Lauren Reagan Writing Online

This is the time of the year that the house gets invaded by bugs, ants and spiders so we have our local pest control company come out and give the house a go over with his magic spraying machines and the variety of traps that they use in order to keep these pesky pests under control.

This time when he came out I told him that I have been finding evidence of some mice here and there, so he set us up with a couple of old fashioned mouse traps that he baited with some new fangled cheese flavored gunk that comes out of a can much like the Cheese Whiz does. If I didn’t know any better I would swear that it is Cheese Whiz. Whatever it was, it is working. Each trap that he placed throughout has trapped a mouse and since I grab an old rag and pick up the dead mouse stilled in the trap and toss the whole kit and caboodle in the trash we now need to buy some more traps to set up again and hopefully we can get this mouse situation tackled in short order.

There was another break-in in the neighborhood over the weekend. I don’t know the family all that well and thank goodness no one was at home when it happened. That is one of the many scary aspects of having someone break into your home, you can always get more stuff, and hopefully you are insured for your stuff, but if you were to be hurt or worse killed that is something that just can’t be replaced.

It is a “sign of the times” is what everyone keeps saying, since the economy tanked out many years ago, folks are getting more desperate as the days go by for money and the amount of break ins done by people who have little else to fall back onto is increasing like crazy. With all of these break ins more folks are having come and install security systems in their homes, properties and businesses to try and prevent these tragedies from happening and if it does happen they might have a better chance of catching the crook and bringing them to justice and maybe even possibly get their stuff back. There have been a lot of new yard signs being placed in people’s front yards announcing that they have an adt security system in place, which is supposed to be a deterrent to break ins in itself.

I’m glad to know that people all over the world are doing wonderful things in a huge effort to save our Mother Earth. Being “green” is certainly the way to be these days and rightfully so, says I. I have always done all that I can possibly do to recycle at home and at work. When I worked for a major insurance company I started and coordinated a recycling program that I hope is still be continued today even though I haven’t worked there for over a decade. It gave me something to sink my teeth into and it was a positive energy that I put to good use and was proud of the way it all turned out.

I’m now learning about e-waste recycling, which I am beginning to think is very interesting. Veolia Environmental Services, a waste management and industrial services which is located in Australia and their web site, Veoliaes.com.au, is one that I stumbled on the other night while looking up some information concerning waste management in Astralia.

I’m thinking on suggesting that the company that I work for now look into a program for their e-waste recycling items that are currently just getting tossed into the trash, thus landing in our precious land fills. I think I’m up for the challenge, it worked well with the last office, years back, so it only makes sense to try again.

A friend of mine showed me this video over a year ago. We got the biggest kick out of it and watched it over and over at least a dozen times. It took me a year to find it and it still makes me laugh and I wanted to share it here. These guys are too darn cute……

I’m so grateful for YouTube, it has opened a lot of new doors for me. I’ve been finding so many songs and videos there that I have been spending more and more time there instead of here. It’s great listening to what I want to listen to when I want to listen to it and not have to rely on a D.J. and his picks.