Vote

After the last presidential debate, Bob Schieffer said “ As I always do at the end of these debates, I leave you with the words of my mom, who said, “ go vote it will make you feel big and strong.”  In many races, national, state and local, it is too close to call which means that every vote really does count. One week from today we will head to the polls to vote in the general election. WE are making ourselves heard for not only who our president should be,but also for U.S. senator, our governor, attorney general.  Also for local offices, judges, school boards and more.  I would not even try to tell you what candidate to vote for, there are enough TV ads, and news papers to tell you that. Besides I think most folks already have their minds made up. My point is much simpler than that. My point is ------ Vote Nov. 6. Be sure to do your homework then cast your vote, every vote does count. In todays tech world there is unlimited information about the candidates available at the click of your mouse.  But remember not everything on the net is truth.

Out my door

 

 
 

 

 
My kids from Australia thought it was great fun to rake leaves.  They don't have anything like this where they are from and it was very exciting for her. We have a leaf vacuum that comes around and sucks up the leaves each day.. another exciting thing.  Is funny how our every day can be so different to someone else. 

Abby Cadabby at the Childrens Zoo aka Morgan

5 on Friday

 
1. Think back to your years of Trick or Treating:  Which one of your past Halloween costumes are you most proud of?
 This one is easy. My favorite costume I was a gypsy! This was in the 60's and I had a flowing skirt made from scarves, very bright and colorful. My long hair had flowers in it. I wore lots of beads. LOL maybe I was a hippy but it was supposed to be a gypsy!
2. What is the format of your favorite radio station?  (In other words, what type of music does it play?)
My favorite radio station plays music from the fifties, sixties, seventies, and eighties.
3. What is the oldest thing in your medicine cabinet?
Oldest thing in my medicine cabinet is a box of band aids. It is metal, any one remember those? It is about 30 years old.
4. What kind of book do you most prefer:  e-book, hardback, paperback, audio or library?
Favorite type of book....hummmmm.....no way I can pick that. If it has words it is a favorite.
5. What is your favorite comfort food and when was the last time you felt bad enough that you needed a big helping of it?
Chocolate is my favorite comfort food. About 2 weeks ago life was bad for me and I bought some Milky Ways  and ate them all.

Conniving

 

I think I might need help. I recently found this bargain hunting website that I've maybe become addicted to. And I'm getting greedy. People go to this website to share helpful information on easy ways to get things really cheaply or for free. But these cheap/free things come with certain conditions, like maybe you have to fill out a short survey, or test a product, or it says something about one per household. Any I just sit here and rack my brain for ways to buck the system and maybe end up with two per household.
And the thing is that these aren't necessarily scamming internet companies that promise to pay you twelve cents every time you sign up and give your credit card number to some shady company. Or companies that secretly send spyware and viruses to your computer whilst you peruse their site. Generally it's just some honest company that, you know, wants you to try its product or its service and in turn offers the product free to a limited amount of people, or offers a reward for trying out the service. Or maybe it's just some company having a short-lived blow out sale.
So, here's my shameful story for today. A few months ago, I signed up for a  magazine, which I've never read before in my life, because it was free for a year.  I was tired of living in a periodical-free zone, so I figured, what the heck? A week or so ago, I got my first magazine, the Oct issue. I looked through it. Not too shabby for a free issue. No complaints. But. A couple days later, I got another magazine. The September issue. OK, kind of weird. Whatever. Then, today, I got the August issue. That annoyed me. Yeah, I didn’t pay for the subscription, but still. So, I called their subscription 800 number and complained that they sent me two back issues that I had already purchased from the news stand (which maybe wasn't necessarily true, but, in my opinion, no less shady than them sending me back issues in the first place). They happily extended my subscription for two months. It was a 45-second phone call.
You know, whenever I feel kind of bad about these sorts of things, I just think about the people from this website who will drive hundreds of miles armed with loads of coupons, just because some grocery store in Biloxi is having a triple coupon day, and they get like $400 dollars worth of stuff they might not have otherwise bought for $36. Or I think about the people who drive to every single Walgreens (for instance) in the tri-state area to purchase every available weird-ass item that's on some kind of super-duper-special sale. I'm not as bad as those people. Yet. But keep an eye on me, OK?

13 days

anticipation  \an-tih-suh-PAY-shun\  noun
What does it mean?
  1 : an earlier action that takes into account and deals
with or prevents a later action 
  2 : pleasurable expectation 
  3 : the act of preparing for an expected event or state


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