Hey, It's Cold Out There

I have a Florida Refinance on my mind. I would like to head south please. Northeast Ohio has a cold front moving in, wonderful. It’s going to be 10 degrees tomorrow. That is cold enough to freeze the snot in your nose when you go outside. So if you will excuse me I need to click over to DollarBlvd.com.

Back in the Dentist Chair

My mom doesn't own a computer so I feel safe in posting that I had four cavities filled today. But wait there's more! About five more. I told mom I was going for one. So you can see the problems I'd have if this ever got back to her.
Right now I am wishing the Novocain was still working. Oh and I wish I was a better flosser. The two injection points in my gums are soar and I don't think the right side of my face has rebounded from all the stretching. My wrists hurt from clutching the arms of the dentist chair during all the drilling. So let's all remember to brush and floss, okay?

Back in the Day When We Camped Out

Back in the day when the boys weren’t embarrassed to be seen with us, the husband and I would load up two cars with camping gear, schlep our way to a campsite, unload the cars, set up camp and call it a vacation. It was a relaxing long weekend, no kidding, I’m serious. I cooked over an open flame all weekend. We had this tripod grill that I centered over the campfire. One of our favorite easy chicken recipes for the campfire was always fixed the first night we camped. When packing up at home I would put chicken breasts in a zip lock bag and pour Italian dressing over them. By the time we were ready to eat they were marinated to perfection. I wish we would have had a video camera back then I would have submitted it to the contest over at http://wherestheflamegrill.com/.

Another Mrs. Kravitz Moment

I'm having a Mrs. Kravitz moment. When your desk is right next to the window that overlooks the neighborhood you can't help but notice things. You can call me a nosey neighbor I suppose. But when is my neighbor across the street going to take her Christmas wreath down off her front door? It's starting to bother me. We had, just last week, unseasonably warm temperatures. Most of the neighborhood was busy taking down their holiday decorations. Maybe the neighbor across the street forgot the wreath was there. They use their garage to go in and out of the house. See how observant I am? Don't you wish you lived across the street from me? Oh, look at that a police car just went flying by with it's siren on. I have to go crane my neck to see what's happening.

Give a Teenager a Cell Phone - Get a Headache

I intend to dole out some parental advice for those of you with teenage boys. I usually don’t hand out unwanted advice because I don’t receive it well. I live by the philosophy, “Don’t tell me what to do.” And it’s been working well for me. But I’m going to do it anyway.
Before you place in the hand of a hormone raging, absent minded, hyper active, know it all teenage boy, a cell phone, might I suggest the best insurance plan that your cell phone provider has to offer? Maybe stock up on Motorola Cell Phone Batteries? I’m just sayin’, it will come in handy. And then after you have that taken care of, get yourself on some Prozac. On my computer, in my favorite sites I have Battery Stock.com stored for quick reference. They have same day shipping of a very huge inventory of cell phone batteries and other accessories. The husband and I have never had battery issues, because we actually listen to the instructions given to us, so we just need them when they wear out. Some how through no fault of there own the boys batteries get overcharged or sometimes even get water in them. Huh! My boys will be writer’s, they just don’t know it yet. The stories they can tell……

The Diabetic Ride

Yep, that is what my new blog is going to be called! DiabeticRide.com is the domain name that has been registered. I'm just getting the hosting finalize and I'll be ready to start. The Friday before Christmas the husband was diagnosed with diabetes, you can read my post about it here.

For a few months I had been planning on starting a new blog, my own blog, but wasn't sure about a niche. Holy Crap be careful what you wish for. I got my niche. I plan to learn about diabetes through this new blog. It will in no way be me giving advice, it will be about the husbands and my journey to trying to keep him healthy.

I will be looking for other diabetic blogs to link with and the first thing on my list will be finding recipes. If you have a recipe for diabetics I will definitely link to your blog for it. Leave me a comment and I will make sure I let you know when DiabeticRide.com is up and running.

So please be sure to join the adventures of this clueless couple on their Diabetic Ride!

Is That Legal?

I think I'm going to try and talk one of the boys into being a lawyer or maybe marry one. It would be nice to have a lawyer in the family to explain to us things like Structured Settlement Payments or have someone that can answer us when we say, “Is that legal?” We don’t say that a lot. But it would be nice to have an answer when we do. And while I’m picking out wives for my boys, how about a nurse or a doctor?

