One of my Facebook friends just posted that he is a having a very bad day. He says that his iPhone got washed with a load of dirty clothes and it no longer works.
The average load of laundry in a typical American home is worth between $400 – $600. But he was checking the replacement cost for his iPhone and has found that a new one will cost $900 – $1,000. Wow! That was a VERY expensive load of laundry!
My cousin just sent me this recipe for cooking Tilapia. I have never even tried this fish, but I see it on menus and in the seafood departments all the time. So I’m going to take her promise that this is delicious and buy some Tilapia fillets next time I’m at the grocery.
Tilapia That Melts in Your Mouth
Something that seems so easy to prepare but something that I never make at home is the breakfast burrito. At home, I don’t even think much about breakfast during the week. I just want my coffee and maybe a muffin or piece of toast and I’m out the door.
This morning I had to drop off a friend to get a rental car before work. I decided to wait around and make sure that she got it with no problems. So I drove across the street to the Sonic and ordered a breakfast burrito with a Route 44 cherry limeade.
Fifteen minutes later my friend drove away in her rental car and I had chewed my last bite of the breakfast burrito. It was actually very tasty and a nice change of pace.
Guest post by Linda Bradshaw
Last year when my husband was going through his physical therapy for his back pain, his insurance company agreed to pay for a LG-TEC Dual Combo TENS Unit and Muscle Stimulator to help his with his attempts to find pain relief. I was really glad about that because I had heard that TENS Units, and Muscle Stimulators really help a lot of people with their pain management routines, and I was anxious to help my husband find as much relief as we could get.
When his therapist told us to Visit LGMedSupply Online to get more information about TENS units, we found that they had an interesting online customer blog that helped us to gain confidence in their products. We got the TENS Unit and it works like a charm! My husband loves it. Isn’t modern science a wonderful thing!
I’m hoping that my next year’s tax refund check will be a decent one. Decent enough for me to put a large down payment on a new car. My first car was an old VW Beetle and I’ve always had a spot in my heart for the VW Beetle. The New VW Beetle is mighty fine looking and I’m really tempted to go down to the local VW lot and test drive one to see how they feel and ride. A nice rich blue color would be sweet to be driving down the road.
I do like the volkswagen jetta as well, but it just doesn’t compare with my beloved Beetle or “Bug” as we used to call them back in the day. I still see a nice “Bug” going down the road once in a while and I find myself staring them down and almost drooling at the sight of it.
My mother would like to see me in a dodge challenger, I would like to buy American but I have to check an assortment out and see what best fits me and my needs. My Dad has been pushing for a new volvo c30. They are such opposites it cracks me up. Anyway I have almost a year to sort them all out and make a decision so there is no rush, but it is exciting and gives me something to look forward to. The Internet certainly will be helpful in researching this project!
Hey check out this wild looking tiny little thing, the smart fortwo, what a trip!
Here is a new portrait of two of my friends. They worked with a professional photographer to take this publicity shot.
My dilemma is that I don’t think it is very flattering of her and don’t know how to tell her that without hurting her feelings.
She is a very pretty woman and is madly in love with her boyfriend. So I can see why she likes this photo. But I wish she was not posed so awkwardly, and her shirt is not flattering at all. In fact, at first glance I thought it was an apron.
What do you think?
One of my co-workers just asked me to give them a lift after work today. They had car trouble this morning and broke down on a back road several miles from her home. She had to catch a ride from a complete stranger, who was kind enough to stop when they saw her on the road next to her car.
I don’t mind giving her a ride home, even though it is out of my way. In fact, I am flattered that she thought she could ask me.
It will give us some nice time together for about 20 minutes on the ride to her house. We can chit chat and get to know each other better. Of course, I’ll be late getting to my own home, but I don’t mind just this once.
