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When you live abroad, it can be tough to order stuff online and get stuff shipped to you the way you want it to be. Sometimes online stores won’t even ship overseas, or they tack on a lot of extra fees that don’t even make it worthwhile. Back when I was living abroad, I sure wish I had known about Shipito.com.

It’s a services that offers package forwarding from the US. This means that you can give the Shipito address when you buy something and then they will forward right to your home abroad. Easy, right?

Yes it is, you order online, the order gets shipped to their California warehouse and from there, it gets forwarded to you. They have a couple of different services levels. Their basic service level is $8.50 per package plus postage costs. If you’ve done much shopping online internationally then you know how affordable that is.

If you are abroad, ship abroad, or have friends or family abroad, then Shipito could be just what you’re looking for.

I know summer has come to a close, but it’s never too early to prepare. You remember how hot it was this summer. It was sweltering and your car’s air conditioner was working overtime. Now is the time to prepare your AC system for next summer so you are prepared before it gets too warm. It might mean that you need to replace some of your air conditioning parts like the AC Compressor. Either way, you can get it all taken care of at 1airconditioning.com. They’ve got a huge selection of air conditioning supplies and parts. Now is the time to be prepared.

There are many different products to think about when you open a small business. From brochures to business cards to calendars even to rubber stamps. They are all important and all give your small business the appearance of being a larger enterprise. It helps you build stature.

One place I really shopping for business supplies at is Vista Print. Why? They always have a great selection of the business and personal stationery that my small businesses need and they always have a great price and a good deal is never hard to find.

For example, they are currently a special on their self inking stamps. If you order from them using the code Stamps50 then you will 50% off on their small rubber stamps. You can use to stamp your return address or envelopes or you can make a stamp for a very specific purpose. I like using them in place of long hand writing of the same things over and over again.

To ensure that your rubber stamp fits your exact needs, you can even use their free online design studio to design your rubber stamp. It’s kind of amazing to be able to create a rubber stamp that is personalized while maintaining a competitive price. It takes just a few minutes to create and proof your stamp.

Just everything else they sell at Vista Print, you know that you are getting a great customized business or personal stationery product at a great price.

Exploring different home based businesses is an exciting for me and my wife to do. It seems like our success in our bead jewelry business has opened up many different doors for us, at least in our imagination. We have been able to explore many different ideas for creating a successful home based business.

Two areas that we are really looking into are research report service and a home based cleaning service. They are so different, but they do play to different strengths. My wife and kids could help put together a great cleaning service while the research report service is something I would greatly enjoy doing. I just love researching new topics. I think one is more practical than the other, at least in terms of income.

Any ideas of which we should choose?

Can you believe it? School is already back in session. I hope you had a great summer, I know I did. I am a bit excited this year since my oldest son is just now starting first grade. It’s an important milestone in his life. I can remember back when I first started school and the great memories I have of that first day firmly etched in my mind.

Since it’s back to school time, it’s also school supplies time. It meant that we had to do a lot of work labeling things for school such his pencil box, his notebooks, and all of those little things the teacher puts on the school supplies list. I wish we would have had the DYMO Labelmaker to help us out. It’s a high speed, quality label maker that quickly and easily makes up quality labels for just about anything in the home.

I can also think of other uses for it. I could use it to label sports equipment, books, things in the home. At Christmas time, I could use it to make up gift labels. I think everyone know just how bad my penmanship is. I think the DYMO Labelmaker would be a perfect companion in our home office as well. Maybe it’s time to look more into how I can make the labelmaker a part of our family.