Is Everybody in Bullitt County Handicapped?

Can you get a Handicapped Parking Pass just because you live in Bullitt County?  It’s a question I often ask as I drive around town running errands.  I live in Bullitt County in KY, just outside of Louisville.  It never ceases to amaze me that no matter where you go in this town, the place has a zillion handicapped parking places and all of them are full.  There must be more handicapped people per capita in Bullitt County than in any other county around.

About once every three weeks, I have to make a trek into my local Wal-mart.  Now there’s a fine shopping experience for ya.  But I go for the convenience of getting everything I need in one place and it’s pretty entertaining as well.  Just go to www.peopleofwalmart.com and you’ll see what I mean.  But before I enter the store, I drive around the parking lot looking for a place to park.  If Steve is with me, we will usually park way out in the parking lot (so he doesn’t get any scratches on his car), but if I’m by myself, I’ll drive around to find a place a little closer because of safety concerns.  The thing that gets me is that it’s hard to find a regular parking space that’s anywhere close to the store because there are so many handicapped spots and THEY ARE ALL FULL.  I do realize that that there are people who actually need a handicapped parking space, however, look around at Wal-mart; most of them don’t.  They’re just fat and lazy and don’t want to have to walk.  But it’s Wal-mart – the place is huge.  You have to park right by the door so you can go in and walk around for two miles?  Or they just get one of those little carts you ride on so the real handicapped people can’t use them.  Some of them are driving their mom’s car (who, by the way, needs the parking pass because she can’t walk that far), but their mom’s not with them.  Guess what, she can’t go to Walmart because once inside she would have to walk for two miles and she can’t even get one of those little carts to ride around on because all the fat, lazy people are using them.  I really think there should be tighter restrictions on who gets these passes and on who uses them.  I know you’re not supposed to use someone else’s pass, but I’ve never seen anybody get in trouble for it – Have you? 

Okay – that’s my rant for the week.

Motorcycle Spring Garden Art

I'm sure some of you know that I own a company called Knob Creek Metal Arts.  We make key racks, yard/garden signs, wine holders, bookends, wall art, planters and more.  Here's one of our newest designs - Motorcycle Spring Garden Art:

And still our best seller is the Happy Guy Wine Holder.  Isn't he just the cutest?

Please visit my shop at http://www.knobcreekmetalarts.com/

Is it Me or is it HOT in here?

I’m sure many women who are like me and have had a hysterectomy can relate to my temperature idiosyncrasies.  I’m either too cold (which is unusual) or more frequently too hot (hot flashes).  It’s a rare occasion when the temperature is just right at my house.  We live in a 2 story patio home with only one central air unit.  The thermostat is downstairs, so the upstairs is always screwed up (why do they build houses this way), and, of course, the master bedroom is upstairs.  Anyway, my husband Steve, bless his heart, doesn’t complain too much about the temperature (until it gets below 60 degrees).  He really tries to be patient with me.  After I started down this temperature journey a couple of years ago, he found it necessary to buy a thermometer and keep it on the nightstand next to the bed so he could see just how cold it gets in our room.

A few weeks ago, Steve got up just at dawn to go pee.  When he came back to bed, he woke me by jumping into our bed shivering, pulling covers up around him and mumbling under his breath.  I think I heard something along the lines of “Jesus Christ, its f***ing cold in here”.  Now you have to understand that I am naked (not a pretty sight) and have all of the covers thrown back and I’m sweating.  Now this is when he wants to snuggle up against me to get warm and I’m shoving him away because he feels like a furnace to me.  This is when I give him that “you’ve lost your mind” look and I’m thinking he’s crazy – there’s no way its cold in here.   So here’s where the fun begins.  The conversation goes something like this.

Jesus Christ, its f***ing cold in here.

Are you kidding me?  It’s like a freaking sauna in here. Get off of me.

Honey – you’re not well.  It is cooooooooold.

No, there’s something wrong with you because I’m burning up. I feel like I’m gonna explode any second.  Get off of me.

He then turns to the nightstand and picks up the thermometer and announces “OH MY GOD – its 59 degrees in here”.

So, okay I’ll admit it.  Maybe it is me.  So now – GET OFF OF ME.

It’s a damn good thing I’m married to the most wonderful man in the world.

Flavored Carts from v2cigs and vapor4life

Well, it has been 6 weeks since I quit smoking tobacco cigarettes and I couldn’t be happier.  Since my last post, I have tried some e-liquids from three different companies and cartridges from one other company.  Today, I’m going to talk about the cartridges I got.

I found out that the cartridges from v2cigs and the ones from vapor4life are interchangeable.  That thrilled me since vapor4life has so many more flavors to choose from than v2icgs and they also sell e-liquid.  I started with an order for cartridges from vapor4life so I could compare the two.

First, I got a Wow Vapor Menthol Lovers Sampler that comes with 5 different menthol cartridges. They are Cowboy, Kant, Nuport, Smilin Special and Peppermint.  I have to say I was terribly disappointed with all 5.  The menthol cartridges from v2cigs have a smooth, cool, slightly sweet menthol flavor.  The ones from vapor4life all had a harsh strange chemical taste.  I thought maybe it was because I was used to the v2cigs carts so I just needed to give them a chance.  I didn’t use any of the v2cigs carts until I got through all 5 of the vapor4life carts.  Once I was finished with them, I went back to the v2cigs carts and it was like Ahhhhh - now there’s a good menthol flavor.  When it comes to menthol, I think I’ll just stick with v2cigs.

I also ordered a Wow Vapor Coffee Shop Sampler that had 5 different flavors of coffee.  They are Café Mocha, Cappuccino, Coffee, Espresso and Cinnamon Roll.  Again, I had tried the coffee flavor from v2cigs and really enjoyed it.  But as with the menthol sampler, I was again disappointed with the vapor4life flavors.  These were also very harsh to me.  I can imagine that someone who likes very strong black coffee would enjoy all of these, but they’re just not for me.  Again, I prefer the coffee flavor from v2cigs.

Okay - on to the next one – the one I’ve been waiting for – Doc Pepper.  I have to tell you that I am a Dr. Pepper freak.  It’s all I drink from the time I get up until the time I go to sleep.  I even get up in the middle of the night and have to go drink a Dr. Pepper.  I love it.  So when I see that vapor4life has a cartridge called Doc Pepper, I was ecstatic.  Well, my happiness was short lived.  These carts have a weird chemical taste, and I’m not really sure how to describe it except to say YUCK!!!!!!!  Again, I thought that maybe I just need to give these a chance.  So after I vaped it for a couple of days,  I was ready to go back to smoking tobacco.  I just can’t get through the rest of these.

Next I ordered blank cartridges.  These are for use with e-liquid or e-juice.  I’ll talk about these in my next post about e-liquid.