Coco and I Go Earthing.

I have been working diligently every night for the past few days to clean up my email account.  There were weeks and weeks that went by during the time we were doing the kitchen remodel that I never bothered reading my emails.  It accumulated to 784 unread messages in my inbox. I would check for any personal family messages, but never bothered with the rest.  I'm down to 502 in my inbox today, but in the process came across an interesting topic--'Earthing' which is supposedly fundamental for vibrant health.   'Earthing', or as some call it, 'getting grounded', is based upon an important discovery years ago that states a person needs to connect to the earth's natural energy to experience the natural healing benefits of the earth.  This is achieved quite simply by going barefoot.  Many, many years ago, humans walked barefoot and slept on the ground.  In today's world, people are in a hurry, we walk around without shoes on at the beach, or at the airport.  Both brief amounts of time, and not on a daily basis.  The disconnect from the earth's natural energy leads to electron deficiency which leads to chronic inflammation throughout the body.  When we 'earth' we are able to balance our energies with the earth and receive the negative electrons that are so vital to the human body for overall health.   All you need to get started is go outside and walk barefoot for at least thirty minutes a day.  It's that simple.  More information at this link:  http://earthinginstitute.net/

Climb the rocks, then shoes off Coco.  Time to receive the earth's negative electrons.

Mother's Day, Bees, and Ice Cubes

I know it's Tuesday, and I'm already two days late, but a belated Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.  A special Happy 1st Mother's Day to my adorable niece with the May 9th birth of her son.  What a special day this was for her.  Mother's Day is every day with my 3 great girls, I am so lucky!  How can you have a Mother's Day without honoring your children?  A great mother makes great children and visa versa---great kids make for a great mother!!  Oh yeah, and not forgetting to mention, I am the dogmother at my house to three cute dogs that adore me.

 Mr. B. and I had just starting working around the yellow brick house on Sunday;  he was outside painting when he came running inside to get me,
"Kim hurry, come outside and listen to this!!"
I ran outside and could instantly hear a very loud buzzing sound.  Mr. B. pointed towards the tall maple tree on the other side of our backyard deck, "Look those are bees!"

This mass of bees seemed to grow by the second!

I looked up and couldn't believe my eyes.  A large black cloud hovering over the deck was where the buzzing sound was coming from.  Within minutes, there was what appeared to be a honey hive hanging off the tree branch at the end of the deck.  Thousands and thousands of bees were working frantically around this hive thing that kept growing in size.  Luckily, Mr. B. had put the three dogs inside at the first sight of this strange black cloud.  I have heard about swarms of bees in the warmer states, but having it happen here in the cool part of the Midwest where the winters get below zero was an odd occurrence.    

  I don't know anything about bee behavior, just that they build for the queen bee, but I quickly decided we had to get these out of my backyard.  The bees were less than 20 feet from the back door.  That was just too close for comfort with a daughter that is allergic to bees and three playful dogs running around.  I decided I would call a beekeeper on Monday to come over and hopefully, take the bees away.  The noise eventually died down, and as nightfall came, the activity ceased.  I cautiously let the dogs outside Monday morning and then picked up the dog pooperscooper which made a loud clapping sound.  All of a sudden the loud buzzing noise started again, I looked up and saw thousands of bees flying everywhere!  I ushered the dogs back inside quickly and looked up at the tree branch.  Within minutes, the thing I thought was a hive, was quickly disappearing.  It had been made up of bees that were now rapidly flying away.  Just like that, they left as quickly as they had arrived at my house.  I am not sure if the pooperscooper scared them, or if their time was up and they decided to move on.  It was Mother's Day, maybe they had stopped here to honor the Queen Bee!!  I have never seen anything like it before, but I was glad they left  Monday morning.

Back inside the house, we got back to work, Mr. B. finished the installation on the built-in dishwasher then got the water line hooked up to the new refrigerator.  I now have cold water and ice at my disposal on the front of my new refrigerator.  I have never wanted a fridge with a water/ice dispenser on the outside, but we couldn't find one without this gadget when we shopped.  So here it is, I can even get crushed ice to make my favorite drinks!  And that's how my Mother's Day ended.

Would the Real Jessica P.- - Just Go Away!

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Weight Watchers can afford to pay my dues.

I have a boomer question complaint: If over 35% of the population is overweight and if Weight Watchers can afford $3 million to pay Jessica Simpson for losing her pregnancy weight, then why in the hell do I have to pay a membership fee??  According to a report from two years ago, Weight Watchers spends over $90 million a year on advertising, which I'm sure is way more than that now.  


Weight Watchers charges the poor working class public $52 per month to be a member--oh, by the way, they will wave registration fees on occasion.  Big Deal.  Let's see, $52 divides into 3M  approximately 57692.3 times.  That would certainly help make many people happy, or rather many people skinny.   Advertisers think the public is eager and excited to buy something just because some overpaid celebrity endorses it.      

 There are rumors that Jessica Simpson padded herself to look fatter than she actually was while pregnant, so she could easily make herself appear slimmer after her baby was born.  We observers would then think the baby weight is just melting off her, all because she is now on the Weight Watchers plan.    Has anyone noticed how Jessica Simpson is really making a killing off this baby of hers? Now, on top of the $3M from Weight Watchers, she is getting  $800,000 for baby pictures. 

