I know you have all been sitting on the edge of your seats terrified that I might not update the latest drama with my car accident. Ok, I doubt anyone cares but if you do, here goes the story -- the shortened down version anyway.
My car was totaled out by the insurance adjuster. A week and 2 days AFTER the accident I finally get it verified that the guy who ran the stop sign and caused all of this is, after all, insured!! It took threatening the life of a Geko to get that confirmed but in these hard times a girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do! Geico is, as we speak, getting the paper work together and preparing to cut me a nice lump check for my trouble. That money will be spent on a new car and a credit card pay off ;)
What kind of car interests me? I love the 09 Hyundai Sonata Limited. The 09 Mazda 6 is a HOT ride and the Nissan Altima is still a winner in my opinion. I have several points of interest to consider. One being gas mileage, of course, and warranty. Hyundai sports a 100 thousand mile power train warranty. Mazda has a 5 year and Nissan a 36,000. When I am feeling better I plan to do some comparison buying. Hopefully I'll get a good deal...
Stay tuned to find out which one I decide to go with!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Why you DON'T run a stop sign idiot!
Wednesday night I was involved in a nasty wreck. I was stopped to let a car go by so I could turn left. I looked over and saw a Blazer run through the stop sign. An on-coming car t-boned the vehicle causing him to roll over the top of my car. I should have punched the driver in the mouth when I had the chance! Turns out he has "coverage and liabilty" issues.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Sweet for the sweet?
I'm like my daddy in more ways than one! It's something I've always been very proud of. My dad is not only dashingly handsome he's a gutsy fella as well. But of all the wonderful traits I could have inherited high blood sugar isn't the one I would have chosen. My dad found out he was diabetic years ago through a routine check up. He's very very disciplined with his eating too. My mother makes sure he stays on track by preparing foods and treats he can enjoy. He checks his sugar at least 3 times a day and he doesn't look twice at a pie or cake. I too battle keeping the sugar level in check. Sweets are not my passion and I rarely enjoy eating them. What I crave is something I always heard was good for you -- fruit!!! I don't just mean the occassional apple or orange either. I'm talking about a full out attack!!! I've been known to eat a basket of apples in one sitting. When I was a kid I could strip a plumb tree like a goat on a 10 day fast!!! I've always loved fruit but now I find its harder for me to feast on without paying the price. So hence the reason for this blog.
It's time to trim back my wicked ways and do something good for myself. I need to drop 30 pounds and get my sugar under control...not only for my own health but because there is way to much of me to love these days :) Don't believe me? Let me walk away from you and you will see what I'm talking about. The only way I can stay accountable for my fruit obsession is by posting my daily habits on this site. It may bore you, it may thrill you. It's got to be done!!
So I have enlisted help and adopted a new menu that encorporates all the healthy eating you can stand into meals and snacks. It's a no brainer! Everything is planned out for you. You follow the menu it does all the work! The good part -- its foods I love! The bad part -- execise is a MUST but thankfully not everyday of the week. That part you will probably see me struggle with.
The question here is -- can she do it? If you've read this blog before know for a fact that I CAN! I look forward to the challenge and tracking my progress. And as I go along I will tell you more about this "health eating plan" and hope it interests others to take that step as well.
So stay tuned and stay well!
It's time to trim back my wicked ways and do something good for myself. I need to drop 30 pounds and get my sugar under control...not only for my own health but because there is way to much of me to love these days :) Don't believe me? Let me walk away from you and you will see what I'm talking about. The only way I can stay accountable for my fruit obsession is by posting my daily habits on this site. It may bore you, it may thrill you. It's got to be done!!
So I have enlisted help and adopted a new menu that encorporates all the healthy eating you can stand into meals and snacks. It's a no brainer! Everything is planned out for you. You follow the menu it does all the work! The good part -- its foods I love! The bad part -- execise is a MUST but thankfully not everyday of the week. That part you will probably see me struggle with.
The question here is -- can she do it? If you've read this blog before know for a fact that I CAN! I look forward to the challenge and tracking my progress. And as I go along I will tell you more about this "health eating plan" and hope it interests others to take that step as well.
So stay tuned and stay well!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Got gas?
Caught your attention didn't I?
For the past several weeks I've been in amazement over the shortage of gas in North Alabama. I realize its been a problem in other places too like Nashville, Atlanta, etc but since I work and live here I notice it more.
