New and Unusual

March 30, 2007

Paying for College

Filed under: education, family, shopping — newandunusual @ 3:06 pm

I was just talking to TW yesterday and to some co-workers the day before about paying for college. Jenn has a college loan. Chris doesn’t, we’ve just paying for his tuition as he goes along. Michelle, I believe, is going to have the highest ticket college of the three. How is that going to be paid? Will she need a loan? Will she have a scholarship (or three)? It’s hard to say, that’s what’s making me nervous.

I’ve started sending her links to information about college loans and financial aid. Better to start now and be prepared! One of her first questions was, “What is a Sallie Mae loan and who is Sallie Mae?” I answered that one for her but directed her to some student loan forums for more questions. I also suggested she send some of this information to her father because her financial aid situation will also be determined by her parents ability to get their taxes done early and provide her with information that she needs.

I’m starting to be a little less nervous about having three kids in college at the same time.

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March 21, 2007

A cell phone I won’t buy

Filed under: daily life, family, shopping, tech, women — newandunusual @ 4:24 pm

I just bought a new cell phone. I like it, though I haven’t figured out all of the features yet. TW was actually just bugging me about the video aspect. In December, it will be time to buy another phone.

I can tell you one thing my phone does not have, and I’m glad - it’s a BMI calculator built in. This phone is wrong. A cell phone “marketed to women” meaning a cell phone that lets you check your BMR and BMI.

The next phone I buy won’t be a Philips, I can tell you that much.

Spring is in the air!

Filed under: daily life, family, home, payperpost, shopping — newandunusual @ 1:33 pm

Well it’s in the air down here in Florida. In fact it has been in the air for a good long while and we really need to get into the garden and whip it into shape - before it is too late. The bamboo has taken over, the square foot gardens are growing wild and the fruit trees need some serious attention. Let’s not even think about the patio that has somehow acquired an unusual array of oddities that people have put out there for “temporary storage”.

The job and thinking about the job is overwhelming. I’ve found wandering around gardening websites for inspiration helps. Remember that gnome site I talked about last year? Well the folks over there have added a bunch of new items to their stock. Maybe I will treat our garden to some Stepping Stones once I’ve got it all neat and tidy. Only problem with that is trying to decide which one(s) to choose. I’ve never seen so many different stepping stones. (Please don’t suggest the frogs or the gator - other than that, help me choose 3 or 4, please!)

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March 20, 2007

Better than Sudoku

Filed under: family, holidays, shopping — newandunusual @ 10:26 pm

Ya know I bought my mom Sudoku toilet paper for Christmas right? (Well I did, but it didn’t arrive til after Christmas so I’m going to send it to her for Mother’s Day. Nothing says “thank you mom” better than toilet paper, in my personal opinion.) Anyway, this tp is even better! I’m working on special tp for everyone on my Christmas list! I think my ex-in laws would love some TP with a photo that my son took of his grandfather holding a fish about 20 years ago. (They live on a lake and have a bathroom decorated completely with fish!)

This is fun!

March 9, 2007

So I’m not pregnant

Filed under: family, payperpost, shopping — newandunusual @ 4:01 pm

Earlier in the week, I made a joke on another blog about being pregnant. I’ve had some queasy stomach issues and then out of the blue, some weird cravings. But no, I’m not pregnant, though it would be AWESOME to be pregnant again - just one more time.

I loved being pregnant. I loved everything about it. OK not everything. Not the morning sickness (which I had 24 hours a day with the first child and 6 hours a day with the second). Also, not the maternity clothes.

Luckily, advances have been made in the clothing front. Maternity clothes are a lot nice, a lot better quality (without having to spend the child’s college fund) and even better, you don’t have to actually BUY maternity pants! b-buckles has this interesting hip & cool b-buckles. I’m not really sure whether they are “hip” or not, but I do know they are very cool and very interesting.

You choose the b-buckles size based on your pre-pregnancy pants size. $22 and you can keep wearing your favorite, perfect pair of jeans, all through your pregnancy. No more maternity jeans! Yea! I want to be pregnant!

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March 7, 2007

A roll of tape and a roll of soap

Filed under: daily life, family, shopping — newandunusual @ 7:43 pm

We have tape dispenser issues in this house. Some kid or another is constantly taking the tape and not returning it. I’ll go on a bedroom cleaning binge and find dozens of rolls of tape. It annoys me. I’d like to ban tape forever!

But then I see this cute frog tape dispenser and I think “Michelle would love this!” (she collects frogs) But then I remember the tape ban and then I remember she’s put a moratorium on frog gifts because she has too many. Oh well. It was nice to think about.

Which brings me to another type of “tape dispenser” - the soap tape dispenser! I can only imagine what would happen if I bought a few of these for the bathrooms.

March 4, 2007

Sandal Weather

Filed under: payperpost, shopping — newandunusual @ 6:04 pm

That’s one of the great things about living in Florida, it’s sandal weather almost all year. If you are in the market for sandals, check out rainbow sandals. They have pages and pages of sandals! You folks who aren’t lucky enough to live in Florida should definitely check them out. If you’re knee deep in snow, just thinking about sandals and sandal weather should cheer you up, right?


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January 22, 2007

Encyclocentral

Filed under: entertainment, payperpost, shopping, websites — newandunusual @ 3:07 pm

I’m mindlessly surving this “encyclopedia” of sites. Why am I doing this? Because it’s mindless and it feels a lot like picking up an encyclopedia and just flipping through the pages. That is something I used to really enjoy doing. That is something I miss about books. It’s good to know you can still do that with Encyclocentral.

I started with Book Publishers and clicked around using the drop down menu. I surfed Pink Mascara on the P page. I surfed zinc, zippers and Zaftique on the Z page. I’m headed off to the A page to see what I can find.

This feels like a good way to start my day.

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January 14, 2007

In search….

Filed under: home, shopping — newandunusual @ 4:39 pm

I’m in search of a new vacuum cleaner. Or maybe it isn’t a vac I’m looking for but a floor cleaner. We don’t have any carpet in this house, just a couple of large area rugs. We do have wood floors that are seriously unhappy. Steam cleaning seems like a not so good idea because it makes the wood dark. Anyone have any ideas about what type of floor cleaning machine I need?

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January 10, 2007

Feministe!

Filed under: blogs, shopping — newandunusual @ 6:04 pm

Need a new t-shirt? How about a thong? Notebook, coffeecup or a tote bag? All of the above? You should get one (or some) from Feministe. Just don’t get the dog clothing, that’s just wrong. I hate dogs in clothing. And I really really hate it when a dog’s clothing matches the human’s clothing. So don’t do that.

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