REMEMBER!!!
Okay I've been reading the old Reader's Digest this week and found some interesting things to share with you!
Want to learn about Pesky Mosquitoes?
!. Love when you work up sweat.
2. Love beer? We know when you drink!
3. Pregnant - Yum.
4. Hate getting bitten up? Blame the ladies. We like women better than men.
5. Smelly feet are simply delicious.
6. To evade us at a party? Don't be a wallflower.
7. If your home's landscaping is well tended, we won't like it as much.
8. We're thrilled when you buy DEET-Free repellent.
9. Got those CO2-emoting traps in your yard? GREAT!
10. When it comes to West Nile, end of summer bites may do more harm.
ORGANIC INFORMATION
Did you know you can't wash off pesticides? It might take some off the outside - but the inside still has some.
Look for the produce stickers with the five-digit codes that begin with a '9'. That means organic.
Unless it says 100% organic it is only 95% organic.
Did you know that Steve Jobs had an FBI file on him? They questioned his honesty, saying that he twists the truth and distorts the reality in order to achieve his goals. He used LSD as a teen; he called his use 'a positive, life-changing experience.'
Helen Keller had an FBI file on her too. As a socialist, an outspoken critic of President Woodrow Wilson, a birth control supporter, and a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union, Keller was considered a radical at the time.
And another one who surprised me with an FBI file was Walt Disney - from 1936 to 1966. He worked as an FBI informant, giving the bureau the names of people in Hollywood whom he believed to be associated with communism. Who knew?
Now here are 24 hints for the person who lives alone:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/24-survival-tips-for-living-alone
THE LAUGH:
I loved the tips for living alone. I need to see about finding a mini paint roller to apply aspercreme to my back. :-)
ReplyDeletethanks for the mosquito tips, living in florida it's our state bird and quite abundent!
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xoxo
I had no idea that pesticides can't be washed off. Very good to know
ReplyDeleteI'm not looking forward to those mosquitoes so far none have bothered us this year. They are scary because of that West Nile Virus. Had a friend that had a very bad experience with that last year and he spent over 6 months in rehabilitation because of it. We do try to use the yard fogger when spending time outside.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips on mosquitos! Your blog is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hints about mosquitos; you and I must be on the same wave length this morning - summer! Love the cartoon about the teachers....lol
ReplyDeleteI haven't read(or even seen)a Readers Digest in a long time. I used to read it all the time....sounds like they still have lots of good information.
ReplyDeleteIt's mosquito time here! Thanks so much for those tips. I just bought a can of Off yesterday that said it goes on dry. I need to go check the label now.
ReplyDeleteHahahaa...the owls are a hoot!
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GREAT tips whether you live alone or not. Find the toothpaste one hard to believe, though? I've hung many pictures.
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ReplyDeletenow i know why the mosquitoes bite me and not bob and buzz me sitting in my chair and sitting here at the computer and in bed at night. every time the dogs come in they bring the dratted things in the house and they love ME.
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ReplyDeletethe safely pin w/ string is a great one for zippers!
ReplyDeleteYou are a great way to start ANYONE'S day!!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts about skeeters and also about those with FBI files. I did actually know about Disney, but Helen Keller was a surprise.
ReplyDeleteI too loved the 25 tips for living along. I can relate to most of them too.
ReplyDeleteMosquitoes love me and now I know why. There you go.
Government has been doing scary things since the get-go haven't they.
Love the laugh and the lift.
Have a terrific day. Big hugs. ☺
It is always interesting how mosquitoes like some folks better then others. Enjoyed the living alone tips!
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Linda
Wash other things in the dishwasher... hahaha!
ReplyDeleteLove the tips today. I hate mosquitoes. When we go camping, we are often assailed by them. Seems I read something somewhere that they are repelled by sticking a dryer sheet in your pocket (??) At any rate, you would smell good...
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Gosh, I didn't know that about the organic. I will be checking carefully!
ReplyDeletealways good
ReplyDeleteI just read the other day that mosquito's don't like Cat Nip. So I was outside the other night and rubbed some on my arm. Later after I came inside I was attacked by one of our cats! - Well actually he just kept licking my arm but it sounded better the other way.
ReplyDeleteInteresting read here.
I love the tips for living alone, the rubberband was brilliant :) great post. Hope you're having a good day
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you keep up with all of us!! But thank you!!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting, useful and uplifting blog - again!!
