Couldn’t help playing a little bit of relaxing music while I sit here working. Otis Redding was an awesome musician. I have always loved this song in particular. Every so often I just have to play a little blues to wind down. It also helps me concentrate when I have a lot of writing to do as well.
Pets Dying
Unfortunately part of being a loving pet owner, is losing them to death. It is like a part of your family, and a piece of your heart goes with them. One of the cats my Mother, “rescued”, meaning she snatched it off the street because she didn’t think it was safe with the family that had it, died this week.
He was run over by a car, and she has been very distraught. We all have, but none of us, but her had the courage to go scrape him off the road until today. Thankfully Little Uno is now buried, close to our house in the woods. We will miss you Uno, you will be missed.
The Judge Is In The House
Today I was switching through television channels looking to just kill some time and landed on Judge Judy. I normally am not a fan of the Judge Judy show but today I was feeling like watching some drama. Usually watching a drama type show can make me feel like my life is going pretty good.
One of the cases that was presented today in front of Judge Judy was the case of two best friend’s who drank too much and one of the friends threw a glass at the other busting a couple of his teeth including his two front teeth. Judge Judy handled the case very well. She said a few funny things to the two young gentlemen. The plaintiff was asking for $5,000 for the repairs he is going to need on his teeth.
The defendant claims that they were all drunk and his friend was dancing on a picnic table when he threw the glass. The defendant claims he was not aiming for his friend and thought that his friend was actually going to catch the glass but he didn’t. The defendant had to pay a $500 fine and thought that that fine was enough.
Of course Judge Judy disagreed and state to the defendant that balls are meant for throwing, not glasses. This was not before telling the plaintiff he has a drinking problem and his physical appearance shows it. She stated that he ought to just image what he will look like at age 50 if at age 25 he looks like he has a drinking problem. That was a valid point Judge Judge.
Cinco De Mayo
On May the 5th every year everyone who needs an excuse to drink and have fun uses this Mexican holiday as an excuse. Add this to St Patrick’s Day and New Years Eve as days that I will not go out at all if I can help it. All of the armature drinkers are out and so are all of the cops looking to add to the DUI total for the day.
There is no need for all of this nonsense, I can celebrate on July 12th just as well and will not be in jail for DUI. I hope every one is safe today and when I get home from work I will be safe indoors.
Swim Suit Blues
It seems that every year I do battle and a losing battle at that, against weight gain. I know that since I turned 30 it has been an uphill struggle and now that the swim suit season is here it has just become a all out war.
I have dedicated myself to losing weight and fitting into the same swim suit that I wore last year, lets hope that this is a battle that I win this year. The swim suit I wore last year is stunning and I want to be able to fit in it again, soon.
Keeping Track
Recently, my grandmother obtained a new pulse oximeter. She had always wanted one and had been looking for a good price. Years ago pulse oximeters were quite expensive. These were the days when it was nearly unheard of to have any time of health care personnel’s equipment at your home for personal use.
Today, the trend is growing for preventative maintenance of a person’s health. Doctor’s are encouraging their patients to keep track of certain levels in order to remain healthy or to track changes when they are not seeing their doctor. Patients are also much more educated in the field of medicine thanks to the Internet.
I am fairly confident that doctors are not impressed with what the Internet is telling their patients about health conditions. The Internet has a lot out there and it is not all good. The Internet with regard to personal diagnosis of health problems can just mean building a wedge between you and your doctor. It is important to remember to always follow your doctor’s advice and never try to self diagnose. This can be extremely dangerous. Just leave that to the professionals.
Yet Another Doctor Appointment Today
My littlest guy is sick AGAIN! I am taking him to the doctors in a couple of hours. I hope that whatever it is that keeps coming back on him can be found and fixed. He is just miserable. I hate it that he keeps getting sick. One week he is throwing up and the next it is a cold.
He never got sick like this until he started Kindergarten. Now it is all the time. I am not happy about it and seriously considering calling the school board about it. The people who clean the classrooms are not doing their jobs well enough, and they really need to have the kids either wash their hands after recess or give them hand sanitizer to use, considering they go to the lunchroom right after recess.
All of the germs that are on the playground equipment that is shared with all the kids in the school are being taken with them to eat lunch, which is mainly finger foods. I will be making a few phone calls about this after I talk to the doctor.
Bar Rescue on Spike TV
One of my favorite TV shows that are on these days is called Bar Rescue. It stars Jon Taffer, who has been in the bar rescuing business for many years and can brag that he has saved over 800 bars during this time.
Mr Taffer gets a bit upset with many of the bar owners, blasts them from one end of the room to the other, which breaks them down to get them to realize the errors of their ways. Then he spends the remainder of his time training, grooming and rebuilding their bar along with their confidence.
A good amount of these bars have dance floors but they don’t seem to attract many dancers. Poor sound systems that need an update along with a new sound reflector or two and some new decor can make or break a good dance club. I would love to visit at least one of his bars that he has redone, especially one of the ones that have dancing!
I hope that Bar Rescue manages to stay around for a good long while. It always seems that the good ones don’t stick around very long.
Dating Happens For Free
Can’t believe Wendy met so many great guys on our ski trip and I came up empty. Although that lawyer from LA was really nice, he was very very married and I’m not going there!
While I’ve got clothes in the dryer, I thought I would surf the net for the online dating sites. Then I ran across a site that reviews all the popular ones and gives you the basic info so you can zero in on the right site to meet your own needs or interest. Each one has a different approach to the methods and the processes to find the right special someone.
I thought about reading through some profiles or ads on a personal ad services site tonight – just to see if anyone looked worth contacting and maybe getting to know a little better. Not all of these dating sites let you do that.
I ended up choosing. I like that it is free, with no charges to send and/or to receive any messages sent. Being able to post Up to 30 photos on your profile page is a great plus as well. We’ll see how that works out! And I’ll keep you posted from time to time.
Mark Your House
There are certain things I think a house should have as part of being a responsible home owner. One of these things are house plaques. There are multiple reasons why I can think a home owner should invest in a house plaque. One of these main reasons is for emergency purposes. When a home owner has a medical emergency or some other type of emergency the personnel from the responding agencies must be able to find the home. This becomes a huge challenge when there is no mail box or numbers on the house. When emergency personnel cannot find the house with the emergency lives can be compromised and may even parish. This is why putting a house plaque on your home is so important.
Other options exist if the homeowner does not want to put a fancy house plaque on their home. Address numbers are much less expensive and still have the ability to save lives. Address signs are another option. Either way this is a subject that should be given the time of day in order to prepare for any worse case scenario.