Category: rants and raves

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Well we broke a record here

Ever since they have been keeping weather records, this is the first time ever that we have had 5 days in a row of 70 degrees or over in February.  That’s so cool to me.  I am so loving this weather.  But get this, here’s the bummer in all of the wonderful weather.  We might get snow Sunday night into Monday.  Welcome to February I guess.  I’ll gladly take the 70’s but they can keep their snow.  I’ve had enough and I don’t think that’s going to stop the possibility of snow though.

I guess I better head to the grocery store to get milk, bread, and eggs because anytime they call for the dreaded ‘S’ word, you can’t find milk, bread or eggs anywhere.  Wonder why that is?  I guess those are the three things you’re most likely to run out of.

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I found what to give my mother for Valentines Day

Since Daddy passed away, Mom has not taken care of herself like she used to do when Daddy was still alive.  She used to always take good care of her skin, kept her hair fixed and wore some make-up.  Now she just sort of mopes around without fixing her hair and I haven’t seen her wear make-up in far too long.  In fact, she’s starting to really show her age and she’s not that old.

A friend told me about Atlanta med spa.  They said they sent their mother there for her birthday last year and it really made a big difference in her life.  She was in the same situation as my mother.  She had let herself go too.  They told me that they are a results-oriented medical facility and everything they do is without any type of surgery.

I liked the sounds of that because I know Mom won’t have plastic surgery but this sounds like something she would love.  What they do is help erase the signs of aging with state of the art technology to revitalize their skin. It helps to add fullness to your lips and face and shape your body to dramatically reduce the signs of aging. They only offer products, services and procedures that work, are scientifically sound but more important, they are totally safe.

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My friend is in financial trouble

She has a nasty habit of using her credit cards for everything from gas to groceries and usually pays most of it off when her statement comes but when gas went through the roof, she couldn’t do that.  Now she’s in over her head.  Not to mention, the credit card companies want such high monthly payments now that she’s gotten herself in a bind.

I told her she needs to check into some sort of Debt Settlement and they can help her to get through this rough spot she’s hit in the road.  It can happen to anyone and these guys help in more ways than most.  They will help keep you from having to file bankruptcy which is where she’s headed if she doesn’t do something soon.

They’ll help her to lower her monthly payments by fixing it to where she only has one lower monthly payment that is far more manageable.  She doesn’t even have to talk to the people she owes personally, they do that for you and she could be debt free in 1 to 3 years.  That sounds wonderful if you ask me.  She promised me she would check into it before she did anything else.  I think she’s making the right choice personally.

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Different type of Milkman than here

Did you hear about the milkman in England that was delivering more than milk?  The standing joke here in the United States is that a child is the ‘Milkman’s’ and my father was the ‘Milkman’s’ son.  His father that was married to his mother was the local milkman so he really was the milkman’s kid.   Isn’t that funny!!

Anyway the story goes like this for the Milkman in England:

LONDON – A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk.  Robert Holding, 72, delivered marijuana as he made his daily rounds in the town of Burnely, in northwestern England.

Prosecutor Sarah Statham said Friday that Holding offered the drug to elderly customers suffering from aches and pain.  She says the customers left Holding notes on their doorsteps to order the drug.

According to Britain’s dairy industry, around 1.5 million British homes have milk delivered by a milkman. Deliveries have declined over the last 20 years. Holding pleaded guilty to supplying the drug and was given suspended jail sentence of 36 months.

Well at least he was only selling to elderly people to try and help them with medical problems and not selling it to kids on the street.  I think he should be commended in someways.  It’s about time they did something to realize that marijuana does have some health benefits.  The problem is the government can’t figure out how to tax and control it.  It’s too easy to just grow in your house in a flower pot apparently.

I don’t  know because I don’t care for the stuff personally.  I guess I’m too much of a control freak to let something like that have any type of control over me if only for a short period of time.  Besides, it’s illegal and I sure wouldn’t want to go to jail for a buzz.  Besides, I prefer natural highs like realizing this is my 100th post!!!!  How cool is that??

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My boss is losing his hair

Bless his heart, he’s trying really hard not to let anyone see it but he’s starting to get that thinning on the back of his head at his crown.  You’ve all seen those men that only have thin hair on the back of their head.  It’s funny to see how they comb their hair to try and cover it up.  My boss is always going into the bathroom and stays for quite awhile and I know he’s checking to see if his balding spot is showing because all of a sudden, there’s a hand held mirror in the men’s rest room.

