tues aug 16, 2011 :)
hi all! im not doing very well at keeping this site updated am i? almost everyone i know................NO.................EVERYONE i know is on facebook. im on there, under duress. i stay on there to be able to see new pics of my family as they post them, and find old friends.
i actually like this site better cause i can ramble on about anything and not have to worry about being cut off because of too many words. arggggg! and twitter.....forget it!
things are good, life is good, family is all well, God is good, USA....not doing so good.
thinking about a small business venture w/my son. i want to find something that can tide me over and maybe let me retire. cant really afford to right now. especially the way the current government administration is handling everything. oh yeh..........thats one thing...........social security! ENTITLEMENT my ass! they forced me to pay into that all my life. youre damned right im entitled to it. its my money that they have played with and made money, and now they want to tell me "oops, sorry, its gone". this isnt a "gimme" this or that.........this is MY money. it infuriates me everytime i hear some idiot polititian call SS an entitlement. arggggg!
and what about them dems and repubs? they arent that different. 98% of them are dirty and out for themselves and their cronnies. now THATS entitlements. (not earned) they sure arent giving us much to choose from this coming presidential election. i wrote in ron paul 3 yrs ago and if he doesnt get the nomination (which i doubt he will) ill write him in again. i disagree on a couple of his ideas, but overall, hes my man. i like a little of what mitt romney says, BUT......the first time i saw him and heard him speak, i got the same icky feelings i got the first time i saw/heard "slick willy". (bill clinton) "weazel" comes to mind. sarah palin is a sweetie, but she doesnt belong in the oval office. i think she should be on a regular news program. shes people friendly and knowledgeable. michelle bachman.....go home. newt....................WAY past his "sell by" date.
mark my words, obabma is a sacrificial lamb. he was put in office for the exact purpose that is going down in the US right now. he got in by enticing blacks, illegals, the poor, and mexicans. hows that "change" workin fer YOU? my guess is, if you dont fit into one of those catagories, its not going so well for ya. his main rival for the office of president was the "hildebeast" and after all was said and done, he appoints her to one of the highest offices in his administration. now tell, me this. have you EVER seen a president do this? of course not. its part of the plan. he was a nobody that they put in to get all this crap started, (socialism, i mean) and to take the heat, and toward the end of his term he'll be hated, and he wont care because he went into this office KNOWING that hed be a "one term" president and that he would be VERY WELL compensated when all is said and done. more national debt in 3 yrs than all the other presidents combined. yeh, hes doing a swell job. i just cannot believe people still trust him. of course, those poor, illegals, blacks, and mexicans on welfare, food stamps, and free housing and free medical, have no 401K's to lose, no money in the bank to lose, no house that theyre buying or paying taxes on to lose. thanks to this administration they are set for life. and again, mark my words, so will obama be set for life when his term is over. i wouldnt be surprised (just a guess) if he leaves the country, and all the cover-ups about his heritage and beliefs, will all come out. AFTER hes out of office. course, he may just return to "MOB RULED" chicago. (oh yeh, thats where he came from) i imagine detroit would welcome him also.
think im gonna call it a day for now. dont just listen to what people/polititians say. keep a close eye on what they do & how they vote on things. theres a great site that has info on what polititians said, what they believe and how they voted. it hasnt been updated for this presidential election yet, but many of the same names are listed from last time. ontheissues.org
well i guess i did have some opinions "off the top of my head" to share w/anyone who cares to listen. :)
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
the lengths i'll go to...
may 11, 2011
i wrote these 2 things to a good friend of mine who has family that works at a car sales place somewhere in indiana. thats how the topic of the car thing came up. then she had mentioned about wasting money on airfresheners. thats how the story about the ozium came about.
she said i ought to share it w/others. so here i am! hope you enjoy...........
