Finger Crush Injury

Have you experienced having your thumb caught in a car door? It just happened to me and oh boy it was so darn painful. I was in the garage ready to load the kids in the back seat. I opened the front passenger door to put first my bag and water bottle. When I close it, my left thumb was caught in it. I immediately checked if I got fractured by wriggling it. It left some discoloration on the tip of my digit and accumulation of blood under the nail. I applied ice right away and basically had an ice in a clear plastic wrapped around my thumb in a small washcloth while driving to prevent from swelling.  

I got so lucky my thumb wasn't smashed hard. No broken bones and the bruising wasn't that bad. So I don't have to seek any medical attention. I still have the dried blood though. Lesson learned - pay attention, avoid being careless when closing car doors or operating any doors to avoid your fingers from getting smashed. 

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Famous People that Loves Cigar | Cigar Aficionados

I can associate puffing cigar with west side story or those movies in South and Central American countries setting where cigars is known to be originated from. And accordingly this was first observed in the new world upon the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Now, the credit goes to the Spaniards for creating the cigar industry and as we know became a big industry. There are different brands of cigars and to name a few there's the hoyo de monterrey, montecrist, partagas, macanudo, ashton, CAO, and many others. 

Accordingly, the first European that smoke cigar was the lieutenant of Columbus during their exploration. But we now know that people of different nationalities smokes cigar. Some famous people of the 20th century I have read that loves cigar are Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, Mark Twain, Fidel Castro, Bill Cosby, Bill Clinton, Jack Nicholson, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, and so many others. I guess you can say that smoking cigar also has affinity to status of certain individual in the society, and there are those that are really an avid cigar smoker that go a long way of checking out what is the best cigar in the world is. 

Weekend Birthday Parties| Birthday Party Ideas

These past few weeks, starting in April actually, birthday party invitations are left and right. Like, really, no weekends that don't have any going on. Last weekend a friends' kid celebrated a birthday and invited us for the party. Then our eldest daughter had another invitation from her classmate who also had a celebration that day. Then Sunday after we attended another birthday at Jumping Jacks, a kiddie play and recreation center.

Yesterday, Sunday afternoon, again, we attended another birthday party. The party was at 1 pm , so after church we proceeded to our friend's residence where the party was held. There were lots of food for sure and my friend rented a bounce house for the kids to play at the backyard. I think it is a great idea when there is a kid birthday party as they surely will enjoy jumping in it.

I haven't tried having our girls party in another place except our home. I thought that birthday idea is good, like having it place where they cater for the food as well as place to entertain kids. Some of it I knew here like Chuck E Cheese, Jumping Jacks, Charlie Safari, and others. It is less stress for preparation, convenient, and no cleaning up after. I think, maybe when the girls are a little older and bigger, we can invite few of their really close friends their age and have it somewhere fun for them. 

Next week, another invitation for our girls to attend. This time, the Mom chose something fun for them with a theme of Princess Tea Party. The establishment they contracted specializes on Princess theme parties. The girls will be pampered, play dress up, and will have a dance along with the big princesses' hosts of the party. It is a surprise for the girls that were invited and I am pretty sure it will be a blast for them. 

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Saving Your Silver Dimes

I am not a collector of rare coins. Although we have lots of coins in our girls' piggy bank, but those are for savings to be used or deposited in the bank for our kids savings accounts. Collecting coins in rare or valuable dates is a hobby to some people. They collect this for personal use, and others collect it as an investment. When the economy was slipping down, I've read about precious metals to be going strong. Gold buying was booming as well as silver coins.

About silver dimes, I often wonder how you can determine if your dime is among the rare ones, dating to years and years ago. I know there is a way of knowing it even though we are not experts. Accordingly, one should look into their mint marks, dates, the series and so on. It seems like this is very interesting. I will try to check online about how to determine if you have a rare coin and then check some of the dimes and other coins we have at home. Who knows I will be able to find a rare silver dime, which could be saved and use later on when it matures and its value is high.