I never realized that our son J was interested in fine linens until we took him shopping last month for the things that he needed for his new apartment. When we went out I thought it would only take an hour or two to grab a few things and toss them in the shopping cart. I sure was surprised when we were in the bedding department and he spent at least an hour picking out his bedding. If it had been me, I would have just grabbed the cheapest set and been done with it!
My wife and I started clearing out some of the clutter in our bedroom this past weekend. Part of the process included cleaning out the storage chest that we keep various odds and ends in. Things like future Christmas presents, and birthday cards. My wife started laughing because she came across the unused baby announcements she had bought when she was pregnant back in 1988! I told her we may as well save them to use for our grandchildren!
My wife and I have always thought that we would get the cheapest auto insurance by bundling it together with our homeowner insurance. So that is what we’ve been doing ever since we got married. Recently we’ve been talking about trying to reduce our expenses and I’ve been shopping around for lower interest rates. Since our oldest son got a speeding ticket three years ago, I’m afraid that changing companies at this time will only increase our premiums.
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!
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.
The news that grabbed my attention this week was the story about a German couple who placed an ad on E-Bay, offering their baby for sale! The couple now claims it was a “joke” but the baby has been placed in protective custody. The ad was only on “the air” for two hours before Ebay removed the ad, and no offers had been placed during those two hours. When Ebay removed the ad they assisted the police track down the couple. The ad claimed that the baby was being sold because it was “too loud.”
I have to say that this is another case where I think these people are NUTS! I’m glad that the baby was placed in protective custody and I hope the parents never get it back! And I hope that the parents are locked up for a very long time. This is a case when I think that the courts out to have the right to force sterilization on people, because in my own opinion people like this should never be allowed to have children again!
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.
I think it is amazing how much money people spend on trying to buy the absolute best acne treatment! I can remember how many different products that my kids used when they were going through their teenage years. I can’t say that any one over-the-counter acne product worked any better than another. Even going to the doctor and being put on antibiotics wasn’t any help at all! And the research goes back and forth on whether diet has an effect on acne. I’m glad I’m not a teenager anymore!
When my kids first got their driver’s licenses, my wife immediately bought for them a membership in our roadside assistance club. We feel that it is a good idea to do that because the membership covers the driver no matter what vehicle the driver is using – even if the vehicle does not belong to the driver! We’ve had the need to have a jump start or a tow often enough to pay for the membership, so it is worth the expense.
I was not very happy earlier today to discover stink bugs on the inside of the patio door! I’ve been lucky so far to never smell what a dead stink bug smells like, but I’ve talked with quite a few people who HAVE and they assure me that I really do NOT want to kill a stink bug. They say that the smell is awful and it lasts for days. So I tried to gently ease the bug outside with a few nudges with a tissue. The durn thing dropped down into the curtains. After a few minutes of searching through the curtains, I found it again and picked it up (very gently) and took it outside. I tried to shake it loose from the tissue, but the bug was holding onto the tissue for dear life! All the time I was hoping that it would not release it’s infamous stink. I finally scraped it off on the edge of the deck and it dropped to the ground.
I wish people would stop leaving the door open; I don’t enjoy having bugs in the house!
