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Christmas’ing Stuff Up

kalamaf — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:19:33 +0000

Now that there’s only a couple weeks left until Christmas the wife is starting to get after me to get the deco up which means bringing the fake tree up out of the basement, putting up the indoor lighting and this year she’s rather keen on getting some lights up outside as well, on the patio and along the front of the house. Well, that’s probably not going to happen this year unless we get some nice weather in the next few days. But the big thing she sometimes forgets, is that I’m lazy =)

What is Black Friday?

kalamaf — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:05:57 +0000

I don’t know if it’s that I’m Canadian or maybe I’ve just been living under a rock my whole life, but lately (the last couple of years) I keep hearing about these awesome “Black Friday” sales and never knew what it was. So now that we’re approaching the 2008 Black Friday specials I’m starting to see advertising all over the place once again. This year I decided to actually find out what it is. It’s November 28th this year, so last Friday in November I guess.

Ohhhh, it’s the first Friday after Thanksgiving (in the US) which signals the start of the Christmas season. So it’s not that I’ve been under a rock, it’s just that I’m not a stinky American =)

Christmas Coming Again

kalamaf — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:44:48 +0000

As usual Christmas is coming up faster than I can prepare for. Also as usual, the wife and I say we should start shopping now so we don’t have to rush. Also also as usual we probably won’t get much done until the last week. We do have one gift taken care of though, so that’s better than last year. I also have some relatives who like to go golfing so maybe new golf bags would be a good idea for them. A little over our regular budget though so maybe not. The lil’ monster will be the main target though, she’ll be 5 this year and is already trying to put together a list for Santa.

Valentine’s Day

kalamaf — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:43:25 +0000

Yer woman wants flowers for Valentine’s Day. Even if she says she doesn’t, trust me, she does. It’s less than a month away so you still have time to make your plans, buy flowers, order flowers online, pick up some other Valentines gifts, whatever it is you need to do to keep her happy so you can keep on gaming for the rest of the year.

Tis the Season

kalamaf — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:31:36 +0000

I do a fair bit of work with an online marketplace named IZEA and while browsing their forums the other day I saw a thread started by Mama Bok. In this thread she put forth the idea of us all doing something for IZEA for Christmas, as a way to say thank you for what they’ve done for all of us.

The first response was from Ann of the Homeschool Zoo blog. She suggested that we make donations to a charity in IZEAs name and everyone agreed that this was a great idea. During an impromptu online meeting between the founder of IZEA, Ted Murphy, and several of his posties, Mama Bok brought up the charity idea and asked him to pick one for us to donate to. His choice is Habitat for Humanity. If you feel so inclined, you can donate from that secure link. There’s a check box to indicate that you are donating on behalf of a company.

Of course, if you have no idea who IZEA is, you can donate anyway and fill in whatever name you’d like. If you have someone on your list that already has everything they need and want, perhaps a donation in their name would be a nice gesture, and it’s all for a good cause.

Heading Out of Town

kalamaf — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:03:01 +0000

Will be going out of town for a couple of days so likely won’t be doing much online gaming during that time. Bringing the 360 with me to keep the hotel room from getting too boring. Burnout Revenge, Bioshock and a handful of DVDs should do the trick. We’re also borrowing a laptop so we can still get online to do emails and check for advertising work, the usual stuff. I’ll be back to my questing late Monday night.

Greeting Cards

kalamaf — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:16:51 +0000

It’s hard to find really nice looking greeting cards around here. Cartoony cards and generic designs are all over the place but for some truly beautiful cards you should check out this corporate Christmas Cards Company, Gallery Collection. These aren’t your average printed picture on plain white cardboard, these are made of high quality paper with embossed lettering using rich colors and foils.

The Gallery Collection, a proud supporter of the Soldier’s Angels program, has a wide variety of styles to choose from which can be further customized to meet your needs. Through Soldier’s Angels they have donated cards to the US soldiers and their families to wish them a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Place an order before December 5th and save 20%!

Christmas Decor

kalamaf — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:02:02 +0000

It’s almost that time of year again and time to dig out the decorations. Indoor and outdoor, click here to visit the Online Discount Mart, they have a ton of great Christmas items on sale now. Candles, wreaths, Santa figurines and nativity scene items are just a sampling of the nice stuff you can find there. They currently ship to all 50 continental US states via UPS or regular mail.