I like to wear Tactical Pants. I find them rugged, yet comfortable. I am frequently looking for bargains on them, and I found a good one today on the website at the lapolicegear.com website – a closeout of 5.11 rain gear pants for only $9.99 – marked down from the regular price of $79.99. The only catch was that they only have them in men’s extra small size, which is too small for me. I wear a medium. Oh well. Continuing my shopping I see that there is a great pair of tactical pants for sale for only $19.99. That’s great price! Those come in a variety of colors, and every imaginable size. I think I’ll be ordering a pair of those.
This is peeper season. No, I don’t mean “peeping tom” season, I mean the critters that make “peeping noise” all night long. These are amphibians that are trying to get the attention of the opposite sex so that they can mate. For years I’ve been told that they are frogs, but I was just reading a really interesting article on the yahoo news website about how some New England towns are actually organizing volunteer escorts to help amphibians cross the roads at night to help them get to their mating sites. Apparently these escorts try to find amphibians that are trying to cross busy roads and scoop them into buckets, and carry them safely across the road. I thought that was very interesting! The article continues to write about how some towns are considering building tunnels in parts of the road so that the amphibians will be better able to cross without needing that escort service. I thought that was a great idea too!
I’d really like to buy a new car for my wife in the next couple of years. She hasn’t bought a new car since 1997! I think that’s a long time to go without buying a new car. But she and I have not been able to come to an agreement about what kind of car to buy for her. She is all about wanting one of the mini vans that she has been coveting since they first came out! I keep telling her that those are no longer “in style” but she keeps responding with “I don’t care, that’s what I want, and who is the car supposed to be for anyway?” She wants it to be practical and be able to seat lots of people and pets. As for me, I’d rather it be something nice, just for her, like an audi a5.
When I tell her that she gets upset and tells me that she is not interested in buying a status symbol car like that! She says that if she were to want to buy a luxury car, she would prefer something along the line of a hyundai genesis, because she feels it it very comfortable inside, yet conservative on the outside. I don’t understand why she doesn’t like cars that seem to be screaming “I’ve got money.” That is one of the big differences between us I guess. So I’ll probably just let her decide on what she wants. After all, she IS the one who will have to drive it all the time!