you ever used PeopleFinders.com or another people search site to find an old lover or an old friend that you’ve lost touch with? What were the results? Did you manage to get together once you started talking?






February Gardening Tips

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I realize that February isn’t traditionally thought of as a gardening month in many areas of the world, but whether you live in a warm or cold climate there are some things that you can do for your garden in February.

In warm areas gardeners are likely perplexed by the weather as it can change from day to day, or even from day to night. Likewise, gardeners in cold climates might experience some fluctuations in the day to day or at least week to week temperatures.

February, for many gardeners is a month of planning, and for watching for the first signs of spring.

Here are some tips and ideas, set up by gardening zones, for the month of February:

All Gardeners –

  • Finish your seed and plant orders
  • February can be a difficult month for your houseplants – watch for pests
  • Care for your gardening tools. Have you cleaned and oiled your pruners?

Zone 8 and higher –

  • Keep and eye on the weather, watch for cold snaps. Be ready to protect tender plants
  • Keep watering your garden unless your area is undergoing water restrictions
  • Care for your annual flower bed, amend the soil if necessary
  • Plant cool season veggies – Kale, lettuce, broccoli, onions
  • Propagate new plants from cuttings
  • You can plant your cold hardy annuals such as Icelandic poppies and pansies
  • Harvest any winter crops before the weather warms causing them to bolt
  • Begin planting seeds for your warm season flowers and vegetables
  • divide your perennials
  • Prune roses and bareroot roses
  • Plant fruit trees and bareroot roses
  • Plant bulbs – crinums, amaryllis and calla lilies
  • protect your roses and fruit trees by using dormant spray on them
  • If you overwintered Begonia and canna tubers and corms it’s time to pot them up

Zone 7 and lower

  • If the weather is nice enough get out and prune your trees, shrubs – ornamental and fruit
  • Replace Mulch if necessary
  • If the ground has thawed check your flowerbeds and adjust any plants that may have heaved
  • check your garden, plants and trees for animal and pest damage
  • Cut branches for forcing indoors – dogwood works well
  • Give your Holly bushes a hard pruning to rejuvenate them
  • Check evergreens for dessication
  • This is the month to start cool season veggies, annual and perennial flowers by seed indoors.

Asda home and car insurance

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Have you been using the same Home and Car insurance company for years? Getting tired of rate increases?

Why not visit another Car Insurance provider and check out there rates? It certainly doesn’t hurt to look around – especially if you end up saving some money on your monthly or yearly insurance coverage costs.

ASDA Financial Services offers several different types of car insurance packages – the two most popular would be the over 21 Comprehensive package, and the under 21 Comprehensive insurance package.

They’re even offering discounts of up to 10% on some coverage packages when you purchase your insurance online. Check them out.

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