I bought a new digital camera over the Internet today. I’ve had my reservations about buying one over the Internet, afraid that it would be a poor quality. But this particular camera I had been able to see in the store, up close and personal and felt it was a good camera. I would have bought it at the store, but they were sold out and couldn’t tell me when it was coming in again. I waited three weeks for it to come in, and it didn’t so I finally ordered it online. I could have had it shipped to the store for free, but it would have taken three weeks to get it, and having shipped to my house was only $6 and I am supposed to get it within three days. I figured that it was worth the $6 to get it that much earlier. It’s a 10mp 3xzoom and only cost $109! A bargain! I’m really looking forward to getting it and starting to use it!
Archive for November, 2008
Well, I’m still trying to get that insulated sports bottle down pat. I’ve been putting boiling hot water in it about ten minutes before I’m going to put my hot drink in it. I was trying to put hot chocolate in it, but that just wasn’t working. The directions on the hot chocolate say to use hot, not boiling, water in it. If I do that the hot chocolate in the sports bottle is not kept hot for very long at all! So I’ve switched to hot apple cider or some version of a sugar free flavored drink mix and actually let it boil and then pour the hot water out of the sports bottle and pour the hot drink in.
Then I put the bottle inside one of those foam “can cozy” things for extra insulation. I don’t even try to drink it for about an hour because it really IS too hot then – but it keeps my hands warm! After about an hour it is still pretty hot – a good “drinking temperature.” An hour after that, forget it, it is room temperature. But that’s OK because I like the apple cider and/or fruity drink hot or cold. So I’ve managed to make it “tolerable” but I would not recommend it to my friends to buy one - it just doesn’t work as well as I had hoped.
A few weeks ago I was informed by several people that the plastic sports bottle that I always drink out of is bad for my health. The well meaning people were very insistent that it leached dangerous chemicals into my drink and that I could die from cancer from it down the road. They told me that I could buy insulated stainless steel sports bottles over the Internet, so I went online and found a company that sells insulated stainless steel sports bottles. I ordered a couple of them, thinking I’d give a few out as gifts as Christmas gifts. That was really the only way I could justify the exorbitant shipping fee! It cost me almost as much money to ship one as it did to ship three!
Anyway, they arrived in the mail on Saturday and I gave one a try today. It was a cold day so I decided to pour some hot chocolate in it this morning before I left for work. There was a big warning sticker on the box that the bottle came in, warning that the hot liquid would stay “just as hot” for several hours. Well an hour later my “hot chocolate” was only room temperature chocolate milk. I guess I’ll try it again tomorrow with pre-warming the bottle with hot water before pouring the hot chocolate in it, and I’ll make sure the hot chocolate is a lot hotter going into the bottle. I’d hate to think that I’d wasted my money on a bottle that won’t keep my hot chocolate hot for at least an hour!
Well I really wanted to go out today and observe the Veteran’s Day ceremonies but I was hit with some kind of 24 hour (I HOPE it’s only 24 hours!) stomach virus, so I stayed in bed all day and watched television instead. I felt really guilty about staying in bed, that’s not like me at all – I am always active. But today I just had to lay low, I felt really bad all day long. Drank lots of ginger ale, ate lots of jello and toast. Hoping tomorrow will be a better day. But I did want to give a shout out to all of the men and women, active and inactive who have served (or are serving) in the military that I appreciate all they have done and will do to defend our country. You are appreciated.
I sure was glad that I absentee voted last week! I drove past the polling location several times yesterday, going back and forth between jobs and saw a long line going out and around the building every time I drove past! The parking lot was full and overflowed a half-mile down the street! I’ve never seen such a large turnout of voters! I have to say that I was really impressed with how many people actually seemed to be inspired to come out and vote this time! I think i heard that this was a record turnout, and I believe it. Not just for our town, but for the nation. I think that’s a good thing that so many people came out to vote, it would be nice to think that the new President REALLY is representing the country, and not just the 20% or so that bother to vote.