Daytona Prediction

Well only 2 days away from the "Super Bowl" of the Nascar season the 50th running of the Daytona 500. All is said and done with qualifying and alot of dreams were dashed yesterday with the running of the Gatorade Duels. Qualifying for the race through the Gatorades were Brian Vickers, Kenny Wallace, John Andretti and Dale Jarret. I'm batting .250 on that one as I believed it would Vickers, Said, Carpentier and Almendinger that would race through. Anyway I'm getting prepared to watch and my pick for Sunday will be Dale Jr ( a story book start to his deal at Hendrick) Kevin Harvick (Really Cool to Repeat) or Mark Martin ( Hey he was almost there last year) One thing I know for sure from what I've seen so far it will be a great race!

Coupon Cutter

Everybody loves to save money, working in the retail world I know for a fact if you are paying full price for anything you are most likely not getting the best deal possible, everything gets an extra mark up these days so be very aware many companies today use a coupon as a marketing tool to get you to try something new or give you a chance for savings.

When 54 = 43?

I can only imagine the pressure being felt in Daytona this week when 54 teams will attempt to qualify for 43 starting spots in the Daytona 500. This is unlike any other Nascar event for the year as Qualifying runs were made on Sunday a week before the race and only the top 2 qualifiers know where they will start on Sunday. Johnson and Waltrip will start 1-2 and the Gatorade races on Thursday will determine the rest of the field. It will be disapointing for 11 teams that do not make the biggest race of the year, it could crush the year for these teams struggling to make races before we even go green for the first race. To add to the frustration there is the top 35 rule that locks in the top 35 teams from last years owners points making it even harder for the other teams to qualify. I really would like to see Boris Said qualify with his underfunded team, it would be great to see that team make it into the top 35, so many teams have used Boris to train their road race teams I would love to see Boris run the full schedule.
Go Boris.

Wanting to Lose Weight

I have joined my wife in her quest to lose weight and so far we are both off to a great start. She has started up a support system with other friends and we all weigh in on Tuesdays and share our results with each other. In doing this I have realized that our old digital scale isn't all that accurate and feel it would be a good time to look into purchasing a new bathroom scale. So what do we go with? The basic digital scale like what we have now or one that show us our body fat percentage as well. I now my wife has mentioned a line of Escali scales that are affordable which makes me happy and yet fashionable for my wife. With having a good bathroom scale we should be able to keep on the right track with our weight loss and in no time will reach our weight loss goals.

JR. wins at Daytona!

Ok so it's not the Daytona 500 but in his debut outting with the new Hendrick team, Dale Jr. rebranded 88 National Guard Chevy entered Victory Lane at Daytona in this weekends Bud Shoot Out. I knew it wouldn't take him long to get back to victory lane but even I was surprised at it being in the first race. After seeing how easily he man-handled the competition I wouldn't be shocked to see him at the front of the pack leading the Daytona 500 this weekend. If he doesn't get into trouble I would expect him to be a contender towards the end. I can't imagine it being a more exciting finish than last years win by Harvick over Martin in the last inches of the race but we will be eagerly awaiting the outcome this Sunday.

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Babelicious!

This morning my wife was honored with the hot blog babe for the month of February, (Blog Babes) she was very surprised about her nomination for this and I think a little bit honored. It certainly is exciting to be admired, she let me know as soon as she found and was concerned I would be upset. I'm not sure as to why I would be, she is a beautiful lady and she is a blogger and I've always thought she was a babe so it's only a natural to me. Congratulations Carebear on your nomination! Check out her blog at (Rantings) and (Jabber-Jaws) for some real great blogging action!

Hotel Reservations

March Break is quickly approaching and I will be taking a one week vacation to spend with my family and the thought of doing so has just reminded me to make our hotel reservations for our trip. Are you anything like I am leaving things until the last minute or do you plan ahead? Either way when booking hotel reservations , Hotel.com.au offers advanced and last minute hotel reservations for booking in the next 21 days. Hotel.com.au/GoldCoast offers over 90 hotels around Surfers Paradise and over 50 Cairns Hotels that are located on the door step of the great barrier reef.

More Snow...

This morning I woke up to one of the biggest snow storms that we have had yet this winter. The kids are home from school and it took me quite a bit of time to shovel my out to get to work. The weather looks like it is finally clearing but the winds are still strong and causing the snow to blow around. With any luck for my wife the weather will improve and she will be able to take the kids outside to play.

Car troubles

It is now obvious that with our large family and my work schedule we can no longer get by with just one vehicle. I am starting to shop around for the best Car Prices to see what is available out there and hope I can find something that will fit the budget! Of course we need a reliable one that can fit everybody if need be so it will certainly be an adventure.