This and That

What should I say?

I took the last few days off from being online. I today that there are about 4396841 posts remembering 9/11 and a lot of those are pretty good. I spent time with my family yesterday, as I normally do this time of year, to reflect on how good our lives are even with everything that’s [...]

From the Fish

There are certain restaurants in town that help you lose weight better than diet pills for weight loss. You hear about food-borne illness and you think that’s a bad case of salmonella or something that’s going to land you in the emergency room with an I.V. in your arm and a tube down your neck. [...]

Teaching Moment

When my daughter and I watch television together, I like to find teaching moments. She is interested in just about anything that comes across the t.v. and today we were watching the Food Network. I started telling her about healthy food options that will help her grow stronger and her parents to live longer (most [...]

It Happened at the Dentist

Mags has discovered video games. I was dreading this moment, but it’s happened. We went to the dentist on Monday. The office has a split waiting room—one for the parents and one equipped with three televisions and video game equipment. For the first time in her life Mags played an XBox. And she loved it.
Her [...]

Yard Saling

My mother loves yard sales. She goes crazy in the summer because there are so many "neighborhood" yard sales in our area. She collects change and saves dollars and makes plans. There is nothing she’d rather do, I think, than go yard “saling”. She also likes to go discount shopping for her grandkids. And so, [...]

Voice Over insanity

So, I’ve pretty much fallen in love with the Frontline Plus commercials. Those dogs and cats just warm my heart. I especially like them because the voice overs are supposed to be voice overs and not some silly thing that doesn’t seem right.
For instance, that new Febreze commercial. I like Febreze and use it. But [...]

Demolition

Our neighbor’s house caught on fire recently. It wasn’t a complete loss, just the top portion of the house. Yes, that’s technically a lot but the downstairs didn’t get much damage and the people living there all got out in time. So, this house was a rental and the guy that owns it was already [...]