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Don’t trip

Charlotte — Mon, 30 May 2011 02:15:31 +0000

Sometimes it’s just not easy to place things where you don’t have to run cords across the floor. To help you so you don’t trip over the cord you can buy some floor cord covers which will cover up the cord and make the area look much nicer and safer.

You can even buy these in different colors and styles to match your decor. They come in woodgrain too. Prices are reasonable so there is no need to have cords where they don’t belong because it’s not affordable to hide them.

I wish they had used them in my condo to take the cable for the TV from one side of the room to the other. Instead they have the cable running up over the sliding glass door then down along the baseboard then up along the fireplace then down along the baseboard to the opposite wall. It just doesn’t look very neat.

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On the verge of insomnia

Charlotte — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:25:43 +0000

I’m getting on the verge of insomnia again. It takes me a long time to fall asleep at night. My brain won’t shut off… it keeps thinking and thinking and thinking. I need it to shut up and let me get some sleep. I really don’t like to take sleeping pills all the time. I like to wake up with a clear head and not a medicine head feeling.

Some prescription sleep medicines can have some nasty side effects that I don’t want to have to worry about and cause me to sleep even less!

I know the lack of sleep is not because of not being comfortable. I’m completely comfortable when I lay down to sleep. I don’t have the TV on or any other distractions except that my mind just keeps on spinning and I need that to stop.. quick, fast and in a hurry!

Spare bedroom = less aggravation

Charlotte — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:16:02 +0000

We have a spare bedroom that serves as a guest room and a playroom for when the grandkids are here. The room has a bed, dresser, recliner and a TV that the boys XBox is hooked up to. We didn’t used to have a spare TV but we do now and I thought it would be better to have the boys play their games in there when they are here.

It is better.. it’s quieter and hubby can watch what he wants in the living room. Before Tayler went to Texas with her mom she got to play on the XBox without bothering anyone or anyone bothering her. Andi even went in there to play the XBox too. I guess she needed an escape from her parents too.

That bedroom is a really nice size and there is still plenty of room even with the bed, dresser, recliner, TV and toys.

What to do

Charlotte — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:03:23 +0000

I have a spare bedroom that gets used once in awhile. I’ve been trying to decide if I want to move my office furniture (desk) out of the living room and put it in the spare bedroom. I already have a bed, dresser, 2 night tables, my elliptical and some boxes in there.

This would involve a lot of re-arranging of furniture. On second thought maybe I should just leave things as they are. If I do move the desk then I lose being able to watch TV while blogging. That wouldn’t be any fun at all!

Big entertainment center

Charlotte — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:25:37 +0000

I really want to get rid of the huge entertainment center I have in my living room. The problem with doing away with that is I’d have no place to put my old TV, dvd player and the grandkids Xbox. I’d really love to get a flat screen TV and get a tv mount and mount it on the wall.

I’d still have the problem of what to do with the dvd player and Xbox but the TV problem would be taken care of. I could put a nice small bookcase under the TV and put those things on there or a small cabinet with doors to hid the electronics. I think the latter would be the better thing to do. I’ll have to think on this one for a bit and figure out the best thing to do.

Late night TV

Charlotte — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:12:00 +0000

Have you ever watched late night TV when you get a case of insomnia? I would get insomnia quite a bit and be up to 3 or 4 in the morning. TV at that time usually consists of commercial programs.. you know… the kind of programs that try to sell half-asleep people all kinds of things. They sell household cleaners, exercise equipment, colon cleanse products, beauty products and much more.

If you’re a shop-a-holic.. don’t stay up late at night and watch TV.. you’ll go broke. Those people selling that stuff are good at what they do and they can really rope you in if you aren’t careful. It’s best to find a movie or some DIY show to watch.. it’s cheaper.

New Project

Charlotte — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:41:51 +0000

I started a new crochet project last night. It’s a picnic basket cover-up for a tissue box. Isn’t it cute?

I didn’t have enough beige/tan yarn to make the basket part so I’m using black for that. I’m about halfway finished and it will probably be done tonight. I think it’s cute. I know cover-ups aren’t for everyone and they usually aren’t for me, but I saw this pattern and thought it was adorable.

Crocheting keeps my hands busy at night while I’m watching TV. It’s better than sitting around doing market research or smoking!