Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Opinion, Parenting, Shopping.
How can it be that every minute seems like an eternity, yet the days and years fly by like the blink of an eye? Perhaps it is because we take on more tasks to do than we have time, and you are so busy trying to keep on top of everything that even though you long to rest your weary head, you keep going as fast and as hard as you can go. Realizing that if you fall behind in your chores that there will be the dickens to pay. How did we allow ourselves to get into this situation? Life has turned into a juggling act, and dropping a ball is not an option anymore. The holidays are approaching and we are not ready for them. Now is the time to shift into high gear, but the truth is that all I really want to do is go to bed and pull the covers over my head. Decorating the lawn will be left undone this year. I need to slow down and eliminate some of the items on my list. I think a low-key holiday season is in order.
Posted on December 15th, 2011 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Shopping.
My wife was talking to me about wanting to get one of those two step stools that looks like a chair but has steps pull out so that it works like a step-stool. She wants to keep it in the kitchen. I remember my parents had one of those when I was a kid; they kept it right underneath the wall mounted telephone in the kitchen. I haven’t thought about those in years! I promised her that I’d keep my eyes open for one and pick one up if I find one.
Posted on December 11th, 2011 by Jerry under Business, Home and garden, Life, Shopping.
My wife has been asking me to look into buying awnings to put over the windows of our house. I’ve been putting it off. I can’t really say why I’ve been putting it off; I think maybe it’s one of those “if the wife suggests it, then it must be stupid” ideas that I keep in my head. But now a few friends have been telling me that they have put awnings over their windows and that it has made a tremendous difference in how much cooler it keeps their house, and how much money it is saving on their air conditioning costs. So, now I’m starting to think maybe it is something we really should look into doing. After all, saving money is a good idea, and using less electricity is good for the environment. I wonder if we can get a tax credit for installing awnings?
Posted on November 26th, 2011 by Jerry under Automotive, Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Home and garden, Life, Opinion, Travel.
Aunt Martha sent us a postcard from Nashville, telling us that they are having a layover there for a couple of extra days due to unexpected motorhome repairs that had to be done as a result of the damage done to their RV from the big storm that uprooted a tree and dropped it onto their roof. Thankfully they were in the other end of the RV when it happened, so they weren’t hurt, but the damage is fairly expensive and they had to order some parts. In the meantime they are staying in a motel and planning out where they want to head to next. They are enjoying their new life as retired nomads! I’m glad for them, after raising their three daughters and selling their house they deserve to have all of the fun they can get!
Posted on November 20th, 2011 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Home and garden, Shopping, Technology and gadgets, Weather Issues.
Almost each day I find something that makes me realize just how badly this place needs work. The one out building that is used for the storing of and the using of various tools and the like, is in such sad shape that I find myself doing without or doing something else in an effort not to have to go in the darn place. Besides smelling bad, the dampness has attracted numerous bugs and god only knows what else has found it’s way in there.
What I really need to do is empty the whole thing out, put in a nice tool box and a new workbench and start filling it up again with only the essentials and in an orderly fashion. I’ve seen some nice workbenches online, which would do nicely in there. I don’t think that this is going to happen any time soon, but something to put on the back burner, to be sure.
Something else I want and need to do is to start planning on purchasing some out buildings made of metal and/or steel. I’ve hear a lot about these Future Steel Buildings that seem to be right up my alley. I know of a few people that have gone with these Future steel buildings and they couldn’t be happier with the outcome. Next time I get a chance I’ll have to look up the website and start researching for myself.