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Just wanted to tell you about this stuff..................its called OZIUM. It’s a room deodorizer. its in an aresol can that is like a skinny hairspray can. it comes in different aromas. the vanilla and the fresh air are my favorites. but the original is in a blue/white can. you find it in the auto department where they keep those hanging car smelly freshners.
i found it when i worked at the bar, as id said. i learned that when smoking in a car w/the windows up, you can squirt one squirt of it into the air, and you smell the smell of the ozium for about 30-40 seconds then it disappears and NOTHING! No more smell, and visibly no more smoke. i use it now, around my cat litter, and when i have any of the grandkids at my house. i smoke, but give the room one squirt and you can actually watch the smoke disappear. cooking smells, trash, and so on. id do a commercial for it if they asked me to. i think the can i described is about 3.5 or so ounces. it may be more. it lasts a LONG time. much longer than normal deoderizers and none ive found even compare to how good this works.
if you come to the kokomo walmart and dont intend to shop for anything else, just park in the back where you go to get an oil change. theres a back door to the store. the auto dept is right there as you walk in, and they have a cash register right there to pay for it. you dont even have to go into the store itself. short and sweet.
gotta tell ya this........................................over 10 yrs ago, when i was car shopping and i was going to pay cash for a NEW car, me and (a younger) aaron went to some dealerships in indy to look around and possibly buy, if i found what i wanted. i dont remember which one it was but it was one that was on TV all the time and a well known one, and it was HUGE. aaron and i both had jeans on but were dressed appropriately for the day. we wandered around, walking right past a group of (at one point there was 7) salesmen who were standing around just chatting w/each other about stuff, for over an hour, and during that time men came in to car shop and various salesmen left the chatty group to help them. not once did even one of them ask if they could help me. i had kept an eye on my watch. they seem to think............dumb/stupid woman w/little kid......not gonna buy a new one so lets just act like she doesnt exist and maybe shell go away. ticked me off royally. sooooo a little passed an hour of being ignored, (i warned aaron cause i knew hed be embarrassed) i loudly called out, "does anyone in here want to sell me a car today?" 3 guys headed for me. somehow 2 dropped away and this guy turned on the charm and appologised profusely. i told him it didnt matter (thats all i said aloud to him) ...................and it didnt...............because i would NEVER buy a car from that place or any one of those salesmen.
anyhow, i started looking at high dollar cars in the showroom and picked one. i knew my credit was excellent and the guy kept saying the old, "what will it take for me to put you in that car today?" i THOUGHT..................................show me a snowball from hell.......................i SAID, lets get going on the paper work.
you know how long the paperwork process is? LONG. well over an hour, and closer to 2 hrs. they had to check my credit and all the other crap they tried to sell me, like undercoating and tinted windows, CD player, and other added on stuff. i ordered it all. i asked a zillion questions. FINALLY, when it was time for my signature, i took the pen and put the pen to the paper and then reached over and laid his pen right in front of him, stood up, took my son by the hand, and said, " you wasted over an hour of my time..........................how does it feel?" i walked out of there bursting w/pride. treat me like that, then expect me to buy something from you.......................i dont think so!!!! on the way to the car, aaron asked if i was going to do that at every dealership we went to. i told him "yes, if i was treated this same way?" i went home tired and "puffed up" w/pride. I was proud of myself for keeping my cool, and teaching a lesson to those arrogant men.
kinda like not throwing away junk mail. take the time to write "return to sender" and put it back in your mail box. when it comes back they have to pay return postage.
i LIKE to think of these things as making a point! call it what you will.......................it feels good! ya'll be kind and assertive! :)
:)IBKARYN4U
i wrote these 2 things to a good friend of mine who has family that works at a car sales place somewhere in indiana. thats how the topic of the car thing came up. then she had mentioned about wasting money on airfresheners. thats how the story about the ozium came about.
she said i ought to share it w/others. so here i am! hope you enjoy...........
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Just wanted to tell you about this stuff..................its called OZIUM. It’s a room deodorizer. its in an aresol can that is like a skinny hairspray can. it comes in different aromas. the vanilla and the fresh air are my favorites. but the original is in a blue/white can. you find it in the auto department where they keep those hanging car smelly freshners.
i found it when i worked at the bar, as id said. i learned that when smoking in a car w/the windows up, you can squirt one squirt of it into the air, and you smell the smell of the ozium for about 30-40 seconds then it disappears and NOTHING! No more smell, and visibly no more smoke. i use it now, around my cat litter, and when i have any of the grandkids at my house. i smoke, but give the room one squirt and you can actually watch the smoke disappear. cooking smells, trash, and so on. id do a commercial for it if they asked me to. i think the can i described is about 3.5 or so ounces. it may be more. it lasts a LONG time. much longer than normal deoderizers and none ive found even compare to how good this works.
