My sister recently found out that she was pregnant. She is so excited. This is her and her husband’s first child. She was even excited to start wearing maternity clothes. Nobody could believe that she actually wanted to wear them. Of course, most of them had already had 2 or more children, so they were tired of them. She went shopping one day to buy her some new maternity clothes and ended up buying many more than she had originally planned. She loved them! They came in so many different styles and colors. She had never really paid attention to the many different stores there were either, that sold maternity clothes. Now all she is waiting on is a little time to gain weight so she can begin wearing them.

My grandparents had never had the internet before. My Grandfather just retired and they were on a very limited income. Since my Grandmother had never worked, she had no retirement to draw. They still had 3 years before receiving Social Security and were trying to make ends meet on my Grandfathers retirement alone. They couldn’t travel or make many long distance phone calls, due to the high costs. Due to missing all their children and grandchildren, the decided to get the internet since everyone else in the family already had it, and they could communicate daily with everyone that way. I told my Grandfather everything to get and he got it and had me hook it up for him. The only thing he didn’t get was the fiber optic cables. He was not aware that he would need these to hook up the internet. It ended up being no problem, as he and I made a trip to the local computer store and picked some up. They now have faster internet than I’ve ever used and are communicating with everyone and are so much happier. I’ll probably have to start going over there to use their internet for super fast downloads.

My Mother and Father had an anniversary coming soon. It was the big important 50th Anniversary. My brothers and sisters wanted to do something special for them, but we  really weren’t sure what to do, or what my parents would like. We tried to decide if we should give them a reception, gift or pay for them to go on a trip. We set up an appointment with a travel agent to discuss luxury vacations. We decided to pay for them to go on a tip to Hawaii, since they always talked about going there. They never were able to take any big trips, due to how expensive it was to raise 4 children. We also gave them a low budget, inexpensive reception before they left. We learned that giving someone a luxury vacation, or taking one yourself, can sometimes be a one in a lifetime experience and one you’ll never forget.

For my brothers birthday I picked him up some new 2008 DC skate shoes. He loves the DC brand and he has been wanting the new 2008 Rob Dyrdek shoe, so I know he’s going to love these. They cost me right around $65 at a local shoe store. I can’t really complain about the price, though. The shoes are made very well and every pair of shoes he gets always last him forever.

My son recently got hurt on one of the swing sets at his daycare. He was swinging and the chain broke, which caused him to fall to the ground. I reported it to the state we live in and they did an investigation and went to the daycare to check the complete playground out. I also had medical insurance I turned it into as well, to pay for all medical expenses. They needed a copy of the report from the state, too. The findings on the state’s report concluded that all the swing sets at the daycare center needed to be replaced. They were not up to the states code and were rusted in many places and falling apart. After all the swing sets were replaced, we never had any further problems.

My girlfriend gave me a nice USB flash drive as an early easter present this year. She knows that I love little gadgets like this and I was pretty surprised that she actually picked out a nice 4gb one. I’ve already used it to transfer some of the files from my home computer onto my work computer and vice versa. I love this little thing.

A friend of mine recently gave me a huge amount of CAT6 cable that was left over on a job that his company did. His company does alot of networking jobs and they always endup just leaving lots of cable and other random supplies at the jobs that are left over. My friend usually tries to gather up all of the left over items that he can and he either sells them or gives them to me.

I went to the store to buy myself a new high definition television. When I got home and opened everything up that was included in the box, the HDMI cables were not included. I was not aware of this when I bought the television, so I had to make an extra trip back to the store to buy some. The price for the HDMI cables were much more expensive than I thought they would be. For the high price of the television, I think they should include them with it.

Last year a close friend of mine went through the daunting task of applying for a mortgage loan. He didn’t really have any idea what to expect when he started going through the loan process, but he sure found out quick that it wasn’t anything to be taken lightly or without complete knowledge of all of the terms and conditions involved in the loan. He was trying to get the mortgage loan against his house so that he could start a small business. He asked me for my help at first, but I know absolutely nothing when it comes to loans or mortgages or much other credit and financial processes. He ended up getting the loan but I still don’t think he completely understands all of the terms associated with it. I asked him a few questions that he couldnt really give me the answers to. I really hope that he made the right choice and didn’t just jump into it after listening to the guy that he was talking to who works at the bank. I’m sure the guy would be willing to tell him whatever he wanted to hear to get him to sign the papers. I wish him luck, though. He deserves to succeed with his new business.

I’m really starting to think that the internet hates me. It seems like anytime I try and do something I either cant get it to work properly or it just doesn’t work at all. I don’t know if it’s my computer or what, but it’s getting pretty irritating and annoying when every time I try and do something online it just doesn’t work like it should.