Last night, a whole herd of deer came through the back yard headed to the river. Most of the visitors got to see them too. That was the high light of the evening. I was amazed at how many of the patrons had never seen a deer alive. They had seen them dead on the road or on TV and in movies but never just walking through the yard like they did here. I guess seeing wildlife all the time makes it trivial to me but amazing to those that don’t have the pleasure of it. We just take too many things for granted and don’t even realize it.
Summer kicking up here
Boy am I glad the gas prices have kept people close. You know what I mean? People are taking shorter vacation trips and I have been booked solid since school got out and am still booked through labor day weekend. I even have most weekends after school goes back booked almost solid. I really hate that gas is so high but it has helped the local economy a great deal. The best part is that a lot of people are finding my place that didn’t even know it was here before. Word of mouth is the best advertising there is.
We lost a feisty one
Estelle Getties from the old show ‘Golden Girls’ died today at the age of 84. Bless her heart, she had dementia and if you have ever dealt with someone with that, it is as devastating as Alzheimer’s Disease. Estelle played a character that I figure I’ll end up being someday, a feisty, opinionated little old lady . . . but the funny thing is, she was actually the youngest lady on that show. She was a great actress and will be missed. You can read more about her passing at Yahoo News. Please do check it out – if nothing more than to honor her memory. Gals like her don’t come along very often.
Anything to save a penny
The way gas keeps going up, you have to save any way you can. I found a web site where you can get online coupons on just about anything you want. The best part is that most of the things I want come with free shipping too. Heck, I save with the coupons, I save with the free shipping and I save my own gas by not having to run all over the hills to find what I want. I’m a happy girl!!!!
I love frogs!!!!
The latest “craze” are frogs and I’m talking live frogs too. I got a ‘froggie tank’ for my kids (well the ones next door are sort of my kids too) and I know they are going to have a blast ‘growing froggies.’
Since school is out for the summer it seems fitting to get the froggies going and growing. It should be a pretty cool thing for everyone to participate in and enjoy, while learning at the same time to boot! I’m thinking that maybe over this weekend, while out running errands, I should stop by the closest pet store and see if we can find a some frog eggs and get this thing going.
New Computer for me
I’ve been checking out laptop computers and I have found one that I think I would like to have. I ordered it online from Wal-Mart today. It’s an Everex 7 CloudBook. Have you seen them or heard of them? It’s a very portable laptop that I will be able to tuck in my back pack or hand bag and take practically everywhere that I go. I hate being tied down to anything and since I already have wireless Internet, I can even take it out in the yard and surf to my hearts desire if I so desire. It only weighs a little over 2 pounds and I can’t wait to get an email telling me that it has arrived at the store so I can go pick it up and get the initialization process over with. I just hope it’s not too complicated to getting it going since I’ve never had a ‘new’ computer before. I always got someones hand me down computer but I’m not complaining.
Happy 4th of July
I sure hope you guys are having a ‘blast’ today. We have a special July 4th package deal going on where the whole house is decorated for the 4th, and we are having a huge picnic type dinner for everyone in the community too. The other local businesses like the tubing guys up river are throwing in with me and offering tubing and canoeing along with my package.
It’s kind of a bring your own fireworks type display and everyone brings a side dish too from the community. Watermellons are in the river getting good and cold and so is the beer. We always have the best time, and the house is booked solid for the whole 3 day weekend.
Security
I have this kid working for me that is going to college taking computer science and electronics and all kinds of stuff like that. This kid amazes me with the gadgets he has set up for me here.
I have a state of the art security system that goes to my private part of the house that can only be opened by my fingerprint. He put in some kind of loop hole so that the police or emergency people could get in to me along with my most trusted employee Hazel. She’s been with me since I opened this place. It’s amazing what this kid can do with a computer.
What we also offer
Speaking of online, we also offer wireless internet here at my place. I haven’t told you what I call my little establishment here, have I? It’s called Heavenly Acres!! No not Green Acres either. There’s a little farm about 10 miles from here and the name of it is ‘Little Ass Farm’. They raise miniature donkeys. Isn’t that just too cute? I thought it was. Laughed my rear off when I saw it.
Where is my head??
I started off talking about insurance and ended up on everything else. Such is life. Anyway, I do have 5 people that I employ year round and for them, I also provide health insurance coverage. I have found that the better you take care of your employees, the better they take care of you so that is not a luxury, it’s a staple here. I found the best group rates online. Even got a check up on my homeowners and business insurance too. Can’t be too careful now can you?