It all started with Hurricane Ike. People were running like mad to fill up before the storm hit. I am one of those crazy people. I called everybody I knew and told them if you need gas you better go now. By the end of the day, gas stations were out. Some still don't have fuel today. Along Highway 53 in Madison County, several stores like BP, Chevron, Exxon and Stop and Save still have plastic bags tied to the pumps. In Meridianville, Jet Pep and Raceway, which had received a shipment of fuel shortly after Ike, are out again. Some gas stations have a short supply of regular but no mid-grade or premium. When did fuel become short supply here in the great United States? We have oil refineries --they are up and going--so where are the fuel trucks? Why is it taking so long to relieve these gas stations? It's ridiculous to drive all over for a tank of unleaded regular. What is our world coming to?
And on the subject of fuel, the cost for gasoline is ridiculous. Gas gouging was huge when Ike hit. A month later, it's still high. Look at the economy. We are spending billions to bail out failing banks and mortgage companies. It's not fair! No one bails me out when I overspend. So here's my opinion - lower the gas price back where it belongs. It shouldn't cost me $50.00 to fill up. I remember in college paying 99-cents a gallon. Drop the pice for fuel and everything else will come down to.
Why am I on a rant? I went to the grocery store tonight and have you checked the price for produce, orange juice, milk, bread, eggs, meat? I don't know about you but my paycheck is hard to earn and what little I have after paying bills doesn't stretch THAT far. I can't imagine having a family of 5 like my brother. Bless ya Chris!!!!!
Pray for our world and the so-called great thinkers making decisions on how to run it!
For the past several weeks I've been in amazement over the shortage of gas in North Alabama. I realize its been a problem in other places too like Nashville, Atlanta, etc but since I work and live here I notice it more.
It all started with Hurricane Ike. People were running like mad to fill up before the storm hit. I am one of those crazy people. I called everybody I knew and told them if you need gas you better go now. By the end of the day, gas stations were out. Some still don't have fuel today. Along Highway 53 in Madison County, several stores like BP, Chevron, Exxon and Stop and Save still have plastic bags tied to the pumps. In Meridianville, Jet Pep and Raceway, which had received a shipment of fuel shortly after Ike, are out again. Some gas stations have a short supply of regular but no mid-grade or premium. When did fuel become short supply here in the great United States? We have oil refineries --they are up and going--so where are the fuel trucks? Why is it taking so long to relieve these gas stations? It's ridiculous to drive all over for a tank of unleaded regular. What is our world coming to?
And on the subject of fuel, the cost for gasoline is ridiculous. Gas gouging was huge when Ike hit. A month later, it's still high. Look at the economy. We are spending billions to bail out failing banks and mortgage companies. It's not fair! No one bails me out when I overspend. So here's my opinion - lower the gas price back where it belongs. It shouldn't cost me $50.00 to fill up. I remember in college paying 99-cents a gallon. Drop the pice for fuel and everything else will come down to.
Why am I on a rant? I went to the grocery store tonight and have you checked the price for produce, orange juice, milk, bread, eggs, meat? I don't know about you but my paycheck is hard to earn and what little I have after paying bills doesn't stretch THAT far. I can't imagine having a family of 5 like my brother. Bless ya Chris!!!!!
Pray for our world and the so-called great thinkers making decisions on how to run it!
Are those teeth marks on your backside?
My wise mother always preached to me and my brother growing up that if you do something wrong to a person it will come back to bite you in the rear end. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
If you read my previous blog entry it didn't take you long to realize how furious I was over the incident with the talk show host. So were his listeners, or so I learned today. A number of my devoted fans called in to say they didn't approve of this talk show host tearing me down over the radio. And that no one deserved that kind of personal attack. I thank those people who stood up for me. As irritating as this job can be at times, its the viewers who think of you as family that make it all worth the while.
Let me say for the record, I enjoy talk shows. In fact, I wrote a 50 page paper in college related to talk shows because I always wanted to be a host. What I don't approve of is tearing a person down. Talk radio should be more to discuss the issues, a sounding board for today's hot topics. Instead, this person used his show to degrade someone who had done nothing at all to him. So, yes you could say he has lost some listeners and perhaps its because he opened his big mouth one to many times.
Wishing you a drama free day!
If you read my previous blog entry it didn't take you long to realize how furious I was over the incident with the talk show host. So were his listeners, or so I learned today. A number of my devoted fans called in to say they didn't approve of this talk show host tearing me down over the radio. And that no one deserved that kind of personal attack. I thank those people who stood up for me. As irritating as this job can be at times, its the viewers who think of you as family that make it all worth the while.
Let me say for the record, I enjoy talk shows. In fact, I wrote a 50 page paper in college related to talk shows because I always wanted to be a host. What I don't approve of is tearing a person down. Talk radio should be more to discuss the issues, a sounding board for today's hot topics. Instead, this person used his show to degrade someone who had done nothing at all to him. So, yes you could say he has lost some listeners and perhaps its because he opened his big mouth one to many times.
Wishing you a drama free day!
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