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.
My Brother the “Golden Child”
My oldest brother has to be the hardest person to buy gifts for on the entire planet. I always have a hard time finding gifts for the male species, but my brother is just the worst. He has been the “golden child” as far back as I can remember, he could do no wrong at home or school and now is happily married with children, has a good job and lives on a working farm that takes up most of his time. He has basically every thing that he ever wanted and needs in life, sigh……
He will be celebrating his 35th birthday come this February, a huge party is in the planning, but I still have to find and buy him a gift for the occasion. I have a few months but am getting anxious about the whole ordeal. The only thing that I can think of that I know he would appreciate is something to do with his John Deere tractor that he spends so much time on in the evenings and weekends.
I believe that his would appreciate some new HID equipment lights for his beloved tractor. By the time he gets home, eats dinner, and then spends some time with kids it can be pretty late by the time he gets to his tractor so it would make sense to have a good quality lighting system in place to help him see where he is going and all. So I’ve spent a little bit of time on the Internet checking out the various HID products, so far MagnaLight has the best, I’ll have to ask my Dad for a second opinion, so I’ll make sure to send him the links for his guidance and approval.
So Many Knobs
Do you have any idea what knurled knobs are? I didn’t but found out that the thing I needed that my kids lost that goes on the back of my office chair to keep the back at the height I like it, is called a knurled knob. I have to admit that’s a strange name but when you don’t have one, who cares what it’s called as long as you can replace the missing one.
Roseanne Needs A Big Bang
There must be some type of Roseanne marathon going on this past week or so. As much as I love the Roseanne show that was so popular in the 90’s I have become tired of the reruns over and over. I have to admit that once in a blue moon I will see one that I don’t remember, but not often enough to be glued to the TV in anticipation of one of those showing up. It’s too bad that this show had to come to an end. It really was an awesome show, with an awesome cast, many of them we get to see showing up on the new hit TV show The Big Bang Theory which has become one of my favorite shows these past couple of years.
Look who are dating again after all these years and on a completely different show!
Way Too Practical For Bling These Days
The last couple of chicks that I know that have gotten themselves engaged and are now sporting a nice sized diamond ring for all the world to see how much their fiance has spent on them in order to show/prove their love for them. I have never had much interest in having a big rock on my finger, guess I’m just way too practical for that type of adornment. I’d rather have my rent paid, my car running and groceries in the house and maybe a couple of bucks in my savings account for emergency situations.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a typical woman that likes a bit of Bling to adorn my body with, but these days I just think that there are more important things to spend that much money on.
The C.D. Turns 30 Today
Today it will be 30 years to the day that the C.D. (compact disc) came out and was put on the market. 30 years ago, isn’t that a trip? And from what I understand it was Billy Joel that can claim to be the first artist to come out on the C.D. in Japan with his 52nd Street album. The first C.D. player came out the very same day. An interesting piece of trivia that I wanted to share.
New Bathroom Flooring Is In Order
My bathroom flooring has become such a disaster that I’ve had just about enough of it and have got to buckle down and find the right replacement bathroom flooring. My brother-in-law, bless his heart, installed the flooring that is in there now and just like everything else that this man gets his hands on, it was a disaster right from the start. He didn’t use the right materials, nor the corrects tools and now I am stuck with the nastiest looking and feeling (yes feeling, it is all uneven, cracking and breaking up) bathroom floor that I’ve ever had the displeasure of stepping on.
This morning I could have sworn that I sliced my foot on the tiles in front of toilet. Thank goodness it didn’t really break the skin, but it came darned close. Having a cut on the bottom of your foot can really ruin your day, that’s a hard place to heal (excuse the pun, if you will) and band aids don’t want to stay on anywhere on feet so I consider myself very lucky that it didn’t go that far.
I am thinking that this time I should stay away from tiles and look for something that comes all in one piece that just needs to be rolled out, cut to size, along with some hard core glue to keep it from coming up and go from there. Instead of running around all over town looking at the various home improvement stores to find what I want and what I can afford, I’ll be spending my time looking online instead. Sounds like a plan to me.
Photography
It’s too bad that I never took photography seriously back in school. We had a great teacher who became very well-known in the photography world and really loved teaching everything that he knew and was continuing to learn to his students. Some of them became professional photographers and have done quite well. I love taking pictures, but am lacking what it takes to constantly and consistently shoot good photos. One day I would love to take a class to learn more about it, I do so appreciate a really great shot, much like the one below that I found online today.
Fog
This morning the fog was so bad on the way to work that I almost turned around and went back home to wait until the sun had a chance to burn more of it off before heading out again. I swear, I could only see about 15 feet ahead of me and to be driving on the Interstate with other cars going anywhere from 60 mph to 75 mph was just crazy. If I had a more understanding manager I would have gone back home, but I didn’t. I was so thankful to arrive at work safe and sound and almost got down and kissed the ground, but didn’t want to get dirty in my work clothes, so I said a prayer of thanks and gratitude instead.
Pop Stars and Their Demands Backstage
I found this list of backstage demands of Pop Stars on Yahoo and thought them to be so very outrageous and had to share them here.
• Keith Richards: A guitar strap. Chicken sandwiches. Diet Coke. Cigarettes.
• Nirvana: Macaroni cheese.
• Marilyn Manson: Air-conditioning always on full. Gummi bears. Doritos. Microwave popcorn. Bottle of Absinthe. A bald hooker with no teeth.
• Prince: A physician. All food to be covered in clear plastic wrap.
• Frank Sinatra: An ear, nose and throat specialist with the anti-inflammatory drug Decadron.
• Motley Crue: Mayonnaise. Grey Poupon Dijon mustard. Creamy peanut butter. A 12ft-long boa constrictor. A sub-machine gun. Local Alcoholics’ Anonymous meeting schedules.
• David Hasselhoff: Life-size cut-out of David Hasselhoff.
• Sammy Davis Jr: Assortment of groovy chicks.
• Britney Spears: Two boxes of Pop Tarts. Fruit Loops. Cable television. Two 6ft sofas. Odor-free carpet. A phone line.
• Led Zeppellin: Iron. Ironing board.
• Janet Jackson: Chaise lounge. Ten black roses. Male catering staff.
• Beyonce: Pepsi products only. Honey Nut Cheerios. Ginger root. A two-man love seat. Toilet scrubbed with disinfectant. No sweets, chocolate or chips in dressing room.
• Barbra Streisand: Rose petals in toilet.
• Madonna: A new toilet seat. 25 cases of Kabbalah water.
• James Blunt: 120 bottles of beer. 12 bottles of Magners cider. 4 bottles of vodka. 3 bottles of white wine. 2 bottles of champagne.
• Jennifer Lopez: White flowers. White tablecloths. White curtains. White candles. White couches. Low watt light bulbs. Coffee to be stirred counter-clockwise. Skittles.
• Elton John: 74 towels. Flowers (NO chrysanthemums, lilies, carnations or daisies).
• P Diddy: 204 towels. 20 bars of soap. Two bottles of Hennessy cognac. Two bottles of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio. Two bottles of Veuve Clicquot. A bottle of Dom Perignon. Grey Goose vodka. Boom box. Bouquet of white flowers. Cheddar cheese and sour-cream chips. Sweet Tarts. A $300,000 bullet-proof Maybach.