Oh my gosh, how awful that pesticides don't really wash off. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteThose mosquito tips are great to know! Haven't seen any here this summer yet, but they'll be in full swing soon.
ReplyDeleteLOL at the teacher pic. I thought my daughter's teacher looked a LOT different last week than when I met her at the beginning of the year :)
Another reason to admire Helen Keller! I think Steve Jobs was not a good man because of giving all the manufacturing jobs to China where they treat their workers like slaves. Jobs was a billionaire. He didn't need to make that much money and could have helped America and Americans by making ipods etc. here. I love the teaching owl!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't surprise me about the F.B.I. I think all they used to want to do was snoop into the lives of famous people, they were reverse evil groupies. The living alone stuff is GOOD!!! I have that jar pop and it is awesome! Also my friend has mice so I sent him the peppermint thing. So many things that are good, I am going back for another look.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Somehow I am very sweet to mosquitos and use DEET repellant when I am in mosquito territory.
ReplyDeleteAh... I love this about Grace!
ReplyDeleteLiving in the DFW area we have really crazy problems with mosquitoes. My husband sprays with Cutter and we have great luck with that!
Love,
Jemma
hmm didn't know some of those things about mosquitoes.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was reading the 10 tips for living along I thought the one about washing other things in the dishwasher was a joke because of the cat in the picture
Another interesting post... I would rather have good bug spray all over me than to go through the type of bites that I had recently... Itched me to death!!!! YUK...
ReplyDeleteLuckily, (knock on wood) we don't have many mosquitoes here --at least not in our yard... BUT--we do have spiders and many other bugs.
Years ago--when we didn't know better, we put out traps for Japanese Beetles. Didn't know until later that the traps ATTRACT more beetles to the yard... We do NOT do that anymore... Live and learn..
Hugs,
Betsy
Oh ho, I did not know Helen Keller was a radical? Amazing.
ReplyDeleteDisney, Mickey's dad? An informer. Bot you learn a lot around here.
Loved the laugh withe the teachers comparisons, I would bet it is close to the truth! Time for a vacation for most of them, they say, "THANK GOODNESS".
Love from North Carolina..
The poor teachers! heehee! I mentioned you on my blog just now! Come of over! HUGS!!!
ReplyDeleteI never knew that about Helen Keller. (I wish I didn't know it, in fact. It bugs me that she was a socialist.) I did know that Disney had an FBI file.
ReplyDeleteI guess we're all going to have one before long!
Oh, and I wouldn't trust Steve Jobs, either. He never appealed to me. I recognize his talent, but I always got the creeps about him. Maybe I need to work for the FBI!
ReplyDeleteLove the teacher pic! There are some DAYS at work I feel like that:@)
ReplyDeleteYour packed full of knowledge today! Organic is the way to go but I find it so difficult to believe that our government allows us to eat all the unhealthy stuff! Debby
ReplyDeleteHelen Keller was radical... radically amazing!
ReplyDeleteI guess we will be using deets! blessings ~ tanna
The FBI info was very interesting. I like the mosquito tips and the owls. The mosquito info explains a lot!! After reading the tips for singles, I scrolled on down, and gee, some people make nasty comments about things that don't even matter. :-(
ReplyDeleteI love owls so I sure do like the teacher owls. I have a very large calendar right here by my desk with a different owl for every month. They are so pretty I'm tempted to frame them.
ReplyDeleteIn light of the news this week, I think most of us have an FBI file on us by now... or some kind of file. Wonder what mine could possibly say? "Loves to stalk blogs"? Ann
ReplyDeleteSandi, Great post. I knew about Jobs and Disney but Keller was a surprise.
ReplyDeleteSome days I look like that haggard owl.
Hugs, ginger
We have been kinda missing in action,, so we came to read and get caught up- were glad we did.
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tweedles
A lot of us had FBI files, Sandie. ~~ Unless all is declassified and put on the Internet with search capabilities, we'll never know.
ReplyDeleteDid you note they've been playing the oldie (hippie, left) song, I've been watching you? If you don't know it, then Google it followed by the word, "lyrics."
Your line, "Love when you work up sweat." brings back lots of sweet memories.
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Hmmm. Maybe the FBI thing has something to do with this - but I kept getting a dead-end redirect when clicking into your site on this post.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Your blog makes me laugh, makes me think, and gives great, helpful tips. Thanks.
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