What can be causing these terrible headaches?

Posted on January 31st, 2012 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Health, Life.

Guest post by Michelle Hallowell

When we get settled in Houston, one of the first things I have to do is find the best Houston migraine doctor in the area. Migraines have plagued my life for the past twenty years, and the past couple of years they seem to be getting worse. I’ve tried plenty of different medicines, relaxation techniques, changing my diet, getting more sleep, but still the migraines come almost every day. Do you ever get sick and tired of being sick and tired? I sure do!

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Shout out

Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by Jerry under Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Life.
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Just want to give a shout out and Happy Birthday wishes to my good friend Tony! I know you were trying to keep it a secret – didn’t even mention it on your own blog! But I can’t let the day go by without sending you Happy Birthday wishes. How old are you now – 75? (Just kidding!)

Been enjoying reading your blog – especially the video remix of President Obama’s encounter with the fly! What a riot! Have a great day, man!

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Problem solved

Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by Jerry under Automotive, Business, Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Life, Parenting, Travel.
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My wife is supposed to go to a convention next weekend down to Durham, North Carolina. She has recently been told that she has narcolepsy, a sleeping disorder, and that she is in danger of falling asleep while she is driving a car. As you can imagine, this has put our entire family into a tailspin. If she is in danger of falling asleep while she is driving, then we have to come up with alternative ways for her to get back and forth to work, and to and from the convention.

So we looked into having her take the Megabus from DC to Raleigh/Durham, and then a bus from the station to the hotel. Well the bus stops a couple of blocks away from the hotel, so she could use that for the trip down, but the bus that would return her from the hotel back to the Megabus station does not run on Sunday, so that would not work. A taxi from the bus station to and from the hotel would be very expensive, and since she has never been there before I am a little bit concerned about her being stranded someplace. Another concern is how many suitcases is she going to need to take with her; we don’t know yet what clothes she is going to be packing. We need to find out if she needs to pack any formal wear, or just business/casual attire for the entire weekend.

She’s already found a couple of ladies to share the hotel with the nights that she is going to be there, so that is good. I sure hope none of them snore! She is a very light sleeper. And I hope none of them need to sleep with the television on, either, because she never manages to sleep with any kind of flickering light or noise. That reminds me, I’ll tell her to be sure to pack some ear plugs and a sleeping mask to wear.

Our youngest son found out that she needs to go to the convention and that we’re having issues getting her there, so he volunteered to use a hertz coupon to rent a car, splitting the cost with us, and driving her to and from the convention. It turns out that he has a girlfriend that goes to college at Duke University and he wouldn’t mind going down there and visiting with her for the week-end! Problem solved!

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It’s a boy

Posted on January 21st, 2012 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Life, Parenting, Pets, Shopping.
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Guest post by Denise Traverse

How would you feel if your father started to smoke Black and Mild cigars? I was really surprised when we dropped by his house to find him smoking a cigar. I’ve never seen him smoke anything in his life! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw that! He told me that it was a gift from one of the guys at work, celebrating his new baby boy, and he decided to give it a try. Right about then Mom came home and chased him out of the house, telling him that she would not allow anyone to smoke anything in the house and she didn’t care WHO he was! Then she ran around the house waving a kitchen towel around, turning on the exhaust fans and opening the windows to get the smoke out of the house. Our dog Spooky, excited by all of the action and noise chased her around the house barking like crazy! I laughed until my sides ached!

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The Lost Girl rocks!

Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Jerry under Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Life, Opinion.
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Did you watch the series premier of The Lost Girl the other night?  I was relaxing in the living room and my wife came in and turned on the television to watch it.  I grumbled because I thought that the title of the show sounded like some “girly show” that I would not enjoy watching. And the opening scene started off fairly slow, like a tired old repeat of Law and Order, where a schmuck is trying to date rape an unsuspecting pretty girl. Well, before you know it the would-be rapist is being drained of his energy through some kind of energy sucking going on through a major french kiss!

My attention was quickly grabbed, and I watched the entire show. The pace picked up with a few little twists and turns, and now when my wife says she wants to watch it again, I will not complain the next time!

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