Mom's Problems

The Author of this post is Velma Baird

My mom broke her hip a few months ago in a fall at her home and she’s been more or less laid up ever since. The doctor says she’ll probably never regain her full mobility since she’s getting pretty elderly anyway but I’m hopeful that with the rehab and daily walks she’ll get better. She had been complaining about how bored she was at home all day so I went to DIREC.TV and looked into satellite packages for her since she really loves old movies. I found one I can afford without her help and it’s been my gift to her during her recovery! I love my mom and I wish I could be there every day to keep her company but since I have a full-tie job it’s going to take a while for me to be able to start getting home early to help her do some of her daily tasks. Hopefully she’ll continue to get more mobile and won’t need as much help doing things as she does now – it will be best for her.

Planning out the details for our family spring break

Guest post written by Patricia Martin

When it comes to vacations, my husband comes up with the general ideas and then I have to come up with all the specific details and reservations. That's happened once again for our spring break trip in a couple of weeks. My husband decided that we were going to go to Charleston, SC for spring break this year. I've never been before, but I've heard that it's really pretty.

So of course I've been looking up details for our trip. I was online trying to find a green hotel for us to stay in and while I was doing that I found the website http://www.shopelectricityratestexas.com/texas-electricity-companies/Texas/. I looked through it a little bit and after that I decided to sign up for one of the energy savings plans that I found on there for our home.

I'm excited about this family spring break even more than if we were just going to a beach. There are beaches near there but we're going to concentrate more on the sightseeing in the city. We love historical sightseeing and there's a whole lot of that to do there.

Looking for tire chains?

After so many weeks, am finally enjoying internet browsing again. I had a terrible problem with my previous internet connection but won't think about it anyway, I had enough! Right now am just doing my thing again, surfing, browsing, blogging. As for my title, I came across Tire Chain Dealer, your source of all kinds of tire chains and information about it. I find it interesting because am kinda wondering how to install tire chains. It looks complicated and difficult to put but as we know it's also very important. Especially for those going through snow, they know how essential it is for protection.

The video found in their website provides the much needed installation guide from the experts. It has detailed instruction and clear explanation. It also has tips on what tire chains a customer needs for his/her particular vehicle. Just click on the links if you're interested and learn more about it. Anyway, thanks to my new internet connection I can watch videos now. I used to wait like forever to load a single page, much more videos. Now you know why I wasn't around and leaving my marks. You have know idea how miserable my internet was.

Will see you now more often, good evening guys!

still

It's been 4 months since my last post here. The reason? Cause I was having the time of my life the last four months. Yes I did, it was a blast! Thought that I could be more active in blogging since I've got so many stories to tell and lots to say but, well, it turned out to be the other way around. Now it's over and done. And to keep the moments alive, it's time to blog. What's really up with me the last 4 months? Geezzzz, I dunno where to start! Am still, I guess..

Here I go again

Growing up I don't remember liking anything sporty. In school, PE class was one of my not so favorite subject. I was living a sedentary lifestyle, big time. Which leads to me to being an over weight teenager, thought I was happy about it until I came to my senses. Not that it's a bad thing, but it can be, eventually. So I started getting physical. Made drastic changes and stick with it, no matter how frustrating it can be sometimes. That's the time when I became a sports fan. I don't play anything sporty though just to make it clear. Just that athletes and players, they're a source of inspiration to me and of course to many. Seeing them living a healthy, active lifestyle, I also want to be that way though I know they're beyond fit and it's impossible for me to be like them, LOL!

Watching them play through TV gives me thrill. If I can only watch them live, it would be so much better! Yeah right...when could that possibly happen? When can I grab a Chicago Bulls tickets? A Boston Celtics tickets perhaps or New York Knicks tickets. That would be awesome, I might faint LOL! It's not happening, not in a million years but I'd keep on wishing, who knows? If am not getting a game passes, concerts tickets will do at least.

Just my imagination....

Come on, let's join!

In everything there's always a first time. And so it's time for me to join a blog contest, first ever in 3 years. Yeah boi... this is it!

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Everyone's invited to join, for the mechanics, just click the banner up there.

Oh heavens let me win please... seriously, I badly need much overhauling here.. LOL!

joyride

60miles/hour.. how's that? Not bad for a newby like me huh? I'm so overjoyed over the fact that finally I can drive. The steering wheel and manual gears are now my new found best friends. I could have taken pictures of my entire driving course but I would have made the instructor impatient even more, lol! In all fairness, they were the best. It was cool, fun, and easy for me because of their efficient teaching. If I know, they wanted to yell at me so badly and say the word focus, focus, focus! Thanks guys!

The road I will travel yet is long and hard. For it's called life. Life with many twist and turns, ups and downs, left and right sign, detours and roadblocks. But I'm going to enjoy it anyway. I'll switch the power on, clutches and accelerator ready... head's up straight... bring on the ride!

all keyed up

Yes I am! Finally I enrolled myself to a driving school(ABC Aerostar, the only driving school with branches nationwide..lol!) last week. I availed their 10-day course and last Monday was my first fun and freaky day. I drove 3 kilometers for the first 30 minutes of the session, t'was the quickest 30 minutes of my life..LOL!

I wonder how it's gonna be like up later? Hmmm... can't wait for the day when I can call myself a certified... DRIVER... (whatta dream!!!)

That was fun, gotta run... see ya around folks.. need to warm up here.. LOL!

dito na me!

Yikes, it's been decades! Did you know I was dreading to face my blogs? Can't even look at them much more signing in to my accounts. My reasons are shallow, you need not know lol! Or you should, maybe. Let's just say I have to go out on my own so I can find my way back home.(echos!) Seriously, I mean it when I took a break. I need to forget everything about my blogs so I can remember it again. I paused so I can resume... and play once more.

So I guess it's time... the firefly is back!

trying on new things

It's so summer here in our place, the sun is so cruel most of the days. I often see families, group of friends and everyone else going to the park or the beach. They all have their own thing this summer, how about me? I wish I can travel just as my thoughts do, to be where I wanna be and be with whomever I like to be.. yeah right! On a serious note, will enroll myself into driving. This is it, I will have my driver's license soon. The thought of it gives me chill, lol! So how about you? It's nice to get yourself into something too. My cousin is frustrated to learn piano chords, you like it as well?

Or maybe you do know how to play piano chords but does it sound good? I mean, piano accompaniment is a different thing, a tough one. There's always room for improvement, when it comes to playing piano chords, there's now a step by step guide developed by a skilled pianist and it's available online. Plus, compared to other piano lessons you know, this online course is way cheaper and easier. Playing beautiful music is just a few clicks away I suppose. After all, there should not be an end to learning and it's always fun to try something new.