if you come to the kokomo walmart and dont intend to shop for anything else, just park in the back where you go to get an oil change. theres a back door to the store. the auto dept is right there as you walk in, and they have a cash register right there to pay for it. you dont even have to go into the store itself. short and sweet.
gotta tell ya this........................................over 10 yrs ago, when i was car shopping and i was going to pay cash for a NEW car, me and (a younger) aaron went to some dealerships in indy to look around and possibly buy, if i found what i wanted. i dont remember which one it was but it was one that was on TV all the time and a well known one, and it was HUGE. aaron and i both had jeans on but were dressed appropriately for the day. we wandered around, walking right past a group of (at one point there was 7) salesmen who were standing around just chatting w/each other about stuff, for over an hour, and during that time men came in to car shop and various salesmen left the chatty group to help them. not once did even one of them ask if they could help me. i had kept an eye on my watch. they seem to think............dumb/stupid woman w/little kid......not gonna buy a new one so lets just act like she doesnt exist and maybe shell go away. ticked me off royally. sooooo a little passed an hour of being ignored, (i warned aaron cause i knew hed be embarrassed) i loudly called out, "does anyone in here want to sell me a car today?" 3 guys headed for me. somehow 2 dropped away and this guy turned on the charm and appologised profusely. i told him it didnt matter (thats all i said aloud to him) ...................and it didnt...............because i would NEVER buy a car from that place or any one of those salesmen.
anyhow, i started looking at high dollar cars in the showroom and picked one. i knew my credit was excellent and the guy kept saying the old, "what will it take for me to put you in that car today?" i THOUGHT..................................show me a snowball from hell.......................i SAID, lets get going on the paper work.
you know how long the paperwork process is? LONG. well over an hour, and closer to 2 hrs. they had to check my credit and all the other crap they tried to sell me, like undercoating and tinted windows, CD player, and other added on stuff. i ordered it all. i asked a zillion questions. FINALLY, when it was time for my signature, i took the pen and put the pen to the paper and then reached over and laid his pen right in front of him, stood up, took my son by the hand, and said, " you wasted over an hour of my time..........................how does it feel?" i walked out of there bursting w/pride. treat me like that, then expect me to buy something from you.......................i dont think so!!!! on the way to the car, aaron asked if i was going to do that at every dealership we went to. i told him "yes, if i was treated this same way?" i went home tired and "puffed up" w/pride. I was proud of myself for keeping my cool, and teaching a lesson to those arrogant men.
kinda like not throwing away junk mail. take the time to write "return to sender" and put it back in your mail box. when it comes back they have to pay return postage.
i LIKE to think of these things as making a point! call it what you will.......................it feels good! ya'll be kind and assertive! :)
:)IBKARYN4U
Thursday, February 24, 2011
still suckin air :)
oh my. its been so long since ive written here. i really have missed it. guess i couldnt have missed it all that much or i wouldnt have taken so long to write again, huh? :)
life is still treating me and my family pretty well. we have our moments, but on the whole, "life is good".
a friend of mine gave me an idea. she reminded me of all the times i dwelled or pondered something from the past that was a fond memory. she called it, "remember when?" i have those moments all the time. sometimes induced by seeing a particular color, or touching a particular texture. usually those moments are induced by an aroma or smell. the sense of smell is the most closely connected of our 5 senses, to the part of the brain that houses our memories. we walk into someones home and we're overwhelmed w/the thought..........."this smells like grandmas house when i was a little girl." its usually a more specific memory than this.
i believe that aromas can hinder or benefit our daily lives. i mist my pillowcase every night w/one of my perfumes. i want to drift off to sleep w/a pleasant aroma going thru my brain. i also have those little bottles of oil that you put the long sticks in and every once in a while you have to take the sticks out and stick in the other end. those are nice and last a long time. then theres the old standby..........insence.
im planning on popping in here more often. i may have something on my mind thats i think is important, or i may just be writing about something that i "remembered when".
i actually had one of those moments yesterday. i was in the elevator and a lady got on with the rest of us. i kept sniffing and thought i recognised the smell. i asked the ladies if any of them had taboo on. one lady did. taboo brings to mind many good peopole and fond memories that i have from the 70's and 80's. (when taboo came out) i had a little yellow volkswagon beetle and my best friend loved driving it. if you remember, vw's were air tight and smells tended to stay in the car. anyhoo, when debby would get in the car and shut the door, and i was wearing taboo, she would say, "EW, tabs and ooooes". she hated the smell. i, on the other hand, loved it. i remember her saying that almost every time i ever wore the stuff.
