I didn’t have them either but I do now. Mold and dust kills me. I got a Honeywell air cleaner that has an ionizer on it and I’m a lot better as long as I’m at home anyway. But when you have allergies, you’ll take any relief you can get even if it’s just at home. Honeywell are darn good air cleaners too. As long as you change the outer filter about every three months, the hepa filter will last for about 3 years. That’s not too bad. Some air cleaners have you change the hepa filter ever 3 to 6 months and that can run into some money. I have tried them all and I recommend Honeywell.
I love dogs
I have had dogs for most of my life. Right now I’m dog-less though and I hate it. I have had everything from a mutt to some of the best pedigreed dogs there are, one of which was a German Shepherd Dog who’s parents had been imported from Checzlovakia. Her grandmother was and still is one of the most highly decorated border patrol dogs and is still working from what I understand. It really hurt me when she died. Her name was Keziah. I named all of the German Shepherds I had from the Bible because I considered them blessings.
Well it seems that AKC has put out their top 10 breeds. Here they are:
- Labrador Retriever
- Yorkie
- German Shepherd
- Golden Retriever
- Beagle
- Boxer
- Dachshund
- Bull Dog
- Poodle
- Shih Tzu
I have had all of these dogs except for the Bull Dog, Golden Retriever and Labrador Retriever. My favorite of the ones I had were the German Shepherd first, then the Beagle, then the Dachshund. I am planning to get another dog this summer and the one I want and have had before is the West Highland White Terrier or Westie for short. I love that breed. They will not let you be sad at all because they are always so happy and comical. I’m surprised they’re not on the list.
Canvas Awnings
I have been checking into canvas awnings since I went to a friends house in New York State. Canvas awnings were added to their back patio for a sun shield and made all the difference in the world in how much they could use it. In the summer, it gets too hot sometimes and that heat radiates on their patio doors and makes their interior hotter too. Then in the winter, they have a patio fireplace and with the awning, they can use the space more as it helps hold the heat from the fireplace better and can be used as a wind blocker to keep your home warmer too.
They were telling me about Roll Out Awnings which would be perfect for my patio but I don’t live in that area. With the roll out awnings, you can roll them out when you need them or if you want the sun, you just leave them rolled up. That helps to make your patio or deck more functional and will probably have you out on your deck or patio more.
She even had Door Hoods added on her basement and side doors so when it rains and they use those doors, they’re is a cover over them. That allows you to open and close your umbrella outside instead of inside. You’re adding value to your home, space that is used more and they look great too. Now I have to find someone close to where I live to install some on my townhouse.
Parents lose custody because of childrens names
In Holland Township, New Jersey, three children were taken from their parents because the parents named the three little girls Nazi names of all things. There was a little girl taken from her parents in New Zealand and the courts changed the childs name. Her name was ‘Talula does the hula in Hawaii’. But this one beats her name.
Holland Township Police Sgt. John Harris said workers from the state Division of Youth and Family Services removed 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell and his younger sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, from their home Tuesday.
The children and their parents, Heath and Deborah Campbell, received attention last month when a supermarket bakery refused to put Adolf Hitler Campbell’s name on a birthday cake.
I do believe a parent has a right to name a child what ever they want to name that child but for crying out loud, Adolf Hitler Campbell? It’s sort of like Frank Zappa naming his kids Moon Unit, Dweezel and Motorhead. He has a right but at least the names weren’t names that are associated with so much hate like the Nazi names these people gave their children………..daughters to be exact.
I love decorating
I have always loved decorating with Stainless Steel because it looks so clean and polished. I found the most perfect stainless steel mailbox for my townhouse online. With stainless steel, I won’t have to replace it again in a few years like plain old painted medal mailboxes. Sure I paid more for it but it will save me a lot of money in the end. They have several styles of blomus stainless steel mailboxes if you’re interested in something like that too.
I’m lucky enough to also have a fireplace in my townhouse. Nothing warms you better than a nice fire on a cold day but a fireplace is more than that. It should be a focal point in your room. Well I got stainless steel fireplace accessories for my fireplace and it really set the room off. I have the tool set, wood rack and even the glass fireplace screen. It’s beautiful.
