I’ve been looking around for a new job lately, hoping to find something close to home that pays well. That is a very tall order around here – most of the good paying jobs require a long commute, and with the price of gas continuing to go up it just is not worth it!
So I’ve been spending some time on the Internet looking for local jobs. I’ve found a few that I’m applying for – one is a correctional office in kiddie jail! It is good pay and good benefits, so I’d like to land that job! Wish me luck!
My friend Dan has had all the lucky breaks one can ask for in life! He was born into a wealthy family, and that has opened so many doors to him that I have a very hard time sometimes concealing my envy at the life of luxury he seems to lead. His parents set him up as one of the Vice Chairmen of one of their corporations in Houston Texas, and one of his duties involves flying around the country from office to office on “business.” However whenever I hear from him he is always telling me about his recreational activities that he manages to partake in after the business meeting.
One of the biggest luxuries that he enjoys is the air charter services that his company provides through Wing Aviation Charter Services out of Houston. He says that they are available to fly him anywhere he needs to go, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. He says that they have a very high level of comfort, luxury and convenience and he would really hate having to travel on a commercial airline after experiencing the accommodations of their services. He’s been talking about having to come up here on a business trip next month and using them to fly up here. He’s offered to fly me back to Houston for a week-end trip on their luxury plane. That is something to think about for sure!
All day long while I was working around the yard I was thinking about how I wanted to take the wife out to eat supper tonight. We haven’t been out in a while (other than a fast food place) and I thought we were overdue. So I took her to the local Ruby Tuesday restaurant.
We ordered the Grand Sampler appetizer (substituted the spring rolls with cheese fries) and my wife had the Asian sauce flavored baby back ribs (full rack) and I ordered a combination plate of sirloin steak with fried shrimp. I was concerned that the fried shrimp might be too spicy-hot for my tastes because the menu indicated that there was some bayou seasoning in the batter, so I asked my waitress about that. I told her that I didn’t like spicy hot food. She assured me that the shrimp was not hot at all and guaranteed that if I didn’t like them that my meal would be free.
Guess what – they were hotter than the hot wings that came in the appetizer! My wife tried one and said the spices were burning her mouth!
So I ate all of my dinner except for the shrimp, and when the waitress came with the tab I told her that the shrimp were too hot for us to eat. Boy did her face turn ashen! She left the table and went to confer with her boss. When she came back she said that she would only charge me for the sirloin part of the meal, and not the shrimp part. Well I told her that was OK, but I was annoyed because she had promised me my whole meal would be free if I didn’t like the shrimp!
My wife and I are coupon clippers/users. Alright, my wife clips them. We both use them. Regardless, we save a lot of money using coupons. My wife usually saves at least $10 a week at the grocery store using coupons. That adds up fast! We get coupons from a variety of sources, we get the Sunday paper and there are usually several coupons in there that we clip and use. We also use coupons and discounts and promotion codes that we find on the Internet at Savings.com.
One of the best websites to find coupons for great savings on Hewlett Packard products and AT&T Wireless services and products is the Savings.com website. That website offers a lot of online coupons, discounts, and promotion codes that save the consumer a lot of money.
One of the coolest things about having lived in New England was seeing the Northern Lights. Now that we’ve moved further south, we don’t ever have that opportunity. I was reading on the Time.com website that scientists are finding out more information about what actually causes the Northern Lights. There are satellites up in space that have been transmitting data to the scientists that is helping them to understand the Northern Lights better than ever before. According to their theory, the Northern Lights are caused by magnetic explosions that occur between the earth and the moon. These storms happen about every two or three days. I don’t remember seeing Northern Lights THAT often! Maybe most of those storms have happened during daylight hours, you can only see the Northern Lights after the sun sets.
