Category: rants and raves

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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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Camping when we were young

When we were younger, we took our camper and decide to camp on Assateague Island in Virginia. The fishing was great and my Daddy and us had a blast. Mom, my sisters and I had a great time at Ocean City Maryland shopping. The first night we spent on the island, we thought we heard something but didn’t really pay it any attention. Well the next morning, there was horse droppings here and there and also hove prints too.

I knew there were ponies on Chincoteague but didn’t realize they were on Assateague too. That was one of the reasons for going camping there when we did; we wanted to watch the pony roundup. It totally amazed all of us watching them swim the ponies across the Chesapeake Bay. If you haven’t ever seen the roundup, you have got to try and at least watch it on TV or possibly go to Chincoteague yourself and see this amazing display of humans taking care of local wildlife.

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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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I might not seem like this type but…

You might be surprised to find out that I absolutely love shooting paintball.  I might not seem like the type but I thoroughly enjoy it.  I was just looking at paint ball scopes so I can eliminate my friends better.  My father used to take me to a gun range and taught me how to shoot when I was young and I guess this is just an extension of that.  At least with this, you don’t really hurt anyone unless they don’t wear the proper safety gear and then they might get hurt but all of my friends and I always wear the proper safety gear.  It’s very important because if you accidentally hurt someone, that sure will take away from the fun.

A friend of mine suggested I check out Choicepaintballguns.com when I was looking for a new paint ball gun.  Paintball guns aren’t the only things they have either.   They have a wide variety of products associated with shooting paintball.  You can get the paint balls, all kinds of guns, scopes, the co2 cartridges that you need to propel the paint balls and even carrying cases for your paintball gun.  The prices are great too.  I have never heard of anyone I know of complaining that they didn’t get good service from their web site either so that’s a huge plus, don’t you think?

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So many need help

With so many people losing their jobs these days, a lot of them are looking for a new career.  I think that’s a wonderful idea too.  So many people have had jobs that are simply disappearing and once they’re gone, they’re gone so going back to school and taking classes and possibly getting a degree or new career is the best chance they have.  I know several guys that are now going to a heavy equipment operator school.   Not only do they train you to operate heavy equipment but they also help you find a job.  That’s a huge plus to this school I think.

One of the guys that I know that’s going to school there even got a scholarship to help pay for his school.  He was working for a textile factory in the south and we all know how fast those jobs are going away.  There’s not much hope of him finding another job in that same industry.  Another friend works in a low paying job and really needed a better job since he’s getting married and wants to start a family.  Well these jobs as a heavy equipment operator pay very well so that was his best chance of getting a better paying job.  Even women are taking classes with them which I think is great.

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Didn’t Barbi just turn 50?

Didn’t I see that the doll Barbi just turned 50?  Well she has aged way too good.  To celebrate, they need to make a new Barbi.  A friend of mine sent me this picture and I thought it was perfect and just had to share.

It is about time this happened to her….

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A lot of places still have water restrictions

The drought we have been going through the past couple of years has made a lot of people more water conscious.  Did you realize that you could save enough water to fill a swimming pool by changing your old toilet to one of the  low flow toilets?  Well you can.  You’ll also save yourself a lot of money if you pay a water bill.

Just imagine this.  A regular toilet uses about 3 and a half gallons of water to flush your toilet while a dual flush kit uses only 2.1 gallons of water.  You conserve over a gallon of water that way.  Now on the average, you probably flush your toilet about 10 times a day.  You’re saving over 13 gallons of water a day.  That adds up quick.

Here’s the best part, you don’t even have to buy a new toilet to save that much water.  The dual flush retofit on most standard toilets saving you even more money.  I like saving money, and conserving water too, don’t you?

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Now Mom wants to remodel the beach house

My parents had a house in Virginia beach that we have had some wonderful times in.  Well Mom is redecorating her home and now wants to remodel the beach house.  She found someone to do the work on Virginia Beach remodeling after I helped her find someone to do her remodeling on her house.

She’s a pretty smart cookie and figured out how to find someone there if they had a site for around here, then they must around there. She was right.   I’m pretty proud of her being able to find someone on the computer like she did.  I also checked them out and they are not ripping Mom off so she did good.

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I found another furniture site you might like too

I have been looking at all sorts of furniture web sites and have found one that you just might like too.  They have modern furniture that is absolutely gorgeous!  I was amazed at some of the pieces they have on their site.  Beautiful furniture really makes a house a home and if you like modern furniture, this will definitely make you house feel more homey!

Your bedroom should feel more like a sanctuary from the hard cruel world and with their bedroom furniture, you’re almost certain to find just the right style for you.  I like for my bedroom to be not only comfortable but beautiful too.  That is what makes my bedroom my sanctuary and I bet your the same way.  How can you get a good nights sleep in a ugly bedroom?  I sure couldn’t.

Well here’s the cure for the ‘ugly bedroom’ for sure.  Just take a look at some of the platform beds they have to offer and you’ll see the cure.  Absolutely beautiful beds that I can see myself curled up in the middle of with a cup of coffee and a good book.  I’m so glad I decided to shop around a little longer before I decided to buy.

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I am so tired of hearing about Nadia

Octomom is getting on my nerves.  You can’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing something new about her.  She is constantly on TV, on the computer, on just about everything here and there.  I’m sorry but I don’t feel the least bit sorry for this ‘unusual’ woman.  Why in the world would the mother of 6 children want 6 more implanted and then end up giving birth to a litter of eight babies instead of donating the embryos to other couples that can’t have children?  That would have been the sensible thing to do.

While we’re on that subject (sensible that is), it seems that she has now fired all of the nannies that are supposed to help her with her babies.  Good move!!!  Let’s see her take care of the 10 she has at home now.  The department of Social Services will definitely be investigating now because no one can take care of the 4 of the octuplets that she has home now and the other 6 at one time.  She fired them because she said they were spying on her.  There’s something wrong with this picture!!!