This is the time of year when my wife and I start seeing advertisements for flower and garden shows. We have made it a tradition to go to them if it all possible. We set aside the day and drive to the show and take our time and walk around the displays. There are usually some really spectacular landscapes put up! After we go through the landscape displays, we like to go through the vendor area. The vendor area is full of trade show booths filled with all sorts of goodies. Some are actually garden related, but some are just food, or crafts. That’s OK, though. The food vendors usually give away free samples! And my wife enjoys looking at the crafts and getting ideas on expanding her own crafty interests!
Most of the booths are very well appointed with table skirts. A few are not, however, and I have to say that those tables really look naked in comparison to those that do! Some of the larger vendors that sell equipment go all out with the addition of banner stands and pipe and drape dividers. I always find it interesting to see who is doing what with their display booths.
Last night’s Super Bowl game was a great game. I think that I actually enjoyed the game more than the commercials this year, that is a first. I did enjoy watching The Who perform some of their hits at half time, their music and the light show was fabulous, where as their singing voices left a lot to be desired. But then again we are all getting older.
I’m glad that the Saints won.
One of the things I really enjoy doing when I’m driving around is reading other people’s private number plateson their cars. For example, the pictured plate in this post reads “Idiot.” When I see something like that I have to laugh because most of the vanity plates that I see are a comment about the driver of the car! So for this particular plate, I am thinking that the driver is an idiot! Although I suspect the person who bought the plate meant to imply that the OTHER drivers out on the road are idiots, I think that it back-lashed.
I think that one of the funniest plates that I’ve ever seen was in Maine, the plate read “PB4UGO” – something that my mother always used to tell us kids right before we left the house to go anywhere! Another good one was “IOIO”, which made me think of the Seven dwarfs going off to work.
Not as clever, but still memorable are plates that are on company vehicles that have some reference to the business – such as a plumber’s truck having the plate “PIPES” or “FLUSH.” Or a home decorating business have a plate that says “DKR8.” Yes, I do enjoy trying to figure out a lot of the weird plates out there – makes sitting at a traffic light or traffic jam a little more entertaining!
One of my wife’s best ideas ever was to buy my father a couple of Mayweather boxing tickets for the big fight coming up in March in Las Vegas. I know that Dad and Mom have been wanting to go to Las Vegas for a second honeymoon for a long time now, and we think that this is a good time for them to finally take it. Now we’re trying to get them a good rate on a nice place to stay and make up an itinerary for the rest of their travel arrangements. Dad has been a big boxing fan for as long as I can remember, and he’s really excited about the trip and the match!
One of the things I always try to do before going on a road trip with any of my vehicles is to give it a good “once over” to make sure that everything is in good working order before we leave. One thing is for sure, having a vehicle break down while on vacation can put a real damper on the fun! One of the problems is finding out where to take the vehicle for service when you are in an area you are not familiar with!
That’s why the repairpal.com website is a valuable resource to people who take their cars to their trips. The website helps the users to local reputable auto repair shops around the country. So if a traveller were to be driving his Chevrolet Silverado on a Dallas vacation and suddenly realized he needs a brake job he could go to the repairpal website and type in the search engine for a Dallas auto repair vendor and what kind of vehicle he is driving and what service is needed. The website will provide an estimated cost of repair and trustworthy service locations to take the vehicle. I think that’s a great resource to know about, don’t you agree?
Business and work, Fun, General life, Home and Garden, Shopping | Dean | 
March 6, 2010 7:11 pm | 
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