We love to eat at Pei Wei, and our whole family does as well as many of our friends.  If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s nice to know that you can figure out the calories beforehand by going to their Pei Wei Nutrition Information site.  I really like their lettuce wraps with chicken, and the sauce only has 70 calories.  (I would have guessed a lot more)  That’s nice to know.

I am definitely trying to lose weight after going to try on dresses for our son’s wedding this summer.  Oh my!!  Those holiday goodies are still with me so I really really need to lose five to ten pounds.  It’s so easy to walk in my closet and pull out my looser fitting clothes to wear to work.  But going to try on clothes made me determined to lose weight!  I’ll try to keep you posted how I do.

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Has anyone seen the TV movie about Athens, Tennessee?  I haven’t and didn’t know anything about it.  This is a little known event in U.S. history that, in fact, I’m just now reading about. Maybe we talked about it in one of my history classes in high school or college, but I don’t remember.  It’s very interesting and illustrates how corrupt some government officials have been. This historical marker is a reminder of that event.
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Personalized things are always nice!  There are all sorts of items out there such as personalized lunch bags, key rings, jewelry, etc.  Some of my coworkers gave me a personalized wooden name plaque to hang over the door to my classroom, you know the kind where each of the letters is cut out of wood, painted, and then cute little decorations are put on top of the letters.  I really like it, and it’s special because they took the time and effort to get me something personalized.

Do you have any collectibles?  Some people collect dishes like Depression Glass or vintage bowls.  Some people collect coins like the 1979 silver dollar.  Some collect stamps or vintage record albums.  I used to collect old Coke or Dr. Pepper bottles and vintage tins, but now I don’t really collect anything.  For me, things like that take up space and are just something else to have to dust.  What do you collect?

Most people I know love chocolate, and some are even “chocaholics!”  I must admit that I really like dark chocolate a lot.  I’ve tasted many different types of chocolate, however, I’ve never had chocolate cigars.

My husband and I like to keep a bag of dark chocolate chips in the cabinet all the time.  This way we can have just a little chocolate when we get a taste for it, or more if we have a bigger taste for it.  We’ve been doing this for years, and I even have a couple of friends who do the same thing.  We didn’t get the idea from each other, but I think it just comes from making chocolate chip cookies and having chocolate chips in the pantry.  And it’s good, inexpensive chocolate!

If you read my review of Dermagist Skin Care, then you know that I did see good results from using their Skin Tone Correcting System.  Now, I get to do a giveaway for one of their products.  Dermagist will supply the winner with a free product of their choice, such as the Complete Rejuvenation System, valued at $129.99.

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Holiday family road trips create such wonderful memories!   Our main car necessity is to have snacks and bottled water.  My husband teases us because we start getting into the snacks as soon as we get on the road, soon after we’ve left home.  What are your travel necessities?

We like to have comfortable seating and plenty of room for baggage.  Good gas mileage is a plus with the cost of gas these days.  And having a GPS comes in very handy!

Like I mentioned, we’ve created such wonderful memories from all our road trips!  There’s nothing like getting away from the day-to-day routine and spending quality time with family!

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There are a lot of auto dealers around in different areas of the Metroplex, and I mean a lot.  We’ve also seen dealers for RV’s, but have you ever wondered if there are bus dealers with church buses for sale or other types of buses?  I’ve never seen a dealer for buses, but I’ve seen plenty of church buses and other types of buses being driven in the area, especially school buses.   There must be dealers somewhere or maybe it’s mainly sites online that sell them nowadays.

What’s on your Christmas list?   DVD’s, gift cards, dishes, appliances, an otoscope, clothes, perfume, or whatever strikes your fancy?  It helps having a list because then when people really want to know some ideas of what to get for you then your gift list or “Wish List” helps them out.  It really does help, too, because it saves them time on trying to think of something for a gift.   And if it’s something that can be ordered online then that’s even better as far as saving time.  This time of year, who couldn’t use a little more time to get everything done!

Do you have a musician in your family? We have two in ours. Now’s the time to be looking for gift ideas with all the sales going on this week. Maybe you’re looking at guitars or affordable guitar amps, or maybe you’re looking for smaller items such as accessories or music books.  Whatever it is, this is a great time to be shopping for good deals.