I resolve to take a great vacation this summer

How’s that for a New Years resolution?  I think it sounds like a pretty darn good one to me because if I’m going to have a better year than last year, I really need to do something special for myself.  That’s what the resolution is really all about after all.  I need to start doing more things for me and only me instead of everyone else and everything else.  I have worked hard on my townhouse to make it look nice and homey so why shouldn’t I do something for me too?

Now where do I want to go?  I got it!!!  How about Orlando, Florida?  That sounds wonderful to me.  I have some family down around that area that I haven’t seen in years and while I’m there, I could visit family too.  I’ll have to check out Orlando vacation rentals because I don’t want to just stay anywhere. I prefer to stay in a really nice condo or maybe even a villa. A house would be great too. Just as long as I’m not stuck in a darned old motel for a couple weeks. I would rather stay at home if I had to do that.

I have checked out vacation rentals before and have never been disappointed with what I found before.  You can rent anything from a studio type apartment to a house that sleeps more people than you might want to go on vacation with.  The perfect vacation to me is where I can go to Disney World, Sea World or any of the other places close by and not have to drive 50 miles there and back.  It’s up to you how much you want to spend on your accommodations but I bet you’ll find just what you want and need just like I have.

That wonderful hat!!!!

Check out what’s going on about Aretha Franklins hat she wore to the inaugration.  I thought it was great but I have heard a lot about it in both ways.  Anyway, check out this:

From the moment it appeared at the inauguration, Aretha Franklin’s hat, with its oversize woolen bow bejeweled with Swarovski crystals, has invited commentary. It has its own Facebook page. It has been the subject of YouTube spoofs.Its designer reportedly received 3,000 requests for copies. But now things are getting serious. The Smithsonian Institution – you know, home of the Mercury capsule and a triceratops – wants the hat. The Queen of Soul’s response: I’m thinking about it.

I think that’s quite an honor for her.  At least none of these museums called her wanting it:

Far stranger things have landed in museums, or had museums dedicated to them. So we started searching for some candidates.

In the wearables category, if you’re just interested in hats, there are thousands at The Hat Museum. And the Liberace Museum may have more spangles than … well … anything on Earth. Sometimes the sheer breadth of a collection is what gets noticed. Amass more than 9,000 picture postcards, and you too may find your collection at the New York Met, where it’s now showing.

It goes without saying that there’s a banana museum, but once you get into virtual museums, things really get weird. Consider the Air Sickness Bag Museum. Less disgusting, check out these collections of moist towelettes and Soviet calculators. Add that to your virtual travel itinerary, comrade.

Anyway, here’s to Aretha and her hat.  You gotta love it!!!!

This is interesting

The great writer, O. Henry, began life as William Sidney Porter.  Porter spent time in Honduras to avoid embezzlement charges in the United States.  He eventually returned to the United States and spent time in jail, which is where he began writing the adventure stories that made him famous.

There seems to be a lot of people that have become famous after pulling time in jail like Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, and a lot of other country singers.  I didn’t know about o. Henry though.

Have you ever vacationed in Naples?

A Naples vacation I can promise you will end up being the best vacation you have ever been on.  I didn’t stay in a stuffy old motel either.  I rented a villa and believe it or not, saved money.  It was so much more comfortable, a lot roomier, and like I said earlier, I saved money too.

They have houses, villas, or condos you can rent for your vacation.  We got free WiFi, fresh towels and linens, multiple bedrooms,a roomy kitchen, easy access to the beach, great views of the ocean, and best of all, your not in a motel but a home.  We already have reservations for this year too.

This information might come in handy some day

When it comes to baseball star Cy Young, he holds two unique titles.  The Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher holds the record for the most career wins of 511.  That’s amazing isn’t it?  Well here’s the truly amazing title he also holds.

Cy Young also holds the record for the most game loses of 316.  How about that?  I just thought it might be something you could use one day, especially you ladies out there.  Amaze your man with your knowledge of a baseball star like Cy Young.

Did you know……..

One of Britain’s leading organic food and drink lines, Duchy Originals, was created by none other Prince Charles, who started the brand in 1992.  Products are made from organically farmed grain from his Highgrove Estate.

Did you know that without the Mixican long-nosed bat, you wouldn’ tbe able to enjoy your tequila.  That is because the bat pollinates the blue agave plant, from which tequila is derived.  How about that?  Pollinated by a bat with a worm in the bottle……….never mind, make mine a White Russian.

Interesting story since we just watched the Super Bowl

In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26 and he was only 22) and he fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn’t possible.

He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn’t afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, “Well, let’s take the kids with us.”

She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, and then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

Kurtis asked Brenda, “I still don’t understand why the kids can’t come with us?” Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities – just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary – – – he had a different mindset.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with. A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids.

So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona. If you tune in on 1 February, you can watch him quarterback the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers! Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person? Some athletes are also great people.

It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. He has also been the NLF’s Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl’s MVP. On Sunday, 1 Feb I’ll be rooting for Kurt and the Cards. It’s a shame they didn’t win but he’s already a winner in my book.

When did it start paying to do something stupid or illegal?

Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000 …oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.

This is part of what’s wrong with our so called ‘Legal system’.  It’s also why our insurance is so darn high too.

No I did not watch the Super Bowl

I like football.  Really I do but I didn’t watch the Super Bowl last night.  I already  knew that Pittsburgh would win but it would have been really nice if the Cardinals would have pulled off an upset.  It just wasn’t meant to be though.

I did get to see the commercials on the Internet today.  Some were pretty good like the Dorito’s commercial with the guy that the bus hits.  That was a good one.  The crystal ball one was pretty good too.  What the heck is SOBO?  That whole commercial was pretty out there and I don’t even know what the product is they were selling.  I loved the Budweiser horse bringing the huge stick.  That was really good.  Oh well, to each his own.