Document Sharing from Google

Not sure if you have heard about a feature of Google (I know they offer everything), it is called Google Docs.  Google Docs is an on-line spreadsheet or document website that allows a person to create spreadsheet or document and share it with a group of people or keep it private for individual use.

On its surface, it may not sound useful, but friends and I have found many uses for this feature.  Since the site allows sharing of documents and spreadsheets for people who are not on the same network, I have used it to plan food for a vacation with people in 5 different cities, friends have used it to plan the guest list to their wedding or other parties.  Multiple parties can access it at the same time, all of the results are shared immediately.

You can also use it personally.  I use it for my "to do" list.  Since it is on the web, I can access it from multiple locations and update it as necessary.  For each spreadsheet, I can chose whether or not I choose to share the spreadsheet with other people.

To start a spreadsheet go to https://docs.google.com. It will walk you through the process.

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New Spin on Old Suitcase

I do a lot of travelling.  I almost exclusively use only a carry on.  I went through and investigated (and purchased) many different carryons trying to the perfect bag.  It obviously had to be within size limits, but it also needed to make my life easier.  After many attempts, my family has been the beneficiary of my errors, I finally landed on a spinner wheel suitcase.

I really needed a carryon that could be shoved in trunks, in luggage compartments and keep all of my items safe in the process.  I found it very ackward to walk down the airplane aisle with the standard wheel alignment.  Since this beauty goes on four wheels that can go in any direction, it easily makes it down the aisle, or I can pull it behind me in the more standard way suitcases are drug behind the puller.

An unexpected benefit are all of the handles making it easy to move about.  In the picture above, you can see a handle between the wheels.  This little carry on has multiple handles making it easy

These suitcases are available from a number of sites, just type in "spinner suitcase" and you are guaranteed to find lots of choices.

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The Bestest Little Speaker

 I have looked for a small speaker that has good volume for several years.  I wanted a very small speaker (small enough to fit in my purse) that had good sound.  It also had to be able to put out a lot of volume and hold a long charge since it would travel in the car with me on long trips.

Much to my surprise, I finally found it in the Jacksonville Airport.  It is the Jawbone Jambox.  Yes, these are the people that are known for their bluetooth ear pieces.  The speaker holds its charge to up to 10 hours and is much louder than I ever need.  It fits nicely in my purse (see it in my hand below).

Look closely at the top.  It has big buttons that can easily be felt when driving to raise the volume, you hit the large "+" on the top, to lower the volume just press the "-".  

This speaker also contains many other features that are nice.  It can be hooked directly to the headphone doc for my ipod and kindle when a head set or the built in speakers just won't do.  It is also a bluetooth speaker, so you can listen to music and take a call.   

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Enjoy This Little Garnet

Garnet Hill is a website that has some of the cutest clothing for kids and women alike.  It also has some very nice home decorating items (I love their comforters.  The website is www.garnethill.com.

The clothes tend to be light and breezy, "what I call vacation clothes", but they are very high quality and comfortable.

As for sizes, they do not carry many women or petite styles, but they do have up to size 18 in regular sizes.  They are also very easy to work with if you need to make a return.

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