Happy Halloween

Actually it’s miserable outside. Poor kids. I did however get plenty of candy and am hoping for the best. I’m not in the spirit this year. Usually I dress up…of course as a not scary witch, and love handing out candy. Guess with the blahs.. I just don’t feel like it.

Cleaning greasy messes

It is time to clean out the grill and put it up for the winter and I found that I had to go on a hunt for perfect degreasers. I also realized that I am a really sloppy grill cooker, even though I don’t mean to be. I use tin foil most of the time for my vegetables and some other things, like stuffed tomatoes with tuna, which is easy to just to wrap in tinfoil and slap on the grill.

Actually in the summer, I grill more that I cook in my kitchen. I like being outside. I also love my patio and the fact that in the summer, I don’t have to stand in a hot kitchen. But like I said, I am a messy grill cook. I noticed that grease had splattered from off the grill or my grilling utensils, onto my patio stone and that regular degreasers were not got to get it all off.

A friend of mine suggested that I use industrial strength degreasers on the stone patio “floor” as I call it. I was kind of leery at first, but when I did indeed use it, and was careful following the instructions, it worked like a charm. I’m even thinking about keeping my grill covered but also available on the patio if I want to grill in the winter!

Happy Halloween weekend

I’m not nearly ready for Halloween this year. I’m just not into the spirit of it all. I’m going to get goodies for the kids that come around, but that is all I actually feel like doing. I think I’m getting old, or just in a funk of some kind.

Hump Day

I have always thought that the term hump day was silly. Today, with the way I’m feeling, I can understand why Wednesdays are called that. I just want to get over this day and week.

Mens divorce lawyers

I never knew there were divorce and custody lawyers that specialized in legal help for men, but then I heard about Cordell & Cordell Reviews from a guy friend of mine who was looking online for divorce lawyers. Like I said, I personally had never heard of such a service, so indeed I did browse through the site. Sure enough the service is there,  and they do everything from divorce and child custody, to spousal support and property division for men.

While looking through the site, I read the Cordell & Cordell reviews that clients had written and I was surprised the these are not just men who work on the men in need of a lawyer cases. There are women lawyers also who have represented the men. The reviews were quite remarkable, actually.

I do however personally have mixed feelings about divorce and feel that some men, and this is just from personal experience with some of my women friends, will go to great lengths to put the screws so to speak to their soon to be ex wives. However, isn’t that sometimes also true with what some women do to men during a divorce or custody and support battle? So at least in my friends case, since I know the whole situation and how his wife is, I think that a firm like Cordell & Cordell would be perfect for him.

Finally the phone stopped ringing

Of course it is nearly about 12:45 in the morning, and the phone isn’t ringing, but hopefully I just didn’t jinx myself by writing this. All night the phone rang non stop. From wedding plans to sadly (or maybe not sadly, in my opinion) divorce woes, or friends needing advice. Maybe I should be a wedding planner or a shrink when I grow up. Okay, just trying to lighten it up a bit. It’s one of those nights that I can’t sleep and I’m glad I don’t have to get super early in the morning.

Copy machine toner

I have a copy machine in my office that in all honesty, I have no clue how to use it. It is an older Dell, and when I was told I needed more Dell 3115 cn toner, the look on my face must have shown that I didn’t know what the person who looked at my copier and told me what the problem was, meant by this. I had no idea what toner was, and now feel rather silly because of it, but much more informed, so this is a plus.

I was told that most people buy cheap machines because the toner is basically very expensive. Then when it runs out of toner, that they just replace the machine. But in doing that, they don’t know that the toner cartridge only is 1/3 full when the machine is bought. I did some research to find out exactly what toner was, and also didn’t know it was a powder. It’s pretty interesting, actually. But what I had been told about people just buying new cheap machines is also true in a majority of cases. To order the Dell 3115 cn toner, is a bit less expensive than most of the others though.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet. The copy machines are expensive, but so is the toner. On the other hand, buying another machine, means that I won’t get the amount of toner that would be in a full cartridge. I’m thinking just keep my Dell, buy the Dell 3115 cn toner, and perhaps save some money in the process.

Tired but not sleepy

I’m tired, but not sleepy and that bugs me. When I’m tired I want to go to sleep right then, but can’t. It’s better to stay up for awhile then toss and turn though, I suppose. Writing makes me sleepy, so guess  ya’ll are stuck with me. LOL!

Wedding plans

My friend I mentioned earlier who’s boyfriend was going to surprise her with a marriage proposal and give her the beautiful ring came over together a little while ago. I’ve never seem them so happy in all the years I’ve known them. Now Barb and I will be making wedding plans. I’m thrilled for them!

Engagement plans

My good friend’s boyfriend Tim, surprised me this afternoon by showing me the vintage engagement rings he had gotten for my friend Barb. They were on loan to show me, until he got my opinion and I have to say, the first one he showed me was the total pick!  It is simply beautiful. When I say the word “simply” it is meant in just that sense and meaning. Barb isn’t one of those women who like big, gaudy jewelry. She a sort of old fashion and elegant women, who prefers beautiful, but not flashy things.

This ring is perfect for her, and it shows that Tim knows her very well. By no means is it plain. The only word to describe it, is it has the look of true vintage engagement rings in a timeless era, if that makes sense. It is a three sided classic design, in platinum. There is the center diamond, and diamonds on the band on three sides. The center diamond is a princess cut and it looks like it is being held up with a round diamond in a square under the center stone. It’s totally Barb in the style also.

The fun part is, my dear friend doesn’t have a clue Tim got it. I’m sure they will get married, but Tim wanted this to be a total surprise and I also know that she will be so happy. Now it makes me want to look at vintage engagement rings, and just wear it on my right hand. I’ve thought about it in the past, and even Barb told me I should do this, since I have no plans or desire yet to get married but love the look of some of them.  I don’t see a reason why after my friends get married, I shouldn’t have one just because I’m not engaged.