On my patio I also have blomus stainless steel fireplace accessories for my stainless steel fire pit that mount on my wall. so I can enjoy my patio on cooler days too. You can even buy stainless steel fireplaces that burn bio-ethanol fuel and is mounted right on your wall. That makes me wish I didn’t have a build in fireplace so I could get one of those. I like trying to help the environment and that would.
I bet you know someone going
I can just about bet that most people know someone that will be there when our new President is sworn in. I know of several people that will be there. I don’t care that much for crowds so I’ll just watch it on TV or see it on the evening news. I can feel so much excitement in the air too. Everyone is looking so much to Barack Obama being President that it’s amazing.
It might be that everyone is so excited that George W. Bush won’t be in there anymore too. I’ve heard that a lot too. One things for sure, I wouldn’t want the job. Our new President has so much on his plate right from the word ‘go’ that the poor man probably won’t get much sleep the first several months in office. I sure wish him all the luck in the world.
I really think that if anyone can straighten out the many messes we are in, he’s the man that can do it. At least I hope and pray he is the man that can do it. A lot of people have placed their faith in him and expect a lot of him. I think he can handle most anything that comes at him.
I have had the worst day in a long time
First of all, I got up late. I don’t know why or even how. I had my alarm set but it didn’t go off this morning so that threw me late for work by an hour. I hate to be late. Once I got there, I realized that I had put on two different shoes. Real cute looking too. One was black and the other was brown. It’s not like you couldn’t tell. Then about an hour after I got there, I realized that I had forgotten to put on any deodorant. Perfect!!
I had to run out to the closest store at lunch and buy some to put on. While I was leaving the store, my dress got caught on one of their shelves and ripped my dress up the side about 5 inches. Great, I wouldn’t have had to buy deodorant and pay three times what I usually do if I had known I was going to have to go home and change my clothes.
I was late getting back from lunch because of going home and changing so fast and guess what, I forgot to change my shoes so I’m still walking around in two different shoes. Then on the way home, some nice person dropped just about everything they had loaded in the back of their truck on the road and I was stuck for about 45 minutes before they got one lane clear so we could get home. I went straight to bed when I got there.
It has gotten so darn cold
I’m not one that likes cold weather. I should live somewhere where it stays around 70 degrees year around but there’s no such place. If I lived where it’s around 70 degrees in the winter, then it’s so darn hot in the summer that you can’t hardly breathe. I guess I am like everyone else and just can’t be totally satisfied with anything.
I know, I need a summer home and a winter home. I need a summer home in Phoenix Arizona. I don’t think it gets that cold in the winter there but then I need a summer home in maybe Denver Colorado. I don’t think it gets very hot there in the summer. I need to win the lottery if that’s the case. Wait a minute, you have to buy tickets to win that, don’t you?
I finally found what I want
I have been looking for a new laptop computer but just haven’t wanted to spend that much on one. I guess you could call me frugal or a tight wad if you prefer but I like to hang on to as much money as I can and still get what I need.
Anyway, I was on Dell.com looking around and accidentally came across their refurbished computers. Now you’re talking!!! I found a great deal on a Latitude and saved about half of what a brand new one would have cost me. I like Dell because you can count on them. They make great laptops. I have known several people that have had them and some that have had other brands. If someone that had a Dell ever did have a problem, Dell made it right. I can’t say that about the others. Oh I’m sure they’re good computers too but I like Dell Computers personally.
Happy Birthday Elvis!
I don’t want to think about how old Elvis Presley would have been. I like remembering him like he was in the ‘Aloha from Hawaii’ concert or in black leather like he was dressed in when he did his TV comeback show. Talk about the best looking man you have ever laid eyes on that can sing…………you got the total package with Elvis. Can you imagine if his twin would have survived? Two of them running around, what a dream.
My mother said I used to jump up and dance my little rear end off when an Elvis song came on when I was a baby about 18 months old. I have been a huge fan all my life. His daughter, Lisa Marie, looks just like him too. She is a beautiful woman. It’s a shame that Elvis didn’t live to see her grown and to see his grandchildren. Family was very important to him. I have never watched the last concert that was televised that he did. I just don’t want to remember him that way.
There are so many songs he did that I love. American Trilogy used to make me cry and does even more today. Especially when he sings “So hush little baby don’t you cry, you know your Daddies bound to die.” Gets me every time.