Archive for the 'Safety' Category

Splash Pool

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

We bought a plastic inflatable pool at K-Mart today. It was under $30 and I figure we will get a lot of use out of it, so it will be worth every penny. In fact, we have already filled it with water and splashed around in it today! I decided to set it in the [...]

Not this year – or next, or worse

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will ruin the Gulf beaches this year. and probably next year. Maybe longer. This is so sad. Not just for the loss of the most beautiful beaches in the world, but for the loss of all the wildlife that lives there. The birds are dying, the fish [...]

Earthquake!

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

It was very freaky to learn that while I was drifting off to sleep watching the Craig Ferguson Show last night, that the people in Chile were experiencing a major earthquake. It was a magnitude 8.8 earthquake and it was so strong that it even caused a tsunami, which killed even more people in Chile. [...]

Kicking and Poking

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Today I was cut off in traffic and it got me upset. I don’t usually have road rage incidents, but then again I am sick and tired of bad drivers that don’t pay attentions, don’t use their turn signals, and talk on their cell phones when they are supposed to be driving their cars. So [...]

Here Come the Hurricanes

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

This year we’ve escaped most of the big hurricanes like we had a few years ago. But now we see some big ones gearing up and heading this way from the eastern Atlantic. There is Gustav, which is predicted to hit the New Orleans area this weekend. Then there’s another one behind it named Hannah, [...]