Lessons On Germs

This is my mobile desktop. It sits in my passenger seat and keeps me company every single day. Very useful -- probably one of my best purchases. Just beyond the picture - in front of the console there is small vial of anti-bacterial hand gel. Lets face it, I have to face a LOT of germs in my day. I shake a lot of hands, I use a lot of public restrooms, I visit locations across the entire state where 1000's of people come and go on a weekly basis. I am watching out for the H3N8. Did you know YOU have an 80% chance of getting it. Yep, you - sitting right there reading this screen.

I may be a bit of a germ phobe. I'm always wondering when I'm in the public restroom, washing my hands.... I wonder, Did the person before me wash their hands? And if they didn't, what is wrong with them? And are my hand-washing efforts being "washed out" by all of the people before me that are not washing their hands.

Did you know that you should not leave your toothbrush out on the bathroom counter in the open air? WHY you ask? Did you know when you flush your toilet that germs can fly out of it as far as 10ft? It is seeminly true, I've heard it multiple times from reliable sources. Now - let's amplify that by those really really powerful toilets that they have at the McDonald's. Those are some fast flying germs. You want to know what I do? I get my stall door unlocked - I hit the flusher and run out of the stall as fast I can!! [I bet you're laughing at my germ-phobiness by now] Also - please, please, please NEVER use your hand to flush a public toilet. ALWAYS use your shoe. Everybody else is doing it, and if you are not --- you're really just touching the bottom of everybody's shoe.

Did you know the germiest room in your house is not your bathroom - but most likely your kitchen? Please go to your kitchen....right after you read this, and throw away your sponges! Germs just love that sponge environment.

And lastly on my germ lesson for the day: When you get home from your vacation - do NOT place your carry-on luggage on top of your nice clean bed. Did you roll that carry-on luggage all through the airport --- through the airport bathroom? Yuck.

Now, now lets not get out of hand on all of this, I know some germs are very good for your body to have some natural resistance when you encounter new bugs. But, that doesn't mean I'm going to hand them an open invite to have a party in my immune system --- they will have to be extra sneaky to party here.

Fly Me To the Moon

Did you hear?
They plan to blow up the moon?
BOOM BOOM!
They are looking for water and/or ice.
I hear water will be the next depleted resource.
For a mere $79M you too can blow up the moon.

Meanwhile, here on Mother Earth.... I drove through a small town today -- these 2 little boys were desperately trying to get the trucker in front of me to blow his horn. How did he not see them?? One of them was hanging out of the sun roof -- doing the universal symbol for "trucker, please honk your horn!" --- yet, he somehow missed them.

Well... I laid on my horn for them, and received two cute little grins! I do remember how exciting it was when you could get someone to honk their horn for you! .... granted, my horn was certainly not as exciting as the one the trucker could have given them.

It's the little things in life....

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

These were waiting for me when I arrived home from Impact this evening. Impact is the junior high group that I help with at church on Monday evenings. These beautiful roses are just because! :) Just because he is awesome!! And the cereal - I had to put the cereal in the picture...it is a brand new Kashi creation that I cannot wait to try in the morning. :)

Dilemma of the day for me? Take a chance on running out of gas or stop at a gas station in the boonies - the kind where you have to go inside to pay. The kind where you pay an extra six cents per gallon for the pleasure of walking inside their gas station/mini mart/liquor store/video rental....... SO - I pulled over and filled up. Ultimately isn't it better to pump gas in an unpleasurable location rather than be stuck without gas in that location? YES, I think so! I begin pumping gas and I try to switch the little lever down - you know the lever that holds the handle open for you - so that you do not have to squeeze the lever on the pump the entire time.... well, it is broken. Unfunctional. Somewhere between "Full Service" and fully functional "Self Service" this gas station was left behind.

Ah Well - It could have been snowing! ;)

We've Been Busy...and noticeably absent!

I'm tired of the fluff.
I'm ready for a change -
How about something simpler?
What do you think?

It has been a cold, rainy weekend here in Michigan... very fall-like! We have done a lot of catching up on work-work, house-work, and shopping-work.

Okay...so shopping isn't really work, depending on how you like or dislike shopping. Really, there wasn't a lot of shopping going on.... but, I decided it was time to get out my "fall" decorations. We recently bought a new coffee table for our living room - and I certainly didn't want to scratch it, so I needed to buy a "fall time" table runner to put my decorations on! It was on sale at Pier 1 - $15.96. What a steal! Wish I had a picture to show you... but I spent way to much time changing the blog layout and header to something simpler and aesthetically pleasing - so yes, I spent way too much time on that to download a picture for you. Apologies.

Dave and I have had dueling laptops in the dining room all afternoon working on work needs. It is budgeting season for Dave. You wouldn't believe the number of budgets, and re-budgeting this man does! ...and it is a new quarter for me! I'm happy about that - it is not quite so stressful at the beginning of a new quarter. If you are thinking I should "be busier" at the beginning of the new quarter, and then maybe the end of my quarter wouldn't be so stressful -- if this thought crossed your mind, let me guess -you've never been in sales. No matter how busy you are the last month, last week, last day of the quarter....always something YOU have to get done or face DEATH. Okay, just kidding - that is a little dramatic.

We've been busy with house work. Dave vacuumed for me! I can get the entire house cleaned, and dusted in the amount of time it takes to vaccum every room... so, it works out perfectly. The pool was sadly closed this weekend, and even more sad it hasn't been warm enough in the last 45 days to even slip a toe into the icy water. Most Michigan residents feel this was the year of no summer.

This is about all for our weekend excitement --- oh yes, we did go see a $4 matinee yesterday. "The Invention of Lying" We do not recommend spending your time or money on this movie. We'll pick better next time. :)

I do promise to blog more often.
I do promise to blog more often.
I do promise to blog more often.
I do promise to blog more often.
G'night Govnuh!