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With the Oxo Salad Chopper, making chopped salad for the family and/or friends is both faster and safer.
Using a dual-blade roller knife similar to a pizza cutter, the ergonomic Salad Chopper cuts lettuce, vegetables, fruits, meats and nuts with just a few rolls. There’s no need for a separate cutting board (and no worries of slicing a finger).
Made from stainless steel, the angle-handled roller is built to trace the curves of the accompanying Oxo bowl. The blades remain in constant contact with the plastic and the rim has a built-on grip to help you get a handle on your work.
The 5.5-quart bowl is big enough for 6 servings and is dishwasher-safe. Oxo says you can serve in it, too, but that’s up to you.
Trade in store-bought salad bags and opt for something fresher. Oxo’s Salad Chopper sells on Amazon.com for $25.
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NBC’s The Today Show hosted Consumer Reports for its take on mattresses. Some of the results may surprise you.
At 7 minutes, the video is long, but it’s stuffed with helpful comfort tips, including the scientific reason why a mattress should be replaced every 8 years or so. Some of the other advice includes:
- How to reduce morning aches and pains with proper pillow choices
- Why “hot sleepers” should stay away from memory foam
- How to properly test a mattress in the store before you buy it
After its testing and a series of interviews with consumer and industry workers, Consumer Reports also concludes that — for a queen-sized bed — a $1,000 list price is going to give you “a lot of bed”; there’s little need to spend more. And, furthermore, because mattress prices are usually negotiable by half-off or more off, you could buy that $1,000 mattress at a significant discount.
More than 70% of people successfully negotiate lower mattress prices.
Consumer Reports acknowledges that there’s no “#1 mattress”, per se, because mattresses are a personal fit in terms of both firmness and size. With respect to durability, however, most will last for years.
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Fold-up speakers for your MP3 players? You better believe it. OrigAudio’s Eco-friendly Fold-N-Play speakers let you take your favorite play lists on the road to your office, hotel rooms and the beach.
Made from recycled materials, the Fold-N-Play speakers and arrives in a similarly-recycled box. It’s two, flat pieces of cardboard with embedded speakers and an attached cable. There’s no batteries.
All you need is a headphone jack.
Follow the enclosed instructions to convert the speakers into 3-inch cubes of sound. Then, when you’re done, fold them back up and slip them into your laptop sleeve. The 1-watt sound won’t rival a home stereo system, but will outperform most internal laptop speaker sets.
The OrigAudio Fold-N-Play made Time Magazine’s list of 50 Best Inventions of 2009. It sells for $20 per set, or $80 for all 6 available styles.
Visit the OrigAudio website at http://origaudio.com.
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You could call it the Ultimate Geek Gift for an iPhone-toting friend — or even for yourself. It’s a set of 16 coasters made to look like iPhone application icons.
Made by Brazilian firm Meninos, the coasters are constructed from sturdy, medium-density fiber plywood and are coated in vinyl. They’re are roughly 3 1/2 inches square, washable, and feature non-skid, rubber bottoms.
Many of the most popular iPhone icons are included:
- Maps and Compass
- Camera and Photo Albums
- YouTube and iPod
The iPhone coasters sell for $59.99 plus shipping. Arrange them like your phone, or pin them on the wall. Either way, they’ll be a functional conversation piece for your home, or the home of a friend.
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How many of you have procrastinated in downloading your pictures from your digital camera because you just don’t want to take the time to process the pictures, re-size for uploads, add filters, touch them up, or even organize them into folders? Well I know from experience that if you are in the Real Estate, pictures sells houses, and the more pictures you have the better the chance you have of someone taking a look at your clients property.
Well have I got a solution for you. Batchphoto is a powerful photo manipulation program that makes it easy to convert, re-size, watermark, annotate, touch-up, apply affects and rename hundreds of photos in a single operation. Instead of enhancing and adjusting pictures individually, Batchphoto lets you select a group of images, define a series of edits, and apply them in a single operation.
It is AMAZING! An absolute must for anyone who is constantly taking hours upon hours going through other inferior software products that make you re-size photos one-by-one. Before Batchphoto, it would literally take me hours to process photos for my listings. I would re-size all the photos that I would plan on using for the listings and put them in one folder, I would do the same for my Virtual Tours, and yet another for higher resolution use. It would take FOREVER! Now with Batchphoto I am done in minutes and I have so many more options that I love for use in my online social networking. One great feature that I love is the use of watermarks. I love taking photos of these beautiful North Georgia Mountains and sharing them online. Well, I noticed that many of my competitors were using my very own photos on their websites. Now that I have Batchphoto, I can put a watermark on the photos before I post them and it detours anyone from using my photos. This is just one of many features that I have discovered using Batchphoto.