this perfume also brings back fond memories of those "good ole days". sometimes just flashes of "warm fuzzies" (just the feeling of "ahhhhhh"), other times i have a detailed and specific memory connected w/the smell.
do yourself a favor and keep your favorite aromas around to calm you, bring you joy, or to just inhale and go........."ahhhhhhhhh!" influence your surroundings by surrounding yourself w/aromas that are pleasing to you. personally chosen aromas can help make a bad day better. how? i dont know..........it just does. its a brain connection of some sort. i do know that its one way that i have some power over where my brain meanders. thru aromas, i have the ability to influence the moment, or even the outcome of a day.
we tend to take our "huffer" (nose) for granted till we NEED it. just try slowing down, because "life is NOT an emergency". try stopping outside and just inhaling the aromas that surround us on a daily basis. fresh cut grass, flowers, the air after a spring rain or any aroma that pleases YOUR senses. in this way you can have more influence on where your thoughts end up. hey, just try it.
in the mean time............go forth, and dont forget to stop and SMELL the roses. :)
life is still treating me and my family pretty well. we have our moments, but on the whole, "life is good".
a friend of mine gave me an idea. she reminded me of all the times i dwelled or pondered something from the past that was a fond memory. she called it, "remember when?" i have those moments all the time. sometimes induced by seeing a particular color, or touching a particular texture. usually those moments are induced by an aroma or smell. the sense of smell is the most closely connected of our 5 senses, to the part of the brain that houses our memories. we walk into someones home and we're overwhelmed w/the thought..........."this smells like grandmas house when i was a little girl." its usually a more specific memory than this.
i believe that aromas can hinder or benefit our daily lives. i mist my pillowcase every night w/one of my perfumes. i want to drift off to sleep w/a pleasant aroma going thru my brain. i also have those little bottles of oil that you put the long sticks in and every once in a while you have to take the sticks out and stick in the other end. those are nice and last a long time. then theres the old standby..........insence.
im planning on popping in here more often. i may have something on my mind thats i think is important, or i may just be writing about something that i "remembered when".
i actually had one of those moments yesterday. i was in the elevator and a lady got on with the rest of us. i kept sniffing and thought i recognised the smell. i asked the ladies if any of them had taboo on. one lady did. taboo brings to mind many good peopole and fond memories that i have from the 70's and 80's. (when taboo came out) i had a little yellow volkswagon beetle and my best friend loved driving it. if you remember, vw's were air tight and smells tended to stay in the car. anyhoo, when debby would get in the car and shut the door, and i was wearing taboo, she would say, "EW, tabs and ooooes". she hated the smell. i, on the other hand, loved it. i remember her saying that almost every time i ever wore the stuff.
this perfume also brings back fond memories of those "good ole days". sometimes just flashes of "warm fuzzies" (just the feeling of "ahhhhhh"), other times i have a detailed and specific memory connected w/the smell.
do yourself a favor and keep your favorite aromas around to calm you, bring you joy, or to just inhale and go........."ahhhhhhhhh!" influence your surroundings by surrounding yourself w/aromas that are pleasing to you. personally chosen aromas can help make a bad day better. how? i dont know..........it just does. its a brain connection of some sort. i do know that its one way that i have some power over where my brain meanders. thru aromas, i have the ability to influence the moment, or even the outcome of a day.
we tend to take our "huffer" (nose) for granted till we NEED it. just try slowing down, because "life is NOT an emergency". try stopping outside and just inhaling the aromas that surround us on a daily basis. fresh cut grass, flowers, the air after a spring rain or any aroma that pleases YOUR senses. in this way you can have more influence on where your thoughts end up. hey, just try it.
in the mean time............go forth, and dont forget to stop and SMELL the roses. :)
Friday, April 23, 2010
where 2 begin!
yeh, yeh, i know. its been a long time. life is good and all is right as rain. humph! life is good, but right as rain? dont think so.
