I have my dad’s old video camera. It is a small one, easy to use…it can take photos as well as video. The only problem with it is that the battery is shot. It no longer holds a charge. I went to THREE battery stores around here, with NO luck. Then I found this place for replacement batteries, and what do you know? Yep. Found the battery I needed, as well as one for my laptop, and I am currently looking for a replacement for my camera battery, as it does not like to hold a charge anymore either.
Bonus. Go me! Ha!
Posted in: Misc.
Worst web site I have seen since, oh… 1995 or so. GAH.
Posted in: Crazy..
over here. again. here too still… but…better over there.
Posted in: Life.
I was reading an article the other day about Whole Foods, and how some guy exposed them for duping people by selling non-organic foods that were marketed as organic, and sold at organic prices. Ugh.
We are really trying to change the way we eat, and we are trying to be better consumers as well. It is not an easy task. But all it takes is a little research to see that what we eat most days is indeed very bad. I am trying to buy organic when I can and we no longer buy anything canned. We are working on keeping it fresh, and trying to buy local as well. I love farmer’s markets. 
So, since T failed miserably with the quitting thing, I told him that I was gonna get him an electric cigarette. He would still be getting the nicotine but not all of that other crap. It would be a step in the right direction me thinks!
He buys the cheapest smokes he can, and he smells dreadful most of the time. Yuk. Cannot believe I was ever a smoker. Bleargh.
Posted in: Life, Self Improvement.
T attempted to quit smoking the other day. That went well.
NOT.
He has been trying to get things back on track, and one of those things has been shopping around for life insurance quotes. He let his lapse after he lost his job in July and now he has none. However, being a smoker makes you have to pay more for a policy.
He was so SO grouchy, he is lucky that I didn’t kill him. LOL. I gotta wait til he has a policy in place though.
(That was a JOKE…. )
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Today is my brothers birthday. Happy Birthday Bro!
He lives in Virginia now. I miss him muchly. *sigh*
*lights up a Padron* (cigar)
Not really. LOL
I did not know my brother for most of my life. I knew OF him, but did not meet him until I was in my 20s. Sure am glad to have him in my life. And if he does not answer his phone when we call him later, Ima gonna be mad.
He is not good about keeping in touch. Then again, neither am I. Ugh.
Posted in: Life.
The good thing about what I will be doing, when I find a job, is that I can do it from anywhere. I can live anywhere I want, because I will be telecommuting. Awesome. Cause I am due a change. I have started looking around in different places. It kills me how you can rent a whole 4 bedroom house in Cape Coral for $900 a month, but a small shoebox apartment in NYC will cost you over $2k. Guess I won’t be looking for any jobs in New York!!
I have a friend who lives in NYC with his girlfriend. They were all excited to find a place in Manhattan that was under $2500 a month. He posted pictures on the forum we belong to, and OMG if I did not die a little when I saw how teensy it was. Ugh. I am not really claustrophobic, but having to live in a place that small would take care of that!! I need space, yo.
That reminds me of the skit George Carlin did on Stuff. And how your house is just a place for your stuff. Ha.
If you have not heard it…youtube it, it is good for a laugh!!
Posted in: Misc.
You wanna know what really depresses me? Once I am working, it is going to take awhile to save enough money to get my own place. Once that has occured it is going to take even longer before I have the time or the money for a vacation. I really want to get back to WV for awhile, and I am always up for a trip home to Massachusetts. *sigh*
At least Disney is close, so an Orlando vacation would not totally be unattainable. I cannot wait to be able to take M to Disney. Then there is that whole Harry Potter thing going on over in Universal, so… bonus for mommy. LOL. I really have to keep in mind that people, families, spend thousands for a week or so in Orlando. It won’t be quite that much for us, thankfully.
Posted in: Misc.
Everyone is different. What works for one person, may not work for another. And that saying applies to just about every aspect of life.
For me it is especially true in regards to weight loss. After hours of scouring weight loss blogs, watching The Doctors (LOVE that show!) and reading various other websites, I have a rather large list of quick weight loss tips. I am willing to try them all.
I am not doing anything drastic or unconventional. I just make sure to drink my water every day. I try to eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 big ones. This doesn’t always happen, and I need to make it a priority. I have also cut way back on meats, eating only white, lean meat. We need to eat more fish around here.
Also, at lunch and dinner, I make sure to pack in the veggies, which is hard because I like so few of them.
I had been eating a lot of soy-based products, which I recently found out is a big no-no for someone with thyroid issues. *sigh* I shall miss my Silk Chocolate Soy Milk.
My main issues have always been with pasta and potatoes and bread. It is not so much a problem in that it is high calorie or anything, but for me it is a trigger food. It makes me want more bad stuff. I can never seem to just have a cup of pasta. And then, an hour later, I am hungry again. Bah.
Being a carboholic really sucks sometimes.
Do you have any trigger foods? What small changes have you made, that turned out to be a really good thing?
Posted in: Life, Self Improvement.
You all know how fluorescent lighting will show everything, from like the day you were born until that very moment that you are staring at your face? Yeah, I HATE that.
I really wish that I had my scanner here. Some of you would just DIE over these photos that I am pouring over. I just found a picture of me with this girl that I was friends with back in middle school.
We shall call her AL.
In this photo, she has these dark spots all over her face. I think it is safe to say that liquid cover up is NOT the best acne spot treatment, you know? She looks ridiculous.
Then again, so do I. My hair! I look like a spawn from the Flock of Seagulls. Man…WHAT was I thinking?? hahaa. That was another drawback to having crappy hair, when I DID attempt to style it, I ended up looking like a complete idiot.
*sigh*
Anyway, I remember this day, going into the bathroom with her. She was horrified at her reflection. She had not noticed how spotty she was in her own bathroom mirror. We fixed her up by washing her face and reapplying the cover up, this time to her WHOLE face LOL. She looked much better.
Sadly, there was nothing that could be done for my hair!
Posted in: Silly.
