Until I had my accident two years ago I had no idea how many different types of lawyers there really are. I just figured that a lawyer is a lawyer is a lawyer! I didn’t know the difference between a Medical Malpractice or a Wrongful Death attorney.
So I was unhappy when I found myself in the position of being in a new location (having just moved to this state) and trying to find a Personal Injury attorney to help me with my case. I didn’t even have enough friends to ask for a recommendation as to which attorney would be a “good one.”
Just my luck the attorney I hired was supposed to be a “good one” but only a couple of months after hiring him I lost him because he was given a position on the bench and got dumped onto one of his partners. Not very happy about that move I can tell you that! I don’t think he is aggressive enough and my wife and I are considering changing to a different one.
I wonder how many of you out there have a friend or relative that practices passive aggression? I don’t know about you, but I wish these people would just grow up and stand up and talk out their issues instead of making life more complicated for those people around them. My poor wife has so many people in her family that are passive aggressive and it drives her absolutely crazy! I think that people who practice passive aggression are sneaky cowards. I don’t envy my wife having to deal with so many of them!
Many of my friends from New England still keep in touch on a regular basis. That sure helps me to get through the many long and lonely days of recovery from my accident! Jarod called me to wish me a Merry Christmas last night. He was telling me that Santa had been really good to him this year. He said that he found a Burton snowboard under the Christmas tree at his parent’s house when he went over there for dinner. Jarod says he’s not quite sure how to send Santa a notice of new address from when he moved out to his own place last year! In addition he got a new Burton beanie and a new Burton jacket to wear while he is out on the slopes trying out his new board.
I never learned to snowboard; I always enjoyed alpine skiing and snowmobiling. Snowboarding always seemed like a lot of fun that I’d like to try someday, but now with all of these back injuries I have I’ll probably never get the chance to try it. My wife says we’re too old for that anyway and it’s time we started acting more our age. To be honest I think she’s just worried that some of the other boarders might run into us and that could really hurt! Well, too old, or too injured, either way it looks like I’ll just have to be satisfied watching that sport from a distance!
My wife and I were hoping to go to the 7pm candlelight Christmas Eve church service tonight at the church down the road a bit. Although it had rained today, the weather was rather warm and we didn’t think that the roads were going to freeze during the service, so we got gussied up and headed out. When we got to church, about 6:45 we were disappointed to see that the parking lot was empty, and the church was dark. The parking lot was still full of snow from last weekend’s storm! I don’t know why the lot had not been plowed.
Needless to say, we were disappointed that there was no service. This area sure does shut down a lot more than the New England state we used to live in!
My wife has been encouraging me to consider investing in gold when we get our insurance settlement money. She seems to think that putting some of our money in gold would be a good hedge against the stock market dropping again. I have to admit that I have always considered gold as a suspect when it came to investing money. I know that the price of gold can fluctuate too.
But my wife keeps telling me that investing in gold as a way to diversify our portfolio is a sound decision. She keeps telling me that it is never wise to put all of your eggs in the same basket, and that we need to spread our money out so that if one investment does poorly then the other might take up the slack and do well. I have to admit that there is a lot of logic in that reasoning. Diversification is a good way to protect ourselves financially.
Well, we got about twenty inches of snow from the storm. I went out side yesterday while it was still snowing to use the snow blower a little bit. Years of life in New England taught me that it is a good idea to get a start on these big storms. If you try to clear a huge amount of snow the snow blower just might not like it very much and break down on you, and then you are in trouble! So you start before it gets too much and you’re good. My sister-in-law decided to come out and play in the snow while I was clearing the walk-way. She borrowed my wife’s boots and snow pants and had herself a grand old time. She’s not used to seeing that much snow and she was having some fun! My wife, on the other hand, well, let’s just say she has had her share of playing in the snow.
My wife cautioned her sister to NOT throw snowballs at me – she said “don’t mess with the guy armed with a snowblower!” Well, as you can imagine, somehow a snowball hit me in the back of the head. I turned around and the only one in sight was laughing her butt off! Laughter turned to shrieks as I turned the chute of the snowblower and showered the assailant with a ton of show! She should have listened to my wife!
One of the things that have prevented me from buying stocks in the past was the fact that many people look down their noses at folks who don’t have a strong basic knowledge of the nuts and bolts of Stock Trading. I really don’t like to ask a lot of questions of people who have a “superior attitude.” I’m pretty sure you know what I mean. That’s the biggest reason why I prefer to have an Online Broker. I don’t have to see their faces or listen to their “I’m smarter than you are” tones of voice.
With Online Trading I can get the information that I need and spend as much time as I need thinking about my choices. I don’t feel that “hurry up and make a decision” pressure that a live person sitting in front of me can emit. That kind of hard sell just turns me off! I like to gather all of the facts and discuss the decisions with my wife without someone else in the conversation trying to influence my decision. My wife says that makes me a “control freak.” Maybe she’s right, but it is MY money after all!
