Tap Water Ice? is now uncool.........

That was the headline in my Sunday financial section of my local newspaper.
I gotta ask ya why for god's sake?

I know some people have tap water that may not as good as what I may have. Our water is quite good in fact. No overwhelming smell of chlorine when you turn on the tap, and when ice cubes melt there are no fuzzies or whatever in the bottom of the glass. Our water tested very well at a lab. Guess that means no gremlins or anything else. So I don't need designer ice cubes thank God!!!

But if you do check this out....................http://www.icerocks.com/

Or read the article I found online.......it originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06206/708438-28.stm

Looking back I guess lemon flavored toothpaste isn't all that odd - or is it.............stay tuna'd

toothpaste review............

I like lemon I really do - but I didn't know I would like it in my toothpaste.

Whitening Expressions Lemon Ice toothpaste.

It's an ice-cold wake-up call for your mouth! not too sure about that!

It's more like lemoncello without the kick! I picked it up by accident but I just might stick with the tube...........stay tuna'd

Humor in dieting.................

God do I wish when I buy cat food someone will ask me if I have a cat...............;-)

Purina Diet
I used to have a Labrador retriever & was buying a large bag of Purina at Wal-Mart, waiting in the check-out line. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time. But, I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry, as the food is nutritionally complete. So, I was going to try it again.I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, especially a tall heavy man behind her. Horrified, she asked if I'd been poisoned. I told her no; I'd been sitting in the street licking my balls and a car hit me.The tall guy nearly had to stagger out of the store, oxygen-depleted from laughter. I paid for the food and left a lot of smiles behind me.

thanks kid

So how's your the weather...........???

I know it's hot everywhere. I feel for all you folks that are steaming and have nary an A/C in site. Sorry bout that. Sister moon said you could reach out and touch the air. And they said this wasn't gonna last HAHAHAHA..........

Well let me tell you I have been putting up with 92 - 94 with 101% humidity for some 20 + years. And where were y'all when we have been melting here in the good olde "blue tarp state"!!! See for us it's normal whatever normal might be.
I know we don't have to live here right?!! But since the real estate market went in the toilet there is nary a buyer to be seen. We are not the only ones hurt by this real estate market suicidal plunge, as it is sparadic acrossed the country. Why did Alan Greenspan have to retire now...........Ben Bernanke please call Mr Greenspan and ask him what to do - cause I'm not too sure about you.

I may have a plan..................stay tuna'd thermometer image from google images

Moon dust gets in your eyes.....continued

french benefits:: Moon dust gets in your eyes


DITTO!!!

But what sister Moon (lol) forgot to mention was that the moon landing soiree was hosted by our dear momma........and what a soiree it was. No more details please

Another butterfly

a relative to the butterfly I posted the other day.


I could have posted this over on PBE cause this flutterby is dinning ;-0

I refuse................

There is so much crap going on in this world of ours right now. I told my sis yesterday I refuse to rant about Bush and his merry band of thieves. It is very difficult but I think I can pull it off.Don't rant it makes wrinkles! Not saying don't care, or stop writing letters - I haven't.

We need to find some good things in this world. One the shuttle landed safely thank god! We knew they were coming cause we heard the boom overhead. That was cool!

So I am going to post a photo that may bring calm or a smile to your sweet face...............stay tuna'd

Customer Service

As a business owner in my other life I must say I was and still am a fanatic on customer service. I would require our employees, no matter how busy they were, to acknowledge everyone that walks thru the door with a greeting of some kind "good morning" not an attack just a recognition. Now mind you a few would go un-noticed but not often. Some employees would grumble that it was silly, but to me it is/was very important and I made sure it was done.

I frequent the Marshall's in my town and have always had great customer service experience in that particular store. The manager Bev is terrific, as she knows how to display product and passes that on to her staff. Bev's staff is equally knowledgeable and helpful. So to say shopping in that Marshall's always is a pleasant experience.

