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Let me tell you about Mothers Day

All of us girls met over at Moms for Mothers Day and cooked her a nice lunch.  Then it was time to pull out the Mothers Day presents.  I made sure mine was the last one that Mom would open too.  One of my sisters got Mom a beautiful summer outfit and Mom loved it.  It had Capri’s and the cutest top with it.  Then my other sister got Mom a beautiful card with a gift card in it to a nail salon to have a manicure and a pedicure too.  Mom thought that was wonderful.  Now she would look great in her new outfit with her nails and toes painted up all pretty.

Then came time for my gift.  I had it in a nice box wrapped up really pretty with a beautiful bow on it.  She gently pulled the bow off and carefully took the wrapping paper off just like she had done with the other presents.  She likes to save the wrapping paper and bows if she can.  When she opened the box, inside of it was a DVD of Casablanca, she was thrilled since that’s her favorite all time movie.  I told her to look under the DVD.  That’s when she found the bag of microwave popcorn.

As she picked it up with a smile, she saw the ‘grow a boyfriend’ figure under the popcorn.  “What in the world is this?” she asked.  I then told her that after she got all gussied up with my sisters gifts, she could put her new boyfriend in water and let him grow and then she would have a date for a movie and popcorn.  Then I handed her a 2 liter of Coke and told her that date would be complete.  Mom started laughing and everyone else was falling out of their chairs.  It was great!!  Mom loved all of her gifts.

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I just realized that Mothers Day is Sunday!

I swear I thought it was next Sunday and I just realized that Mothers Day is THIS Sunday.  What in the world do you get for a woman that has everything, wants for nothing, and sending flowers just doesn’t seem to be nearly enough?  Well luckily my mother has a good sense of humor because I think I came up with the perfect gift.

See when I was on my way home from work, I had to stop and get gas.  In the little convenience store that I always get my gas, was a little “Grow a boyfriend” figure.  I sort of chuckled when I saw it and then came up with the idea that I would buy this for my mother, find a DVD of one of her favorite movies, a 2 liter of Coke and also give her a bag of microwave popcorn.  That way, she gets a date, a movie, a drink and popcorn for Mothers Day.  How’s that for a last minute gift?  I just hope she gets a good laugh out of it which I think she will.

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Please read this if you don’t read anything else on my blog

I got this information from my mother.  She’s become a bit of a health nut since my father died of a heart attack.  I’m not sure where she got this or even if it is totally accurate but I didn’t figure it would hurt to let you guys in on it too.

Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can you believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup,warm water or warm beer after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE’: (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack . Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive…

A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this and tells at least 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.

So tell others to read this too. It just might save their life or the life of someone they love.  After all, isn’t that what blogs are all about, helping others in one way or another?  It is for me.

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Isn’t nature amazing?

I just received this in an email and just had to share it with you.  It’s absolutely amazing. Abagail Alfano of Pine, Louisiana lives in a Hummingbird fly zone. As they migrated, about 20 of them were in her yard. Abagail has been studying hummingbirds daily so the small birds had gotten used to her standing by the feeder.

One morning Abagail put the water filled cup from the feeder in her hand. She says their touch is as light as a feather. (She also said, ‘if she had known her husband was taking pictures she would have put on makeup.’)

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Pretty neat, huh?  I sure thought so and that’s why I wanted to share this with you!

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Not a good sign if you ask me

I was just reading where 1 in 10 Americans is now on food stamps.  That’s absolutely awful.  That to me shows how much trouble our economy is in.  It’s not like the tremendous job losses wasn’t enough to tell me that but you just don’t seem to realize the impact of all of those job losses until they start talking about all of the foreclosures and now the use of food stamps.  The article I read said that the average amount of food stamps benefit was $112.82 per person in January.  That’s monthly not weekly either.  That’s barely enough to feed a person for a month.  I sure hope things turn around soon for all of those people and am so thankful I still have my job for now anyway.

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I hear the birds singing

The birds are everywhere again and singing their wonderful springtime songs.  I love sitting at my window watching all of the different types of birds eating out of my bird feeders.  It’s amazing just how many different types of birds come to share a meal.  You have to watch the darn squirrels too or they will figure out a way to climb up my pole and shake all of the food out for themselves.  I have a squirrel feeder on a tree.  It has a screw on it that you take a corn cob and screw down on it for them to eat but they want the bird food too.  Oh well, such is life and do love to see all of the springtime critters out my window.

