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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.

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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.

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Glad the holidays are totally over

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all run into one long holiday around out house.  That makes for over a month worth of a holiday.  I’m always so happy to see New Years Day so I can get my house back to being just my house instead of a holiday house.  I finally got everything put away for next year yesterday.  it took about 3 days of walking around finding all of the stuff that comes out for the holidays so I could pack them away for next year.

I have got to come up with a better form of decorating for the holidays.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the Christmas Tree with all of the lights and memorable ornaments but I hate putting it up and taking it down.  I don’t do live or real trees anymore.  It just didn’t seem right to me one year to kill a tree to celebrate the birth of Jesus.  Oh well, that’s just me.  Maybe next year I’ll scale back just a bit.

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Darn allergies going nuts

I have allergies unfortunately.  I’m allergic to mold and with all the rain we have had and the leaves down, mold is everywhere.  It hasn’t been cold enough to kill it so I’m suffering big time because of it.  My ears feel like they have cotton in them, my sinuses are like they’re packed in cotton too and I just feel yucky for lack of a better work.

I have been getting allergy shots since June but they don’t seem to be helping that much yet.  The doctor said that once I get to my 40th set of shots, I would see marked improvement.  I sure hope so because this is the pits.  I have 3 air cleaners in my house and I’m okay there, it’s just everywhere else that gives me a fit.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I don’t think I have ever been so glad to see a year pass like I have this one.  The year 2008 will go down in my memory as not what I would call one of the better years.  In fact, between the state of the economy and everything else, it rather sucked!!!

I have so much HOPE for 2009.  HOPE is a powerful word.  When you have nothing at all, as long as you have HOPE, then you have a chance.  Without HOPE, you have nothing.  Well I have HOPE and hope and pray that there are many others out there that do to.  I would hate to think that they didn’t.

Things are going to turn around.  It might take some time but it will get better.  We always go through tough economic times when one party has been in office for several terms and then the next party is voted in.  Most of the time it’s not quite as bad as it is now but we have someone that has given most of us HOPE in the form of Barack Obama.  We shall see if he lives up to at least half of his promises which I believe he will live up to more than that if at all possible.  That would be a record for a politician.

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We’re having a New Years party tomorrow night

Well my sisters and I have all decided to get together with a few friends and have a New Years party tomorrow night.  We’re having it at my sisters house since she has a kid and she won’t have to take him to a sitters that way.  He’s a great kid so I’m sure he’ll be out by 9 pm, which is his regular bedtime.  Even if he stays up a little late, that’s okay with us too.

There’s not going to be a bunch of drinking and stuff like that.  We are all not much on drinking.  I think it’s because each of us are control freaks and drinking makes us give up control.  Can’t have that.  Plus there’s nothing worse than someone telling you what a good time YOU had at a party and you were too drunk to remember.  It’s more fun to stand back and watch everyone else make a complete and total idiot out of themselves.  Not that’s fun!!!

Anyway, we’re all splitting the cost for soft drinks, a bottle of champagne (which none of us like the taste of but we have to toast the new year), and all of the snack food so it won’t cost anyone very much.  There should be about 12 people there not including my nephew.

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Whew am I glad Christmas is over

I do love Christmas but I’m so glad when it’s all over and I can just sit back and relax for a day or two.  It’s rush here and go there and wrap this and ‘Oh no, I forgot that!’

I don’t care what I forgot to buy for who, I will not go out shopping the last week before Christmas.  I hate the way they commercialize Christmas.  That’s not what it should be.  It should be a time to celebrate with family and loved ones.  It’s supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus.  Not a celebration to the gift god.

It’s amazing how many people don’t realize that Santa Clause represents the Three Wise Men bringing their gifts to the Baby Jesus at night so as not to bring trouble to him.  That’s how Santa Clause came about and what he stands for.  Christmas is a celebration of children but we need to all make sure that even the youngest child knows what we are celebrating and why.

Sure they are the center of Christmas but the true center of Christmas is Jesus Christ.  No I’m not a religious fanatic but I do know that there is something or someone greater than I am.

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Wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas

Well tomorrow is Christmas Day and I’m sure the last thing on my mind will be my computer.  I wanted to make sure to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas to anyone and everyone that reads my blog.  I do appreciate it very much that you stop by.  I hope I have brought a little pleasure into your life or helped in some small way.  That’s what life is all about, helping one another.

My father always volunteered at the local Disabled American Veterans Association and that’s a legacy we carry on in his honor.  They’re feeding the local veterans or the families of deployed service men this evening and my family will be there to gladly serve them.

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My oldest sisters birthday is today

No I’m not about to tell you how old she is because I wouldn’t live to ever do it again.  I personally think it’s silly not to want people to know how old you are.  There’s not a darn thing you can do to change it so what’s the big deal?  My mother is like that too.  They are the only ones that have a problem with telling how old they are.  My other sister and I could care less who knows how old we are.  Sort of like Popeye always says “I yam what I yam.”

She has always hated her birthday being this close to Christmas.  She said it always felt like just a few extra presents for Christmas instead of her birthday.  In fact, a lot of people would buy her things and put “Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas” on it.  They would also wrap her presents in Christmas paper instead of Birthday wrapping paper so it just made it all run together for her.

Mom tried to help her out by giving her something on our birthday too but it started to get a bit expensive when she started having to buy presents for all three of us on each of our birthdays.  Oh well, it was good while we got them though.

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What a treat

My nephew was in his first Christmas play at his preschool.  It was the cutest thing I have ever seen.  The little ones were all dressed like tiny angels and barn yard animals.  Of course my nephew was the jack………donkey.  OOPS!!!!!!  Anyway, the play used each age group of kids for different levels within the play.  It was done like a cowboy type play.

It was a musical and had a lot of really neat songs in it too.  The kids did great on the singing.  Of course the little ones stood there and shoot tambourines or what ever musical instrument they had.  They did so good for their age.  The theme of the play was like a cowboy play but it was the ‘Bethlehem Ranch’.  The bigger kids were dressed with cowboy hats and cowboy boots but then sort of traditional garments for the time of when Jesus was born.  They did all of their lines with deep country accents too.

I would give anything if I could tell you about it but it’s hard to explain.  The one thing I can tell you is it was about the best Christmas play I have ever seen.  My nephew was so cute in his donkey suit.  I was so proud of all of the kids because they all did a wonderful job.