I am fascinated about how much publicity is being given to the swine flu this year. Thankfully no one that I know personally has gotten it yet, and I hope that no one does. I am wondering why this flu is receiving more press than the other annual flu outbreaks that also kill lots of people! And I wonder why the flu is being called “pandemic” when the press is not reporting thousands of people being killed by it. And for Egypt to order all of their pigs to be slaughtered is simply absurd! People are not catching swine flu from pigs, for crying out loud!
My wife has been suggesting that this would be a good idea to invest a little bit of money in the stock market. I’ve always wanted to do some Stock Trading but have been quite nervous about it. I’ve known a lot of people that have lost a lot of money in the stock market! But then again, my aunt is very wealthy and she says it is largely due to investing her money in stocks. Of course, she has no interest in helping me to learn anything about trading stocks. Sometimes I wonder if all of her wealth is really above board, or if there were any shady dealings going on there!
My wife has suggested that we try Online Trading services to buy some stock. She says that it not hard to find an Online Broker that will help us without charging us an arm and a leg! She has found a website called firstrade.com that she has suggested that I read too. She says that there is a lot of good information in their link called “Knowledge Center” that will help us to learn about what to look for and help us with making the right decisions for our own future. So I guess I’ll be checking them out and see what I can learn about it.
This is the time of year when I am very busy using my sweeper to clean the driveways and parking lots. The salt and sand that was spread on the surfaces during the winter need to be removed. If it isn’t removed, then the stuff gets tracked into the stores and homes, and can ruin carpets. It also can get pushed onto the lawns, which ruins the lawns. So I am always glad when I have to sand and salt my customer’s driveways and parking lots because I consider it job security for the spring, when they will pay me to remove it! I love it! Getting paid to put in on, then getting paid to take it off! Life can be ironic sometimes!
My wife is friends with a lot of people that she has met through yahoo groups. She’s never met them, but she writes to them every day. Some are across the country, some are in Australia! She said that they all share a love of crafts, and that is what brought them together in the first place, but as time has gone by they’ve talked about their personal lives and become friends. Several of them have been concerned about a lot of home invasions in their neighborhoods. They have become very frightened; they feel that the police are not doing enough to investigate the burglaries, or to prevent future ones. A few of them have been burglarized themselves! My wife has been trying to convince them to buy Home Security Systems to help keep their houses safer. We’ve been considering buying a Home Security System ourselves; we expect with the job situation and economy worsening that there will be more crime as people become more desperate to find ways to survive. With a Home Security Surveillance System in place, we think that the loss of valuable posssessions and better peace of mind will be greatly increased.
Well, today is “Earth Day.” Did you do anything different today than usual? Go to any rallies, or watch special shows? I didn’t have time to do anything other than just go to work and wish that I had the time to do something in observance of Earth Day. All I managed to do was turn out the lights in places (like restrooms and break rooms) that I noticed were left on even when they were empty. My small part….. Oh well, I’d like to buy one of those tumbler compost things this summer – maybe that could be my “big” contribution!