Bargain Bin

I've decided to spend some very much needed time on my eCrater store this weekend. I need to unload some inventory. So I created a new catagory called Bargain Bin. There you will find marked down tools and gadgets.

I'm sure I will still find time to blog, as I plan to be in front of this computer all weekend.

I'll leave with this for now:

TOP TEN THINGS THAT SOUND DIRTY IN GOLF BUT AREN'T
10. Nuts...my shaft is bent.
9. After 18 holes I can barely walk.
8. You really whacked the hell out of that sucker.
7. Look at the size of his putter.
6. Keep your head down and spread your legs a bit more.
5. Mind if I join your threesome?
4. Stand with your back turned and drop it.
3. My hands are so sweaty I can't get a good grip.
2. Nice stroke, but your follow through has a lot to be desired.
1. Hold up...I need to wash my balls first.

It's Because I'm getting Older

Thank goodness I took my drugstore reading glasses to my job interview. Otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to see the type on the mound of papers I had to fill out. But there’s something to say about a real prescription. By the time I was finished, my head hurt and I felt crossed eyed. I just got new glasses in the summer and two months later it seems my eyesight got worse. It’s because I’m getting older isn’t it? I made a Great Discovery: www.ZenniOptical.com. I can’t be spending a bunch of money on glasses twice a year. I usually get at least three years out a prescription or at least I use to.

Bloggers I have a Problem

I've been swearing like a drunken sailor since yesterday morning. There is something wrong with my computer. It's running way too slow. The geek can't get past the fact that we have a wireless connection and he blames everything on that. So he's no help. I have defragged, tossed my cookies and ran a Norton Anti-Virus scan. What else is there? Does anyone have advice?

Technologically Challenged Mom

My mom is the most technologically challenge person I know except when it comes to medicine. She and her friends can sit for hours discussing medications and surgical procedures for hours and then she relays her latest information to me. I guess that’s what senior citizens do. So and so’s daughter, the heavy one, met with a lap band physician and she goes on to tell me about this weight loss surgery, how easy and safe it is. All the famous people are doing it, you know. And she promised to keep me posted on how so and so’s daughter is doing. Thanks for that mom.

Crazy Dog

The Christmas decorations are put away, but not without incident. The boxes are stored under the steps, in the closet under the steps. It's dark and full of cobwebs. The closet is one of the reasons Christmas decorating is a chore, especially the putting away part. So I'm dragging the stuff that resides in the front of the closet out and the dog has her nose in everything. She's under-foot and I keep shoeing her away. I busy myself outside the closet, then get the first box to go in the back. My non-battery, wind-up lantern needs to be wound. Did something just move in the back of the closet? YES! It's a creature. My screams were un-necessary because it was the dog.

Sitting in the Dentist Chair

Sitting in the dentist chair this morning I couldn't help but run my tongue over the teeth that had root canal after the temporary crown was taken off. Dear God they were little nubs of teeth. Like the kind you see in the mouth of a woman being interviewed after a tornado swept through the trailer park she lives in. I layed there waiting for my permanent crowns to be put in hoping no one I knew came in for a dental exam. Actually I was thinking about just about anything that I could to try differ the view of gloved fingers and metal instruments going in and out of my mouth. I hate going to the dentist, I put it off and now I'm paying big time for it. What really sucked about today's visit was I didn't get any drugs. Last visit they drugged me when I got there and sent me home with some. I suppose I will have to remain lucid the rest of the day.

I am a Loud-Talker

My mother asked me a couple of months ago why I talk so loud. I had no idea I did talk loud. I talk too loud? After some personal observation I can now blame my loud-talking on my teenagers. Because teenage boys think of two things and two things only the majority of their waking hours, girls and cars in no particular order. Trying to get my voice to penetrate the thick skull of a teenage boy, trying to weave my voice through their constant thoughts of used cars and the opposite sex has turned me into a loud-talker. Have I lead by example? My mind tends to wander when they talk about cars. Most of those conversations they save for their dad, thank goodness. The three of them, the husband, Boy #2 and Boy #3 have found a site called BuyYourCar. They have been studying since the holiday season ended. Yes, I had a rest from car talk during the holiday season. But now we are back at in full force. So BuyYourCar has a section on buying advice, which is a good idea. It has questions you should ask the seller of the used car. This is the section the husband only looks over because Boy #2 and Boy #3 are too busy visioning themselves behind the wheel of a Mustang. I’ve also noticed the husband is a loud-talker too!

