We were walking down Main Street tonight and saw a sign in front of two guys, who looked slightly homeless. There was a sign that said “$.50 good joke, $1 for a bad joke.

Well, you know which one i picked! partly because i was curious and partly to help the guys out, I don’t think either of them had jobs or home for that matter.

There are a lot of homeless in the world and a lot have taken residence in the towns where I live. It really is sad that there is a homeless problem out there, the bigger problem is that we can’t be civilized enough to fix it.

I love the different signs that say “Why lie, I’m going to buy alcohol”, at least that person is honest. There is so much more I want to tell you., but I’m exhausted and tapped out at the moment, so I apologize for the very brief posting.

In conclusion [ha ha]. I told them a very cute joke, didn’t really get me any where!

Taffy is a funny thing.

We like the way it looks, smells and tastes, most of the time. It’s nostalgic; takes us back to a simpler time and no matter what, it makes you think of the beach, well, it makes me think of the beach.

It’s sticky and messy and gets in your teeth and sticks to the roof of your mouth so you can’t talk, but no matter what, you’re going to eat it, well, as long as you don’t have braces, dentures or any other ailment to keep you from eating “real food”.

Are you thinking of the beach right now? I am!

I love both of these supermarkets but such a difference between the costs!

I remember discovering Trader Joe’s for the first time, a real neighborhood market, nice neighborhood feel, great selection, fantastic prices and this was when Two Buck Chuck was still two bucks! And when they built one in Boulder, how excited was I, I wouldn’t have to drive 45 minutes like I did in Atlanta. Here in Ann Arbor, 4 miles, how happy am I!

I also remember the day I discovered Whole Foods years ago and then I quickly turned around and walked out the door! How expensive, yet wonderful this place is! Fresh foods, salads, healthy stuff, what’s not to love?

Since I’m on the road I get a certain amount that I can spend on food per day and what I like to do is purchase food to have in my room for the week and I love some of the fresh salads that Whole Foods have to offer, specifically some vegan salads.

Yesterday, I went to both stores to get some groceries for the week. Here’s the huge difference…I spent $39 at Trader Joe’s and got two bags worth of stuff [see the picture on the right] and then I went to Whole Foods, spent $32 and got half a bag of stuff [see the picture on the left].

How does that work? Just one of life’s great mysteries.

I may have already talked about this, but as I don’t remember, I’m going to talk about it tonight/again! Thanks for humoring me!

Almost every time I write a blog post, I think I’ve said all I want to, but there are times that I know I don’t say it all, only because I have written enough or I think you might not be interested. Oh, trust me, I have a lot to say, as you have learned by hanging with me over the last few years, but sometimes I don’t want to go to far or maybe I’m too tired to finish. To that point, there have been a few times I was so tired that I fell asleep and woke up in the middle of blogging, those times I just have to wrap it up and hit the hay!

But…there are many times when I finish my post and I think of something an hour, sometimes even a few minutes after I hit post and I think “crud, I wanted to say something else, something more” and there have been times I have thought about doing a follow up and then I find something else to talk about.

Oh, i just had an idea! Go back through my posts and make one post that references them and tell you what else I wanted to say. Yeah, not going to happen! Maybe I’ll do that going forward, but as I said, at the moment, not going to happen! 

Ooh, I hope I’m done when I hit publish!

Time zones are so tricky, math is not fun!

So, you have the Eastern Time Zone, Mountain Time, Central and Pacific. I grew up in Eastern and lived in that time zone until a little over a year ago and that’s what I base my time on and do the math against. But believe me, it gets so confusing!

Mountain, where I am in Denver, is two hours behind, Central is an hour and Pacific is three, you confused yet? I had a call today with my counselor, she is Pacific, three hours behind and I called her from Denver, 2 hours behind, but one hour ahead of her. How about them apples! I had the hardest time figuring out when we could talk!

Another tough one is when you’re in a certain location and want to watch a specific tv show, but forget that you’re in central and the times are off. Watch something recorded, that helps!

Right now, I’m sitting in Denver and writing my post at 10:34, but for everyone back in Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Boston and NY, it’s 12:34, help! When I first moved to Colorado, I kept my east coast hours, so I worked 7a-3pm, think I ever felt like I was playing hooky at the end of the day, yup!

How about the extreme time differences, as in Hawaii being 5 hours behind Eastern or other countries like France being 6 hours ahead! I remember being in Paris for New Years Eve one year and was wishing people a Happy New Year at 6pm in NYC and Atlanta, GA! Ha ha!

Well, time zones are confusing, but wherever you are and whatever you are doing in your time zone, I hope you’re having a good time!

I applied for TSA pre-check a few weeks ago and this morning, looked and I got it!

I love that I would get it randomly, but now, I have it all the time and it cost me $85 for five years, how can you go wrong!

The thing that gets me now with traveling is since they got the X-ray scanners, they still have the metal detectors and you never know which one you’re going to have to go through until you get up there. That determines what I am going to have to remove.

You would also think that since this is pre-check and I don’t have to remove laptop, shoes, etc, I wouldn’t have to worry about my belt or jewelry. Not so. Today, first “official” pre-check and I had to remove my belt, bracelet, ankle weights. When I go through the scanner and not pre-check, I don’t have to do any of that!

Just tell me when I’m walking through security what it’s going to be! Let’s see what happens on my next flight!