When Allison told me that she was thinking about starting her own business in Raleigh, she asked me if I would do her bookkeeping for her. I told her that I was very flattered, but I really do live too far away to be comfortable doing that for her. Sure, we’ve been friends a long time, but I suggested that she contact her Raleigh CPA Carson Thorn for a recommendation for some kind of local bookkeeping service. I told her that if he said that he thought it was “doable” even at this long distance then I’d give it some thought.
Category: Computers and/or Internet
Over the past couple of years I have been noticing that our gutters and down spouts are deteriorating. I’ve been looking at decorating magazines and seen some articles and photographs of something called rain chains that I think I’d like to consider buying and using when my hubby finally declares that it is time to replace the down spouts.
Nobody that I know has ever told me that they have any experience with chains rain, so I’m a little bit anxious about trying something that nobody else that I know has used. Funny how I depend so much on the experiences of my friends and family!
I’ve fallen in love with the beauty of a copper rain chain that looks like lotus flowers, and I’ve bookmarked the website for future reference. My biggest worry right now about copper rain chains is whether or not some one would be bold enough to come up to the house and steal them just for the melt down value of the copper. Maybe I should consider aluminum instead, but I DO love the warm look of copper!
One of my favorite all-time films is the Monty Python’s flying circus film “The Holy Grail.” I’ve only seen it once or twice before, and I have to be in the right mood for such silliness, but it does give me a good belly laugh when I watch it. And who doesn’t like a good belly laugh from time to time?
My father used to love watching the Monty Python’s Flying Circus television show back in the ’70s and ’80s, and whenever I watch any Monty Python flick I think of my father. When I watch them I get a melancholy, bittersweet feeling. I miss him. I hope you enjoy this short video of one of my favorite parts of the film – the taunting of the French Knight.
Do you remember a time when if someone told you to “stick it in your ear” it was supposed to be an insult? Recently my hubby gave me a pair of in ear buds to use when I’m listening to music while I’m sitting at the computer, but I have always had trouble keeping things like that in my ears. My doctor has told me that I have the smallest ear canals he has ever seen in an adult, and because of that he says that it is amazing that I can even hear!
At least now I don’t feel quite so bad when I ask people to repeat themselves – the doctor has given me a very good reason for not being able to hear very well!
Thanks to Roman May
My daughter and her husband finally saved up enough money to buy a new house. They have been married for three years and had lived in an apartment the whole time. The day they had the closing and got the keys they had to get the electricity turned on in their names. They went online to ShopElectricityRatesTexas.com to find the best deal that they could find. My son-in-law’s father had told him that was a great place to get electricity. Then they went into the house and decided that they wanted to paint everything before they moved in. We all chipped in over a long weekend and knocked that job out pretty quickly. We also cleaned everything from top to bottom because my daughter is pretty much a germaphobe. Then over the next week, we all helped, when we could, get all the furniture moved in. The next part involved making the curtains. My mom is a great seamstress so she was a big help in getting the curtains made for every room. I think my daughter learned a lot about sewing from her. So now the house is mostly complete. I am really hoping now that they will start thinking about having a baby. I can’t wait for that to happen.