I was thinking about a vacation. I found these Sandals Beach Resort Coupons and they sure would save me some money. I just might have to check into it more and take a much needed vacation.
Ex-Major Leaguer dies
Bill Werber, who was the oldest living ex-major leaguer and a teammate of Babe Ruth, died Thursday at the age of 100.
Werber was a career .271 hitter who led the American League in stolen bases three times. He played with Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove in stints with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. He hit .370 as the third baseman on the 1940 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds.
“Babe Ruth hit a home run and I wanted to show them how fast I could run,” Werber said in an interview in June. “So I get into the dugout, and finally Babe got into the dugout. He patted me on the head and said, ‘Son, you don’t have to run like that when the Babe hits one.”‘
What an amazing man with some wonderful stories to have told not only his own children but his grandchildren too. Imagine the stories they have to tell their children. Bill Werber died in Charlotte North Carolina in an assisted living center close to his daughter.
We only have to worry about deer
The following pictures are of a moose that went through a car’s windshield and out the rear window this month near South River, Ontario .
The VERY lucky woman driver ended up with just a broken wrist and needing a good bath. When you view the pictures you will wonder how the woman managed to survive.
Coupons everywhere
I just told you about a coupon site that I love. Well I have found another one called Coupons Us. Maybe you didn’t find the coupons and coupon codes you wanted, which I doubt very seriously, but just in case and you’re still looking for a discount code on something you need, maybe you’ll find it on us coupons. It’s worth a shot so give it a try.
I just might borrow money for the apartments
You know, it might not be too smart to take my savings and build the apartments over my business. With the economy as it is, I might need to hang on to my money and just get a business loan. Sure the apartments will help my business but most of the people that will live in them already work for me and basically will trade work for rent. Some of them have other jobs and work for me part-time but that’s okay as long as they make enough working part-time to pay for the apartment.
I was checking out online business loans and found one that also provides Franchise Loans. I’m not looking to buy a franchise but it’s good to know there are finance companies that will provide funds for someone that’s looking to buy a franchise.
One thing I did do is get a credit card machine. I didn’t have one and there have been a lot of people asking to charge or use their debit cards. Now I can put a sign in my window saying I now accept credit cards and debit cards. I bet that will help my business too. In fact, I’m pretty sure it will. Not to mention, there’s not a million papers you have to fill out with these guys. It was easy to get everything I needed.
I’m thinking about building some apartments
I have a house behind my business and and there’s room above my place of business to build about 4 small apartments that my employees could live in. I’ve hired a handy man to do the work for me. He’ll start in the morning. What I want is 2 one bedroom apartments, 1 two bedroom apartment and 1 three bedroom apartment. I have one single lady working for me with a couple of kids. She’s having trouble making ends meet trying to pay rent and drive 30 miles to work. She has to live that far away because the rents cheaper there. Well I’ll fix that.
Each room will have ceiling fans to make them more energy efficient. I can’t wait to start picking out everything. I’ll have to pick out bathroom fixtures, flooring and I don’t want any carpet either. I like the laminate floors. They can get an area rug if they want carpet. This is going to be a lot of fun for me and my employees are even going to come in on their time off to help my handy man so it can get finished sooner. I told them that if they do, I’ll give them the first months rent free. It’s the least I can do.
My heart overflows
I have so many ‘Thank You’ cards along with Christmas cards that my heart overflows with the spirit of not only Christmas, but also the spirit of God. Dinner last night was perfect. We had gumbo, turkey, dressing, ham, candied yams, green beans, corn, dinner rolls, and more food than I can remember. I don’t think I will be able to eat again for a week after all of that.
The children’s faces were just as I imagined they would be. Every family brought their camera to me and I can’t wait to get them developed. Families were coming up to me with tears in their eyes and thanking not only me but the whole community. Some got job offers, everyone got a crisp new $100 bill, thanks to someone very special.
There was not a child that didn’t get ‘exactly’ what they wanted according to them. There were more gadgets and toys in there than you can believe. Each child brought their favorite toy if they could. Some couldn’t because it was a bicycle or a game system but they made sure to bring their next favorite toy to show me. Life is good here in Louisiana.
Every present wrapped and every bow tied
Well every single Angel has been taken from the tree and all of the presents that have been donated or brought in are all wrapped and every bow tied. There is a pile of presents like I have never seen. In fact, there are enough presents to take up a whole room in my home. What a wonderful feeling standing in the doorway looking at all the presents.
I feel so blessed and not a single present is for me to open. The blessing comes from knowing I’m making Christmas special for children and their families. I guess I’m a HO HO HO!!!! I’m Santa Clausette. How about that?
The magic of the season
Christmas has long been a magical season and this year is no different. The whole community has pitched in to help me with all the ‘Angels’ on my tree. Some businesses have donated items. Some businesses have offered jobs. Some businesses have donated food, and there is even a celebrity, which I promised not to name, that has donated $100 to every family that has an Angel on my tree. God has blessed this little tree in ways I never imagined.
I am so proud to live here in New Orleans. I am so proud of the people of New Orleans as they have pulled together to see to it these families and mostly the children, will wake up Christmas morning to a wonderful surprise from Santa. There are PSP’s, Game Boys, Wii’s, MP3 players, DVD players, TV’s, PS3’s, and more gadgets than I know what they are. Guess I’m getting old when I don’t recognize some of the presents we’re giving out, ya think?
Oh well, I’ll know it’s the right thing with all the smiles. Oh each family is getting a disposable camera that they are to bring back to me so I can get the pictures developed. Of course I’ll get double prints and maybe more because I want a picture of the children’s faces, and I also want to send ‘Thank you’ notes to the many people that donated along with a picture of the smiling faces of the children they helped to make this Christmas special for. Then of course, the parents need a copy of their pictures too.
I’m worse than the kids beacuse I can’t wait!!!!!!
A little something from me
I know you have seen those portable DVD players. I just found a heck of a deal on them and bought every one they had. They had 30 of them. That way, I can give them to some of the kids on my Angel Tree. Some of them don’t even have a TV in their home so this will give the something to look at and occupy their time when they don’t have any homework that is.
With each one, I’m also giving a gift certificate for 5 DVDs. The kids can pick them out themselves so they get something they like or wanted to see. There’s a local DVD rental store that said they have several used DVDs that they get rid of once they have been rented so many times but the DVDs are still good. They told me that I can pay for the DVDs after the kids pick them out. See some are more than others.
Hey, I just got a call from the DVD rental store and they’re going to donate a new DVD to each kid that gets one of the DVD players from me. That just made my day.