Our son J has started a new job and was telling us about the benefits of his new job. He called last night to ask us for our social security numbers because he was listing us as beneficiaries on the new life insurance policy he was buying. He said that one of the benefits of his new job was great term life insurance rates so he was going to take advantage of that. We are really pleased that he thought of us that way!
Our son J came home from college and asked us to make an appointment for him with his PCP. He’d been plagued by itchy and dry skin all winter on the palms of his hands and even the Gold Bond Ultimate moisturizing cream we gave him didn’t seem to help. So we set him up with an appointment and when he came home he told us that the doctor said he has eczema. She gave him a prescription for some kind of cream. I hope it works for him!
My eleven year old niece spends a good amount of time on the lap top that Santa Claus brought to her last Christmas. She is a good kid and she certainly deserved getting a nice computer of her own. Lap tops aren’t cheap and times are tight so she must be doing something right in order to have lap top that is top notch and makes mine look like a K-Mart model – LOL!
Anyway she keeps busy after school and on the weekends playing “girl games” online. They have come a long way with the selection of girl games that are available these days. There was a major outcry for more girl games about 10 years ago and they have tried to fill the void to accommodate the female population that likes to play games with all of today’s technology and gadgets.
I think Ms Pac Man was actually the first video game that was aimed at the more feminine crowd. We have come a long way since the 80′s haven’t we. If I had all the money that I spent on those games that were in all of the popular bars and taverns, I’d have a nice check book balance.
One of my favorite inventions for the computer is the thumb sized flash drive. I can remember when I bought my very first one, it cost about $25, and only had abou 128MB of storage space on it! I thought it was wonderful! (Actually I still think it is wonderful!) In more recent years, I found I could buy an 8GB one for less than what I had paid for my first 128MB one! I’m glad they are getting cheaper!
The Author of this post is Darius Boone
Every summer I like to take my family to the A Maze’n Farmyard in Eden Valley, Minnesota. It is a day trip that we all look forward to each summer. I pile everyone into the car, pack some snacks, and start our trip. Before I leave I make sure I set my security choice alarm system in my house. Our destination is only an hour’s drive from our house. Everyone enjoys the day, from my youngest toddler to my teenager.
When we get to the A Maze’n Farmyard, the highlight is the barn where the smaller animals are kept. The children can enter the pens to pet the animals. They have a variety of animals, from kittens and puppies to goats and pigs. After we pry the children away from the petting area, we head out to the maze to see how well we can find our way through the maze. The gigantic slide is also a big attraction. Occasionally we will play a game of mini-golf after we visit the animals.
After the children are tired of petting the animals and going down the slide, we usually get a small snack in the gift shop. They have a variety of snack foods so everyone can choose their favorite. At the end of the day, we pile back into the car and head home while the children tell us their favorite animals they saw at the A Maze’n Farmyard.
