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It's that time of year! Stocking stuffers!!!

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Everywhere I go...to get my hair cut, my nails done, or to the doctor, the question is, "Are you ready for Christmas?"

So are YOU ready for Christmas?

Myself, I am struggling with stocking stuffers. So,while I am combing online articles and Amazon for the perfect stocking stuffers, I thought I'd just share what I am finding. I know EVERYONE is doing the same thing!!


I have three boys and a girl (well....men and women) to stuff stocking for this year.
First, I always buy Christmas ornaments and try to find something appropriate for that person that year.  
I bought three of the four online, and here's what I got:
This truck ornament is for someone who just bought a new truck (although not red). Link
This sailboat toy ornament is for someone who spends much of his summers on his boat (although it isn't a sailboat). Link

And let's just say that the receiver of this flask ornament is hard to buy for....  Link


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We Bought a Drone!

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In the first two blogs we explored some very important topics concerning why you might buy a drone, why would you ever want to get a drone sUAV license, and potential problems you might encounter if you take your drone to Mexico.
Well here we are a week or so later and we have actually purchased our first drone!! As of this writing, it is on a FEDEX truck somewhere in Illinois heading to Tulsa.

So how did we go about deciding which drone to buy?




It is very tempting to make your first drone purchase a very, very inexpensive one - let’s say less than
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Costco: A Little Bit of America in Australia

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We finally took our first trip to Costco. It opened north of Brisbane shortly after we moved here, almost a year ago. We've always wanted to visit a Costco. Tulsa, Oklahoma, where we're from, doesn't have one, although they are getting one later this year! That Costco coming to Tulsa was one factor that finally got us to the Brisbane store. What we've heard about the crowds and the distance from our home have kept us from visiting before this, but now that we can use our card when we return to Tulsa, the time has come.

Costco wasn't so different from the Sam's Clubs we used to visit, but it was a really fun trip. Almost like a visit back home. We will not renew our Sam's membership when we return. Costco is a much more responsible employer. They pay their employees a living wage and treat them with respect and still make great profits. We feel we need to support a company like that with our dollars.

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