Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Jerry under Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Shopping.
As my wife and I have been talking about finishing the basement to give me a “den” (or should we say “man’s play room?”) I’ve been giving some thought as to what I would like in the way of bar glass racks. I’d really like to have a wet bar, with a hanging wine glass rack over the sink area.
My wife, on the other hand, thinks that the stemware racks should be enclosed in glass to reduce the amount of dusting that will need to be done. She’s very practical like that, always thinking about not just how something looks when it’s new, but also the amount of time and energy it will take to keep it looking nice. She said that she thinks that we should look at some way to enclose the stemware with glass so that we can see them but at the same time they will be clean. I have to admit she’s got a good point! Especially after she told me not to plan on HER dusting the glasses off every week!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Jerry under Business, Food, Life, Shopping.
I’ve noticed that the local discount department store has started to change it’s store-brand labels to plain black and white labels. I don’t like them very much. They remind me of the ealy 70′s when the grocery stores started selling “no-name” items at their stores. Many of those “no-name” items just were not a decent quality, and there was a social stigma attached to buying them. I imagine that they are switching to the plain labels because it is costing them less money. I wonder what effect it has on the ecology? I wonder if the process of making those labels includes using more bleach,which is bad for the ecology. I’d prefer to see them use an off-white non-bleached paper!
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by Jerry under Business, Friends/Family, Life, Money and Finances.
My sister has been looking for a company that helps consumers with credit repair. She has fallen behind on some of her bills and thinks that she can get her bad credit fixed with the help of a business that specializes in helping people to repair their bad credit.
I told her that my neighbor Bob was telling me about a company called Ovation Credit that he was using to help fix his credit. I am always surprised by how many don’t understand how you can fix your credit yourself and end up needing professional help with that. I guess most people simply feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. I told my sister that I’d come over later this week and see exactly what it is she needs before she starts paying people to do things that she can do for herself for free.
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by Jerry under Entertainment and Fun, Life, Travel.
Today was a great day for a ride. The weather was perfect, and my wife told me that my “honey-do list” could wait. I guess she felt sorry for the way I was looking at my bike. It didn’t take much arm-twisting, I was off like a shot! There were a lot of other bikes on the road, and it felt good to be “one of them” instead of just watching them go by! I hope we continue to have good weather like this, I love to ride when I get the chance!