April 4, 2008 at 2:58 pm (Adult Learning, health, health and cooking, pet peeves...)
I need to vent just a bit. I LOVE M & Ms. Plain have always been my favorite candy. When I was a little girl I could go to a downtown “Kresge” store and get quite a bit of candy for 25 cents. That shows you just how old I am. 
If you don’t know, Kresge is the original K Mart Corporation. Anyway, I love the plain M & Ms but…being diabetic I have to be very careful with sugars.
There are a lot of companies coming out with sugar free candy these days and that’s very nice for diabetics. You still have to be careful and count the carbs involved, but if you really need the taste of good sugar, more and more it’s starting to be out there.
I sent an e-mail to the parent company, M & M Mars, and left a suggestion that they too come out with a sugar free M & M. I got an e-mail back from them telling me that they don’t use input from customers for those types of decisions. I think that’s flat out STUPID! They could have at least worded it so that they might pay attention instead of just telling me more or less that they don’t give a rip. Is it just me or is this stupid?
One piece of good news….I was able to for the first time, find a sugar free chocolate Easter bunny this year. That was a first for me. Thank you Russell Stover. I bit the head off, just like a little kid, then put the rest of it in the freezer for the future.
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February 16, 2008 at 4:31 pm (Understanding Life, leisure time, pet peeves...)
I think there’s a 90’s pop song entitled “She Drives Me Crazy”, but I’m changing it a bit. First and foremost, I LOVE MY HUSBAND! Actually he’s more of a soul mate than just my husband. I wouldn’t trade him for anything. However…he does a few things that just make me nuts!
Today’s example is television. He’s very realistic and likes things to be realistic. He just can’t abide television or movies that are not. Sometimes it bothers him more than others and today is one of those days. We were just watching a TV movie, a crime drama, and his “commentary ” is what irritates me.
Police officers do things that are really stupid and God knows they can’t shoot a gun to save themselves. I agree with him totally, but what I try to tell him is that if the officers did things the right way all of the time the movie would last about 15 minutes instead of the typical run time. The average person wouldn’t pay to see a movie that lasted 15 minutes or watch a TV movie either. Drama is the name of the game. They have to do all of this stuff to make the story even though sometimes it makes the story lame. I understand it, but he has a really hard time with it, so he makes continuous comments. It drives me crazy, but it almost seems funny at the same time. For the most part he’s right, but just can’t appreciate the drama .
Thankfully like I said, it doesn’t happen all of the time. Perhaps today is just a “hormonal” day for him.
That’s my pet peeve for the day. I’ve vented so I feel better.
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December 16, 2007 at 12:32 pm (pet peeves...)
Perhaps no one else will be interested, but I’ve decided to use this blog as a source for venting my frustrations. Pet peeves……we all have them. Personally I don’t know WHY the word “pet” is part of the process! Pet peeves are irritations. They’re not something I like, so why in the world would they be my pets!?!?!?!?
Anyway…I hate blister-packs. My mother always told me you shouldn’t hate anything and I was taught there’s some good and some bad in everything. (?) BUT I see no good use for blister-packs in the hands of me, the consumer. If you’re not familiar with the term, “blister-packs” are those @%^(+#* (usually) plastic things that contain items like (some) over the counter drugs, (some) chewing gum or candy, etc. First you have to open the package, then you have to separate the individual item, usually with half cut perforations, then go through foil to get to what you wanted in the first place.
Case in point….I was trying to get into a package of Prilosec OTC a few minutes ago. I open the outer package and throw away all the wasted paper where everything in the known universe about the chemistry of this medication is printed. I open the inner package. Inside are two, individual packages having seven plastic, foil coated pockets. The pockets have lousy perforations. Five minutes later I finally get out the scissors and cut them apart. WHY not just put them in a bottle and be done with it?? The bottle would have a box, foil or plastic and cotton to go through, with a child safe cap, but it would be a lot easier then getting into a blister-pack.
Enough said….I’ve vented. If you read this and can agree just a little with any of these comments, it will have been worth my time to write it.
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