T-Shirts are at the Top of my List

I haven't blogged about my T-Shirts in a while so that's on my list today, along with taking the Christmas Tree down. T-Shirt blogging on the top of the list, Christmas Tree breakdown at the bottom. I'm not one of those people that keep their tree up until March, but I do put it off as long as I can. Don't believe me when I say I will take it down today, I don't even believe it myself.

Back to the T-Shirts! I opened this CafePress Shop way back in 2003. I got the idea after yelling at one of the boys, because he forgot something - again. "Do I have to pin a note to your shirt?" I took that concept a step further and came up with the idea to have a T-Shirt look like it had a note pinned to the back of it, you know like "Kick Me" all the nerds had on the back of their T-Shirts in school.

My best seller is pictured in this post - "Under Surveillance, (just act normal)" and the one that I wear all the time - "Would someone please stop this woman from spending anymore money? Thanks, her husband" is a popular one too!

I also have Under Surveillance in a contest at http://www.t-shirtcountdown.com/ in the Funny T-Shirt category it's in 28th place right now and I could use some votes if you got a minute! Just look for the picture in this post if it move a place or two.

Now I have something on my list done! And there's no way I'm getting to that tree today.

Help and Information

My new domain name has been registered! I hope to be working on my diabetes blog this weekend. That means I have to start searching for information, but first I need to search for, well, search engines. I am trying to use google as little as possible. I ran across a Tips Search Engine, its concept is to provide useful tips rather than a useless list of results. Hey whatever gets me to some information faster I’m all for it. So I will add it to my list of possible google replacements. I clicked around the site and it has a few bugs and “pages not found” so hopefully that gets worked out, because I like the concept of this site.

From My Head to My Toes - Ouch!

Ouch. I just took the crazy dog for a walk and then shoveled a little. Shoveled a little yesterday. Why is it that have kids still at home on Christmas break and I'm the one shoveling? My back hurts and you know what? It's pretty damn cold out there. But I sat on my ass in front of the computer all day so I thought I'd better do something.

Speaking of computers, Boy #3 has been behind closed doors all day after I took him to buy a graphics card. He has about 4 computers in there all in pieces. And now he's hooking them all up together, it's really quite scary the stuff he knows. I'm sure he could explain it a little better than hooking them all up, actually I think he did but it went completely over my head. Where's the Tylenol?

Pragma Telnet Server

The husband unknowingly opened a virus on his computer at work and affected the whole office. “Are they going to fire you?” I asked. “No, it was nothing I did. We’re looking into Pragma Telnet Server.” He explained to me that Pragma Systems can help business with security in their network which will help them to be more productive. “Well as long as you’re not fired.”

Socks - I'm Losing the Battle

They always need socks, my boys do. Santa brought them all socks for Christmas. Boy #3 managed to get a hole in a pair he wore for the first time. He thinks it's funny when the dog tries to pull them off. I've had it with socks already. I've lost a fortune on socks. I don't want to talk about socks anymore. Enough with the sock talk.

As you can see in the picture, Boy #3 duct taped the hole in his sock. What do you say to a kid after he does something like that? "Hold still, I'm taking a picture of that so I can blog about it!"

Gadget Scratch Protection

What do teenage boys do to their cell phones and iPods when mom and dad aren’t looking? We purchase these pieces of sophisticated equipment and then place it in their grimy hands and for the life of me I cannot figure out why. Because the next time we see it, it will be unrecognizable. And the next time we do see it, it’s because something is wrong with it. I don’t even ask “how it happened” any more because amazingly they don’t know. Huh.
“Why is it wet inside honey?” “I don’t know.”
“How did the screen get scratched honey?” “I don’t know mom.”
“Pukey, where is your iPod?” “I don’t know.”
“Was it necessary to scratch you girlfriends name on the back of your cell phone?” “I don’t know how that happened.”

Along with a few extra brain cells they could use an iPod case and also a case for their cell phones. InvisibleSHIELD is a tough film that protects all those gadgets screens from Lord knows what they do to them. I found the site during my morning social networking ritual. It’s funny too, because just last night I said to Boy #2, “Don’t carry your cell phone by the antenna.” The sad fact is, it doesn’t even surprise me that I have to tell him that anymore.