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Can you believe CJ has never been to New York City? I really want to go, just me and him, maybe see a Broadway show or something. Last time I got to New York it wasn't to go to the city, I was actually in Syracuse to visit friends and we went to this really nice Syracuse italian restaurant - I'd love to go there again but if we can't make it there, I'd at least love to go to NYC!

I thought about doing some shopping for the holidays anf ten maybe having dinner - am I totally crazy?

So Jeff (the ex) and I had the whole insurance debate last night. I told him how when we got divorced I was without insurance for a while. I looked online for insurance, it was easy. Once I knew which company I wanted, I was able to look locally, all I needed was Google search. For example, if you live in North Carolina and you know you want to use Blue Cross Blue Shield just type in Blue Cross Blue Shield NC and viola - good info!

There really are so many insurance options out there - it's like car insurance shopping!

So many of my friends take vacations to Mexico. I have never even thought about it, I mean, when I think of exotic I think of Brazil or Bali but not Mexico. Of course, my friends don't understand my affection for Disney so I guess to each their own!

I had a bit of a 'discussion' one day with one of my friends about Disney and I told her about how there are plenty of exotic places in Disney and how I LOVE staying at the Polynesian Resort - that is exotic enough for me, lol. She told me to do a quick online search for "riviera maya mexico" so I did and look what I found:

Wow- breathtaking, huh?

Driving on the highway never used to bother me. In fact, it was my preferred method to get somewhere. You know, a straight shot and you can go fast! Yesterday though, I nearly had a heart attack. There was a convoy of huge rigs, a few of them were carrying those big stainless steel drums an I gotta admit, that made me a little nervous.

Maybe I am just getting old? I literally could not wait to get off the highway!

CJ took off this weekend just because he needs a few days of rest and relaxation. It's been one hell of a month, between his health issues and then work and then, to top it off, my kitty died last week - so a few days of doing nothing is what he needs and in fact, me too.

However, I do know we'll be out shopping tomorrow - I want to check out those netbooks and see what all the chatter is about! Also, a pet store in the area s having an adoption weekend - some of the local shelters will be there and I would like to get another kitty. I would like to get 2 who need to stay together
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We got some decent furniture at a really good price for our basement this past July. I'm starting to think I should have just used our current living room furniture for the basement and then I should have bought new furniture for our living room. We really need some new furniture. I know CJ would love a recliner and I want one of those cool looking modern sofas.

Either way, we need new and we need more because now when all 5 of us are in the living room, there's aren't enough laces for everyone to sit comfortably!

We generally don't go on vacation during the winter months because I am too chicken to travel if there is any possibility of snow, hahaha. A friend of mine was just talking about how she is planning a ski vacation and I gotta admit, it sounds fun!

I have never been one to want to travel down a snowy mountain on 2 sticks but I might give snow tubing a shot this year. Suddenly a winter vacation sounds nice.

So I've been asked just how bad this 'H1N1 flu' was and I gotta say, I thought I was going to die. For me, it came on suddenly. Like I said, one minute I was looking for life insurance online (haha, that is funny to me now) and the next thing I knew, I felt kinda achy. I woke up in the middle of the night with a horrible pain in my upper back and by morning I had a fever of 102.0!

It didn't last long because I took Tamaflu. Jeff (the ex) started with similar symptoms on Tuesday night and he is STILL feeling crappy. He said today is the first day he doesn't have a fever. He didn't take Tamaflu.

Well, all of us but CJ had the flu and we're all recovering. Life is getting back to normal. The kids are fighting and I'm working online, all is well. I'm also watching football and chatting with my friend Mike. He lives in Texas now but we went to high school together. He's bragging about the Plano dentist he found that is apparently awesome.

The kids and I made cookies today too. The Halloween cookies we didn't get to make over this past week because we were so sick!