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Champagne and Chocolate

Anu — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:38:26 +0000

Wow, I just learned more in the few minutes that it to read the “A Toast To Champagne: History and Fun Facts” that I posted below than I’ve ever know about Champagne and I’ve put down some Champagne in my life, I can tell you that! So I thought I would post this little blurb here for grins and giggles. It’s just one of those days where a nice bottle of Champagne and a box of Chocolate would be Fantastic!

Brought To By Wine.com, Purveyors of Fine Wine and Champagne

Wal-Mart to stop using plastic bags?

Anu — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:27:32 +0000

I was shopping at my local Wal-Mart and heard some of the employees talking about how pretty soon Wal-Mart will be requiring their customers to bring their own bags! I wonder how well the customers are going to be taking that! Personally, I’m glad – I have several canvas shopping tote bags that I bought a long time ago that I would like to use for my weekly groceries. Even though I bring most of my empty Wal-Mart shopping bags back to the Wal-Mart for recycling, I really would prefer to not have to deal with them. Although they DO make good little trash can liners!

I didn’t know people were eating monkeys!

Anu — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:59:39 +0000

I was reading a BBC.com website news story today about how 48% of the world’s primate species are facing extinction. The article explains that a large reason for that was the deforestation of the world; people are cutting down and/or burning the forests that the primates live in. That was depressing news. But what really surprised me was to read in the article that the extinction is being exacerbated by hunters who are hunting the primates for food! I did not realize that people considered monkeys as edible! I don’t know why, I just never really thought people would eat monkeys. That makes me especially sad, since I consider primates to be so closely related to humans that it almost seems cannibalistic to eat them!

Algae turned into fuel

Anu — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:13:02 +0000

According to an article dated May 29, 2008 in the LA Times, there is a company that is planning to use algae to start producing a crude oil that can be used to make gasoline and diesel fuel. The production of the fuel uses carbon dioxide, which would help to clean up our greenhouse gases problem. It can be refined in existing refineries and be used by the existing cars and trucks on the road. It plans to reach full commercial scale in five years. The company that is planning to do this is called Sapphire Energy.

Wouldn’t that be wonderful, getting oil from algae instead of fossil fuels!

Organizing our home, starting with the playroom

Anu — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:42:21 +0000

Guest post written by Cheryl Hunt

One of the things that I wanted to do before my husband went back to work after the holidays was to organize our home. Well, I think I’ve basically run out of time to get his help on that, but I’m just going to move forward and try to tackle all of this on my own. I thought a good starting place would be the kids’ playroom. That’s one area that’s always messy, so I thought it might be good to get that worst room out of the way first. Plus, my kids will get to start enjoying it more again that way.

I looked online to find some tips about that and while I was looking, I ran across some info on new doors. Our front door looks so beat up and awful that I decided to use that site to get it replaced.

I’ve already started sorting through the kids’ toys, which is kind of just where you have to start out with this. It’s going much easier than I expected and I just hope that it keeps going that smoothly!

Going to the Golden Corral

Anu — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:39:22 +0000

Tonight we are going to eat out at the Golden Corral. We are celebrating my sister’s wedding anniversary, so we are joining several other family members there. I like the Golden Corral; it is an all you can eat buffet with the best tasting yeast rolls I’ve ever tasted in my life! I sneak a zipper storage bag into my oversized purse that I bring just so I can bring the leftover yeast rolls home to eat later! They are the best! And I really like their mashed potatoes and their macaroni and cheese, too. Oh, and I love hush puppies! I’d really like to eat there EVERY DAY! Their salad bar and dessert bar is terrific, I like to eat a little taste of everything!

Online shopping

Anu — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:34:26 +0000

Do you enjoy shopping online? As consumers find that their spare time is becoming more precious, many of us are turning to shopping online instead of going to the local shopping mall. Within just a few minutes, the consumer can order a wild variety of goods, like leopard print plates for a housewarming gift, bamboo strands for making placemats for a craft class, and a
God Bless Our Home Cutting Board, all while dinner is being cooked in the microwave in the room next to the computer.

Using the Internet to shop has opened up the entire global shopping market to everyone that has an Internet connection. Many companies now offer free shipping, and having the goods delivered to your doorstep, or if it is a gift they offer giftwrapping, a gift card, and delivery to the recipients address. How’s that for convenience?! And best of all, there is no worries about finding a parking spot, or locating your car in the parking lot after a long day at the mall! Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy shopping at the mall from time to time, but sometimes the mall just does not have what I’m looking for, and sometimes I just don’t have the energy to deal with it.

Personality profiles

Anu — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:12:21 +0000

Many companies are sending their employees to enrichment programs and seminars, in the hopes that the employees will become more satisfied with their jobs and more productive.

More employers are using personality profiles now to help their employees develop their career path. One such personality profile program is called DiSC, which is sold by Resources Unlimited. They are an authorized Inscape Publishing Distributor of the Online Disc Classic 2.0 Profile. This program consists of 28 questions and only takes about ten to fifteen minutes to complete, and the results are delivered immediately. This program can be used to help build team work, improve salesmanship, and improve management skills.

Good Example

Anu — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:46:46 +0000

Contribution by Saul Martin

I try really hard to be an example for my children, and to show them the importance of saving money. We have a “coupon clipping hour” every Sunday afternoon, where we all gather around the table and cut out our coupons for the week. We make our grocery list based on what’s on sale, and we’ve turned it in to a little game. The person who can make the most creative meal plan with the fewest amount of ingredients wins. Bonus points if all of those items are on sale, and extra bonus points if the meal ends up being delicious. I think it does a lot to really instill the value of money in them, and we actually all have a lot of fun every Sunday sitting around the table together. I was talking to a friend recently though who convinced me that saving money is not only about clipping coupons. It’s about making wiser choices with your money across the board. She even called shop electric companies in texas to see if she could get a more affordable energy provider, and she ended up saving a ton of money. I wonder if I could convince one of my kids to make the call for me…they really love to save money!

Aspirin for heart attack prevention

Anu — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:45:35 +0000

For years I’ve been hearing on television shows, and from my own doctors, that taking one low-dose aspirin a day helps to prevent heart attacks. For the most part I haven’t taken aspirin at all because it irritates my stomach. It irritates my stomach BIG TIME! And I know that the so-called “prevention” factor is that it acts as a blood thinner. Ibuprofen ALSO acts as a blood thinner, and relieves my headaches better than other pain killers. I tend to take a couple of ibuprofen almost every day, so I figure that the advice to take one aspirin a day really does not apply to me.

Today I was reading an article on the Time.com website that a study done in England has concluded that aspirin does not reduce the risk of heart attacks in people who are prone to be diabetic. Well, I think that news is going to shake up the medical community! I wonder what I’m going to be hearing on the television news (and from the doctors) NOW!