It's 80 degrees outside and I have on a jacket. Why do so many companies waste so much money on air conditioning cost? I literally get goose bumps when I walk through one area of the office. It's July and I have a space heater on (As do other people in the area). It is so waste full.
On a side note.....we have someone looking at our house right now. I hope they like it and want to buy it!! That would make our lives less stressful right now. September 29th is getting closer.
I'll post later about our 'fun-est' house project yet...painting the front door. I hope to have some pictures.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
$1000 jeans
I read an article at work today on MSN. High end jeans are a big industry and one of the few that are doing well right now. Here were some of the stats
Jeans costing over $75 increased 24% this quarter while
Jeans costing under$75 only increased 2% this quarter
The article stated that $200 for jeans was a sale price. Dolce and Gabbana sell jeans for $3,950 and there are some jeans that are bedazzled with Swarovski crystals that cost $10,000. If you ask me, be-dazzled is be-dazzled, if it was done at home in someones basement, or with 'SWAROVSKI' crystals.... they are all going to fall off once you sit down and slide across the chair your sitting on, or when you 'skooch' into your limo you are going to scratch the leather.
I look down at the jeans I am wearing at work trying to think how much I paid for them (Yes, we get to wear jeans to work everyday...about 2 months ago, to help with moral they sent out a flyer saying we could wear comfortable clothes to work everyday until the plant closes) They are actually the last pair I bought and I was with the girls on a shopping trip somewhere a few years ago. They were on the clearance rack at GAP and I think i paid around $20 for them. Is that sad that the last pair of jeans I bought was at least 3 years ago?
I also only own 4 purses and about 16 pairs of shoes (4 of them are tennis shoes- which by the way, I don't play tennis with, but that is what we call them.....sorry...that's a whole different post). And I have had the same purse for the past 3 years. I don't change it out each season ...GASP!
I guess I am just frugal and out of style. (And hopefully I can retire at age 55 because of it)
Jeans costing over $75 increased 24% this quarter while
Jeans costing under$75 only increased 2% this quarter
The article stated that $200 for jeans was a sale price. Dolce and Gabbana sell jeans for $3,950 and there are some jeans that are bedazzled with Swarovski crystals that cost $10,000. If you ask me, be-dazzled is be-dazzled, if it was done at home in someones basement, or with 'SWAROVSKI' crystals.... they are all going to fall off once you sit down and slide across the chair your sitting on, or when you 'skooch' into your limo you are going to scratch the leather.
I look down at the jeans I am wearing at work trying to think how much I paid for them (Yes, we get to wear jeans to work everyday...about 2 months ago, to help with moral they sent out a flyer saying we could wear comfortable clothes to work everyday until the plant closes) They are actually the last pair I bought and I was with the girls on a shopping trip somewhere a few years ago. They were on the clearance rack at GAP and I think i paid around $20 for them. Is that sad that the last pair of jeans I bought was at least 3 years ago?
I also only own 4 purses and about 16 pairs of shoes (4 of them are tennis shoes- which by the way, I don't play tennis with, but that is what we call them.....sorry...that's a whole different post). And I have had the same purse for the past 3 years. I don't change it out each season ...GASP!
I guess I am just frugal and out of style. (And hopefully I can retire at age 55 because of it)
Monday, July 7, 2008
24601
Last night was a sad night in our household.......we lost our oldest fish, 24601. (or as Kevin called him - 90210) By lost I don't mean he jumped out and hid...I mean he is dead, as Bob says D E A D....dead.
Let me explain the name thing......I got Bob a tank before we were married and we bought about seven different fish to put in the tank. He was not allowed to name them until they lived at least two weeks. He never named them, so I took it upon myself to come up with names that would be easy for me to remember. For instance:
Strawberry Loach = I named him 'patch' for strawberry patch
Sucker fish (to get the algee off the tank floor) = 'Hoover' (like a vacuum)
Puffer fish (Big round fish with little fins) = 'Goodyear' (he looked like a blimp)
8 striped something fish = 24601 (for you Les Mis fans that was the song of John Valdon (Sp?). 24601 was his prison number and our fish looked like a prisoner)
Those of you who have been to our house know how big this stupid fish was and that he was the only one left in our tank because he ate every other fish we tried to buy. He survived two different tank moves and grew about 3 inches larger than he was supposed to. About a year ago we gave up buying new fish for our tank, because we would come home and they would be floating at the top with tell tales signs that they had been nibbled on.
