This stuff works

I went to the drug store and asked them for something to get rid of this nasty cold I have.  I have been coughing so hard that my ribs and stomach are sore.  They told me to get Mucinex-DM.  Well I got the extra strength on top of that.  Guess what?

At first I didn’t think it was doing a darn thing but after about 5 days of taking it, my cough is better, my nose isn’t running like before and I am finally starting to feel almost human again.  This stuff really works.  If you get a cold, don’t give up on it after a couple days thinking it’s not working because if you give it just a little longer, you’ll feel much better.

Another thing, eat chicken soup.  That really does help.  Doctors don’t know why but it really does.  Anything with stewed chicken in it like chicken and dumplings will even help too.  Try it and you’ll see too.  All of it sure worked for me.

I got a nasty cold

That’s what I hate about this time of year.  It’s cold one day, then warm the next and then everyone gets sick.  I don’t usually get all the bugs that go around but this year, I got a doozie.  I have been coughing my head off for over two weeks now.  I’m so darn tired of coughing it’s not funny.

My nose gets stopped up and then it runs everywhere.  My ribs are sore from coughing so much and I can’t find a darn thing that seems to be helping at all.  Got any suggestions?

Got my Christmas money

I always have some money taken out of my paycheck every month and put into a Christmas fund account.  That way, Christmas doesn’t come as such a shock to my wallet.  Well they put it in my account today.  That means it’s time to start thinking of what to get my loved ones.  I know one thing I’m getting already.  My nephew is into making video’s and uploading them onto YouTube.

Well Kodak has a great video camera that hooks right into the USB port just for that.  It’s a Kodak Z16 pocket video camera.  Perfect for my nephew.  It even has a carrying case for it so he can take it with him where ever he goes.  It’s about the size of the little transistor radios we used to carry around when I was a kid.  He’ll love it but what to get everyone else???  That’s the question.

I knew it was too good to last

I should have known it was just too good to last.  This morning, it was 30 degrees.  THAT’S COLD!!!  Especially when you consider it was in the 80’s just last week.  Well I guess I need to go shopping for a new coat now.  I have gained a few pounds and my old winter coat is just a bit too tight.  I heard there was a great web site where you could get coats at great discounts.  It’s one of those sites that gives you online coupons.  Nothing like saving money to warm you up, huh?

Channel One

Channel One is holding a presidential election on their web site.  Kids can go to OneVote.com and vote for who ever they want to be elected as president.  It will be really interesting to see who the kids elect.  I’m sure it will be a pretty good indicator of who just might be our next president too.  We shall see.

New Jersey coastal property

Have you had the pleasure of traveling to the coast of New Jersey?  I had never been before this summer and I instantly fell in love it their beaches.  Once we traveled through Monmouth County, I knew I had found my little slice of Heaven.  I love it there.  The beaches are clean and the surrounding area is wonderful.

I decided to look into waterfront homes. If only I had been born rich, I could have bought a couple of them that I absolutely fell in love with but alas, I’m just a working stiff and so I decided to maybe check out some Oceanfront luxury condos.  Absolutely perfect views of the ocean and the beach really made decide that a condo was the way to go.

What amazed me was in looking for real estate in Monmouth County, it seemed everytime I found any property I was interested in, from residential, commercial, retail or even high-end  real estate, they all were handled by the same realtor.  I’m still looking and have a wish list already started.

Awfully warm for October

Well the calender says October but it feels more like June.  I think it got up to 82 degrees today.  I’m loving it too because I know the cold will be here before I’m ready for it like it does every single year.  I am not a cold weather person.  I don’t snow ski so all the snow is to me is pretty when it’s falling and once someone steps in it, I want it gone right then.  I love to see new snow on the ground but hate it when it looks all dirty and yucky.  I’m just hoping this weather lasts.

Yard sales are back

I don’t know if you noticed it or not but this past summer, there weren’t hardly any yard sales in my area.  There were usually 30 or more every Saturday in years past but not this year.  One thing I have noticed is that all of a sudden, the yard sales seem to be showing up again.

I’m not sure if that’s a good sign or a bad one.  It could be a bad one in that people are reverting to having yard sales in hopes of making money they need for other things.  I’m afraid that’s what it is with all the gas and grocery prices going up and down.

School just started a few weeks ago and people may be needing stuff for their kids they can’t afford and are only hoping a yard sale will help them to buy need items for them.  I just hope we turn around from the mess this country, well the world in all reality, has gotten into with the financial market mess.

Well it’s October

Okay, it’s October now.  Now what?  The summer is gone, that means fall is upon us.  Leaves will begin to fall and that means raking the yard, and disposal of the leaves for the next several weekends.  I have a lot of trees in my yard.  I love it in the summer but hate them when the leaves start to fall.

One good thing is this year I did start a compost bin.  I didn’t realize just how easy they are and how beneficial they are in making rich soil for your flower beds and vegetable garden.  I did a little research and found a site that showed me how to make a compost bin that best fit my needs.  We all need to start thinking of things like that to help our environment instead of hurting it with fertilizers and just burning the leaves and waste.  It’s good to put something back to our Mother Earth since we have taken so much from her.  It may be something small but if more and more follow, then it’s a huge step, ya know?

Grandpa’s pregnant

Did you hear about the Oregon hospital that told a 71 year old man suffering from abdominal pain that he was pregnant?  It was obviously an error but what I want to know is who the idiot was that went so far as to tell the gentleman the news?  I think if I was that person and then saw the man, I would have gone and checked the information I was given instead of telling him just what was on the paper in front of him.

What ever happened to looking at the patient?  What ever happened to paying attention to the patient?  I really don’t think I would want to go to that hospital after hearing this ridiculous news.  Would you?