I detest telemarketers. I don’t care if they are trying to sell something, conducting market research /opinion polls, political or charities, I detest them equally. The FCC implemented the “Do Not Call” list to give people relief from telemarketer harrassment but unfortunately political calls, those claming to be doing market research, and charities are exempt from using the list.
Now before you get youself in a tizzy and call me cold-hearted because I detest telemarketers calling for charities equally as much as the others, you might want to read the rest of what I have to say. I am NOT against charities, but I will never donate anything as a result of a phone call. Continue reading ‘I Hate Telemarketers !’ »
People who use their imagination and can do a bit of sewing can create designer type clothes for a very modest cost. You don’t have to make an item from scratch – you can modify existing items to have beautiful, one of a kind items. If you don’t do much sewing there are still minor things you can do to customize items. A friend used to do this and people who didn’t know her well thought she must be rich and shop at some exclusive stores. Continue reading ‘Make Old Clothes Into New Clothes’ »
Homemade potato soup hits the spot on a cold day and is very easy to make. The amount of ingredients don’t have to be followed precisely so it’s simple to adjust the amount you make as well as the seasonings. Continue reading ‘Easy Homemade Potato Soup Recipe’ »
With the release of World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion, you cannot use the dungeon finder to queue for Cataclysm instances until you “discover” the entrances to them. Here’s a lisit of locations and coordinates to get you started: Continue reading ‘Cataclysm Instance Location Coordinates’ »
I’ve never been a doll person, but I do like restoring them. I’ve had a lot of people contact me inquiring how to salvage a doll that is in good shape other than having hair which has become nappy over time. You have several options… Continue reading ‘REROOT OR STYLE DOLL HAIR’ »
Snow didn’t make it to my house for Christmas but it did arrive a day late, on December 26, 2010. It wasn’t an epic event – there was little accumulation, but it certainly was pretty to see.
Vinegar is a great cleaner, but be very careful to never let it mix with bleach. There’s plenty of information advising to not mix bleach and ammonia, but not as much about vinegar and bleach. In fact, you may come across some information stating that mixing vinegar and bleach increases the disinfecting power of the bleach. Don’t do it! That little extra punch you supposedly get isn’t worth the chlorine gas mixing the two creates, as I learned by accident. Continue reading ‘DON’T MIX VINEGAR AND BLEACH !’ »
Pink Primroses – Oenothera Speciosa – are sometimes called pink ladies. They mainly bloom from March through July. They were originally native to central grassland areas from Missouri to Mexico, but have become widespread. Continue reading ‘Pink Primrose -Oenothera Speciosa’ »
You may see fruit flies year round, but with the coming of spring they are worse. You spray, you hang sticky traps, you swat but these things can be difficult to get rid of. Recycle 2 liter (or other size) drink bottles into a diy fruit fly trap. It’s cheap, quick, easy, and non-toxic. Continue reading ‘Fruit Fly Trap’ »
Summer is almost here and with it comes exposure to plants and insects which can cause discomfort (to put it mildly). Most people know about poison ivy, sumac and oak, stinging nettles and irritants of that nature, but there are food producing plants can cause uncomfortable if short-lived skin irritation for some people. Continue reading ‘DIY ELBOW HIGH GLOVES’ »
UPDATE 6-27-2012 The Heritage Classic Foundation is asking that around $29,000 in interest owed on a loan to them by Beaufort County be waived. Beaufort County lent the Heritage Classic Foundation $1 million for their 2011 gold tournament. The base loan was paid back ahead of time by $250,000 in September and “$750,000 on June 25th. The approximately $29,000 interest is the amount accrued for the ten month period the money was used. source: islandpacket.com/2012/06/26/2115618/heritage-foundation-pays-off-1m.html The golf tournament does have a new sponsor for the 2012 event. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the same budget that would eliminate all Department of Disabilities and Special Needs programs except for people who live in institutional settings, and earlier this month voting to cut all HIV/AIDS funding from the state budget – becoming the first state to propose elimination the entire said budget, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted 69-43 to make available a 10 million dollar loan for the PGA Heritage Golf Tournament in case they have not captured another sponsor for next year’s event. The tournament is held on Hilton Head Island each year, the week after the Masters in Augusta, and is currently sponsored by Verizon, a sponsorship that ends this year.
Imagine walking out of your door on a warm late spring day to be greeted by the scent of ripe bananas – not on a tropical island, but right in the US mainland. This treat can be yours if you have a banana shrub growing in your yard. Continue reading ‘I Smell A Banana Shrub…..’ »
Some of the possums (opossums) around here seem to think they are cats. Several years ago I would arrive home after dark to find a half-grown possum sitting on the steps waiting on me with my kitties. Several (probably not the same ones) still lurk. It could be coincidence, but it’s funny when I call the cats to be fed and a few minutes later one or more possums wander up as well. Although I’ve changed feeding times to earlier, around dusk some will still appear seeming to expect a handout.
When I was a child, frogs and toads were plentiful. It wasn’t uncommon to see 25 or 30 toads hopping around on the patio eating bugs drawn by the outside light. I found it great fun to count frogs. It was normal to see a hundred in the lit area immediately surrounding our house. Daylight would expose quite a few flattened corpses on the roads. Toads were everywhere! Continue reading ‘Frog and Toad Population Decrease’ »
In the scramble to figure out how to pay for the health care bill, the senate has replaced a proposed 5% tax on elective plastic surgery procedures with a 10% tax on tanning bed services. The tanning tax is projected to raise 2.7 billion over 10 years compared to 5.8 billion the elective cosmetic surgery tax would have raised. . It’s interesting that a 5% tax on cosmetic surgeries would have raised around TWICE the money than TWICE the tax, 10%, on tanning services will. Continue reading ‘Senate Drops Cosmetic Surgery Tax – Adds Tanning Tax Instead’ »
Oh goody! Ebay is going to let you list up to 100 items a month FREE…….as long as your starting price is 99 cent or under. They’ve even reduced listing fees for the other price ranged…….but they’ve also increased final value fees (fvf) – a LOT. Good going Ebay, try to cover up fee increases by making it look as though you’re doing something good for sellers.Continue reading ‘Ebay Fee Increase Sticks It To Sellers – AGAIN’ »
Several years ago the local Pizza Hut was revamped. No more dim lights, waitresses, jukebox or red and white checkered tablecloths. No more cayenne pepper, grated cheese, salt and pepper shakers or flickering candles on the tables….. Continue reading ‘I Miss the "Old" Pizza Hut….’ »
Folks, with freezing temperatures across much of the country, please turn off your automatic sprinkler systems to prevent the chance of water getting on to the roadways and turning to ice, endangering motorists. In some areas the ground is saturated from recent heavy rains making run off more likely and regardless there is no reason to put motorists in danger for the sake of a pretty yard.
To allow a sprinkler to run water into a roadway with the knowledge is both irresponsible and inconsiderate. Please turn them off until the danger of ice on roads being caused by them has passed. Thanks.
