11-11-2017
Happy Veterans Day!
We will never forget what our veterans have done for us.
Today my blog page is dedicated to all of the service men and women who have put their country first before their own family in order to protect our freedom.
Thank you for serving our country my friends!
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States. On this day, which occurs every year on the last Monday of May, we remember the men and women who have died while serving our country.
Many people on this day will visit cemeteries and memorials placing an American flag at graves to honor our fallen heros.
Let’s remember that appreciation is not only one day out of the year – it’s year round.
Thank you to all of those who have died while serving our great country! I think this picture says it all.
11-11-2016
Happy Veterans Day!
We will never forget what our veterans have done for us.
Today my blog page is dedicated to all of the service men and women who have put their country first before their own family in order to protect our freedom.
Thank you for serving our country my friends!
Journalist Rocky the Squirrel here –
Keeping my paws on the nuts of the world!
Oh ladies – I’ve got a holiday made just for you today. The first Thursday in November is considered Men Make Dinner Day. Doesn’t that sound totally awesome? Ladies can sit back and let their man cook them dinner for a chance. And we are talking the entire dinner to include dessert! So let me tell you the details.
Guys, sit your woman in the living room with a glass of wine, pop their feet up and give THEM the remote control for a while. You then head off to the kitchen and prepare that masterpiece for dinner.
Now, here’s an important thing. Put that phone away. No take out or reservations. You have to cook this meal all by yourself. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it be. What’s your specialty? A nice burger? An omelet? Soup? Sandwich? Whatever it is – make it special for your woman.
Oh and men. Don’t forget that cooking dinner also means cleaning the kitchen afterwards. 🙂
Buckle up my friends… it’s going to be a bumpy ride today. Today we are focusing on the Ellis Hotel that is located in downtown Atlanta, right in mom/dad’s backyard if you will.
The Ellis Hotel used to be called the Winecoff Hotel. On December 7, 1946 it had over 260 guests checked in for overnight. Around 3:00AM (the witching hour some say), an elevator operator smelled smoke near the fifth floor and notified other employees. Unfortunately by that time, the third, fourth and fifth floors were already on fire. The hotel was suppose to be fireproof and it turned out that night that it wasn’t. Due to being ‘fireproof, there was no fire escapes, no fire doors, no sprinklers or alarm system. Over 119 guests perished that night.
The hotel was reopened in 1951 as the Peachtree Hotel on Peachtree. It passed through multiple ownerships and in 2007 it was named the Ellis Hotel. There are rumors of items being moved, voices, children running and woman screaming down the hallways. One time, two weeks in a row, the current alarm system went off at 2:48AM – the same time each week.
Mom/dad felt festive one day about a year ago. It was during their monthly date night and they spent the night at the Hotel Ellis. It doesn’t take much to spook dad but mom on the other hand is a hard one to crack. They stayed on the third floor in a very nice room. Dad woke mommy up around 2:30AM complaining about the activity in the hallway. When mom checked it out, there was nothing. She didn’t hear it or see anything but dad said it woke him up. Around 3:30AM, mommy woke up smelling smoke. She’s very sensitive to the smell and she said it was overwhelming. Again, she woke daddy up and he didn’t smell anything. And for some reason, the elevator door went up and down a lot that night. They could hear the doors opening and closing but no foot steps. Needless to say, they didn’t get much sleep that night.
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States. On this day, which occurs every year on the last Monday of May, we remember the men and women who have died while serving our country.
Many people on this day will visit cemeteries and memorials placing an American flag at graves to honor our fallen heroes. Let’s remember that appreciation is not only one day out of the year – it’s year round.
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Thank you to all of those who have died while serving our great country! I think this picture says it all.
Women – I have something to discuss with you today. I just know this is going to touch your hearts as much as it touches mine. Are you ready for the topic? Car problems. There you go – I heard your sighs all the way here at the Hotel Thompson. Why do car problems bother us so much?
As a younger woman, I tinkered with cars. Can you believe that? But coming from a large family where I have seven older brothers, my dad made sure I knew my way around a car. I have a fond memory of when me and Jim first started dating. I had a Dodge Omni at the time that was unreliable as a Dollar Store pregnancy test. One time, I was going home from his house. His mom/dad followed us because they knew my car was unreliable. About half way home, sure enough my car stopped running. I pulled over to the side of the road and got the flash light out of the glove box. I handed it to Jim where he proceeded to look at me like a deer in the headlights. He said, “What do you want me to do?” Without missing a beat, I opened my door and said, “Hold the flashlight for me.” So there we were outside of the car, hood up, Jim holding the flashlight and me tinkering underneath it with the carburetor. That’s how Jim’s mom/dad found us when they rolled up beside us… of course they were laughing hysterically and yes I got it running again.
So, I’m not a stranger to the makings of a car; however, with all of the newer electronics in cars these days, I’m not as good as I once was. That’s when last week on Thursday my check engine light came on and I squealed like Bacon. Really? It’s already a tough time of the year. I’m closing the year 2015 at work and I can’t begin to tell you that my mind is mush from all of the number crunching. I had so many errands to run last weekend – grocery shopping, pharmacy, plasma donations, Houdini needed a bath, Bacon needed piggy chow and the purr things were about to abandon the Hotel Thompson if they didn’t get some treats and fresh litter. So my hands were full as well as my calendar and wallet.
