ten cents

It's pretty much what you want to put in your tank. When I first got my brand new car now whomty back in 2001 I wanted to give it the best that I could. I was making good money at a great job that i regret leaving but that's another story. I would always put the most expensive gas in my vehicle. Unlike others I never gave my car a name. Just called it my sandy colored car. When recession took its toll I couldn't support my cars habit of nice smelling glamours gas. I dealt with it. To this day I feel bad that the car that has made it to Cuernava, Mexico to the states as far as Kansas every other weekend to transporting my moms mother from Mexico to having my little nieces and nephews riding in it, to sometimes taking me to where the road ends hasn't gotten the best.

My car may not be glamours or a fancy expensive car but it was new and bought with my hard earned money.

The other day I was like regular at the gas pump and the regular was blocked off on all the pumps to tell us that they ran out. That's okay I'll try the mid grade. I go and try to pump gas and nothing comes out so I say okay something isn't right. I walk inside and tell the clerk "is there something wrong with the pumps". He responds and tells me that they ran out of regular and mid grade. I look confused and say but you only have regular blocked off. It's then that it clicks in my brain and i say "wait are you telling me that......" he stops me and finishes by saying yes. I realized that both regular and mid grade share the same underground tank and both come out to represent differently. I was in shock. I then put the super premium gas and went on my way but I could not shake the fact that I payed 10 cents cheaper all this time when others pay mid grade and get the same gas as me. People are getting ripped off to expect a certain quality. All this time I felt bad for not treating my whompty sandy colored car when I just saved 10 cents from getting ripped of all these years.

I still could not believe that this was going on. Went back and told heather and my parents. Now I'm telling you. I'm not saying that every gas station does this because that fact is I don't know.
I did witness it happen and just a thought that there has to be more gas stations that do this.

To all the high rollers have you been ripped off?
I for one don't feel that way anymore.

small brick toys

something tells me it's the on off of 75

I've never really thought much about legos. They are popular amongst kids and maybe one or two adults. I remember awhile back Heather was bugging me about getting her some legos. I wondered why she wanted to play with legos. Turns out there was a whole other side of just playing with them. You can connect to make art. It's when I understood her.

I kept seeing these articles about Dallas CityScape in the paper. Legos turned into Dallas Landmarks. I was interested. You see I didn't really care for the lego part but the fact that they were used to replicate buildings in Dallas well that I wanted to see. Time kept flying by and was wondering if we were going to get to check it out.

The exhibit costs five dollars. It benefits the East Dallas Community Schools. It was actually funny to see people walk in with their expensive shopping but were not willing to spend five dollars so they walked right back out.

Old Red Courthouse

They wanted us to play an I Spy Game. An I Spy list contained lego things or legoithians (lego people) through the exhibit. Over two point five million legos are used to make the Dallas CityScape. My favorite was the Half Price Book Store Lego Land. Others are The American Airlines Center and Victory Park, The Nasher Sculpture Center, Union Station, Old Red Courthouse, The Museum of Nature and Science, Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, Trammell Crow Tower, and The Hyatt Regency Hotel and Reunion Tower. I know it sounds like a kids place right, but I think it goes half and half. The kids get to play at the set ups of legos. There is even a toy speedway which Heather and I played and she won. The adults get to enjoy the landmarks.

legoithians

I loved the idea of combining little brick toys into something bigger.
If you get a chance go and swing by see what you make of it. They are very friendly and you even get a toy on the way out. I got a car with a bull on it and Heather got a car with a wolf on it.

If we don't stop every once in a while to enjoy the little things in life they wouldn't exist.

ends September 3, 2012
Galleria Dallas
Level I near Tiffany & Co.
13350 Dallas Parkway
I-635 at North Dallas Tollway
Dallas, TX 75240

ghost tours of dallas

Just in case you didn't already know, I'm going to tell you anyway.

Did you know that the Dallas West End was and is haunted today. Learn about downtown Dallas that you didn't know happened. I love history. History changes and you find yourself thinking this really happened. It was a special treat for me combining history with a haunt. You buy your tickets in advance. They give daily tours. You are lucky if its a small group. The tours are new but the haunts have always been there. I was so excited to know that I didn't have to wait till October (scary season) for something like this.

something happened from one of these windows

Our tour (ghost tours of Dallas) started around 8:00 pm. a total of 15 people. The tour is for all ages willing to believe but I don't recommend it towards the end. We had two young kids and they were racing to get out that our tour guide had to wrap it up. I would like to tell you more about it but then that takes the fun out of having your own experience. I do recommend that you give it a try. There is some walking involved, he takes you down the West End of Downtown Dallas. Where comfortable shoes. Don't worry you won't break a sweat unless you have to run because you saw something.

I was so thrilled about this that we will be going back, soon I hope. We couldn't stop talking about it for days. You will learn and possibly feel something literally touch you. You won't believe that where you are standing bodies are still buried. When they were asked how many ghosts haunt the west end, he said hundreds. There is even talk of a haunted hotel......... who steals the towels? What happened many years ago at the Red Court Museum? You won't believe what you are hearing. You know they always save the best for last.



the basement of the west end

The West End is opened yearly now only for Halloween season. Why? because it is actually haunted. Have you ever been to a haunted house and got the bejebus scared out of you well this place tops it because it's not make believe. Call it lucky or not if by the end of the tour something someone actually touches you. NO JOKE.

We were so intrigued that when it was over Heather and I walked the tour again by ourselves.



what ever you do don't stand by this door.

Take your cameras they encourage it. What will you capture?

There was a time that I could watch scary movies by myself then something happened and I missed out on a lot of haunts. Guess what I'm back. Back to get spooked or carry an extra pair of undies.

I don't know what causes us to get scared of the make believe when that should be the least of our problems. What we should actually be scared about is the real world. The shooting while sitting on the porch, the car accident that left a person in a coma, the wars fought daily for freedom.

So come on it's okay to get a little scared every once in a while it helps our insides want to jump out.

Give ghosttoursofdallas.com a try it will leave you saying "i have got to do this again, don't know if i missed something"



look closely and what do you see? in the court yard of the Red Court Museum.

WE WILL BE GOING BACK. CAN NOT WAIT TO FEEL GOOSEBUMPS.