The personal blog of a girl named Alexa
This morning I needed a cup of coffee so badly that I stayed beside the coffee maker and as soon as about a quarter of a cup of coffee had accumulated in the pot, I grabbed it off the burner and drank it.
Seriously, just two sips of coffee and my nerves settled right down. But I drank 3 cups this morning – just to make sure that I got enough caffeine in me to deal with the day.
This was on Facebook and is so funny but also so true. I cannot tell you how many of these poses I have seen all over Facebook. It seems to be a problem with teenagers and very immature 20-somethings. Thankfully, many people do grow up after they hit 30 years old. So, before you click that camera, make sure you are not posing like the losers in this poster. Seriously.
Yesterday I had the TV on and was bored with the same old shows. I started clicking through the channels and found myself on a channel that I have never watched before. It is called BBC America and it runs only shows produced and shown in Great Britain.
BBC America has a variety of really good shows with stars that I have never seen or heard of before. It was totally refreshing to see new faces and watch a couple of good shows – from a British perspective and with British accents. Very cool – I will have to remember that channel.
When my sister and I got to the concert we were attending, we had been worried about crowd control, considering both of us are very small people and we also both have back and neck issues. We were concerned about being jostled about like some people are at big concerts while waiting in line for the doors to open. My sister was just recovering from surgery also, so that was something we had to consider.
I was surprised when we were parking, that there were barricades in the parking lots, so that non paying concert people could not use the parking lots for reasons other than this particular concert in the building it was being held in. This was a great help and made parking close for us a lot easier, since we had gotten there early enough, but didn’t know the area well and thought we would have a hard time with parking.
The stanchions leading up to the doors of the building and then also actually showing the way to the right concert hall really helped keep the crowd from pushing ahead of others, or shoving pushing and the other rough action, sometimes associated with going to concerts. All in all, I was totally impressed with the way the whole concert was organized. Not to mention the concert in it’s self.
A friend of mine got me tickets to see Celtic Women in concert for my birthday present! It this Sunday and I know for a fact that it’s going to be very crowded. The great part is, I have really awesome seats. My friend can’t go, so I’m going to take my twin sister. Of course it is her birthday too!! LOL!
I’m really excited to go hear these ladies sing. Their voices are exceptional, and the ranges of each of their voices are all in grand harmony with one another.
I’m not looking forward to the long three hour drive, since my back is messed up. But in the long run it will be totally worth it.
Thanks for the article from Jermaine Haynes
I recently looked into internet providers Hillsboro and decided to get the internet at home. I am glad I did, because it has made my Christmas shopping so much easier. We usually have to make trips back and forth to the nearest big city to get all of our shopping done. I don’t have the energy to make the trip on Black Friday, so since we have the internet now, I decided that I was going to take advantage of all of the Cyber Monday deals. I got a great deal on a Blu-Ray player for my parents. They love to watch movies and I thought that they would love the quality of Blu-Ray. I found my sister a great digital camera. She has recently shown an interest in photography. I got her a starter Nikon digital. On Cyber Monday, I got it for a whole forty percent off. I can’t wait to see her face on Christmas. I think that it is going to be a gift that she really loves. Maybe she will be able to take our family Christmas picture for next year!
After this long weekend, I thought that I was going to take advantage of the weekend and do nothing. A phone call from my sister changed all that. I have the three boys for the next two days. I’m sure we can find something interesting to do. At least I won’t have to play dress up and fashion show, like I usually do with my nieces. Though fun ( in it’s own time ) we usually end up trashing my bedroom, bathroom and generally the house. With the boys, blanket tents and inside camping out, is not as messy. Guy movie are always cool too!
Okay, my nephews came over last weekend with and air soft gun. I was totally taken back a bit because of the gun. Now, I try to be a “Cool Auntie”, but had to draw a line somewhere, since these guns totally are very neat, but come on…seriously they look very real. In my town, if anyone had one in their possession, they would get checked out to the max for carrying a weapon. Actually I have to say that I was impressed with the likeness of a real sort of assault gun, but hey… these are my nephews so I wasn’t sure how to handle the situation.
Okay, I hit plan B. I called my little brother, to ask about air soft guns. He is a hunter and is into guns of all kinds. He said these were safe and that I should go out and play with the kids. I took his word for it. Have to say that indeed it didn’t hurt much getting shot at by these and quite frankly I had to also admit that they are much safer than even BB guns. Still, like any weapon, of any sort, they still can harm someone if not aimed properly.
The boys had a great time though, and I did after keeping an open mind, let them go for it with their air soft guns. I’m actually thinking about getting one for myself, just so I can play with the boys. To be honest, there is a lot of equipment that goes with them also that is really cool.
I thought this was a pretty cool idea for the witches out there…lol! Considering I ride a Harley, this just might be kind of fun if something could be rigged up for next Halloween!
One of my most favorite games to play has always been the Pacman arcade machine. I love it! Years ago, when I had to do my laundry at the laundry mat, there was one of the machines there. I swear more quarters went into that machine playing pacman, than went into the washers and dryers. I actually looked forward to doing my laundry on the weekends so I could play that game. The regular customers that always were there at the same time as I was, would actually get off the game so I could play it. We even would have competitions to see who’s score would be the highest.
After I moved and got a washer and dryer, I really missed playing the Pacman arcade machine, since I don’t play any other games often. My nephews told me that I could play pacman online and they even would rent the game for me to try and play with the hand held controllers, but I never could get the hang of which button to push when, or how to use a joy stick that some of their game machines called for.
I’ve decided that since I have an extra room, that I might just buy myself my very own Packman arcade machine. I know I really would enjoy playing it, and my nephews would love it if I had one also. So, I’m indeed thinking about it.