I just wanted to wish everyone a late Happy 4th of July. I have been so busy this weekend that I didn’t have time to get on here until now. We had a blast and BBQ’d everyday, either here or at a friends or relatives. We didn’t stay home at all. The fireworks were awesome as usual and we of course, had some of our own to light off as well. I hope that everyone had as great a weekend as we did.
For my home based business
Now I can print business cards at printingamerica.com for my home based business. I am really glad I found them. I have been looking for a while for a place to get my cards done, but had been unsuccessful until now. I was able to find a company that fits my budget and not charge me an arm and a leg. Happy now !
Cleaning house
I am doing full out house cleaning today. From dusting and mopping, to windows and everything in between. I have an excess of energy today that I just can’t seem to get rid of, so I am going full tilt. These vitamins I have been taking are working really well. I am waiting for the floors to dry so I can get back to work. Until then I am going to surf the web a bit. Have a great day !
New guitar
Well my honey wants a new guitar. There is a BC Rich Warlock he has his eye on and has actually been drooling over it. I think it is hilarious because he is like a little child about it. He wants his new toy very badly. I am seriously thinking about buying it for him for Christmas, if he hasn’t already gotten it by then. I can just see his face now when he opens it. It will be priceless.
Working in the garden
I have been working in my garden a lot lately. We may not have had much rain, but the weeds are still growing exponentially. At least it seems that way. I have some really great herbs growing and will have plenty to dry. I prefer to use them fresh, but once the growing season is over, I will have to harvest what is left and either replant some into the kitchen containers or dry them. It isn’t very difficult to do. You just cut them and then use string to wrap them into bundles. Then you hang them up. After they dry out, you can bottle or bag them according to how you like to store them. It’s easy peasy!
Therapy
I went to my therapist today. She said I was stressed out. Umm… DUH?? Lately I’ve had a lot on my mind. It didn’t really take a therapist to tell me this, but I thought I would get some words of wisdom or at least something that was constructive, instead of the words, “Alexa, you are stressed out.” And here I am, paying all this money to hear something I already know. What the heck am I doing spending an hour of my time, trying to work things out and yet, not a think is happening. I’ll go hug a tree or something, and no doubt feel better. AND, not even have to pay for it. That is, if I was a total tree hugging type of person. If its nice out tomorrow, I’m going to give it a try.
A very nice date
I went on my date with Michael and I was quite unprepared for him to know exactly where I wanted to go, as he lives out of State and I didn’t know he was familiar with the city I live near. Heck, I’m not even really that familiar with it, to be honest. When we got to the restaurant I had wanted to go to because of the food they served, I discovered we needed reservations, or would have to wait. He gave the lady his name and we got a table right away.
I was curious as to how he knew directions, hours, the fact we needed reservations, and darn near everything about this city, if he hadn’t been familiar with it. At first he joked a bit and said things like, “psychic”, “magic” and what not. But then he admitted that he had got on the computer and looked it up in what he liked to call a city’s local yellow pages. I had never even knew a service like this existed.
Our date went really well. The food at the restaurant was delicious and our conversation was just the same as it had been when we last had gotten together. We’ll see what happens. When I got home, I did however, get on my computer and look at the link he had given me, so find out what it was all about what he had been talking of, and was impressed with it. If I need any information for local businesses or darn near anything one could find in the yellow pages, I can just go online. I hate looking up things in the phone books. My eyes aren’t as they used to be, and it is a pain in the butt. All I have to do is type in what I want and it comes up. This I love a lot! We’ll have to wait and see about Michael. To be continued… 😉
Debating
I’m debating on having my hair cut or not. What a time to think about that when I’m going out on the first real date I’ve had in ages! I’ll think about it later. It’s a braid day anyway.
Going out
I haven’t had a real date in I’m not sure how long. I’ve always said that I’ve not been ready to settle down and that was that. It actually means, that I just haven’t found, “The right man.” Over this weekend, I got a phone call from an old friend I hadn’t seen in a very long time. It was so good to hear from him. We picked up sort of right where we left off, the last time we spoke. It was like we had been talking on the phone or keeping in touch all these years. Very cool. He’s asked me to an early dinner, and I’m going to go. I’m not nervous at all. He has custody of one of his children, the other is grown. And with all my nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, I’m pretty much into or at least like kids. Until they get mouthy, and it’s let known I don’t tolerate it. So, Michael doesn’t have a problem at all with me getting to know his kids, who I did know a little bit when they were younger. He also has a couple grand kids, once of which stays with him a majority of the time, and who he supports. (Long story). So this should all be good.
We’re going out for supper tonight at a place I’ve wanted to go to forever. I love it when I get to pick the restaurants, but he remembers I only will eat mainly seafood, rice and veggies. Okay…unless I pig out on junk food now and then, but of course never ever ever, fast food. Besides, Michael isn’t the kind to take even his kids or grand kids to fast food places. 😉 This place is a jeans and sweater type place, but with some class, so I’m all for it. We’ll see how this goes.
Car fix its.
I used to love to work on my own cars and trucks. Even in my teen years, I tinkered with the old vehicles at the farm and tried to get them running. Learning by watching, listening and by a whole lot of trial and error. I still can work on cars and even my old 84 Bronco truck, as long as it’s not got all the computerized stuff in it. If so…I’m screwed.And I happen to have a truck that indeed has the computerized “everything” in it, as I needed a newer vehicle to drive that was super dependable.
It’s hard to find a good honest mechanic who won’t take advantage of a woman. I don’t care what anyone says. Surfing the net I found a great link and these great people there will even do sorts of trouble shooting for your common auto repair and maintenance, if something is going wrong yet, you don’t know what to do about it, AND don’t want a repair person to tack on all sorts of other charges on things you don’t really need fixed, replaced or messed with. A great source of knowledge, and help. Especially for a woman.
Recently I had a bad experience with a auto repair shop that cost me a small fortune, which is why I decided to click around the net and see what I could find. I don’t mind this being a sponsored post at all, especially when I find a great deal of info and service. 🙂