Archive for November, 2008

20
Nov

Hardcore Diet Pills?

   Posted by: jude   in Mature Not Senile Misc

What exactly does hardcore mean? If you do a search on the web you’ll find this:  Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard; Resistant to change; Obscene or explicit. Of course I know about the obscene and explicit doesn’t everyone? And I know about the diehards = stubbornly resisting change or clinging to a seemingly hopeless or outdated cause, but never really understood using hardcore attached to product names.

Everyone is weight conscious and most of the blogs I visit have at least a few diet tricks even if they aren’t devoted to food or diet or health. I guess depending on your metabolism something might work for you and not someone else. Everyone wants to lose weight, but no one wants to diet or exercise. We always look for an easy way or at least I do, but my metabolism is so low that I just look at food and I’m heavier.

Ephedrasil hardcore, what the heck is that? I thought it was something pornographic until I did a search and found out it was a diet pill that’s suppose to give you energy and make you feel good. At my age I need all the energy I can get and I certainly want to feel good, but I don’t know, can a diet pill do all of that? I looked it up and found this supplemental chart, but I’m not sure what all that stuff is except the b12 and caffeine.

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I guess in this instance it means for those that are really serious about losing weight, but I could be wrong. I read mixed reviews, but I don’t know any of those people so how in the world would I know unless I know someone that has actually tried something. We mostly depend on word of mouth and we really take it serious when we actually see something work for someone. Has anyone used this?

19
Nov

Pets Do Fill A Void

   Posted by: jude   in Home and Family

Having pets is sometimes worse than having children and taking care of them is a big responsibility. Most of us consider them as our children and worry just as much about them. When I was young I simply thought of dogs as dogs of course, but when I got older and I no longer had a child to mother I started feeling different. This last one somehow became my baby and filled a void, he’s going on 11, well 77 human years, sorry I had dog years there.

When we go away I have to make sure someone stays at the house with him instead of putting him in a kennel because I want him to be in his familiar surroundings. I leave a list of his likes and dislikes and numbers where I can be reached. I never worry of course when I go away by myself because I know Bill’s there and my dog loves him more than me even though I had him almost 5 years before I met Bill.

For some reason my dogs have started eating dirt or at least that’s what I think it is. I know the squirrels and rabbits play in our yard all the time and bury stuff and I have no clue what else they may be doing that my dogs are always sniffing and picking and digging and eating. I know that dogs love to eat cat turds because I read somewhere they consider them treats, but yuck, poop is poop.

I’ve given them pet supplements in the past, but it looks like they may be missing something in their system now so I guess it’s time to restart them. I seldom have any health related problems with them except my old guy recently had an ear infection and his medicine cost 33 dollars. I started to get pet insurance when I first got him, but it didn’t fit in my budget then, but I’m thinking now that he’s older I might need it.

Just like older people they start having more aches and pains also. He doesn’t get around like he use to and I hate to think he’s in pain. I know he has a fatty tumor, but at his age I don’t want him put under and have it removed. The Vet said if it grows it goes, but it’s stayed the same for the past few years, he’s slower getting up and down the steps though. He’s even started to snore, but that might have been from the infection.

He has slowed down a lot unless you drop something on the floor then he’s there like lightening. Both dogs are fixed, but it doesn’t stop him from getting amorous thoughts even at 77 he still tries to get frisky. Of course she’s younger and simply flips him around and shows him who’s boss, but it doesn’t stop him from trying and it’s very embarrassing when we’re outside and kids are playing in the next yard and my female dog is acting like the male.

18
Nov

My Vet Can Still Kick Ass

   Posted by: jude   in Harley Seniors

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I bought the above patch for my Vietnam Vet and gave it to him last week because that’s exactly how I feel about him and he said uh…oh that has A BAD WORD IN IT and silly me said WOT? I said did you look at that patch, it has your ribbon and I don’t consider Ass a bad word…I think it’s cool and so are you and he had to agree because even though I’m mature I don’t care what anyone says I’m still not senile…YET… even though I’m working on it.