first of all, im not a big fan of mud and rain. but im grateful that it will most likely be around 6 months before theres any chance that ill have to shovel snow or scrape ice from my windshield. im all set for this mowing season. got a new electric lawn mower. mine has the cord, so unless the power is out, or i run right over the cord, the darned thing WILL start. so they tell me. my luck w/mowers is legend and it isnt good. thought id give this a try. havent used it yet, so we'll see.
im gonna have hernia surgery on may 10th. the darned thing has been growing ever since it was created several years ago. it just started causing pain in the last 6 months or so. they tell me that its a very tricky surgery. not particularly dangerous, but tricky. the trick part is that, once done, the mesh they put over it to put back and hold in all my body parts to where they belong, can hold up for years, or it could tear apart the day after the surgery. thats why my doc said to wait till it was giving me problems. i also find that my hearing is getting worse. i can hear whats going on or being said but cant make out the words. very frustrating. even more frustrating is that insurance will pay for hearing exams, but pay nothing on hearing aids. that sucks! especially when an aid for one ear is over $1000. i was jokingly going around telling people that if they knew anyone that died that had a hearing aid, to not throw it away and that id buy it. someone told me that that isnt such a bad idea. i know.......im wierd. :)
update on my son, aaron's little family. baby jenson, born jan 4th 2010 and is doing well. they took him about 6 wks early by c-section and he was soooo tiny. so were his little lungs. he came really close to having to be flown to riley hospital in indy. now-a-days he looks no more like a premie baby than i do. hes filled out all the wrinkled excess skin with baby fat. looking adorable, if i do say so myself. lately hes begun doing the eyebrow moves and facial expressions and developing his own little personality. hes a grinner too. grandma likes that.
jared will be 2 yo in july. this little kid lights up my life. the new house is fabulous and they are settled in for their first summer in their new home out in the country. anne and aaron are well.
my daughter, suzi, and her family just got back from a trip to the grand canyon. suzi is just about finished w/her first year in nursing school. joshua will be 9 yo on may 1 2010. he holds a first place in 2 different catagories of karate, in the nation. hes a brown belt. school is about over for the season for both of them and theyre both looking forward to it.
ive kinda been gettin that ole feeling again. that "yearnin fer learning." i think i need to take a class or something. at this time in my life im not looking for any degree. im just trying to decide what i want to do. ive taken tye-dying, crocheting (didnt do well at all w/crocheting), and a powder-puff mechanics class.(learned a lot in ppm class) i was considering small engine repair. that would be mowers, mopeds and the like. this is a consideration because ive been thinking for the last 2yrs that id like to have a moped or scooter. just as a toy, but i wouldnt have any problem riding it to work every day. (cept that it'd totally mess my hair up) im gonna have to check out lowes again. they have all kinds of free classes on how to do this or that. (for free too) the library offers free and inexpensive classes too.
always remember............everything you learn is good for something, and it all looks good on a resume. never EVER refuse to learn something new, especially if its free. i saw this somewhere a long time ago.....
the lack of 'applied' knowledge,
ALWAYS
results in confusion & frustration!
and on that note, im outta here. have a great day, show someone you care! :)
first of all, im not a big fan of mud and rain. but im grateful that it will most likely be around 6 months before theres any chance that ill have to shovel snow or scrape ice from my windshield. im all set for this mowing season. got a new electric lawn mower. mine has the cord, so unless the power is out, or i run right over the cord, the darned thing WILL start. so they tell me. my luck w/mowers is legend and it isnt good. thought id give this a try. havent used it yet, so we'll see.
im gonna have hernia surgery on may 10th. the darned thing has been growing ever since it was created several years ago. it just started causing pain in the last 6 months or so. they tell me that its a very tricky surgery. not particularly dangerous, but tricky. the trick part is that, once done, the mesh they put over it to put back and hold in all my body parts to where they belong, can hold up for years, or it could tear apart the day after the surgery. thats why my doc said to wait till it was giving me problems. i also find that my hearing is getting worse. i can hear whats going on or being said but cant make out the words. very frustrating. even more frustrating is that insurance will pay for hearing exams, but pay nothing on hearing aids. that sucks! especially when an aid for one ear is over $1000. i was jokingly going around telling people that if they knew anyone that died that had a hearing aid, to not throw it away and that id buy it. someone told me that that isnt such a bad idea. i know.......im wierd. :)
update on my son, aaron's little family. baby jenson, born jan 4th 2010 and is doing well. they took him about 6 wks early by c-section and he was soooo tiny. so were his little lungs. he came really close to having to be flown to riley hospital in indy. now-a-days he looks no more like a premie baby than i do. hes filled out all the wrinkled excess skin with baby fat. looking adorable, if i do say so myself. lately hes begun doing the eyebrow moves and facial expressions and developing his own little personality. hes a grinner too. grandma likes that.
