So many blogs, so little time! Each day is a new discovery. I just found Keith Brown and his daughter, Fiona.
What a sweetie she is! Also added Jann of Sweet Aspirations under Blog Nots, because Jann's is a journal, not run by blogger.
Schmeh and cockybastard were also added to my read list. I realized that I kept visiting certain blogs because of their links list. Decided I was being lazy and just added them to my template.
It's so interesting to be able to see glimpses into others lives... It is somewhat voyeuristic, but enlightening as well. I learn something everyday, don't you?
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Most useful thing that I accomplished today:I called my credit card companies and said: "I've been with you for nine
years and I just noticed that the rate went up 5 points over last months
bill. That is unbelievably high interest! Can you you lower the rate?" Both
companies lowered the rates immediately and were very polite. The first card
was lowered 8 percentage points, from 24.99% to 16.99%. The second card was
20% and I got it lowered to 12.99% and they offered me a gold card. Note
to self: Transfer balance of first card to the lower card!
Least important thing accomplished today:
Mascara was running low. Had to add a drop of water to make it work. Note
to self: Buy new mascara.
Nicest thing I've done today:
As I blog this --my head to *pounding* due to the overly loud rap music
that is right outside my office window. I let my 17 year old son have an
impromptu pool party/bbq. It would have been hard to say no, since my son
and his friends had already gone to Price Club and had bought 3 cases of
soda, 10 bags of chips, 3 jumbo packages of chicken legs and other foods.
"Everyone's coming over in about 20 minutes. Is that okay?" "Hey David, Thanks
for asking me!" I h-a-t-e rap music, pass the Excedrin, puleeeze!"
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For all of you who at some point have experience
problems with Microsoft.
Microsoft --the Car Builder For those of you who have had experience with computers and their glitches and idiosyncrasies, and downright illogical
workings, you'll appreciate the following:
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and
stated "if GM had kept up with the technology like the
computer industry has, we would all be driving
$25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a
press release stating: If GM had developed technology like
Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
l. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason.
You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all
of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the
windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your
car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to
reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT,"
but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable,
five times as fast and twice as easy to drive- but would run on only five
percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure" before deploying.
10.Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and
refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned
the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand
McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor
want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the
car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover,
GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to
drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same
manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
Via Email --Thanks to Bilbo Baggins, who ever you are!
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I was reading
Becky's blog. She is going to have an ultra sound tomorrow and she's impatiently excited.
When you 'see' the reason that you're having that yukky acid reflux, it makes it
all worth while. Take lemon flavored maalox for acid indigestion, you'll feel so much better, and it's also good for you, it has calcium in it. I wonder if you're going to have a boy? I only had the acid thingy when I was pregnant with my sons but not with my daughter.
Hopefully the doctor will have sound and you'll hear the heartbeat. The sound of life. The sound that will change
your life for the rest of your life. Congrats!
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If you're in need of a good laugh, trot on over to Dani's and read
this.
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"Too soon olt, too late schmart."
Something my late father-in-law used to say.
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A woman is in bed with her lover ... who also happens to be her
husband's best friend. They make love for hours ... wondrous,
delightful, satisfying, exquisite, passionate love. Afterwards,
they're just laying there, each savoring the nearness of the other.
The telephone rings and, because it's the woman's house, she reaches
over and picks up the receiver. Her lover looks over at her and
listens, only hearing her side of the conversation .... She is
speaking in a cheery voice. "Hello? Oh, hi. So glad you called.
Really? That's wonderful. I'm so happy for you. Sounds terrific.
Great. Thanks. Okay. Buh-bye."
She hangs up the telephone and her lover asks, "Who was that?"
"Oh," she replies, "that was my husband telling me what a wonderful
time he's having on his fishing trip with you."
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