Margret Sloan

Why are we so superstitious? Just because a day of the week falls on the monthly calendar with a date that people have deemed unlucky is no reason to freak out. For hundreds of years the date, Friday the Thirteenth, has been considered an unlucky day and date, so people go to extreme to protect themselves against the bad luck of that day. Well, some people think that 13 is a lucky number. So while some are fretting all day, others are celebrating. How strange this modern life!

Well, we took more blood tests on my pup and he has been doing real good on the meds. The vet says to keep him on the current dosage and bring him back in 30 days for a follow up of blood tests to make sure.

He’s been acting normal and eating regular food and doing everything like he was before he got sick, so that’s good news. Look at him sitting so pretty for me:

This morning’s newspaper came with a nice surprise – two free boxes of breakfast cereal were in the special plastic bag that holds the paper. There was a small box of Honey Nut Cheerios and a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, along with coupons to save 75 cents at the grocery store on a full size box if you like the cereals.

It is always nice to get something free to try – it surely must open the minds of a good percentage of people who might not otherwise try a particular food or drink but soon discover that they actually like the product. Part of this is due to favoring brands or flavor with which you grew up or are accustomed to eating and drinking. Part of it is due to a natural resistance to try new things without some incentive. And part of it, in my household anyway, is that the person doing the grocery shopping is a creature of habit and only searches out the brands and items that we know we like or prefer so they can get finished with the chore of shopping and get back home as quickly as possible.

Moms always cajole their reluctant kids to “just try one bite”

I’ve been a fan of Yahoo for years. I got a free email account there over 15 years ago and I still use it once in a while, although by now it must be on every spammers list in the entire world. I get so much spam there I have to hunt for any real messages that someone might send. So I use that address to sign up for anything like a contest or free things when they ask for an email address.

Lately I’ve been using their search tool quite a bit. It’s easy to type in just a word or two and come up with a lot of different websites. The last time I used Yahoo search was when I was looking for new clothes for yoga. It took me right to several site that had exactly what I was looking for. What a difference from the old days of having to go to the mall and spend hours searching all the different stores to find things. Now everything is just a quick click away.