jared will be 2 yo in july. this little kid lights up my life. the new house is fabulous and they are settled in for their first summer in their new home out in the country. anne and aaron are well.
my daughter, suzi, and her family just got back from a trip to the grand canyon. suzi is just about finished w/her first year in nursing school. joshua will be 9 yo on may 1 2010. he holds a first place in 2 different catagories of karate, in the nation. hes a brown belt. school is about over for the season for both of them and theyre both looking forward to it.
ive kinda been gettin that ole feeling again. that "yearnin fer learning." i think i need to take a class or something. at this time in my life im not looking for any degree. im just trying to decide what i want to do. ive taken tye-dying, crocheting (didnt do well at all w/crocheting), and a powder-puff mechanics class.(learned a lot in ppm class) i was considering small engine repair. that would be mowers, mopeds and the like. this is a consideration because ive been thinking for the last 2yrs that id like to have a moped or scooter. just as a toy, but i wouldnt have any problem riding it to work every day. (cept that it'd totally mess my hair up) im gonna have to check out lowes again. they have all kinds of free classes on how to do this or that. (for free too) the library offers free and inexpensive classes too.
always remember............everything you learn is good for something, and it all looks good on a resume. never EVER refuse to learn something new, especially if its free. i saw this somewhere a long time ago.....
the lack of 'applied' knowledge,
ALWAYS
results in confusion & frustration!
and on that note, im outta here. have a great day, show someone you care! :)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
december 24, 2009
just a quickie note to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year. i wanted to share whats happening in my very near future. starting with today.
aarons clan and i, and suzi's aunt geri and uncle clarence are going to suzi's for Christmas, today after i get off work. eatin the trinity ham, and tons of junkfood. (i imagine/i hope) celebrating Jesus birth, a wonderful/healthy family, another young one (1 1/2yrs) being aware of Christmas for the first time, and the long awaited celebration of the fact that aaron and annes house is TOTALLY theirs now. closing was wednesday. what a BLESSED time.
im going to be taking the week of jan 11-16th off work to stay out at aaron and annes new house, to help anne with jared and whatever, while she recuperates from the C-section. the new baby boy arrives on january 4th. im so excited. ill be their first overnight houseguest. luckey me! :)
i just have to toss this into the mix here. i had a brilliant idea. id like to start a new political party and call it "normies". for normal folks that have real jobs, w/o million dollar bonus' every year, and who actually pay their taxes and their bills. only these kind of people can run for office. oh yeh, they must be legal US citizens. DUH!!! .............
”NORMIES”
for change we can all understand and believe in!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you lovely people that choose to be a part of my life. im so incredibly blessed by each one of you. :)
just a quickie note to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year. i wanted to share whats happening in my very near future. starting with today.
aarons clan and i, and suzi's aunt geri and uncle clarence are going to suzi's for Christmas, today after i get off work. eatin the trinity ham, and tons of junkfood. (i imagine/i hope) celebrating Jesus birth, a wonderful/healthy family, another young one (1 1/2yrs) being aware of Christmas for the first time, and the long awaited celebration of the fact that aaron and annes house is TOTALLY theirs now. closing was wednesday. what a BLESSED time.
im going to be taking the week of jan 11-16th off work to stay out at aaron and annes new house, to help anne with jared and whatever, while she recuperates from the C-section. the new baby boy arrives on january 4th. im so excited. ill be their first overnight houseguest. luckey me! :)
i just have to toss this into the mix here. i had a brilliant idea. id like to start a new political party and call it "normies". for normal folks that have real jobs, w/o million dollar bonus' every year, and who actually pay their taxes and their bills. only these kind of people can run for office. oh yeh, they must be legal US citizens. DUH!!! .............
”NORMIES”
for change we can all understand and believe in!
