Just because we live in a small town in Tennessee, doesn’t mean I cannot keep up with things going on in the world. Anyone that knows me knows that I love to be on Facebook. I just know that the boy who invented it is such a genius. It is a tool that can be used for so many different things. The other day I was clicking around looking at all the channels that we have on television since we switched our cable television to www.direct.tv. I found a movie called The Social Network that is about how Facebook got started. I am sure that parts of it were fictional, but I liked seeing the thinking that went into getting such a huge project started that ended up changing so much in the world we live in today. The guy that actually started Facebook is named Mark Zuckerberg. I think that I would like to talk to that kid someday and pick his brain. But the guy that played him in the movie made him look like a weirdo. I saw there is another program coming on that looks more like a documentary called Mark Zuckerberg – Inside Facebook. I hope that Mark will be interviewed for that show. I kind of want to hear him talk.

The Internet has become a very valuable tool to help people find the best mortgage rates as most of us know by now. The process of applying for a mortgage is a long and tricky one, I wish that I had had access to the Internet when I was shopping around, I would have known a lot more, knowledge is power and power = money and when it comes to a mortgage, no matter how low the interest rate, is a lot of money even if you have perfect credit scores to your advantage.

The tub that they bought came with a spa cover, but it was pretty beat up.  Last weekend I was over to their place and they were showing me the tub and the beat-up cover.  I think they were hoping that I could repair it or upholster it or something!  It looked to me as if some rodents had tried over the winter to use the foam for bedding material!  I told them that I was way too busy to get involved in trying to repair or recover spa covers, especially when they can be bought for a reasonable price on the Internet!

I am the oldest of four kids. We all have our unique qualities. My youngest brother is the artsy one. He is the person you can go to for any type of art and he is able to produce it quickly. One of my sisters is the smart one. I think she could win any kind of trivia game because she knows everything there is to know about anything. I have always been the technology one. I think it will forever be my place with my family. Everyone always comes to me with any and all technology questions. Sometimes it is questions about Microsoft Word, sometimes it is questions about direct tv vs cable and sometimes it is questions about operating a computer. I am always happy to help and I love my family, but the world is getting so advanced with technology that they might need to start learning some things. My mom can’t keep calling me every time she needs to turn on the computer or open a webpage. I keep hoping she will remember, but I keep getting calls about simple things.

Four years have passed since the car accident happened that ruined my life. I was on my way home from work when I was rear ended by a car whose driver was too busy talking on the phone to realize that the cars in front of her had stopped for a red traffic signal.

She rear-ended the vehicle in front of me, pushing that vehicle into the rear of my truck. At the time of impace I was in the process of changing the CD in the CD player, since I had already stopped for the traffic light. I was badly injured as a result of the accident, and we had to hire a lawyer to help us to recover the costs of the accident. I wish that we had been able to find a claim calculator on the Internet back then to help us figure out what type of award we might be able to expect from the accident. As it is we still have not yet settled from the accident, and I am thinking that we never will see any money from it.

Facebook was a good resource when looking to see if this company that offers great Daily Deals is really on the up and up. Come to find out a few people that are my Facebook friends had used this website just recently for some of their Christmas shopping needs and all had good things to say about it. That was good to know, you just gotta love Facebook these days. I never knew how much I would rely and depend on all that Facebook has to offer these days. Kinda makes me wonder what they will come up with next.

Beth found a great resource on the Internet that she has been using to look for Retirement Residences for her mother to move into.  It is called senioropolis.com, and it is designed to be a guide to senior citizens throughout Canada to help them find housing,  and jobs, and has a lot of links to places that are important such as Healthcare, and links to places of interest such as workshops and lectures.  Sounds like a great resource to me!

We looked into wireless internet service plans and found the best plan for our speed and data needs. Now, I can use the internet to pursue one of my hobbies. I love to collect vintage china. I have several patterns that I am collecting. They are antique and cannot be found at a regular retail store. I have had to piece them together by buying on-line and trading with vendors. My favorite pattern that I have been collecting since I was in my early twenties is a beautiful pattern by Staffordshire. It was produced from 1918-1938. It is called “Chelsea Bird”. It is a beautiful hand painted bird on delicate china. There are different colors of the pattern. The most that I have is of the burgundy. I have collected an eight-piece setting with some serving pieces. I want to collect the cobalt blue, mustard, and Kelly green colors too. They are more rare and really hard to track down. I got lucky on Ebay last year and got six dinner plates from a lady in Kentucky. It is rare to find so many together!

Gosh, I don’t really know what else to do to save my marriage. It’s harder to be a couple living together than I imagined it would be and I’m finding out things about my husband that I just didn’t know until we moved in together. I just can’t imagine a time when I’m going to be used to all his stubble in the sink and the way he snores at night…ugh! The worst thing is that he’s just really inconsiderate – I know that it comes from years of living alone and not having to share a space with anyone but hey, I’m his wife and I know there’s something he’s got to give to be a better partner. I asked him to go to SatelliteTVFamily.com to look into cable for the house the other day, for example, and he said he didn’t have time. Then he got all pouty a week later when we didn’t have the TV channel that carried the football game he wanted! We’ve both got a lot to learn.