Insurance premiums are so high, but people need insurance.  There are many types.  We have health insurance, homeowners insurance, flood insurance, car insurance and life insurance.  Some people have even more than that.   We haven’t had a major illness, but without health insurance, skyrocketing medical costs could bankrupt us.   We’ve had to use our homeowners insurance twice, once when a horrific hail storm came through and we had to get a new roof.   The other time was when straightline winds (several locals sited funnel clouds but on TV they said it was straightline winds) blew two huge 60 year old trees over on top of our house.  That created a hole in our daughter’s walk-in closet.  You could stand in her closet and look straight up and see the sky.  So we definitely needed insurance in those two instances.  But the thing about insurance is that it’s so expensive.  That’s why it’s important to find the best price.  One place to check is key man insurance.  Insurance is one thing you don’t want to be without when you need it!

One million cribs have been recalled after three infant deaths caused by a faulty drop-rail side. The brands “Simplicity for Children” and “Graco” are sold by large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. The cribs affected were sold from January 1998 to May 2007 for $100-$300. This is the fourth recall for Simplicity in two years.

This is one clever squirrel.   Go to the link below and watch the video:

http://www.chilloutzone.de:80/files/07080606.html

Why is it so neat to give a new baby a bath? I guess because everything is so new and the first things that the baby does or experiences are special. When our grandson had his first bath recently, our daughter and s-i-l bathed “Baby J” while I took pictures. And I shared with them what I did when our son was a baby: put a washcloth in the strategic area so you don’t get sprayed! LOL 🙂 “Baby J” enjoyed his bath and it was a good experience for him.

When babies get older and you have a lot of bath toys, The Mommy Blogger has a great idea: Put the toys in a plastic basket so the water can drain out the bottom. That way the toys don’t get slimy. And I don’t know anybody who likes yuchy, slimy bath toys. Visit the Mommy Blogger to get more great ideas.

Computers are one of the greatest inventions and make work so much easier.  They are great for communication, also, as people can communicate as often as they want or as necessary.   To be honest, I didn’t use computers much until our daughter went off to college.  Before then, I’d just tell her, my husband or our son what I needed on the computer and they would do it for me.  (I wasn’t spoiled, was I?  LOL)  But after our daughter was gone to college , I quickly learned how absolutely wonderful email was.  We would email each other on almost a daily basis and still do to this day even though she’s been out of college for four years. 

But just as computers are so wonderful to use, they can be equally frustrating when they’re not working like they should or like we want them to.  Sometimes fixing the problem is simple and sometimes it takes getting outside help (for me…my husband) to fix the problem.  One thing that’s important is having enough memory to run several programs.   Some people need IBM memory, but whatever kind you need, be sure you have plenty of it.  That’s one thing I have learned about computers.  🙂