It is good to know that I can just jump online to find most of the things that I need now a days instead of having to run into town each time I discover that I need or want some thing. Today I found a great website that sells the hot tub filters that I need for the new hot tub that we got last year that I so enjoy soaking all of my aches and pains away in when ever I want in my own back yard.

At hottubspasupplies.com they have a great selection of discount hot tub and spa supplies, I even found that they are currently offering a great deal on the hot tub chemicals that all hot tubs require to keep them safe and clean. And the fact that they accept PayPal makes them even more appealing to online shoppers like myself that only use PayPal for online purchases, which I’m glad to hear more companies are finally coming around to realizing since more and more folks are using the Internet for a good amount of their shopping needs.

I’ve noticed that there are a lot of nice custom address plaques being used on a lot more homes these days. I’ve been urged by my BFF to get a new mailbox as well as one of the personalized address plaques that are out on today’s market, since I live out here alone and this old mailbox has seen better days. It seems that it would make it easier for the emergency personnel to find the place if needed, the pizza and Chinese food delivery person would benefit from it as well!

Now since I’ve been looking around for a new address sign a bit online I’ve really been noticing the address signs that are being used by many of my neighbors and the folks in town as well. I’m surprised to see as many of the whitehall address plaques that I’ve been eyeballing on the Internet. Guess I didn’t pay that much attention to what people were using until I started looking for one. When I buy the one for my use I want it to be original and nothing even close to what I’ve been seeing around here, unique is what I’m looking for because I’m a unique type of person. LOL

This weekend I was planning on taking a load of stuff to the local outside flea market that is still open since it hasn’t turned bitter cold yet. I have taken a good amount of time to gather up and sort a bunch of stuff, besides deciding on the price to ask and then tagging it all, and have the van loaded ready to go. So what really is upsetting is that the weatherman is telling us that there is a slight chance of rain coming our way. Not that I ever put any faith in what any weather person predicts, but it still makes me a bit uneasy.

I decided to go ahead and continue with my plans, but now I have to gather up some tarps to take along to protect everything in case it does rain. I’m afraid that I might only have those ugly blue tarps out back, I’d much prefer to have clear tarps so that people can still see what is on the tables and continue selling to the customers that still continue to shop even through rains. And I really don’t like the look of those blue tarps, never have, seen to many in the yards of trailer parks I guess.

It has taken a while but the new school playground looks as if it is about ready to be played on by all of the school kids that have been without a playground for way too long. Too bad this opening is going to happen at this time of the year. It is getting colder with each passing day, the holidays are fast approaching us and the schools are closed more than they are open from Thanksgiving straight through to the New Year. January seems to be such a strange month to have a Grand Opening as they are now planning out come the first of the year.

The neighborhood kids will have a blast though, school playgrounds are always enjoyed by all of the other kids through out the year, during the evening hours and the weekends, so at least some one will be enjoying the new playground surface built with today’s new and improved rubber mulch. The same shredded rubber mulch, manufactured by Rubberecycle, that was used for the first family’s (The Obama’s) new playground that they had built at the White House pretty much as soon as they moved into the White House to help entertain their two young daughters and their many friends. I remember how that particular event made the headlines and how proud everyone was that the Obama’s had chosen this particular environment friendly bulk rubber mulch.

Anyone remember seeing this picture in the papers, the TV and all over the Internet?

Got a flier in the mail today that actually caught my interest. Usually I don’t even glance at the junk mail and just toss it in the trash, but for some reason – maybe the photo of the rad bike on the front – I took a look at the flier from Progressive Insurance about their new program offering LoJack for bikes. LoJack is offering Progressive Insurance customers a $50 rebate and Progressive is offering a 20% discount in a partnership to promote this new stolen vehicle recovery system.

I didn’t know until I read this flier that LoJack is the only stolen vehicle recovery system actually operated by the police. Having LoJack installed gives bike owners more peace of mind that their bike is safe or will be quickly recovered if stolen. That along with the money saving incentives from both companies has me putting this flier aside and I’ll look at it again tomorrow with the thought of signing up for this.

On the way into town on Friday, 11-11-11, I just had too stop and say thank you, take a picture, and shake the hand of this dedicated Veteran who does this every Veteran’s Day from dusk until dawn. Something I will never, ever forget and hope that he continues to do this for years to come. God Bless America and least I forget to say “Welcome Home” to all the Vietnam Vets that were never told those two simple words!

