Holiday Spending, Increased Costs

Per the PNC Christmas Price Index, items mentioned in the holiday song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has increased by 4%.


Have fun shopping, watch your wallets and enjoy yourselves!


For the complete article please visit: http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/26/news/funny/bc.apfn.twelvedays.cost2.ap/index.htm?postversion=2007112604


"Holiday Shoppers Shopping"

Iraticate illiteracy, play Board Games

Board games for all ages reduces illiteracy, improves one's aptitude, centralizes ability to focus, decreases ignorance and is great for aiding the elderly in combating alzheimers.

Courtesy of Amazon, here is a list of available board games:

http://amazon.com/s/ref=sr_kk_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=board%20games

Netflix Top Movie Rental

Crash (2005)

A 36-hour period in the diverse metropolis of post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles is the theme of this unflinching drama that challenges viewers to confront their prejudices. Lives combust when a Brentwood housewife and her D.A. husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple all converge. Director Paul Haggis's Best Picture Oscar winner stars Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon and Jennifer Esposito.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle ...Director: Paul HaggisGenre: DramaFormat: Widescreen ...Language: EnglishSubtitles: English ... Awards: Academy Award® Winner ...
For language, sexual content and some violence

To see what America is watching, visit nexflix.com for the top 100 ratings.

High School Musical Fun for the Entire Family

For a fun time at home, Disney's High School Musical is a 2007 Holiday Season, must have.

For your viewing pleasure: "High School Musical
What Time Is It?"



Have fun singing the High School Music Lyrics and release the kid in you.

Courtesy of Amazon:

The all-new, smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie everyone is talking about is now available for the first time ever on DVD.

With never-before-seen bonus features that will rock your house! Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the school's musical.

As they reach for the stars and follow their dreams, everyone learns about acceptance, teamwork, and being yourself. And it's all set to fun tunes and very cool dance moves!

Featuring the hottest talent, high school musical celebrates the power of music in this hip, entertaining, gotta-get-up-and-dance movie. Own all the excitement and the exclusive extras available only on this Encore Edition DVD.

http://www.amazon.com/High-School-Musical-Encore-Efron/dp/B000F2BNW2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1195653203&sr=8-3


Now for Something Completely Different.............enjoy!

"Funny Cat Video"

Hoorah for the 4-Player Console, time to Play Video Games

When considering the purchase of a new video game console do factor in the number of players at any given time.

Today, many popular video game systems have been downsized to 2-player games rather than 4-player.

For many this is okay but for you true gamers out there that love to play video games and for parents with more than one or two children, you know the importance of have a game system that allows up to 4-players.

Nintendo began the 4-player console with the N64, creating the first multiplayer gaming console.

When purchasing video games opt for the up to 4-players choice when available.

You will be glad that you did and so will your gaming crew.

Here's a little something extra:

"Nintendo Wii Play for All"

Re-Discover Super Monkey Ball Adventure

Nintendo released Super Monkey Ball Adventure, August 2006 and it was received with much excitement and anticipation only to later be given horrible rankings due to difficulty.

But Nintendo neglected to provide gamers with the basics for this excitingly, fun and most difficult game.

Here's a clue: To get to the next World, don't let the Nayslayer and the grayness of the screen get you down, speed your Monkey into it more than a few times and you will receive a wonderful surprise, entry into the next World.

Ah Hah!

There is much fun to be had in this game.

Have fun and for those of you who are not familiar with the game, shown below is some information courtesy of nintendo.com:

Super Monkey Ball Adventure drops AiAi and company into Monearth for a sprawling adventure that rolls through jungles, cities and the bottom of the ocean.

Features Three modes: Story, Challenge and multiplayer Party

Six party games: Monkey Target, Monkey Tag, Monkey Cannon, Monkey Bounce, Monkey Race and Monkey Fight

Meet 50+ characters, 20+ of whom are playable in party games.

10 Ball Abilities. Morph your Monkey Ball via "chants" (actually button combos) into a floating Wood Ball, climbing Sticky Ball, vanishing Invisiball and more Trouble in Prehensile Paradise On tropical Jungle Island, AiAi meets Princess Deedee (who hails from neon-lit Monkitropolis) and Prince Abeabe (ruler of the underwater city of Kongri-la).

Things aren't all sugar-and-spice between these star-crossed lovers, though, as their marriage is imperiled by a Romeo and Juliet-like feud between their respective kingdoms. Even worse:

Misunderstanding and suspicion have led to the rise of The Naysayers, gloomy killjoys who are sucking the joy from the Monkey World like King Kong with a giant straw.

To reconcile the feuding sides, AiAi must travel to Jungle Island, Monkitropolis, Kongri-La and two other Monkey realms, Moonhaven (a monkey-made city above the clouds) and Zootopia (a theme park world). His goal, for which he must undertake more than 60 quests: to help citizens and defeat the Naysayers.

And it just wouldn’t be a Super Monkey Ball game without plenty of bananas to collect and timed Monkey Puzzles to solve, would it? Let's Party, Dude Besides returning favorites like Monkey Fight, Super Monkey Ball Adventure boasts three brand-new party games for up to four players. All's fair in love, war and balloon-grabbing in Monkey Tag. The goal in Monkey Bounce is to claim territory by hopping on floating block grids.

In Monkey Castle, players build stone forts, then try to knock over rivals' forts by launching monkeys from cannons.

In Super Monkey Ball Adventure, the developers have done a splendid job of recreating those terrific Super Monkey Ball mechanics while greatly opening up the simians' world. The enhanced Party Mode and bright, colorful graphics add appeal to this audacious expansion of the sunny series.

The the most current Nintendo news visit http://nintendo.com

2007 Recommended Games and Toys for the Family

Disney, Hannah Montana, Hasbro, Scrabble, Mattel, Leapfrog, Nintendo, Super Mario, Monkey Ball, Wii, Sony, Playstation, Toys, Board Games, Scrabble, Word Xchange, Card Games, Video Games, Video Consoles, Apple, iPod Touch, iPods, iPhones and the list continues to grow.

Now is the time to begin your 2007 Holiday Christmas Shopping Season and the availability of gift ideas is enormous and exhaustive.

Presented here is a selection of prospective gifts that will assist you in making your decisions.

And if what you are looking for is not here, you can search within the blog so have fun and enjoy.

Be sure to view our youtube selections.

Hannah Montana is the lastest youth craze and we believe that she will be around for a long time to come and for the youths is more than a fad.

The Nintendo Wii Storm that blasted through the 2006 Christmas Holiday Shopping Season is about to resurge and it will be bigger and better, so to avoid the massive storm that is looming get your Wii today.

The Apple 16 GB iPod Touch iPhone shopping craze will be huge.

So what are you waiting for, start your shopping today and have fun.