Being resourceful though and Jim still to this day not having a mechanically inclined touch in his entire body, I did what any solid mind girl would do. I sat down and had me a cry. You know one of those gut sucking the world is coming to an end cries. Of course this was outside of the Hotel Thompson. Had it been and the anipals heard me, I would have been licked to death 🙂
And do you know what else doesn’t work when your Check Engine light is on? Take a guess – your remote start. Now, remote start is one of those things that I didn’t think I would use all that often if ever and I never thought I would miss it. Let me tell you something. I missed it totally! I use it to turn on the Jeep in the mornings to get the frost off the windows. I use it running to the car in the evenings to turn on the heat before I get in. Gosh, I was missing this!
After my cry, I hit the internet and researched the problem with the Jeep. That’s when I learned two things. The Jeep has a lot of extras that I didn’t know about (which is good) and I found the problem (which is better.) You see, if the check engine light comes on and flashes – then you have an engine problem – good to know huh? But if the check engine light comes on solid, then more than likely it’s a gas problem. It could be either you got cheap gas, the gas cap is dirty or the gas cap is not tight. Looking back at where I got gas the last time, I think it was dirty. So with a paper towel in hand, I took the gas cap off, cleaned it and then put it back on tight. Now it says in the manual that you may have to crank, drive around and park it 4-5 times before the light goes off – if you fixed the problem.
For the entire weekend, it never went off. Really karma? Can’t you throw me a curve? So there I was running errands and with every re-crank begging to the Gods to fix it but it didn’t. I had enough Sunday night so I went to bed early. I was tired, cranky and frustrated. I get up to go to work Monday, walk to the car, crank it and oh my glory heavens – the light was gone. I swear I heard angels singing. Really I did.
So my question women – why do car problems frustrate us??
Journalist Rocky the Squirrel here –
Keeping my paws on the nuts of the world!
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Oh ladies – I’ve got a holiday made just for you today. The first Thursday in November is considered Men Make Dinner Day. Doesn’t that sound totally awesome? Ladies can sit back and let their man cook them dinner for a chance. And we are talking the entire dinner to include dessert! So let me tell you the details.
Guys, sit your woman in the living room with a glass of wine, pop their feet up and give THEM the remote control for a while. You then head off to the kitchen and prepare that masterpiece for dinner. Now, here’s an important thing. Put that phone away. No take out or reservations. You have to cook this meal all by yourself. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it be. What’s your specialty? A nice burger? An omelet? Soup? Sandwich? Whatever it is – make it special for your woman.
Oh and men. Don’t forget that cooking dinner also means cleaning the kitchen afterwards. 🙂
Buckle up my friends… it’s going to be a bumpy ride today. Today we are focusing on the Ellis Hotel that is located in downtown Atlanta, right in mom/dad’s backyard if you will.
The Ellis Hotel used to be called the Winecoff Hotel. On December 7, 1946 it had over 260 guests checked in for overnight. Around 3:00AM (the witching hour some say), an elevator operator smelled smoke near the fifth floor and notified other employees. Unfortunately by that time, the third, fourth and fifth floors were already on fire. The hotel was suppose to be fireproof and it turned out that night that it wasn’t. Due to being ‘fireproof, there was no fire escapes, no fire doors, no sprinklers or alarm system. Over 119 guests perished that night.
The hotel was reopened in 1951 as the Peachtree Hotel on Peachtree. It passed through multiple ownerships and in 2007 it was named the Ellis Hotel. There are rumors of items being moved, voices, children running and woman screaming down the hallways. One time, two weeks in a row, the current alarm system went off at 2:48AM – the same time each week.
Mom/dad felt festive one day about a year ago. It was during their monthly date night and they spent the night at the Hotel Ellis. It doesn’t take much to spook dad but mom on the other hand is a hard one to crack. They stayed on the third floor in a very nice room. Dad woke mommy up around 2:30AM complaining about the activity in the hallway. When mom checked it out, there was nothing. She didn’t hear it or see anything but dad said it woke him up. Around 3:30AM, mommy woke up smelling smoke. She’s very sensitive to the smell and she said it was overwhelming. Again, she woke daddy up and he didn’t smell anything. And for some reason, the elevator door went up and down a lot that night. They could hear the doors opening and closing but no foot steps. Needless to say, they didn’t get much sleep that night.
Oh my frien
ds! We here at the Hotel Thompson have been watching a new game show on television called Bullseye. It is hosted by Kellan Lutz – you know him from Twlight (he played Emmett Cullen) and co-hosted by Godfrey who is a comedian on the Godfrey Complex. This show is a combination of Wipe Out and Fear Factor.
It starts with 8 contestants (4 women and 4 men). They have to go through three challenges. By the beginning of the third challenge, they are down to 3 contestants to go up against each other to win $50,000! So you think it’s easy to play?
They have different challenges that I’ve seen in the past couple of weeks. One challenge had the contestants running down a MOVING train from the caboose to the engine. Along the ways, they were throwing off bullseye’s that were attached to the side of the train. Then they rushed to the front of the train and jumped off to hit the big bullseye to stop the train. Don’t worry – they were all tied so they wouldn’t fall off the train or jump to far in front of the train to stop it. But can you imagine doing this? The quickest one that got all of the bullseyes removed, won the $50,000. Not bad for a days work huh?
I’ve also seen it where they are attached to a cord hanging off of a helicopter. They are swung through the air and have to throw big bean bags towards a bullseye on the ground. They get two attempts and the closes bean bag to the bullseye target wins. Sound fun swinging through the air?
The show airs on the Fox channel on Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM. Mark your calendar to watch it this week. We highly recommend it here at the Hotel Thompson. In fact, I think I’m going to practice hitting some bullseye targets this week… where are those purr things to help me out? Snorts!
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