So, you no longer have to fret and pile all of those images on your memory card putting off the dreaded job of processing those pictures. Now with the use of Batchphoto, you can be done in no time and back out doing what you love to do….taking pictures! Give it a try, you will be glad you did I promise.
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2009 Georgia Mountain Fall Festival
When: October 9th -17th
Where: Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee Georgia
Come to the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee Georgia for the Georgia Mountain Fall Festival. Arts, crafts & exhibits. Clogging, singing, authentic mountain demonstrations, pioneer village, kiddie rides and a new show, Kay Rosaires Big Cat Encounter. Regional food and lots of fun for the whole family. Also included in this is the Ole Time Fiddlers Convention.
With its mild temperatures and beautiful scenery there is no better place to be than the North Georgia Mountains in the Fall.
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2009 Sorghum Festival at Meeks Park in Blairsville, GA.
When: Saturday and Sunday, October 10th – 11th 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 10th Sorghum Parade @ 11:00 – Downtown Blairsville
SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th Square Dance @ 8:00 – Downtown Blairsville
Saturday and Sunday, October 17th -18th 9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17th Car Show @ 8:00 A.M – United Community Bank
SATURDAY OCTOBER 17th 40th Anniversary Square Dance of the Decade
Where: Sorghum Events @ Meeks Park
Celebrate the Art of Sorghum Syrup Making! Activities include Arts & Crafts, Syrup Making, Greased Pole Climbin’, Log Sawin’, “Baccor Spitin’, Rock Throwin’, Live Music, Face Painting, and so much more Family Fun!
View the 2008 Sorghum Festival
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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Down economies reduce consumer spending, creating a bind for retailers. As excess inventory collects dust, companies have little choice but to drop prices in hopes of selling more product.
For the bargain shopper with extra cash right now, there are some terrific deals to be had out there. This 4-minute piece from NBC’s The Today Show highlights a few of them.
- Wines over $25 per bottle reduced up to 50%
- High-quality diamonds reduced up to 30%
- Summer rental homes reduced up to 50%
Furniture is another discounted item.
Now, these aren’t everyday-type purchases, but when the economy turns around for good, the bargain-priced items highlighted in the video are expected to return to their former price levels.
If you have the means, therefore, consider taking advantage while costs are down.
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Sure, you’ve got a fire extinguisher at home, but if you ever had a fire, would you know what to do with it?
Like any tool, reading the directions can only get you so far. If you’ve never “pulled the pin” and discharged a fire extinguisher before, fighting an actual fire can be a frightening intiation.
For non-firefighters, there’s an alternative. It’s an aerosol spray from the First Alert company called the Tundra Fire Extinguishing Spray
According to a First Alert product fact sheet, aside from its ease-of-use, the Tundra product boasts several advantages over traditional fire extinguishers:
- Tundra sprays for 32 seconds — double a traditional fire extinguisher
- Tundra spray covers 3 times more surface area than a traditional extinguisher
- Tundra cleans up with a damp sponge
The Tundra Fire Extinguishing Spray
If you have a Second Home or Cabin in the North Georgia Mountains, this would be a great product to pick up and keep handy, especially if you have your Mountain Home in a Rental Program. If you have any questions related to this post or about Real Estate in general, please give me a call at 706.994.8686, or you can shoot me an email at Chad@EmailMyRealtor.com.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and make it a GREAT day!
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After attending the International Home and Housewares show, The Today Show filmed a 5-minute segment called “Housewares You Won’t Be Able To Live Without”.
The title is somewhat over-the-top but don’t let that turn you off. The gadgets reviewed are both practical and inexpensive. They include:
- Make-no-mess vegetable peeler
for the kitchen
- Efficient kebob tool
for the grill
- Grow-In-Your-Kitchen garden
that grows like an outdoor one
Of over 2,000 products at the show, NBC selected seven. Watch the video to see them in action.
Gadgets don’t improve a home’s value but they can make life easier sometimes. And for homeowners, easier is often better.
Mother’s Day is May 10th and Father’s Day is June 21st. I can’t believe it is already middle of April! Believe you me….it will be here before you know it, don’t wait until the last minute like me.
If I can be of any assistance to you with your North Georgia Mountain Real Estate needs, please let me know. I can assist you with Homes For Sale in Blairsville, GA. and Cabins For Sale in Blue Ridge, GA. Heck fire, I can even help with Homes for Sale in Ellijay Georgia. I would be grateful for the opportunity to be your Realtor. My name is Chad Lariscy, and you can reach me at 706.633.8186, or email me at Chad@EmailMyRealtor.com.
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