He was saying that in addition to redesigning packaging, his hope is to help to minimize the impact of the waste products, and minimize fuel consumption.  There is so much involved in making packaging that it is really a field of many opportunities for improvement!  And let’s face it, it is almost impossible nowadays to buy anything that isn’t packaged in some way.  From food to toys to medicines to tools, almost everything comes in some kind of box or plastic container.  I’ve heard that there has been some movement towards using plastic made from cornstarch that is biodegradable!  Isn’t that incredible!

He has a great interest in environmental engineering, and he thinks that this would be a great way to make a difference in the world.  His mother and I are so proud of him!  We’ll really miss him if he does in fact go out of the country, but we think that it’s the opportunity of a lifetime!  And quite frankly, if either one of us had been given a great job opportunity like that when we were his age, we would have jumped on it with both feet!

In addition, his mother has many relatives that live in London, and we are sure that each and every one of them would jump at the opportunity to meet him, and show him around the country.  I almost envy his opportunity!  This is not the only offer he has received, however.  He has had other great offers as well.  I don’t know all the details, but am very interested in learning about them!

Anyway, I just went online to look for some small electronic translators that I could get for her to take with her to work.  I actually found some very reasonably priced – under $20!  I ordered two of them.  I”m looking forward to them arriving.  I want to see how well they work!

That is one of the things that I think makes a town more “user-friendly” to tourists and out-of-towners.  What good is a GPS unit if it tells you that you’ve reached your destination and you look around for address signs and can’t find one anywhere?

I think that it should be part of the town code in downtown that easily seen address plaques are a REQUIREMENT.  And by easily seen, I mean easily seen from a vehicle from the road, not something tucked up under an eave that can only be seen by pedestrians!

But now I see that the DIRECTV Specials do include them, and their website says that they have an offer that lasts a year where I can get 150 channels for only $29.99 a month! I think that is a great price, don’t you? The only thing that concerns me is that their offers seem to limit your television usage to only up to four rooms, and we have televisions in seven rooms! I guess I’ll have to call them and see if they can even accommodate that many rooms, and if there are extra charges for that.

Doing the Dallas “Pam wakes up and finds Bobby in the shower – it was all a dream” sketch would have been great too! I can see it now – Oprah Winfrey waking up and finding Jay in the shower, or on TV back in his regular spot.

Ahh… the circle of life.  I think maybe we should just suggest that we go visit them at their house instead, so we don’t have to go all nuts and fortify our house with all the newest safety equipment!  Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see them, but if we go to them, then they are the ones who have to make sure the baby is safe.  And, we can decide when the visit is over and leave to come home when the baby is cranky!  I think I’ll suggest that to my wife!

Dave’s New York has a website that I have had bookmarked for some time now. I’ve got my eye on a nice carhartt shirt, they’ve a great variety of top brand named clothing for good prices for their online shoppers. I used to have a carhartt sweatshirt, but it got ruined, big time, years ago and I’ve missed it, so I think that I’m due a new one by now. I like the look of this one that they are offering for under $50. It is a nice heavyweight zippered and hooded carhartt sweatshirt that would help keep my head and neck warm come next winter.

At Dave’s New York they have a 30 day return policy which gives you plenty of time to process a return, if needed. They’ve been selling clothes for over 45 years and they have a store in New York city as well. But since I don’t intend on visiting New York any time soon I’ll be more than happy to utilize their website for now.

Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, you can’t get much better than that!

And saving the best for the last:

In this great country of ours I fail to understand why we can’t get good service at a reasonable cost.  If we are to remain competitive in this global economy, these kinds of services need to be affordable to more people.  I can only hope that the prices of these services come down in the near future.  These are important tools that we will need to survive.

My wife likes to dress very modestly at home, and when running errands, but when we get dressed up for a special occasion, she looks really terrific!  And I hate the thought that she is wearing dime-store jewelry every time we dress up!  I’d really like for her to have some really nice jewelry that she could be proud of!  And I’ve noticed lately that she has been rummaging through her jewelry boxes quite a bit lately, looking for something inspiring to wear when she is getting ready to go to a Red Hat Ladies function.  Maybe I’ll try to buy her some amethyst jewelry too, so she can have her pick between red or purple to wear to her club functions!

Go Saints!

Having computers certainly would have helped me back in the day. The only way I managed to graduate was from a lot of help from tutors that my parents managed to find and pay for their assistance. They usually weren’t the kind of people that I would have liked to spend that amount of time with during what I considered my free time after school was over and done with, I can tell you that!

Today’s students can receive help with an Online Tutor, now how cool is that? My niece has been receiving Math help by Tutornext.com since her parents have been having issues with her school work this year. It’s pretty cool to have an Online Math Tutor to turn to. They seem pleased with the assistance that she is receiving so far. The school year is half way over, so if she can just keep on taking advantage of her Math Tutors Online she should make it all right. Next year she will be starting Junior High and that will be a whole new ball game for her. Man time really flies, hard to believe that this one will be starting Junior High all ready.