Sometimes all we can do is shake our heads.....

We've all had moments in our life when we just go HUH? Did that really just happen? Well it happens to me quite often.  My summation of it all is this....I'm here to learn and watch and see how fragile the human spirit is.  I say this becaue people have done and continue to do things that just aren't nice and proper some 

Paper Napkin vs Cloth Napkin

So as I was reminiscing about my single dating life with my dental hygienist I told her the story about the "Paper Napkin" date.  She was telling me about how cheap her soon to be ex-husband was since they first met.  I had to share my experience with the Paper Napkin date.  I had been talking to this guy for about a three months and our schedules never gave us too much time to do anything other than just chat on the phone or online via online chatting pre-texting era.  This was back in the mid 1990's.  

When we finally got together for our first date we were deciding upon where to go and have dinner.  We walked past a few nice restaurants and I was waiting for him to take the lead because I wasn't familiar with these places. As we inched our way closer to the menu that was posted on the door I saw him get slightly flustered because he saw the prices for the different entrees.  I got totally turned off but I didn't say anything, I just observed.  Then we walked passed a less expensive restaurant and he seemed more pleased with their prices, all of which were under $10 bucks.  At that point I decided it was a good time to come up with a sudden migraine because if a guy was going to be cheap on the first date,  he won't get a second date with me.  Hence, the title of this short story, "Paper Napkin vs Cloth Napkin."

Ladies, take my advise, if your date is cheap on the first date, make sure you bring extra cash on the second date because he might ask you to pay for the night.  

We all know how expensive things can be but guys, if you're going to take a lady out for dinner and you're on a budget, pick the place in advance.  Most restaurants will not cost you a weeks salary unless you're in Dubai or your ordering bottles of aged bourbon.

The moral of this story is if it walks like a duck, it's a duck.

Nelson Mandela Has Died

BREAKING NEWS Thursday, December 5, 2013 4:52 PM EST

Nelson Mandela, South African Icon of Peaceful Resistance, Is Dead Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at a time of growing dissatisfaction with the country’s leaders. Mr. Mandela spent 27 years in prison after being convicted of treason by the white minority government, only to forge a peaceful end to white rule by negotiating with his captors after his release in 1990. He led the African National Congress, long a banned liberation movement, to a resounding electoral victory in 1994, the first fully democratic election in the country’s history. Mr. Mandela served just one term as South Africa’s president and had not made a public appearance since 2010, when the nation hosted the World Cup. But his decades in prison and his insistence on forgiveness over vengeance made him a potent symbol of the struggle to end his country’s brutally codified system of racial domination, and of the power of peaceful resolution in even the most intractable conflicts. Years after he retreated from public life, his name still resonated as an emblem of his effort to transcend decades of racial division and create what South Africans called a Rainbow Nation. READ MORE »

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Regular vs. Premium

Why Friends Are Important

The difference in premium gasoline prices to regular gas prices always vary. It reminds me of how people sometimes view others. They think that their time is at a premium and your time isn't. No one is more important than anyone else. I love the excuse of "I'm so busy blah blah blah or I'm going through a very hard time," because we do. On that note I'm too busy to deal with inconsiderate individuals so keep it moving in a direction away from me. I have no tolerance for that & I say this because a dear friend who is 15+ years my senior has always returned calls/emails. She did so while undergoing chemotherapy for two forms of cancer so for all the posers on here & you know who are, hit the delete button. Thank you.

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Goodbye Summer 2013

Where did the Summer of 2013 disappear to?  Did it sneak out the back door in between the rain showers that we had for the first half of the season?  I've never seen or experienced a Summer go as quick as this one.

I hope everyone had a good Summer and that everyone is safe and that you're all getting ready to enter into Fall 2013 with good health and spirits.

As I get older, not only do I get wiser but I also get more aches and pains :(  Such is life and the normal progression of aging.  We have no choice but to deal with our aches and pains and just stay as active as we can to keep the blood and circulation going.  I stretch daily and watch my diet so that alone helps quite a bit.  All we can do is be vigilant in taking care of yourselves because, no one else will do it but us.