There used to be a nice salad that I would buy at Wendy’s that had a piece of grilled chicken on a bed of mixed greens and some mandarin oranges, sliced almonds and a special vinaigrette dressing.It was reasonably priced and I would try to order that at least once a month, as I don’t eat out at fast food places very often.
But last month I drove up to Wendy’s to order that for lunch and they didn’t have it any more. Now they have a selection of designer salads.
That upset me, as I really liked that salad and now there is nothing like it on the Wendy’s menu and not anywhere else that I can find, not even a full service sit down restaurant.
I used to see peacocks when we went to Florida on vacation. They are all over Florida, in the wild and in nature parks. I have never seen an all white peacock yet. I think it is a beautiful bird and would love to see one.
I was reading an article in The Chronicle yesterday about how people who continually update their Education make themselves more valuable employees. In this day and age, when people are so worried about competing in the job market, I think that taking some courses now and then is a good idea.
But many of us have transportation issues, or schedule issues and need to be able to take courses online. Fortunately there are lots of schools that offer online degrees. One of those, Walden University offers a degree in Communications, which is something I’ve always been interested in. I’ll have to check and see if my company has tuition reimbursement benefits for their employees! Getting a college education with someone else’s money is a good thing!
I’ve always loved watching dramas and reality television because of how exciting they are. There is an adrenaline rush when someone gets voted out of American Idol. Since Ellen Degeneres became a judge on Americal Idol, I decided to check out her talk show on satellite TV packages in California I got.
Let me tell you, I have never been interested in any talk show before. Like I said, I was only checking it out because of my love for American Idol. Ellen’s show is a classic! She always has a smile on her face and she is ready to make the audience laugh with her wit and dance moves.
It seems like all of her guests are really interesting people. Sometimes the AI contestants that have been voted off even come onto the show. Those are some of my favorite episodes. It’s kind of funny that The Ellen Degeneres show is now one of my favorite shows of all time. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
Now that I watch her talk show, I sometimes tune in to other talk shows to see if they are as exciting and inviting. I still haven’t found one that I consider on par to her show, but there are some that are decent enough.
Always be on the lookout for newer shows that you might not think are interesting. Some can be really great!
I’m always looking for smart storage ideas. I’m a pack-rat, and I admit that I have a hard time throwing things away. But often times the things that I want to hang onto have no real value other than sentimental. And that is a real problem, because I’m a Virgo, and I need to be practical in everything that I do.
And I suspect that no matter how large a house I had, I would still fill every nook and cranny up with more and more “stuff.” I just hope that I don’t end up on some reality television intervention show like “hoarders!”
Having said that, I’ve been thinking about using some glass racks in my kitchen to help me to better utilize my kitchen storage space. I’m thinking that I could put a stemware rack on the underside of one of my cabinet shelves and then store platters underneath the glasses. And I’d like to get a wine glass rack to organize all of my wine glasses. It seems that too often I am pushing them around in the cabinet to find something else, and then one of them falls out and breaks. Then I end up with a bunch of mis-matched glasses, which annoys me to no end! After all, I am a Virgo!
One of the things that I dreaded while in school was math class. I had a few teachers that felt that girls should not go above pre algebra in their public education. There were even a few that would refuse to answer my questions in class.
When I went to college, I took every single math class that the college offered, and got “A’s” in all of them. I’d love to find those teachers now that I’m older and rub their noses in my college report cards!
But I digress. When I was taking pharmacy technician classes, I was surprised at how many times I ended up helping my classmates learn how to divide fractions and use Algebra equations to help in filling prescriptions.
Today was A’s last day at work at our store. He’s a nice young man that was a shift supervisor. He’s going back to college, and he’s taking a week’s vacation before starting school. Today was “truck day” so we could not take the time to do a proper good-bye celebratory lunch or dinner. When I arrived at work this afternoon I asked the store manager if we were going to have any kind of luncheon for A and he said no, we were too busy with the truck and we’d just have to say a quick good-bye.
Well, I’m the last one to take a lunch/dinner break, so during my break I went to Domino’s Pizza across the street and bought four pizzas and brought them back to the store. I offered pizza to everyone there, declaring it was my treat in honor of A’s last day. I just couldn’t see letting him go off to college feeling unappreciated by the crew at the store! One of the young ladies that works there DID bring in a couple of cakes, and we all signed a good-bye card. I also gave him a duct tape wallet that I made as a good-bye gift. He’s a sweetie-pie and I’m going to miss his smiling face at work! I wish him the best of luck and hope he stays in touch.
To say that my aunt likes the movie “Wizard of Oz” would be a gross understatement. She’s actually obsessed and will do anything to buy items in any way related to the movie.
That makes it the easiest, yet the hardest task to buy presents for her birthday, which just happens to be soon. She has almost every kind of memorabilia that exists and that’s what people know to buy her for gifts. Some of her collections include all kinds of figurines, snow globes, afghans and T-shirts. Most of it is in the living room and it’s crazy to see how she’s positioned all of it in there perfectly. It almost makes you afraid to sit down or touch anything.
