Category: Life

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New security system for Mom’s house

I’m surprised that Mom didn’t think of this earlier but she’s having a Home Security System installed in her home and at the beach house too.  Since she lives alone now and is having a lot of work done around the house, she decided it might not be such a bad idea to have a little more security around the house.  Dad was the security system before but now that he’s gone, I think it’s a great idea.

She’s decided to go with an ADT security system.  They really do provide great security to home owners as and are considered to be the # 1 home security system.  That tells me that they’re doing something right them.  If not, they sure wouldn’t be considered #1, right?  They also provide security to a lot of the Fortune 500 businesses too.

I know I’ll sleep a lot better knowing that Mom has a good Security System watching over her.  In fact, I just might have one put in my home too.  You just can’t be too careful these days, especially if you live alone.

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I would like to think I might do this too

I just read an article on msnbc.msn about a man that won $10,000 in the lottery.  Well what he did with the money is amazing and I would like to think I might do this too but I’m ashamed to admit I probably wouldn’t.  I might do that with part of the winnings but here’s the story and it should be an inspiration to all of us:

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – A Kalamazoo-area man who won $10,000 in the Michigan Lottery’s Club Keno game has donated his winnings to a charity.

Soon after winning the money on March 11, Jim Dancy of Richland decided others needed it more than he did. So he gave it all to the Greater Kalamazoo United Way.

“I was heavily influenced by my close friend Julie, who taught me to think of others first, and to stop and think about what life is really about. I know the needs in the community are great right now, so for me it was the right thing to do,” Dancy said in a statement released by the Michigan Lottery.

Dancy is co-founder, vice president and chief operating officer of Innovative Analytics, a biological research company in Kalamazoo. He said he felt good about his decision and was confident that United Way was the correct recipient.

There is more to the story so if you feel the need, just check it out at msnbc.msn and I’m sure you’ll find it.  It’s a great story and I think he did the right thing too!!  Way to go!!!!

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Looks like Mom’s remodeling more than the house

Like I have been telling you, Mom is doing a lot of new things to the house like new blinds, new furniture and even some remodeling of the beach house.  Well it seems that she’s even doing a little remodeling of herself too.  She started complaining about having some discoloration on her face.  I guess you would call them age spots and she’s not liking what she’s seeing.  Daddy was always telling her how beautiful she is and now all she gets to hear is how she thinks she looks and she’s starting to think she looks old.  I think she looks great for her age but when I said that, she didn’t appreciate it.

Next thing I know, I find Obagi Clear in her bathroom cabinet. No I wasn’t snooping, I was looking for a bandage. In wanting to make sure my mother had bought a good product, I decided to check it out. She couldn’t have gotten a better product after what I read. It’s clear so you don’t look ‘made up’ when you put it on or chalky like some creams and it is a prescription products for fighting wrinkles and age spots.  I also saw where they will send you a free gift on orders over $60.  Mom did good when she found this product.  In fact, she’s looking younger already.

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This is COLD!!!

It’s never a good time to get a pink slip or lay off notice but this one takes the cake.  See if you don’t agree with me.

MADISON, Wis. – A nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off. Dean Health said the surgery was minor and the patient wasn’t affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol. Dean Health spokesman Paul Pitas said the incident happened at Dean’s West Clinic in Madison on Wednesday or Thursday.

Pitas said there was a period of time in which a nurse wasn’t present during the procedure. He said while there were other clinical staff present, the absence of a nurse is a violation of patient care procedures.

The Madison-based health care provider announced Wednesday that it planned to “immediately” lay off 90 employees. Pitas declined to name the employees involved or what type of surgery the nurse was attending when she was called away.

Like I said, this is about the coldest lay off notice I have ever heard of.  I can’t help but wonder if they put the patient in any jeopardy by calling her out of the surgery.  I sure hope not but if it was me or one of my family members that they were doing the surgery on, I would want to know.

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I just couldn’t resist!!!

I heard the cutest joke yesterday.  Now before I put it in this post, let me explain that I have a family member that is a Priest so please no hateful comments, deal?  Anyway with that said, here it is:

A little boy got on the bus, sat next to a man reading a book, and noticed he had his collar on backwards.                                                              The little boy asked why he wore his collar backwards.

The man, who was a priest, said, ‘I am a Father.’

The little boy replied, ‘My Daddy doesn’t wear his collar like that.’

The priest looked up from his book and answered, ”I am the Father of many.’

The boy said, ”My Dad has 4 boys, 4 girls and two grandchildren and he doesn’t wear his collar that way!’

The priest, getting impatient, said ‘I am the Father of hundreds’, and went back to reading his book.

The little boy sat quietly thinking for a while, then leaned over and said,                                                                                                                              ‘Maybe you should wear a condom and put your pants on backwards instead of your collar.’

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Work boots and more

I don’t know about you but I love to wear work boots when I’m not a work.  I don’t think they look quite right with a dress in the office, ya know?  But I guess about my favorite boots of all are Wolverine Boots believe it or not. Since there were three of us girls and no boys, I was a bit of a tom-boy and followed Daddy where ever he went and wore what he wore, Wolverine Boots.

Metboots.com is where I usually buy my boots.  Not only do they have a great selection but they also have great customer service.  If you get the wrong size, they are really easy to return and get the right size.  I just thought you might want to check them out.

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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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One of my friends is on Steroids

I have a close friend that has started using steroids.  Just the name steroids scares me to death.  I don’t like them and even talked to him about my concerns.  I know they can enlarge your heart right along with your muscles because after all, your heart is a muscle too you know.  He told me that I had nothing to be concerned about because he was using them responsibly.  In fact, he was under a doctors care while using them and had a prescription for them.  I asked him if his doctor worked on a street corner or in a real doctors office.

I decided to do a little checking into buying steroids through the Internet myself just to see if it was easy to do or what.  One web site I found helped to put my mind at ease just a bit.  It didn’t promote illegal use of steroids or even readily promote anabolic steroids for sale like I was afraid it would.  It was full of warnings about steroid use such as what harm it can do along with a few of the benefits too.  Steroids are like any other medication and should be seen as just that, medication.  It does have some benefits but they still scare me.

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Fire Ants are coming out!

We went to the beach and darn it, the fire ants are back out.  I hate those things!  I didn’t know what they were and was standing close to their home and those little suckers got on me and set me on fire!!  I told Mom she needs to get some fire ants killer right now so we can get rid of them now.

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Going Green?

Everyone is talking about going green. Well we have been green for the past 25 years at my parents home. Behind our house we have a building that has our Radiant Heating system in it. It not only heats our house but also all of our hot water we use.

There are 55 gallon barrels at every downspout from our guttering so when it rains, the barrels fill up. At the bottom of each barrel, there’s a spigot that is attached to soaker hoses that go through our landscaped plants and if it doesn’t rain enough, we just turn the soaker hoses on and water everything. There’s stuff you can put in the barrels that keeps mosquitoes from breeding in them and it also won’t hurt the plants either .

All the junk mail we get is sorted through, shredded and added to our compost bins along with any scraps we have like banana peeling or any other fruit or vegetable peelings. We always have rich dirt for my flower boxes on Moms porch rails.  It’s not that hard to most of what we do so you might want to take some of these things we do and do them too.