Recently a hiking trip in sunny Arizona brought me to an urgent care in Scottsdale. Whenever I can’t make an appointment or see my regular doctor I go to one of these clinics. It doesn’t cost as much as the emergency room and you usually don’t have to wait very long to be seen. The particular urgent care in Scottsdale that I went to for help was exceptional. It is always comforting to be somewhere that you feel safe after an injury. I’m usually surefooted, but on this day I slipped up on a fairly standard trail. 

The hike was moderate at best, I just wasn’t paying attention. Were descending down a very small canyon and I stepped on some rocks that I believed were stable. They were actually very loose and I rolled my ankle and stumbled down the path. After taking a quick breather I tried to get up and go, but I fell right back down. I untied my boot and started to take it off, when I had difficulty I knew I was in trouble. Finally the boot came off and I could see my ankle swollen to the size of a baseball. Some other hikers helped me out of the canyon and I was on my way to see the doctor.

At the clinic the doctor ordered an x ray, and it revealed a broken ankle. I’m an active person, and I was discouraged to know that I would have to be off my feet for a couple of months. The doctor assured me that if I let it heal properly, I would be as good as new with no long term risks. This comforted me a great deal.

If you are looking for a place to go out for a night on the town, you may want to try going to a fancy champagne lounge.  It is a new experience that will be sure to make you feel like a refined individual. Imagine yourself sitting back and sipping on delicious champagne.   In Denver, wine and champagne lounges are popping up all over town.  So what is so appealing about these places?

Well for one it is a novel experience.  How many chances does someone get to drink champagne? Most people do not drink champagne on a regular basis. So there is some appeal to get all dressed up and drink champagne.

Another reason it gives you an excuse to get dressed up and have a sophisticated night.  Going to a champagne lounge is something different than just going to a neighborhood bar for a beer.

You will expose yourself to different champagne. Most places like this have a lot of different champagnes to try and choose from. And where else would you get that kind of exposure?  I mean you will be amazed just how many different kinds of champagne and sparkeling wine there are out there.

Plus many of these places offer tastings and classes, where you can learn all about the art of making champagne.   It is quite educational actually. I remember how much I learned when I went to the Korbel Vineyard.  But imagine what you can learn if that information is in your own backyard.  Which is one of the benefits of a champagne lounge.

Epernay Lounge

1080 14th St  Denver, CO 80202

(303) 573-5000

The other day I was out talking to one of my neighbors. Another neighbor came up and started talking to us. He had been the victim of a burglary the other night and a bunch of tools had been stolen out of his truck. The neighbors I had been talking to spoke up and said oh I have a home security system that has a camera pointing out the front. These neighbors happen to live right across the street and he let him know that he would check the camera to see if he could see anything. Once they found out that the footage did show something they were able to turn it over to the police and they were eventually able to apprehend the suspect. It made me realize how important having a home security system really is. By being able to keep an eye on your property and by being able to have your home linked to Alter police in emergencies allows you and your family to be protected. I was glad to know that there was a high in the sky sort of speak that was keeping I look out in my neighborhood. Security systems have grown in what they can do and that customization and quality that they have. Theft is one of the most common kinds of crimes that are out there today. To be able to have protection and a remedy against these types of crimes allows you to protect yourself and your property. Keeping yourself from harm can be accomplished through havig home security. Having a security camera allows you to protect yourself against theft.

This was one piece of the puzzle that I was curious about in thinking what I would do if I happened to be the unfortunate individual pulled over by police after I had had a couple of drinks.  According to an article found under the title of Breathalyzer, most breathalyzer tests are actually performed at the police station.  This I did not one because for one thing police in the movies are generally shown to have all of those handy breathalyzers in the cars, etc.  In actuality, it turns out that most tests are performed in the probably really uncomfortable confines of the police station.  The police then take the level of blood alcohol content that the breathalyzer indicated and using expert advice would estimate the level of alcohol in your system at the time you were driving.  For example, let’s say that you last ate at 11am.  It was an early lunch, whatever.  You then drank one cocktail at 8pm.  At this point, it takes one hour of that cocktail to be fully absorbed.  At 9pm, you decide that you’re hungry, because probably you are, and you leave the bar or whereever you happen to be and drive away.  Immediately, you are pulled over.  (A hint, cops do love to park outside of bars or concerts or breweries and wait for people to leave.) You are then tested at a .080 level once you arrive in the station.  The experts will then estimate that because the drink was fully absorbed, you probably had a blood alcohol content of .095.  This is even if the actual breathalyzer’s test showed lower.

When I get stung by a bee, I have a pretty bad reaction. As long as it’s not a whole hive it’s not life threatening, but it is painful and needs to be treated as soon as possible. Last time it happened I decided to try an urgent care in Tempe for treatment. I had heard a lot of good things about certain urgent cares in Tempe, and they are less expensive than going to the hospital, so why not try it out? I decided that if this trip was a success, I’d use them whenever I had an urgent medical issue.

It ended up going very well. I’ve been stung by bees quite a few times out here in Arizona, so I don’t really panic when it happens. They got me in the face this time, and I must have looked like a cartoon character by the time I got to the clinic. Being able to remain calms help with the entire situation I feel. It even helps put others at ease if you’re not afraid to chuckle at yourself. Everyone on staff at this clinic was very helpful and professional.

