My Mom's TV died this weekend. It was fairly old, so no big deal. My brother went and bought her a brand new 32" plasma TV. She's thrilled with it! I'm sure she's enjoying the extra space in her living room too! Tomorrow she is going to call the local cable company and get a high definition cable box installed. Then she's going to decide if she wants a plasma lift console or not.
Do you have any luck when it comes to winning things? I sure don't! One time I won a really nice hockey bag at my son's tournament. Another time I won the 50/50 prize at one of his games. For all the money I spent over the years on hockey, I don't think I came out even on that deal. This year I bought a ticket for the Oilers raffle, and I won $100. That's pretty much the biggest prize I've won. How lame is that!? Guess that means I likely won't be winning the draw for Dick's Sporting Goods coupons!
Are you loving Big Brother 9 yet? I'm not sold. I kind of like the idea of couples, but I don't like any of the couples!! Could they have possibly found any more unlikeable people to put in that house? And where did that one gay guy go? I don't mean the dude with the pink mowhawk who is all over the net for the gay sex movies he used to make, but the gay couple that was there the first show. Now only one of them is there. What's up with that?? One thing I do like, is the bathroom lighting! heh
I've been drooling over Mizuno golf clubs. I fully intend to eventually get my old body in shape, and my shoulder fit, and resume golfing, so that in our retirement, I can join hubby on the golf course. NOTHING would make him happier! We used to golf all the time before we had kids, so there's no reason I can't go back to it!
I've been surfing around, looking at Coaster furniture and miscellaneous furniture sites, because Ben and Jess are moving to Kelowna in just over a month. They have been warned that it may cost a small fortune to rent a truck to move their furniture down there. Since the furniture is all quite used, they're trying to decide if it's going to be worth the expense. Hubby will look into the cost of renting a big truck.
Do you know where I first heard about Botox? I first heard about botox at least 12 years ago. A little boy I worked with for many years, underwent cerebral palsy therapy to help loosen his tightening tendons in his heels. They injected botox for that purpose. I remember when we first heard about it, we were appalled that they were injecting him with the botulism virus! yech!
We missed the first episode of BB9, so I'm not absolutely up to speed on everything yet, but I think I'm really going to enjoy the "couple" twist! Should make for an interesting season. The only character that I already know has to go, is the guy with the crazy eyes!! Hubby was hooking up some CAT5e cable prior to the start of the show, and I was having a fit, worrying he wouldn't be done in time for BB9! Can't wait for tonight!
One of my co-workers and I were talking the other day about a local family that had moved here from some far away foreign country. There were 11 family members living in an apartment. They were burned out, and they had absolutely no home insurance. Obviously, they have to start all over again. How sad!?
A couple of years ago, hubby's employers, had some marketing pens created. Since it's a retail store chain, they lose a lot of pens in a day at the tills, and at customer service, etc. These pens said, "This pen was stolen from NAME OF COMPANY. If found please call 555-1314". Those pens just cracked me up. We still have one of them around here somewhere.
We bought a big flat screen plasma TV a couple of years ago. We didn't purchase the plasma mount kit that was available for it. We had always planned on mounting it over the fireplace.The more we thought about it, we decided to not hang it there. We figured that if we mounted the TV on the rock fireplace, when we moved, it would be damaged. So we knixed that idea.
We came "this" close to making Las Vegas hotel reservations. We had talked quite a bit about going to Vegas for my 50th birthday. Thought that would be as good an excuse as anything to get away. After further discussion, we decided we'd hold out for a winter vacation to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary instead! After this winter, it makes perfect sense to get away to a warm spot next winter!