So after I got my new satellite internet packages I decided to just do my entire gift hunt online instead of going to the mall like I have in the past. I found a set of coasters and I knew she didn’t have movie-themed coasters so I bought them on wildblue internet and had them shipped to my house.
I was quite aggravated yesterday when my boss informed me that I was going to be taking on more work and responsibility without any increase in pay, or any extra hours to do the work. He won’t even change my status to full-time even though I’ve been working forty hours a week ever since I started there! I am not impressed. I already feel as if I’m underpaid and being taken advantage of! This will only increase those feelings!
My cousin Lynne sent me an email that her son Jarod is moving across the country and she has been helping him to pack his belongings to get ready. She was helping him to comparison shop moving companies and found a website called EZ removals that provides up to six different quotes from different companies that specialize in helping people to relocate their households.
I can remember how stressful it was four years ago when we moved down here, trying to find the most economical services. The Internet sure is a great source to help people to compare prices and services on just about everything anyone needs in this day and age! And I really like the fact that it can take you beyond your local neighborhood when need be. I think that being able to comparison shop on a wider scope helps keep your neighborhood businesses competitively priced.
I was looking at funny commercials on YouTube and found this funny ice cream commercial. I like ice cream, too, but I don’t think I like it quite this much!
One of the things that is difficult for me to work in the pharmacy is the fact that only the pharmacist is allowed to bring a coat or lunch box or purse into the pharmacy. And we are not given lockers for our personal belongings. So I’ve turned to wearing men’s pants to work a lot of the time. The reason for that is I want to put my wallet and keys and cell phone in my pockets. And for the most part, women’s clothes just don’t have pockets large enough to accommodate all of that.
So when I go shopping, I often go to the Menswear department to see what kind of nice looking clothes I can find there that I can wear to work. I don’t want to look too masculine, so it is a narrow line that I have to walk. But one of the interesting things is that my son and I wear the same size, so we often go shopping together. I depend on his fashion sense to keep me up to date on what the latest in men’s fashions so I don’t look too ridiculous!
There doesn’t seem to be much of a light at the end of this economically messed up tunnel that are government has gotten us into. There are still way too many For Sale and Foreclosure signs lining the streets. The unemployment rate numbers are still sky high and more people are getting deeper into debt each and every day. I can’t think of a single person that I know or am related to that is seeing any relief. In fact more people are turning to places like thecreditpeople.com that will Improve & Fix your Credit Score. It is a shame that credit card companies are raking in the bucks as we (the consumers) are being sucked dry with outrageous interest rates and unreasonable late fees.
At the beginning of last month when the majority of my bills are due, I tallied up my credit card balances and wasn’t happy with what I saw at all. I just might need to start looking into some of the credit repair services that we have been hearing so much about. Without the benefit of good credit you can find yourself in a heap of trouble these days. And we all need at least one credit card to get by on, wouldn’t you agree?
Just a reminder to clip those Box Tops For Education labels from the numerous food and personal hygiene products that are gracious enough to donate money to our school systems. All of our schools are in need of funding and this is a quick and easy way for everyone to help bring in some case for our kids.
I can remember back in the 1980′s when disco was all the rage. Many of the nightclubs that used to have live bands converted to using disc jockeys. That was a very sad time for my family, because most of the men in my family had music jobs as a second income. From what I understand, our family has been in the music industry since the 1800′s! So I was pleased when my kids expressed an interest in taking band in school. I did find it discouraging, however, at how expensive it was (and still is) to buy musical instruments for the students to use. We spent a lot of money on instruments that are no longer being used, and have very little re-sale value. Most disturbing.
I recently located a cousin of mine that lives only a couple of hours away from where we live. He used to play in my father’s band back in the ’70s and 80′s. I found out that he is stll playing in a band, and his sons play too. I was glad to know that the music is still alive in our family, and if I ever need to find musicians for a party, I know who to call! It’s in the blood, and we are keeping the music alive!
I love the Geico website because it allows me to do everything I need to do online. There are times when I need to pay my bill a day or two late and all I have to do is use my wireless internet bundle to get online and push back my automatic payment. I don’t think I’ve ever called the customer service number because the website is set up so well.
I am able to change my policy and what state I am in instantly. I review my new policy online and have paper billing so all I have to do is print what I need and save paper where necessary. One of the best parts of having my insurance with Geico is being able to choose which payment plan and insurance needs I have at any time.
Last month, I switched my payments to quarterly instead of monthly because it was a more convenient way for my family to pay. I actually saved money because I was making a bigger lump sum payment. Usually they charge a small fee if monthly payments are made, so I was able to eliminate this amount.
My bills are almost all online, which makes it easy to get everything paid on time and when ever I am able to. I usually pay them after all of my kids go to bed and it is quiet. I wouldn’t have this luxury if I had to make phone calls or mail payments.
I’m always annoyed by the doctors that order eye drops for people to use to get rid of their conjunctivitis. I know that there is an oral antibiotic that they can take to fix the problem. And the eye drops really hurt! I’ve had to use them myself a few times, and let me tell you, they REALOLY HURT! So I fell really sorry for the poor kids that have to use the eye drops. I wish the doctors would just prescribe the oral medicine instead.
