battery operated alarm clocks...

The INFAMOUS clock!

I can just not win! I had to work EXTRA early this morning & wouldn't you know it but my alarm clock took a dump! When I say EXTRA early I mean 3AM where I'm actually waking up at 2 & when I say took it a dump I mean it DID NOT go off at all! The darn clock was stuck on 12:52am as if it thought it was keeping the correct time! UGH! It's rough working these CRAZY hours but you do what you have to do to earn that almighty dollar! When I work these wacky schedules I will stay down at my Mom's house so I can just roll out of bed & not have to make that LONG trek of a drive in the wee hours of the morning. Trust me that extra hour saved makes a HUGE difference! What makes matters even worse is that I am a routine girl. I need to do things the way I normally do them & if I veer from my "norm" things usually go wrong, really really wrong. I will think I'm dreaming or just sleep through the alarm. That would be VERY VERY bad! Part of this routine I keep is that I wear ear plugs to block out ALL noises, mostly my hubby's snoring, but that's another story! Just before I lay down I check the alarm clock to make sure it is set correctly & that it is atually tuned in to a station so something other than white noise will wake me up. Now getting to the alarm clock, I use this OLD battery operated one because I once had one that was electric & the one night I needed to be awoken we we lost power so it NEVER went off & I of course slept in. Arghh... Being that I am SO set in my ways it seems difficult for me to even try "something new" in the alarm clock dept, ie: my cell phone. I just cannot even attempt it for fear someone will call me on the one night I need to sleep! I can just about imagine MY friends calling or texting me in the MIDDLE of the night! Just the thought of that blows that plan out of the water! LOL! So now I have to go find me some new batteries to prevent any more issues! Oh what would I do without...

battery operated alarm clocks...

XL coffee EXTRA light EXTRA sweet...

OK first of all I need to make one thing VERY clear by stating the fact that my day cannot start until I've had my LARGE cup of coffee! I cannot even remember when I started drinking this vice of mine but I do & I LOVE it! That being said even though I LOVE to drink it I'm not that much of a connoisseur. I just know that it's coffee, wakes me up & it tastes good to me. My mother on the other hand has a nose for it & can tell when it's a fresh pot, FULLY loaded or just plain decaf. I'm no where near that good, I just LOVE it about as much as I LOVE eating my dark chocolate! YUM! I drink it EXTRA light & EXTRA sweet. Because of the strange hours I keep at my part-time job I tend to go to Dunkin Donuts to fulfill my wants in this dept. They are nearby & most of all they have a drive thru so I'm there! LOL! It was not until the other day did I realize how different each Dunkin Donuts really is. Yes they pretty much all serve the same kinds of coffee, bagels, muffins, wraps & most of all donuts but their prices are VERY different! Did you know that being they are individually owned they can pretty much charge whatever they want for the same size coffee? YEP! For YEARS I have been driving to the Dunkin near my work & ordering my usual, an XL coffee EXTRA light EXTRA sweet. Recently I have been paying $2.43 each time figuring that inflation had driven up the price of my FAV drink. But as I have already said I NEED my coffee so I just pay it. Well just the other day I stopped on my way off the turnpike at a DIFFERENT Dunkin Donuts and ordered my regular only to be charged 32 cents cheaper! Yes, THIRTY TWO cents cheaper! I could not believe how much of a difference in price it was from one Dunkin to the next in the SAME friggin' town! {FYI this occurred in Pompano Beach, FL} I am here to tell you that it really does pay to investigate! You better believe I will be rethinking where I purchase my next...

XL coffee EXTRA light EXTRA sweet...

that telephone pole...

I have decided to create yet another blog like I have a TON of time on my hands! LOL! I have to say that the one thing I have found within myself during this journey is that I LOVE blogging! I love putting my thoughts down on paper! I already have a blog for the tribe SO this blog will be ALL about ME & the stuff that I find interesting, zany, heart felt & sometimes down right mad! Now to fill you in on the title of this blog. Well it all goes back MANY moons ago to us driving down the road & me pointing out EVERYTHING I found interesting on the side of the road! Yes, I do this! Well since then he ALWAYS tells me how I will notice EVERY detail including that telephone pole! One day he said "Look at that pole!". Yes he made fun of me! ]= But I have to admit that I did not take it as an insult, I took it as a compliment seeing as I do notice ALL the details! Remember people it's not about the BIG stuff it's all in the details! So after hearing that you can just about imagine that I will have PLENTY to talk about within the confines of this blog! I really hope that you all will follow along on this journey of mine! I can promise you ONE thing, it will be interesting! Trust me I can find something interesting to discuss in just about anything including...

that telephone pole...