It’s My Imagination

A Car – To Have or Not To Have

We were just standing around talking about family and I mentioned that my sister-in-law and her son will be coming for a visit over the 4th of July.  Our nephew is in his mid-20’s and has graduated from college. He has been living and working in San Francisco for the past several years and that’s also where he went to school. He recently decided to pack everything up and move to his mom’s in a Chicago suburb, although, I’m not sure what his plans for the future entail. It’s got to be pretty challenging, believe it or not, he has never driven a car. He doesn’t even have a driver’s license.

In San Fransisco, I believe he rode a bicycle, walked or used public transportation to get around. I’m not sure what he did if he went out on a date. There is a great public transportation in Chicago too, but it really depends on if he gets a job working downtown or not. Out in the suburbs it’s definitely more challenging to be without a vehicle.

Even if you don’t own or don’t immediately plan to own a vehicle, I think a obtaining a driver’s license is important. You just never know when the need to drive might arise. There really aren’t too many places in this country that you can live and get around without owning a car. People think they have to buy new cars, which are expensive, but there are a lot of used cars for sale in sd and all over the country that can be great cars for getting to and from work, etc.

I personally would feel such a loss of independence if I didn’t have a car.   How would you feel not having a car?

We Have Company

My daughter-in-law, her husband and their little baby girl arrived last night for a visit from California. This is their first visit to our home here in Texas and I know my husband really enjoyed giving them the home tour last night.

Our guest bedroom is really quite large and is set off by itself upstairs. I furnished it after we moved here, mostly with inexpensive furniture from the outlet mall nearby. I’m still wanting to find a nightstand and perhaps a chair to add to the room, but for last night, my husband took the rocking chair upstairs that is normally in our family room. The baby likes to be rocked to sleep so I’m glad we had it.

They have a beautiful home themselves out in California, although, they haven’t had it too long and are still trying to fill rooms with furniture, including the guest room. I was telling my daughter-in-law about places she could look, including San Diego bedroom furniture which wouldn’t be too far for them to go. In fact, I know they go to San Diego pretty regularly for various reasons, so they might as well check out the furniture while they’re there!

Anyway, for now, I’m just glad they’re here. That little baby is so darn cute, I can’t wait for her to wake up so I can play with her!

Organic Milk

My daughter was watching the news last night and was laughing because the top story of the day was the fact that one of the major dairy companies had just begun to sell organic milk in the major grocery stores. This was the top news story again during the next half hour, so I got to see what all the “excitement” was about.

While the story should be that they were selling organic milk, the actual story seemed to revolve more around the container that the milk was in. It was slightly smaller than a typical gallon of milk, but was specially designed with input from parents and kids too. There was quite a bit of discussion about the milk jug’s handle because it was designed along with other ergonomic products in mind. Supposedly, it’s easier for kids to pick up and be able to pour their own milk.

I’m glad that they are now offering organic milk and that it’s in what appears to be a well thought out jug, but hey, does that story really warrant the big news story of the day?

Softball Camp

Today is the final day of softball camp for my daughter.  She’s really enjoyed it, especially the last three days. 

Camp was every morning for 3 hours this week.  It worked out really nicely because she was done before the temperatures became too unbearable.  One day it rained, so they did camp inside the athletic building which was very nice, and air condiditoned.  Yesteray they were back outside and did a slip and slide at the end of the session. 

 I think she’s having a good time and it helps build her confidence because there are so many girls there who regularly play on higher level teams.  Sometimes she thinks she’s not as good as she really is.