I happened to be in there the other day and I overheard a conversation of the manager and what sounded like a district manager giving suggestions but most of all praising the store for product placement. Well I thought this is a good chance to tell someone how great this store really was. I had expressed my feelings to the manager before but telling a corporate person usually is well thought of. I did speak to the gentleman and he was genuinely pleased of my comments. He said something interesting though, that people are quick to call corporate when there happens to be a problem but rarely call when they are happy and satisfied. He said"when you call the store gets points and goes in their file". "Cool" I say give me the 800# please.

And I agree we do complain and are quick to criticize. I am going to make a habit of complimenting staff when necessary. If that means calling or emailing the company or the store then I will make a point to do that.....and I hope y'all with think about doing it as well.
stay tuna'd............................

So handsome he is!!!

My sister and brother-in-law have the
very best dog in THE world .

I love "Buddy the dog"!!!

Dear Tom and Ray: the NPR car talk dudes

These guys are pretty funny...... actually they are goofy. And a lot of the show is them ribbing each other cause they are brothers and they can do that. But Tom & Ray are very knowledgeable in the auto repair biz. They appear on my local NPR station at 10 a.m. on Saturdays. While I am spiffing up around the house and doing me chores I listen to NPR the Car Talk Guys But this call in nearly put me away - reading it does not do it justice cause it's one a those ya had to have been there. If you ever get a chance listen to them.......hey two brothers do on show on the radio ~ oh sister moon are ya listening.................stay tuna'd

Southeastern gecko found in Kansas next we are gonna send them some alligators

There's a new creature crawling around Kansas.
Herpetologists have confirmed that the Mediterranean gecko is taking up residence in the state, spreading north from the southeast United States over the past decade.
"We knew it got as far as Norman, Oklahoma, in the early 1990s," said Joe Collins, University of Kansas herpetologist. "Well, it's here."And one is now on display at the Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence, feeding on crickets."Ours has been hiding under rocks in its cage since we got him," said Marty Birrell, the center's director. "They are nocturnal, so we don't usually see them in the daytime."Collins said there were sightings late last year in Johnson County. He was asked in May about the gecko after someone caught the lizard, which Collins had previously seen and caught in Texas and Florida.
Just to make sure it was a gecko, Collins took a picture of the lizard and sent it to Walter Meshaka Jr., the state herpetologist for Pennsylvania and a renowned expert on geckos.
There is a renowned expert on geckos??? Meshaka confirmed it was a Mediterranean gecko.

In late June, some of Collins' students conducted a search for the geckos at the Johnson County location and found them on and around manufacturing and warehouse buildings. They found dozens and caught a few, one of which was given to the nature center.
The geckos were around the buildings because the night security lights were attracting insects. They use their sticky, padded feet to climb the walls.
"They'd go up and hang around the lights and eat dinner," Collins said. "It's sort of a smorgasbord for geckos." The geckos are generally about 4 inches long and can blend in with their surroundings. Common in southern Europe and northern Africa, geckos probably arrived in Florida by way of ships, then migrated or hitched rides aboard vehicles to other states, Collins said. "I didn't think they would make it this far north because it's too cold," Collins said. "Apparently, the little fellows learned how to live outside during the summer and run inside during the winter and live off whatever spiders and cockroaches they can find in buildings."
Geckos are friendly creatures and make good pets, Collins said.
"They are fairly easy animals to keep, and that's probably why they naturalize to a lot of different areas," she said.
The Mediterranean gecko is the third "alien" gecko to migrate to Kansas, Collins said. The other two are the Italian wall lizard and western green lacerta, both found around Topeka. The wall lizard also can be found in Lawrence, he said.

alligators could be next.....stay tuna'd

University of Kansas: http://www.ku.edu
Prairie Park Nature Center: http://www.lprd.org/ppnc.shtml
Information from: Lawrence Journal-World, http://www.ljworld.com

Another Birthday!!!

photos from National Zoo web site


Tai Shan Is One Year Old Today!

