Duty Free Shopping

Hello dear world

First things first....how are you today ? Well here I am again like clock work. I am quite happy to report that it was one of those really wonderful days.

My family and I went over to a place called Southlake Mall which is always fun. Through half of the store my oldest niece and I went through a couple of stores including Bath & Body Works. We went shopping in the store. I bought her some Cinnamon Bun Body Lotion and for myself I bought some Spicy Gingerbread Body Lotion and some Spicy Gingerbread Three In One Body Wash, Bubble Bath & Shampoo. Then my niece and I went to Sears which is also located in the mall. In Sears my family and I walked around. While we were in Sears I purchased my niece a purse she liked. While we were walking around Sears we were in a part of the store which sold t.v.'s, electronic equipment, music and movie DVD's. In the store I bought the movie "Love Actually" on DVD. Let me tell you dear world Hugh Grant and Colin Firth are both funny in the movie but in one part of the movie there's a guy who happens to be in love with his best friend's girlfriend and he isn't able to show it. The guy in the movie does express his feelings in a part of the movie which is my most favorite part of the movie.

Later on after the mall we stopped off at Dunkin Doughnuts where I got a delicious iced latte. I have to say that next to Starbucks Dunkin Doughnuts is the best place to get doughnuts and a great latte and a doughnut or two.

Once we got home I watched my DVD which I will add to my collection of movies I like. Later in the evening I watched the season premiere of "24" which is a must see show. I have to say that Kiefer Sutherland is the best part of the show. I have to also say that he deserves 20 academy awards for the show because he makes the entire show worth watching.

Anywho....did you know my dear world that certain parts of the world are being pummelled by snow and ice but the weather was pretty amazing in my neck of the woods. I can tell you that it was like Summer had arrived early and I certainly enjoyed it.

Enough about me and my day how was your day ? How are you holding up ? How is the weather in your neck of the woods ? By the way I don't know if I told you this but I will be off of work tomorrow. I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow basically I don't have any plans but I didn't have any plans today either. I hope your day was as nice as mine.

Before I say good night you might want to know that I have a picture of myself posted on MySpace. Its just an ordinary picture taken of me here is the link if you want to pop in and say hello ----------> www.myspace.com/southernmush .

That's all for now. I will talk to you later. Byyyyyye !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Notes For January 13, 2007

Hello dear world 

 First things first....

Junk Food Intake: Tons

Movies Watched: 3

Boyfriends: 0

Crushes: 1

So how was your day dear world ? My day was nice. Early this morning I watched "The Lake House". Later in the evening I watched "Under The Tuscan Sun" and then "Bridget Jones's Diary". I have to tell you that this morning I had a really great breakfast which consisted of a plate of Spanish hashbrowns, scrambled eggs w/cheese and a BLT sandwich. I am also happy to report that the weather today was pretty nice for a change.

In other news you will be interested to know that I did some housework. I have to tell you that it is important that you have paper towels on hand at all times you will certainly thank me for that little reminder. My dear world I'm sure you have wondered if I do any housework at all. I also coated some wood which was put on some windows we have in a basement/garage downstairs of our home with some wood finish. You might also want to know that wood finish will drip and it will start to bubble if you spend too much time putting it on any kind of wood.

I was thinking....I know my dear world that's never a good idea. I got to thinking Henry David Thoreau must have had his hands full with hour upon hour of housework when he went to live alone for a time in a cabin on Walden Pond. Do you think there was a Home Depot or a Lowe's or any other kind of hardware store in his neck of the woods ??? Do you suppose he went to any such store ???? I just was wondering.

Anywho.....what did you do today ? How was your Saturday ? Did you do any housework ? I hope that all is well in your neck of the woods ? By the way you might want to know that I will be off of work on Monday so this will be a long weekend for me. I hope you have a really nice weekend. I will let you know how the rest of my weekend goes later. I will certainly be in touch.

Take care my dear world.....Sleep Well !!!!!!!!!

 

Some Personal Notes And Some Jeff Gordon......

Hello dear world

How are you ? It was another day of work for me yadda, yadda, yadda, blah,blah, blah. It was also another cold day in my neck of the woods. How is the weather where you are ?

