Introducing Bandit to My Grandson

Bandit was more than happy to give Logan kisses and cuddle with him. 

Logan was more interested in what I was doing with the camera. lol 

We made sure both of them were being held securely so no one got hurt...mostly Bandit. Logan has a pretty strong grip so we made sure he didn't get a hold of poor Bandit and squeeze him or anything but Logan wasn't really interested.

Until he finally saw the little furry creature moving..then he kept looking at him and smiling.

Grandpa held his hand and let him pet Bandit while my daughter held Bandit. Bandit just wanted to give kisses. 

Their first meeting went very well.

Proud Grandma

My Grandson Logan, almost 4 months old.

Logan is getting so big.

My sister in law came for a visit. Grandpa was making Logan laugh.

He's a happy baby, that's for sure.

He's gonna be crawling around before we know it.

My daughter and grandson.

He's gonna be crawling soon.

Grandpa feeding Logan.

Grandpa (my hubby) looks tired. lol 

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too.

This week I received so many freebies that I couldn't fit them all in one picture!

                                                            From First picture:
                                                        A sample pack of Pull ups

A newborn onsie for doing a short survey

Advil Allergy and Congestion relief pills and coupons

Flexitol Heel Relief

Enfamil powdered formula mix

I was sent the Advil Allergy and Congestion Relief and coupons from smiley360

and found the links for the other free samples on Freebie Shark and Hey It's Free

From Second picture:

A coupon for a free 2 litre bottle of Pepsi Next

Undone by Sara Humphreys- I won from Tea and Book Blog

                                       Dr. Scholl's Massaging Gel insoles for women from BzzAgent

Fancy Feast cat food

I found the Pepsi Next coupon and the cat food freebie from a link on Freebie Shark.

Twitter Promoted Posts

If you use Twitter, you've probably seen posts much like the one above...a Promoted Post. 

I saw one the other day and wondered how it got in my Twitter feed so I did some searching and this is what I found out...

Companies pay to have Tweets like this one put into news feeds of Twitter users that twitter thinks you might find useful. I found one from Toyota..and have no idea why Twitter would think I would find this useful. 

So I wondered how can I get rid of these promoted Tweets. I found that they are extremely easy to get rid of..just hover your mouse over the Tweet and click the words that say "Dismiss". All gone. 

Now I don't get many promoted posts so I don't have to do this very often but I thought anyone who has seen these and had the same questions about how to get the tweet out of their feed would gain something from this post. 

Rats Like To Photo Bomb Me

This is probably the funniest. I was trying to take a picture of Patches in the background when bandit popped his head up front. 

Photo Bomb.

Fang was right behind him but Bandit came running over just as I snapped a picture of Fang. 

Photo Bomb.

I was trying to take a picture of Lucky's new food bowl...He popped his head in just in time. 

Photo Bomb.

I was taking a picture of Ares when hades came running over. He was still moving when I snapped the picture which is why his face is blurry. 

Photo Bomb. 

Brodie ran into the frame and Ares ran out like they had it planned at just the right time. 

Photo Bomb. 

This is the photo I was trying to get and I finally got it on the third try. It's Jasper and Hades curled up next to each other. 

This is the first photo I took while I was trying to get that last one. Ares started crawling right over jasper's face to see what I was doing. 

Photo Bomb..

lol 

How To Destroy A Fleece Cube

You start out with three cute rats. This is Marbles. 

Bandit...

And Patches. Even though he's the smallest..he can tear up his bed, hammock and cube faster than the other three. 

This is what the fleece cube looked like the first day I put it in the cage and they love it. I go through 1 fleece cube every other month. 

It's cute, right? They love sleeping in these fleece hammocks and cubes and they love biting, tearing, and chewing on them..

This is Patches and all you can see is his little nose. He finally has the cube the way he wants it and this is how he sleeps in it now. He and his brothers chewed through the lining, and lay inside with just their little noses sticking out. Must be comfy. Although Patches passed away a few days ago, I still wanted to share this post because he was a little sweetheart and these pictures show that.

There are several holes on the side, the front and in the back so they can now get inside the cube from all sides. lol 

I let them keep it for as long as possible but after it gets dirty and I can't wash it for fear it will fall apart because it's only holding together by mere strings...I have to replace it.

