Notes from Abigail
This year I don’t have to guess what to purchase to give to my dad on Father’s Day. I have already found a great website with an awesome selection of Heat Guns, Soldering Irons and Hot Knives to pick from to order for him. Now I just have to decide on which one to actually purchase. Father’s Day is only a few short weeks away so I better hurry up and pick one. I’m sure he would love any of them.
I couldn’t stop laughing at this. I have always loved watching nature videos but when you add a human context to them it makes it ten times more enjoyable! I guarantee that anyone watching this will laugh at some point. If they don’t then they must not have any sense of humor. The large white birds laughing are my absolute favorite!
The days that I could call my kid brother for my heating and/or air conditioning issues are unfortunately long gone. He discovered that he has a real talent with computers and he hasn’t had anything to do with anything else since.
So on the down side I have to locate and hire my own Durham air conditioning service when I need help. On the other hand I can always count on him to help me with my computers!
Tonight’s evening news revealed a surprising study with regards to women in the movies. The study overall showed that women still have very few speaking parts compared to men. Men account for 67% of speaking parts according to this study. Women have very little leading roles.
The study accounts this data to the majority of film directors still being of the male gender. Naturally, these men lean more toward hiring male actors than female actors. I am kind of appalled but at the same time not fully surprised. It is very sad also that women who purchase more movie tickets in a year then men, according to the same study, view these movies and basically are subjected to their own equality.
That study also found that women are pealing off their clothes 1/3 more than their male counterparts. Again, it is women who are viewing these movies more than men. Something is wrong with this picture. Maybe in another 100 years women will finally have the upper hand or should I say lead?
It is true that girls can like sports too and I am a true sports fan, I played many sports as a young girl and I do enjoy watching most of the sports that all of the men like. Football is my favorite and baseball is not far behind. I have learned to love hockey since I moved here to Nashville, I have attended many of the Predators games and I love my hockey seats, we are right on the glass and you can hear the boys sweating.
Now that football is over and hockey is on break all I can hope for is spring training to get started so I can have some baseball to watch. One of the few sports that I do not follow at all is basketball, we went to one live pro game a few years ago and I tried to watch it but just could not make myself, so hurry up baseball season.
Over the last few years the furniture in my home has become very out dated and stale, to help remedy this situation I had begun looking for some Modern Furniture to replace my old stuff. The main thing I want this new furniture to do is help liven up my living room and the dining room. The very best selection that I have found so far is the modern furniture located at Modern Line Furniture.
Modern Line Furniture has a grand selection and their pris so far has beat any of the local furniture stores I have checked out. I was really looking at the very unique leather sectional sofas, I think a nice leather sectional sofa would light up my living room and would go very nicely with the dining room table I have picked out. I really like the clean look of the modern furniture found on the web site for Modern Line Furniture and it will fit so very nicely in my home and it will be a very lovely addition to my home.
I can not wait to see how this new modern furniture looks in my home, I think I will throw a party when it get delivered just to show off my new modern furniture.
Today I heard some interesting statistics on the world news. The news anchor was discussing the recent views of love and marriage for the ages of 18-29. These views have changed drastically over the last decade. Apparently, the mindset of this group of people in today’s society is that of raising children over getting married.
The news anchor reports that in 2010, 52% of people ages 18-29 think that being a successful parent over getting married while only 30% of this group believes that having a successful marriage is more important. This does not surprise me. People in this age group are more concerned with getting their careers started before getting married. Unfortunately, for some they become involved in a relationship that creates a child before they get married. I think that this has a lot to do with these statistics. I think that in the future we we consider to see these trends as the economy declines. People will look to alternative methods of entertainment, not always for the better.
Tonight I tried one of the store brand television dinners. It was absolutely terrible! Originally, the only reason it was purchased was because I grabbed it out of the frozen section by accident. The box I meant to grab and the box I did grabbed looked a lot alike. Usually, I would have caught my error as I was checking out but this time they slipped right by me.
I was thoroughly disappointed and will never make that mistake again! The worst part of the dinners was the meat in the meal. It was definitely not genuine meat and was very fatty and chewy. In other words gross! The name brand dinners may not be real meat but at least they taste like it and have the consistency of genuine meat. Next time I will look more carefully at what I grab because it was a terrible experience!
The biggest question that I have been asked this week is do you feel old now that you have turned 50? The most correct response is YES. I do not really feel any different than I did on Saturday, but when you hit a milestone in your life you are bound to be a little different, and I guess that makes me feel a little old.
I do not see a huge change in my life at this stage but I am open to all possibilities at this point. Now I have set my sights on the second half of my life and look out world, here comes Abby!
I love the new Expressions look. I can take the wrappers off of the spray bottles and leave them out, and you can’t really tell right away that it is a spray can. The different user looks really good sitting on the table as opposed to a plug in stuck in the wall. The Starlit Evening fragrance is my favorite for now, but I have so many to try yet.
I am going back to Walmart next week when I do the grocery shopping and see what others I can try. One of the best parts is that it helps significantly with the smell of the dogs when they come in from the outdoors. I am always trying to get rid of the dog smell in the house and this makes it much easier.