I have a very large family due to deaths, divorces, and remarriages. I have two sisters and five brothers who’ve pretty much all married and had kids. So I have a lot of nieces, nephews, and cousins to consider as family members!
I’m married, so I have in-laws as my extended family!
And, for some reason, my family looks to me to keep track of who has what special occasion when. So for several years now at the beginning of a month I email out reminders as to who is having what special occasion that month.
In addition, I send out via the US mail greetings to mark those occasions. You can imagine that I send out a lot of birthday cards during the year!
I never knew that there was a tobacco store in the town next to ours. I’m so glad to find some where that I can find cigar accessories, a place that has a good selection of a variety of cigar accessories. I always buy my uncle a nice box of cigars for Christmas and am always looking for new interesting cigar and cigar related products and there has been a place right under my nose. So I know where I’m going to stop in next week when I’m in that part of town for my eye doctor’s appointment and check out.
Flannel sheets. I’ve always wanted flannel sheets and I really could use a new look for my bedroom. So a new bedspread, a nice soft blanket and some new accent pillows would be a nice Christmas present for myself one that I could purchase now and have ready for the holiday season.
Been spending the afternoon online, looking at a few last minute gift ideas. My brother-in-law is in need for some decent abrasives, he is into metal work, big time, so I’d like to be able to get him something that he can really use. I hate spending money on generic gifts, if I’m going to get some one a gift I really want it to be a good one. So I’m thinking some abrasives would be right on target this year.
Next month I will be free and clear with my current cell phone provider. I’ve been stuck in a two year contract that I wish that I had never committed to and can’t wait to get out from under Verizon’s thumb once and for all. I’ve got some researching to do in order to find myself a sweet deal to sign up with.
It has been a long time coming but my brother-in-law is finally consenting to having the discectomy done on his back that he has been needing for several years now. There just isn’t any other options out there for him at this point. The doctors have tried everything in their power to ease the extreme pain in his back, hips and legs. They have done wonders with this new minimally invasive surgical procedure and we are all excited about the prospect of this discectomy making it possible for him to live a better quality of life here real soon.
Oh Happy Day!
The way that they are constantly changing the names of countries it would be hard to keep up with the job of being a mapmaker these days. But I guess that it would be good job security though. I am pretty familiar with the globe and what is where, and who belongs to who, but sometimes I’m really thrown for a loop about some places. This time stemming from a conversation at work with a buddy who is planning a unique vacation for his family this summer vacation season. He has had enough of Disney World and the typical family style get-a-ways that they have fallen into the routine of, so he has gone online and has spent a good amount of time researching to come up with The Great British Holiday at Butlins Minehead.
Thought that I would be smart and hit a couple of stores at the mall tonight on my way home tonight, thinking that it wouldn’t be crowded on a Wednesday evening. The crowds were minimal but what got me was the lack of customer service that I received tonight and that really irks me. To make matters worse the one store that I wanted to purchase three separate items from was having issues with their POS system so I had to put back 2 of the items since I didn’t have enough cash on me to be able to pay for all of them. It’s terrible how we all rely so much on these plastic cards these days and how lost we are without the use of them.
