Category: rants and raves

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Mosquito problem?

Anywhere there are people, there will be mosquitoes!  I hate those little blood sucking varmints.  Boy have I found the answer to stopping them too.  It’s called a Mosquito Magnet and it attracts and kill mosquitoes.  All you have to do is go to mosquitomagnet.com and learn more about the product.

It uses a product called lurex and other things to bring the mosquitoes into the trap so it can kill them.  From the information I read on their web site, this is the way to go if you have a mosquito problem and I don’t know many people that don’t.   Oh and they have great support for you once you purchase one of their products so there’s no fear of poor customer service with them and that can be hard to find in this day in time.

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Having a bad day??

This is about the funniest video I have ever seen.  At the end, I could see myself doing something like that!!! I just know you’re going to love this. I sure did!!! But one thing……………I wonder if he had on clean underwear? If he did, I bet they weren’t clean after this!!

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I’m getting a little wide!

As we age, us women for sure, tend to spread out a little here and there if you get what I’m saying.  My doctor told me that he was going to have to widen his doors if I kept gaining weight.  I didn’t find that very funny at all even though he did.  Yes I have put on about 25 pounds over the past couple of years but that’s not terrible.  It’s not good but it’s not terrible.

I have now learned about sleep and losing weight, your metabolism, and when you should not eat too.

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Do you remember the Moody Blues?

Who could forget them.  I’m sitting here listening to Sirius Radio on my TV and it’s an all 70’s channel.  Well Nights in White Satin just came on and that is one of my favorite songs by them.  Tuesday Afternoon was another favorite.  They were one of the best groups from back in the 70’s if you ask me.

In fact, I think some of the best music ever came out of the 70’s.  They had meaning and said something instead of all of this darn boom-boom crap you hear today but that’s an old ladies opinion and may not be yours.  If not, just listen to music from the 70’s sometime and you’ll understand.

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Cyber bullying

Did you hear about the Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyber bullying case was convicted of misdemeanor computer charges instead of felonies in a cruel  Internet hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide?  The federal jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the  conspiracy allegation against 49-year-old Lori Drew and rejected three other  felony counts of accessing computers without authorization to inflict emotional  harm on the girl.

Instead, the panel convicted her of three lesser offenses of just accessing computers without authorization. Each of those counts is punishable by up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.  Drew faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the four original counts.   What I don’t understand is why in the world would a 49 year old woman do such a thing?  It’s bad enough that kids go through bullying in school and everywhere else with other kids but a grown woman?  The whole world has gone absolutely stupid it looks like.

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I have a sister in Iowa

My only living sister lives in Des Moines Iowa.  We don’t get to see each other very often since we live so far apart unfortunately.  Her and her husband were talking about selling their home and maybe moving down closer to New Orleans since his family is here also.  None of us are getting any younger you know.  The only problem is the housing market is not good right now and their house needs a little TLC if you know what I mean.

My sister was told by a friend that she needed to look into Des Moines Remodeling because they found a great company to remodel their kitchen for them. Well that was all my sister needed to hear because she has done nothing but rant and rave about that kitchen.   The company that was recommended was a family owned company and that usually means they take pride in their work unlike just working for someone else.  Plus they have 25 years of experience and will remodel just about any room you need remodeled like a basement or even siding on your house.  I can’t wait to see what my sister has done.  The only problem is if they do a really good job, she might not want to move out then.  We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Tax Day, UGGGHHH!!!

Well this is it!!  It’s time to get those taxes done by the end of the day today or you could face a lot of penalties if you owe.  Most people that are due a refund have already filed.  It’s the ones that have to pay that are waiting till the last minute.  I can’t say as I blame them because a lot of people are not happy with what our tax dollars are being thrown away on and many have lost their jobs and are going to have a hard time finding the money to pay what they owe.

I just hope everyone is able to find the money because the government charges you more to make payments to them.  That just doesn’t seem right when they can hold our money they owe us and we don’t get anything extra for that but yet they can charge us more when we owe them and can’t pay right away.

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Jimmy Buffet the author

I have always enjoyed the tropical type music that Jimmy Buffet is so well known for producing and I have heard that he has written some books lately, but have never seemed to be able to come upon any of his books until just recently.

So I was thrilled to find one of his books called “A Salty Piece of Land” at my favorite used book store, and for only $2 and I’ve really enjoyed the reading of it this past week. I’m glad that inside of the book it tells me the names of his other books that I will need to see if I can find at a good bargain also. I’m especially interesting in finding the one entitled “A Pirate Looks At Fifty”, if I can’t find it locally then I guess I could always look on-line and see if I can find it somewhere out there in cyber-world, for cheap.

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What is it about Schumacher Homes?

I have told you about a couple of my friends that have moved and built the home of their dreams and Schumacher Homes was the home builder for all of them.  Well here we go again.  Since another of my friends is also friends with the ones that had new homes built, now they are getting Schumacher Homes to build them their new home in Houston too. Imagine that. How many people do you know that have had them to build a home for them? I must admit they know how to build a beautiful home and that’s who I would go to if I was looking to build a new home too.

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Great Game System

Have you seen the new types of video game systems and games they have come out with lately? I’m sure you have unless you live under a rock or don’t have children. They actually make a kid get off his rear and move. Some of the kids of the people that work for me have a Nintendo Wii and an even better system has been born to get kids up and moving. The technology, graphics, and imagination that have gone into not only the system but also the games is mind boggling.

They are even starting to put them in Nursing homes to get the elderly moving. Heck I got one for myself to help me get my ‘girly figure’ back. Fat chance of that but it will help me feel better and I just might drop a few pounds too.