I sure hope sister moon and husband get to see this beautiful creature on their trip to D.C. and the National Zoo

Happy Birthday "Buddy" the cat......

So July 7th is my Buddy's birthday. And I say my Buddy because my sis has a dog born the very same year as our cat and his name is Buddy. And little did we know that each were getting a furbaby and naming them Buddy. Our Buddy was named after a the famous Budweiser because the poor baby got himself caught in and empty box of Bud and husband couldn't find him so when we did and noticed where he was husband said we shall call him "Buddy". what a crock huh?!

Well we really shoulda called him Buddy the evil one because he was......notice I said was. OK here is how we got Buddy the cat. A friend who is a veternarian happened to be outside in their front yard and a neighbor came running over, Dr, Dr there is a dog that has something in it's mouth and won't let go could you help me. Turned out it was a rotweiller and the something was a just born kitten. Dr Vet removed the kitten from the dogs mouth and realized that the dog had killed the other kittens and the momma......yikes!!! Well Dr Vet took the newborn baby kitten to his house and did all the things that a Dr Vet would do to help that poor baby survive.
Well a few days later Dr Vet and wife came to visit and Mrs Dr Vet had to show us what she had in her shirt pocket. OH MY GOD y'all know how cute babies. Well husband and I just melted. What a cutie he was. And this kitten thought that Mrs Dr Vet was his momma, she fed him with an eye dropper, washed him in the sink, the damn cat loves water to this day. She just did all the things that Mrs Dr Vet's do to keep little baby kittens alive.
Well it turned 4 weeks old and Mrs and I had a plan to convince husband we needed this kitten. They came to the house for dinner and brought the baby under the assumption that kitty couldn't be left alone............fooled husband, cause when they finally left that evening the kitten stayed. That was twelve years ago.
So let's jump ahead a few years................Buddy the cat has never been fond of people all that much. Actually I think back he liked the attention that people would give him and if they didn't he would BITE their ankles. Yep he bit the crap out of our next door neighbor once. See he wasn't paying attention to sweet Buddy so Buddy decided to get attention. When husband ran to get some paper towels to wipe up the wounds, husband asked "Jim you're not gonna arrest me are ya?" Neighbor Jim was a cop in Miami. No but I do have a new found respect for that damned cat!!!
So here we are a few years later the Budster is mellowing in his age a tad bit, at least we thought he had. Well it's time for his shots and unfortunately Dr. Vet moved away and Buddy is going to a new Vet................OH MY GOD!!! Husband transports the cat to the Vet's office and he a little hissy but not bad. Goes into the office and is called in for the check up with the Dr, husband takes him out of his carrier and the cat goes ballistic I mean crazy. Bit the shit outta husband, scared the Dr so band she left the room - what a chicken she is HUH?! The attendant helper person was a bit more brave and went to go get a muzzle, aaaaahhh not a good idea darlin. I wish I would have been there, well maybe not. Anyway, the chicken Dr Vet gave the helper assistant a pill to give the Busdter, a tranquilizer of sorts. God I wish I could seen this, husband put it in his mouth after several tries and after he thought he had calmed down, well the cat SPIT the pill acrossed the room. The assistant stood in amazement and started laughing hysterically............."that is a first!!!" "Oh swell" husband says and leaves the office and is told to get the pill down the cat first thing the next morning wait a few hours and bring him in cause by then he will be tranquill..hahahahahaha - NOT our Buddy. Well husband did as directed but Buddy was never completely sedated I think he was more exhausted. He got his shot and no one was injured in the process.

