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Maui For Christmas

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

I’ve got an idea stuck in my head, and I can thank my kid sister for that. She had brought up some time ago the idea of a few of us close female family member taking a holiday trip to some place nice and warm, like Maui for example. She keeps talking about this and it has really gotten my excited about doing something like this maybe for the next holiday season, after this year’s one that is up and coming quicker than I’d like it to. This year no one has any extra money for presents or a trip and a stay at one of the plush Maui Condos that we have been talking and dreaming of so quite some time now.

Who wouldn’t enjoy a nice relaxing holiday season for a change. Instead of dealing with all the stress and madness that takes place during those crazy months that so many people and families get put through each and every year. Sitting on a tropical beach, soaking up the sun, people watching and drinking one of those drinks with the little umbrella in it sounds so much better than dealing with the wet, cold, nasty weather that comes along during those holiday months.

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Subway Woes

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

One of my favorite places to go for a good sub is Subway. It is too bad that the Subway that is closest to where I live isn’t a better one. The people that work there are way too grumpy, slow and leave a lot to be desired when it comes to Customer Service. I’d love to be a Mystery Shopper and go in there and just raise some eyebrows when I rate them unworthy of running a Subway store. At first I just thought my timing was just off with them, but each and every time I go there it is the same thing. They don’t even say thank you when you complete the transaction by placing money from my hand into theirs, which just burns me to no end.

It’s a pain to have to drive an additional 15 minutes to get the other Subway, but it’s worth the extra time and extra gas that it takes to get over there since the sandwiches even taste batter that are served to me with a smile on their face and a “thank you, please come again” which keeps me coming back just as asked.

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One Bad Apple

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

I’m seeing more and more places using various crowd control products, you know the classy looking stanchions with their plush velvet rope and brass looking fittings all polished up that we all see at banks, concerts, grocery stores and the like . It’s a good concept and a necessary one, especially at carnivals and amusement parks. I remember when King’s Dominion first opened up, it started out as a wildlife park, the kind that you could drive your car through the park and see numerous, various wild animals roaming around in the “wild” You were given a tape to listen to if you had a cassette player in your car and you could also purchase food to feed the animals as you drove through, which was pretty cool. After a few years they built a mono rail that you could ride in to see the animals and also put in a few carnival rides and the whole place did a major turn around and has been growing and raking in the money ever since.

Back when it first opened the rides there were no barricades to keep line jumpers in line, but that didn’t last long. Many a fist fights broke out between folks that were tired, hot, hungry, thirsty, dealing with kids and all the hassles that go along with a long line with hundreds of strangers surrounding you. A line jumper can be the last straw that makes some one blow up and this place isn’t laid out for a safe fist fight.

It’s really sad to think that we have gotten to the point where we need such things to keep us safe from ourselves. But all it takes is one bad apple, as they say……

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A Special Trip for the Holidays

Monday, January 17th, 2011

I appreciate the guest post, Jamie Guy

Every year I spend the holidays with my family and friends in my hometown. I have lived in this town all my life and never really travelled far from it. It seemed I had it all right there. But, about ten years ago, I decided to take a special trip around the holidays to visit an old friend who had moved away years ago. This friend had never married or had children and I assumed spent each holiday alone.

I made my travel plans and when the big day came to leave, I made sure I set myHome Security alarm and off I went to the airport. I was so surprised to see that my friend had come to meet me when my plane landed and it was great to see her. What I didn’t know was that my friend had planned to show me exactly how she spent each holiday where she lived.

She took me on the holiday to a local homeless shelter and she introduced me to the many residents who lived there. It seems that my friend had been doing this for many years and she knew everyone there. We served them all dinner and dessert and sat and talked with a great number of them. It was such a rewarding feeling at the end of the day. It made me realize that my perfect life wasn’t as perfect as it seemed and now I plan to spend many more holidays with my friend.

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Git R Done

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

I can only imagine how hard a major move can be for a family that has been deep rooted in the same house for generations such is the case for my aunt’s family. They are relocating come the first of the year, as soon as they can get Christmas and all that goes along with over and done with. As a matter of fact, most of the presents are going to be placed in a few select boxes and sent ahead separate from the majority of the stuff that they have managed to accumulate in the “old homestead” for the past 75 years or so. A good amount of stuff that is still there belongs to several other family members as well that will need to be taken care of, and soon. January is sneaking right up there.

They have all ready lined up several Moving Estimates. Using the Internet made this task of finding the perfect Local Movers for the job a much easier task to tackle. There are a lot of Moving Companies out there and there are many factors involved in moving that need to be taken into consideration of course. Sites live movers.com can assist with Long Distance Movers and provide you with Local Moving Quotes as well. A good resource for potential movers.

I’ll be there to help when they call. Moving in the winter is going to bite, but oh well, nothing you can do about it, just git r done!!!!

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