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The Future of Grocery Stores

Cheryl — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:34:44 +0000

There’s a grocery store in Europe that makes our little ’self-checkout’ lines look obsolete already. In Germany, there’s a grocery store that you take your cell phone, scan the items with it that you put in your shopping cart and then when you get to the check out, your cell phone will display a bar code for everything you scanned total, the check out person scans that and you pay and out you go.

So it looks like we’re not only looking at advances in grocery shopping but also in cell phones. At the check out, once you scan the payment bar code, you can pay by cash, credit card, debit card or fingerprint (after you have signed up for fingerprint shopping). And the politicians wonder why we are falling behind the rest of the world where technology is concerned.

Little Old Men In Their Little Sports Cars

Cheryl — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:10:43 +0000

I’m sorry but I think there is nothing as silly looking as an old man driving a sports car. The weather was wonderful today, and while I was driving home from running errands I saw an old man driving a convertible sports car with the top down. I wanted to shout at him “You look so silly, old man!”

But, that would be very rude of me! So I just shook my head and kept quiet!

Whenever I see an old man driving a sports car like that, it makes me think that he is trying desperately to feel young and sexy once again. I guess there is nothing wrong with that, but I think it makes them look desperate and sad. Like old women in mini-skirts and plunging necklines look desperate and sad!

Hopefully a Decent Book “The Pirate Wench”

Cheryl — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:15:23 +0000

I was surfing the net today and landed at Roguesandromance.blogspot.com where I found a post that was discussing a new book by the name of “The Pirate Wench” authored by Melinda Barron. After taking a look at the description of the book I knew instantly that I had to order it right away. The cost was only $5.95 and they accepted payment through Pay Pal, which is great for me, I had the whole ordering process done in less than 3 minutes, beats the hell out of taking a trip to the bookstore, now doesn’t it.

One of my favorite things is taking a nice hot bubble bath and soaking these old bones while reading a good book. I’m so happy to find this site and it looks like they have several more books that I am excited to see, so I am bookmarking this site for future purchases and some interesting information also.

Frogs Are Every Where

Cheryl — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:07:47 +0000

Years ago I must have expressed out loud in front of someone, somewhere, something about the cuteness of a frog lawn ornament, that had caught my eye, for some reason. I didn’t even buy the frog, but some how that was to be the start of the many, many frogs that have now seemingly taken over my house and lawn. Word got out and frogs are a constant, but welcomed gesture from folks, as a gift, a token, a present, a tip (after all, I am a bar tender, and we receive quite a variety of tips now and then) from virtually everywhere from all types of people that I have/had a relationship with over the years. I must have a frog made out of any and every type of material that is known to man, in all kinds of sizes, and stances.

For Christmas I was given a frog aquarium kit, which requires a check to be sent in with the order for the frogs to come in the mail, or I could go down to one of the many pet stores that have popped up all over the place in the past few years. I’m sure at least one will have baby frogs for sale, it seems like the more humane way to receive new members of the family. But going to the pet stores, any of them like PetCo, Puppy Palace, and Petsmart always leaves me with me wallet emptied out and my heart broken from not being able to take home more of the critters that are all there, just waiting for a home, and knowing that their chances of being purchased and treated adequately highly reduces most of their survival rates.

One of the places that I try not to go in to are the A.S.P.C.A. and Animal Shelters, I have never left one yet with out crying like a baby and feeling like a piece of scum, and dirty. Not something that I enjoy or look forward to doing, ever.

Allergy Shots

Cheryl — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:26:07 +0000

My ex usually takes the youngest to her allergy doctor once a week to get her allergy shots that she has been getting for about three years now, but he got tied up at work and made a frantic call to me asking if I would take his place at the doctor’s office this afternoon. Since I had no immediate plans scheduled I assured him that it would be taken care of and not to worry that I had it all under control, and I did just that. It’s no big deal, the doctor’s office is right across the street, we just walked on over and took care of business and came straight home in less than 40 minutes time.

Making Ends Meet With Less

Cheryl — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:52:14 +0000

It’s a sign of the times, what with gas prices up once again, and the dollar is still waydown. It seems life is much more expensive today and I ‘m definitely not making anymore in order to keep up with it all. Most people I know are trying to do more with less, and now I am considering doing less with less.

I have certainly been traveling less, less road trips, less trips to the stores by making more purchases on-line in an effort to save more gasoline. Vacations have been less the past several years, and I don’t see myself booking and trips to exotic locations with expensive hotels any time soon.

Something definitely needs to give here, and soon.

Sheetz

Cheryl — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:25:10 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I signed up for a new customer loyalty card with Sheetz. It will give me 3 cents off per gallon of gas when ever I present my card at the time of purchase. I all ready buy gas at Sheetz 99% of the time, the almost always have the cheapest price for gas and cigarettes, which I spend way too much money on each week.

I received an email from them today telling me that I can go into any Sheetz and get a free package of their

Cheryl — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:04:14 +0000

It didn’t take long for my ex’s family to post pictures of today’s bar b que on Facebook. After the hour and a half drive home and a quick shower to wash all of the day’s dirt, grime and sweat off of me, I went online and found several messages in my email informing me of all of the Facebook posts that had either our name(s) and/or our pictures

How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?

Cheryl — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:56:24 +0000

How can the fairy collective surprise the sin?

Nothing like hearing from old friends

Cheryl — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:39:16 +0000

Why is it that when you think about someone you usually end up seeing them or hearing from them!? I have been thinking about one of my girlfriends the past couple of weeks on and off. Then today out of the blue I get a call from her. That may not seem all that strange, but the thing is we haven’t talked in about 3 years. She moved out of state, is married and has three kids so her free time is limited. I usually work late at night so we are on totally different schedules, so emails are going to have to be the way to go these days, instead of long distance phone calls.