SHOTS

I THOUGHT ONLY NURSES AND DOCTORS GAVE YOU SHOTS.

 RECENTLY I’VE I HAD A HOST OF PEOPLE GIVING ME SHOTS.
AT THE DENTIST OFFICE THE LAST FOUR MONDAYS, MY DAY OFF, I’VE HAD THE DENTAL HYGENIST GIVING ME MULTIPLE SHOTS OF NOVICANE.  THE LAST TIME, SIX YEARS AGO, I HAD THIS ROOT PLANEING, OR DEEP CLEANING DONE, THE DENTIST GAVE ME THE NOVICANE, AND THEN THE HYGENIST DID HER THING.

THEN AT WORK WE LINED UP FOR OUR ANNUAL SEASONAL FLU SHOT, AND IF IT WAS A NURSE THAT GAVE ME THE FLU SHOT, WELL IT HAD TO BE CASUAL FRIDAY THE WAY SHE WAS DRESSED.

THEN IT WAS OFF TO WALGREENS DRUG STORE TO BUY A SWINE FLU SHOT FOR $18.  FIRST THE COUNTERMAN IN BROKEN ENGLISH TELLING ME TO FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK.  THEN HE ASKED ME TO WAIT IN THE WAITING AREA.  I THOUGHT I WAS WAITING FOR THE NURSE, AS THESE SHOTS ARE ONLY SOLD ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FOR A FEW HOURS. EVENTUALLY THE COUNTER MAN COMES OUT AND SAYS ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVE.

ONLY DOCTORS AND NURSES GIVING YOU SHOTS IS HISTORY.  NOW THE ONLY TRAINING YOU NEED TO GIVE A SHOT IS TO WEAR RUBBER LATEX GLOVES, I GUESS.

BY THE WAY, THEY HAVEN’T CHANGED THE SIZE OF THAT SYRINGE AT THE DENTIST OFFICE, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE THEY BOUGHT THEM FROM A VET SUPPLIER.

Mish Mash

Did you notice all of the “Hoy, Hoy, Hoys”  on the blog this week?  I have 5 grand daughters.  Three of them have “M” as their first initial AND also have their birthdays this week.  Is that poor planning or what?  Oh hell it might be OK…at least if the birthdays come in clusters, I can’t forget them.  I have been reading book on PMA-positive mental attitude and have started looking at the silver lining instead of the cloud.  It’s  a nice change of pace.

I went to Wal-Mart the other day and happened to have the camera in the car so I decided to take pictures of and write about one my pet peeves.






I absolutely have a fit about people not putting their carts in the cart corrals.  This is just pure laziness… you see the cart corral??  It looks to be about 20 steps away.  Forget about laziness, what about common courtesy?


 


This one appears even closer than 20 steps.  A few years ago one of these runaway carts slammed into my car and cost me $600 to get it fixed…at the time my car had 7,000 miles on it.

Good thing that was a while ago….finding a silver lining in that situation would have been impossible!!





Tis the season….The Salvation Army bell ringers with their red buckets are out.  I did find this picture really interesting—no bell ringer but a purse hanging on the post. 

If you closely at the waste container, the bell ringer is sitting behind it.  My next question is:  Is it her purse?  Or did someone donate it?


I am trying to follow my tradition of putting $1 in the buckets every time I see one.  As I said—Tis the season!!

Wii FIT PLUS

Wii FIT PLUS IS THE GAME MARY WANTED FOR EXERCISE AND WEIGHT LOSS.




THE GAME INCLUDES A PLATFORM THAT YOU STAND ON WHILE DOING THE GAMES AND EXERCISES.



THE PLATFORM IS ALL KNOWING……..

IT KNOWS IF YOU’RE RUNNING, JUMPING, LEANING, ETC., AND IT KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU WEIGH!!

WHEN YOU FIRST SET UP THE GAME YOU FORM A “Mii”, IT’S YOUR AVATAR.  HERE ARE THE AVATARS WE HAVE SET UP.



FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THAT WOULD BE SUSIE-Q THE CAT, MARY WITH THE GRAY HAIR, (I have since changed my facial shape, hairstyle, and shirt color).  AND REX WITH THE COOL SHADES.

A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, REX BOWLING:



OF COURSE IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE THIS:




(Don’t you just love the cute little leg kick?)

 AND HERE I AM RUNNING THE OBSTACLE COURSE:








THE GAME COMPUTER KEEPS TRACK OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING HOW MUCH YOU WEIGH EACH DAY, THE NUMBER OF CALORIES YOU BURN EXERCISING, THE NUMBER OF MINUTES YOU ACTUALLY EXERCISES, ETC.  THEN IT SHOWS YOU A GRAPH OF YOUR PROGRESS.

I'LL GET TO THE GRAPHS AND PROGRESS IN ANOTHER BLOG?

Wii

WHEN THE Wii VIDEO GAME CAME OUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT $399.00 WE TALKED ABOUT IT, EVEN WENT TO THE STORE TO BUY ONE, BUT WHEN THEY WERE SOLD OUT WE LET IT GO.

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WHEN THE GAME WENT ON SALE AT WALMART FROM $249.00 TO $199.00 WE TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN.  I FINALLY DECIDED I’D BUY THE Wii FOR $199.00 AND THEN MARY COULD BUY THE Wii FIT PLUS PART FOR $99.00.  OF COURSE I PUT IT OFF AND DECIDED THE SECOND TO LAST DAY OF THE WALMART SALE.



I WENT TO WALMART AFTER WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.  I HAVE A RULE THAT KEEPS ME OUT OF WALMART FROM THANKSGIVING UNTIL MY BIRTHDAY IN MID-JANUARY.  THE CLERK, WHICH AT THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT IS ACTUALLY A SHELF STOCKER, HUNTED HIGH AND LOW, AND LUCKILY FOUND ONE LAST Wii UNIT TO SELL ME.

WHEN I WENT TO PAY, SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO RING UP MY SALE.  SHE CALLED A SUPERVISOR ON THE RADIO, AND THE SUPERVISOR EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD TO GIVE ME A $50 GIFT CARD TO COMPLETE THE SALE.

WHAT!!! ARE YOU KIDDDING ME?  THIS THING IS ON SALE FOR $50 OFF AND I GET ANOTHER $50 ON A GIFT CARD? AND I BOUGHT THE LAST ONE?

IS THIS MY LUCKY NIGHT OR WHAT?  MAYBE I SHOULD JUST HEAD BACK TO A CASINO?

HOY !!! HOY !!! HOY !!!

HOY !!! HOY !!! HOY !!!
AND HAPPY 11TH BIRTHDAY MACKENZIE !!!