Looks like I'll be buying another cube soon. 

More News From Christine Feehan

This was straight from Christine Feehan's website. 

Looks like all of us Christine Feehan fans are going to get 3 new books in the Dark series between now and September 2014!

I can't wait!

Medical Cannabis Coming To A Corner Near You!

I would rather see a person use a drug that has been approved by the doctors, government, scientists and proven by patients to work on things like PTSD and depression than have someone use pot ...a drug that is illegal and has no real health benefits other than that which is in the mind of the pot smoker who uses it to get high so of course they are going to think it helps. If you think that marijuana is the answer for ailments like cancer, PTSD, Depression and other illnesses that aren't terminal, then you are an idiot and are perpetuating the problem.

I see soo many pot smokers saying that they would much rather take a drug (Medical cannabis) which has no side effects rather than a drug approved the the government because it probably has toxins or some such nonsense in them. Oh and don't get your kids vaccinated because those vaccinations are filled with poison.

Why is it that so many of the conspiracy theorists seem to be the same paranoid people smoking medical marijuana? Did you know that a side effect (yes pot has them) of smoking pot is paranoia?

People like to say that medical marijuana eases their pain, helps with their anxiety ect. well, with that thinking why don't we just get some junkie to say that heroin eases their pain and make that legal too. I mean it's the same logic.

I am appalled to see the Senate has passed the bill that allows marijuana dispensaries to become legal here in Nevada. I mean I really thought our government had more sense than this. Just click the link to read the article. Here's a little of what it said, "CARSON CITY — A bill to allow medical marijuana dispensaries easily passed the Senate on Wednesday.

Backers said the measure, approved 17-4, establishes procedures to comply with a constitutional amendment approved by the voters in 2000 that allows the use of medical marijuana.

The bill would allow 40 clinics in the Las Vegas area, 20 in Reno, two in Carson City and one in each of Nevada’s remaining rural counties."

All I can hope is that it goes no farther than this and the bill gets stopped. But in reality I don't see that happening. I can only hope that if marijuana ever does get to be a legal drug that all those pot smokers that go to buy their pot from these dispensaries have to pay a hefty tax on all their marijuana that they buy, even the medical marijuana card holders. They should have to pay a hefty tax of at least 25% for the privilege of getting high legally.

There should also be DUI type laws just like for drinking and driving. A person under the influence of marijuana if it becomes legal to smoke..should not be allowed to drive while under the influence and if they get caught driving while smoke..DWS..they should go to jail, have hefty fines and after the 2nd conviction of DWS= driving while smoking or driving while high or driving while under the influence of pot..take your pick...they should get their pot card pulled so they can't get it for a while.

Even if weed is legalized people are going to be going to jail for getting behind the wheel while high and driving, causing accidents and driving stupid.

Oh I can see this all going to hell in a hand basket.

Most pot heads say it's not likely to overdoes on pot but this article says otherwise thanks to something called, "Dabbing".

Freebie Friday!

Welcome to another edition of Freebie Friday, where I tell you what free samples and full sized products I received in the mail and how you can get them too.

This week I'm on a mission from Smiley360 and they sent me a box with some seventh generation samples in it to try. 

I received from them, Mandarin Refreshing cleansing cloths

Baby Natural Laundry Detergent

Lavender Moisturizing Lotion

Mandarin Nourishing Body Wash

Wee Generation baby shampoo and conditioner

I also received a coupon for a free box of Belvita breakfast Biscuits and I found the link for this on Freebie Shark. 

If you'd like to get free products delivered right to your home then click on the Smiley360 link up above and sign up. They pick you to try products and all you have to do is write a review, share your thoughts about it with your friends and share on fb and twitter. It's really easy. 

Help Me Win Tall, Dark and Vampire!

Hey you guys, Sara Humphreys is running a great contest over on her facebook page where you post a picture holding her books and can win another one of her books, Tall, Dark and Vampire plus swag. I posted my picture on her page and would really appreciate it if you would click on her fb page and leave a comment on my picture. The 5 pictures with the most comments by July 1st wins and I would love to win this. The picture I posted on her fb page is below..just look for this pic and leave a comment. Thanks guys! Click here for her fb page.

