Last year I wrote about the cost of Christmas Link , at that time the cost was only $18,920! Once again according to those same guys at the PNC Wealth Management, the Christmas Price Index is up once again by 3.1% and the increase is because of a couple of things: Gold trading at $840 per ounce! Since the federally mandated minimum wage increase, unskilled milkmaids now receive about $46.80 an hour! So "eight maids a milking" is quite costly these days! [of course they duly noted...

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[Title changed because hate is a strong word and being blue is more what I feel sometimes!] Sometimes I do dislike the holidays. Just sometimes. I really love it, most of the times, I really do. Because I have so many happy memories of holidays past and am trying to make the holidays present be filled with love and tradition and wonderful memories for my three kids. But there are times when it's difficult to keep that smile on my face. When I get in to one of these moods I'm ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ROY IN HONOR OF YOUR SPECIAL DAY WE SING YOU GREETINGS TO ENJOY PERHAPS A SONG AND DANCE OR TUNE IN TO YOUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO HAVE A DRINK ON US AND A DELICIOUS SLICE OF CAKE DON'T HESITATE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW THE ENTERTAINING TALES YOU WEAVE WITH NONCHALANTED FLAIR YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS NO OTHER DOES IT LIKE THE WAY YOU DO KEEP ON SHARING AND GIVING A LAUGH OR TWO T...

Liz Pulliam Watson offers up some good advice for those of us who wants to take it, about being frugal for Christmas, if there's such a thing! There are many who will go all out as they usually do, why, because it's Christmas of course! But there are things we can do and many ways we can hold off on going over our budget for the holidays! In an article entitled Have a tightwad's Christmas on msn.com/money, Ms. Watson suggested the following: First off to try something new! We...

I was reading the latest issue of Metropolis , the Architectural and Design magazine. On cover is a picture of a 152-story (floors) building in Dubai, 152 floors and they hadn't finished building it yet! This building is called the Burj and it will be the world's tallest building when it is completed! Two articles caught my eye in this month's issue, Notes - Educating the Next Wave, by Susan S. Szenany and Beyond the Spectacle by Stephen Zucks . Ms. Szenany's artic...

David Beckham is guaranteed making $275 Million in the deals he made to come to the United States to play professionally. I enjoy seeing him play, the few times I've seen him on TV. He's a pretty good baller! I don't follow Baseball as much, especially since leaving NY, the little interests I had is no longer there. Here in Florida, there's not too fuss made about Baseball (not that I'm aware of anyhow) now Football, especially college football, and any college sports, yes, they make a...

"I don't care what they say about me, this is my life, da da da da daaaaa I don't care if they say it's time to come home. I don't care anymore this is my life, go ahead with your own life, leave me alone!" _______________________ The words are probably mixed up, but that song has been buzzing around my head for too long! I'm not telling anyone off, no one has accosted me to tell me I'm living my life wrong or to live it their way, thank heavens! I just like that song and have been hu...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAOS MANAGER THESE GREETINGS ARE FOR YOU ON THIS YOUR SPECIAL DAY ANOTHER YEAR IS HERE SO CELEBRATE YOUR DARLING KIDS WILL TREAT YOU LIKE A KING GET UP AND DO THE BIRTHDAY DANCE FOR GIGGLES ALL AROUND YOUR GORGEOUS WIFE MIGHT BAKE YOU A CAKE OR TAKE YOU ON THE TOWN ENJOY, ENJOY THE SPOILS THIS DAY FOR YOU AS JUST BEGUN! YOUR BIRTHDAY IS HERE AND IT IS TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN! FROM THE GANG AT JU! ...

I've just found this out, about EDRs, Event Data Recorder that are in some cars, the newer models, the data from this little box can give information about your vehicle and in essence about you in the event of a motor vehicle accident. " we are referring to a device installed in a motor vehicle to record technical vehicle and occupant information for a brief period of time (seconds, not minutes) before, during and after a crash. For instance, EDRs may record (1) pre-crash vehicle dyn...

I was watching a movie on the television, don't remember the name of it. It was one of those channel-surfing-looks-interesting-stay-with-this-one thing. One of the characters in the movie asked another, "What if there is no hell?" Interesting question I thought! What if there really is no hell, would the world fall apart, would the gospel according to Jesus' religion be a lie? Would God not be real? What about all those people who like to swear other people to hell, or those t...

Note to reader, these are observations, and my opinions. There are no finger pointing! Blogging is quite an interesting thing to do isn't it? We all do it and we are here because it is a past time we do enjoy. For some people, due to health issues or otherwise, blogging is sometimes the only interaction they might have with other folks on a daily basis. Anyone on a blog site get to know each other, their idiosyncrasies, style, likes, dislikes, etc., stuff happens, shit happens, ...

Pinch me, I must be dreaming! Say it isn’t so because I can’t believe that next week IS Thanksgiving?! I knew it was ‘around the corner’, the days have been ‘flying’ by, but this is ridiculous! I’ve thought about what I’m going to cook but haven’t really given the thoughts much detail yet. I know I’m doing turkey; after all, it is turkey day, it’s a honorary custom that we do have turkey on Thanksgiving. You know some people don’t do turkey; they’ll do some other meats? At m...

I received the following from a friend of mine and LMAO! It was sweet and funny at the same time! In light of Little Whip's recent article [titled "Friendless"?], hope I got that right and didn't copy the link before writing so just find her name on my sidebar if you haven't read it! Friendship' (With none of that Sissy Crap!!!!) Are you tired of those sissy 'friendship' poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of pro...