I Love It When a Busniess Entertains Me

I think the best thing a business can do when their customers have to wait is entertain them. Doctors and dentists who use Commercial Direct TV are high on my list. Instead of stressing about having to visit them I relax and watch the program. Hospital waiting rooms are another medical related place where Direct TV for business goes a long way towards soothing nerves.

Any business that requires their customers to spend time before being waited on can benefit from Direct TV Business. Banks are a great example of places where you have to wait. If you have something interesting to watch you don't realize how long you had to wait for a teller, and that's a good thing.

Which IM Do You Use?

Which platform do you use for instant messaging? The three big ones are AIM, Gtalk and Facebook chat. I used AIM for a very long time but recently an employer wanted me to use Gtalk. I am starting to like it. I like FB chat as well, but not everyone is on FB. Yes, it's true, not everyone uses it!! LOL I use all three but I think Gtalk is winning me over, unless I'm playing Farmville.

Shopping for the Kids

I may not have any children of my own, but I still do a lot of shopping for kids. While I do occasionally enjoy buying an obnoxious toy that the parents will hate simply because I can, my favorite ones to buy are educational toys.

When I was a child an educational toy meant a book, now even the children's books have come a long way. I love the ones that help the child read along. And I love seeing a child use a computer, it is so cute to see a little three year old playing a child's computer game like a pro.

My favorite place to shop for these things is ShopWiki. Their results bring up products from everywhere, not just sites that have paid to be there. What a different that makes.

A Travel Opportunity

My husband and I are planning a vacation for the first time in a long time. He has had some health issues for the past couple of years so we have not had the opportunity to travel like we used to do. After not going anywhere for so long the dilemma is narrowing it down to one destination.

I have been browsing the travel sites and looking at Cheap Flights. I like to shop airfares to find the least expensive Airline Tickets so that I have more money to spend once I am at my destination. We've never done an ecotourism trip so we are thinking about it. I keep being drawn back to that section at the Fodor's site so I must like it.

Fond Farewell

Teddy Pendergrass passed away from cancer yesterday. It was the end of a tragic life and a beautiful voice. An accident caused him to be paralyzed at the height of his singing career. I have fond memories of listening to his music. His voice was soulful and seductive. I hope he is at peace and feeling no pain now. RIP Teddy.

Only a Month Away

Valentine's Day is a month from today. I'm not even over the Christmas holidays yet! The good thing is that it is my favorite holiday. I enjoy Valentine's Day because it is more personal, it is just between my husband and I and we enjoy celebrating it.

I always try to find an extra special gift for him for this holiday. It is hard for me to believe but we have been married for 23 years and every year is a treasure to me. I like for my gifts to him to express that and show how much I love him.

I've discussed how much I enjoy watches before and I have the watch wardrobe to prove it. My husband is almost as bad so I am looking at a new watch for him for this Valentine's Day. The Citizen Eco Drive Men's Watches are awesome and I have been looking at them. I think I can fill a hole in his wardrobe with one. A watch is the only jewelry that he wears so I think he deserves to have one for every occasion.

Maybe I should leave a hint for him to visit BlueDial.com himself. I've seen a few pieces that would look great on my wrist.

Radar Love

No, I am not talking about the old song, I am talking about real radar, as in a radar gun. A baseball radar gun to be exact.

My nephew is serious about little league. If you ask him he says that he is going to be a professional baseball player, a pitcher, when he grows up. With the accolades that he has received that may turn out to be a possibility.

I have decided to help him in his quest and buy him a radar gun so that he can measure the speed of his fast ball. He is constantly talking about one and how it would help him if he could measure his speed on a more frequent basis. He loves using one whenever the opportunity presents itself but the one that is available has to be shared by a lot of boys.

I have been looking around the Radar Sports site. They have everything radar related from radar guns for sports and police work to speed pitch cages and training equipment. I never knew there were so many different radar guns for sports. Whatever your sport, whether it is anything from soccer to hockey, they have the radar equipment you need.

They Study Everything

I was just reading an article about how people can be identified by how they type. Yes, there is enough difference in the way that you type on a keyboard to identify you. Who would have thought that? The study was showing how people type differently under stress, which they do, but it turns out that the typing is still unique enough to identify that person. So not only can they identify me, they can tell if I'm having a bad day!

If you would like to read the article, I've provided the link.

Creative Wedding Photography

I love it when I see a wedding photographer who uses creativity to capture the day. Couples go out of their way to make their wedding day a special event that showcases who they are. A good photographer who knows how to capture that feeling is priceless.

A wedding and the photographs of it should be about what is happening at the moment, not about some scripted plan of photographs A, B and C. An outstanding wedding photographer has the artistic skills and technical abilities to capture these real moments and make them last a lifetime in photographs. If you have a wedding coming up, look around, there are great photographers out there who can do exactly what I have described.

Event Junkie

The one disadvantage to living where I do is that there are no major events. I would love nothing more than getting Wang Theatre tickets to see a dance performance in the beautiful vintage Boston theatre.

I have been dying to get Gershwin Theatre tickets to see Wicked. So many people have raved about the show, it must be amazing. Since I am aWizard of Oz fan it's right up my alley. Maybe if I buy some Philips Arena tickets for my husband to see Bon Jovi or the Black Eyed Peas he won't mind if I sneak up to New York to catch Wicked.