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Time for an adventure!

I have some vacation time saved up and really need a break.  I have saved all year for an adventure and have finally decided where I’m going to take that adventure.   I have decided to go to Universal Studios Orlando because it has been years since I was last there and I want to go to Mardi Gras there.   I have always wanted to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras but this will be just as good if not even better.  I can’t wait either.  They have some really great prices this time of year too so that will save me a bundle there.

The thing I’m looking the most forward to is all of the costumes.  You get to be anyone you want during Mardi Gras.  The beautiful costumes, the masks, and the wonderful food.  I think I just gained 10 pounds thinking about it too.  But hopefully I’ll walk most of it off going around to see everything.  We can only hope anyway.   From what I have seen of the wonderful handmade masks, I can’t wait to pick out one for myself.  I have always thought I was born in the wrong time.  I should have been born back when Gone with the Wind was made.  I love those beautiful long dresses and can’t wait to wear one for Mardi Gras.

I wonder how I’m going to be able to ride the roller coaster with one of those on though?   I guess I could dress up in clothes like that for the Mardi Gras.  I need to find out more about it I guess.  But one things for sure, I love roller coasters and the bigger and faster, the better.  They have a huge one that turns you upside down and absolutely flies.  I can’t wait.  Now all I have to do is pack and make my reservations and I’m off!!!  I’ll let you know how much fun I had.

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I hate my kitchen because it’s so unorganized

I’m one of those people that likes everything to have a place and everything to be in it’s place.  Do you know what I mean.  Well my cabinet space is limited and that makes it hard to organize my kitchen.  Well that was until I found the perfect kitchen organizers.  Just about anything you ever dreamed of to organize your kitchen is right here.

I swear I thought I was in heaven because now I can find items that will give me more space in the limited space I have and even better, I’ll be able to find what I want because everything will have it’s own space.  The kitchen cabinet organizers are just what I have needed.  The spice organizer was a great surprise too because there are so many different types.

They even have canned food and soda organizers.  I can get a lot more canned food and sodas in a small space now.  And you know your ‘gadget drawer’ that you can never find anything in, well they even have solutions for that too.  I got to get back to this site and start shopping.

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Got left over rice?

When I cook rice and yes I cook real rice and not instant or in that pouch either, but if you have leftover rice, try this with it.  I make fried rice with my leftover rice.  It’s really simple and good too.  It makes a great lunch or even a quick dinner if you want.

Here’s what I do.  I heat my pan with cooking spray in it.  Chop up some onions (if you like onions, put more, if not don’t put much in it).  For me, I love onions so for about a cup of rice, I add about a forth of a cup of chopped onions and put them in the pan to cook slightly.  Then I put in my rice and stir it around to mix the onions into the rice.  I let that cook while stirring it almost constantly in the hot pan for about 5 minutes.

Have 2 eggs beaten up in a cup ready to put into them but first you add soy sauce (that depends on your taste too but at least a tablespoon or more) to the rice mixture in the pan and sprinkle with some garlic powder.  Mix all of the ingredients well and make an area in the middle of the rice for the egg.  Pour the beaten eggs in the ‘hole’ and mix everything well while the egg cooks.  Once the egg is cooked, you have fried rice.  You can also add any meat you happen to have left over before you add the egg too.  Add a salad or steamed broccoli and you have a good meal that’s cheap too.  Try it sometime.

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I didn’t realize allergies could be deadly

I’ve been around people with allergies and thought that basically, they consisted of sneezing, coughing, runny nose and itchy eyes.  Well I found out the hard way that they are a lot worse than that to some people.  One of the ladies that works in our office has ‘severe allergies’.  Now that everything is trying to come out, her eye will swell completely shut and she has even had to use an epi-pin on herself too.

If you don’t know what an epi-pin is, it’s a thing that you have to hit yourself in the leg with and a needle comes out and injects you with medication.  This is used when someone is having an anaphylactic reaction or in other words, their throat is closing up and they can’t breathe.  Once this is done, the person has to go to a hospital or their doctor at least.  Scared the bee-jeebies out of everyone in the office.  I honestly had no idea that allergies could be like that.