Jeremy Herndon

Guest post written by Derick Burks

It’s a girl! I can still hear the nurse saying those three wonderful words some twenty-one years ago. Pigtails and onesies have been replaced with trips to the salon and the mall with her mother, and let me say that I think my wallet misses the old days just about as much as my heart does. Nonetheless, that blonde hair and pretty blue eyes that she got from her mother have never changed. As much as I want to keep my little girl close, I know that she has grown into a strong, independent woman and now has to strike out on her own and find her place in this world. But how does a father say goodbye to his sweet little girl? That’s right, by making sure that her new home has an alarm system. Luckily, a quick internet search for Security systems St. Louis allowed me to find just the right system for daddy’s little girl. Now rest assured that this is one daddy that will be tearing up the road between our house and hers but at least I feel safer knowing that when I’m not there with her, she at least has a security system installed.

Well I woke up this morning and saw a wintry mess out there – freezing rain, snow, nasty stuff.  I sure was glad that I got around to putting my studded snow tires on my car Friday!  I had heard that we were going to be getting some bad weather right off, and decided not to put it off any longer.  There were several times last year that I slid off of the road because I didn’t have my studded tires put on the car.  That’s one mistake that I don’t want to repeat!  This area gets too icy for just plain old “all weather tires.”

Around this time of year I like to go to the local craft store and buy new calendars for the new Year coming up.  A few years ago I just happened to be in one of the craft stores around this same time of year and found that they sold a huge variety of high quality calendars for under $5.00 each.  A lot of them were only $1 or $2 each!  When I found them I bought quite a few of them to give out to my friends and family as Christmas gifts.  I think that is a great bargain because when I go to many department stores, or stationary stores, or gift stores, they sell the exact same type of calendars for $15 to $20 each!

So I will make a point of going to the craft store before now and Christmas and pick up a few calendars!

So many people flocking to the medical field these days makes it to where there is an abundant amount of folks walking around wearing nursing uniforms and medical scrubs. Much like the kind you can find at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/. I’ve been noticing it more and more, like at the gas stations the mall and the at the grocery store, you are likely to see at least one person wearing some type or another of medical uniforms. They have come a long way with different styles, fabrics, patterns and designs, and after all variety is the spice of life.

Some of these medical uniforms that are being seen now-a-days are really attractive and they look like they would be comfortable to wear. The majority of folks that are on their feet (medical personnel certainly stay on their feet all day) are wearing those funky looking crocs/clogs that have been selling like crazy in the last umpteen years or so now. But if it feels good do it, right?

There is absolutely nothing more annoying to me than to come home and find that all of the lights in the house are on, but no one is in most of the rooms!  I can’t seem to educate certain folks that we need to save money by turning off lights when we leave the room.  Well, I just found out that Black & Decker is releasing for sale motion detector light switches that will turn the lights off automatically after a few minutes of detecting no motion.  The price sounds reasonable, about $30 per switch.  They are supposedly going on sale in April.  I’ve signed up to receive an email notice from them when they come out!  I am DEFINITELY going to buy several!