In other news I am happy to report that I bought a Jeff Gordon NASCAR race hat which I love. As you already know I am a huge fan of Jeff Gordon. Here is a link if you would like to view some information ------> http://www.jeffgordon.com/ . I think that he's a really great race car driver and I also think that he's a really nice looking guy. I do have quite a few Jeff Gordon items such as : a Jeff Gordon race hat, Jeff Gordon beach towel, Jeff Gordon throw, Jeff Gordon Christmas ornament and a Jeff Gordon bobble head. As you can tell I'm a fan.

On a different note there is a guy at my work and I have to be honest with you I have a crush on him. He recently started at the place that I work at. While I was working on the floor he works on I was wearing my Jeff Gordon race hat. We got to talking and he asked me who my favorite race car driver is obviously from the hat he knew the answer but I played along so I told him Jeff Gordon. We also got to talking about the Atlanta Motor Speedway.....here is a link for you to look at -------> http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/ . He told me that he would like to go there.

My dear world today I've been thinking out loud quite a bit so I will make a note here in my journal/diary.....NOTE TO SELF: Stop thinking out loud by referring back to my journal/diary. Once again.....NOTE TO SELF: Note Recorded. I know my dear world I'm a bit silly.

Enough about me. How are you my dear world how are things with you ? How was your day in your neck of the woods ? I hope that life is treating you well. That about covers it. I will talk to you again soon.

Have a great weekend !!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

IT'S ALMOST FRIDAY YEAH !!!!!!!

Hello dear world

How are you ?? I know that you haven't heard from me in a few days but its been a long couple of days of work for me all eight (8) hour shifts but here I am. As a note I was informed that its National De-Lurking Week. I would cordially like to invite anyone and everyone to pop in to my journal, introduce yourself and if you have a journal / blog please feel free to leave me a message and your link so I can come over and say hello to you as well.

Anywho my dear world I last night I listened to the President's speech as he discussed a new strategy for Iraq and I have to say that I don't know if this plan will work or not in the long run. I read in the newspaper that the war in Iraq has cost the lives of more than 3,000 members of the U.S. Military. I think that with this continued war in Iraq that the world is in something of a crisis and I am not sure if a resolution will come soon. In thinking about all of what I have seen on television and read in the news it would be nice if we could seek as a nation a nonviolent conflict resolution but I know that's just not at all possible. I just don't have any answers to a solution to the war. I just hope that things in Iraq turn around so that the troops are able to return home sometime soon. I don't really know if things will change there but I hope that all turns out in the end. I also hope that the President's plan will work out for all involved. As Mattie J.T. Stepanek once wrote:

"There are lessons to be learned from successful endeavors, there are lessons to be learned from concepts that did not work, and there are lessons to be learned from the people who are in the desperate situations of poverty and war and other injustices."

Hope is a present

of future each day,

A voice from our heart

To show us the way.

----------------------- Excerpt from "About Hope", May 21,2003 -Mattie J.T. Stepanek.

On a more different note on my way home from work I stopped off at a place called called "Rocky's Pizza & Sub Shop" here is a link --------> http://local.yahoo.com/ga/jonesboro/Food+Dining/Pizza/ . The place is located on a street called Tara Blvd. & Highway 138. The phone number is (770) 478-2620. I got some food to take home for dinner. I had a sub called a Jumbo Rocky's Italian which was good. I would have liked to have gotten a Greek Pizza or a Pizza Steak & Cheese Sub though. I can tell you that tonight was my very 1st time going there. I'm sure that I will be going back to Rocky's sometime soon. I am thinking that my coworkers and I should go to Lunch there one of these days. You might also like to know that they have a Spaghetti Dinner, a baked Spaghetti and Lasagna. For dessert they have a cheesecake, a chocolate cake and a carrot cake. I definitely would like to try their Spaghetti Dinner. I have to say that the food was good and I am looking forward to going back.

So my dear world how was your day ? What have you been up to ? How is the weather in your neck of the woods ? Its been pretty cold here in Georgia and the wind has certainly been icy these last couple of days. I am longing more than anything my dear world for Summertime. If Summer doesn't come soon all of my fingers will probably fall off due to frostbite.

