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The Prom

The charlotte dj that has been hired for this year’s high school senior prom has come highly recommended by several people that have used them before. Having the right dj can make or break a party and the prom is a huge ordeal. Hundreds of kids are looking forward to their prom, spending an outrageous amount on the whole event, so the dj just has to be great.

I did not graduate from high school, so I didn’t get to go to my prom. I didn’t think it was a big deal back then, but now I really regret not sticking it out longer at school (although I did go back and get my GED) and graduating with my classmates and going to the prom. That is why I am so involved with making each year’s prom a great one for the kids at the local high school. It will be a couple more years before my kids will be going to the prom. I can only pray that they will graduate and have the opportunity to do all the cool things that seniors get to do, including the prom!

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Mom Wants And Needs A New PC

One of my brothers is the computer whiz in our family, but since he has recently gotten himself married he isn’t as available as much as he used to be.  I have depended on him for 90% of my computer needs and Hubby for the other 10%.  I  mean I can switch ink cartridges and add paper, but that is about my limit, sad but true.

The time has now come that I need to be more independent when it comes to the computer, I spend so much time on one, it makes sense to learn more about it.  So the next computer that I get I am going to dive in and learn.  In fact I have found a web-site that specializes in PC that you can build yourself, the instructions are in English and offers plenty of illustrations to help, pictures are good!

I found an easy site to navigate thru and I’m thinking that maybe I will order one of their PC Kits that comes with everything needed to build your own PC with, except a screwdriver, I have plenty of those, just need to find the right one when it’s needed.

I’m getting excited about a new coming into the house, I wonder if I should call my brother and ask his opinion on the idea of me trying this out.  Boy I just can’t seem to do anything computer related with out bothering him with something, maybe he will be happy to see my trying and will feel sympathetic and will come assist me, just in case, Hubby can be really grumpy when I ask for his help.  He is so grumpy even the kids won’t ask for his assistance with their homework.

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LA Police Gear

My best friend’s husband has just gotten the interesting job of becoming our fair city’s Swat team leader last month. When my husband and I last went over to their house to visit we were very impressed with all of the different gear and tools he had shown us. I asked him how much all of this equipment had cost him, and he replied back that we could look it up on the Internet and check out some other cool stuff, with awesome deals.

The certain kind of gear he had was Blackhawk Gear, that can be looked up at www.lapolicegear.com. They had so many cool things on there that I have never even seen before, it was quit interesting to see all the different things they had to offer.

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The Junior Prom This Year

It will be nice to see my daughter and her current boyfriend all dressed up for the Junior Prom, at the end of the year. We have already been looking at dresses, shoes, handbags and all of the other accessories that it takes to dress up all formal like. He has been looking at various tuxedo vests to match the color of the dress, when my daughter finally makes a decision on her dress, which better be soon. He has a lot to do himself for this big event.

This will be fun. I never got to go to any of the formal dances back in my high school years, so this is all so new and exciting for me. Never thought that I would be one of those mothers that gets all crazy during these memory making moments. And to think this is only the Junior Prom. I can’t imagine what all is involved with next year’s Senior Prom although I’m sure there will be a limo some how involved.

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What’s For Dinner Mom?

I just went to the grocery store yesterday, but today it seems as if we don’t have a thing in the house that anyone wants to eat.  The kids are eating us out of house and home, both are just consuming huge amounts of food, I can’t keep up.  The oldest has become picky, which is so unusual for her, so used to eat just about anything and was willing to try new foods with no problem, but in the past year something has made her harder to please.

The youngest has always been a very picky eater from day one.  It is getting harder and harder to plan a meal that everyone enjoys.  She is pretty good about trying new things, but it is unfortunate that 99% of what she tries, she doesn’t like and makes a most horrific face to let you know how much she doesn’t like and doesn’t appreciate having to try it in the first place.

So tonight I will be fixing Sloppy Joes, I make it from a recipe that I got from a very close friend back in Jr. High School, it was her mother’s and I have been making it for a very long time, and no one has ever not liked it.  And I can tell you that a lot of people in the past 30 years or so have eaten them with great satisfaction.

I wish her mother was still around so that I could tell her about her recipe for this most wonderful Sloppy Joe sandwich which has brought pleasure to lots of folks.  I think she would get a kick out of hearing about it.  I miss you Mom Crawford!

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My Daughter And My Car!

