Boy does my family need a vacation. I have heard about so many people going to the Caribbean, I think it is about time my family get a chance.  What we found on the Internet was an all inclusive vacation package from breezes.com which includes a great location and accommodations, with great all you can eat food all the time, premium brand drinks and a ton of water sports. Did I mention the cool golf? What breezes.com has done is bring the finest in caribbean resorts and taking out all the stops to make sure you have an amazing vacation. They have got properties everywhere, including the Bahamas, Jamaica, Curacao, Brazil, Panama and the Dominican Republic. I love the fact that I can go to one place, who has properties throughout the Caribbean and has a special package with them all. With this economy, you want to make sure your dollar gets maximum impact. Further, these all inclusive caribbean vacations you will find special offers and customer testimonials. Plus there you will find maps to see what cities you can visit plus information on what makes each property different. It always seems that people have their individual needs and breezes.com understands that! They have really put together a well laid out website to that is very easy to use. I love the call anytime 800 number and the photographs of very happy vacationers. I am very jealous. This is a great time to travel and you have earned it.

Is it me or has the quality of children’s books diminished over the years. After reading books with my children, I like to look at the inside publications notes to find out when and where the book was published. If you look at the Curious George book written in the 1930′s you will see that you need to dedicate some time to reading it aloud. It is an older prose, without rhyme and needs time to develop plot, conflict and resolution. Today, its all fluff because, I at least I think, we have little to no time to read to our children. If we do, we want the book to get to the point fast and get out quick too. If you think about it, we are already setting up our kids to have short attention spans. Perhaps we are at fault for the dumbing down of our children. Now that we take work home at night or if we could just finish this project I could make time to ensure my child is reading at their level. Managers love this because once they see that you get big tasks done well and quick, more work will come your way while you make your way to the top. Hey, there is always trade offs I was told. Oops, now we are in a global recession and we have to lay you off, so sorry. We will be sure to give a great recommendation. Meanwhile, looking at your kids ask yourself, “do you know them?”

Well after 50 years of Fm comes a great new innovation, HD Radio. Now we can enjoy great music without the hiss and being dropped off when listening to our favorite local radio stations in HD. The reception is free and there is no subscription to pay. Many of work out of cars and the radio is what saves us from so much windshield time. This is not a satellite radio, rather its an antenna based system so we fully enjoy our listening experience. Now you can find the best equipment at hdradio.com who is selling the Jensen JiMS 525i which is a HD radio system with iPod and iPhone docking station. This is amazing product that gets you the HD clarity in radio and again, no subscription fees! Plus, you must start song tagging where you can tag songs over the radio where it is tagged on your ipod, then dowload it onto your playlist and buy it. Its just amazing where technology has taken us. Analog is on the way out and digital is in, hence reducing static and making a clear radio sound. I really like the hdradio.com site too, with tabs to educational pages to learn how the technology works, a buyers guide, a station guide and product reviews from Cnet and others. I cant wait to get my order in!

Well it is that time of year again where many a couple has gotten engaged during this spring and now wedding plans are to be made. One site I would suggest in buying engagement rings is bluenile.com. These guys are a publicaly traded company on the Nasdaq which brings great validity along with the fact they are the largest online retailer of certified diamonds and fine jewelry.  Further, when buying diamond rings you must also know just what kind of stone shape you want. Finally, Bluenile has been profiled both in Forbes and the New York Times hence you should have no worry buying diamond rings online. Your ring is shipped free on FedEx and they provide a 30 day no questions asked full refund if you do not like the ring you bought. It does not get any better than this!

The new print scrub jackets I also found print scrub tops like Landau Happy Go Lucky and my favorite, the Cherokee Paul Frank Hospital Visit scrub top. Finally, I found landau medical scrubs that can be shopped either by Outlet, Basic, for him or her and pants tops whatever.

