When we first bought this house, we knew that we were going to want to do a little bit of remodeling down the road. Well, we’ve done a little bit here and there, and now we are taking a look at what we can do with the kitchen without spending too much money. Kitchen remodeling is a high-budget project! But fortunately I think I can do quite a bit of the work myself. Instead of replacing the cabinets, I’m going to take off the doors and repaint them and replace the knobs.
I’d like to buy two undermount kitchen sinks to increase the efficiency of the kitchen. My wife is always telling me that we should have extra sinks in the kitchen, to accommodate several people cooking. Since we both like to cook, I think that is a great idea! They don’t have to both be full sized, but an extra sink would be fantastic!
Have you noticed that many businesses have started to use Commercial DIRECT TV? I think that it’s a great idea. Using DIRECT TV for Business keeps the customers occupied while they are waiting. That helps to keep them entertained so that they are not quite as annoyed about having to wait a long time for whatever it is that they are waiting for!
I especially appreciate having the ability to watch DIRECT TV Business when I have to take my truck into the garage and have to wait for it to be fixed. I never did like sitting there for hours trying to find a decent magazine to read. I used to bring my own, but sometimes I’d finish reading it and then I got bored pretty quickly! At least with a TV on a decent show I can pass the time watching the news!
Today I was shopping at a local drug store and witnessed a shoplifter getting caught. He was leaving the store, and set off the electronic alarms. The store manager happened to be near the door at the time and called out to the man to stop. Why the man stopped and came back, I’m not sure! I think if he had bolted he would have gotten away! But he stopped and came back into the store. The manager asked the man to show him what was in his pockets. The man started going through his pockets, pulling out things like cell phones and packets of gum.
The manager asked him to remove his coat, but the man pretended to not understand English. At that point, the cashier that was waiting on me excused herself and went over to the two men and started talking to the man in halting Spanish. The man took off his coat and handed it to the manager. The manager promptly found an unpaid razor. Then the manager showed it to the shoplifter and the shoplifter feigned surprise and apologized. The manager told the shoplifter that he had to leave the store and never come back. And he told him that if he did ever come back that he would call the police.
So that was an interesting event to watch. I”d never seen the apprehension of a shoplifter before!
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.
I was watching the weather yesterday and was seeing that another winter storm is on the way. They were explaining how the El Nino pattern puts more moisture into the air and that creates bigger storms. I’m just about ready for spring, but it looks like old man winter is not ready to let us out of his grip quite yet! I was driving home from work today and was remembering how last March I saw a lot of white rabbits running around the area. March is not a good month for rabbits; they still have their white winter coats on, but little snow to hide in! I wonder how many weeks it takes for their coats to turn back to brown?
I’ll bet a lot of predators eat a lot of rabbits in March!
General life, Home and Garden, Shopping | Dean | 
March 7, 2010 8:00 pm | 
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