backyard swimming pool (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Looking for some vacation rentals for the spring or summer along the Atlantic coast? Take a look at this website and see what’s available. There’s locations in Savannah Georgia, Myrtle Beach South Carolina, and Charleston South Carolina.
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I’m finally able to go on a spring break vacation this year. I was always the jealous one in college because other people’s parents would pay for them to go and I could never afford it….not this time. I’m deciding between a few locations right now. I want warm weather, so down South it is. Rather than stay at a dingy hotel, I’m booking a Bed & Breakfast. Here are the places I am considering:
Yes, I’m probably overdoing it a tad considering some of the prices, but I owe it to myself.I need a vacation.
Losing your data from your computer can be a big pain, but I read an article on data recovery, and it explained the types of data recovery options out there. Hard drives fail all the time, and there are quite a few warning signs that should be watched. If you have an older computer this is particularly important. Don’t lose your precious and valuable files!
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backyard swimming pool (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Do you own a swimming pool? Spend half your money on pool supplies? Have you ever considered it? Well, much like buying your kids a puppy you never really know for sure what the hell you’re getting yourself into until it’s in the house crapping on the rug. I bought myself a pool last year and started cataloging the amount of time I spent working on the thing in the last year. Here you go, in case you’re wondering - activity first, hours spent second:
Drain, acid wash, refill, and rebalance chemistry (pool) 10
Drain, acid wash, refill, and rebalance chemistry (spa) 4
Replace diving board, rail, ladder, or slide (on existing mount) 3
Cut floating pool cover to size, install on roller straps 2
Rebuild three-port valve 1
Replace (or replace a component in) a time clock 1
Replace an underwater light bulb 1.5
Replace an underwater light fixture 2
Replace an air blower 1.5
Filters
Remove/Clean filter (cartridge or DE) 1.5
Open sand filter, breakup/clean sand 2
Remove sand filter, change sand 4
Install new filter (remove and dispose of old unit) 4
Pumps and Motors
Replace seal, seal plate, gasket, or other nonplumbed pump components 2
Replace volute, strainer pot, or other plumbed component 2
Replace motor (including electrical) 2.5
Heaters
Replace heater 8
Replace flange gaskets or thermostatic mixing valve 1
Replace pilot assembly 2
Replace main gas valve or burner tray components 2
Replace mainfold headers, heat exchanger, or firebrick 3
Ream heat exchanger 4
August 16, 2012
Source: Midwestern Orphan Society
Chesterton, Indiana — The Midwestern Orphan Society, an organization dedicated to caring for and housing children orphaned specifically in the United States’ Midwest, received an anonymous donation of…
August 16, 2012
Source: Midwestern Orphan Society
Chesterton, Indiana — The Midwestern Orphan Society, an organization dedicated to caring for and housing children orphaned specifically in the United States’ Midwest, received an anonymous donation of…
Doing some shopping half way through the work week thanks to the Target gift cards
English: Logo of Target, US-based retail chain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I got for my birthday. I certainly love Target, but it got me thinking of what my favorite stores to shop at are. Here are my top picks in no particular order.
Target
Banana Republic
Best Buy
Macy’s
Nordstrom
Bed Bath & Beyond
Barnes & Noble
Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Poetry 365: Hunger Artist, Rita Signorelli-Pappas -
I believe I could have saved him.
What he wanted was easy: the poured
sweet wine of encouragement. A smile.
In another life he might have grown
a comfortable margin of flesh, he might
have kept all his teeth and been spared
translation into the skeleton’s cage.
I would have kept an eye on…
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