Category: Life

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Thank God for The Internet!

I have to admit that I really don’t know all that much about life insurance. My folks have been urging me to check into starting my own policy. They have one on me for $2,000 that they started when I was born. The policy was actually a gift that was presented to my parents from an aunt. A nice present, but unfortunately $2,000 isn’t all that much anymore, most likely not even enough to bury me with.

So I’ve taken upon myself to educate myself on the whole subject, thank God for the Internet. I need to learn what the best options are for me on a decent term life insurance policy. It shouldn’t take too long and I’m a pretty quick learner.

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Change

A good friend of mine lives in N.C. and sent me this photo. They are not happy with what President Obama is busy doing in Washington D.C.

Seen on US Hwy 15-501 at Lamm’s Grove intersection.
(near Durham , NC)

 

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Save The Date Cards for The Big Wedding

One of the girls at work has just recently became engaged and isn’t wasting any time in the planning of the big event. Folks don’t waste much time these day with their engagements, the wedding is being planned for October 30th, the day before Halloween. The office is all the buzz with all that it entails with the planning of a semi-formal wedding. So much to do, so little time, as the old saying goes.

We’ve been spending some of our down time utilizing the Internet to our best advantage. Technology has come a long way and has been instrumental in the planning of such life changing events. The new and popular save the date cards are what we are currently checking into. 123print.com has a lot to offer and has been a valuable tool for a good part of the planning so far.

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My Love Affair With Shoes and Clothing

I have a love affair with shoes and clothes. It used to drive my father right out of his mind when my mom and I would go out shopping (with his credit card of course) and come back with bags of new clothes. He would always rant and rave and insist that we put a stop to the madness, but he never took the credit card away from her. We would try and clean out our closets each spring and take a trip to the Good Will to donate what we didn’t want or need anymore. But I can honestly say that more came in the house than what would come in with us.

These days I do most of my shopping online. That is where the deals are, for the most part anyway. Since I’m a plus size woman I can find more of my sizes online rather than bouncing from one store to another looking for fashions in my size. One of my favorite online merchants offers free  Women’s Clothing Catalogues just by registering for one at their site of Simplybe.co.uk, so I always look forward to receiving their catalogue to browse through and share with some of my plus size friends.

I love their fashions and their accessories. They have just about everything that I need when I need it and would urge anyone interested in women’s plus size clothing to give them a look see for them self. I’m sure you’ll find something to get excited about there.

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Spam

I’m so tired of receiving so many comments that turn out to be Spam! Each time I log in here I get excited at the prospect of seeing many comments, then to find out that they are always some spammer trying to get links to their sites that 9 times out of 10 are about sex and drugs! Arg……

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Immigration Issues

I know that I poke fun at our immigration issues from time to time, but I do know what a major concern this “hot topic” is to so many people. This is an important topic that is growing and growing, not just in the great state of California, but all over the United States as well.

President Obama has his hands full with so many issues to sort out and deal with. I can only pray that during his 4 years in office that he can get a handle on many of the problems that we are finding ourselves faced with these days. In the mean time it’s good to know that there are people out there that are dealing with immigration and trying to help each and every day. I was reading an interesting news article about a particular denver immigration lawyer who has been a full service immigration law firm for over ten years and I thought I might post it here for all to read.

For the whole story please click here.

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Hate Saying Good Bye

I stopped in at my bank today to say good bye to one of the nicest people that I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. The first time we spoke I knew that I liked her and she has made my weekly trips to the bank a lot of fun. She is expecting her second child come October 30th and is leaving her job to become a full time mother. Today was her last day. I wish her all the luck in the world. I will miss her, but she did give me her email address so that we can send emails and keep in touch along with the sending of the new baby pictures now and then.

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Wally World Issues

I can tell you that there are oh so many reasons that I hate to go to Wal Mart, parking is one of them and right now with all of the 4th of July holiday shoppers out and about, the place is really a nightmare. The crowds are overwhelming, the sales clerk are very grumpy and the whole store looks like it hurricane hit it, what a disaster area that place was last night.

To top it all off, it starting raining as soon as we left the house and continued through out the entire evening and well into the night, walking a mile to the parked car, loaded with 2 carts full of food and other newly purchased products, in the rain was not my idea of a good time. Bad enough that we had to stand in line for over 25 minutes and the place was full of screaming unruly children that brought on a total migraine experience! Give me a break!

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Words to Live By

I’ll never forget the very first wedding I attended as a tween, the father of the bride made a toast to the bride and groom and I’ll always remember it. It’s an Irish blessing that I’ve always loved, and I use it when I have to make a toast, such as at weddings and even company events:

“May you always have walls for the winds,

a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,

laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,

and all your heart might desire.”

Good words to live by, wouldn’t you say!