After he looked at it he agreed it was pretty cool so he had it sewn on his vest when he went to the Harrisburg swap meet. He didn’t find anything worth buying for his bike though and said he wasted 15 dollars to get in and it even cost 8 dollars to park, I was aghast at the prices and it was suppose to be a big swap meet and it cost 10 dollars just to sew 2 small patches on… bunch of robbers. At least they didn’t get any money from me so that makes me feel better.

When we first got together it was fun going to all the different swap meets and motorcycle functions, but I soon found out if you’ve been to one then you’ve seen them all. So now I let Bill go with his son so they can have alone time and save money on my end because I don’t need to see all the parts and other junk they pull out for these events. I love riding with Bill and would gladly go any where with him and just wait in a coffee shop somewhere.

I have always enjoyed riding behind, but it was only in the past year that I really got the urge to learn to ride myself. I was really getting into the whole thing until my upset with my son then I put it on the back burner so to speak, but only for awhile. I intend to actually learn to ride my little Suzuki next year because this is my life and I’m not getting any younger and whatever happens everyone needs to experience everything they possibly can. I’ll end this now except to say my Vet can still kick ass.

17
Nov

Can People Still Afford Vacations?

   Posted by: jude   in Home and Family

When Bill retires we are planning on traveling some I just hope the economy is stable by then which will be a year or two from now. I’m not going to hold my breath though, but I can hope. I feel very sorry for families with young children because there’s so much to worry about now a days, but families need time to have fun together even if it’s not a big vacation way from home.

I receive e-mail advertisements all the time for vacation specials because I signed up to receive special deals when they become available. Of course I get them from all over because I like to dream and plan. I often get the Disney packages, but it’s only Bill and myself and if we still had small children that would be ideal. For those families that are planning a get away it pays to check with a travel agent or find online specials.

Disney vacations are one of the top get aways for family fun and excitement. I will never forget the magic I felt as a little girl when we all went to California to visit family and we actually got to go to Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm. That’s one of the very few good childhood memories I have from the time I lived with my aunt. I got to see my older brother and he rode the rides with me, it was great. That was a great vacation and we were staying  near San Diego so Disney Land was over an hour away, but we had a ball and there is so much to do.

There are so many places I would love to travel to with Bill and I’m hoping the economy will improve and hopefully he will retire soon. Our vacations together have been few so I’m looking forward and planning just encase. Sometimes I get a little envious when I see some people in my family taking all these great vacations and I want to be able to travel like I did when I was younger, but I want to do it with Bill and of course I really don’t care that much about amusement parks and I don’t want to take my grandkids.

My sister Betty and grandkids go to Disney World in Florida every year and they love it. I have never been to Disney World even though I lived in Florida for awhile. Since Bill isn’t really into theme parks that’s probably one destination that we will miss out on, but I still like getting the special travel deals to see what’s available. Bill has bad memories of flying do to the war so we’ll probably get an RV and trailer for the bike, sounds like fun to me.

17
Nov

Home Schooling Isn't Just For Children

   Posted by: jude   in Home and Family

Many people are finding it easier to get higher learning online and actually earn a degree. With the economy the way it is many people are opting for online study courses while they continue to work and take care of their family and you can still get financial aid to pay for it. You interact with students and full time professors through a virtual classroom, but you can fit it around your schedule, but you do need to get the work done on time.

I recommended MS nursing to my daughter-in-law who is a nurse because she can do it at home while taking care of Ethan. This is a Master of Science that you can get online from ST. Xavier’s they are also an accredited college. To apply for admission she needs her bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university which she has and it doesn’t cost anything to apply online.

They have financial aid staff members that will help you fill out forms and help you get the assistance you need and possibly any scholarships that would be open. I’m hoping for scholarships because her other student loans still haven’t been paid off yet, but they could always be combined and when she’s able to make more money that will be a lot easier to take care of.  So for young people or even older students I recommend checking out the online options.

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