So Happy Birthday Buddy........guess what you have an appointment at the Vet next week!!! Dear god............................stay tuna'd

Photo in the News: Rare "Rainbow" Spotted Over Idaho

THIS IS A FIRE RAINBOW — THE RAREST OF ALL NATURALLY OCCURING ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA. THE PICTURE WAS CAPTURED ON THE IDAHO/WASHINGTON BORDER. THE EVENT LASTED ABOUT 1 HOUR. CLOUDS HAVE TO BE CIRRUS, AT LEAST 20K FEET IN THE AIR, WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF ICE CRYSTALS AND THE SUN HAS TO HIT THE CLOUDS AT PRCEISELY 58 DEGREES.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html

Mother nature presenting all her beauty

Happy 4th of July!!!

to many it just wouldn't be the 4th of July without the sound of the Boston Pops and had the opportunity when living in the northeastern part of our country, to here them in person. They are quite the show and that show will be televised.

I would really like to see the fireworks display over Mt Rushmore. How much more patriotic could you get. But certainly not at the expense of any danger. check this out>>>>>>>>>http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13644680/.

found this image on google.............how cool does that look.
Maybe the Boston Pops would go visit Mt. Rushmore next year.......
stay tuna'd............

oooooops forgot to add that this photo was taken off of google images!!!

Do flip-flops mean you’re not toeing the line?

Experts eta:who are these experts warn that popular sandal may damage career if worn at work.

Maybe,just maybe that if we all wore flip flops to work this may be a less stressful society.

Picture an attorney standing

in front of the jury giving her final argument for her high profile case and she is wearing those pointy foot killers. How can you concentrate and address the jury while your toes are screaming "please release me"! This attorney might just do a better job if she is wearing flip flops and her poor toes aren't getting in the way of her argument.

But then I am no longer in the workplace, so I have no business in sticking my nose or toes for that matter where they don't belong. And maybe the noise of all of those flip flops flapping up and down the hallways of Corporate America would be a bit too much to handle. Now if I wore them all the time I would have to invest in many, many band-aids for my toesies cause I have tender feets and flip flops give me blisters. But I must admit I wore sandals to work many a day when I knew I wouldn't get caught.

And what about the men of Corporate America, don't they want their little feets to escape and be free in flip flops? Stay tuna'd.................

House Votes to End 25-Year Offshore Drilling Ban

I knew it wouldn’t last……Florida is gonna get screwed….BIG TIME!!!

As will most of the other states in this country that have a coastline.

The House just approved a bill to end offshore drilling ban.
With any luck at all the Senate will defeat this!!!!
Who the hell am I kidding.

"A bipartisan bid by Florida lawmakers to block oil and gas drilling within 125 miles of the coast around much of the United States was overwhelmingly rejected Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives. The 352-65 vote came as the House considered a bill that would lift the quarter-century federal ban on drilling in much of the Outer Continental Shelf. Instead, the House adopted a bill 232-187 that would let each state decide whether to allow drilling within 100 miles of its coast. The bill also would let states that allow offshore drilling receive a share of the leasing royalties, money that now goes entirely to the federal government."

“Jeb!" actually "welcomed the passage Thursday of a bill by the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow oil and natural gas drilling 50 miles off Florida's shores, but he promised to ask state lawmakers to keep the rigs 100 miles away."

Remember this name……………..Jeb Bush………..NOT FOR PRESIDENT!!! Let him be the commissioner of the NFL………..stay tuna’d

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

A friend’s sister was just diagnosed with IBC.

It just proves that we all must be aware.
And god forbid don’t take anything for granted.
My friend's sister had on her breast what she thought was a rash or some pimples on her breast.
Her Dr. gave her some medicine for the rash and sent her on her way.

I did a bit of research and found this link on snopes as well as a lot of other places.

The following is a link to a video of a Seattle TV news clip.
PLEASE, click the attached link (or paste in browser) http://ww3.komotv.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?ClipID1=785456&

Also this is a link to the Susan G. Kopmen site for IBC.......
http://www.komen.org/stellent/groups/public/@dallas/documents/-komen_site_documents/dsbcinflammatory.pdf

In the market for a new camera...

and I am more confused now than ever. The last camera I purchased, well I didn't really buy, husband bought it for me eight years ago. Can you imagine, an eight year old digital camera. And it still works, but like a lot of electronic things it is fading fast.