When I get stung by bees I just have to go get a very common anecdote. Within a few minutes of receiving the shot, the swelling goes down and I start to feel a lot better. The place I went to had it on had and got it to me right way. Since the clinic did such a great job, and they are so close to my house, I will be using them for any future incidents.

Awhile ago when the internet was just born, well, I guess it was not that long ago, but whatever.  A few years ago, there used to be a lot of popularity surrounding viral videos.  That is kind of cliche now, but three years ago everyone was also talking about the most recent viral video.  One of those videos was a hilarious tape of a policewoman pulling over a car for suspected drunk driving and performing a breathalyzer test.  In the video, the female police officer pulls over a pickup because the driver was swerving in and out of lanes. This obviously caused some source of concern for the police officer, so upon exiting her own car, she immediately was ready to perform a field sobriety test.  She initially has the guy in the pickup truck do some of the normal exercises you could imagine.  Walking along a straight line, touching his finger to his nose, and the like.  However, the police officer then begins to really step up her game as part of this sobriety exercise.  Soon she is asking him to do some dancing as he walks the straight line.  Then she has him say the alphabet backwards, which is really impressive.  On a side note, I am actually curious if the police have people do this.  When thinking about it, I am not sure I could say the alphabet backwards sober.  It would have to be extremely difficult drunk.  Anyway, I got away from what I was trying to say, but the female police officer does all of this before even pulling out her breathalyzers to test him.

In order to plan the perfect vacation for your whole entire family takes a lot of preparation and can be a bit stressful.  One of the more stressful parts of planning a vacation can be finding the right accomodations that fits your family’s needs.  Sometimes the best choice for your family to look into luxury rental homes.

Why? These homes offer something that a hotel can not. They offer privacy, plenty of room.     It also makes it like a home away from home.   It can offer some peace of mind to the family as well.  You do not have to worry about disturbing other visitors. You can enjoy the whole home to yourself.

However, you  will have to do your own housekeeping and cooking. Unless you get one of those fully staffed luxury vacation homes.   Which is something you should consider if you have a little extra money to spent.

Here are some perks to a private vacation home.

1. Privacy, it is like your own private resort.

2.  Exclusive- It is not some resort where everyone you know has been to, and it is something that is exclusive to you.

3. It is quiet.  You do not have to worry about being surrounded by people and sharing the walls of a hotel room.

4. It is a great way to make memories with your loved ones, through a shared experience that is unique to your own family.

5. It is something that you can remember for many years to come, and they are available through out the world.

A steel building from General Steel is great, if you’re a customer who needs a building to last a long time. But if you’re termite like I am they can be a real bummer. My family and I started our very own mound right next to this great farm building. This one wasn’t built by General Steel, no this farmer had used more traditional method. Well let me tell you what, it has been feeding my family for generation. At least it had been, until…the worst thing imaginable could happen.

All that lovely, tasty rotting wood was knocked down. At first the termite family thought it wouldn’t be such a big deal. We all assumed they’d build a new structure, and thought the wood would be a lot harder at first, but we would get through it. Imagine the devastation within my family when we realized the new farmer had purchased a metal building from General Steel. One of the older termites got our hopes up when he thought that even though it was from General Steel it would have something on it for us to eat. He was wrong.

Things haven’t been great in the termite colony since the day they took our building away. We are all fighting over scraps and I think we are going to have to relocate as soon as possible. One thing I know is that if this steel buildings become more popular, termites everywhere are in trouble. This buildings look like there are durable and built to last, I don’t think we will be able to overcome this. It got so bad that the oldest termite, Buggy, tried to eat the metal last night. He immediately choked to death.

As people are thinking about using their money to spend on something as important as a house made of general steel, I want to caution them in just one way. I want to say that the people who invest their time and money and stress level in something like this rarely make it out feeling like the are better off that when they started. But if they do it in the right way, then they are not going to feel any of this pain in any way that you might imagine They will be in fact better off that than when they started, which is in fact a big accomplishment and something to be celebrated. I am involved at work with a campaign hat will raise money to help build a large building in the city I live in. It is a big deal and something that we as a company are very excited about. We are also the ones that are raising money for the people to work in a much nicer building in a much better location next year. It really is very exciting. I also know that when people talk about a building being built in an area that needs improvement, one might wonder what that means for the people living in that building. One might also wonder if the people who work in that building fully understand the implications of working in a building made of general steel. I know that I will fully understand it and it is really rather exciting.

As people are thinking about using their money to spend on something as important as a house made of general steel, I want to caution them in just one way. I want to say that the people who invest their time and money and stress level in something like this rarely make it out feeling like the are better off that when they started. But if they do it in the right way, then they are not going to feel any of this pain in any way that you might imagine They will be in fact better off that than when they started, which is in fact a big accomplishment and something to be celebrated. I am involved at work with a campaign hat will raise money to help build a large building in the city I live in. It is a big deal and something that we as a company are very excited about. We are also the ones that are raising money for the people to work in a much nicer building in a much better location next year. It really is very exciting. I also know that when people talk about a building being built in an area that needs improvement, one might wonder what that means for the people living in that building. One might also wonder if the people who work in that building fully understand the implications of working in a building made of general steel. I know that I will fully understand it and it is really rather exciting.