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Here’s a good idea

Since we’ve been having so much rain, I need to get some  rain barrels to collect the rain so I can water my flowers outside when it quits raining so much.  That’s one of the best ideas I’ve had in a long time, don’t you think.  They have some really nice looking rain water barrels now and not just those old wooden type of barrels.  They not only are a great way to conserve water but they look great too.

Rain harvesting is really easy if you stop and think about it.  All you do is sit the barrel somewhere the rain can hit it and you’re collecting the rain.  How hard is that.  I found rain barrels for sale online and picked out a couple for myself and even told my mother about them.  She’s going to order some too.

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Talked to Mom about getting an ADT Alarm System

Since my mother has been doing so much to the house I’m sure that people are noticing.  The problem is what people that might be.  See there was a house on the block behind hers that someone broke into and destroyed whatever they didn’t take.  I would hate to see something like that happen to Mom and her home.  I was telling her about ADT Home Security and how they monitor your home 24 hours a day and 7 days a week so there’s not one minute in one day that someone is not looking after her and her home.  I know I would feel a lot better if she had ADT installed.

She said that she has always felt safe in her home but I know that was because of Daddy being there with her.  Well he’s not there to protect her anymore so she really needs something like an ADT alarm system to keep her safe.  I then told her that with the ADT alarm system, they also monitor the house for floods, carbon monoxide as well as break-in or even personal emergencies.  What if she was having chest pains?  ADT has a button she would push and they would send someone right out to check on her .  Now that’s security.

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On the lighter side!!!

Some people have all the commitment of a kamikaze pilot on his tenth mission.

If you want the last word in an argument, say “you’re right.’

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

One of the best things people can have up their sleeve is a funny bone.

A critic is one who knows the way but can’t drive the car.

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your mouth.

An empty man is full of himself.

When a man’s best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

You live and learn.  At any rate, you live.

And last but not least:

Admiration: (noun) our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.

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I just might go shopping

I need something new to wear to the carnival this weekend.  Something that I won’t get too hot in or too cold in either because this time of year, you never know what the temperature is.  Plus riding some of the rides can be a bit chilly.  Besides everything else, it’s a darn good excuse to go shopping for something new.  Don’t you think so?  I do!!  I might even get my sister to go with me.  She’s really good at picking out clothes.  Better than I an unfortunately.

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I have put on a few pounds

You know how it is ladies, you get a new boyfriend or potential new boyfriend and all of a sudden, you realize you need to drop a few pounds.  I always gain a little over winter but this past winter I put on about 15 pounds in all the wrong places.  I hate diets because they don’t work but I love the protein drinks and snacks they have a the Protein Shop. I can drink one of their protein drinks for breakfast and one for lunch then have a sensible dinner and it works like magic for me. I keep some of the protein pretzels at work just in case I need something to munch on.

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It’s a date!!

Ever since the new guy started at work, I have had a crush on him, and I have been dreaming of him coming up to me asking me out, and by golly he did! Not exactly in those words, but the other day was very rough and hard on me, and I felt like I needed somebody to talk to. He must have seen it in my eyes and asked me if I needed someone to talk to.

After I told him about my day and how it went, he had full intentions to make me smile and feel better for the rest of the day. All he did was give me advice and gave me a shoulder to lean on, and that got me to finally open up to him that I sort of have a crush on him.

He took my news very well, and had asked me to go with him tomorrow to a Carnival that was held about an hour away from where I live, and I of course said yes! I would be a fool to say anything other then yes. I cant wait to see how everything works out, I’m sure it will all go smoothly and heavenly! Or I hope it will anyway.

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I love movies

I guess I got my love of watching movies from my mother. She loves the old classics thought. I found out where you can Watch movies online. Isn’t that the neatest thing. No more renting from the local video store or ordering from an online movie club and then waiting for them to come to you only to have to send them back. All you have to do is sit back in your computer chair and Watch movies right there anytime.  They have all types of movies from animated for the kids or the kid in you to horror movies.  I’m not much on those.  Give me a good old fashioned chick flick and I’m happy.

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Happy Birthday Lisa

My cousin is having a birthday today. She is 25 today – a quarter of a century! Oops! I resemble that remark!

Lisa and I hardly ever get to see much of each other. Her mom moved to Florida when Lisa was just a kid, but thanks to email and now these blogs we can always stay in touch with each other. It would have been cool to grow up with a cousin close to the same age, but that was not to be.

Lisa didn’t want to go to college – she worked all through high school at a Dunkin Donuts and learned so much about the business world and good customer service, that she was a valuable employee right out of high school. She found a great job right away and has been promoted over the years – and she deserves everything good that comes her way.

Happy Birthday, Cuz!

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Time for some more humor

My mother told this one at our Mothers Day celebration.  Now if you knew my mother, you would realize just how funny this is because my mother never tells jokes in the first place and well, this one is kind of funny was the second surprise to all of us.  See what you think?

Little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.

When the postal authorities received the letter to God , USA , they decided to send it to the President. The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The president thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.

The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:

Dear God:

Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington D.C. and they took $95.00 in taxes.  Next time please send it straight to me so they won’t take out all those taxes.

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Now my sister has the bug

I guess since Mom has gotten so into redecorating and I have been doing some too, my sister has now caught the redecorating bug.  She was asking me about home address plaques because she had noticed that I have a nice address plaque on my front porch.  She said she hadn’t really thought much about it until she saw how nice mine looked and wanted to either find some address plaques she could choose between or maybe an address sign would be better.

She has a rather long driveway and thought that maybe address signs might be  better since you would be able to see them better from the street.    Well I suggested she not only get one for at the street but she could also choose from the wall address plaques for her porch too.  There’s nothing wrong with having one at the end of the driveway and one on the house.  She agreed and now it will take her a week to pick each one out.