Works for me Wednesday

After several weeks of not doing Works for Me Wednesday due to vacation and vacation posts, I've come back with another tip. It's something new I tried because of our vacation!

We were getting ready for our little trip to Pennsylvania, and were booking things online. In an attempt to keep the costs down, we decided to try using Priceline; choose your own price. Neither Cheri or I had used it before, because you have to commit before you know exactly what hotel you are getting.
When you use Priceline, you choose the dates you want, an area you want to stay in, what star hotel you want to stay in and you give a price you are willing to pay. You then put your credit card info in and see what comes up.
We decided we would put in a really low number, and if it was accepted we were just hoping it was a good place. We chose the highest star available, which included Marriot, Holiday Inn, Indigo...
Well - it accepted our price! We quickly checked to see what Hotel it was and found it was the Lancaster Marriott Convention Center.
Here is what it looked like:

We were on the 17th floor.

This is the lobby.

More of the lobby - it was huge! There were 3 different convention halls in this area.

This was our room, it was very nice, with a huge bathroom.

How do you like this pool? There was also a spa!

This was the view from our room at night.

If we had booked this room on line, it would have cost us $165 a night. We got it through Priceline for $65 a night! This really saved us some money and I'll be using it again!
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Product review - CSN Stores

Any of you who regularly read blogs, have to have heard of CSN Stores. One click and you are connected to over 200 stores, where you can find most anything you need. They have furniture, housewares, office equipment and even specific needs like LED lighting!

Here is an example of the lighting...


and some bakeware...


There are even things for your pets!

The good people at CSN have asked me to do a review of one of their products. Be watching for the product I choose and what I have to say about it!
They are also offering a giveaway for the readers of my recipe and my photo blog. Be sure to watch both of those spots this week, so you can sign up!

A day at the Campground

My sister Terri was camping last week and invited me to come spend my day off with her.
This campground is on the beach of Lake Michigan between Holland and Grand Haven. It was a beautiful, sunny day. Heather had the day off and came with me. Here are a few pictures of our walk to the beach.

This area overlooks the beach. On the day we were there, they were setting up chairs and an arch for a wedding that would be happening that night. It's such a beautiful setting for a wedding!

I took this from the big deck at the top of the hill. Blue water, blue sky and sunshine!

I took this from the stairs going down to the beach. Love that dune grass!

They have this fence in places along the dunes to stop erosion. This one has seen better days, but I love the weathered look.

Heather and Terri's daughters spent several hours on the beach, and Heather got quite burned in spite of putting sunscreen on. Terri and I sat in the shade and talked, so I got no tan, but I'm not burned either! It was a nice relaxing day - thanks Terri!