I scan the news before I write the blog.
Gas prices will spike 10%, doctors are complaining a new billing code will cost them too much money and buying generic toilet paper isn't a good deal.
Headline news also includes a list of odd celebrity baby names, a story about Jennifer Aniston's 45th birthday dinner and why a Dance Mom slapped Abby.
In other, and, if I may say, more interesting news of the day I found these.
If you're thinking about a wonderful Valentines Day outing and you live in or near Tampa, Florida look into a romantic dinner at McDonald's.
Two McDonald's locations will participate in the evening festivities. A section will be roped off for young, and old, lovers. White linen, flowers, hearts and real champagne classes will adorn the tables. Well dressed wait staff will take orders and serve your Big Mac, McChicken or Happy Meal with a smile.
Champagne will not be served, the glasses are for ambiance.
Twenty-five tables are currently reserved so don't wait for the last minute to secure yours.
My sister is a stalker.
A British woman who canceled her brother's wedding because she did not like the bride was convicted of harassment. Ann Duffy, 50, of Plymouth, England, was sentenced to eight weeks in jail.
Duffy, upset that Sandra Hardy, 28, was marrying her brother David Greatex, 52, posed as Hardy at a clerk's registry office to call off the wedding, without the knowledge of the bride and groom.
She then told her brother, "I saved you on the divorce."
Greatex later said, "She [his sister] was jealous and kept accusing Sandra of trying to take her brother away."
Greatex and Hardy married three weeks later, and Duffy was present to hurl abuse, the British newspaper the Mirror reported Wednesday.
"She'll need to find somewhere else to go for Christmas dinner. We will never forgive her," the bride said.
A Michigan woman set up a Facebook page for birthday greetings for her son who didn't want a party because he has no friends.
The boy who turned 11 has a disability and social skills are not easy for him. He goes to a regular school but other kids don't like him.
She said the page had 9,000 likes within a week of being set up Feb. 2 and it had grown to more than 1.3 million by Wednesday afternoon. She included a mailing address on the page for fans to send birthday greetings through the mail.
Next week she is including a "send the boy a dollar" site.
German police said a nightclub was evacuated when a woman doused herself with pepper spray that she mistook for spray-on deodorant.
The 20-year-old woman was in the nightclub's restroom and took the spray canister from her friend's purse. She did not check the canister's label before spraying it on herself.
The pepper spray quickly spread through the building and the club was evacuated, police said. Two women were treated for eye injuries.
Police said they are looking into whether the woman will face negligent bodily harm charges.
My cousin Neil once brushed his teeth with my Brylcreem (a little dab'll do 'ya).
A man accused of shoving a toddler while dressed as Cookie Monster in New York's Times Square has agreed to serve one day of community service.
Prosecutors reached a deal with Osvaldo Lopez, 33, to dismiss the reckless endangerment charges provided he completes one day of community service.
"I have always been innocent," Lopez said as he left Manhattan Criminal Court. "And there's video to prove my innocence -- that I never had contact with the child."
Parmita Katkar, an actress from India, had accused Lopez of shoving her 2-year-old son, Samar, to the ground while the man was dressed as "Sesame Street" character Cookie Monster. Katkar said Lopez became irate when she told him she did not have any cash to pay him for posing for a photo with the boy.
Before he became Cookie Monster Lopez wore a will work for food sign and cleaned car windows at stoplights. He said, "This is much better, the suit is nice and warm in the winter and I don't need to smile for the pictures."
Lopez said he took the day of community service because he was tired of the lawsuit. He'll be serving breakfast and lunch at a city owned day care while dressed as Mr. Snuffaluffagus.
How now brown cow?
Bull semen was stolen from a Virginia farm the Augusta County, Va., Sheriff's Office reported.
The semen, which was valued at $250 is used to develop traits in a herd that you can't get with a herd bull.
Jean Schofield of North American Breeders, Inc. said, "It must be frozen in liquid nitrogen to remain usable. It's absolutely no good if it thaws out," she added.
The theft of 10 containers of semen occurred in late January.
Sheriff Lt. Dennis Back said there was no mention in the incident report of why it was not reported to police until February.
Maybe frozen bull semen isn't something you look for every day?
We have a toilet. We're both afraid to use it but we have a toilet. The vanity is in with two boxes of floor tile weighing down the granite top. The seal will be set and we'll be able to use it later. Today a few final touches will complete the job and Doug and Dillon will demo (I just realized it's short for demolish not demonstrate) the toilet room.
Back Monday with the final front bathroom pictures. Thanks for going on this adventure with us
2 comments:
The pictures look great!!!! Hope The demo goes the RIGHT WAY!!!! Jon
Hey, how did you find those remodel people? They seem very proficient. Keep their names in case we ever need them.
Do you really only have one toilet in your house?
You mentioned pooping outside and it lead me to believe you only had one. Susan G.
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