New York City real estate, of course, is known for how expensive it is and I’m sure that the real estate crisis is hurting there as well as everywhere else these days. I have an old friend who is thinking of relocating to New York so that he can be well established when things start evening out some in the real estate industry.

He has been doing his research on-line and has landed an interview with a very well known real estate company by the name of Prudential Douglas Elliamn, which has 60 offices all over the New York area from Manhattan to Montauk and serves over 350 communities. He sent me the link to their web-site of www.prudentialelliman.com and I did take the time to look at it for a while to see what he was getting himself into and they do have a nice site, I’ll have to admit, they have a constant video playing on their home page of some of the wonderful homes, inside and out, that they have listed and man do they look like some pretty fancy properties. A real estate agent could retire after selling just a few of these listings, I wish him luck with his interview and I know that if he sets his mind to it then he will go far in New York, New York.

Just got a phone call from a buddy who had gone out with some friends and neighbors to look at some furniture and then proceeded to do some serious drinking before bringing him home safe and sound. I could tell he had been drinking by the time he got the first sentence out of his mouth and I told him as much, which surprised him, why people think that other people can’t tell when they have been drinking I’ll never understand.

I’m just glad that he is home and not behind the wheel, I told him to eat something and then hit the sack and be ready for the next morning’s hangover.

The wife was on the computer the other evening when I popped my head in the door to the room that we use for our “home office” and I saw that she was on-line and was totally absorbed in what she was looking at, so I got behind her to see what was capturing her attention so well. It seems that she had found a site that she had been told about by a co-worker where you can shop online with free shipping promotions, and special on-line coupon deals with a good amount of companies that are allowing on-line shopping experiences for their customers.

She had found a good deal (15% off) on flowers for our daughter’s prom boutonniere for pinning on her dates lapel and then she ran across a HP Pavilion dv6700t Special Edition series that if she orders quickly enough she could save well over $200, that is what got her so excited. She has been looking around for some time now for a new computer that she can call all her own and not have to share with the rest of the family, which would be cool, I’m sure.

I asked if I could take a look and see if they had any promotions that I would be able to use, so she left the room to start dinner while I poked around a bit. I found that they have a promotion going on with some laptops that I think she may enjoy owning instead of another desk top one that will take up room that we really don’t have to spare as it is. They even offer free ground shipping with orders over $549 or more, that is a big savings right there, I’ll have to show her after dinner.

The girls got back a little while ago from the cheerleader tryouts. Seems that on their way there the wife got lost and went way past the place. Can’t really tease her about it though, it is a difficult place to find, especially since she’d never been there and it’s not exactly visible from the road you need to be on to get there. Easy to see from the main Interstate, heck ya can’t miss it, but it is directly in between two exits, neither of which are very informational, yet either of which you could actually take, but they went down the county road which goes right by it, only you just have to know where to turn to find it. But the good news is, she made it without a hitch and they came home happy and bringing food!

I found a great on-line discount software company that I had heard about from a buddy of mine that knows a bit about computers,” enough to be dangerous” as he puts it.  He had told me about how he was reading their blog that they have just recently started and it helped him located some software that he had been looking for and was having a hard time finding in the stores around here. I’m surprised that he even attempted looking around from store to store when he spends so much time on the computer, but who knows with him.

I myself have been pricing the Microsoft Office 2007 OEM with media software for some time now and I looked to see if they offered it and I was happy to see that they have it at a reasonable price. I have bookmarked it for further consideration. It is something that the wife has been wanting and she has a birthday coming up and I think she would be happy to receive to this software instead of something for the kitchen or the likes.

You can register on the web-site for special promotions and coupons for discounts, which I did take the time to do, I may be able to get a better deal on the software that I am eyeballing, you never know until you try.