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you lovely people that choose to be a part of my life. im so incredibly blessed by each one of you. :)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
ewww....the smokers is comin!
december 8,09
Yes im still a smoker. I signed up for that health coach thing for stopping smoking for insurance purposes, and I have my starter pack of chantix at home, which i began taking 4 days ago.
yes, i went back to smoking. ive been reasonably content in this habit since i picked it back up 3 months after my surgery.
then, the hospital where i work came out with our new insurance for next yr. guess what? its waaaay cheaper if youre a non smoker. go figure. so anyway, if you sign up for this 'health coach' thing and promise to TRY to quit, youll still get the lower rate. hey, might as well give it a shot, huh?
i began my chantix starter pack on saturday and im doing ok. i dont see a big difference. you continue to smoke while on this drug and its supposed to make the cigs taste so bad that you just give it up. many people i work with used it and they all swear by it. the starter pack is $50, which is for a month, then $50 again for the next packet and every packet there-after. the price is actually $130 per packet, but ins is paying the difference. well, duh!!! if they are forcing people to do this, they should be responsible for part of the cost.
Ill tell you what…………when that woman (health coach) called me the first time, I was less than cordial. I used good manners, but she knew that I was involved in this program for one reason and one reason only……being forced, under heavy financial health care duress, to do this. She asked why I didn’t want to quit. I told her that I didn’t want to be known as a quitter. (cute huh?) I actually did remind her that im a grown-up. I told her about my choosing to quit before, and choosing later on to start smoking again. She pointed out all the same crap that people always lay on you. (especially those “reformed” smokers…..they are the worst. But you smokers already know that doncha?) when she called the second time she was telling me all the things I could do when my triggers hit. (like driving and watching TV) Exercise, eat right, (she even described the damned food pyramid to me) get a hobby and on and on and on. She talked to me like I was a child and I told her that I was offended by her manner, and that it seemed, to me, that she was talking down to me..... as if my brain was nothing but a big grey mass, void of any intelligence whatsoever.
during the time that i had quit for my breast reduction surgery (did that cold turkey) a lot of positive things happened. Im all about convenience in my life. Yes my smokers cough cleared a lot, my trash cans didn’t have a bunch of ashes and butts in there stinking, I didn’t have to dump or wash ashtrays, it was cheaper, and so on and so on. BUT I AM A GROWN-UP!!!!! Im almost 62 yrs old and everyone, including where I work is telling me I cant smoke. That, right there, makes me wanna go to the parking lot and suck one down.
i believe that im losing my rights everyday, and around every corner, and this is one battle im willing to stand my ground on. yes, even willing to pay extra for the insurance. Yes im gonna quit. im hoping it sticks this time. but if it doesnt ill be paying more for insurance next year. they made it clear that there will be no nicotine drug screens THIS year, and that we're all on an honor system. so that leads all of us to believe that next year if you claim to be a non-smoker, youll have to pee for them to prove it.
ill keep you informed on how im doing. i may become a non-smoker, but i will NEVER be one of those horrible horrible reformed smokers. lets just say im more willing to quit now, than i was when i was told about the ins and this health coach thing, but i still resent being forced to do something like this. i just dont think its anyones business but my own. now theyre telling me what i can and cant do in my own home when im not at work. my boss says im a rebel. maybe, but its the rebels that keep others on their toes. :)
ALWAYS BE CONTENT!
NEVER BE SATISFIED!
spend time with someone who makes you laugh today.
karyn :)
Yes im still a smoker. I signed up for that health coach thing for stopping smoking for insurance purposes, and I have my starter pack of chantix at home, which i began taking 4 days ago.
yes, i went back to smoking. ive been reasonably content in this habit since i picked it back up 3 months after my surgery.
then, the hospital where i work came out with our new insurance for next yr. guess what? its waaaay cheaper if youre a non smoker. go figure. so anyway, if you sign up for this 'health coach' thing and promise to TRY to quit, youll still get the lower rate. hey, might as well give it a shot, huh?
i began my chantix starter pack on saturday and im doing ok. i dont see a big difference. you continue to smoke while on this drug and its supposed to make the cigs taste so bad that you just give it up. many people i work with used it and they all swear by it. the starter pack is $50, which is for a month, then $50 again for the next packet and every packet there-after. the price is actually $130 per packet, but ins is paying the difference. well, duh!!! if they are forcing people to do this, they should be responsible for part of the cost.