Well that's about it for me....I will talk to you again. You probably didn't notice my absence but I didn't forget about you my dear friends.

Good-night all. Sweet Dreams !!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

A Really Nice Day

Hello dear world

How are you ? Before I begin let me say that my entry today won't be thought-provoking or filled with wit but I hope you my dear world will get something out of it. Anyway....it was a really wonderful day in my neck of the woods. The weather was perfect it almost seemed like Summer had arrived early.

Today my family and I went over to a great place that we visit from time to time called "Hobby Lobby". I bought some really cute stickers, a couple of journals that I will be writing in right after I finish the one that I'm writing in now. I also purchased some items for my mother such as some scrapbook papers which she likes. Here is the site for the store --------------> http://www.hobbylobby.com

In other news recently I had asked the question: Do astronauts take baths in space ? That question got me to wondering another question: What do astronauts eat in space ? Well my dear world while I was out I bought some packages of freeze-dried ice cream. I read on the package that astronauts eat freeze-dried ice cream as a snack. Here are some links for you to check out ----------> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut_ice_cream and ----------> http://www.nasa.gov/ . Question dear world: Would you ever want to go into space ?

Last but not least I watched a movie earlier tonight called "Step Up" which was a wonderful movie. The movie stars Channing Tatum who plays a character named Tyler Gage. I have to say dear world that Channing is a very nice looking guy as well as being a very talented actor. The movie is a drama/love story. The movie also has some dancing through the movie. Have you seen any movies lately ? Here is a link --------> http://myspace.com/stepupmovie

That's about it for me. Did you miss me at all ???

Byyyyyye for now. Sweet Dreams.

Some Notes And The Unexplained

Hello dear world

Good evening.....How are you ? The holidays are officially over so it was back to work for me and it was work, work, work all day but a lot of the people are great so its good. My boss is still pretty cool he's a pretty funny guy so all's well on the work front.

In other news.....earlier this evening its highly likely that I lost some brain cells and I'm probably functioning on less of my brainwave due to the fact that I watched "Gilmore Girls" why ??? I have no idea. Here is a link if you want to see some info on the show ---------> http://www.cwtv.com/shows/gilmore-girls .

On a more strange note on November 7th United Airline employees swear they saw a mysterious saucer shaped craft hovering over O'Hare Airport. Some of the workers and some of the pilots, said, the object didn't have lights and hovered over a terminal before shooting up through the clouds, according to a report in Monday's Chicago Tribune.

The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged that a United supervisor had called The Control Tower at O'Hare, asking whether anyone had spotted a spinning disc-shaped object. The controllers hadn't, and a check of radar found nothing unusual, FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said "Our theory on it is that it was a weather phenomenon." FAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said the FAA is not investigating. United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said company officials don't recall discussing any such incident from November 7th.

My dear world I suspect that E.T. didn't want to land at the airport because he didn't want to have his mouthwash checked at the security gate or perhaps he wanted to stop somewhere he could get a tan. What do you think dear world ??

Anywho.....how are things in your neck of the woods ? Have you heard any strange things happening in your part of the world ?? Any UFO's flying in your skies ?????

That's about it for me.....beam me up Scottie

A New Year's Day To Remember

Hello dear world

How are you ? Well dear world its a whole new year. My family and I had a New Year's dinner which consisted of greens, candied yams, black eyed peas, macaroni-n-cheese, corn, rice, potato salad, roast, chicken and of course corn muffins. For dessert we had pumpkin pie. It was another great holiday with my family.

People in my neighborhood did some fireworks outside which I guess was some people doing some celebrating one final time. The holiday is quickly coming to an end dear world. I spent quite a bit of time with my family as usual. Yesterday was quite nice as well being with my family. We watched the ball drop in Times Square on television and then we watched the Peach drop in Underground Atlanta on television which is a tradition of ours. My mom and dad had champagne and my nieces and I had sparkling white grape juice which they enjoyed.

How was your New Year's dear world ? How did you celebrate the occasion ? Did you go out anywhere ? I hope you had a really memorable and wonderful New Year's Eve. I would like to wish each and everyone one of you my dear friends a very special and glorious

"HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!"

Did I learn anything ??? I got nothing