Questions About Bluetooth

These days online shopping is fast becoming the way to go, I love being able to stay at home and look around on the Internet much more than driving somewhere and dealing with the public, going from store to store and getting lousy customer service on top it all. Give me my PC and let my fingers do all of the work any day. I have decided that it is time that I jump on the band wagon of owning and using the Bluetooth headsets that you see people wearing all of the time these days, it seems to be the norm now to see a person walking by themselves and carrying on a conversation with what appears to be themselves, since they are not talking into a visible cell phone or with another person. Although sometimes I still find myself startled at times when someone starts talking right beside or behind me on those things.

I have been asking a few people that I know a few questions about their experiences with their Bluetooth headsets and for the most part I am hearing good things about them. And they are always coming up with new technology and great ideas that are keeping people coming back for more.  I understand that their Plantronics Headsets are a great way to go, they are so light weight that there is no discomfort involved as was with some of the older models when the first came out. I was told about a great online company that does have a web-site that you can order off of, that has a great selection of these lightweight models, that goes by the name of MobileBloc.net, and are affiliated with Skype, and after looking around at a few other places, I have decided to go ahead and order from them. They offer payment from PayPal which is a feature that I like and wish more companies would accept from them, I use my PayPal a lot.

Good Friends

I used to be good friends with a gal that worked for an insurance company as a claims representative. She was such a lively person, full of energy and life, I miss her and want to try and find her on the computer somehow. I used to love hearing all the stories that she would tell about the customers that she dealt with each and every day and how they’re acted to a female claims rep in a male dominated world.  Not only did I enjoy hearing her stories, but she also got me hooked up with the best van insurance that money could buy and I’m grateful for that.

I have had to submit a few claims from time to time, always hoping that she would be assigned my claim, but was always happy with the service by the claims rep that did receive my claim. It has been a few years, I was told back then that she was still with the company, sure would love to hear from her again. I’m sure she has some new funny stories to tell me and we have a lot to catch up on. Gonna have to work on finding her soon, I think I’ll start with looking on Facebook which seems to be the best way to find people these days.

 

Spending The Afternoon With The Bubble Boy

For some reason I slept like a log last night and this morning. I didn’t wake up until 12:30, which so totally not like me at all. Even though I slept long and heavy, I only woke up once to go to the bathroom, which is so very unusual for me these past couple of years. I usually wake up 2 or 3 times having to get up and run to the bathroom before diving back under the nice soft warm blankets to try to go back to sleep.

So when I finally woke up, I felt so awful, almost like I was coming down with something. So I crawled out of the bed, took a couple of Aleeve, drank a cup of hot tea and took a nice hot bath, hoping to feel much better after soaking for a good long while. But after I got out I still felt pretty bad and decided to just go back to bed and lay down for a while and watch some TV and see if I felt any better.

There was literally nothing on the TV, even with all the channels that I get with our current satellite channel package. I kept returning to the movie “The Boy In The Plastic Bubble” made in 1976, starring John Travolt and Diana Hyland. I remember seeing that movie a long time ago and really didn’t have any interest in watching it again, but since there was nothing else on I decided to tune in and watch just a bit of it, while looking to see if there was anything decent on another channel a bit later on. I was surprised to find that this really was a good movie and that I really didn’t remember much of it at all and before I knew it I was sucked into the whole story line. I ended up watching the rest of the movie, even staying put during the commercials, afraid of missing a single minute of the darn thing. What a great movie!

Barcoding Equipment

A few neighbors and I have been discussing the problem of items being taken from our yards lately. This past year it has been happening more and more to most folks up and down our street. This is a serious issue right now I am seriously thinking of placing security cameras around my place and see if they seem to do any good or not. I know of a company by the name of Barcode Discount that I have had experience with in the past that deals with a lot of barcode items like barcode software and equipment, from a place that I worked at several years ago.

After leaving that company I looked to see if they had put up a web site as of yet and was pleased to see that they do and that not only do they sell barcoding equipment they also have a nice line of security cameras that I plan on checking out to see if they would be suitable for my needs here at the house. They were nice people at Barcode Discount and I wouldn’t mind giving them some of my personal business.

 

Boot Style Slippers

I have never asked for slippers as a Christmas gift in my whole life, but this year they are on the top of my wish list. Since removing the wall-to-wall carpet from the entire main level of my home, I have noticed that the bare wood is extremely cold and I’m tired of wearing just my socks, as they tend to get dirty quickly and that is just gross and wrong.  I have a pair of slippers but they are so old that a nice new warm pair of the boot style slippers would make me a very happy camper this year. I wonder if they slippers with little heaters on them, that would be awesome. I’ve seen them with flash lights on them before, pretty crazy if you ask me. But what ever works for you!

If I don’t get a pair on Christmas morning I’m sure I’ll be receiving a few gift cards here and there that I will be able to use to buy some. The after Christmas sales are a great time to get things at great discount prices. It’s my favorite time of the year to shop. Too bad I’m usually way too broke, but those wonderful gift cards do come in handy after Christmas.

