Junk Mail

Is everyone as steamed as I am about Junk Mail?

We get it everyday and take out trash everyday

and so much of it is so unnecessary and then you think

about the cost of hauling all of this away and the landfills,

I could go on and on but what really gets me going is this:

100 MILLION trees are destroyed every year just for

the paper for junk mail! There is a Junk Mail Reduction Campaign

Let's all get on this and fight back!

On a happier note, Bob's Second Grandson finally arrived, we welcome little Colton!

News Flash!

Last night I went to visit my very first GREAT grandchild!
Her name is Faith and she's beautiful, lots of dark hair.
Her mommy is Lisa, my oldest granddaughter.
She was born yesterday afternoon, January 31

On a less exciting note, I redid my kitchen, I painted it light green with shades of purple accents, Border with grapes, etc. I'm excited!
Saturday my sister signs the lease to move in here, (Carriage Hills)
She will get an up-dated Townhouse, everything brand-new, I am so jealous.

Interesting Saturday

***Please note, the names in the following article have been changed due to the delicate nature of this report.

Saturday morning my sister, who shall be known as "Clyde" called me, ("Bonnie") and asked if I wanted to help her move some articles out of a house. I should explain that this house belongs to a friend who had just recently moved out but
"Clyde" had a few belongings there that she needed to get moved out, so I said I would help even though I had big plans for the day, (drink coffee, read the paper, etc....)After a couple stops at sales we arrived at the house. "Clyde" had the keys and we entered the house, "Clyde" immediately went to the Security system and punched in the numbers, we proceeded to pack up when a brain-numbing alarm went off, at the same time the phone rang. We thought it was probably the Company calling and we could tell them that it was all a mistake, but no one answered. Finally the alarm shut off and we went on with our work. I was stationed outside, putting stuff in the car while "Clyde" was inside packing, when to my surprise 2 police cars pulled up and 3 policemen approached and asked what was going on. "Clyde" explained the situation but they looked in the car and checked her license plate which came up "BAD" because she had just recently purchased the get-away car and it came up as plates belonging on a Ford Explorer. So any hoo after some more questioning and investigation,
we were cuffed and put in lock-up, oops, I'm sorry, that last part is not true, I just get carried away with my stories!
I have the utmost repect for police officers and others that are there to serve and protect BUT, if this had been a real robbery in progress, the perps ( that is legalese for "Bad Guys") would have had time to load up all the silver, jewelry, electronic equipment, the urn with great-aunt Emma's remains and the family dog and been out of state before the cops got there. Their response time left a little to be desired. Also if this had been a home invasion situation where the "Perps" had intended bodily harm to the occupants, the cops would have got there in time to only identify the victims. So if you have a home security alarm system, don't rely on immediate help! Wishing you good sleep tonight! "Bonnie"

Three Million!

In yesterday's paper there was an article about a woman who embezzled 3 Million Dollars from an investment firm where she worked, okay, she is in a tad bit of trouble for that alone BUT the IRS is after her for not paying taxes on the money she embezzled! Now my mind is going in a million directions (3 million to be exact) Do they actually have tax forms for Ill-Gotten Gains? For occupation would she write in Self-Employed Embezzler? What about her estimate for her next year's income? Could she claim some deductions? Did she donate to worth-while charities, did she tithe at her church? (which I am sure she attended regularly,
except for the Sunday when the sermon was on the commandment, "Thou Shall Not Steal")
What about Medical expenses? I'm sure she was suffering from lack of conscience, hard-heartedness (she stole from clients who trusted her) She must have also been delusional
(thought she wouldn't get found out) Can she now claim her lawyer as a business expense? Perhaps she could have come up with enough deductions to have gotten an Income Tax Refund!
The article went on to say that she had used some of the money to put in an indoor basketball
court and an indoor underground swimming pool! Didn't family, friends, neighbors, ANYONE notice that she was living beyond her means?


Remember back when I was ranting about the Salvation Army Thrift Store, (known by us "in the know", as "Sally Ann's Boutique") Well, I was there yesterday and there was a glass lamp, not unlike what you would get at Wal-Mart in the 15-20 dollar range, BUT they claimed it was a TIFFANY lamp!!! and had a price tag of $65 on it!!!! It was obviously NOT a Tiffany lamp and if it was, would you sell it for $65?? Also I would like to meet the person who would just donate a Tiffany lamp to the Salvation Army! It was just sitting on an open shelf with a lot of other "stuff".
Heaven forbid someone would accidently break this priceless "Objet D'Art"
Also there was a comforter priced at $120.00, if I had $120 burning a hole in my pocket and I was in the market for a comforter, the Salvation Army would probably not be the first place I would go. I would like to get a job there just so I could get in their back room and get a look at the person or persons who do the pricing, I'm sure it must be a committee.

Household cleaners?

Whassup with these household cleaners that are named after SOUNDS?
KABOOM! and BAM! ???? Are we cleaning our houses or bombing them?
How about KEERACK! for a glass cleaner? I'm all for VAROOM! for car wax.
WHOOSH! toilet cleaner??

E-Mail forwards

I get a lot of "Forwards" Some are great, useful, thought-provoking, some are jokes
some are pictures, MOST I like but I am here to tell you what I DON'T like...
You know how you get some that are a prayer for friends
or a prayer or support for our troops AND then at the bottom, it says pass this on
to so many people in so many minutes and then you will have "Good Luck" or unexpected money or a phone call. NUMBER ONE, I don't believe in "LUCK"
I believe that all things come from God and and if something good happens to us, it is a "BLESSING" not just luck. I DON"T pass things on that have a good message but then mess it up with some hokey message at the bottom. NUMBER TWO, If I feel moved to pray for someone, I will pray for them without the promise of "good luck" if I do! Prayer isn't a box of Cracker Jacks where you look for the prize at the bottom. I don't need or want to be "rewarded" for talking to God, at least not any reward the internet promises me. To me it seems like if you were in the hospital and your pastor comes in to pray for you, BUT only if you validate his parking! I just can't understand why they mix up a nice message with some hogwash at the bottom. To me, it's as offensive as going to church and putting a lottery ticket in the collection plate. Feel free to pass this on to anyone you wish BUT I will NOT call you at 6 tonight and rest assured I will NOT be sending money and if you choose not to pass it on I will NOT heap
fire and brimstone on you and yours.

Saturday Morning

Last Friday my sister said, "Tomorrow is the White Hall Village Annual Yard Sale!"
My heart skipped a beat, I was THERE! So Saturday morning I got up at the crack of dawn,
actually dawn hadn't even cracked yet. I got ready and waited for it to get light so I could
drive speeding to Girard with no thought for life or limb. So I got to her house and we took off
for the sale, hearts pounding, pulses racing only to find that she had made a mistake, the sale is NEXT week, imagine my disappointment! She apoligized but no amount of apoligies can make up for a let down like that! She owes me a kidney! But, being the kind soul that I am, I didn't call her a "Dumb Bunny" or anything harsh like that. We came back to Erie and shopped at "Ollies" and A.C. Moore, (we both had 40 o/o off coupons) We went to lunch and found a couple of garage sales so all was not lost, but I didn't get the high I normally get spending my children's inheritance a quarter at a time.