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Most people are concerned with keeping their homes warm in the winter without going broke. We always hear such horror stories about so many people freezing to death during the harsh winter months.  There is a big push lately to help people with keeping cool during the extremely hot summer months by collecting fans and distributing them to the elderly, the disabled and the poor, which I think is a pretty cool (excuse the pun) idea.

I think we all need a good home energy audit on our homes to make sure that we are getting the best bang for our buck with all of the big money power/utility companies that are raking us all year round for our energy needs. My folks just recently contacted some home energy auditors and they came out and spent several hours inspecting their home and providing them with good recommendations and options that will hopefully save them a good amount of their money. They have since hired home insulation contractors to come and do a good amount of the suggested changes that will only take a short time to get their place up to speed.

It is amazing that we still have several of the gifts cards that we received as presents for last Christmas, so in order to go ahead and use them we have been doing a search online for various items that we have a need for. The first on the list is a very stylish black and oak dining set that we have been eyeballing for some time now and have decided to just go ahead and purchase it now. The wife has been complaining about needing bedspreads for daybeds for a few years now and has found a good deal on them so they are going to be ordered here real soon.

I have ordered (on the sly) some nice beach themed picture frames that I will hold onto to use as a nice gift for her on   Mother’s Day, which actually isn’t all that far off from now considering it is now the the middle of April and this year Mother’s Day comes around the middle of May. Hard to believe how fast this year has been flying by, it will be Christmas all over again very very soon, sooner than anyone of us would like to even think about.

I’ve had direct tv ever since I moved out from under my parents roof, many years back. I’ve always been happy with what they have to offer me and the customer service that they always provide me with. It has always worked out well when I have had to move, it’s never been a hassle getting my service transferred to the new places that I’ve found myself at. I can’t imagine ever leaving Direct Satellite TV they have become a way of life with me.

My parents even subscribe to Direct TV in California. When they moved out there they called dx3 direct tv and gave them my account number when they signed up with them and we both received a $100 credit referral fee, which worked out real nice.

I like that I can pay my monthly bill online on their website. It’s nice and easy and I don’t have to worry about writing a check or paying for any stamps. It’s all good with Direct TV! If you are looking for a good satellite provider I would recommend them in a heart beat. You can go to www.dx3.net and see what packages are available for your area.

It looks like I need to find information for my elderly aunt about her heating issues. Not that folks in southern California need as much heat as most of the country does, but they do have some cold weather and heat is expensive and she is living on a fixed income. I need to Google “fireplace inserts bay area” and what I can find out if a fireplace insert would be best or if we need to look for wood stoves for sale for her particular situation. She has a wonderful fireplace in her home with one of the nicest looking fireplace mantels that I’ve seen in a long time, but she isn’t comfortable using the fireplace and dealing with all the work and effort that it takes to have a nice fire going during the cold weather.

My Aunt Dottie is one of the senior citizens that wants nothing to do computers so we all try and pitch in when possible to assist her with tasks that are so easy for us to tackle with the use of the Internet and this time it is my turn. I don’t mind a bit, Aunt Dottie is a great lady that I have so much respect and love for. It was difficult to say good bye to her when she up and moved out west over 12 years ago, knowing full well that I would most likely never see her again. She is too old to travel much these days and unless I end up in California for some reason, which I don’t see happening any time soon, I fear that I really will not ever set eyes on her again. Thank goodness for free night time and weekend minutes with our cell phones these days since talking on the phone is the only way she will communicate with friends and/or family.

I was out grocery shopping the other day, my wife and I came upon some peach trees.  She thought they were really sharp, and so did I.  Well, the next day I went back there and bought two of them.  It took me three days to decide where to plant them!  I finally decided to plant them down by the road, one on each side of the driveway, so they could cross pollinate.  They really added a lot to the dooryard!  I hope they bear fruit, because I like peaches.