 

A Rude Wake Up

Heard several firetrucks go past the house early this morning and they woke me up from a fairly deep sleep. This is a pretty rare happening for this quite neighborhood, there are not all that many houses out this far and along our road. Strangely, the firetrucks returned in a few minutes going the other way, still with their sirens blaring. That makes me think they were having trouble finding the right house.

When we first moved here we found that by law we have to display our house number so that it is visible from the road at all times of day or night. The number cannot be obstructed by bushes or flowers, and if the numbers are on wall address plaques, they must be lighted numbers or you must keep a light on them all through the night.

Now folks, that is just plain common sense, and as most houses have a rural route mail box at the end of their driveways, you would think this is not a problem. But evidently it was a serious enough problem that my good neighbors decided that it had to be a law. We have a mailbox at the end of the driveway, plus added address plaques and numbers to the front porch and the side door. We keep the porch light on all night anyway, so finding our house should be easy for anyone who might be looking.

I really think that home address plaques add an important element of style to your home, just as the exterior lights and window shutters add color and style.  I love the rustic farm house style, with white painted numbers and a black, wrought iron background.

May The Best Man Win

Tomorrow will be a busy day for me all the way around. I have to take my dog to the vet before lunch, and after lunch I have an eye doctor’s appointment that I have really got to make sure to go to. It has been 2 years since I have had my eyes looked at and I’ve been having some concerns with the way that my eyesight that seems to be getting worse, sigh. Besides the fact that my glasses have seen better days. They seem to fall in the fix or repair daily category. Good thing I found a cheap eye-glass repair kit that I keep in my purse 24/7. It has saved my butt more times that I can count.

After all of the appointments are taken care of I plan on making my way downtown to place my vote, head home, eat some dinner then kick back and watch the news with all of the election coverage that will be plastered all over the TV night. I think it will be a couple of days before we really know who wins with all the problems that this year’s election has been facing, but only time will tell. This is an important election, history in the making. I hope that you plan to vote this year. And may the best man win!

Splashlight Miami, 10 Years and Still Going Strong

On June 6th, 2012 the well known Splashlight Miami celebrated their 10 year anniversary down in Miami Florida, the well known and loved sunshine state that attracts millions and millions of people each year for a variety of reasons, with the weather, of course, being the main attraction. For those of you who aren’t “in the know” Splashlight Miami is the most trusted equipment rental house in Miami and is doing a booming business for folks looking for photography and video production services.

I was taking a look at their website and checked out their “Client List” and was impressed with all the people and companies that have used this breath taking rental house. See what I mean:

“O” The Oprah Magazine
ABC
Anderson Hopkins
Ann Taylor
Anthropologie
Armani Exchange
Baby Phat
Banana Republic
Barney’s
Bergdorf Goodman
Bloomingdales
Brooks Brothers
Calvin Klein Jeans
Calvin Klein Underwear
Conde NastCosmopolitan
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
DIOR
E! for the Kardashians
Eileen Fisher
ELLE
Escada
ESPN Magazine
Essence Magazine
Estee Lauder
Food Network
GAP
GQ Magazine
Grey Advertising
HanesHarper’s Bazaar
Hearst Magazines
InStyle
Italian ELLE
J Walter Thompson
J. Crew
Jones Apparel Group
Kenneth Cole
K-Mart
Kohl’s
Laird & Partners
Land’s End
Little Red School House
MAC Cosmetics
Macy’sMarc Jacobs
Marie Claire
Marc Ecko
Martha Stewart Living
Maxim Magazine
McCann-Erickson
Meredith Publications
NARS Cosmetics
NBC Universal
Neiman Marcus
New York Magazine
Newsweek
Nike
Nordstrom
People MagazinePepsi
Perry Ellis
Proctor & Gamble
Ralph Lauren
Real Simple
Redbook
Rodale Publications
Rolex
Rolling Stone
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sephora
Seventeen Magazine
Shiseido
Sport’s IllustratedTalbots
Target
The Limited
Tiffany & Co.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc (TBS)
Vera Wang
Verizon
Victoria’s Secret
Vogue
Walmart
Weiden & Kennedy
WPO
Young & Rubicam

Pretty impressive, wouldn’t you agree. Figured I’d share the list here today so others can see what Splashlight Miami is all about and all that it has to offer.

Edwin Jagger, Just The Right Mixture

Finding the right kind of gifts for guys has always been a challenge for me throughout the years. So I was really tickled to find at smallflower.com some really unique products by edwin jagger that he has manufactured with a mixture of traditional English quality and style as well as adding to some pretty cool state of the art designs. It will be good to be able to give some gifts to the guys in my life that they just might actually like, enjoy, appreciate and use, instead of just some crap that was bought in haste without much thought or caring put into the whole process.