My Daughter is recovering from 2 surgery’s she had in the past month, and struggling to go to be able to get up and go to work. I knew she wasn’t going to have any money there for a while after her last paycheck, and she didn’t want to dip into savings at all until she had turned 18. So there for a few weeks she had been penniless, so I had given her allowance’s for doing some chores around the house so she’d be able to get some things she needed to go back to work, for example; black pants and black shoes for work, shower accessories, and other little things she needs or wanted to get.

Well for the past week she has been wanting to see her boyfriend and constantly wanting to borrow my car to get him for the day so they can spend some time together. It was fine with me for a few days but it started to get the point where it was everyday, and it wasn’t until a few days ago she had stopped borrowing my car all of a sudden. She had just given me a few dollars today and said it was for the gas she burned in my car. Which I now think of her as an adult now for meeting her responsibilities in paying back the money she had owed me. I’m glad she works for what she wants, instead of her thinking she can live for free. I’m very proud of her now, she is going back to work tomorrow and now stable on her feet again, ready for her normal everyday life again.

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Crappy Service

Today I had gone to the grocery store and had purchased a few items. I had a few problems trying to find a few items and had asked for help, but didn’t seem to get any service at all with finding these certain items. So I had came home in a bad mood, and had wrote a letter to the store’s office complaining about their crappy services, and had received a phone call not too long afterwards apologizing and offering me coupons to save big in their store. I took the coupon offer and plan on only shopping there one more time just so I could use the coupons. I don’t deal with crappy service, its unacceptable to me.

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Hamburger Helper is a Life-saver

I never thought that I would turn into the type of mother and wife that serves her family Hamburger Helper more than one time a week. But honest to goodness, I have gotten so tired of cooking a big dinner every single evening that I have turned to Hamburger Helper, which by the way also makes Tuna Helper and Chicken Helper varieties, more than a few times a week.

They have such a great selection of different flavors these days! It used to be that they had maybe 8 or 10 varieties, but now they have so many and now that there is the tuna and chicken varieties that there has to be at least 25 or more to choose from and more than just a few of them are really tasty and my family does enjoy them. They really are easy and affordable, they were on sale a few weeks ago and I had some real good coupons for them so I ended up buying 10 of them at a cost of about 40 cents a piece, that is a good deal. I usually buy hamburger and chicken only on sale and stock up, so that is some cheap and good eating that everyone enjoys!

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Hubby Cleans Up Real Nice!

Even though Hubby is a “Blue collar worker” and his wardrobe consists mainly of tee shirts and jeans with a few Khakis and sweatshirts thrown in, he does have a few nice clothes but I have decided that it is now time for it to have an much needed upgrade, cause Hubby does clean up real nice!

I want to purchase by going online from a website – upscalemenswear.com that has gotten my attention, it’s by a company by the name of Upscale Menswear that is located in  Atlanta, Georgia, but thankfully they have made it possible to buy from them the most unique, colors and styles from brand names like Steve Harvey, Romano Fiesso and Robert Wayne, some wonderful hi-fashion suits and designer shoes  like the ones that are always seen and worn in Hollywood and New york, but are offered at realistic prices, without having to take the long drive by use of the good old Internet! I think that I will enjoy this.

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Online Banking Solutions

Well the “Pink Stuff” was hit at my sister’s house this afternoon, we had a nice time with the dozen or so of the family that were able to attend, my eldest daughter decided to go with me at the last minute, which was nice. We really had a nice time during the drive down, listening to music and laughing together. I had her drive because she still doesn’t know the way to her aunt’s house enough to get there by herself if need be some time, she is a good driver and it gives me time to look around at the scenery for a change instead of focusing on the road and traffic and such.

One of my brother’s came with his wife that is such a doll, we don’t get to see her very often so I made sure and took the time to visit and chat with her as much as I could. She caught me up to date with her attempt of starting up her own business that is keeping her super busy and worn out physically and mentally. She is working with a company called Northern Trust that she hooked up with on the Internet, that has assigned her a financial advisor that she thinks very highly of and is trusting him to guide her in these important financial decisions in the opening her very own florist boutique.

All of the paperwork involved is tremendous so she is happy doing the majority of their business online and has even started up her business checking account and is talking about retirement plans already with her personal “Relationship Manager” from Northern Trust.

It is good to see her so excited and up beat about the whole thing and is keeping a sense of humor and I hope that it all works out well for her. It will be great to be related to a florist.