Getting Better

Refer to title! I am still moving kind of slow and the post is a little late.

I feel like I have lost an entire day. As you may recall, I called in sick at work and went to sleep for like forever. The only thing I had to eat yesterday was medicine, The only thing I had to drink was water. Gee what a day.

I am feeling better today. However, if I can steal a line from Winnie the Pooh, "I'm so rumbly in my tumbly..." The only difference is I don't feel like munching and early luncheon. Hopefully tomorrow I will will be on top of the world and posting normally.

Have a great day, I know I am doing my best.

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No Post of Significance--Sick Today

I have no post of significance today. I was sick last night and got very little sleep. I suppose I got food poisoning from something I ate last night. At any rate, I called in sick and didn't go to work. I went back to bed and didn't get up until 3:30 this afternoon. I normally post around 5:00 AM. Today I am posting at 4:30 PM. Today can be summed up in a word, BLEECH!! Charles Schultz was always a master of turning the descriptive phrase.

There will be a better post tomorrow if I continue to improve. See ya then.

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It's A Blue Day But I'm Not Blue

Busy day yesterday. Chris called me at work to let me know that my new phone came in. Great! I couldn't wait to get home and check it out. I had to stay and tutor though. Got home from school after 5:00 PM. I got stuck on the bridge over I-35 and had to sit for a while. It always gets blocked around this time due to truck traffic. The truck stop has just added a maintenance facility. Also, several new truck related services and warehouses have opened recently. Needless to say the truck traffic has picked up and makes it kinda hectic at times.

The state has recently announced that they will begin the I-35 widening project from State Highway 6 down to Lorena this year. That means the highway that I travel on to go to work will be fully involved soon and will last for the next three years. Yippee! Not! They will also be replacing the bridge over the interstate. This is good because there is near total gridlock in the area at times. It will be good to have a new bridge because the current one is a two-lane bridge and carries a lot of traffic currently.

Back to my original story. I got home after 5:00 PM and looked forward to checking out my new phone. NO! I didn't get a fancy one. I got a simple Sony Ericsson. It is the z310a. I was ready to set it up and the documentation said to charge it up first. Rats! I plugged it in and then Chris told me she had some errands to run so away we went. When we got back I was ready. Not for the phone. I had to eat. By now it was 7:00. I fixed supper and ate and finally got to the phone. It was fully charged by now and ready to go.

This phone is pretty cool. It has a camera. Now I know that isn't that cool anymore. Almost all phones have them now. For me it is cool because it's my first. The best part about this phone, at least for me, is the color effects that it has. It rings with colors. Different colors. I like the blue. I like most anything blue. My keyboard has blue lights. The warning light on my truck alarm is a flashing blue light. The light on my WD Passport drive is blue. If you want to sell it to me put a blue light on it and I'll probably buy it. Chris even got me a dozen LED tea lights. Yep. They're blue lights too.

The phone? Oh yeah, the phone. I imagine I'll be spending the next several days tweaking it and getting everything just right. If I have a problem I'll let you know. Lesson plans tonight. The weather broadcast say we may have snow or sleet or some other type of wintry precipitation tonight or tomorrow morning. If so, there's a chance for a late start at school. I'll keep you posted on that too.

I got a sample of dog food in the mail today. Yep. It came from Blue Buffalo. What can I say. I just like blue. One day I'll show you a Blue Sunflower. Ignore the fact that my truck is red. I suppose I was blue and just saw red.

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Hot or Cold...It Can Wait Till Later

Things are never the way we want it. It's about 30 degrees outside right now. Well that's too cold. Turn up the heat. Later this summer it will be 90+ degrees. Well that's too hot. Crank up the AC.

I need to dig some post holes in order to put up a new fence. It's too cold for that right now. I know I'm going to wait until it's warmer. Later, when it's warmer I'll probably decide it's too hot. I'll want to wait for cooler weather next winter for sure. One day I'll get that fence put up. It'd be better if someone else did it though.

