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When I saw this opportunity to tell you about element skateboards and zero skateboards I absolutely had to take it. For long time readers the reason should be obvious. With four boys in the house that means four skaters in the house which means that I’ve heard a LOT about Modern Skate & Surf Co. over the years. Their website is one of their regular stops when surfing the internet. Which always leads to a lot of, “Hey, Mom! Check out this board!”

In our neighborhood, skateboarding is one of those few things that I don’t mind the boys doing. Gods know we can’t keep a decent bike around here for long before it is stolen. In the last 3 years We’ve filed four police reports for stolen BMX style bikes but not a single one for a skateboard. Living in a townhome there is no room to bring 4 bikes in the house when they aren’t being used and yes we have even tried chaining and locking them. But skateboards slide right under beds and sofas. Not to mention they are just simply cool as heck. Have you seen the deck designs of some of these element skateboards and zero skateboards?

Everyone has their favorite site for finding the best bargains when shopping online. Mine used to be HotDlz.com. I swear that the fact that I’m getting paid to tell you about this site has nothing to do with the fact that it is my new favorite place to find out about great bargains and promo codes.

They even feature deals from NewEgg.com. For me that’s a most excellent thing because I’m sick to death of NewEgg tinkering with their site design but I still love to shop there. They also feature coupon codes for my favorite shop for wedding and house warming gifts, LinensNThings.com. Honestly, I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of shops with codes and deals listed here.

If you spend any time and money shopping online it’s silly not to search for promo codes and KeepCash.com does an excellent job of keeping having over 1000 stores in their database of those they track. So, keep them in mind next time it’s time to shop! What else would you expect from the people who bring us the official Black Friday website? Bargains, Baby! Bargains!

With the lottery winnings. You know from the lottery that I never play… I dream of this house often. My husband’s version goes something along the lines of purchasing a decommissioned bomb silo and converting it into an underground oasis. Not me. One would think that seeing as I have become an unpredictable cripple in recent years, I would want a one story home. But I don’t. I wasn’t raised in a one story home and even before I caved into my husbands fear of moving I had a very difficult time finding “the” house for us because it meant giving up a second story.

I wish I had thought to check into stairlifts. While this may be a UK company, I’m sure there are plenty in the SE States that offer the same. But I’m sure that they’d do quite well for the home I’d love to purchase and remodel “across the pond” someday. You know, when I finally purchase that lottery ticket and win. These stairlifts don’t look anywhere near as unattractive as those that you used to see advertised on TV. Heck, I think I want one for the townhouse!

I very rarely talk about matters of weight loss. Having been a person of “normal” weight until reaching my senior year of HS, I don’t know why I still find it difficult to talk about. Name any other subject and I’ll happily discuss it for hours. But my weight and diet struggles and triumphs I usually tend to keep very private. I think growing up watching my mother’s struggles with weight have a lot to do it with it, maybe. My mother owned two copies of a nutritional guide book through the years. One an updated version of the other. I grew up knowing more about nutrition and eating healthy than most children probably do.

That knowledge didn’t stop me from turning into a slowly inflating human balloon as an adult though. I am still reluctant to join any groups. Even free ones such as this free calorie counter. I’ve browsed through their website and typed a few things into their database search and honestly, I think it’s a very smart place for those who don’t know what they are doing to their bodies and want to start learning and keeping track. Their database is full of nutritional label facts for a wide variety of prepared foods. My only wish is that there was a way to put a recipe into their database and see what end results are.

I know that already prepared food is a boon for those of us struggling to lose weight and then maintain that weight-loss once it is achieved. I just can’t bring myself to deal with the preservatives that are packaged along with the food. I think far too many of us are going to end up being well preserved long after death as a result of preservatives. Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t admonish those who eat them now and then. Especially those with families or who are on a tight food budget. I just know that personally, I feel a lot healthier when I’m eating fresh whole foods.