It looks like we are in for one heck of a snow storm this week end. Our local weather forecaster is calling for up to 10 inches that is supposed to start some time tomorrow evening. Guess we need to stock up on the necessary items at the grocery store and hunker down for a long cold weekend. This is going to make the last minute Christmas shopping a real nightmare for a lot of people. Glad that we have most of our holiday shopping done and just have to worry about having enough milk and toilet paper!
Don’t know why I was so surprised to find that Myrtle Beach has such a huge variety of Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotels to choose from. I’ve been spending a good amount of time online checking out the different packages that are available right now. There are some pretty decent prices that have me wanting to make a final decision and get the job done and over with so I can move on to other things that are needed to get done in order to have our family reunion squared away for next year.
The SeaSide Resort looks awfully good. It is a top notch Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Hotel with 4 star services that is located in North Myrtle Beach and is just footsteps away from the famous white sandy beaches that Myrtle Beach is so well known for. I’m still not quite sure how many family members are actually going to attend this reunion, which makes it a bit of a challenge, but what the heck, I’m up for a challenge!
Not just any Myrtle Beach Hotel will do for this group. We have a diverse group of people that all have different needs and wants, but I guess most families are that way these days. We have a few folks that are disabled and require special accommodations, while some of them are senior citizens that have special needs as well. Of course there will be several children attending and that opens up a whole new can of worms as well. A challenge indeed!
Samba Pa Ti was a wonderful piece that Santana put out in his prime back in the 70’s. Carlos Santana still keeps on cranking out the hits and once again I thank You Tube for making this music available online. Who ever would have thought that we could have so much available to us just by pushing a few buttons, amazing to think about ya know!
Even though we are the dead of winter I can’t help but start thinking and planning on some things that I want to get done come spring. I really liked the stone benches that my mother-in-law purchased last year online at stonebenches.com so I’ve been checking out their site as of late to see if they have any that may be suitable for around our house, yard and garden areas. I think some nice garden benches would look great in a few choice locations.
My mother-in-law discovered this site when she was looking at memorial benches to place by her late husband’s grave site. He is buried in a VA cemetery, where they only had a flat marker for him and the family really wanted a nice bench to sit on when they visited the grave site. Their stone work are hand made in the U.S., they are made from cast stone and are shipped to you free of charge, which is a huge savings considering how heavy they are. Can you imagine how much you would have to pay for the shipping if they charged you for that?
Anyway, I’m sure that I will find some nice looking stone garden benches that I’ll end up ordering. Spring can’t get here quick enough as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never been a fan of the cold and wet weather that we experience each and every winter here. I’m all about the sun and all the activities that go along with the nice weather that spring and summer bring us.
I’ve always been a fan of Santana. I’m glad that they are still pumping out such good music and that You Tube has a great selection of their music videos which I can enjoy while I’m spending time on my PC. One of my favorite tunes that they played with Rob Thomas I’ve posted below. Hope you enjoy…………..
I’ve heard so many good things about the Myrtle Beach Hotel - The Horizon at 77th, from numerous people through out the years. If every thing goes right next year I would really like to plan a long weekend at Myrtle Beach. It has been such a long time since I’ve been at a beach, so I think that I’m due at this point. My tax refund check should be enough to do a few things that I’ve been wanting to do and just haven’t had the extra bucks to throw at. All work and no play makes for a grumpy old man.
Using the Internet will make the task of making the Myrtle Beach Accommodations for the trip a much easier one. I’m surprised that travel agents are still in business these days with so many people going online for their arrangements. I’m sure I can get a good deal online if I play my cards right and find some good promotions ahead of time. If The Horizon at 77th doesn’t work out I’m sure that I can find another top notch Myrtle Beach Accommodation, one that offers a nice golf package would be a nice bonus.
I can’t believe that my daughter will be turning 26 next week. Before you know it she will be in her 30’s and I’m not sure how I’ll be feeling about that, other than an old man! I’ve all ready picked up a cute and funny birthday card to send to her. It is hard having a birthday in December being so close to Christmas and all, but we have managed to keep the two separate so far, so it’s all good!
I can’t imagine life without the use of the Internet. I don’t know about you, but I have no use for any of the Yellow Pages that inevitably end up at the end of my drive way several times a year, they go straight into the recycling bin without any second thoughts. If I need to locate a business or a person I can simply go online and use any of the sites that can provide this type of information with just a few short key strokes.
