Sunbeam X-Large (12" x 24") Heating Pad
I love a good heating pad but once you have one...you don't really need a new one. But then...I saw this one and goodness! They have greatly improved the heating pad and now? I want this one.
So sue me. I'll have two. GO ME!
How many heating pads do you have? How old is yours?
I was contacted by an oracle. Wonder if he already knew what I was going to say before I said it?
I tend to hold my breath when I'm concentrating and only just noticed that I do this. It freaks me out when I realize I'm doing it and then I do the breathing technique from yoga. Weird as hell.
I've been playing with makeup more and sometimes it's really, really funny. LOL!
I got a deep trim last week and my hair feels brand new all over.
Whenever I start thinking I drink too much coffee...a new study comes out that says drinking too much coffee is a good thing.
I continue to believe that there is nothing new pajamas can't make better.
I get the most frustrated when poor or lack of communication creates an issue.
I planted purple and yellow flowers for Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is over.
Is it too early to put the Easter wreath up? I put my Spring one up but I can't find my wreath hooks so um...erra...it's on a snowflake hook.
*GIGGLE*
A friend told me to put coconut oil in Jaru's food for his dry skin issues. I was skeptical at first but did it and he loves it and scratches less.
But he's eating up all my damn coconut oil. Humph. I use that on my hair dude.
I read an article about how to drink less soda if you can't give up soda. One of the suggestions was to drink a mix of half soda, half water.
I don't drink soda but if I did...I wouldn't do that.
I love the bank's convenience of being able to deposit a check using the app on your phone. That is seriously the best thing ever. LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!
I can't find that wow factor we're looking for and I has the sads.
I was taking meds for my ADD (finally) and it helped me focus but I didn't have fun anymore and it broke out my face.
Yall already know I stopped taking that cuz really...REALLY? I'm vain as hell.
Homeowner's insurance costs out this way are giving me the blues. SEVERE blues.
My indoor plants are acting like they like me again.
The only place I can buy fresh cut flowers is the Winn-Dixie. The lady is so nice too. I talked to her this weekend and she'll start taking my suggestions for what to order. I wanted some flowering branches so she got me some in yesterday. GO ME! Imma play with them today. Or tomorrow. Soon as I go get them cuz Winn-Dixie is thataway and I never go thataway unless I want flowers from Winn-Dixie and it's raining and I never think about flowers when it's raining.
I need new sheets. I have two sets of good ones that I alternate on our bed and well...it's time for new ones. I've been researching the best sheets to buy and am confused. It was so much easier when Martha Stewart had us believing thread count mattered. Since that has been debunked...lawd...I don't know where to start!
I will say that the sheets I use on the guest bed are from Land's End and I'm ALWAYS impressed with the condition they are in so...maybe I'll start there this time.
I saw a woman cuss her child out like the child was grown and had done something really bad to her.
That made me so sad.
Jeb Bush huh? NO MORE BUSHES!
I'm not crazy about more Clintons either.
Last night I had an extra dirty martini with three olives using Russian Standard vodka.
I felt like a boss.
But then I decided to follow it with a bottle of water and well...I kept having to get up to use the bathroom reminding me why I try to drink all my 64 ounces of water before 7pm.
Jaru glared at me for waking him up every time I went to the bathroom. He's getting evil in his old age.
Shit...me too.
I just heard thunder and I'm sitting by the windows. Yall know I'm moving right?
I hate when people I adore lose a parent because I know that pain and I know it's not a pain that's going to get better anytime soon. I feel so helpless when that happens knowing I can't help at all.
*sigh*
Shelly and Coley went to Universal in Florida and went to Harry Potter land. It was so awesome she couldn't tell me about it cuz I didn't want to know cuz I want to go SO.BAD!!!!!!!!! Robby? Not so much. LOL!
What's going on random with you?
Yesterday, President Obama vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline which would have funneled in over 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to Texas (using a bunch of already in place connections along the way). The pipeline extension is literally just that. A 36 inch diameter line of pipe that would be placed in trenches to extend into Canada. We trust Canada so we'd rather get oil from them than from other countries right now. You know...cuz that pesky Middle East oil can come with a bunch of headaches.
Now...this pipeline is simply an extension that TransCanada wants to build for a cost of about $8 billion dollars. They need to put down 875 more miles of pipeline to connect from Canada to Nebraska, to an existing pipeline that opened sometime last winter. TransCanada couldn't just build it without our permission because it crosses out borders and that's some international security kinda stuff that needs to be dealt with and monitored properly.
President Obama hasn't used his veto power in over 4 years (he's only used his veto power twice before). This Keystone pipeline has been on the table for 6 years.
Republicans and oil companies say it will create more than 40,000 jobs. True. For as long as it takes to dig the trench, lay the pipe (pun alert), and cover it up. That will take about a year or two so those "jobs" will be temporary. Once the pipe is fitted...nothing more needs to be done. Just monitoring every now and then to make sure there aren't leaks. Because we all know that oil companies sometimes screw up when it comes to spilling oil. (Insert eyeroll here.)
There is also a big hoopla over the way Canada extracts this oil making it much "dirtier" (oil sands) than the crude oil our refineries are used to turning into gas and whatnot. Environmentalists say that much more greenhouse gases are released when refining Canada's oil sands. And well...think what you want...greenhouse gases are not natural to our environment and consistently wreck havoc on our planet. That's just a fact, Jack. Science doesn't lie even if you pay a bunch of people a whole lot of money to keep that information quiet. Nobody is disputing the fact that Canada's oil sands are corrosive (because it's "dirty") and that has environmentalists worried because if there is a spill of corrosive oil up and through the Midwest...well...ain't nobody got time for that as the clean up would be major levels of epic.
Enter the Koch brothers.
The Koch brothers, in my opinion, are the Scrooge McDuck's of America. Well, they own Koch Industries, which is the largest foreign leaseholders of the areas in Canada where the oil will be extracted. So yeah...we'd be doing them a big, big, HUGE favor by allowing this pipeline to be built so they can transport their oil to refineries on the Gulf Coast. Folks are arguing over how much money they stand to make off this...but the end result is the same...they will make money. You can argue that it's the American way or you can see it for what it is, more of the haves continuing to make way for more haves and giving us a bone or two by way of temporary jobs which will go away once they get what they want done and the real money starts rolling in.
SAYONARA! Oh...and um...we're not hiring.
So now Republicans need to get over 2/3rds of Congress to vote in favor of the Keystone pipeline extension in order to override President Obama's veto. Totally doubt that happens. Totally.
Does this mean the oil will not be transported? Please. You know these people with money make a way. LOL! They have entire train rail lines dedicated to transporting oil but they say the risk of accident with the trains is far greater than the pipeline.
Oil is going to be transported no matter what.
It's the American way.
Okay...again...yall know I do this to break things down for my brother when he asks me specific questions. I try to be as brief and as clear as possible. I don't get all in-depth cuz um...I'm not an expert. There are lots of factors I didn't put here because well, yall know when you're setting up counterattacks you just toss all kinds of everything out there in order to confuse folks. I read most of it and decided to pick and choose what I thought were the most important factors to break down. If you have additional information or think something I chose to not point out is relevant...please share. The floor, as always, is open. Unless you're a jerk and well...then your mic will be cut off. Simple. - Monnie
I can't tell you enough how to not worry about people who aren't worth worrying about. Every second you spend on them is taking away from you being the light you need to be.
FUCK.
THEM.
Do you.
And smile because you're genuinely happy. If you're not happy...don't smile. That fake ish is for the birds. Tweet...tweet!