I have noticed that there seems to be a greater amount of commercials on the TV advertising Mesothelioma Attorney services for people suffering from this Mesothelioma Disease that is receiving so much attention. Ten years ago I’ll bet no one would have a clue as to what a Mesothelioma Lawyer would be used for. I know that I wouldn’t have.
I know most families have to deal with at least one family member that is suffering from some type of serious illness or disability. Our family is dealing with my uncle suffering and recently diagnosed with Mesothelioma. It seems that when he was serving our country in the US Navy he spent time in a submarine and was exposed to this disease at that point. How disturbing to know that he put his life on the line for all of those years for his country and now he is dealing with this horrible disease.
A good website to check out is survivingmesothelioma.com if you know someone who may make good use of it.
Thanks for the guest post by Esteban Vinson
My two children are very active and greatly enjoy the fact that they have afterschool programs that they can attend. They not only are able to get of the house almost every day, for a good reason, they are able to make friends and learn life skills that can benefit them for the rest of their lives. One thing that is good about the fall is that there are great deals of different spots they can participate in. Being the loving parent that I should be, I try to attend each and every one of their meets and practices that I can. Working and going to school online makes this opportunity easy for me, and it makes them extremely happy. The lovely weather in fall means that although it may be a bit breezy, it won’t snow yet, and it won’t be scorching outside. To me this is the most memorable time of year.
My son is greatly involved with wrestling and foot ball. My daughter loves cheerleading. They both go to the same school and only one grade apart, so it makes it wonderful to be able to see them both have fun at the same time. I just set my wireless security alarm, get them ready, and head out the door. This is part of what makes my family great, and I am proud to say it.
I was quite concerned when I was reading some articles last week about how easy it is for college students to get into financial trouble with their easily-obtained student credit cards. These types of credit card offers sometimes come in with the junk mail – sometimes they are even addressed to family pets! I can remember getting a pre-approved offer in the mail for our cat not too long ago!
I think that college students would be wise to only use secured credit cards or prepaid cards. I think it would be a lot harder to get into too much debt that way. Sometimes I think that the credit card companies are NOT the consumer’s best friend at all! So I want to advise all students that are getting ready to head to college, to take a good hard look at what they truly are capable of paying back before they start using their cards like money grows on trees!
Guest post written by Carrie Northman
Hiring a house cleaning service was something that we did for years and I grew so used to the service that when I retired, I didn’t bother to cancel it.
I do still pick up clothes, wash dishes and other various household chores. But some of the bigger tasks I leave to the service, like ironing and dusting. A lot of the times I’ll plan my errands around the time each week a housecleaner is supposed to come so I’ll stay out of her way and she won’t have to worry about being quiet for my sake. However, it doesn’t always work out that way and although the lady who currently comes to our cleaning doesn’t mind me being there, there have been a few times where she has asked me a question about my household preferences that I haven’t heard because of my hearing loss.
I know that has to be frustrating for her and it definitely is for me, so I’m getting a free hearing test this week to see if I need to do anything about my problem.
Guest post by Terrell House
I love eating at Maria’s Mexican Restaurant. It is located in Platte City, MO and is an authentic Mexican restaurant. It is much better in atmosphere, service, and taste than any Mexican restaurant I’ve ever been to. They have a wide variety of foods to choose from. My favorite is the enchiladas, or the fried ice cream.
On my birthday I went to Maria’s to eat. It was about 6 o’clock in the evening. I made sure to set my adt Security alarm before I left the house to go out to dinner, because you can’t be too careful these days. Once we sat down, the employees sang Happy Birthday to me and had me wear a special birthday sombrero hat, which is extremely large and colorful. Then they took my picture with a polaroid camera and put it on their famous Sombrero Wall. The entire wall is covered with people in photos wearing the special sombrero.
Maria’s is very quick to serve you and they are always accurate and friendly. You couldn’t ask for a better Mexican restaurant. I absolutely adore the place.
Contribution by Michale Greer
Dirty Dancing would have to be favorite chick flick that I sit down and watch all the time. If I catch it on the tv I got after I researched satellite tv installation near Indianapolis, I always stop switching channels and watch it until the end.
