Google has all sorts of programs and features besides the search engine that you’re familiar with. One of the new features on their map page is the bike route map. If you’re interested in the safest and fastest way to get from one location to another in the city on your bike, then this is the webpage for you. It really is a handy tool for looking for a safe way to get around town. I’ve already started planning trips on my scooter.

Let me tell you about the wonderful journey we had on our way home from the big city last weekend. First there was a traffic jam, then an accident and a spill on the freeway. After that there was a wrong-way trip off an on ramp in a desperate attempt to get gas before running out in the traffic jam. Does that top the deluge of rain so intense that an escape from the freeway had to be made? Not really since about 20 other people were doing it ahead of us. The rain was WAY freakier. What usually takes 3-4 hours took almost 6.

Longest
Trip Home
EVER!!

It’s true – you don’t see a lot of comments posted on this blog. At first the ability to comment worked well and then we changed formats and somehow that feature disabled itself – except to spam posts from machines who didn’t understand proper grammar or even how to spell and who apparently had a stuck ’shift’ button because some posts were just thousands of question marks. Well now the comment ability is fixed (hint hint to all humans) and we’re getting a higher quality of spam post (woohoo it’s only their email address that refers to Viagra!) but I could still stand to see something that seems like an algorithm didn’t write it….

For those of you out there who don’t know what stretch marks are for, allow me to explain.  When a person gains weight, the skin will sometimes get ugly dents that kind of run in lines.  They start out red or purple and often fade to a silvery white.  For most people, these are permanent even after weight loss.  The weight gain doesn’t have to be from fat – it can be from an increase in muscle too.  That makes the cropping up of stretch marks especially insulting.

Different products and treatments have been produced to help prevent or diminish the appearance of stretch marks and one of the most common is the use of cocoa butter creams on the stretch marks.  Of course then you can have cocoa butter stretch marks because this doesn’t always work.  Asking your doctor for ideas is always a good way to go.

Horses can be quite expensive. We’re not talking about just what you need for the horse, like food and shelter. We’re also talking about what you need to ride the horse like a saddle and helmet and even breeches. Getting the longest lasting materials for the lowest price should be your goal so make sure to look long and hard and even ask your fellow animal lovers about their experiences and recommendations.