Super slinger

Meet the new super snow cone slinger!! Yes, me, lol!! The lady that worked in the snack bar is quitting Monday due to health reasons. So that leaves the snack bar empty-handed for whatever time is left in the tourist season, maybe two or three weeks at the most. While I would not consider doing it for any serious length of time, I can handle it for that long. So, starting next Tuesday I'll be working full time with Sundays and Mondays off. At least I don't have to wear one of those stupid peaky hats.

Before I leave here today, I'm going to see if we have any type of a CD player. The radio is fine, but occasionally I'd like to hear a little Queen or Meatloaf or other driving 95 music. They brighten up the day like no other - makes you smile!

Where did July go?

Look at the date!! Where did July go? It must have slipped past me while I was lying on the couch dreaming of days that I did not have a cold. I am still suffering from the effects of it, coughing and wheezing. Hope it finds a new home soon, I'm tired of it.

We have gotten a sprinkle of rain the last couple of days. Hope this is the new pattern as our well is starting to go dry, the sprinkler system is just pumping out enough water to keep the grass kinda green. I know some of you are wishing for dryer days where you live, but we have been in a drought, rainfall is down 21 inches for the year here. I'm looking forward to one of those rain-all-day days where you stay inside (if you can) and read a good book.

I've had to work the last three days and still have two more ahead of me before I get a day off. One of the girls has left us to pursue her master's degree in Alabama. I'm going to miss her, she loved to work so I had great hours. While they will never replace her, I hope they find another body soon. In the meantime, the checks are nice.

Off I go, snack bar today. Snow cones anyone?

I hate colds!!

Can you catch a cold over the internet?? If you can, then I think I caught it from Kitty Kat. She has been sneezing and wheezing way up there but I think those little germs came all the way down here to catch me unawares, lol.

I hate it when I have a head cold. For some reason, my brain shuts down and the nose faucet leaks so much that I would swear I have a loose washer up there that needs tightened. Someone call the plumber. This week, I'd buy stock in Proctor and Gamble and whatever other company deals in kleenex and cold meds.

If I had a lot of money, I'd be buying stock in things that we will need as we grow out. Health care and health related items are going to be HOT, HOT, HOT as the oldest of the baby-boomers will hit 60 this year, hard and fast. And, in such numbers that everyone will be reeling from the shock.

Something is going to have to be done but I don't have any answers. Thank goodness for insurance, for as long as it lasts.

Pawn shops

Yesterday a friend had to replace his cell phone after leaving it in his jeans which went into the washing machine. He went to Nextel for a replacement phone but in order to get a free one the clerk told him that he would have to upgrade his plan from $39.95 to $59.95. At that rate, $60 per month, he could buy a new one and save himself mega bucks after the first year. What surprised us is that the clerk told him to check out the local pawn shops. That they got them in all the time and he could get a slightly used one for a fraction of the cost of a new one.

So he and CD went shopping. Guess what! He got a replacement phone for $100. The guy at the pawn shop said that even Nextel buys Blackberries from them. All the pawn shop has to do is call them and they will come and get them. He said he didn't call them, that he prefers to sell to customers and they fly out the door. He didn't know if Nextel resold them or just wanted to get them off the market.

Apparently, as long as you have a newer model cellphone that has a chip that is transferable to another phone, you can buy any discount phone you want. I just thought I'd share this with you cellphone buffs out there. It doesn't do me any good, my cellphone is so old that I would have sign a new contract.

New dictionary entries

Have you heard the new words that are being incorporated into the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary? Words such as: unibrow, bling??

Unibrow = one continuous brow. [This has been used since M*A*S*H the series back in the 1970's with Margaret's boyfriend, Colonel Penobscot.]

bling = glitzy jewelry [think Mr. T in the A-team]

soul patch = a small patch of hair under the lower lip [think you missed a spot when you were shaving]

drama queen =a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions [think my granddaughter, J]

an empty suit = an ineffectual executive (boy, have I known a few of these guys!]

himbo = an attractive but vacuous man [think "male bimbo"]

mouse potato = same as couch potato. (self-explanatory, lol)

These words are supposed to be enduring, showing up a lot in magazines, newspapers, etc.. But, in a conversation yesterday with above said granddaughter, I learned that "bling" is now passe'. The new hip word to describe glitzy jewelry is "ICE"!! So the old becomes new again.

Of sno-cones and other tasty things

Have you eaten a sno-cone lately? Sweet syrupy drink made with shaved ice? We offer several flavors and I have tried them all, strawberry, cherry, grape, lime, blue raspberry, pina colada, watermelon, blue bubblegum. They are all terrible but the kids, and some adults, love them. They are also terribly profitable. Buy a bottle of syrup, grate up some ice, and charge $2.50+ for them, at a profit of about $2.00 after operating costs. We thank you, the animals thank you - since it is a non-profit organization, all the monies go back into the business.

Another nasty food is corn dogs. I don't know how anyone eats them. They are gross. A teeny weeny hot dog blanketed under a mound of dough. UGH! These are bad for your heart and really really bad for your hips.

I do make a mean salted pretzel though. I can microwave those with the best of them and get the salt just right. Wouldn't eat one, but I have a way with them.

Don't ask for ice cream though, especially if you are outside in 90+ degree heat. Do you know how long they last? Can you eat that fast? Can your kid eat that fast? Usually they just end up wearing them.

This is brought to mind since I am working the snack bar today....sure hope it is busy as it can get extremely boring out there.