You can’t help but fall in love with Patrick Swayze in this movie. He is an amazing dancer and his character is such a nice guy. You watch him and Baby learn to dance together. They end up falling head over heels in love and make a perfect couple. They have chemistry that many people have trouble finding when filming a movie. This is one case where they work great together. This movie is one that always makes me wonder what happened after it was over. Did this wonderful couple stay together or go their separate ways?
I guess that we will never know, but I will always enjoy watching them fall in love and dance together all over again. It is a movie that I will share with my daughter when she is old enough to appreciate it. I take every chance that I can get to watch this one when I find it on.
One of my co-workers, Sharon, has announced that she has finally decided to buy a house. She’s been renting an apartment for the past ten years, saving her money up for a good down payment. She has made a short sale offer on a nice little ranch just a few blocks from work, and she says that she plan to walk to work most of the time.
So now Sharon is hunting for free or discount moving supplies to start packing up her apartment. I told her that she really shouldn’t race into anything because short sale offers can take a very long time to be approved, and she shouldn’t count her chickens before they hatch! My girlfriend Laura has tried three times to get a short sale approved on the house she wants to buy and she’s been waiting over nine months! Sometimes I think that the banks just don’t know what they are doing when it comes to these kinds of things!
Nonetheless, I advised Sharon to check with the local book stores and liquor stores for empty boxes. They both throw away a lot of perfectly good moving boxes that she should be able to get for free, just show up and take them!
Guest post written by my buddy Brian Josephson
Have you ever been frightened when your pet has fallen ill? Perhaps you do not have pet insurance and cannot afford to run to the veterinarian whenever your pet is sick. Sadly, this is the truth for many pet owners. Just like these pet owners, I cannot afford to run my pet to the veterinarian all the time either. So, my solution has been to use medical pet websites with my wildblue satellite internet connection.
Using medical pet websites has proven to save me thousands of dollars. I cannot emphasize how helpful websites like www.petmd.com are. One time, my kitten was vomiting everywhere in my home. Not a pretty scene, I know. I was scared that my kitten was about to die, and I could not afford to take her to the veterinarian. Using a medical pet website, I was able to look up her exact symptoms. It turns out she just had consumed too much of her pet food and had a stomach ache! She was nowhere near dying, but I was still relieved. The website also suggested ways that I could take care of the kitten, to ensure that she would get better.
I am so grateful for medical pet websites. They have saved me and other pet owners thousands of dollars in the long run. More importantly, the lives of our pets have been saved!
Thanks to mommy blogger Lucille Devaney for the post.
Everyday I watch the satellite TV, which I got from www.Direct.TV, with my son and see the same commercial for Pull-Ups. I absolutely love this commercial simply because of the reaction my son gives. There is a little boy just about my sons age who is sitting and playing with his toys when he realizes he has to go potty. He drops everything he is doing and runs to the potty. My son is also being potty trained, so when he sees this commercial he mocks the little boy on TV and runs to the potty. I think this commercial will help my son remember when he has to go potty. I wish that I could record this commercial and play it over and over so my son gets the point of the potty. He is at the point of mocking people, so this could be a good influence on him. It reminds him that no matter what he is doing he must stop and use the potty. I wish there was more commercials like this. They really go down to the child’s level and pinpoint their key audience.
I’ve noticed lately that I’m having more trouble seeing clearly when I drive at night, so I have to make an appointment to see my eye doctor soon. I can remember when I was a child I was jealous of the many movie stars that made wearing eyeglasses look so glamorous! I can remember telling my father once that I wished I had to wear glasses! He told me that was an awful thing to wish for! Well, he was right; wearing glasses is not as wonderful as I had daydreamed about as a young girl!