The camera I have is a Nikon Cool Pix, a black bulky (by todays standards) boxy thing. So I go online and look and read feedback. That is as confusing as the camera choices. Some people are techno geeks and write in that language and then those that are just ordinary folk like me, have trouble explaining why you should by the camera they are giving 10+++ stars to.....jeeesch!

I want a compact not an SLR cause I am just not in to drag the camera junk with me anymore. I know how I am if I get an SLR I'll want to get another lense or two and all the other goodies. I'm just not in the mood for that. Call me lazy but that's the way it is.

I want at least a 6 megapixel for enlarging. I have narrowed it down to Sony and Nikon. Well now that's real helpful huh!!!? duh I must be making up me mind here soon cause the old Cool Pix is gonna go and then I'll be smack dab outta luck. Oh I could use the camcorder but nah!!!

Those of y'all that know husband, here is an interesting twist to this whole market research thing.........husband is finding the more he reads about these new SLR's he tells me "I just might get one"!!! See he is a real research kinda guy that has to read about all that is presented and then he makes a decision.
Now what I should do is just let husband go buy my compact camera and I won't have to worry my pretty little head about it.......................stay tuna'd

First lettuce in bags….now this!!!

Now please raise your hand if you have ever thought about disinfecting your purse. Boy if you have, I am really naïve.

This following was sent to me by a friend in Atlanta……..for the balance of the info read the Snopes Report.


Bacteria on Purses: A study was performed on women's purses. A health team went to a local mall and took samples from the bottom of 50 women's purses. The purses were swabbed with cotton swabs along the entire bottom of the purses and placed into special containers. The swabs were then processed at a local laboratory. The Health Report also showed where women place their purses: public rest-rooms (on the floor beside the toilet), kitchen counters & kitchen tables, on tables & chairs in restaurants, etc. The results of the laboratory tests contained the following most serious result: 1 out of 4 purses — E COLI Other extremely serious bacteria also were listed, including Hepatitis. They recommended that women should DAILY wipe their purses (particularly the bottom) with a disinfectant wipe and to be extremely careful where you sit your purse. Most important, do NOT place your purse on a table (anywhere) where you will eat or on a kitchen counter and do not put it anywhere close to a toilet. Remember, when you flush a toilet, the spray goes a distance that is unrecognizable by the human eye. WASH YOUR HANDS as often as you can! Keep an antibacterial hand sanitizer cleaner (no water needed) in your purse and use it often! And as soon as you get home from shopping (or wherever you have been and used your purse), immediately wipe it all over with a disinfectant wipe.
This is from me — MEN who do not wash their hands after relieving themselves should be ASHAMED! Not only that, they are seriously affecting your health and their own. My husband has told me many, many times (over 50% ratio) that he has seen men in public rest-rooms relieve themselves, zip up, and immediately leave the rest-room without washing their hands!! Women get on your men and be sure they are washing thoroughly after using the rest-room. My hubby also noted that everyone spends all this time washing their hands and then grabs the door handle to exit the rest-room. So DAH! All those other folks who did NOT wash their hands have their germs all over the door handle! And I have seen many women who do NOT wash their hands after using the rest-room. So, use that paper towel you dried your hands on to open the door and then dispose of it in the closest waste receptacle (women, please do not put it in your purse!). Repeating, this is a factual report aired today on Health News, Fox 5, Atlanta, GA. Please do your part for yourself and everyone else! As soon as I saw the report, I immediately cleaned my purse with my Clorox Antibacterial Wipe and then set it on a paper towel where I normally place it on a table in our den. And I asked my hubby to PLEASE scold me if he ever saw me putting my purse on the kitchen table or counter again!

Let me remind you again the above was sent to me from a friend in Atlanta......Holy Crap
stay tuna'd..................................