Archive for September, 2010

What to do with trophies

I don’t know what to do with my boyfriends sports trophies at the moment, he doesn’t want to get rid of them and I see no reason why he should – but I also don’t want them out on display in our new home. They are mainly snooker trophies he won as a child so it’s not like they are recent achievements and unfortunately most of them are pretty ugly looking.

 

The Apprentice is back

Did you see the season premiere of The Apprentice the other night? I only just got around to watching it. The challenge was a bit lame really, they had to decorate an office space and some of their ideas about what constitutes modern office furniture were quite surprising – there were certainly no interior designers among them. Still, I love the show and I am sure the challenges will improve :)

 

Domain registrars should be loyal

I have a couple of domains expiring in the coming month so I was searching around for voucher codes to make it cheaper and couldn’t find any for the registrar I use – not for renewals any way, there was plenty kicking around for new registrations but that’s not what I wanted. It’s the same tale with most companies I suppose, do what they can to bring in new customers but forget about rewarding their long term loyal customers :(

I did come across 123-reg.co.uk on my travels though and I liked what I saw – the whole interface of the site just looks so much simpler than my current registrar who try and add about 40 things to your basket every time you checkout and they have really affordable prices. Plus they actually do have lots of voucher codes available for a variety of things including domain renewals.

I am not sure I’d take the time and effort to actually transfer all my domains over there at the moment as I am busy enough having just got a new job and moving house, but I will certainly register any new domains there and eventually transfer all my current ones across.

Lessons should be learned here.

 

SEO work time

I think I am going to spend the rest of the afternoon looking for good web directories to add links to, I run several websites and I have somewhat abandoned my seo duties on them in recent months what with moving house and all. I think there’s a big google page rank update due so I better get some work done before it happens :)

 

Which weight loss pill?

Does any one have any recommendations for weight loss pills that work? There are so many out there it feels like it is impossible to even know where to start – all claim wild and wonderful things but how are you supposed to know which offer the best results? There are reviews out there for most of them but it’s hard to tell if they are genuine reviews or not as most of them read as paid ads – it’s confusing!

 

No need for concern

OK the good news is that after everything I have read I am confident that the fat burner my mum has started taking is legit and she won’t have any thing to worry about with it. This is more of a relief for me than it is for her to be honest as it was me that was concerned about it mostly.

 

Burn Baby Burn

I have been doing some research online this afternoon because I want to make sure that the fat burners my mum had started taking are actually safe fat burners, you hear a lot of horror stories about things like this – especially ones bought online, so I wanted to make sure she’s not really eating cow poo or something – you think I am joking but I once read about cow poo being found in some diet pills lol

 

Prenatal Vitamins

I just ordered a load of prenatal vitamins online – no no, they are not for me don’t panic, I didn’t forget to announce something ;) They are for my sister-in-law who is expecting her first child, it’s a miracle she got pregnant at all because the doctors told her she couldn’t and she’s doing really well, it’s still a high risk pregnancy but we are all sure it’s going to turn out just fine :)

 

I see the sea

I think I am going to pick up some Nikon binoculars for my dad for his birthday, they are pricey but everyone knows you have to pay for quality and these are supposed to be really good. He and my mum are moving away to retire by the sea soon and I know he’d appreciate having them so he could sit watching the harbour and sea while drinking a nice cup of coffee :)