I just got an “invitation” from these folks and this is what it looks like.  I figure if I got it, you might get one also.  Don’t fall for it.  I read this at Ripoff Report Search Results for Biltmore Who’s Who:  “I was contacted by Biltmore Who’s Who and was told I was nominated for the privlege of becoming a member…  I did give my credit card number and was charged over $1000 dollars, but have gone to my bank to file a fraud report on this company.” Continue reading →

The Women’s Center in Brevard needs your help, Facebook fans. Their food pantry is nearly empty. When you stop at the grocery store this week, please take advantage of the buy one/get one free specials and donate a bag of non-perishable food. Food can be dropped off Monday thru Friday, between 9:00 and 4:00pm at The Women’s Center offices at 1425 Aurora Road in Melbourne.   Their Vision: To help women and families help themselves to develop safe, healthy and self sufficient lives.  Thank you.

I wrote last year at Millionaire Matchmaker ~ On Mating, Matching and Pairbonding my thoughts on the show.  Now I see there’s a new season and I watched an episode last night.  The first thing I notice is that Matchmaker Patti Stanger has either slimmed down since last season, or is wearing less frumpy outfits.  BravoTV has her promo photo wearing a short, tightish dress and she looks good and her legs look great. Great choice of image!  She’d look younger without the tan and frosted shadow and gloss, but she goes for that ethnic look. The show is edited to highlight Patti’s abrupt way with people: she verbally cuts them off and cuts to the chase.  There are ways to do that and be diplomatic and gracious, but Patti often seems to delight in being rude and disrespectful.  Granted, 90% of the people she seems to work with are posers, but that’s the territory, it’s Los Angeles. Continue reading →

Doctors Stunned When 3-Year-Old’s Brain Tumor Disappears A 3-year-old girl has stunned her parents and doctors after fighting off an inoperable brain tumor all by herself.  Liberty Rose Finn was given 18 months of chemotherapy to try and shrink a growth behind her eyes which was sending her blind.  The grueling treatment only halved the tumor, leaving parents Carl, 34, and Dawn, 32, fearing the worst for their daughter’s future.  But nine months after the chemo stopped they were stunned by the results of a new brain scan taken last week, which revealed the growth had practically disappeared all by itself.  Scans at Nottingham’s Queens Medical Center revealed she had optic chiasm glioma, a tumor wrapped around both of Liberty’s optic nerves, which was making her blind. Continue reading →

I’ve been enjoying having a week out of the office, and I’ve been moving furniture around like crazy at home.  Last month I gave away my little fainting couch and that opened up a whole lot more of the living room.  I like to walk into a room and see big open spaces.  I moved a white credenza out of the living room and into my room, since it it really the headboard that matches my bedroom set.  I have several small rolling tables in the living room, and I rearranged those.  I swapped out some tall lamps for short ones.  I moved the bed to accommodate the headboard.  One good thing is it gives me an 8″ buffer between my head and the west to east wall where the electrical wiring is.  On the other side of that wall is the refrigerator.  I usually sleep with my head in the corner, diagonally on the bed, to be away from the electrical outlets.  Or sometimes with my head along the north to south wall.  Mostly I sleep diagonally, head to the NE.  It just feels better somehow. Continue reading →

Dr. Brian Weiss

Two chances to see Dr. Brian Weiss in Florida – Release Anxieties and Fears By Unlocking the Doors to Your Past – A highly experiential intensive workshop

Many Lives, Many Masters: Experiencing Your Past Lives    February 20, 2010 10am to 5pm Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL  Click Here to Register!

Many Lives, Many Masters: Experiencing Your Past Lives    March 13, 2010 10am to 5pm Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL  Click Here to Register! Continue reading →

Undercover Boss is CBS primetime’s newest reality show.  The show, from executive producer Stephen Lambert (Wife Swap, Secret Millionaire), follows CEOs from major companies as they go undercover to see how their companies really work.   I saw the first episode, centered on Larry O’Donnell, president and chief operating officer of Houston-based Waste Management Inc., as he donned a WM jumpsuit; the cover-story for the camera-crew accompanying him was that WM employees were told it was a documentary about someone trying out for entry-level jobs.  He was so slow at gathering trash on a Boca Raton, Florida landfill that his supervisor fired him. Continue reading →

It was chilly and sunny here yesterday, a nice clear day. After last week’s rain, I noticed the new sod is now green out at the easement where they put in the city water pipes last month.  Wow, that was less than two weeks ago.  Now it looks as though it’s always been there.  The bamboo have all lost their leaves, they make such a nice feathery carpet on the garden floor.  Many of the oak leaves are down right now as well, giving a bit of a bleak look to the garden, but it also lets me see what is really there, not hidden behind giant leaves of green. Continue reading →

Last week I took a few days off work, then I took another, and then another. Being my own boss is good in that I can make time for everything I need to do, and get the work done as well.   Yes, I also tend to overwork myself and spend way too many hours at the computer, but this year I am working on that.  Really. As witnessed by my taking the entire last week off.  At first it began as me just catching up on sleep, then I began the furniture arranging and housekeeping and gardening.  A few days in to my stay-at-home vacation, I pondered the idea of going somewhere for a few days.  Get out of Dodge for awhile. But there was really nowhere I wanted to go and nothing I particularly wanted to do.  Other than what I was doing already. Continue reading →

Last month at Wachovia Bank the teller asked me if I wanted to open a free savings account that would have $1.00 deposited into it each time I used my debit card.  I thought, “what a great idea” and asked her to email me info about it.  “How can they do that?” galpal Sally Carmany asked me.  What they do is deduct $1.00 extra per debit card transaction, and that $1.00 goes into your savings account.  I still thought that was a cool idea.  Tricking yourself into saving your own money. Continue reading →