$50 Gift Card for Gas

With the rise of gas prices, we all could use a bit of gas money! If you don’t have a Shell Station nearby then the giveaway is for $50 Amazon GC. Stop by Money Ning’s site and win!

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What I needed to read today….

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)

Good thoughts to you all.

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Another Day – Another House

We went to see a two family house in Bay Ridge. Big house – very small backyard. We want to get a pool eventually so I don’t know if this is the house for us. Hopefully, something more fitting will come along.

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Wanna be a millionaire?

Edit: No one on our team won, but thank you all for participating. We sold 85 ducks! 9,000 were sold in total.

On Wednesday at the South Street Seaport, there will be a duck race! That’s right – 25,000 plastic rubber duckies will be placed in the water and sent downward towards the South Street Seaport. Each of the ducks has a number on the bottom. You might be the lucky duck who’s number is picked & you will win two round trip tickets and a chance at one million dollars.

But you got to be in it to win it $5.00 a duck. The duck race is run by the Special Olympics in New York City. http://www.duckrace.com/newyorkcity ***If you do decide to enter, please choose our team “In Memory of Cassie Gimeranez” Cassie is my friend’s daughter who passed away suddenly in May from a seizure. Thanks! ***

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Montgomery Ward Sucks!

Six months ago hackers got into Montgomery Wards records. The records contained my information, as well as 51,000 to 200,000 thousand others. What info besides my credit card numbers? My name, address, security code, etc.

At the end of June, the story broke.

I was contacted last week about it by my credit card (AMEX) and today by Montgomery Ward.

Do not shop at Montgomery Ward online with your credit card as the store doesn’t have the security it should (they do have https and encryption) and they don’t have enough respect to immediately tell their customers.

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Big Cleanout

A friend of mine asked me to help clean out her place. Before I went, I told another friend that I would probably throw out 80 – 85% of the items in her place. She has a lot of old junk there. I’ve seen it while visiting and in my mind, I thought about telling her to throw it away. But never did.

So when she asked me to help him organize and arrange his place, I was thrilled. Yeah I like organizing.

I went there and she wouldn’t let me throw things away. She is seriously connected to her junk. I went there at 2:00 pm and I came home at 10 pm. During dinner, we discussed letting go of things and not being so attached to old items. Today she called and told me she is ready so I am returning on Wednesday to fill 10 large garbage bags.

I’m attached to some of my stuff too, but definitely not to old broken items.

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Trader Joe’s

Is it wrong to be excited about the new Trader Joe’s that will be opening on Court Street? I love Trader Joe’s and I think it’s a great addition to our borough.

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Melissa Gilbert

Melissa Gilbert is playing Ma (not half pint) in the Little House on the Prairie Musical in NYC.  I want to see!

Flashback: I never missed Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid. Everyday at  5:00 pm, I would be sitting on the couch watching Half Pint talk to Pa. Michael Landon was such a good father.

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House hunting in Brooklyn

Today we saw a big house (on Bay 43rd) with a fair price for Brooklyn.

Lee loved it.

I didn’t. The funeral parlor next to the home turned me off.

If I lived there, I would be able look out my window on any given day and say “I see dead people.”

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Cheap Hair Conditioner Rocked my World

Over the years I have used some fancy hair conditioners. Whatever the hair salon recommended, I bought. When I went to the store, I figured the more expensive stuff was the best.

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Interesting in Brooklyn….

Brooklyn is a place of people – very interesting people.

• Many people in Brooklyn are connected – either by blood or by money

• Some people disguise their connections

• Those who disguise their connections are always found out

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A Memory

Everyone once in awhile, I have a flashback memory. Most time life moves too quick for me to look back. I was very fortunate to have a wonderful godmother. My father chose his Aunt Helen to by my godmother. Aunt Helen was the sister-in-law to my grandmother. My grandmother didn’t like Aunt Helen and told stories about her all of the time (silly bitty stories). My mother didn’t care for my godmother too much either. But she was my father’s favorite Aunt because she showered him with attention. She was always complimenting my Dad in front of people – even about the way he walked.

Aunt Helen went out of her way for every single little event in my life. She was a widow and never had any children. For every birthday, Christmas, Easter, a good report card, etc. she sent me card with money. She had several godchildren and did this for each of them. When I was in second grade and I was making my First Communion, Aunt Helen gave my Mom $100 to buy my outfit. $100 was a lot back in the late 70’s. Over the years, although Aunt Helen tried very hard, I never took to her. I always felt like if I liked her, then my Mother would be upset. Aunt Helen showered me with praise and love and received little in return. Maybe my Mother was jealous or maybe she just felt judged by my Father’s family.

When I moved out and got my first apartment with a friend, Aunt Helen came over to see it. She brought me linens and corningware pots which turned out to be very useful. After coming to a party at my house, she noticed that I didn’t have a utensil holder. We just placed the knives and forks in the drawer. The following day, Aunt Helen had car service bring her to my house to drop off a large utensil holder. She then kissed me and left in car service. Did I forget to say that she was 80 years old at the time? Not only was Aunt Helen kind to me, she was kind to everyone else in the family. She was selfless and helped out whenever she could.

Aunt Helen died on New Years Day a few years ago. It took me awhile to go to her grave because I felt so terrible. Last summer, I went there with flowers. When I arrived at the cemetery, it was cloudy. When I went to Aunt Helen’s grave and planted the flowers, warm sun beamed on my back and I know she forgave me for my lack of attention and love.

Whenever I think about her, I realize that she loved me and the entire family unconditionally. I wish I had done more and given more of myself when she was alive.

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