All he needs to do is check out toppik online. A friend of mind told me that her father uses their products and it has really helped his hair not look as thin.  She said they have all sorts of different products from a-z for not only hair loss but skin care too.  That’s how her father learned about the products.  They have good prices and a great discount prices on just about all of their products.  They also have super fast delivery but how in the world would I let my boss know about it without embarrassing him?

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What were they thinking?

I just read the funniest article on today.msnbc.msn.com.  It was about some of the strange names people give their children.  I thought Frank Zappa held the record for the weirdest names to name a child between Moon Unit, Dweezle and Motorhead but some of these make those names almost sound normal.

The worst, most humiliating baby names

Ancestry.com shares the silliest, craziest and downright cruelest names of all time.

What would compel a parent to bestow a newborn with a name like “Tiny Hooker” or “Fanny Large”? Or an amusing choice like “Wanna Towell”? It’s not just Hollywood’s elite opting for unique, embarrassing names-throughout history, normal people separated their offspring from the masses with truly terrible names.

In “Bad Baby Names,” Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, of the genealogy Web site Ancestry.com, share thousands of shocking names given to real people, as recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau. Discover the funny names based around common themes, like diseases (Fever Bender, Cholera Peace), food (Bread White, Pomegranate Purple), pets (Good Dog), and if you thought Wednesday Addams was unfortunate-wait till you meet Monday Monday.

I just don’t get it.  Don’t these parents realize what they are setting their child up for when they get school age?  They will be teased and humiliated by their classmates.  Is that what they want for their child?  I sure wouldn’t.

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I love to have dinner parties

The last dinner party I had was for New Years.  It was great because we had the southern traditional dinner of blackeyed peas (they’re supposed to represent pennies), ham (which is supposed to be for health) and greens (which are supposed to represent money).  Not many people knew about those traditions so it was a lot of fun in that I got to share a bit of southern tradition with them.

The next dinner party I have I’m going to use some of the great dinner party ideas I found online.  They give you menu suggestions and also decoration suggestions too.  There are some great ideas on there.

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Cruise control….DUH-HUH!!!!!!!!

You might have heard of this before but just in case you haven’t, here it is.   Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an Oklahoma University football game, having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned.

Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually leave the driver’s seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down, $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.

Sometimes I really think people should have to take competency tests to do just about anything.  It’s a shame we have to pay for someone else’s stupidity too but we do.

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I resolve to take a great vacation this summer

How’s that for a New Years resolution?  I think it sounds like a pretty darn good one to me because if I’m going to have a better year than last year, I really need to do something special for myself.  That’s what the resolution is really all about after all.  I need to start doing more things for me and only me instead of everyone else and everything else.  I have worked hard on my townhouse to make it look nice and homey so why shouldn’t I do something for me too?

Now where do I want to go?  I got it!!!  How about Orlando, Florida?  That sounds wonderful to me.  I have some family down around that area that I haven’t seen in years and while I’m there, I could visit family too.  I’ll have to check out Orlando vacation rentals because I don’t want to just stay anywhere. I prefer to stay in a really nice condo or maybe even a villa. A house would be great too. Just as long as I’m not stuck in a darned old motel for a couple weeks. I would rather stay at home if I had to do that.

I have checked out vacation rentals before and have never been disappointed with what I found before.  You can rent anything from a studio type apartment to a house that sleeps more people than you might want to go on vacation with.  The perfect vacation to me is where I can go to Disney World, Sea World or any of the other places close by and not have to drive 50 miles there and back.  It’s up to you how much you want to spend on your accommodations but I bet you’ll find just what you want and need just like I have.

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Need a good pair of boots?

I love boots.  Especially in the winter if I have to be outside long. Double H Boots has just about any type of boots you could need from waterproof boots to western boots to work boots.  They even have double insulated boots if you are like me and your feet freeze when it’s cold.

Believe it or not, but when I’m in a casual type of mood, I love to wear either western (cowboy boots) or work boots.  It would take too long to try and tell you the different types of boots, especially work boots that they have so the best thing I can suggest is you check out their web site if you need boots.  I bet you’ll find what you need.