In a way, It's good that he is gone because I had no idea what we were going to do with him, I was not going to take him with us to Georgia. I can imagin myself in the airport with a ziplock bag and a fish trying to get through security. We didn't want to give him away to friends because he would eat all their other fish.
He also picked a good time to kick the bucket. He was too big to get with our fish net, so Bob had to use a stick to get him to float at the top and grabbed him with a plastic bag. He is also too big to flush, so luckily today was trash day, so he did not have to sit in our trash and smell up the garage.
RIP 24601
Let me explain the name thing......I got Bob a tank before we were married and we bought about seven different fish to put in the tank. He was not allowed to name them until they lived at least two weeks. He never named them, so I took it upon myself to come up with names that would be easy for me to remember. For instance:
Strawberry Loach = I named him 'patch' for strawberry patch
Sucker fish (to get the algee off the tank floor) = 'Hoover' (like a vacuum)
Puffer fish (Big round fish with little fins) = 'Goodyear' (he looked like a blimp)
8 striped something fish = 24601 (for you Les Mis fans that was the song of John Valdon (Sp?). 24601 was his prison number and our fish looked like a prisoner)
Those of you who have been to our house know how big this stupid fish was and that he was the only one left in our tank because he ate every other fish we tried to buy. He survived two different tank moves and grew about 3 inches larger than he was supposed to. About a year ago we gave up buying new fish for our tank, because we would come home and they would be floating at the top with tell tales signs that they had been nibbled on.
In a way, It's good that he is gone because I had no idea what we were going to do with him, I was not going to take him with us to Georgia. I can imagin myself in the airport with a ziplock bag and a fish trying to get through security. We didn't want to give him away to friends because he would eat all their other fish.
He also picked a good time to kick the bucket. He was too big to get with our fish net, so Bob had to use a stick to get him to float at the top and grabbed him with a plastic bag. He is also too big to flush, so luckily today was trash day, so he did not have to sit in our trash and smell up the garage.
RIP 24601
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Facts about Fireworks
In celebration of the 4th, here are some useless facts you can share with your family and friends while at the BBQ's this weekend.
-Legend has it that the Chinese made the first fireworks in the 800s, filling bamboo shoots with gunpowder and exploding them at the new year with the hope that the sound would scare away evil spirits.
-The first recorded firework in American history were set off by captain John Smith, famous for the story of Pocahontas.......' Just around the river bend......' (For you Disney fans)
- 3 sparklers burning together generate the same amount of heat as a blowtorch
- The worlds largest firework was set off at a festival in Japan in 1988. The shell weighted over half a ton and the burst was over a kilometer wide
Color information from Factmonster.com
Early fireworks were enjoyed more for the sound than the show—in its simplest forms gunpowder explodes quickly, leaving a terrific bang but not much to see other than a rather brief golden glow. Over time people discovered that using chemical compounds with greater amounts of oxygen made the explosives burn brighter and longer. The multi-hued displays we know now began in the 1830s, when Italians added trace amounts of metals that burn at high temperatures, creating beautiful colors. Other additives also produced interesting effects. For example, calcium deepens colors, titanium makes sparks, and zinc creates smoke clouds.
Science Project Time
Also, did you know that on about.com - chemistry they actually tell you how to make your own sparkler! I just need to go the store and pick up 300 parts of potassium chlorate and make my 10% dextrin in water solution.
Have a happy 4th
-Legend has it that the Chinese made the first fireworks in the 800s, filling bamboo shoots with gunpowder and exploding them at the new year with the hope that the sound would scare away evil spirits.