With all my reports on renewable energy, going green and finding new ways to do more with less, I now find a flying car report. Could it be? The Transition “roadible aircraft” seems like a very cool idea but how will help anyone out? Would you not still have to post a flight plan to the FFA? How could you still find convience or does that really matter. Is this is just a way to be cool? At the tune of around 195k, you will stand out. However that may be, I still applaud these guys for thinking outside of the box. Now we just need to know its safety and usefulness. I will have to ponder on this one for a few days.

We have been looking for a special gift for the in laws who seem to have everything that they need. They are grandparents and what grandparent do you know that would not just love a painting of their grandchildren. I recently found some cool unique birthday gifts at paintyourlife.com. I just cannot believe how they can take your very simple photo and turn it into a lasting portrait to be hung on the wall forever. Photos are great, but end up in the box sooner or later. Take a look at their testimonials. You will see how dogs, livestock, children and couples look before and after they put their professional touch on your painting. They can even take multiple photographs and create one combined portrait. That is a great idea. You just have to put 20% down and do not pay the rest until you are completely satisfied. That is very professional these days and hard to find! They offer six different mediums including watercolor, oil, charcoal, paste, acrylic and pencil. Just try out their gallery and you will see. We have in mind sending in a photo of the grandparents at the beach walking down along the tide with the setting sun off to the distance. They will eat it up. This is a professional site, with great customer service like live chat! Enjoy.

Our family has decided that with the new economy, we need to find a great outdoor recreation idea for the whole family that is fun and inexpensive, rather than going on a huge vacation getaway. One idea we have is to look into canoeing and or kayaking. Here we can get outdoors, get some great exercise and even though there will be some upfront investment in watercraft, the craft will last for years. There are some differences between canoeing and kayaking and that is where we found outdoorbasecamp.com. This is a great article which outlines the pros and cons of each, and how each watercraft fits into your family or individual situation. For us we will have to go to the canoe because we have a huge family which will require lots of gear to take with us, food supplies and the family dog. We will be a little heavier but we plan to take two cars, float down stream and ride back with the second car waiting for us. This is a very nice website, easy to use with information on parks, cooking, camping etc. My favorite item though is their cool You Tube videos on camping techniques. Check these guys out!

One of the frustrations I get is when after spending so much time to buy an item, at a price I like, I get the nasty little surprise of the shipping cost. Then I have to spend time trying to find out just who had the best deal after all. Its sad that no online shopping profit is made at the hidden shipping rate. Not much in the way of customer service if you tell me. One way to settle is all together is finding Free Shipping Coupons. I found a great site that publishes free shipping deals. From here you can locate your favorite merchants and others who are offering free shipping. The whole reason for using the Internet is finding the best price. I love this site, for example I found Babies R US and found that they have free shipping on the new Nintendo DSI. Further, I just blogged about Renewable Energy and I was able to link to Baby Earth who has environmentally safe products and learned that they have free shipping on orders over $99.00! My favorite deal though is the Magellan Maestro 4370 GPS, which is $100 off with free shipping. This site is full of deals which you can search through category, new deals or expiring soon. It is a nice professional site with excellent customer service. Go here first before you suffer finding the best deal which can take hours. Freeshippingdeals.com has done the work for you.

With spring coming on fast and the sun breaking through the clouds, it is time for me to invest in some new sunglasses. Even with the new economy, the Sun still shines and I feel so much safer driving with quality sunglasses on. I went out to the web to shop for sunglasses and found opticsplanet.net to be my first choice. They are one of the largest US authorized dealers of top name brand sunglasses that I need.  I am simple person and I quickly found myself connecting with the Bolle Snakes Anaconda Sunglasses. For me they are cool, functional and on sale for $43.95. Plus, when you order over $29.95 you get free shipping as I will for my new shades. When you click on any pair, you get a wealth of information about your choice. For me, I learned about the shatter proof polarized lenses, the Thermogrip temples and nose pads. Then Bolle offers 12 different models of the Anaconda series mixing frames and lenses. If you are in need of prescription lenses, just click on the Rx link and you will learn how they can get your prescription into your favorite lenses. This is much more than a general site with discount lenses. Take a look and you will see a professionally made site, easy to click through and loaded with information. They customer service rocks as well with their 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.