My Opinion Counts

Do you have a favorite flavor of ice cream? Mine is mint chocolate chip. A waffle cone makes it even better. When we were in Michigan City a few weeks ago I had a wonderful flavor called vanilla cherry swirl. It was pretty good. I don't think I'd drive that far to get it though.

A few days ago we went to Cold Stone Creamery. The ice cream we got was good but not as good as what we get here in our little town. I think it is the Glovers brand.

I like to eat home cooked meals but I don't always have the time because it involves buying the ingredients and cleaning up afterwards! I do get in the mood once in a while and make a healthy fruit and yogurt dish that not only tastes good but it looks pretty too! It is really easy to make. I put a vanilla wafer in the bottom of a parfait cup and then alternate fresh fruit like strawberries and kiwi with the yogurt. It is so yummy.

I really don't take the time to cook. I would rather make crafts and sew. I have tackled manyDIY projects with success. I even surprised myself with wallpapering our kitchen.

Do you know how many zillion pair of glass frames there are when you go to choose glasses? Too many! I went with Mom to help her pick out a pair. Oh my goodness. It can make you dizzy trying to get it down to one pair.

Ok, I am hooked. In celebration of the unrated dvd Reno 911! Miami The Movie, they have come out with some interactive online games. I tried out the game called "Midnight Shootout" and I have been glued to this computer all morning! I never thought I could have so much fun shooting little old ladies and clowns. They show you the people standing in front of the buildings or whatever and you have to try and remember which ones were the bad guys. The screen goes black and you begin shooting. The last round I got to shoot a rocket launcher. I wasn't supposed to set any buildings on fire but OOOps! LOL I don't consider myself too bad, especially compared with the wacky characters on the dvd!

My scores were:
Shots Fired 50
% of Hits 102%
I hit 10 bad guys
8 innocent bystanders I didn't mean to!
13 cops Won't that make me special!
20 specials I don't know what that means so I'm considering it as a good quality.

Total Score 3100 Woo hoo! Somebody sign me up!

I know I can do at least as good of a job as the wackos on the show. I'm glad they aren't protecting me. Come to think of it, I'm glad I am not protecting me!

If you need a great stress reliever, check out the games at Reno 911! Miami The Movie There are four games to choose from, Most Wanted, Calling All Units, Midnight Shootout and PSA. Play them all! You will have a ball.

Be sure to buy the dvd too! You will laugh your socks off. My son explained to me that the dvd is based on the Comedy Central Series. I'm just not in the loop! Well, this movie is hilarious but on the raunchy side, which is why I am not up on this type of movie. A special team, if you can call them that considering how they work or don't work together, of police officers travel to Miami to attend the National Police Convention. The trip is wild and then there is a terrorist attack! Call it luck but only the Reno team is un-infected by the bug set off by the terrorist. It is up to them to protect everyone.

Japanese game shows are so much livelier than US game shows. They have a human version of Tetris. Big walls of styrofoam come flying at contestants who have to contort their bodies to fit through the shape in the wall, or be pushed into a pool of yellow water.

This is wild!

I've been working hard on updating our window treatments. Terry's Fabrics has a big selection of window treatments and curtain tracks. I am so glad I found their website. I love being able to go online and choose what I need instead of driving all over creation to find styles I like. Terry's Fabrics have been offering a range of curtain products for years from curtain fabrics, poles and track to a range of ready made curtains. I can get everything I need and the prices are great.

I often wonder how some of our former president's children are doing. I remember Jerry Ford's son as an actor on a soap opera. I wonder if he is still acting. Where is his sister? I think her name was Susan. Didn't she marry a secret service agent? I wonder if they have any children. Did Amy Carter ever get married? I'm more curious about these people than some of the celebrities we hear about all the time.

No matter how much the world changes, there is one thing that never changes. Love always stays the same. Whether it is the love of smelling the musky aroma of rain or the love you feel when your puppy licks your toes, love tickles your heart.

Love can touch the grouchiest person and make them feel valuable. Love can heal a body.

