Different Things

Thursday, March 22, 2012

First Rummage Sale Day of the Year

I went to my first rummage sales of the year. Well I came home with nothing. I mean nothing. The first sale was a lot of nothing. The second and third sales decided not to open because of rain.. The next sale was a few pieces of furniture. The next one was a few boxes turned over with a few tools laying on top. And the last last one was a rummage sale that goes all summer long. I started a list of address's of sales like that... that run a summer long.

I used the gps on my phone today. It works great. I like it.

I really like my phone however the battery has a very short life. I usually unplug it from the charger about 6 in the morning and my 4:30 in the afternoon it needs to be charged again. And thats usually when I'm on the go I need the phone charged. So I'm going to have to remember to charge it when I'm in the house in the early after noon. This is really going to be a problem when we are camping at carshows. We don't have electricity. We have a generator and even tho it's a "quiet" one it' still makes a lot of noise, so having it running for an hour to charge phones isn't much fun. But the kids will be happy to have the generator on so they can watch TV and have the air conditioner on.

There are a few sales again tomorrow. I don't know if I want to waste the time and the gas. Gas is $3.89 to $3.93 a gallon here. My brother lives in Milwaukee he said its $4.25 a gallon there. Man!!

Ahh Spring

Happy Spring!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy St Patricks Day

Happy St Patrick's Day

It's 80 degrees... that is unheard of in Wisconsin. Many years we had wicked snow storms on this day!

HeHe!! Not this year... so lovin' it!!!!

No daffodils yet, but soon!

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Another Reason to Have a Best Buy Credit Card

I love my Best Buy Credit Card. I've had it for years. Well since I the kids grow out of toys and I stopped shopping a Toy R Us. It was getting to the point I was having a hard time using my reward gift cards, so I wondered where else do I shop and could get a credit card. Best Buy came to mind and we applied. We have now Silver Card holders because we make enough purchases in the store. Anywho... I just found a new benefit of having the card. Wednesdays are 20% off all ink, well if you use your card you get another 10% off. Nice. Yesterday I bought HP color cartridge for my printer, the price started out $20.99 and after the % off and a $5 reward it came to $11. I think that was great. If your looking for a credit card this is one with great benefits.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Ice Shoves on Lake Winnebago

Sunday we went to Lake Winnebago (Wisconsin's largest inland lake) to see the ice shoves. I don't know if you all know what ice shoves are. This happens in spring when the ice starts to weaken from warm weather and the winds pick up. Most years the melt happens slowly without high winds and the ice just sinks. However when the weather warms fast and the winds are fast the ice moves towards shore and piles up. These piles can be 20 feet high and there is no stopping them. These shoves take out boat houses, garages, houses and even business's that sit along the lake shore. These are shoves that were at a boat landing on the east side of the lake near Brother Town. South of Brother Town there are no shoves and no ice left because it blew north. The northern tip of the lake the ice is normal except for the shore is melted.

These photos were taken with my Motorola Electrify.. I think it takes very nice photos. So far I love my phone. It still feels new and I'm still searching for "what I'm looking" as in apps and where everything is. But it gets better everyday.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Blue Jay Stealing a Peanut

A Blue Jay stealing a peanut from the table in my back yard. I put 8 or so unsalted peanuts on my table and within minutes a Blue Jay will come and take them all, one by one.. Sorry the photo isn't the best.. it's misting out and very hazy. But the flash didn't scare this one away.