HNG Wholesale is having a Mother’s Day Celebration by offering 5% off on all items in the Mother’s Day category on their website.

HNG Wholesale specialize in home decor and garden decor items for resale or for personal use. Offers gifts, candles, home decor, garden, mirrors, throws, holiday decor, dishes and glass sculptures.

Below are some examples of the Mother’s Day products HNG Wholesale offers:

You can add to cart here and when you are finished Checkout.

Beautifully bedecked in bright blue blooms, this flowerpot bears a tender expression of motherly appreciation. A lasting token of love that?s sure to touch her heart! Ceramic. Plant not included. 51/4″ diameter x 5 1/2″ high. Price: $7.90 Quantity:	Turn any day into Mother’s Day present her with this charming reminder of your heartfelt appreciation! A ruby-red spun-glass rose nestles within a box of sumptuous white satin; tucked inside the lid is a touching little poem about a mother’s love. Glass ornament; polyester box. 2 7/8″ x 1 5/8″ x 3 7/8″ high. Price:  $6.00 Quantity:	A sweet-faced mother gently cradles her newborn, holding her infant close to her heart full of love. Beautiful ivory tone statue bespeaks the timelessness of a mother’s affection! Handmade by CloudWorks™. Weight 0.9 lb. Stone resin. 3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Price: $13.95 Quantity:
Frame a favorite memory and create a lasting reminder that Mom is forever in your heart! Playful pewter frame is sprinkled with sweet sayings and bright enamel daisies. Holds 4″ x 6″ photo. Easel back. Pewter with glass cover. 8 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ x 1/4″ thick. Price:nbsp;$9.30 Quantity:	As they trek across the wide African savanna, a mother gently guides her youngster with a gentle touch of her trunk. Inspired by the bronze sculptures found in high-end galleries, this connoisseur-quality statue is sure to be the centerpiece of your fine art collection! Polyresin with coppertone finish. 8″ x 4″ x 6 1/4″ high. Price: $23.30 Quantity:	Pay tribute to your mother?s loving spirit and tender heart with a special prayer created just for her! Beautiful 11 oz. mug is an inspiring way to start the day; luscious screened wraparound graphics feature the Holy Cross on one side, a heartfelt prayer verse on the other, brightened by colorful flowers throughout. Stoneware. Microwave and dishwasher safe. 3?” diameter x 3?” high. Price: $3.20 Quantity:

Mother’s Day Items

A friend told me about this site you can buy a Step by step guide on how to download, copy, burn and stream any movie. Includes all software needed. I haven’t tried it personally but I have heard it is really simple and easy to use.

http://gabes-poolservice.com/

Today I came across a ping tool that works well with wordpress that I thought I would pass along. It is called Feed Shark and it is free to use however it does require a link back to them on your site so it may not be the solution for you.

It has three categories:

Services that accept blogs:

Daypop
Technorati
Bloogz
Blog Census
Blo.gs
IceRocket
Read A Blog
FeedBurner
Google
BlogRolling
focusLook
Weblogs.com
Alexa
GeoURL
Gnoos
Adoppt
Twingly
Infotiger
whatUseek
Cipinet
Burf
FyberSearch
Walhello
Acoon
HopHunt
Super.info
AskPeter
Myahint
Semager
Livedoor
Gnibo
Search-o-rama

Blogdigger
NewsMob
Bulkfeeds
NgoidObjects
SearchFeed
Directory
Postami
Feed24
FeedsFarm
Golden Feed
FeedFuryFeedPlex
Moreover
Yahoo!
WASALive
Feedgy

AllPodcasts
Get A Podcast
YouLoud
Podscope
Odeo
Pluggd
PodLounge
Podcast Like That
Mefeedia
Speecha
Fluctu8
Replay Video
Podcast Fusion
Podcast.com

If you aren’t sure what ping can do for you or how to use it then you should check out this page on wordpress.org for an excellent guide on using ping with your wordpress blog.

When I first used ProStores many years ago they offered a free month trial and 30% off your subscription if you were an eBay store owner.  That has went away for the most part except for the free one month trial which you can find here:

One Month Free Trial! ProStores – an eBay Company

ProStores only offers a discount to eBay powersellers but it is still 30% making the Professional eCommerce Basic Plan $20.97 (Normally $29.95) and the Professional eCommerce Plus $41.95 (Normally $59.95).

Not sure if you want to subscribe to ProStores? Please visit the Squidoo lens “Is ProStores the right merchant solution for me?”

When we bought our house in 2006 one of the first things we discovered is that a 2400 sq ft house has a lot of light bulbs especially when all of the main rooms and bedrooms have ceiling fans with two to four bulbs. We easily at one time use 30 light bulbs throughout our home.