-The first recorded firework in American history were set off by captain John Smith, famous for the story of Pocahontas.......' Just around the river bend......' (For you Disney fans)
- 3 sparklers burning together generate the same amount of heat as a blowtorch
- The worlds largest firework was set off at a festival in Japan in 1988. The shell weighted over half a ton and the burst was over a kilometer wide
Color information from Factmonster.com
Early fireworks were enjoyed more for the sound than the show—in its simplest forms gunpowder explodes quickly, leaving a terrific bang but not much to see other than a rather brief golden glow. Over time people discovered that using chemical compounds with greater amounts of oxygen made the explosives burn brighter and longer. The multi-hued displays we know now began in the 1830s, when Italians added trace amounts of metals that burn at high temperatures, creating beautiful colors. Other additives also produced interesting effects. For example, calcium deepens colors, titanium makes sparks, and zinc creates smoke clouds.
Science Project Time
Also, did you know that on about.com - chemistry they actually tell you how to make your own sparkler! I just need to go the store and pick up 300 parts of potassium chlorate and make my 10% dextrin in water solution.
Have a happy 4th
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Glow Worms
A friend had a post about a glow worm toy of her daughters and it reminded me of a funny story of my husbands when he was little.
One day, Mrs. Landi (my mother in Law) began smelling this rotten smell....it kept getting stronger all morning long. After looking around the house and trying to find the source of the smell, she determined that it must be gas. So she shipped the kids (Bob, his brother and sister) off to the neighbors house while she called the Gas company and waited for someone to come. A gentleman arrived with all his equipment and began looking around the house. Mrs. Landi followed him around looking as well. They spent 30 min looking in every room and still could not find a gas leak. (This is where you start thinking....'I thought this story was about a glow worm???'.....well here is the tie in). While they were in Bob's bedroom looking for a gas leak, Mrs. Landi happened to look over at the lamp. Sitting in the lamp shade, tucked up close to the light bulb was Bob's toy glow worm. He had wanted it to 'charge' and so the bright kid that he was, shoved it in between the light bulb and the support rod on the lamp shade. This was before the battery type worms that you squeeze and they light up. The smell they had discovered that morning was the glow worm melting.
Mrs. Landi was so embarrassed that she didn't tell the gas guy, just thanked him for coming over and verifying that there was no gas leak and that she would keep looking to try and find the source of the smell. Needless to say, Bob's glowworm had melted beyond recognition, but they learned that melted glowworm smelled like a natural gas leak.
One day, Mrs. Landi (my mother in Law) began smelling this rotten smell....it kept getting stronger all morning long. After looking around the house and trying to find the source of the smell, she determined that it must be gas. So she shipped the kids (Bob, his brother and sister) off to the neighbors house while she called the Gas company and waited for someone to come. A gentleman arrived with all his equipment and began looking around the house. Mrs. Landi followed him around looking as well. They spent 30 min looking in every room and still could not find a gas leak. (This is where you start thinking....'I thought this story was about a glow worm???'.....well here is the tie in). While they were in Bob's bedroom looking for a gas leak, Mrs. Landi happened to look over at the lamp. Sitting in the lamp shade, tucked up close to the light bulb was Bob's toy glow worm. He had wanted it to 'charge' and so the bright kid that he was, shoved it in between the light bulb and the support rod on the lamp shade. This was before the battery type worms that you squeeze and they light up. The smell they had discovered that morning was the glow worm melting.
Mrs. Landi was so embarrassed that she didn't tell the gas guy, just thanked him for coming over and verifying that there was no gas leak and that she would keep looking to try and find the source of the smell. Needless to say, Bob's glowworm had melted beyond recognition, but they learned that melted glowworm smelled like a natural gas leak.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
$ Ever wonder.....?$
How do places like blogspot.com make money? They offer me the chance to post and make it all very easy, but I don't understand why? They would only be doing this if they get something out of it? Are they selling my email address to people? Can you buy things from them like different templates and other neat things you can add to your blog? Or is it like cigarettes and nicotine? They get me hooked on blogging and then a month from now make me pay $19.99 to maintain my site and $0.99 for every picture I want to download? What's the catch and how are they making money? Or is this just one of googles 'pet projects' that they can spend money on because you loose track after a million billion dollars?
Hmmm.....I wonder......
Hmmm.....I wonder......
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