Posted under 'Random Thoughts':
Mar4th
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
A friend of mine was recently in a wedding and was best man for the groom. The groom, his best man and all the groomsmen wore tuxedos. It was a beautiful wedding, with the color theme being light blue. During the wedding, and after the ceremony, they spent a lot of time taking pictures of everyone in the wedding and more. Nobody noticed anything wrong with anyone’s clothes until after it was over and everyone that took pictures got their pictures back. That is when they noticed that two of the men wearing tuxedos had a dark spot on their tuxedo shirt. It was very disappointing for the bride and groom to see this. They ended up going back to the store where they leased all of them from and showing them the pictures with the shirts. They fortunately got a partial refund off the total price paid for everything they leased for the wedding. It did not make the pictures any better for memories, but sure helped on some of the costs of the wedding expenses.
Feb25th
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Our company has many employees. Each one has their own letterhead for letters to send to different people and companies. It became such a job for all the secretaries to have to always find the person who the letter was from, and also find the right time for them to sign each letter individually by a pen. Finally, the company had a staff meeting and that particular problem was addressed by one of the bosses. The solution was to buy custom rubber stamps with each one’s name on one. That solved the problem and saved so many secretaries and their bosses so much time and work. There are many other custom rubber stamps that many offices use for different purposes. You can have them made to say exactly what you want, which makes many jobs so much easier.
Feb19th
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
I own a cat and two dogs. The cat stays inside the house at all times. The dogs stay outside in my large fenced in yard. The dogs are always playing and running together. Since I only have one cat, I buy more cat supplies for it and not as much for the dogs. I started out by only buying feeding and watering dishes and a litter box. I have bought so many other cat supplies since then. I have bought a cat brush and comb, cat toys, and a tall pole that the cat can climb, instead of ruining my furniture and curtains. There are so many other cat supplies I’ve bought and so many you can buy in pet stores and other retail stores.
Feb19th
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Our family loves spending time together. One of our favorite times spent together at home is watching movies. We usually watch the most on weekends. Instead of renting movies, we usually buy them so we can watch them again if we choose. We go to our local retail store to choose them. They have different cardboard displays of different types. Some are new releases and others are usually older ones that are cheaper. Once a month, we buy one new release and the other times, we buy older ones. Each weekend, since we have 3 children, once child gets to pick one movie off of one of the cardboard displays that displays a lot of older movies. That leaves one weekend where we all agree on the new release that we buy. It all works out great and is a great way to spend time together. If we have time to watch more than one movie in a weekend, we usually pick something that is showing on a movie channel on TV.
Feb17th
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
I have read so much about how exercise and eating right will keep your body so much healthier. I had not really ever taken it that serious before. It just seems like so many people die all the time with different diseases that nobody really knows what causes them. I started taking it so serious and bought books to read about the right choices in the food you eat and different exercise programs. I decided to join a gym so I could work out, too. After joining the gym, I had the director of the center walk through all the machines and explain what each one did for a person’s body. The one I use the most is the elliptical. Whenever I go to the gym now, if the ellipticals are all being used, I will walk on the treadmill, or use another piece of equipment until someone leaves and one is free to use then I get on that one. It is amazing what it does for a person’s body. I am now thinking about buying one for me to have at home, to use at my own convenience, when my gym contract I signed is completed, instead of signing up for another year
Nov26th
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
My girlfriend has been trying to get me to go shopping for bed frames and other bedroom furniture for the past couple of weeks. I keep telling her that it makes no difference to me, because I know we’re just going to end up buying whatever she likes the best anyway. But, she is insisting that I come along for the ride. Hopefully we can find some good deals on bedroom furniture during the holiday sales this year. I didn’t really find anything during the Black Friday sales last year.
Nov22nd
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Lots of people at my office carry PDAs to keep track of their schedules, use them for navigation while driving and that sort of thing. One of the other office managers asked if I wanted to buy his old PDA from him. It wasn’t even that old, he’s just one of those people who always have to have the newest version of something as soon as it comes out. I’m thinking about buying it from him. He only wanted $100 for it and it’s goes for over $400 brand new. My girlfriend would probably kill me if I wasted the money on a PDA, but I kind of enjoyed playing around with it.
Oct15th
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
I have a couple different DVD players that connect to my plasma tv through HDMI, but the TV only has 1 HDMI port for some reason. The other day I picked up an HDMI splitter to try out and it works great. I can hook up both of my Philips 1080P upconverting players and my Xbox 360 without having to unplug one device to use another.
Oct15th
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
My girlfriend has been thinking about trying some diet pills for a couple of months now. She really doesn’t need to lose a pound, but she thinks she’s chubby. Shes about 5′7 and she weighs 120 pounds. She’s perfect to me. I’m really not into girls being so skinny that you can see every one of their ribs and every bone of their spine. Hopefully she won’t lose much.
Oct15th
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Once in a while I like to stop by a couple pawn shops on my way home from work if I think about it. Sometimes I can find great deals on golf clubs, speakers, CD’s, DVD’s and lots of other goodies that are in nearly new condition at a great price. I only remember to stop in and check what they have about once a month for some reason. I wish I could remember to stop in a couple times a week. I know I would find a bunch more deals.
