Aunt's Funeral Today

Today is the funeral of one of my most favorite Aunts. Maybe that is because we both had a great love for good food and ice cream. We used to go and visit her and she would take us out to eat. The place where we ate always had many kinds of fresh pies. And you could get a half piece of pie because that was enough after a good noon meal. Both our favorite was cocoanut cream but we liked a lot of others too. She was 90 and the last time we visited her she took us to a new ice cream place where they had real cream ice cream and it was delicious. We will really miss her. She always had a big smile and was such a sweet person.

Iowa Hawkeyes

Our nephew stopped by this morning early. He brings us the Des Moines newspaper and is a big Hawkeye fan. They are 2-0 so far but haven't played any really serious games yet so we will see. We have a subscription to the Hawkeye news and it comes every week now so we pass it on to our nephew. He is quite a ball fan, same as my husband. With the new HDTV television set, the games are so much clearer and the color is fantastic. Just love this flat screen set that doesn't reflect everything in the room. We can have our lamps on now and it doesn't show up on the screen. More games on TV today and tomorrow so the TV will be busy.

He Insulted the King

From Bangkok, Thailand, comes word that a novelist was arrested on charges he insulted the king. Accused of defaming Thailand's royal family, an Australian writer, Harry Nicolaides, age 41, was arrested at Bangkok's airport as he was about to fly home. He lived in Thailand from 2003-2005 and wrote the novel "Verisimilitude" as a commentary on political and social life of contemporary Thailand. I wonder what they are going to do with him. I am sure there will be more in the news about it. You just cannot insult a king and get away with it.

Best Diet Pill

Have you checked out the shelves of diet pills recently? Everyone is aching to lose that extra 10, 20, or 30 and more pounds. So we all trot over to the diet pill section and oh my, there seem to be dozens and dozens of them and the prices - well, they take a huge bite out of your budget. If you can afford to buy them, you can't afford to buy groceries, so you will lose weight because you have nothing to eat. Just joking of course, but it is almost true. But which is the best diet pill? Now you can go to this online website and check out the top 10 best diet pills on the market. They tell you just what they do and how much they retail for. However, here you can buy them for so much less, almost half the price. Why pay so much when you can save money at this website?

Gas Prices

Well it looks like the gas prices came down a few cents. Every time they mention another hurricane, it seems that they raise the gas prices immediately while it is days off from coming ashore in the United States. We have done more driving than normal due to a death in the family and going to other towns for the visitations and funerals. Tomorrow we need to fill the gas tank again and I know it is going to be quite a lot of money to do it but you need to get around and go when necessary. We have cut back just about all we can. Some things you just can't put off and it takes gas to keep moving.

Acute COPD Exacerbation

I know several people who have COPD and one of them has been on oxygen for a long time now. She was a heavy smoker all her life and this is probably the main cause. By checking in to this online website Acute COPD Exacerbation you can learn a great deal about this condition. The diagnosis of COPD is very important and you can also find out the treatments, as well as, the prevention. This company has developed medical software that is used by over 500,000 health care professionals. It is a very good website to check out medicines and the side effects of taking them. Whatever you are suffering from, it would be interesting to delve into the treatments available and what medicines are safe and effective in order to cure you or help you feel better.

“This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.”

Law and Order TV

I just love the Law and Order television programs. There are three different ones and I tape them all and then watch them as I work on the computer. All the characters in each one are just a little different and I think they have great actors and great stories. They never let me down, each one is very interesting. I have always been interested in cops and robbers, so to speak and love these kinds of programs. I am glad it is time for the new season to start although I enjoyed watching some of the re-runs too this summer as I had missed a couple or was kind of busy and really didn't concentrate well enough on the stories the first time.