Category: Life

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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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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 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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They’re finally back

I got my hummingbird feeders out a couple of weeks ago and no hummingbirds.  I thought they would be back by then but they weren’t.  Oh there were plenty of bugs that managed to get into the feeder and drown but that was all until today.  I finally saw a hummingbird and now I have to go home and make new nector for them because the other is probably sour by now.  I make my own from 1 part sugar to 4 parts water and it works just as good at what you buy.  It’s cheaper though!!!

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Dance yourself around the world

Today I learned that Matt existed. I never knew Matt before; in fact I still haven’t met him in person. I have, however, learned that he exists and that he has traveled around the world making videos of himself dancing. He actually know he has a website about his trip around the world, showing clips of himself dancing at the different locations where he went. Now I don’t mean tap dancing, or break dancing, or any kind of formal training “gee he’s great” dancing. He does not happen to be a good dancer, but what is remarkable about this is that eventually he got a sponsor to pay for him to travel around the world dancing and videotaping himself. Twice! In real life, he has never cared much for work and is not rich, so the fact that he managed to travel around the world at all is remarkable! If you can watch the video, I encourage you to do so. It is entertaining to see.

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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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Well it’s back to rain and dreary weather

I thought it was April showers that brought May flowers.  I guess this year it’s going to be May showers bring June flowers.  I sprinkled some wildflower seeds on the flower bed beside my front door about 3 weeks ago and only a few have even started to come up.  Well I think those are flowers coming up.  Right now it’s hard to tell if its flowers or weeds since they’re just starting to come up here and there.

I got seeds for flowers that attract birds and butterflies.  I just love nature.  I have several humming bird feeders too and it’s time to get them out but I have yet to see any around.  Probably because it’s been so darn wet and dreary for the past 2 or 3 weeks.  I’d stay where it’s nice and warm too if I was them.

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I really need to learn to relax

I was sitting on the couch watching TV last night when I suddenly realized that I was sitting there with just about every muscle as tight as can be.  I wasn’t watching anything that would make me tense up like a scary movie or anything like that so I don’t have any idea at all why I was doing that.  I made myself relax and within a half hour, I realized I was back as tight as before.  What’s up with that?  I can’t figure it out.

You know I was telling you about a site where you could learn different Martial Arts online, well I really think I’m going to try the Tai Chi to see if I can stop this.  It’s not healthy to be sitting there all knotted up when you’re supposed to be relaxing, you know.  Now I just have to find the time.  You know, I bet I need to do that in the evenings before I go to bed.  It just might help me to rest better at night.

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I need some new glasses

Yes I wear eyeglasses because I hate contacts.  They really bother my eyes so it’s glasses for me.  The best part of wearing prescription eyeglasses is you can now have more than one pair to go with your mood or your wardrobe.  You know how women are, they are never happy with just one of anything.  Did you know that you can find eyeglasses online at really great prices? Well you can and one of my favorite places to find them is ausspecs.   Eye Glasses should be more than just something to help you see better, they should show your style or personality too.

My father always called them Spectacles and I love it when he called them that.  I still smile when I see or hear that word because he was the only person I knew personally that called glasses spectacles.  Anyway, I just get a written prescription when I go to the eye doctor and then go to my favorite web site and I can get 2 pair of eyeglasses for $99.  They have beautiful stylish frames  and you can even get anti-reflective coating for free on them.  I also got tinted sunglasses.  That’s not all you can get either.  They deliver within a week and I won’t buy my glasses from my eye doctor anymore because he can’t match the prices at all.