Just My Rambling

For Christmas this year, I am still debating whether we should stay at home or go somewhere. I would love to go somewhere nearby like Las Vegas. It would be fun to explore the las vegas strip and see all its new fancy architecture. I am sure that it is very different from my last visit 20 years ago. Unfortunately the ever-plunging dismal stock market is not a big help in fulfilling my travel plans. I think we might just have to tighten our belts and spend Christmas at home instead.

I can’t believe it’s the middle of October already! Time sure flies when you are busy, doesn’t it? Anyway, year-ends usually end up a little crazier than usual for us because there are just so many activities. Besides Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are also lots of birthdays including Lil’ C’s. Somehow Lil’ C’s closest friends all have birthdays in October, November and December!! So there will be lots of birthday parties to attend.

To preserve my sanity, I have decided to start preparations early this year. I have already started looking at Thanksgiving recipes to decide my Thanksgiving menu for this year. Since Lil’ C’s birthday is the week before Thanksgiving, I know that I am going to be so busy with all her party stuff. So it will help if I can get all my Thanksgiving preparations ready by the end of the month. That way I can concentrate on her party preparations. Wish me luck!!

It has been a very active hurricane season this year. There were a couple of big ones that caused a lot of damage like Gustav and Ike. Every time these disasters happen, I always wonder if my term life insurance will be gone. Why? Because when these disasters happen, a lot of insurance companies could go belly-up. That was exactly what happened in Florida 4 years ago when there was an onslaught of hurricanes. Many insurance companies were overwhelmed with claims till they had to close because they could not afford to pay off all the claims. This hurricane season is almost ending, so I really hope that it will just go away quietly without causing any trouble and causing me worrries.

Do you know what is at the top of my to-buy list? A hybrid car!! Even though the gas prices have gone down a little, it is still too high for my liking. My gas bill has been very high ever since my daughter started preschool which is quite far from my house. I think a hybrid car will be great for me. A free hybrid car will be even better, don’t you think? That is the reason I am checking out Charter.

Charter is giving away a 2009 Civic Hybrid with its Save Green Go Green Giveaway! Wow, I just read that the gas mileage on the Civic Hybrid goes up to 45 mpg on the highway. That is almost double of my current car. That is reason enough for me to enter this giveaway. To enter this giveaway, all I have to do is register with Charter and also maybe use one of their services. Charter is currently offering High-Speed Internet, Cable TV and Telephone at a great rate. So not only do I get to enjoy a savings on Charter services, I will have that chance to win a Civic Hybrid.

What about you? Is your current car a gas-guzzler? Wouldn’t you like to have a lower gas bill and save the environment? If you said yes, what are you waiting for? Go check out the Charter giveaway immediately and you might just win a Civic Hybrid. Good Luck!

Even though my little girl is almost 4, I have to go to the bathroom with her whenever she needs to wash her hands. It’s not that she is not capable of washing her own hands but she always has trouble turning on the faucet. My current faucet handle is very tight and hard to turn. Maybe I should look into those automatic sensor faucets like the ones in her preschool. If I have that in the house, I won’t have to make that many bathroom runs with her anymore.

The crazy travelling that we did this summer really took the travelling bug out of me, at least for a while. This morning was probably the first Saturday morning since summer that I woke up and didn’t have to rush to go anywhere or entertained anyone. We did go out to the Salmon Day Festival for a little bit but now we are all just lazing at home. It feels really good. I think that for this month I should just keep all my weekends free so that I can recuperate from the busyness of the weekdays. With all the rest, I won’t need the best acne treatment anymore.

These past couple of weeks has been a little stressful. Trying to adjust to Lil’ C’s school schedule and my new job has not been easy. Did I mention that her piano class is starting this week after a two month’s break? So that’s another thing that I have to add to my schedule. Luckily the piano school is only 10 minutes from my house; at least I won’t have to drive too far. Anyway, at this rate I am going, I am going to need acne treatment soon!!

This summer we travelled a lot and we were very glad that the air conditioning in our car was working well. It would have been a torture to make a road trip in the hot humid summer weather with air conditioning. Even though the airconditioning was working well, it did give us a scare when we first turned it on. It had a really musty smell which was probably due to the lack of usage during the winter months. At first, we were worried that the AC Compressormight be the problem but luckily after a couple of runs, the air conditioning was working fine. However just in case we run into any more problems, I have bookmarked www.1airconditioning.com for my future reference. They have everything I need should my air conditioning ever breaks down. If you have any air conditioning problem, do check them out.

Over the weekend, I took all my winter clothes out of storage to get ready for the cold winter. While rummaging through them, I found some baby clothes and baby bedding hidden among my winter clothes. I didn’t even realize I still had them. I thought I had given them all away but I guess I was wrong. Wonder what I should do with them? I wish I had found them before I had that garage sale last month. Looks like I will probably end up giving them away.

Lately Lil’ C has been fascinated with the stars, the sun and the moon. She has been asking me so many questions about them like where they came from, what they are made of, why they have light and many more. I think I really need to brush up on my knowledge of astronomy. Yesterday, she even asked me if we could buy the moon. Out of boredom, I checked the internet and to my surprise, you really can!! You can actually buy a piece of the moon by purchasing an officially authorized lunar land claim from Lunar International. Isn’t that interesting? I should check it out further.