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Reddi Whip

When I was a little girl my mother would buy cans of Reddi Whip whipped cream. We would have a dessert after almost every dinner because my dad loved dessert. We always saved room for dessert! We used Reddi Whip on a lot of the desserts.

Sometimes dessert was as simple as a little cup of Breyer’s ice cream. Mom would squirt some Reddi Whip on top and put a maraschino cherry or little sugar sprinkles on it. At least once a week we would have some kind of pie and once a week we would have some kind of cake. In between those we might have Jello with Reddi Whip squirted on top.

My favorite pie is pumkpin pie withsome Reddi Whip on it. How about yours?

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My love affair with chocolate

As I’ve written before about my newly found love, once again, for chocolate, I have decided that I am going to start looking around for new treats for me to try out, and what better way to search, than the Internet of course.

I have been looking around and bookmarking several websites that look appealing and that I will consider making a purchase at. Can’t say I was surprised in how responses I got when I Googled, “chocolate,” but it did take just a bit of time to get to some organized and placed into a folder for further research.

The one that I have decided that I am going to order from first is from a company called Gertrude Hawk they are a company out of Pennsylvania, actually I’m surprised that I have not heard of them before.

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Cousin Emailed Me

I have so many cousins running around out there, all scattered all across the United States, not to many have stuck around the Virginia area at all. I have this one cousin who I became close with in my teen years because he played in a band, I used to go and listen and dance my heart out – this was in the 80’s, disco was in it’s peek and I loved it.

Anyway we have drifted apart, but have managed to keep in touch via email, but I haven’t heard from him in years so I was surprised to hear from him all of a sudden. Seems he just wanted to touch base with me, he had heard a song on the radio that reminded him of the days of disco and he thought of me.

He seems to be doing all right for himself, still not married even once, and I’m sure he is in his mid fifties, how odd, I don’t think he is gay, but one never knows, and I’m not asking.  He is now living in Texas, close to where his folks ended up living after retirement, and just got a new job at a big Lumber company that produces a wide selection of treated wood products, such as pressure treated lumber for construction, he sent me the website for Pacific Wood so I could see what the company is all about.  It seems like a place that he will do well in, he used to work for a company like that when he lived in Winchester, Virginia.  So I know he knows his wood, I just wonder if he still plays the drums, I’ll have to ask him next email.

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Hubby Is Thinking Ahead

Hubby and his brothers are worried that their Dad won’t be around for too many more years and they all want to pitch in and get him a great gift for Father’s Day that is coming up in a few short weeks. I think it is a wonderful idea and I hope that their Dad appreciates their efforts. He has an older model BMW that is in wonderful condition even for its age, he keeps it very well kept like he does all of his vehicles, but this one is special to him and I know the boys are wondering what will happen to it when Dad does finally pass on one of these years.

Anyway one of the brothers found a website  that sells some wheels that the guys are drooling over and hoping that they can all pitch in to afford these awesome Sevas wheels that are a must when owning a higher end quality car such as his BMW.

Wheelfire, I like the name, is a company that offers discount wheels, rims and tires packages. Where you can find 17, 18, 20, 22 and 24 inch discount and custom wheel rim and tire packages for your car, truck or SUV. So if you find you have a need for any of these for your use, you should take the time and check this web-site out.

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Good Old Fashioned Elbow Grease

Okay, I have to admit that when I was told to go to the website of www.theotherwoman.net/ I had no idea that it was about having someone come into the house and have it cleaned spic and span like. But alas that is what this site is all about. I think every working mother should be able to have someone come in and clean their house for them once in awhile. I have never really hated cleaning but I certainly don’t enjoy it unless I am very angry and feel the need to get my anger out with a good old fashioned scrubbing. Hubby always jokes with me that he needs to get me in “one of my moods” in order to get the house cleaned! One of these days he is going to joke about it and I won’t find it funny at all. The next thing he knows he will be on his needs cleaning and see how funny it really is.

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Scrubbing Away The Anger

 

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Pulling my hair out

It has been such a blah day today that I have no idea what would lift my spirits up and pull me out of this mood that I’m in. My son wanted me to take him to his friends house earlier and I couldn’t just for the fact that I didn’t want to move what so ever because of this down mood I’m in. I think I’m going to take multivitamins from now on, it usually helps out a little bit. So I do believe I’ll be heading to GNC, which is at our local mall, here shortly to pick some up. We all have our bad days but I try very hard to limit mine because my family needs me so very much.

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Vitamins Please Help Me
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Easy As Pie Fundraising

I have been asked by the PTA at the middle school that my son will attend next year if I would be on the committee that handles the fundraisers for the school year. I was happy to say yes to their request because I had already found a website that looks good and had it bookmarked in case I found myself needing this kind of information. I’m so happy that something that I bookmarked I actually made us of it.

I have never liked the kind of fundraising that requires a kid to go door to door in their neighborhood, or the kind that makes the parents pester their relatives and take the paperwork to their work place and guilt trip your co-workers in spending a few bucks.

This company, School Pop’s web-site offers easy middle school fundraisers that only require the participant to sign up on-line with certain retail companies so that every time a purchase is made there, a portion is dedicated towards the schools account. One of the stores is Wal-Mart and almost everybody shops at Wal-Mart at some point in time. It is that easy. I’ll be ready for my recommendation when we have our first meeting before the school year begins again in the fall.

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Woodwind and Brasswind Instruments

The bass clarinet stands that I have been eyeballing are now being offered at %15 with a promo code, that’s along with free shipping. I have been looking for a new stand for a few months now. I can’t wait until my tax refund check arrive later this month, so I’ve gotten to know my way around the various websites that have musical instruments for sale. So far WWBW (Woodwind & Brasswind) has the best selection, they have new and/or used items, and if I use the promo code I can get it at one heck of a good price.

Come on Uncle Sam!!!

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Woodwind & Brasswind
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Rain Ants

The bad news is that those pesky little black ants are back, in the bathroom and the kitchen both, they arrive here every spring. They actually came out about a month ago, but I immediately put out the ant traps and sprayed and thought that I had nipped it in the bud, guess I was wrong.

What I believe has happened is that the “heatwave” has finally ended this morning, and after a whole day yesterday, of rain and thunderstorms, the little buggers have come back with vengeance!

A few years ago, one of my daughters was dating a pest control dude, who for three years after they stopped seeing each other, he would still come over every year come the spring and do a real good professional job for us that would do an amazing job of keeping the ants under control.  But he hasn’t been around for the past several years and we are left to our devices of ant traps and sprays!

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Rain Ant
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My Sons Birthday is Coming Up!

My sons birthday is coming up soon and I’m trying to make it to where I can afford his birthday gifts and throw somewhat of a decent party for him this year. He seems to really enjoy his new PlayStation 3 we had gotten him this past Christmas and has had his eye on a few new games that have recently came out. So today I am going to try to shop for the coolest games I can come across that I think he will really enjoy playing over and over, instead of getting tired of them after one time of playing them and never touching them ever again.

I also would like to find a cake with his favorite cartoon character, Sponge Bob on it, and make arrangement’s for it to be ready the day before his party. I have already found invitations he loves with Power Rangers all over them, and have already sent them out to the parents of his friends. I’m hoping to get all RSVP’s in the next week so I can make plans on all activities for the children on the day of his party. I am really hoping that the day of his party, it will be a nice sunny day out so we have more options on the activities we are selecting.