Cheryl Beckham

I know how important it is to have your home address plaque located in the best place possible for people to be able to read. These address signs have become an important factor in saving people’s lives and our police and fire personnel are urging people to make sure that these address plaques are not only easy to locate but easy to read as well, since it is imperative to be able to get to an emergency in as little amount of time as possible when someone’s health, safety and/or life is at stake.

With one of the gift cards that I received for Christmas I plan on using just for that purpose. I’ve found a great site with a great variety of house address plaques that are appealing to me and my taste for around here. My current one has seen better days and I don’t want to take any chances when it comes to emergencies for me and my family that live here. And since my dad seems to think that we don’t need any help, it is up to me to make sure lose ends such as these are neatly tied up and in place here these days.

Have you ever had a tarot reading? Last time we were in New Orleans we came across an older lady on the sidewalk in front of Jackson Square, with a lap table and deck of tarot cards. She only asked $10 for a reading, so I gave it a whirl.The positions of the 9-card life cycle tarot card spread take advantage of the properties of the magic number ‘9.’ That’s what I chose for her reading.

A reading of the 9-card spread provides a view of your past, present, and future at three depths

the body (unconscious)
mind (personality, ego) and
soul (higher power)
It was fun to watch the whole presentation and added some extra magical qualities to our evening in the French Quarter.

Today is December 1st, the beginning of the the last month of the year 2011. The first of the month always brings the task of paying the majority of the house hold monthly bills for me and what a bummer it is this last month of the year to see what little is left to use for buying the Christmas gifts that we find are so necessary to give each and every year.

I didn’t brave the Black Friday shopping frenzy, that isn’t something that I’m into at all. Just thinking about the whole horrible process involved in that event makes my stomach uneasy and gives me a head ache.

This year, now that I know how much I have to play with, most of my shopping will be done online. This is something that a good amount of people are doing and I intend to be one of the statistics for this year. No crowds, no parking issues, no rude sale associates, no lines, no freezing my buns off outside and sweating to death inside all the stores and no holiday music being drummed into my head that is being played in every store in the country.

Let us hope that everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving long weekend holiday. Lots of people are hitting the road for the big day and traffic on the roads and in the air will be extreme. Please be safe out there folks……….

Still trying to figure out a great gift to buy for my Dad as a Christmas present this year. Men are so hard to buy for and considering that my Dad is at the age where he has most of what he wants and needs all ready it can be a struggle. There is nothing worse that spending time and money on a gift that isn’t appreciated nor will it be used, so I am constantly trying to figure out what to get him each year for Christmas, his birthday and Father’s Day.

I have thought of one thing that I think he might like considering he spends so much time outside on his very noisy tractor, a pair on in ear noise cancelling headphones might be something that he would enjoy. He could also use them for when my daughter has the urge to crank up her teeny bopper music that he on occasion will make a remark on or complain about. So they would get used for several noise control issues. Guess I need to get off of it and get on to finding him a pair online today.