Just read this today, Apples iPhone and iPod touch has a new application that you can install.  It’s called the iPedo.  Parents, if you have an iPhone, it may behoove you to add this.  iPedo allows you to track registered sex offenders from your iPhone or iPod.  So far, the word is that the app is extrememly accurate and has all registered sex offenders from ALL 50 states in its databse.

Duke Energy was right about one thing and that is that there is no good time for a rate increase but come on…this company wants to raise residential rates by almost 10 percent when the country is in the middle of a serious ressession and people are losing their jobs in unprecedented numbers.  No matter what reasons they are trying to sell us on to raise rates they are not enough to be approved a rate increase…and what about the many who live on a fixed income..Duke Energy is very insensitive to the well being of their clients be private residents or businesses…you should write to Duke Energy and express the same sentiments….Lee

For the majority of us..we all want to try and live a healthy lifestyle and thats why I wanted you to know about Activate Greenville  and how they can keep you proactive when it comes to  your health.  Education sessions on nutrition and physical health are offered throughout the rest of the year.  This great group of professionals can sign you up right away and make your life so much better…just log onto www.activategreenville.org ….let me know how things go for you…..Lee

If you were one of the many who came out to Fluor Field on Sunday to honor Greenville native Lucas Glover on winning the U.S. Open Golf Championship, I’m sure you got the same feeling that I had…what a great way to show our appreciation to such a talented and gracious person.  I know he has a hectic tour schedule but it was really nice for him to be able to be here for what was a special day of accolades and reunions…well done..Lucas, we’re all so proud of you…..Lee

Too funny.  I will keep everyone anonymous here…

I was in one of the bosses here office along with a co-worker, just jabbing our jaws.  One of the guys and I were talking about music, the boss-man was sitting as his desk with a measuring tape in his hands.  With a slight break in the conversation I was having about Michael Bolton and John Secada… boss-man chimes in “the circumference of my head is almost 2 feet.”  My co-worker and I just looked at him then absolutely cracked up.  I wish I had video of the whole thing.  Just imagine, me and my co-worker standing at the door talking music while in the background there is a guy putting a measuring tape around his head.  LOL.

Although, I did learn something with the whole measuring thing.  If you measure your arm span from middle finger tip to middle finger tip, that length should be the same measurment as your height.  I must have shrunk and inch though.  My arm pan is 61″.   I’m a short little thing.

I knew it would not take long after the death of Michael Jackson for the moguls to roll out a movie and that’s just what Sony Corp. has done.  The movie studio has bid 50 million dollars to have the worldwide distribution rights to a movie based on rehearsal footage for Michael’s “This is It” comeback concert series.  It would also go a long way to help promoter AEG recoup some of the 30-million it spent producing the concert in Great Britain before Michael died on June 25th.  Also look for a tv special coming out soon  featuring a stage show of Michael Jackson.  Just know that the hype will be longed lived.

Hi…hope you had a really nice weekend…I want to take a moment to welcome Monnie Whitson back…she has been away for several weeks..her dad passed away and we will all miss Tony…he was just a wonderful person to everyone who knew him.  Since I’m a fan of American Idol…I’m eager to find out if Paula Abdul will return as a judge for the upcoming season and there is word out today that her manager is hinting that she will not likely be back for season number nine…I still think that she will work out her disagreements with the show and will be back…in the meantime Simon, Randy and Kara have inked a new deal…so we’ll be kept waiting for awhile…..Lee

Susan is gong to be speaking at the LivNsideout Comlex in Simpsonville this Saturday, July 18, from 1p-3p.  It’s absolutely FREE!  All youhave to do is make a reservation!  Contact Suzette Patton at 864-449-9803 or email at magsuzette@charter.net.  You hve to hurry though, there is limited seating!

Susan will be speaking about the toxic truth about “the ugly side of the beauty industry” and how to avoid it.

This event is hosted by Carolina Wellness Association.

The Bartro household is now mouse free… I think.  Yeah, our little visitor went home to MouseLand to R.I.P.  He’ll be alright.  It’s an all you can eat buffet up there with no worries of eminent danger.

Victory mouse traps work the best.  I don’t want to be too ugly, but I had to get rid of that guy/gal.  And it was a lot cheaper than getting a cat.  I just can’t believe it came into the house during the summer.  Very strange. 

I don’t know if this had anything to do with it, but the outdoor vents along the crawl space were shut.  So I don’t know if it got in there somehow and then couldn’t get back out, so all it could do was go up.  But now I have opened the vents.  I hope that helps.  My Dad told me to shut the vents in the winter and open them in the summer.  Just in case you didn’t know that, I wanted to share.

What else is going on?  Hmmm, just working.  Trying to keep my head above water.  The thing that gets me, there is always something to do.  ALWAYS!  Last night John and I were doing laundry and I went to put what was in the washer in the dryer… forgetting there were clothes in the dryer that needed to be folded.  When I opened the dryer door I said “ah man, always something.”  And John was sitting close by and he said “I’ll do it” but in a way that it sounded guilty that he hadn’t already done it even though he wasn’t supposed to do it… does that make sense?  I can hear it in my head, and I still chuckle, it just came across very funny.  At least I’m not stagnant and bored.  I guess that’s one thing to be thankful for!

Have a great Thursday!

YOUR HOME! 

PLEASE WATCH VIDEO OF VERN ABOVE!

Vern here is a 3 year old Chihuahua mix that was picked up as a stray.  You’ll see in the video above, his eyes remind me of a Meer cat!  Contrary to belief, this little guy is kind and quiet.  Very sweet nature about him, which makes you cock your head to the left (for me anyway) b/c normally Chihuahuas are not that way.  Remember the video of  my Daisy I posted when I was taking off her sweater? 

Vern loves a good scratch behind his ears, but he’s a bit of a voyer as you can see.  I had to cover him up.  Kelly got this picture, but at this moment we were recording the video and it was just so funny.

To learn more about Vern, call the Greenville Humane Society at 242-3626.  They open at 12:00 noon Mon-Fri.