When we get a summer thunderstorm my little dog Diva has a very hard time with the thunder part of the storm. She runs and hides downstairs or under the bed which ever one is easiest for her to get to. I know a lot of people who feel the same way about thunder and lightning, is it the most feared thing in nature next to spiders? Well we had a very bad storm last night and Diva has not reappeared after the thunder was over I may have to go look for her very soon. I know she will be glad that the storm is over.
Health
With my annual check up due this week I will find out if I have done my part to reduce cholesterol, this has been my goal for over a year now to get my cholesterol back into the right range. I have been working at it, watching what I eat and having a bowl of oatmeal every morning to help in my quest. I have been checking out the web site for Reduce Bad Cholesterol, it has a lot of very useful information on it and I love the articles they have on this very nice medical web site.
Reduce Bad Cholesterol has so much information that I had to read all the information a second time to make sure I got it all. I do not consider myself to be a medical professional but I know a lot from many trips to the doctor over the years and I worked as an EMT many years ago, and what I learned in the field and in the Emergency Room have given me a leg up on bad cholesterol and I plan to make sure that I beat this killer before it gets its hooks into my heart. Eating right and going to the doctor when I am supposed to are the ammunition I am using against bad cholesterol, I hope this is enough in this important battle, because my life is on the line.
Truck repairs
Today as I pulled into my parking spot I was told that I had no brake lights on the Tahoe. It never fails as soon as I get one thing fixed something else goes out, I got the brakes repaired a couple of weeks ago and they are grabbing and will need to be checked again very soon. Add in the brake lights and a few other odds and ends and the repair bill will be a couple of hundred dollars again. I keep putting money in our vehicles and get nothing in return.
Wet fireworks
Last night just as they were getting ready to fire off the Fourth of July fireworks a major storm swept through this area. A couple of tornado’s were spotted near Clarksville and we got a huge lightning display, it looked like Mother Nature had her own fireworks this year. I remember as a kid it seemed to rain every year on the Fourth of July and I guess I just got used to the idea of rain on Independence Day. Lets hope the rest of the weekend is clear of any more major storms this year.
The bills
Even as I try to keep my bills down to a manageable level they keep going up and up again. We have done away with our house phone, just using our cell phones now. I have done away with the premium channels on the cable, just basic cable is all we have now. We had insurance on a couple of vehicles that we did not drive and I dropped that too. It is very hard now to keep up with all of the bills I may have to take a second job just to keep even. I hope this all changes very soon I am tired of busting my hump to break even.
Twister
There was no report of a tornado yesterday but the trees in my yard tell a different tale. The branches that came down are twisted and not snapped off like in a straight wind. Almost every house in our neighborhood has tree damage and some have whole trees down. We did not have electricity for almost 5 hours and that is a very long time for us to be without lights. To top it all off some of the stop lights are still out and that makes getting to work this morning a challenge for sure.
Clint Eastwood
Watched the new Clint Eastwood movie last night and I loved it. I have been a huge Clint Eastwood fan ever since I was a little girl, in the 8th grade most of my class went to see High Plains Drifter and I was hooked on him. The last movie Gran Torino was very good but I was shocked at the ending, it did not end the way I though it would and the twist at the end was very good, I will spoil it here but watch it and you will see what I am talking about.
Safe and sound
In these very troubled times I want to make sure that my home and family are safe and sound. I use ADT Home Security to make sure we are safe and all of our property is safe at the same time. Being a single mom that has two jobs and does work a lot my kids being safe while at home is very important to me and I strive to make sure they are very safe.
I use ADT Home Security to make sure my home is safe because they have the best name in home security and I trust them with the lives of me and my kids. Not to mention the property we have worked to have, the protection of the things in your home is very important too. Protection from break in and having a fire are the two main things that I worry about and ADT has a great track record in the protection of homes and lives from these very things.
I know that ADT Home Security will be there if my family needs them and that is very comforting to me and my family. Many of the people at work have taken my advise and called ADT to protect their homes too.
Afternoon thunder
It seems that every afternoon we get some thunder and lightning, yesterday it killed my electricity twice and it is starting again today. I know that we can use all the rain we can get but during the spring-summer season rain and storms bring bugs and humidity, two things I dearly hate with a passion. I guess I better get ready for the storm to hit and get my sandbags ready for the flash flood they are giving us a warning for.
Shocking
As I was watching my grandson David this weekend we decided to sit down and watch some TV, kind of take a break from the non stop world of a six year old. I was absolutely shocked at what they are calling kids cartoons now. I had no idea there was so much suggestive stuff plus all the very graphic violence. The cartoons that we watched when I was his age, even when my own kids were that age are nothing like the total crap they are watching now days. I am not a prude but I was very offended by it, and it needs to be stopped before more kids are ruined by TV.