Lately my wife has gone on a kick about wearing work clothing for everyday life activities. She especially likes wearing men’s work clothes. She says that she can find a better fit in the pants because she can buy the pants by waist and inseam, which she can’t do with women’s clothing. And the work wear tends to have good, deep pockets, which you can’t find in women’s clothes. And she LOVES pocket! She says she sure gets tired of dragging her purse around, and with the extra cargo pockets found in a lot of workwear clothing she can put most of her important stuff right on her and not worry about a purse!
I have to admit that I never really thought much about how women have to carry purses because their clothes don’t often have functional pockets in them. I don’t think I’d like to be such a slave to fashion that I gave up my pockets either! And I can certainly appreciate not wanting to lug a purse around – you always have to worry about it being stolen, or left behind, or where to put it where it won’t get too dirty or wet. And men’s wear tends to be less expensive and last longer than women’s clothes too, which makes them a smart purchase!
I’ve been having a little bit of back pain lately and have decided to try one of those Wellpatch pain patches for a backache. Boy that patch sure was cold going on my back! After a short while, though, I could feel the chemical burn on my skin. I’m a skeptic about things like that working, but it does seem to be helping a little bit. Maybe it’s the placebo effect; I don’t know. But I think the next time I have a back ache I’ll give it another try!
Right now most people are busy gathering up all of their paper work that it takes to get our yearly income taxes prepared and sent off. I’m so thankful that my sister has taken care of my taxes for the last couple of years. The last time that I paid a company to do my taxes it cost me over $200, which threw me for a loop and really upset me. I know that there is a lot involved in preparing tax forms but good grief I don’t have $200 to throw around these days.
I have gotten pretty good at keeping good records and saving all kinds of paperwork and receipts in order to get the most bang for my buck come tax time. It’s a pain in the rear but a necessity. Each year they have so many changes to the whole tax scam, I can’t keep up with them all though I do try. I understand that the Real Estate Stimulus package for first time home buyers has been utilized by over 2 million people and it has been extended so that more people can utilize it. That is over $22 billion has already been added to the general economy resulting from the bill, that is a nice chunk of change!
I found the video on YouTube that addresses the extension and I thought that I would share it here.
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.
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!
Business and work, General life, Shopping | Dean | 
February 22, 2010 11:22 am | 
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One of the things I really enjoy doing when I’m driving around is reading other people’s 
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