September 1st, 2010
Yeah, we say fixin’ here in Oklahoma.
I know you’ve had this happen. The coating on part of your dishwasher rack comes off. From that point on, glasses tink against it, and it just keeps getting bigger.
Here’s what you do!
dishwasher
You use these little rubber tubes, cut to size and slip over the degraded part!
Here’s where Dad says, I ‘told’ you what they were called. Why didn’t you tell them what they’re called? They’ll never be able to find it otherwise. Well that would be because, I forgot what it’s called, so I called it a little rubber tube thingy…… 
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August 30th, 2010
This past weekend, we attended our electric co-op’s annual meeting. The draw?
Free food. AND a $20 credit on our electric bill!
We saved two ways. One by eating out, fer free, and another by the credit.
Most of the people we met there were just like us, all those 100 degree days took a toll on all our electric usage. And I thought ‘my’ electric bill was high! Even though mine was among the highest electric bill I’ve ever ever had, others had bills twice what mine was.
OUCH.
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August 27th, 2010
I promised - photos of my earthfinds from last week!
The Ball jar.
Blue Ball Jar
It was filled with some red glass disks like you’d use for crafts, and filled with water. (Beats me - I think the old man was using it as decoration.) He even glued the lids down. There were others put this was the only one I could pry the lid off at the sale. I was afraid I’d get the others home and not be able to unseal them without breaking them. That’s the reason I just bought one.
And the insulators.
insulators
I already had ‘one’ of these. I use it as a bookend on the dvd cabinet… Ya know, they say when you get ‘three’ of something that you’re a collector.
Oooops. Does this mean I now collect insulators and blue mason jars?
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August 27th, 2010
I’m sitting here in my home office and it’s a mess. There just isn’t any flow to it. (And I’ve too many projects…)
What we have in here is two L shaped desks sitting backed up to each other (this room used to be a bedroom). Add in a little extra seating and a bookcase (and all my projects) and we’re wall to wall.
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to organize and update the space so that it’s more functional for my needs.
I’ve decided that U shaped office desks are what I should be looking at.
That way, everything, on all my different projects would be within reach!
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August 26th, 2010
This past weekend I hit the all town garage sales in Norman Oklahoma.
I’d have to say that overall, it wasn’t ‘as’ good as the prior all town sale in Noble, but only because the garage sales were much further apart. After all, Norman is a bigger place than Noble…
The first sale I stopped at had HIGH prices and two beautiful cats running around. I got blocked in the driveway and had to wait. I only parked ‘in’ the driveway because of ‘where’ this sale was situated. You couldn’t park on the street.
The second place I stopped at - well I was there earlier in the year. Bummer. Same stuff too. And again the lady that blocked me at the first sale, pulled up here too, but this time she parked beside me, not behind me…
I actually bought something at the third sale! Now I was pumped!
I’ll take some photos asap and post them here!
Don’t you just love the thrill of the hunt and the ‘find’ at yard sales?
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August 25th, 2010
Shopping with a male teen? Well that’s a little bit easier.
A little bit I say.
All he wanted was a couple of pairs of jeans and some T’s. His taste in jeans runs to Wranglers (we ARE in Oklahoma ya know) and Levis. After we grabbed a couple pair of each, (ON SALE CHEAP IN THE BACK TO SCHOOL SALE) he decided he wanted one pair of more trendy jeans.
How could you say no?
So he got the upscale jeans (which were also on sale at JCP during their back to school - sale priced til 1pm sale) and some shirts, all t-shirts.
He still wasn’t ‘quite’ satisfied until we found some vintage t shirts then he was all smiles, all the time!
See males are easy…
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August 25th, 2010
Ever go shopping with a fashion savvy teen?
A fashion savvy teenage girl?
You’re in for a time! They know exactly what they want and won’t settle for anything less than perfection!
Don’t you dare hold up a dress with a cute little over sweater and say “Isn’t this cute?”
You’ll get a HUGE EYE ROLL! (if not worse!)
Nope, they want hip clothes (if that’s the right word), they want hot clothes, (or is it HAWT?) and most certainly urban clothes!
Gone are the days when you can stop at one or two stores….. you’ll be shopping until you drop and they’ll just keep on going….
Were we that way?
Surely not…. lol
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August 24th, 2010
We all have to use them ’sometimes’ and if you’re like me you’re real choosy about ‘which’ ones you go to.
Don’t care for most gas stations.
Don’t care for some stores…
McDonald’s are usually a good bet as are Target restrooms.
One thing I wish they all had, besides cleanliness, is better hand dryers. If you use the paper towel dispenser, well you’ve defeated the purpose of washing your hands.
If you use the hand dryer, it just takes forever….
I recently learned that there are some options in hand dryers that are FAST. Including a line of hand dryers that can dry your hands in SIX seconds!
That’s fast!
Imagine how much faster you could get outta there!
hand-dryer
Gee, I wonder if they’ll consider ‘hair’ dryers? Wouldn’t it be nice not to spend ‘forever’ drying your hair?
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August 23rd, 2010
Did you know that ’should you decide’ that you want to become an attorney that you just don’t run down to the local ’school of law’ and enroll?
Nope. There’s more to it than that!
One of the first things you need to do, assuming you’ve graduated high school and took the appropriate classes in college, you still have some work to do!
One thing you need to do is some lsat prep before you sign up to take that test!
No time? Try some online prep classes! You can squeeze online learning into most any schedule. They aren’t cheap, but they are money well spent. Prepare for the LSAT just like you would any other test.
Chance favors the prepared mind.
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August 19th, 2010
There are times when it’s important to check your insurance coverage and a great time is when you add a teenager to your policy. Just because you’ve used the same agency for years does not mean that you’re getting the cheapest car insurance around.
And the companies with the big commercials may not be your cheapest choice either.
It pays to shop around. It especially pays to shop around when your circumstances change. All of these circumstances can change the price of your coverage:
Did you:
Get married?
Divorced?
Add a driver?
Have a child turn 16?
Have a child turn 18?
Have a child go to college?
Turn 35?
Moved to a new city?
Got a new vehicle?
If so, it might be time to check around for the best price for your new circumstances.
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