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Not My Favorite (Rant)
Family Decals

They simply just annoy me. You know which ones I'm talking about for sure. They were cute at first, but now that just about every car I see has them. I'm simply annoyed. Be a little more original!

There was only one time where I thought it was amusing and cute. A pet sitting company used the animal decals for a business "ad" on the back of their car. That is original.

In case you weren't sure what I meant.

Love Me Some (Rave)
Bottle Tops

My dad got Josh and I these for Christmas. I have a terrible habit of cracking open a pop can and leaving it sit and letting it go flat. These are awesome. They fit snug and I don't have to worry about it spilling or going flat. If I decide to open one late in the night and don't want to finish it all, I don't have to and I don't have to waste it either. Yay!

I do plan on ordering more since we only got 2 of them. One of the first things I've seen in awhile that's been "Seen On TV" that actually works.

So simple.

Signing off,
Ida Jade

Rooms and Things > Overplayed Songs

Not feeling too well tonight, had to call off work, but I have nothing better to do, so I'm lounging on our new super comfy couch and catching up on my blogging. Tonight, I reveal our fireplace we've worked so hard on (in a later post).

Love <3

Not My Favorite (Rant)

Overplayed Songs.

The regular radio just seems to be getting worse and worse. You hear the same songs at least twice within an hour. I appreciate all music and I like a lot of songs when they come out, but by the time they've been "aired" for two weeks they've been entirely overplayed.

This makes me miss the first car I bought, a Chevy Cobalt. It was equipped with Satellite radio. I'm aware I could get it for my car and have Josh install it, but that's a hassle and it costs too much right now. I have better things to put my money towards.

Thank god for a cd player and ipod hookups or I may go nuts. The radio just continues to get worse and worse. The only time I enjoy it, is the morning shows when they really aren't playing music.

Love Me Some (Rave)
Rooms and Things.

Roomsandthings.com, that is. The couch you saw above was a purchase from there.

We had gone looking at all of the furniture stores in the area and finally came across one we loved at an Ashley Home Furniture Store in Frederick. It was priced over our budget and to deliver would cost $150. We were hesitating so we wrote down the information and took it with us.

That night I hopped on the computer and did some research. I came across this site and got excited and skeptical at the same time. They were selling it for $500 cheaper, with free shipping and no tax (I'm sure it was factored in to the price, but still!). I did what I always do with online stores and looked at the reviews. Every one of them were great, time was the only complaint, but we weren't in any rush, so 1-3 weeks..not bad.

They offered the couch in two different configurations (R facing and L facing corner), I clarified which I wanted and added it to my cart. I was beyond nervous because of how large of a purchase it was over the internet, but the reviews were spot on.

At checkout, I saw a space for a "coupon code" and I decide to Google one. So happy I did, because I found one for 5% off the total. I ended up saving almost $600 dollars from the original price we saw at the local store. Can't beat that!!

After I placed the order it was only a day or so later that I was contacted to make sure they were sending the right corner. They actually called twic, which was really nice, because they wanted to make sure they had the order right.

I originally placed the order on 11/3/11 and we got a call Friday 11/18/11 that they would deliver on Monday (today) if that would be okay. So It took 18 days for it to get to us. Not bad, in my opinion.

It was a great transaction and everything was delivered perfectly. It took no time to set up and we are in love. There are just so many things we love about. I'm really, really happy with this purchase.

If you're looking for furniture or even accessories, check out Rooms and Things, I'm sure you'll love them too!

Signing off,
Ida Jade

Kindle > Time

I'll have to add my little image for "Not My Favorite, Love Me Some" later at home since I'm writing this one in the internet cafe at the casino.

Not My Favorite (Rant)
Time.

Yeah, I know. Time is kind of unchangeable, but seriously..where does it go? There is NOT enough time in the day/week/months/year. Some reason this hit me when I realized today that I've been paying on my car for almost 3 years. Yikes! Speaking of, I think I'm going to look into refinancing that, eh we'll see.

Back to the subject. I put so much on myself, I have so much going on, and a lot of people wonder why I do it. Well, all those things make me happy and I wish I had more time to do them all. I enjoy working (odd, I know), reading, writing, blogging, dancing, choreographing, going out...need I go on? I just love to be constantly busy.