We then decided that it was worth the cost of buying flourescent light bulbs which at the time cost us about $2.50 per bulb. Now I am not sure how long they really should last but gradually they have begun to burn out so we recently started replacing them one by one with Compact Fluorescent light bulbs.

One of the major reasons for switching to the compact is the idea that they use even less energy than the slightly larger fluorescents we have been using which of course means saving a few more dollars a year. Another big deciding factor is the size of the newer compact fluorescent light bulbs. For the last three years some of our lights have not had the cover on them because the old bulbs were just too large. Now we can put these light covers back on as they originally were.

When we initially made the change we noticed roughly a $5-$10 a month difference in the electric bill. This doesn’t sound like much but our most recent switch we expect to save a little more. The hardest part is shopping for the best compact fluorescent light bulb for your needs.

If we used regular incandescent light bulbs we would spend on average $8.00 every 6-12 months and figuring if we only had to replace the bulbs once a year that is $24 ($1 generics from Wal-Mart) for three years. When we bought our fluorescent light bulbs we spent about $75($2.50 generics from Wal-Mart).

If we saved even $3 a month over three years that would be $108 so if you take the 108-75 we would have saved a minimum of $33 over the past three years after the cost of purchasing the fluorescent light bulbs.

We have been shopping around and at Wal-Mart we found a 6 pack of GE for 15.16 (2.53 each), 18W MINI TWST CFL BULB REPL75W on amazon was about as low as I could find at $3.25 each for a brand I haven’t used but they claim to last 7 years, and my husband (the true King of online bargain shopping) came across this bulk pack of 25 on eBay25 CFL Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs 20w=75w ($1.28 each).

They all seem to be good bulbs from as far as we can tell. We have decided for now to try out the eBay 25 CFL Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs 20w=75w. After we get them I will comment and let you all know how we like them.

Using the same method and assuming we will be getting at least a 25% increase in savings per month that would be $3.75 per month over the next three years (these bulbs claim to last 6 years so we will assume that is true but we know they last at least three so we will stick with that number) jumping the savings to $135 before the cost of buying new bulbs all throughout the house. The new bulbs will cost us about $40 (We are buying 2 sets and letting friends get some at cost of course for those we don’t need so 1.28*31 is our actual cost after being reimbursed on the others.) so our expected savings now is $135-$40=$95!

Next time we hope to change to an even better energy saving light bulb but until then this is about as low cost of a a CFL we found as of March 19, 2010. Please chime in if you find a better deal!

If anyone knows where to find some really cheap “green” light bulb solutions we would be interested in hearing about that. We thought about going with LED but they are still very expensive and we do have a rather large amount of lights to replace.

We came across a new auction site www.americanauctionsite.com that is up and coming in the online auction industry. It offers free registration for both buyers and sellers. Purchases incur no fee and even though sellers will incur fees their fee chart is dramatically reduced compared to the most popular online auction site eBay.

Signing up was relatively painless so I will browse around a bit and post more at a later date with more details on how easy it is to use and some ideas of how to use this site to your best benefit.

I would like to point out that new and growing auction sites offer a great deal of benefit to anyone looking to find a good deal. Less competition than the big sites means more opportunity for those who like to swoop in and get a great bargain.

Here is an example of a potentially good opportunity this site has an auction I will be watching closely for a PS3 that is used but still a great bargain with a bid start of $.01. See the auction here

A couple more auctions that have potential to be great steals are listed below.

Wii System w/Wii Sports

Windows XP Professional

We have noticed that there is a large demand for the Wii Fit Plus with the Balance Board online because so many brick and mortar stores like Wal-mart, Target or Meijers are sold out and are not offering any to be purchased online at this time.

We all know what happens when an item becomes hard to find anywhere else it ends up on eBay with jacked up prices. Recently I have been researching the Nintendo Wii Plus with Balance Board listings on eBay and have found that they are going for as much as $168.50 when the original list price is $99.99. I wanted to wait to get one until the prices went down when it was released in October, 2009 so my son bought me a regular Wii Fit with Balance Board to get me by.

I am going to show you some listings that as of today are all under $10 bidding and maybe you can get a good deal on the Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board.

Since you are looking for a Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board I will not go into details about the product because I assume you know what it is. I am just going to list 3 links here in no particular order  and tell you what the bid price was at the time I looked it up today but at the bottom I will put an eBay widget with all of the search results for that listing.

New NINTENDO Wii FIT PLUS GAME WITH BALANCE BOARD .99 bid

NEW 1 NINTENDO Wii FIT PLUS WITH BALANCE BOARD No bid start .99

New Wii Fit Plus (with Balance Board) (Wii, 2009) NIB 2 bids 1.30 (comes with a bonus item check it out!)