Category: friends and family

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Now it’s time for shopping

By now you should know just how much I love shopping online.  Especially when I’m looking for something for outdoor entertaining.  I love having outdoor parties on a warm summer night.  Of course if you are going to entertain outdoors, you will need to make sure you have decorated your yard with garden accents like bird feeders and bird baths.  I have all kinds of things for my friends to enjoy out in my yard.

In fact, I get most of my home and garden needs online.  I really hate going from store to store trying to find what I want so I let my fingers do the walking on my keyboard.  I even buy my garden hoses and things like that online.  I save money by not running to one store and then another for what I want plus, I happen to like shopping from the comforts of home instead of getting in and out of a hot car.

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I’ve been on vacation

Did you guys miss me?  Well I went on vacation and left my laptop at home.  I knew that if I had brought it with me, I would spend half of my time on the computer instead of having fun.  That’s what vacations are for after all, having fun.  Well I had a blast and so did everyone else.

Mom decided to take all of us on a Caribbean cruise and it was a dream come true for all of us.  It wasn’t one of those short ones either.  All I can say is “Now I know where I want to go on my honeymoon if I ever get married!!”

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What a great day yesterday

Jayce and I had a great day all day yesterday.  First we went to his brothers for a cookout.  His brother and sister-in-law are both really good cooks.  His brother grilled the meat and some of the veggies and his wife made potato salad and the desert.  It was all absolutely delicious.  I ate way too much too.

Well then it was off to watch the fireworks.  His brother and his family came along and there’s nothing like seeing the look in a child’s eyes as they watch fireworks.  What truly amazed me was that their father made sure to tell them what we were celebrating and why.  He’s a really great Dad.  He didn’t want the kids to think that all the 4th of July was about was cooking out and fireworks.  I thought that was just too wonderful of him.

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That’s the way it goes!!

My cousin sent me this and the bad thing about it is I could see that happening here!!!!

Two union guys working for the parks department. One would dig a hole and the other would come along and fill it in. This went on all day.  Dig, fill in Dig , fill in. I finally had to ask them what they were doing.

They told me that normally there are three of them but the guy who puts the tree in the hole called in sick.

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My father was a smart man

When my father passed away several years ago, my mother was afraid she would have to go to work to pay the mortgage.  What none of us knew was that my father had mortgage protection on their home.  It not only covered what was owed on the home, but it sure gave my mother peace of mind.  I never quite figured out why Daddy didn’t tell her he had taken this out but maybe he did and Mom just didn’t pay attention.

Far too many times when one person dies, that leaves the burden of paying for the home they shared on the surviving spouse unless they were smart enough to get life insurance for mortgages.    My father taught us girls a lot of things and covering our rears with plenty of life insurance was just one of the life lessons he taught us.  I sure miss my Daddy.

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Helping a friend pick out new furniture

One of my friends just bought a new Town Home near me.  I was thrilled to have her so close.  She needed some new furniture so I suggested she come over and we would shop online.  She had never bought furniture online and didn’t even realize she could to be honest.  Once I showed her some of the beautiful modern furniture she could find online, she was hooked.

The first thing she wanted to check out was  living room furniture.  They had a wide variety of living rooms to choose from and she couldn’t decide on just one.  Then we checked out  the bedrooms.  Again, she loved just about everything she saw.  On to the tables and still the same reaction.    Next she wanted to check out the closets.  Finally she had it down between just two.  I ended up asking her just how long it took her to find the right Town Home and she said a year.  Oh brother.

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Mom and her online shopping!

I can not believe how quickly my mother took to online shopping.  She’s become the online shopping queen.  She finds things I haven’t even found yet, can you imagine that?  Like I have been telling you, she’s redoing everything.  She found the bedding and bed linens at great prices online that she has on her new bed.  She even found the furniture and mattress online too.

She hasn’t stopped there.  When my nephew needed some baby bedding and linens for his bed, you guessed it, she found them online too.  Most of her home decor was found online and she has a beautiful home because of it.  Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  Sorry Mom, I didn’t mean to call you an old dog!!!

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I thought this was just too funny

A friend of mine sent me this and I just had to share it with you.  As soon as I read it, I thought “Now I have an excuse!!!”  I bet a lot of women who see this will think the same thing too.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.  Well poo!!!!!!!!!!  I changed my theme and lost the picture.  I’m sorry because it really was cute.  Maybe I’ll find it in my email later and add it back in.  How’s that sound?

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I keep telling everyone about this

I have told so many people about how pleased I am with Direct TV.   I almost sound like a walking advertiser for them.  But I am so very pleased with it that I want to share it with everyone I care about or is family.  You know what I mean?  Directv offers everything you could possibly want in satellite service.

A good friend of mine just moved to Texas and found out just how easy it was to get Direct TV in Texas too.  She was so afraid she would have to get a different satellite service or worse yet, cable.  It’s nice to know that you can move somewhere like Texas or just about any other state and still get your Direct TV service there too.

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Well darn it’s raining again

This is sure to put a damper on some peoples cookouts they had planned today unless it stops raining before they had their cookout planned.  I love the way everything smells after it has rained but I am so very tired of rain.  I don’t think I have ever seen it rain so much in May before.

Well at least we’re getting ahead of what we need for the year so maybe we wont’ have another drought year.  Besides, rain always makes the grass grow and turn a beautiful green.  But then there’s all of the extra mowing so I guess you just can’t win either way.