What’s really cool is that with the Internet and sites like JustClickLocal.com I’m not limited to just my local area. Whether I need to find something in Miami, FL for my folks, or even some place like Pittsburgh, PA where my younger sister lives, the possibilities are unlimited and I like that. I have a brother who lives close to Charlotte, NC who isn’t hooked up to the Internet (he will forever be stuck in the stone ages) and sometimes I get a call from him asking me to find something online for him. I don’t mind really, it doesn’t take much time or effort on my part to locate something for him, but I really wish that he would realize what he is missing.
Before you know it Christmas will be here. And after that is all said and done it will be New Year’s Eve. Hard to believe that the year 2010 will be upon us. It seems as if time is slipping by faster and faster the older I get. What I wouldn’t give for it to be the 80’s once again. Those were the years by God!
My mother-in-law owns a hybrid car. My wife and I are pretty jealous about that. We’ve been wanting a Prius Hybrid of our own for several years now. We love the great fuel efficiency that it gets. We are always hearing about how my mother-in-law gets 50 miles per gallon with her car. Don’t get me wrong; we get pretty good gas mileage with our own cars, but with the price of gasoline going up again, it makes my blood boil how much of our money goes into our gas tanks!
My mother-in-law has always been one to buy high quality cars. My wife says that she remembers that not very long ago that her mother had a chrysler 300. She doesn’t remember what year it was, but she does remember that her mother loved it. And my wife said that she remembers that it was a very nice and comfortable riding car.
My wife has shopped for a chrysler from time to time when she needed a new car but found them to be priced too high for her budget, so she never had the chance to own one herself.
As for me, well my dream car is the audi r8. I like to fantasize that when all of the nonsense about settling the accident case with the insurance company is said and done that I’d have enough money to guy a great car like that! The more info I read about that car the better I like it! But with the price tag on that car, I’d have to not just get a good insurance settlement, I’d have to win the lottery too!
A friend of mine sent me a video from Youtube that was showing a man killing a deer with his bow. It was a large buck, and just moments after he shot it a second large buck came along. The video was claiming that the second buck was coming to fight the buck that was shot but I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think that the deer were caged deer, and tame to start with. In all possibilities the second buck was coming to see if the dead one was really dead. When the hunter shot the first buck, the buck walked around for a few moments before falling down, then got up and fell down again. I thought that was rather sad. I’m glad I only hunt with a camera! My wife would not approve of my hunting to kill!
My wife complains that I wear too much cologne when we go out together. She tells me that the smell is so strong it makes her gag! I’ve tried to cut back, but I love the smell of a nice cologne! Whenever we go out shopping together and we are walking past the perfume counter of the department store I like to stop and smell the different brands. I try to get my wife to help me pick out which ones she likes so I can be sure to buy the ones she won’t complain about, but she tells me that they are all so expensive that she’d rather not buy any of them.
And then at Christmas, or my birthday, what do you suppose happens? Yes, I end up unwrapping several different fragrance gifts! My aunt always sends me a gift box full of Brut, and I’m sure to get other fragrances from other people as well. And then my wife (naturally) takes the opportunity to point out to me that I didn’t need to be shopping for them myself because I always get plenty for gifts!
A good friend of mine is struggling to make ends meet and met with a HUD agent to talk about how they can try to keep from losing his house. The family is having bad luck with job losses and bad health and they are facing some tough decisions. They had to rely on credit cards to sustain their household and pay for expensive medicines while trying to find new jobs and now they are faced with not being able to pay their mortgage and their credit card bills.
No matter what they do at this point their credit will be ruined. They are thinking that they may end up having to stop paying their credit card bills – simply default on them. I don’t know if the credit card companies can sue them or not over that! But their only other choice is to stop making their house payments. And they need a place to live! What a dilemma!
Some of the prettiest places a person can go are to the Myrtle Beach Golf courses. My friend Russ and his wife go on annual Myrtle Beach Golf Vacations. Russ says that he loves to Golf Myrtle Beach every chance he gets. His wife likes to golf, too, so they enjoy trying out the many different courses there.
Ever since their youngest child moved out of the house ten years ago they’ve been reserving Myrtle Beach Golf Packages and stay for several weeks every February. Since that is the coldest month of the year up here they like to pamper themselves and just pack up and go and pretend that winter just isn’t happening! Russ always come back from his vacation nicely tanned, and extremely happy.
They like to stay in a condo where they have their own kitchen and separate living area apart from the bedroom. They say that it is more relaxing when they don’t feel cramped up in a small motel room. I have to agree I enjoy condo vacations too!
I was surprised yesterday when my neighbors were telling me that they were going hunting next weekend. I thought that hunting season ended Thanksiving weekend! Apparently down here there is a longer season than New England. Around here folks can hunt deer until sometime in March! I guess that is up until the does start to give birth. I can’t even begin to imagine shooting a pregnant doe! That just creeps me out! I understand that the hunting season is long because the herds are too big, but I am also concerned about the safety of the general public – are we folks that live out in the countryside supposed to wear blaze orange year round?
