This morning I had to run errands in town, and on my way in a groundhog decided to run out into the road in front of my car. I had to go all the way over into the other lane (thank goodness no traffic was coming!) in order to avoid hitting him. I remember when I saw him my first thought was “why is he up, he saw his shadow two days ago and declared another six weeks of winter!)
I guess that particular groundhog didn’t get the memo to go back to bed!
From what I heard, the groundhog saw several shadows and went back to bed. The sun had not even risen yet, and he went back to bed!? If all of the reporters would just leave the poor critter alone then that wouldn’t happen! Probably all of the television crew lights that caused him to see his shadow. Why do they wake that poor guy up before sunrise? If I were him I’d bite his handlers and then pee on them just to get even for waking me up!
One of the things that I really love about the Internet is how creative and different so many people can be when they create their web pages! For example, some people will focus on just one particular item, like how to make oversized candles with milk cartons and crushed ice, or dedicate themselves to raising money for a good cause. Still others will use the Internet to promote a political issue, or a particular candidate. And there are a lot of websites dedicated to religion and love, others are devoted to spreading hate. And some of my favorites are personal blogs, especially from my friends who love to travel; they post their adventures and pictures on their blogs. And let’s not forget the social media of facebook, and email!
Hackers and spammers get in there and try to create total havoc. I never could figure out why anyone would want to do that, I guess it’s just pure evil oozing out of their bodies, trying to ruin the capitalistic societies of the world. Where else could you push a button or two and switch from a screen that gives you a completely honest pacific hydrostar pressure washer review from fellow Internet users, and then a button push or two be able to find out where you can get some price comparisons for the same pacific hydrostar pressure washer, and then thirty seconds later buy a brand new wedding dress size 0 and pay for it all with PayPal? And then five seconds later get the up to date weather report for a country half-way around the world! What a great world this is!
Guest post by my friend Lydia Thurman
When Tiffany gave me her dining room set, I was thrilled to pieces. I haven’t had any nice looking furniture in my dining room ever in my life. Always been living with hand-me-down beat up rickity furniture that was, in my opinion, an eye sore. So Jack and I drove the truck to the storage unit to load the dining room set onto the trailer to haul it home again. By the time we got home with the furniture Jack was in a foul mood and decided to not unload the furniture right away, even though I told him that the weatherman was calling for heavy rain. I pleaded with him to help me move the furniture into the garage to keep it dry, and we could move it into the house the next day.
Well Jack said that he would cover the furniture with tarps to protect it from getting wet, but that was all he was going to do for the day and that was the end of it. I unloaded the chairs by myself and left Jack to cover the remaining furniture. I went into the kitchen to start cooking supper, trusting that Jack knew what he was doing. The rain came, as predicted, after dark, and it rained steady and hard for two days. I worried about the furniture, but Jack assured me that the tarp was doing its job and keeping the furniture safe and sound and dry as a bone.
When the rain finally cleared we went out into the driveway to unload the furniture. I was mortified when I realized that instead of a waterproof tarp, Jack had only put a cotton sheet as a drop cloth over the furniture! You guessed it; the furniture was badly water damaged.
When the table was brought into the dining room, I started to cry. I grabbed a tube of toothpaste and started to rub it into the water stains. That method was useless. So I did a little bit of online research and found a suggestion that I use a cotton pressing cloth and a warm iron to iron out the water stains. Well, it took all day long, but it worked and the table looks great! Thank you, awesome tip sharing people on the Internet! You saved the day!
I strongly dislike having drive at night when it is raining outside. Last night I was driving home from work and it was raining and foggy; I could not see the road very well at all. To make matters more challenging, the road is under construction and the painted stripes are not there at all, so I’m left guessing where I’m supposed to be driving. When that happens I get very frightened. Those are the times when I wish that I could work at home and not have to commute at all!
