OK power shoppers…have I got tip for you today. If you like deals — and who doesn’t, right? The internet can be a great place to find lots of money-saving deals. You have to know where to look, though. Unfortunately, sometimes it can be almost as time consuming to wander around on the internet looking from site to site for great deals as it is driving around from store to store in search of good deals. What would you say if I told you that you can get an email right in your inbox every morning announcing the new hot deal for that day? I know! It sounds awesome!

Well, it’s true! I’m talking about the nomorerack.com website. This site presents a selection of super hot deals every day. These deals are available for up to 24 hours, but they often sell out much more quickly than this. Every day at 12 pm EST, the nomorerack website releases the day’s hot picks. If you get the email and see something interesting, hurry to the website and get it into your shopping cart so you’re sure to snag it for yourself.

Think about the possibilities. Jewelry, clothing, electronics, accessories — you name it, you could find it on nomorerack. They also have a nifty little section called “Insanity Deals.” These are the unbelievable deals that are so huge you might rub your eyes in disbelief. When you see something you want that’s discounted in the Insanity Deals section, you’d better move fast because it won’t be there for long.

If you’re a little unsure about how good this all sounds, go ahead and check it out for yourself. Look around the website and see all the interesting things going on. I promise you that you’ll be back the next day to see what deals are up for the taking. You might even find something you didn’t know you needed or wanted! This site is great for that, too! Watch for the daily emails and become a regular nomorerack junkie — it’s a fun little pickmeup in the middle of the day! Let me know what great deals you find!

As I write this, we are less than two hours away from 2012. Happy New Year and may 2012 be a year of happiness, prospering and blessings for you and your family.

Winter is setting in with temperatures plummeting over the next day and some high winds kicking up. In fact, our high on Monday is supposed to be 15 and the low that night is supposed to be 6. Nope…don’t think I’ll be shopping for yoga sandals any time soon…I’m gonna need wool socks and my fuzzy slippers!

Anyway…from my blog to you…Many Happy Returns!

It’s been a long two weeks — did you miss me and all my fun posts about ProFlowers wedding gift ideas? It’s a long story, but I almost lost all of my websites when I decided to do some file uploading manually. In the process, I deleted some important files and one thing led to another. I am now all back in business and in the process I have a brand new web host, too.

It’s been an expensive lesson, but I learned some important things.

NUMBER ONE: BACK UP. I can’t say this enough. Really…BACK UP!

And 2: Your web host is important. I always knew the company I was using wasn’t the greatest, but this really drove home how lacking they were. I’m all set up on HostGator now and very happy.

And 3: Have a techie guy you can trust. I met a whiz several years ago, and this is the third time he has resurrected my websites from the grave. Magnus is the GREATEST!

Wow — how can we be only days away from winter solstice already? In less than one week we’ll be at the shortest day of the year — the longest night of the year. Then we get to turn the corner back onto the upturn again. That always feels good, huh?

After just getting through a rainy, cloudy, chilly week, we got to see the sun today.

The gloom of the weather this time of year can be difficult, but it’s good to remember that soon we’ll be getting longer already!

I’ve been learning about titanium rings from my son and daughter in law. When they were married almost two years ago, they chose titanium rings instead of standard yellow or white gold. I have to say, I would never have thought about doing this, but titanium is surprisingly affordable and it’s also exceedingly durable. Both of their rings still look great, two years later, so I guess this is a viable option in wedding rings!

Gotta admit…dressing little girls is just plain FUN! My mind always turns to tights when it starts getting chilly. I don’t know about you, but my little people don’t like keeping socks or slippers on and it drives me insane to see bare feet running around in December. Problem solver? Tights! I just ordered Rachel a bunch of new tights in some fun prints and colors. Of course, with new tights, I will probably be cruising around to various other clothing websites to find some legging sets to go with the tights. I love the look of long, flouncy shirts and tops with leggings on a little girl. Comfy and stylish at the same time!

Have you seen those wardrobe sets that let you mix and match the various pieces a bunch of different ways? So pretty and so cool! I love options to mix and match to keep things fresh and interesting.

It’s so cute when I put something new on Rachel. She loves to get dressed so she’s usually very cooperative. When we finish putting her clothes on, she stands up and looks down at herself to see what’s she’s wearing. Then she runs off to show Daddy or Sarah. Yep…she’s her mama’s girl!

I’ve noticed that Rachel has a love of hats. So much so, in fact, that she’s willing to improvise just to find something to put on her head. Often if she’s upstairs “helping” the kids fold laundry, she’ll come down with someone’s clean underwear on her head. She seems partial to Isaiah’s Spidey undies or one of the little girl’s pretty undies. No…I have not seen calvin klein mens underwear on her head yet, but I wouldn’t put it past her if she had the chance! This kid…I’m telling you…she is all her own person!

As I was getting out the winter gear a few weeks ago, it was nice to see all of the kids’ nice down jackets. I splurged last year and bought four of them new coats, which…miraculously…still fit them this year! Yay! I did have to buy a coat for Rachel and I may need to buy one for Michael before the end of the season…but I don’t think this is too bad, considering I’m outfitting seven kids for winter. It just never ends, I tell ya.

Brrrrrrrr — it sure feels like December, even if we don’t have snow yet. We are starting our first round of sniffles in the house, too…so winter is at our doorstep.

I’m buried up to my eyeballs in school and work — no time to worry about anything, let alone flexible metal hoses.

I’m feeling the urge to get out my snowmen decorations more every day. Perhaps this coming weekend, the girls and I will get our little guys out and finally put away the autumn splendor for another year.

We just recently finished our annual fall cleaning. Yep…you heard me right. Along with annual spring cleaning, we also do annual fall cleaning. After a summer of activity with the entire family traipsing in and out of the house constantly, you might be amazed how dirty a house can get. So…we do most of the same things we do in the spring in the fall too. Too bad we don’t have Houston Junk removal closer to us…I’m sure we could use their help! A company that would come and get our junk, haul it away and dispose of it…wow…I’d be in heaven. The people who live in Texas don’t know how good they have it! All they have to do is call and they’ll get upfront pricing with a conveniently scheduled pick up time. How cool is that?!? Sure beats hauling your own stuff off to the junk yard and paying fees for every little thing like we have to do. Save yourself time, effort and money by using this junk removal service to dispose of your trash and unwanted refuse!