Missing Diamond Rings

My mother in law has declined in health to the place that she needs someone to be with her all the time. She did not want to go into a home, so she decided to use a home nursing agency. She was happy with the girl they sent out and things began all right. But sometime a few weeks later Marcie’s diamond rings were missing. She was very upset and eventually called the police. A detective searched the local pawnshops and was able to recover the jewelry. And the home care nurse is headed to jail!





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Thanksgiving Traditions

Today is Thanksgiving day, and most Americans will have a wonderful time celebrating the blessings they have received over the past year. It is right and proper to do so. But shortly after the meal and the expressions of gratitude, tv stands all across the land will become altars as football fans settle down to pay homage to their favorite pastime!




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Tech Over OU?

This weekend pits the Red Raiders of Texas Tech against the Sooners of Oklahoma University in a key game to determine the Big 12 representative in the BCS Championship game. A win by Tech would assure them of a place in the Big 12 Championship game against Missouri. A loss will leave three teams with one loss and will put the computers in charge of choosing a representative!






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How About That?

I was just over at ConsmerPriceWatch.net checking on some things, and I found some interesting information on their Hydroxycut hardcore review. I had, of course heard many endorsement commercials on radio, usually from well-known athletes. I had developed the idea that the product was for those who were wanting to build up their bodies and sculpt them into works of art. But the review indicates that lots of ordinary folks use it to help reduce fat.




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Irritating Ads!

It is very satisfying not to have to listen to or watch any more political ads for a while.

But I am really put out by those ads promising to help customers avoid having to pay their credit card debt. They promise to reduce the amount you pay back by half or more. There are other commercials trying to attract folks who owe big tax bills, promising to settle their debt at perhaps a seventy per cent reduction.

These ads are perhaps more irritating to me even than the political ads, because I know who is going to pay for those discounts. Me! And people like me who always pay their bills and their taxes.

Now that the campaigning is over, I guess we'll see even more of these type ads! GRRRRRRR!



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Leaving the Y!

A bit over a year ago the YMCA opened a new fitness center in our neighborhood. Our family enrolled and we were pretty active in our Fit Linx program, visiting the center at least twice a week and doing our weight training as well as aerobic workouts. But I had not been since August and could not see continuing to pay dues each month, so a few days ago I officially removed myself from the ranks of the fat burners when I terminated our membership!




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Grandparenting

We were excited in the summer of 1992 to find out that we were to be grandparents for the first time in a few months. And when my wife and I attended a workshop a few days later, we were drawn to a class on grandparenting conducted by Stafford North and his wife. One of the things the North's challenge us to do in that class was to come up with some idea that would be a way to demonstrate to our grandkids how much we valued them.

As a result of that brainstorming session, I came up with a plan that I have been practicing now for nearly 16 years. My grandson was born on 14 January in 93. On the 14th of each month, he receives a card from me telling him how much he is loved, and picturing for himself a special feature I see for him. I also enclose a five dollar bill that is to be put into his mission fund, so that when he is 16 he will be able to go on a mission trip with me to the Caribbean.

I now have four grandchildren, and each of them receives a card each month on the date of their birth. I create the cards on the computer these days, so there is a personal touch even to the cards. I don't how much the cards mean to the kids, but it helps me express my deep love for them and I have a sense of connection that I might not otherwise have through these efforts. And next summer my first grandson will be old enough to take his first trip to Dominica with me!




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So Long Fingers!

One of the long time merchants in Houston has been Fingers Furniture. Not long ago the owner of the business has a fatal heart attack. His family has apparently decided not to continue the business. There is a huge sale going on right now in anticipation of the closing of the stores, some of which are almost historic landmarks. Maybe the time to get that home theater seating I have been wanting is right now!




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