Summer is here! It was down right hot the last 2 days. I'm shot but survived yesterday. We had about the number of people that we hoped for and made about 1/3 more in donations than what I had for a goal. So all was a success. I will post a few pictures after I upload them. I tried once and got some weird error message that the picture couldn't be copied to my computer. I gave up. We had a busy "family" day today and so the weekend is over. I did get in about 4 hours on Friday and about 5 hours of gardening on Sat. so all wasn't lost. So much to comment on that I won't attempt it tonight. I did think of this email I got recently when I read about Chelone's mum. Sorry things aren't up to snuff. No Nursing Homes for Us No nursing home for us. We are checking into the Holiday Inn! With the average cost for a nursing home care costing $188.00 per day, there is a better way when we get old & feeble. We have already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn. For a combined long term stay discount and senior discount, it's $49.23 per night. That leaves $138.77 a day for: breakfast, lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service. Laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5 worth of tips a day will have the entire staff scrambling to help you. They treat you like a customer, not a patient. There is a city bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up. It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today. And you are not stuck in one place forever, you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city. Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn there too. TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem. They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are ok. If not, they will call the undertaker or an ambulance. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grand kids can use the pool. What more can you ask for? So, when we reach that golden age, we'll face it with a grin. Just forward all our email to: us@Holiday.Inn Night all Michelle

As hard as it is to make a negative post, this one saved me. I had a big box sitting on my dining room table to be mailed the next morning to someone named purpleflor. I had never traded with her before, but she was so nice in her emails. I decided to do a search for her on rate and review and thought it strange that her user name did not come up at all. I expanded my search and found this thread and it sure sounded like the Erin in Illinois that my box was addressed to. I then contacted the 5 people who had made negative comments about her. Each one of them has confirmed that they mailed their boxes to the same address that mine was going to. Needless to say, my box is not going anywhere unless the box she was to mail to me on Monday 4-20 arrives. I would feel bad trading with someone who owes others plants. My thinking is that if she really had an accident, that does not change that she is feeling good enough now to be actively looking for new trades while she still owes people plants. If you search under her new name, you will see that she is actively looking for more trades. And if she is an honest trader, why did she change her user name? I give sincere thanks to the members who posted here to warn the rest of us. You saved me! If her box arrives in the next couple of days I'll certainly return to let everyone know. She told me that she would contact me when she shipped and she has not done that. BUT, she said she was going to ship on Monday and did not contact me to say otherwise when she knew I was to ship mine. If she has a hard luck story for me...well, I can only take coincidence so far...and the fact remains that she is arranging new trades while she has not come through on others.

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I have mixed reviews about them. No they didn't work for me for the weight loss and a couple other things I tried, (can't remember what they were for), but OTOH, I found them useful for some relaxation time. Helped me to focus, relax and relieve stress. Controlled breathing and concentration will do the same thing, but the music and waves were very relaxing and I'd finish feeling quite refreshed. I also noticed when I was listening to the version you could use in a vehicle, the trip just flew by. So, there's other alternatives that will give the benefits I got, but they weren't all that expensive when I bought them.