I am so lucky to be loved. My husband can be romantic and I know that can be rare these days. I remember a special time when he made me feel so loved. My daughter was about 4 years old and we were all dressed up and ready to go to church. It was Easter Sunday and hubby pulled out two corsages from the refrigerator. One was a pink rose for me and he had another tiny corsage for Stacy. To think that he made the effort to pick those out and then hide them for that special moment meant a lot to me. That was romantic to me. I don't need wine and song. Just give me the feeling that I am special and I am happy. To feel romance is to love life.

There is a very nice website called RomanceForEveryone.com that has sweet ideas for being romantic. I love the ideas for romantic notes.

I love...
our love

is just one example of a simple thing that can melt a heart. Visit the website and get your heart all a twitter. It really is a special place.

I have wondered how professors knew if you were cheating on an exam if you took your classes via the Internet. I think that most of the time you would be required to go to a specific location and take an exam. I know that is the way our daughter takes her exams. She has to drive to a particular university at a specific time to take a test.

A news piece at CNN online, talks about how some students think it is inconvenient to travel to take a test. They feel it defeats the purpose of getting a degree online. The way of handling this in the future might be a new technology that places a camera inside students' homes. Read the article and tell me what you think. Would you allow a camera to be used in your home for this purpose?

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I have been having fun making movies with my Windows Movie Maker program. I haven't packed a thing for our vacation but I have made a video! LOL Once I start something I have to finish it. I think that is a good thing.

I tried to use the fade feature on the program but it messed up the compression and made the video blurry. I started over and it seems fine now. What software do you use to download video from your camera?

Doesn't it seem like we keep hearing about one tragedy after another? Now, a boiler exploded in a women's health spa in Tokyo, Japan. Three people are dead and three more are injured. The afternoon explosion appeared to have been triggered by methane gas that seeped from the ground. I think I need to quit watching the news.

For all of you celebrity gossip junkies, there is a new website where you can get all the latest news! Celebrity Gossip has the latest hollywood gossip about the people you love to keep tabs on. I don't know how they do it but they already have the news about Julia Robert's new baby!

This site looks like it is going to be informative as well as a lot of fun. They have forums where you will be able to make friends with other fans. Won't that be fun to get together with other people who are crazy about the celebs the way you are? LOL

Celebrity Gossip is dedicated to being the best source of juicy gossip, scandals rumors, speculation, opinions, assumptions, and even factual information about all of the celebrities! I love the way the site is set up. They have a page that lists all the hottest celebrities so you can choose who you want to read about instead of reading through page after page to get to your favorite.

It is free to register at the site. When you register, you receive points. I haven't discovered what to do with the points yet but I will. I'm sure it is for fan memorabilia or something extra fun!

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The list of the most expensive cities came out and Moscow is number one again. London is second with Seoul and Tokyo coming in at 3rd and 4th place. The information in the story gives a good explanation of causes for the ranking. I started to say honor but it probably isn't an honor to be considered the most expensive place to live. I'd say there are problems that negate more problems.

I wrote a post a few months ago about Russian brides. I talked about how the men in Russia are so depressed because they have no work. It is a sad affair for all concerned.

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I had some fun yesterday having a lady at the makeup counter "make" me up. It benefited her sales because I really liked everything and went a bit crazy. I got new foundation and she showed me how to put it on with a brush. It's a bit like painting my face. Our minister says, in his sermons, if the barn needs painted you paint it! Well my barn, err face is showing some blotchy places where I tan. I needed something. Just a little foundation seems to smooth out my skin so I don't notice the age spots and wrinkles as much. Of course, I had to buy the eyeshadow and blush too. I wonder if the other two clerks, who were gabbing and not looking to see that I was wainting, noticed that my clerk made a great sale.

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I am having the typical Monday here at our business. Lots of customers are walking through our doors. I don't know what it is about holiday weekends that brings in the customers but I am not complaining! Do you suppose that people have company and it makes them look around the house and see all the projects they have been wanting to finish?

I am loving the laminate cleaner that we sell. I don't know what is in it but it doesn't streak when customers try it out. There is a valuable lesson I tell customers. Don't use fabric softener in your cleaning rags and mop cloths. Fabric softener causes streaking. I have had many customers tell me they have had success since not using fabric softener. Yay!

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