 American people, the ones making minimum wage, and having to work 2-3 jobs to feed our families, (that is if you can find a job), are supporting this nonsense.  Stop buying into it.  Advertisers stop overpaying celebrities to advertise your brand, cut your prices to make products more affordable to the working American public.  You know, the ones with REAL jobs.

Ice Cream B-Day Party--All Dogs Invited

Rosco turned two yesterday.  May 9th--two years ago he was born on Mother's Day.  Last year, Lola was in Paris, France and there was no celebration for this cute little morkie.  This year, Lola went all out and had a birthday party for Rosco Bear.  Cosmo and Sadie were invited.  There were birthday songs, birthday hats, birthday presents, and who could forget---Rosco's all-time favorite--ice cream.  A two-year old, seven pound morkie---what could be more special than that?

One of Rosco's new birthday toys

Rosco loved his ice cream

Cosmo and Sadie enjoying their ice cream cups.

Sadie and her ice cream cup

Cosmo can't fit his nose inside so he's working around the edge.

Lola with her little Prince Charming

Rosco Beginnings-just 12 weeks old.

The 1.9 pound Rosco sleeping next to Mr. B.'s hairy arm

Mr. B. and I meet our new grandpuppy

Mr. B. and Rosco Bear

Samantha WHO??? Scam Alert.

Mr. B. scans the internet and newspaper ads nightly shopping for an RV.  Nothing wrong with that, I have found that when I do comparison shopping via the internet it really can be quite informative.  I've learned lots from the internet, who hasn't?  But what I really do hate, is when an ad is posted that's a complete scam.  This has happened to me 3 times now, and let's guess where--Craigslist.com---that's where.  I can spot them a mile away, and I have to say, I'm so annoyed with these amateur criminals and their cheap tricks to scam money out of people.  Case in point, this is the ad that was posted:                                                                                                                                           THIS COACH IS POWERED BY THE MUCH DESIRED 6.8 LITRE FUEL

INJECTED FORD ENGINE WITH AN OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION. ALL ON AN E-450 FORD CHASSIS. AN ATTRACTIVE FRONT DRIVERS

COMPARTMENT WITH TILT WHEEL, STEERING FACE CONTROLS, POWER HEATED MIRRORS, BACK UP MONITOR, CD PLAYER AND CB RADIO

WITH POWER WINDOWS, POWER DOOR LOCKS AND A PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG 34,995 ORIGINAL MILES A VOYAGER REAR MONITORING

SYSTEM OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION DASH AIR WORKS GREAT!

           So Mr. B. asked me to send an email requesting more information.  I did, after I warned him that this is how it all starts, I was already smelling a rat.  He didn't believe me, thought I was being too pessimistic.  This is what I emailed Samantha:              Hello,
I would like to know if the Winnebago you have advertised on Craigslist.com
has a generator. If so, I would like to schedule an appointment to see it
as soon as possible.  You can email me, or call xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Thank you
Kim

This is what Samantha or whoever in the hell it is responded with:

Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 03:30:13 +0300
Subject: Re: 2003 Winnebago
From: samantha.granseth@gmail.com
To: kmmww@hotmail.com

Hi Kim ,
Thank you for your interest in my 2003 Winnebago Minne Winne 28FT ( 34,995 miles ). Is in absolutely perfect condition and well maintained. I sell it at this price ($14,700) because I just finished the divorce with my husband. When the divorce was finished I owned this RV. Anyway in this situation I can only watch it. I have some financial problems right now so I want to sell it asap and a fast sale can be done only at a low price. Unfortunately for me my daughter is in hospital and I can't do this transaction personally, the transaction will be made through eBay protection program for the safety of both of us. The total price is $14,700 and it includes delivery to your address. If you want to buy it I just need your full name, address and Phone # so I can open a case. You must know that eBay will contact you without any obligation to buy it or fees.Please reply me asap if interested.
For more pictures Click the link bellow.
http://s1172.photobucket.com/albums/r564/samanthagranseth/?albumview=slideshow

Samantha Granseth

And then......

This is what I wrote---- I haven't heard back from the scammers.  Hope they got caught. These people need to be shut down.             Hello Samantha; or whoever you really are,
I am wondering why you did not answer my question regarding the generator on this Winnebago?  Why are you requesting my info for ebay??        This should be sold on eBay if you have an account there.
I want to see this Winnebago in person,you are advertising it in this town, but it looks to me like it is located in another state. Florida perhaps??      What is YOUR phone number and what is YOUR address so that I may drive by and look at this.  I am sure the police will need this information too.   No one will be delivering anything to my house.     Sincerely, Kim

Lola Landed--

Lola's all smiles now that she's with her Morkie again.

Lola is back from Hawaii.  She arrived home on Sunday with a tan and lots of stories to tell of her adventures on the beautiful Hawaiian islands.  She couldn't wait to see all the doggies again, especially that cute little one of hers-Rosco Bear.  Rosco's barks and tail wagging summed up how happy he was to see her.