I need to get out in the garden and do some work. Yep! Too cold. Wait till later is a good idea. Until, of course, it's hot. Then I'll want to wait.

Last summer Chris wanted me to help her clean out the garage. Gee Chris, it's too hot. Let's wait till it cools off. Well it's cool now. And guess what? The garage got cleaned out. Not by me though. I was busy with school work. Chris did it all by herself. Although I did move some boxes for her. It seems that she couldn't reach that high. She was able to clear out a lot of stuff. Look out Goodwill, here we come! The only problem is that she made so much room that I'm sure that it won't take long for it to fill up again.

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Insert Twilight Zone Theme Music Here

Julie called me from work yesterday. Monday was apparently a slack day at her workplace. She told me that she Googled my blog. I suppose she couldn't remember the address and wanted to look at it or show it to someone. She clicked on the link that she thought was my blog. She got a surprise and had to call and tell me about it.

Cue the Twilight Zone theme now.

That's OK. I've done it for you here.



It turns out that there is another blog with a similar name as mine. This other blog is named Horst Happenings; mine of course is Horst Household Happenings. Now wait a moment. The similarities do not end there. First, both blogs are hosted on Blogger. Next, I started my blog on December 11, 2007. The other blogs first post was on December 23, 2007. WOW! Now, the weirdest part is that the other blog belongs to Barry Horst in Hanover, PA . Our names are almost the same. Our middle initial is different though.

The web address for my blog is horsthappenings.blogspot.com.
The web address for the other blog is bbhorstfamilyhappenings.blogspot.com.

Is that not weird?

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FREE, FREE, FREE

I cleaned up the desk and went through all of the mail yesterday. No surprises were found. Thank goodness!

Now I know why the stack was so big. There must have been 5 or 6 magazines in there. Not catalogues, but magazines. So I decided to do some checking and actually see how many magazines we get.

Well, let me tell you. You would think this is a doctor's waiting room or some other sort of waiting room. I counted at least 17 magazine subscriptions that are current. We only pay for 2 of subscriptions. The others are free.

The magazines I receive are a varied lot. I receive several magazines that are home or decorating themed; such as, Metropolitan Home, Garden & Gun, Elle Decor, Old House Journal, Country Living, and Good Housekeeping. I actually paid for Country Living and Good Housekeeping. I have since found a way to get Good Housekeeping free. I'll tell you about that later.

I also receive several magazines that focus around the technology/hobby theme. They are Sound & Vision, PC Magazine, Popular Photography, Popular Science, and Kit Planes. I suppose related to the hobby theme would be Western Outdoors and Flying.

Since Chris and I grandparents we receive Grand. We receive a magazine from Kraft Foods, Food & Family. We even get Frozen Food Age and World Trade. Go figure!

Remember all of the above subscriptions were free with the exception of Country Living and Good Housekeeping. Here is a partial listing, in no certain order, of other magazines I have received for free in the past: Boating, Woodcraft, Edutopia, Cruise Travel, Skiing, Log Home Living, TV Guide, Log Home Design, and Electronic House. I have probably had more but can't remember them all.

Because we get so many I have let 3 paid subscriptions lapse because I don't have time to read them all. They were good magazines. I think you may have heard of them before; National Geographic, Texas Highways, and Reader's Digest. The only problem I had with them is that they weren't free.

How do I get free magazine subscriptions. Easy. I signed up with Freebizmag.com. This is a web site that offers free business publications and will offer free subscriptions to mainstream magazines also. If I remember correctly Veterans Advantage buys a lot of these as an inducement for their products and services. There is also a website called AdPerks that allows you to watch advertising at your leisure on your computer to earn subscriptions. This is how I got the Popular Science subscription and plan on getting Good Housekeeping this way when the current subscription expires. AdPerk looks like they will be adding several other magazines in the future. Country Living is one they plan to add. Good. That meansd I won't have to pay for any of my magazine subscriptions. Give it a look see. It can't hurt.

I suppose I better go. I think I need to catch up on my reading.

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