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Decorating my yard for spring!!!

January 26th, 2012

I love to put out all sorts of lawn ornaments and planters each year in the spring.  I think it adds character and color to my humble home.  I am trying to find something “different” this year.  I get tired of the same old thing year after year.

I asked a friend for her suggestions and she suggested that I get some rain chains.  I had never heard of or seen a  rain chain and asked her what it was.    The chains rain water down from the top creating a beautiful effect.  I look around at several different websites and found that rain chains come in various sizes and materials.  I think that a rain chain or two or three would make a great addition to my yard decorations this year.

Time

January 17th, 2012

Time, we never have enough, we have too much time on our hands.  It can go either way.  I always seem to be on the short end of time.  I work a full time job, have a puppy at home that is the equivalent of having a 2 year old, clean houses on the side.  I never seem to have enough time to get everything done in a day that I plan to do when my feet hit the floor in the morning.  Even when I was not working full time, I still never seemed to get everything done.  Everything took too much time!!!

 

Moving…glad it’s not me!!!

January 15th, 2012

The company that my friend, Linda, works for announced that they are opening a new office in Calgary, Albert Canada and she has been one of the chosen few houses for rent in Calgary before she actually gets there.  She said that she would call me and we could have coffee and look for a new temporary home for her together.  I love shopping for houses, especially for other people!! to go an open the new office.  She will be there for 6 months to a year and needs a place to call home.

I asked her how she was going to find a place to live while she is here in the U.S., and she told me about a website that her company had told those chosen few about, where they could “shop” for homes in Canada right from her own home computer.  I wish her all the luck in the world and can’t wait to go visit her in our great neighbor to the North.

Electronics, what a pain…

January 15th, 2012

My new puppy is growing so fast!  I want to capture every new thing on video and share it with all my friends!!  She is so cute and lovable (most of the time anyway).  As she was doing a new “thing” for the first time yesterday I, of course, had to get it on video.  So, I grabbed my digital camcorder and when I tried to turn it on, the battery was dead.  I had not charged it.  My problem is that I have a limited number of outlets that are accessible to charge all of my electronic “gadgets”.  I needed a USB battery charger so I can plug them all in at the same time in one location (such as my dining room table).  That way I would not have to hunt for each item when I want to use it, trying to remember what room I laid it to charge.

So I hit the good old Internet and low and behold, I found a  site where I could get a USB battery charger!!!    The prices seemed reasonable enough and they had so many items to choose from.  I  I cannot wait until it gets here here, so I can continue to capture Roo’s antics to share with the world.

Another new challenge

January 2nd, 2012

Well, Christmas has come and gone.  I had a nice, quiet Christmas this year.  I didn’t decorate too much, just a small tree on the table top and a few other things.

I went to see my podiatrist about my foot; I called two weeks ago, when it started bothering me, but with the holidays and all, it was awhile until they could get back to me.  He took an X-ray of the foot and suggested a walking cast.  So, I am now on an air cast for a month.  I hope that this will help and I won’t need to get a shot of Cortizone (very painful) or worse yet, have surgery to remove the bone spur.  That would mean another month on crutches and I still have to walk the puppy.  Wish me luck!!!