As we were walking the dogs today Diva jumped straight up in the air and freaked out, as I got closer I noticed that we have a six foot long snake in our yard, add this critter to the herd of critters we already have and our zoo is growing rapidly. In recent days we have had a fourth squirrel join the three we already had and the rabbits are thick we even see a deer once in a while. All of this and we live inside the city limits of Nashville, I wounder how many animals we would have if we lived out in the country.

Our yard has been invaded by red wasps, Crash was bitten and had a terrible reaction we had to take him to the vet and get him a shot of benadryl to counter act the sting. So we have declared war on the red wasp in our yard. Two cans of wasp spray and a bug zapper have been put into play, I do not know if it is going to work but we are fighting to get our yard back. The city announced last week that a mosquito with the west nile virus was found very close to us so all of them little blood suckers have to go too. So bugs, be afraid – be very afraid! We are coming after you!

Tonight we are throwing some thick steaks on the grill, it is a beautiful night to cook outside, if we can keep the bugs away long enough we might just eat outside too. One bad thing about cooking and eating outside are the bugs. I bough a bug zapper last year and it works pretty good but only controls a small area. The mosquitoes are pretty thick this time of year and some around here carry the West Nile Virus. Sure do not want that. Ok off to light the grill.

Today would be perfect to be on the lake in a sail boat. Only one problem we do not have a sail boat. I would love to have a nice sail boat but that would mean that I would need to learn to sail a boat and at my age I am not sure if I could even learn to do that! I mean as you get older it tends to be harder to learn some things! On a more serious note I would love to learn to sail a boat I think it would be a lot of fun and something that is on my bucket list.

I hate to say it but we have had enough rain to last us for a while, we need a sunny day so we can get out and do some fun stuff. There is a nice carnival set up at the mall and we have not gone yet because of the rain every day, we do not want to be there if it starts with the thunder and lightning. We missed a great fireworks show last night because of the rain. I was surprised that they still set off the fireworks; we could see the flashes over the trees. Rain go away.

Nashville has a huge river, The Cumberland River that cuts through the downtown area of town. Through the years it has flooded a few times been low very seldom and as a whole it keep rolling on down the line. It has claimed a few lives of people who fell in, jumped in or in a few cases were pushed in, After growing up in western Oklahoma where rivers are few and far between, with little if any water in them except right after the rare rain, I have learned to appreciate the rivers that are out here. I love to sit and watch the water flow by and think about where it will wind up, makes a lazy day on a river bank more than a fishing trip.

A whole lot of people will be getting to hear some very good music this week in the Nashville Tennessee area. Both the CMA festival and Bonnaroo will be held this week. I will not be able to attend either and wish that I could get to see some of the acts that will be playing this week. I may try and go to some of the free shows downtown this week and see some shows that way the shows at the LP Field will be crowded and late at night so I will pass, I guess I am getting grumpy in my old age and I do not want to be around huge crowds anytime at all.

We took our nephew, David to the zoo this weekend and he loved it. He has been to the zoo several times and he still gets a kick out of it, and for that matter so do I. It has been several years since I have been to a nice zoo and going to the Nashville Zoo was a treat. The weather was nice for an outing we got there between rain storms and the weather was cool and nice. I think David liked the elephants the best, he talked about how big and massive they were and that was his word a pretty big one for a 6 year old, he is growing up so fast it is amazing.

Over the years I have bought a lot of outdoor gear from a lot of different sources. This year for Christmas I received almost the perfect gift from my husband, the Wiley X Glasses that I got as one of my great Christmas gifts were the perfect glasses for hunting or any other outdoor sport that I tackle this year. I found out that she found these great glasses at the Brigade QM web site and after checking this web site out I know that I have done my last search for a web site to purchase outdoor gear. I have found the last place I will ever have to look for outdoor gear and Brigade QM is that web site.

At Brigade QM they have everything you could need from hunting clothes to the camping gear you would need to go on your hunting trip. We go to some pretty sever outdoor hunting sites and the gear from Brigade QM is up for the tough trips that we go on each year. I can not wait for it to warm up so we can go camping again this spring, it will be a much more comfortable trip with the new gear we will get from Brigade QM this year.