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately watching a television show called The Man Cave. It’s a good show about designing a room into a room specifically surrounding the interests of a particular man. Naturally the show has been getting me to think about how I want to set up my own man cave. I already have the slate pool table that I bought at the thrift store. It’s in great shape!
I’ve been trying to decide whether to buy or make the wet bar for the room. As part of the process of designing that I’ve been looking at a lot of different bar glass racks, stemware racks and wine glass racks for sale. I need to decide if I want them to hang from the ceiling, or under a cabinet, or inside the cabinet. Or if I want them to be free-standing on a counter or table. I really didn’t realize that there were so many different styles and types to choose from!
We have a couple of different artificial Christmas trees here at home. Our favorite one is very large, but since I was injured in the car accident I find it difficult to drag it upstairs and set it up. And for some reason one of our dogs is attracted to the wires of the lights in the bottom row of branches and she keeps chewing the wires. And as the nature of Christmas tree lights go, the entire string of lights is ruined. So I am understandably reluctant to have the large tree. But just having one or two of the small trees just seems so inadequate!
When we use the small tree we have a hard time deciding which ornaments to put on the tree – the large tree can hold them all. My wife gets very upset when she has to pick and choose which ornaments get to come out of the storage box and which ones get passed over. I know that she made most of them herself, and it is like having to choose one favorite child. That’s almost impossible for her to do!
When our nephew Travis needs Math help with his homework, he often calls us up and asks us to help him out. We have a scanner and fax machine so sometimes he will fax his homework over to us to review so we can see what the problem is if he can’t explain it well over the phone. Lately he seems to calling us every night, so I’m going to suggest to his parents that they sign him up for Free online math tutoring. I think that with an Online math tutor Travis might actually learn a little bit more than simply running over his homework assignment with us.
I think that having Free online math help is a wonderful service to have for children that are struggling with math. I know that a lot of kids don’t really understand how important math will be to them when they are adults, and I think that the Online math tutoringprograms can make it more fun to learn than just some old coot like me trying to help them to understand the concepts behind the homework problems. I wish that there had been free Online math help for me when I was growing up!
I find it so hard to believe that this is really winter. Yes, we have had some snow, and the temperatures are cool, but when I talk to my daughter in New England she is telling me about how much snow they have had and how cold it is up there. I can remember my many winters up there, and the memories are vivid. Talking to her I can almost see the snow and feel the cold. I’m certainly glad that I’m not dealing with that much of that white stuff anymore! And even though we’ve lived here a few years now, it is still hard to believe that it is really winter. Winter down here only feels like autumn to me. I mean after all, the grass might not still be growing, but it is still green! And I can still see it most days!
Last week I was driving our Subaru and all of a sudden the exhaust started making a gawd-awful racket! I took it into the local Midas shop and they gave me an estimate of $150 to fix it. Well, money is tight and we weren’t too happy about having to shell out any money on car repairs, but it needed to be done. So we made the appointment for the work to be done today.
Well, once they got into the thing, it needed more work than originally thought (I hate when that happens.) They put the car up on the lift and showed me the problems. Yes, they were right, more needed to be done than originally thought. To the tune of $700!
And yes, I had it done, and put on the credit card. My wife was NOT very happy about that news at all! We are still waiting to hear from SSI about getting money from my disability and having a $700 car repair bill has taken all of the hope out of buying Christmas gifts this year!
The recent snowstorm and cold snap have certainly sparked my desires to go to one of the nice warm Oceanfront Myrtle Beach Resorts for a few weeks. Although I’ve never been to any of the Myrtle Beach Resorts yet, I’ve been tempted by the many accolades that I hear from my friends and relatives from their vacations.
They love to send postcards from their Beach Resorts Myrtle Beach telling us how much fun they are having playing golf, going to shows or amusement parks, or just relaxing on the beach. And they rave about the luxurious accommodations that they are enjoying. I can certainly appreciate how hard it would be to leave such a place! We’ve heard so many good things about vacationing there that my wife and I are putting it on the top of our list of vacation spots we want to try out when my injuries are better healed and I can spend more time enjoying life without having to spend so much of it sitting down.
School was closed today because of flooded roads. It’s always a surprise to me when that happens; it happens a lot more frequently than I would have imagined. Growing up in New England, I’m relatively used to rivers flooding in the spring but that never closed the schools down. It just seems like the schools around here close a lot more often than I would imagine they should close. Seems to me that if the roads are flooded frequently that the department of transportation should do something to raise the road beds so that they don’t flood very often!
I’ve never quite understood the value of term life insurance. I’m constantly getting offers in the mail for inexpensive term insurance, but after years of paying premiums the policy holds no value, and if I live beyond the term then the beneficiaries get no money. My wife says that term insurance is best for young couples with young children.