Ill tell you what…………when that woman (health coach) called me the first time, I was less than cordial. I used good manners, but she knew that I was involved in this program for one reason and one reason only……being forced, under heavy financial health care duress, to do this. She asked why I didn’t want to quit. I told her that I didn’t want to be known as a quitter. (cute huh?) I actually did remind her that im a grown-up. I told her about my choosing to quit before, and choosing later on to start smoking again. She pointed out all the same crap that people always lay on you. (especially those “reformed” smokers…..they are the worst. But you smokers already know that doncha?) when she called the second time she was telling me all the things I could do when my triggers hit. (like driving and watching TV) Exercise, eat right, (she even described the damned food pyramid to me) get a hobby and on and on and on. She talked to me like I was a child and I told her that I was offended by her manner, and that it seemed, to me, that she was talking down to me..... as if my brain was nothing but a big grey mass, void of any intelligence whatsoever.
during the time that i had quit for my breast reduction surgery (did that cold turkey) a lot of positive things happened. Im all about convenience in my life. Yes my smokers cough cleared a lot, my trash cans didn’t have a bunch of ashes and butts in there stinking, I didn’t have to dump or wash ashtrays, it was cheaper, and so on and so on. BUT I AM A GROWN-UP!!!!! Im almost 62 yrs old and everyone, including where I work is telling me I cant smoke. That, right there, makes me wanna go to the parking lot and suck one down.
i believe that im losing my rights everyday, and around every corner, and this is one battle im willing to stand my ground on. yes, even willing to pay extra for the insurance. Yes im gonna quit. im hoping it sticks this time. but if it doesnt ill be paying more for insurance next year. they made it clear that there will be no nicotine drug screens THIS year, and that we're all on an honor system. so that leads all of us to believe that next year if you claim to be a non-smoker, youll have to pee for them to prove it.
ill keep you informed on how im doing. i may become a non-smoker, but i will NEVER be one of those horrible horrible reformed smokers. lets just say im more willing to quit now, than i was when i was told about the ins and this health coach thing, but i still resent being forced to do something like this. i just dont think its anyones business but my own. now theyre telling me what i can and cant do in my own home when im not at work. my boss says im a rebel. maybe, but its the rebels that keep others on their toes. :)
ALWAYS BE CONTENT!
NEVER BE SATISFIED!
spend time with someone who makes you laugh today.
karyn :)
Thursday, November 19, 2009
email to a friend
november 19, 2009: the other day i was chatting with a good friend of mine and she suggested that my reply to her should be put on my blog. so here it is..........
"we are 2 deleriously delightful women. the thing is..............when one is as "D-D" as we, its hard to find a man who can possibly measure up to our expectations. or to our level of delightfulness."
"of course, we also dont have to deal with a "couch potato" 24/7, nor ask permission to come or go, or spend money, etc. we also do laundry for only ourselves, take out only OUR trash, toilet paper lasts longer, we do dishes for one, we pick up after ourselves and noone else, BUT..............................we are stuck w/mowing our own yards or paying to get it done, and paying to get our car fixed, & just a few other inconveniences. yepper.........we can either pay to get er done or learn to take care of business ourselves. lol!"
"i can live w/all of this. single is the way to go. my house, my rules, my chair, my blanket, my icecream, my TV, and most importantly.....MY REMOTE CONTROL!!! mine, mine, mine. its really not selfish. its just plain simpler."
"we are 2 deleriously delightful women. the thing is..............when one is as "D-D" as we, its hard to find a man who can possibly measure up to our expectations. or to our level of delightfulness."
"of course, we also dont have to deal with a "couch potato" 24/7, nor ask permission to come or go, or spend money, etc. we also do laundry for only ourselves, take out only OUR trash, toilet paper lasts longer, we do dishes for one, we pick up after ourselves and noone else, BUT..............................we are stuck w/mowing our own yards or paying to get it done, and paying to get our car fixed, & just a few other inconveniences. yepper.........we can either pay to get er done or learn to take care of business ourselves. lol!"
"i can live w/all of this. single is the way to go. my house, my rules, my chair, my blanket, my icecream, my TV, and most importantly.....MY REMOTE CONTROL!!! mine, mine, mine. its really not selfish. its just plain simpler."
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