Gail Gillette

Basement Finds

Gail — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:18:36 +0000

One of the best things about our house is the full basement that is dry and warm and perfect for storing stuff. I have been spring cleaning the main floor of the house and started a couple of boxes of junk that I didn’t want to toss out but want out of the way. Too much clutter makes me nuts. So I took two boxes of junk down to the basement and put them on a shelf.

Of course, once I got down there, I poked around and looked in a few of the other boxes that were down there from several months ago. I found a couple things that I’ve missed, but to be honest, most of it is just “stuff.” I’m thinking we need to have a yard sale in a couple weeks and turn some of that stuff back into cash.

PostSecrets

Gail — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:49:02 +0000

It has been a while since I had even remembered the website of PostSecrets.com. It is a website that you can mail in any postcard, home made or not, with your secret on it that gets posted for all to see. You see some pretty interesting, entertaining, disturbing and heartfelt secrets posted here folks, check it out sometime.

Black Out

Gail — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:30:47 +0000

I knew darn well that there were a ton of websites that were participating with the blackout in protest of the SOPA bill that is threatening so much of what we do online. Didn’t I feel stupid when I tried to help my daughter with a homework question and tried to find the answer on Wikipedia.com only to find it in the Blackout. Come to find out that there would have been a way to find the answer, but learn of it until later last night when it was on the news, sigh……

Domestic Violence

Gail — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:36:38 +0000

I got up way early this morning, my hips were hurting me and I just couldn’t get comfortable. Since Comcast took all but 8 channels away from us unless we buy one of their new digital boxes there isn’t much on in the morning except for news programs. I can’t stand watching this news any more, especially in the morning. There is way too much depressing news on, not a good way to start the day.

The only thing that I could find one other than news was Jerry Springer, which I never, ever watch. My nephew was on the Jerry Springer show a few years back and informed us on just how much it is all just a bunch on nonsense so I really don’t see the point of watching it knowing it is all fake. Besides being fake, it is all about people fighting with each other which really jerks my chain. How can they promote all of this physical violence and not expect the general public to act the same way and think that they will get away with it. In the real world when you assault someone you go to jail!

Day 9

Gail — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:00:32 +0000

Today is day number nine of being smoke free. It hasn’t been too awfully bad so far. I’ve been told that the first 3 weeks are the worst so I have a ways to go, but it’s looking good at this point. Been chewing a lot of gum and have ruined a few pencils from biting on them. LOL

Putting Them Down Once and For All

Gail — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:28:30 +0000

New Year’s Resolutions have never really been my cup of tea. But this year I am diving in, head first, with the promise of putting down the smoking of cigarettes that I have been participating in for way too long. The price of tobacco products has just gotten crazy and I’m tired of paying the high prices for something that is totally unhealthy for me. Wish me luck!

Christmas Cheer

Gail — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:33:18 +0000

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Our plans include a short visit with family Christmas morning and then an afternoon at home cooking a nice Christmas dinner and baking some cookies. I have been baking cookies every few days for the past couple of weeks and they never last more than one night! So my vision of having a big plates of assorted cookies on Christmas is just not going to happen. But I will have some kind of cookies on a plate tonight – and then I will have to stop baking for a couple of months while we all go on diets to lose these extra 10 pounds we have gained since Thanksgiving!

A Body Wrap For Me

Gail — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:12:31 +0000

Something that I have always wanted to try was a body wrap. I think I’ll have to start hinting to my husband that for one of the up and coming holidays, such as my birthday, mother’s day and our anniversary, that I would really like to give these cool body wraps that you can use at home a shot and see if they can help me with the few added pounds that I have put on these past few years.

I know that a woman of my age is expected to put a few extra pounds on around the mid section, but I don’t like it one bit and would really appreciate getting back to my original weight this year and preferably before summer when I will be going out in public in my bathing suit.

List of Good Reasons to Be A Guy Today

Gail — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:11:45 +0000

TV

Gail — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:11:06 +0000

One of my favorite channels that we subscribe to with DirecTV is the Discovery Channel. I have had it on for most of the day here in the living room as I spend some time on the computer and have seen a lot of good nature shows today.

The History Channel and Animal Planet are high on my list also. I’m finding myself watching these channels more and more these days, a sign of aging I assume, sigh……