May 3, 2012

Red Kool Aid

Filed under: Entertainment,Food — Copa @ 9:05 pm

Kool Aid has been my favorite cold drink for as long as I can remember, it was the only cold drink in the other than the iced tea that my mother for every dinner. The Kool Aid has to be red in coloring though, nothing but red will satisfy these aging taste buds and I have tried them all. Cherry and Black Cherry are the top two, and Black Cherry is hard to find, so when I do stumble upon some I buy up the whole lot to keep me going.

I used to enjoy Pepsi for a good amount of time, but suddenly a few years back I just got tired of the taste of all types of soda and returned to my childhood days and starting drinking my Red Kool Aid once again.

 

February 28, 2012

Yin-Yang

Filed under: Family,Fun,Pets — Copa @ 8:34 pm

My Niece had brought a cat over to our house and gave it to my wife as a birthday present which I thought “Oh no, not another animal!” But the kitten turned out to be a cute and cuddly tub of fur and deserves a good home, so we had said yes to the whole ordeal. Well later on in the day after the fact of us both falling in love with the new kitten running around, my wife had came up with a odd name for it, it was Keyoda. It is definitely different, but it fits her well, except I thought of the name yin-yang for it, because it has a bright and cute side to its personality and it also has a strange dark side to it. Its an evil kitten running around breaking everything in site, but that what kittens do I guess.

I can’t wait to see how this new animal of ours turns out after staying here with us and our two rotten dogs, wish for the best!

January 22, 2012

Competing for computer time

Filed under: Computers,Family,General Living,Hobbies,Internet,Shopping — Copa @ 4:50 pm

I want to play games on our computer.  My wife wants to pay bills and check her emails on our computer.  It shouldn’t be a problem to share, (we ARE both adults!) but we find that more often we are competing with each other for computer time.  I suppose that is what happens when you both have only a limited amount of “free time” to be on the computer, and it happens to coincide with your spouse’s “free time.” 

My brother-in-law is always telling me that he can get a really good discount on computers from a vendor of his. I think I’ll talk to him and see if he can fix me up with my own laptop so my wife and I won’t have to compete for computer time.

Silly little pug

Filed under: Business,Family,General Living,Home Improvement,Pets,Shopping — Copa @ 4:47 pm

Last Friday the pest control serviceman came over to the house to check on all of the bug and rodent sticky traps, and to service the house. We set up a contract with his company that they will come out several times a year to do that. We had not been having a lot of trouble with bugs and rodents upstairs, but my sister-in-law, who lives in the downstairs apartment has been telling us that there are a lot of spiders down there, so we went ahead and signed up with the pest control company.

Well, wouldn’t you know, this morning she comes upstairs, carrying her little pug puppy, who had his front right paw firmly stuck inside one of the sticky glue mouse traps. My wife woke me up from my nap to help them hold the puppy still while my wife poured some corn oil into a bowl and the put the puppy’s paw into the oil. She massaged the paw for a couple of minutes, and before you knew what was happening that sticky trap came right off! So the puppy was none the worse for wear, and all is well with the world.

New tires for my truck

Funny how time flies!  I need new tires for my truck!  I’ve been looking around from Wal-Mart to Firestone to Costco to Sam’s to PepBoys, they all have good tires.  But as I shopped, I found one thing in common; they all sell Bridgestone Tires.  I’ve wanted to try Bridgestone Tires for a long time; I’ve always liked the rubber consistency.  They were quiet on the road but had a good all-year round grip, including from ice and snow to rain to mud.  Another thing I found out was that when you buy four Bridgetone tires they have a promotion where they give you a n American Express card worth $150 to spend as a bonus for buying four new tires; you just have to send in a copy of the receipt and they will send you the card in the mail to spend as you wish.  Well, that drops the price of the tires down below the price of any other tire, so that is why I will buy these tires.