RIP Patches

My little guy on the left passed away tonight. He was 3 years old. His brother on the right looks a lot like him. 3 years old is pretty old for a rat and his two brothers are the same age and seem to be in good health so I am hoping they live quite a while longer. 

When I first adopted him from a friend, he was really shy and wouldn't let me pet him. He his under the hammock and behind the plastic igloo. 

But he warmed up really fast and would run over to the front of the cage when I came over. 

He was the littlest boy in the cage and a very sweet boy.

He didn't gain weight like the other two have, he stayed a tiny boy.

But he was always ready for a treat. "Mommy, you brought me a treat, right?"

Patches was the boy in the back in this picture when Bandit popped up in front and photo bombed me.

When I first adopted them, he had a brother we named Fang that he cuddled with all the time. Unfortunately Fang passed away soon after we got him. 

Fang and Patches hung out a lot together when I first got them and I made friends by feeding them both treats while they sat together. 

I'm gonna miss my little guy. 

RIP Patches

Focus Groups

 A few years ago I was called by a survey agency a few times and asked if I would be willing to come in and sit in a room around a table with about a dozen other people and talk about a product or TV show. There was a large two way mirror behind us and they told us that our discussion would be video taped and shown to the people paying for the discussion. I would get paid $80 for 2 hours, get a free lunch and coffee and other drinks were always available.

Of course I said yes and went down to their site and one time we talked about a Daytime Soap Opera and what we thought should happen with the different characters. I had a lot of fun with this one and enjoyed it since I was actually watching this particular soap opera back then. It's been a while since I've watched one now though.

Another time we talked about frozen dinners and how they could be better. I think we all pretty much agreed that we would only eat them on special occasions like we just didn't feel like cooking. lol

And yet another time we talked about one of the laws that had just passed here in Las Vegas about it being illegal to give the homeless food if they were in a park. None of us liked that law. I mean if there are people going around on their own time handing out sandwiches to the homeless and they want to do that...why should the police be able to stop them and give them a fine. It didn't work anyway..those people kept doing it and just paid the fines. So it was rescinded and the law is no more. I wonder if us being in that focus group and none of us liking that law had anything to with with the law being over turned?

Have you ever participated in a focus group?

Looks Like I'll Have To Buy A New Cage

Because Lucky has decided to chew a hole through his cage.

Yes, there's the little culprit.

I turned the cage so the hole is in the front and he seems to have stopped chewing on it...for now.

But it's a pretty good size hole and if it gets any bigger I'm afraid he'll get his little head stuck.

So unless I can figure out a way to put something over that hole to keep it from getting any bigger that he won't be able to just chew through...my next survey points will be turned into Amazon gift cards for a new cage.

Yep, he thinks looking cute will appease me...and he's right.

It's Memorial Day

I would like to thank those who chose to serve. Yes, it's a big deal and they should get recognition for what they did. But I also want to say something else. There are a lot of our troops coming back with PTSD and other ailments and there's only one way to cure that and it's not at the bottom of a bottle or in a bag of weed. It's called counseling.

See a therapist, seriously.

Think back to when our relatives and neighbors came home from serving in Vietnam..they had problems and many of them sought out psychological help. I know my uncle did. He came home and had nightmares, I know this because his wife told us and he finally started seeing a psychiatrist and started taking anxiety meds and anti depressants. After a while he no longer needed the meds and was able to stop seeing the psychologist. Those people self medicating aren't going to be able to get through what is bothering them if in fact they have PTSD and aren't just faking it for the weed and disability payments...which does happen more often than you think it does.

I had several relatives including my grandfather who served in the military and when they came back you didn't see them acting the way you see people acting these days. They put their big boy pants on, acted like a man, got real help if they needed it and got on with their lives.

If you are telling others that medical marijuana helps with PTSD you are perpetuating the problem..you are the problem and you are brain washing others to believe this BS the people who really truly need psychological counseling and the right medicine aren't going to get it because of people like you.

Stop being a whiny little girl and really deal with your problems.

I had PTSD at age 12 when my mother's boyfriend shot himself in front of me. I didn't deal with it for a few years and then I finally got psychological help and anxiety medications, it took a while but it no longer bothers me the way it used to. It's still there, but if I had hid my head at the bottom of a bottle or in a drug induced stupor, nothing would have changed.

Happy Memorial Day