I'm getting the chance to start teaching dance on occassion at a local high school and I'm estatic. I honest am having a hard time figuring out how I'm going to do it, but just like always..I'll make it happen.

I guess that's my little "rant". Time, sucks.

Love Me Some (Rave)
Kindle.

I freaking love this thing. I'm finally getting to use it, since I'm done with the "real" books that I got last Christmas. I couldn't thank Josh enough for such a great Christmas gift. It's so light weight, durable, and lets face it, it's pretty cheap. I can have all my books on there, I can bring it to work and have it tucked away easily, it doesn't take up any room. It's just marvelous.

I had no idea when I got it that you can get on the internet and surf and even download games, but obviously you can. It's pretty awesome. I barely use those 2 features, but for the price?! How can you beat that?!

I LOVE my Kindle and I'm LOVING the Steve Jobs Biography. If you like to read and even if you don't it's worth picking up, in my opinion. I've never been much of an "Apple Person", but I've gained a pretty large respect for the company so far. Now, I haven't completed it so we'll see how I feel by the end, but so far, so good.


That's all for this evening, really. I think I'll post 2 entries tomorrow, one in addition to my normal "daily post".
Signing off,
Ida Jade

NFL v - White Mochas ^

Before I catch some shut eye before work tonight (11pm-7am..blah!).



Not My Favorite (Rant)
The NFL.
I'm seriously so annoyed after yesterdays games. I was watching on Redzone yesterday and there was penalty after penalty, for no reason. Every deep pass had an interference call attached. It's getting to be ridiculous. No consistency in calls what so ever. 

I honestly could go on and on, but I won't. I'm pretty sure the games have spoke for theirselves.
Contact is pretty much not allowed anymore, they may as well be playing flag football.

If it's to keep injuries down..news flash, it's not going to happen!

Love Me Some (Rave)
White Mochas.
Oh my, they are delicious!

Josh and I stopped off at the Daily Grind in Martinsburg, which by the way is a fantastic place to meet up and enjoy a GOOD cup of coffee, or in this case mocha. I love the environment in there.

The one I had there the other was one of the best I've had in a long time. Soo good!

Signing off,

Ida jade

Rant & Rave Monday #1

Today's post is the beginning of many Rant & Rave Mondays. I figured everyone always "rants" on Mondays, but it's seldom we take a moment to Rave. So, I'm going to do both!

Not My Favorite (Rant)
Masonry Work.
Okay, so I didn't really do it myself, but I'm ranting because I saw how much difficulty Josh had with it. Getting the consistency right for the mortar is just ridiculous. We used natural stone on the fireplace so maybe weight and area have something to do with it, but wow.

My job had mainly been to do the "puzzle fitting" of the rock and to know what piece came next, he was actually putting the rock up on our soon to be complete fireplace. From my understanding it got a "little" easier as he found a more correct consistency, but when people say it's suppose to be like peanut butter or toothpaste...how?! I mean I get it, but it's nearly impossible (or so it seems). I'm pretty sure he's sworn of masonry work for a very long time (that is until we put up veener outside along the bottom of the addition to our house).

Poor hubby! He's done a really good job though, I can't wait to share it with you all!

Love me Some (Rave)
Snapfish
I decided to finally give Snapfish a try with printing my photos, instead of wasting money and using places like the 1 Hour Photo at Walmart. I used Snapfish before our wedding, but it was just to print our custom stamps for the invitations. (which with coupons, ended up being cheaper than if we bought regular ones from the post office, even WITH shipping and handling).

Currently, I'm working on a photo project for our hallway/foyer and our living room as well and I need photos..of all different sizes. With coupons it came to around $20 for sizes anywhere between 4x6 - 11x14. I was pretty pleased.

Upon receiving them, I fell in love with Snapfish, the quality is top notch. I'm was very please to see my photography the way it is meant to look; crisp and clear!

Here's my next order from Snapfish: 300 photos (4x6), and I'm only going to spend $3. Thanks to a email with a great coupon code. Here it is..I won't be selfish and keep it to myself. =)

SPOOKY300..will get you 300 for $3

or if you can only find 100 to print use..
SPOOKY100

This ends Nov. 6, 2011.

That's it and that's all.
Signing off,
Ida Jade