It’s My Imagination

We’ve Pimped Out our Gnome

July 10, 2008 on 10:09 am | In Entertainment | 4 Comments

I’m not sure what our neighbors are going to think, but we’ve pimped out our garden gnome! My husband is a huge Kansas City Chiefs fan and so, in preparation for the upcoming football season, we’ve decked out our gnome to cheer on the Chiefs. Check out all of his fan bling!

I love gnomes, their just so cute! We have a second gnome for our garden, but he only comes out at Christmas. The rest of the year he is hidden away, generating his magical powers!I found an online game that uses the magical Bling Gnome to get rid of players unwanted items. They do this by eating the items and then pooping them out. That sounds disgusting except that the gnome poo is actually gold! Now, if I could only get my little guy out in my landscaping to do the same thing!

Anyway, the online game is Dungeon Runners and its available as a free download. It’s super easy, just sign up and download. The download time was rather slow, and I’m on a fiber optic network, so not sure why it took almost 15 minutes, but once it downloaded, I was able to begin playing immediately.

The game itself is a bit dark, but it’s the basic good against evil. I’m certainly not the best gamer around, but I have to say I thought the graphics were really well done. There were an awful lot of keys to use to make things happen and so for me, it was confusing. Gaming enthusiasts would probably have no problem. I did find it distracting that there were so many things happening on the screen that covered up parts of the game, including a chat room for players that covered the bottom quarter of my screen. There is probably a way to turn it off though, so I won’t let that deter me from playing.

Tags: bling gnome, Dungeon Runners, gnomes

New Cell Phone

July 10, 2008 on 8:37 am | In Some of This Some of That | 2 Comments

I’m looking forward to getting a FEDEX delivery sometime today and the item inside the box will be my new cell phone. I’ve been getting quite a few offers from Verizon over the last couple of months for free phones, but nothing was really drawing me in. I currently have an LG-V phone that I’ve really enjoyed. I think the only downside of my phone has been how fat it is. It’s definitely chunky, but it performs like a dream. I never really use the camera function, it was a bit awkward, but it did take decent photos.

Anyway, while I was out running errands the other day, I stopped in Circuit City to check out a few things. They had a Verizon store inside, so I browsed the phones. The salesman showed me the newest phone, the LG-DARE which had just come out a few days before. It does everything that my current phone does but is much sleeker and has a touch screen similar to an I-phone. I really did like it, but I wasn’t about to pay $199 for it, and, since it was brand new, I didn’t figure I’d be getting any offers on it anytime soon.

When we got home, I had to call Verizon because I wanted to add a texting plan to my daughter’s phone. While I was on the line with Valerie at Verizon, she reviewed our current plan and then mentioned (as if I didn’t know) that I was eligible for a new phone. I told her that the only one I’d seen that would be tempting was the new DARE and so she looked it up. She also informed me that everyone at the office is talking about it and really like it. Okay, now it’s more tempting. What really snagged me though was when she said that she could sell it to me for $99 and then I could mail in for a $50 rebate making the phone cost only $49. To top it off though, she’s also given me the first month of service on my new 2 year contract for free, so the phone really wound up costing me nothing!

I am so happy and can’t wait for this box to arrive today.

Tags: Circuit City, LG-DARE, Verizon, wireless

Sunglasses - Still Waiting

July 10, 2008 on 12:22 am | In Family Health | No Comments

I’m still waiting on my prescription sunglasses. It’s driving me nuts because I ordered them on Monday morning of last week. I know I keep talking about it, but I’m getting worried that I won’t have them before I leave. You see, I’m driving this trip and having prescription sunglasses would really help keep my eyes from getting so tired.

I currently wear glasses that have transitions lenses in them, they get darker when I go outside. They’re okay, but they don’t get really dark and so I find myself squinting when I’m out in the sun. When I was wearing contact lenses, I had regular sunglasses that I wore when I was outside. Now that I’m no longer wearing my contacts, I need darker eyewear for outdoors. When I checked on them this past Monday, the prescription eyeglasses were being tinted. I was told that they’d probably be in on Wednesday, but that has now come and gone. I’m very disappointed.

In the mean time, I’m also still looking for new non tinted prescription eyewear. I’ve found a few frames I’m interested in at zennioptical.com and can save money because they manufacture the frames themselves and sell them direct, so there is no middle man. ZenniOptical.com is also able to work with different types of prescription lenses, including bifocals, which is what I wear. I’m really liking this rectangular shape, it would be something new for me.

Keeping my fingers crossed that I will get my new eyeglasses on Thursday.

Tags: eyeglasses, eyewear, prescription, prescription eyewear