Asha Anujeeva

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!

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…..

Last night I was shopping at Sears to buy some new bedding.  Well, mother nature called so I went to the store’s ladies room.  When I entered the room I was really surprised to see a middle-aged lady holding a young boy (maybe about three years old) over the sink with his pants down.  She was telling him to pee in the sink!

She was just as surprised to see me enter the room, as I was to see her.  She said to me “the toilets are disgusting” and wrinkled up her nose.  I looked into the stalls and saw that the previous people had not flushed the toilets.  Yes, that is disgusting, but all one needed to do was to flush them!  So I entered one of the stalls and flushed the toilet and took care of my business.  I heard the lady rinse out the sink she was using and leave the room.

When I went to wash my hands, I was sure to use the sink that had not been peed in!  And I noticed that there were wet spots around the other sink.  I had to wonder if they were water spots, or urine spots.  Regardless, I was grossed out!

This post created by guest blogger Margery Charleston

Tired of looking at outdated floors and less than appealing faucets, it was time to tackle my next Home Improvement SEARS project-remodeling the bathroom. Most of the improvements to be made were pretty simple things. It wouldn’t require a lot of work, so out came the coveralls and the tools and my do-it-yourself job began.

Things went smoothly, as anticipated. With the assistance of a few Internet print-outs and a bathroom remodeling handbook, my stuck in the 80’s bathroom became a sophisticated, cozy little place nice to look at. None of the work was hard at all, and it is a job I can proudly say I completed!

We added new tile flooring which really makes the bathroom stand out. I was amazed at how easy it was to install. Also added was a new bathroom sink. This one features his and her sinks, complete with an antique look that is fabulous. More bathroom space has always been an issue, so a new vanity was also added. It matches the sink perfectly, and the bathroom now feels like a much more warm and relaxing place to take care of business!