I, like everyone else, pay for my cable TV service.  I live in an apartment complex and it is the only option that I have.  Due to the close proximity of the buildings, we cannot get good reception with a satellite dish, so I am stuck.  How I would love to have Direct TV.  The programming packages include a lot of channels that I currently cannot get through my cable provider unless I pay extra for them; and they keep changing the channel lineup.  Channels I used to get, I don’t get anymore.  They do this without notice and it can be very frustrating.

In looking at the packages for Directtv, I see that the introductory price for the premier package is less than what I now pay for my extended basic cable!!  The basic package is about 1/3 of the price I pay for my cable service.  If I had a choice, I would definitely visit dx3 on the web and sign up today!!

I read an article that he wrote in AARP magazine about excess vitamins and how they can harm you.  This article talks about how there are two new studies that suggest that certain vitamins found in a multivitamin might be doing more harm than good.  This is scary, since most of us take a multivitamin, especially as a person gets older, we don’t eat as well and need the boost.

One study, done in Iowa, found that older females who use multivitamins and other supplements had a slightly increased risk of dying (I thought we all have a 100% chance that we are going to die, am I right?).  The second study suggested that men who took high doses of vitamin E had a 17 percent increased risk of prostate cancer after seven years.

Dr. Oz suggests that you take your multivitamin in two doses, half in the morning and half at night.  He suggests that people stay away from mega vitamin tablets that contain more than the 100% daily value of a vitamin.  He says to be sure and read the labels and to consult your doctor if you are unsure.  I love that guy!!!

I like the old fashioned look to my flower boxes, so I shop online to find what I am looking for.  It is difficult to find just the right thing when I shop only at the local shops.  There are so many places to search and shop on the Internet.

I have some hanging baskets as well, and they are okay, but I have to walk a distance to be sure that everything is watered, pruned and fertilized properly each day.  With a windowbox, all I have to do is open my window, and it is right there for me, without having to walk outside.  It makes it so convenient for me.

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She was very lucky in that they were both plugged into a power strip that she had turned off when she stepped on it while crawling under the bed.  I think she did it because she was mad at me for trying to put her in her crate to sleep.  I don’t know what to do with her.

I went to Target to spend a $30 gift card that I had received for Christmas, I tend to hold onto gift cards for awhile and I just had not had the opportunity or the need to go to Target.  I then went to Martin’s grocery store and picked up a few things I needed to refill the pantry and fridge and then drove home.

No sooner than I had gotten the groceries unloaded from the trunk, my cell phone rang.  It was the groomer.  I asked “She is done already?”, to which I got a “No, it is not going to happen”.  Apparently, she got her bath and was dried off, but when they tried to clip her, she freaked out and they were afraid she was going to injure herself, so they did not clip her.  If they had only called me 10 minutes earlier, I was still on the other end of town, near the store.  So, I put the food away and drove back to the other end of town to pick her up.  She was so happy to see me!!!  I guess I will have to try to clip her myself and just get her toenails clipped at the groomers or the veterinarians office. Wish me luck!!

“When I was a young adult, it was difficult to get my folks to go to an establishment where they served alcohol, even if it was to see an entertainer.

A friend of the family opened a bar in our hometown where the Farm and Home store used to be located.  He remodeled it, it was very nice, and very large inside.  He would have different entertainers there, and it had a large dance floor.  One night, Marvin Rainwater (an entertainer from Nashville) was playing at the bar.  This place was very nice, there had never been a fight there.  I finally talked my folks into going.

Well, on that particular night, there were two women, one on each side of the room who, for whatever reason, disagreed about something.  So, before the show even began, these two females met in the middle of the dance floor and began to fight.  The owner tried to get in the middle to break it up, but without success.  He had a habit of carrying a large wad of money in his shirt pocket.  There was blonde hair and money all over the place.

Go figure, the one night I talk my parents into going to a bar, after building it up and telling what a nice place it was, there was a fight on that night.”

I believe that exercise is important, and I do not get enough of it.  When you work behind a desk all day, do volunteer work on the weekends, have pets to care for at home, it seems difficult to find the time to exercise, but you have to get out there and do it, you have to MAKE yourself do it.  Not only is it good for you, it can give you back that beach body that you need for that vacation or that cruise you want to take this year.  My kids have both told me about the 90 day review.  They said that the extreme body workout is a great way to get in shape fast.

I am making my 2012 summer resolution:  I WILL get more exercise this year.  I want to be around to see my grandchildren grow up and I would love to have that beach body back again.

This is a guest post provided by Fitness Alliance.

Last night, she had a good night and slept beside me in the bed.  She woke me up at her usual 4:00 a.m. to go potty.  I got back into bed, forgetting to put my night splint (for my foot) up where she could not reach it.  I awoke about an hour later, to find her on the floor, tearing the rubber off of the bottom of my $100 splint!!  I could have strangled her!!!  She got a good scolding and was put in her crate, while I cleaned up the mess she had made.

If I make it through her puppy-hood, it will be a miracle.

Theresa called me the other night and said that Terry was having a problem with one of his cars and he needed to look at automotive lifts so he could get his car up off the ground to work on it.  He has a great garage/shop, equipped with just about everything, except for a lift.  She said he was having some problems with the exhaust system.

She said that he has now gotten into motorcycle racing as well and was looking at motorcycle lifts so he could work on the bike more efficiently too.  I asked her where she was going to find the money for these things.  She said probably their income tax refund.   I am so glad that my husband prefers to watch the racing instead of participate in it.   I could not afford him then.

I was readying myself for a long-awaited, well deserved good nigh’ts sleep on Friday night.  I had walked the dog for the umpteenth time, checked all the doors to be sure they were locked, turned off all the lights, checked the kitchen to be sure nothing was left on in there, and brushed my teeth.  I got into my pajamas (yes, I wear flannel pajamas to bed), and proceeded to crawl into bed.  I sat down, placed the palm of my hands onto the mattress and proceeded to scoot myself over further into the bed.  My right hand slipped off of the mattress and I came down on my thumb, bending it completely backwards!!!

I thought my arm was falling off.  It felt as if I had pulled the tendon and ligaments all the war up to my shoulder.  I held my arm tightly, looking everywhere for the arm/wrist brace that I war on occasion when my tendinitis flares up.  I was unable to find it, of course.  All the time I am searching desperately for the brace, I have a puppy following my every step, getting under my feet.

I really wish that I had a camera watching me at times, it was quite the comedy of errors.  I had a walking cast on just a month ago for the bone spur in my foot, before that I was on crutches for a month for the same bone spur, and now I have a cast on my right thumb and wrist because I have a hairline fracture in my wrist!!  I, dear readers, am a mess!!