January 14th, 2010
Tyler Good Will is located on Loop 323 past Mercado’s on the other side of the street. This is one of their locations. I know they have another store located on Locust Street close to down town Tyler. I am sure we are all pretty familiar with Good Will and the other type of thrift stores around Tyler Texas. I know that there are many people including myself that consider Good Will a blessing.
Good Will charity works mostly by donations, this is how they get their stuff and they in turn sell it to the people for way less than other stores. This Tyler charity should sell these things for less because they are second hand things that people no longer want or need and want to help other people in some way or another. Good Will gives you a receipt that you can write off because you donated your belongings to them.
I truly enjoy going there because you can find some good stuff there. You have to spend time searching for things that you are looking for and that could be time consuming for some people. Most people go there and get frustrated because they spend all this time and find nothing. These people give up on places like Good Will and other stores like it because of lack of patience and the itch for digging for buried treasure.
The trick to this kind of shopping is to go back again and again and actually go through all their items instead of just quickly going threw some racks. They have clothes from all shapes and sizes and from different places. If you look closely you can find some very well known brands like, Hollister, Ambercrombie, Gap, Mossimo and others just to name a few.
I don’t always find name brand stuff but I always end up finding some really nice stuff. They also have shoes there. I can’t even remember how many times I have paid $1 dollar for a nice pair of shoes that were in excellent condition if not new. This winter I needed some new boots so I said a prayer and asked God to help me find a pair I could afford and Good Will was the place where I found them. I paid $ 7 dollars for a pair of black boots and I like them. I would say that it was worth a trip there.
I often also find stuff for my baby girl there. They have a pretty cute selection of children’s clothes and the good part about it is that I can still fit in some of them. They have books, pictures, furniture, house hold items, purses, and belts. I bet you could find almost anything there. And when the money is tight Good Will ends up being a good place to go if you don’t mind to shop at places like that. I know the Good Will charity has gotten a little more expensive here lately for a second hand store but for the most part I think its still worth it.
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January 8th, 2010
The Roseland Plantation is one of the oldest historic places to visit in Tyler Texas but because it is outside the sity a little bit off of 64 many people that live in Tyler Texas have never heard of it before. Among some of the more unique aspects to the Roseland Plantation is the large steel building specifically erected to hold a life size painting of the last supper. The painting was commissioned by the rich lady who bought the plantation as a hobby to restore. The painting took many years to finish and is held in this air conditioned building where it remains in excellent condition. The Tyler Texas Plantation also has a few slave houses where the slaves that used to work on the plantation lived. You get to hear the details about the slave homes and more as a part of the tour of the Roseland. 
The Roseland Plantation also has a nicely restored log home on the property as a part of one of the houses available for occupancy at their bed and breakfast. We toured the log home and found it to be very authentic with some added modern touches that you would come to expect from a bed and breakfast of this quality. The plantation also has a church constructed on the property with some very unique stained glass windows and pictures. There are several pews and you immediately feel transplanted to small country church. This church building is not used for church services but is simply another unique facility on this location.
The Roseland Plantation has some additional houses on the property with several ornately decorated rooms that are used for the bed and breakfast. You will find things to admire about each room as you take the tour and will likely settle on a favorite that you may wish to stay in the next time you visit Tyler Texas or the Roseland Plantation. The bed and breakfast owners really enjoy the whole business they have here in East Texas and give a great tour. The owners are a pleasure to have serve you breakfast, lunch, and dinner or your choice as you stay here.
While staying at the Roseland you may be surprised to know that there is a delicious homemade hamburger restaurant just up 64 called Maggies in Ben Wheeler Texas. They have very good hamburgers and milk shakes made with Blue Bell ice cream. The hamburger grill is right inside an authentic looking log home which will add to your overall historic stay at the Roseland and your visit to East Texas. After eating at Maggies you might want to keep heading up the road to I-20. Take a right on I-20 and on your left across the highway is Splash Kingdom Water Park. Splash Kingdom is a Christian outdoor water park that has all the rides and attractions of any water park you may find in Dallas. The park is family oriented and Christian owned. The park is about a 10 star upgrade from the toddler spray park at Faulkner Park in Tyler.
One last note I can’t leave out. The Roseland plantation owner left all of the land from the plantation on to the Neches River to the slaves that used to work on the plantation. This land has been past down from generation to generation in East Texas and some of the people living on this land have ancestors that at one time were slaves of the Roseland Plantation.
When considering relocating to Tyler Texas, visiting friends or family, or just coming to Tyler for vacation we encourage you to try staying at the Roseland Plantation at least once and experience a truly unique and different sleeping arrangement. The bed and breakfast owners at the Roseland will greet you and show you around and make you feel comfortable. They run a very professional operation and the plantation makes a few hundred thousand dollars each year just from the demand of their facility for weddings and wedding receptions. In fact, the Roseland was voted the number one place for weddings and wedding receptions. I would have to agree that the Roseland would be a remarkable place to have a wedding or wedding reception and now that I think about it they even have a dance hall facility as well that would be a great place for a first dance.
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November 9th, 2009
If you are a Tyler business working from a commercial office space or even if just working from home I have a few tips on buying your office furniture that should help you save some money. There are a couple of places in town that sell used office furniture. There are also several stores that sell office desks, chairs and furniture for high prices. There also happen to be some little spots in town where you can get excellent condition office furniture for half or more off the retail price. One of my biggest pet peeves is when you go to a used office furniture store only to find the used furniture discounted off retail by 10 – 15 %. This isn’t a savings. You can save that much simply by shopping around and several retail locations selling new office furniture.
My best luck in buying high quality office furniture at an affordable price was by using the Tyler Texas Craigslist classifieds. The online classified are free for inviduals and businesses to use which allows a lot of merchandise to be posted on there for people like me to see. I am always finding very good deals on used desks, chairs, filing cabinets, and similar office type furniture. There will always be people on there trying to sell stuff for way more than it is worth but for the most part it is easy to talk people down on price.
I have usually found a filing cabinet or desk that was reasonably priced and was listed a week to 3 weeks on the craigslist board to go for much less. When the seller has listed their merchandise on the board the longer it sits out there the cheaper they are willing to let it go. Think about it, these businesses don’t want it any more and the last thing they want to have to do is haul it off somewhere. You are basically hauling it off for them. In some cases I have been able to get modern looking furniture for absolutely free simply because I was willing to haul it off and they just didn’t want it.
This I don’t want it syndrome is a known phenomenon often found on the Tyler Texas Craigslist. Craigslist is my favorite choice for finding the best deals although if you are not an online person I would suggest checking out the newspaper. No matter what I recommend completely avoiding attempting to buy used office furniture from a used office furniture store. You will end up with terrible outdated furniture at retail prices. Don’t waist your time and money driving out to one of these used office furniture stores it really isn’t worth it.
Another option when trying to get affordable office furniture that doesn’t rely on the newspaper or online is going to Sam’s Wholesale club. You can usually get new office furniture there about 30 % cheaper than what you will find at Office Depot and other stores. Sam’s also has an office furniture catalog where you can order the office furniture you want and they will deliver it to the nearest Sam’s Wholesale club near you. In my opinion Craigslist and Sam’s Wholesale Club are the top two spots for getting the cheapest nicest looking office furniture in town.
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