Eyeglasses are way more expensive than I think is reasonable, and I think that buying them at the optician’s office is a consumer rip-off. There are so many other places that a consumer can go to and buy eyeglasses that cost less money! You can even buy eyeglasses over the Internet at ZenniOptical.com if you can convince your eye doctor to give you your Pupillary Distance. I’ve bought my glasses at other places before I found out about the great prices at Zenni. The only problem that I would have with buying glasses from them is that I found out that they cannot accommodate prism in the prescription, and that is something that I need. Just my luck, I can’t use them! Sigh…..
Thanks to my bud Stuart Simon for the post.
Once I was able to figure out my satellite tv installation, I have been watching this great show called Tosh.0. I have started recording all of the upcoming episodes that will play in the future for sure. I absolutely love how he takes clips of videos from the internet and pokes fun at them. You have to admit that one of the best things about the internet is the fact that so many people choose to put funny videos of themselves that show the folly of mankind quite accurately. Lots of the clips that people have posted that he pokes fun at are funny not by intention. I have been watching the reruns that have ran this week as well, and I really love this show. He even had Dave attel and other stand up comics do special bits for the show too. i have always loved the stand up of Daniel Tosh, even though he really reminds me of Hillary Swank.
I don’t have the time to sit and go through all of the epic fail videos that are abound all over the internet, but Tosh.O gets them all for me and condenses them into a single, 30 minute show. he will never run out of videos to make fun of, so this show should go on forever.
Guest post by Linda Bradshaw
When my hubby was injured in my car accident in 2007, I tried to get my mortage company for our house in New England that we were trying to sell to grant me a hardship forebearance. Since he wasn’t able to work due to my injuries, I was hopeful to get some empathy from the company. Boy, was I wrong!
Long story short, the mortgage company has dropped the ball and tossed me around from department to department, where I have been met with gross incompetence at every turn.
After over two years, even though we FINALLY did a deed-in-lieu with the company last November, and the deed to the house was transferred into their name in December the company is continuing to send me notices that I owe them the money and the company is still sending notices to the credit agencies that the mortgage is overdue. This is resulting in credit card companies closing my credit cards or lowering my credit limits.
Every time I call Bank of America I am shuttled around from department to department, and told the matter will be escalated and someone will call me back within the next week. That never happens. I have called them about once every two weeks, and nothing is resolved. I have sent them letters, and I get replies that someone will contact me within 20 days, and that never happens either! I got collection calls several times a day for years on end until I finally blocked their telephone number!
As of today, I have been on the phone with Bank of America for the past four hours, being shuttled around from department to department, trying to find some help. I’m on hold at the moment, waiting for a supervisor to talk to me. The lady I just spoke with said that my account was in the process of being assigned to someone in the home retention department!
I have contacted my state senator Mark Warner’s office, asking for help a couple of weeks ago. Haven’t heard back from them yet.
Anyone know a good lawyer that would like to sue this company on my behalf to get this resolved and maybe some punitive damages for emotional distress it is causing? I had hired a lawyer that I was told is an agressive lawyer that loves to sue people, but for some reason he just doesn’t seem to be in the mood to take this on! If you know of a class-action suit going on for people in situations like this, or know a good lawyer that could/would help me, please post comment to this blog and I’ll get the information!
Can you feel my pain?
My mom has been doing a lot of reading lately about Mesothelioma and Mesothelioma Cancer as part of her continuing education requirements for her job. She initially got interested in the subject around 1996 when her boss put her in charge of checking their office building for asbestos, as part of an OSHA inspection preparation.
I always thought that asbestos was essentially limited to insulation and brake pad linings, but listening to my mom talk about it I’ve learned that it is roof shingles, and tile flooring as well. I can recall a time when I was driving home from work one day and saw a house that was being demolished, but it was in a very large clear plastic tent as part of the demolation process. No one had to tell me; I just figured it was part of an asbestos removal project. That’s rather a scary thought to me, that there is so much asbestos out in the world that entire houses have to be tented in order to be demolished!