Osubeaver2000's Blog

Dogs in parks

osubeaver2000 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:58:04 +0000

I don’t get it. Why do people think that the off leash dog law does not apply to them and their dog? I have no problem if someone is the only person in a park and their dog is off leash with nobody within sight. But once someone else is in sight, the leash needs to go on. See, my daughter is a little scared of dogs. She has no reason to be. The most a dog would have done to her is push her a little. No matter what the situation, a dog is still a dog. It could have never bit anyone ever in its life, but I’m not willing to have my child be the first. I like dogs. I grew up with one. But I don’t think I’ll ever own one and I know I don’t like them jumping up on me. My daughter probally doesn’t know how to treat them and her being around dogs on play structures makes me nervous. I think the bottom line is, follow the law and nobody gets hurt. If your dog is on a leash you have control of the dog. I think I’m going to have to carry the city police non-emergency number around with me and just start calling them when there is a dog off leash. I’ll remind the owner first, but if they give me any flack, I’ll just make a call. The worst situation I’ve been in was when an off leash boxer/pitbull stuck its head into my 3 week old baby’s carrier. That was a little scary for me. There are dog parks and off leash areas for a reason. Use them and I’ll use my park where leashes are required and my kids are safe.

BBQ grill topper

osubeaver2000 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:48:52 +0000

Recently I bougth one of these:

http://www.target.com/Chefmate-Round-Non-Stick-Grill-Topper/dp/B002SU7G0W/ref=sc_qi_detaillink

This is one of the best new things I’ve gotten for a BBQ. I cut up mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, green beans, broccoli, asparagus, and carrots. I put them in a gallon ziploc bag, and put some olive oil, salt, and pepper in there. Then when I BBQ’d the burgers I put this on the grill too. I highly recommend doing this and it will become a regular thing for us when we BBQ. Totally worth the $10.

five-o-three

osubeaver2000 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:31:52 +0000

Okay, so this is my favorite happy hour right now. It’s in West Linn by the Market of Choice or New Seasons or whatever “nature” type of store is over there where 43 hits 205. Anyways, the quality of the food is great. It’s not the actual food I like the best (Oswego Grill is my favorite food), but the atmosphere and my ability to bring kids in. See, when you have kids you need to start finding baby sitters when you want to head to happy hour because most won’t let kids in. Five-o-three does, and if you get in there before 5:30, kids get a free dinner. So not only do I get happy hour, but Addison gets to ear free. Everything they have there is home-made. For example, when Addison wants chicken nuggets, they aren’t the frozen type like most places you’d see. They take small chunks of chicken breast, roll it in their own bread crumb stuff, and bake it with their fresh-cut fries. I feel better that Addison is not eating the processed stuff. The same with their kids Mac and Cheese. They boil the noodles and make their own light sauce. They even offer to start her free dinner right when we get in so she gets her food as quick as possible. Their burger (for adults) is the best quality beef of any burger I’ve had in the area. They don’t put much on the burger, but because the quality of the beef is so good, it doesn’t need anything else. If you haven’t checked this place out you need to. Especially with kids under 12 to get the free entre.

Kids and music

osubeaver2000 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:21:12 +0000

So my kids seem to be really into music right now. So for Christmas, we got Addison a recorder (like in elementary school) for $1 at Toys-r-us. What a mistake. That thing is so loud, but she loves it. Somehow the recorder disappeared for a while (ha ha) and we went to the music store and picked out another instrument. We got a couple of good things, a kazoo, and a harmonica. The harmonica is great. It’s not very loud, and always in tune. I’d go with the harmonica, unless you want to have to wear earplugs.

Oregon City Appliance

osubeaver2000 — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:36:01 +0000

Hands down the best place to go for appliance parts. This guy that works here knows so much about all brands, and will help you make the repair on your washer, dryer, fridge, dishwasher etc and, for the 3 times I’ve been in there, could tell me where the screws were I needed to take out to make the repair. The guy has parts for everything, even a friends 1979 GE dryer that he wanted to last an extra year or so. Before you call someone to repair an appliance, you need to go see this guy and tell him what is going on. Bring the model and make and you’ll be set.

Podcasts

osubeaver2000 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:43:45 +0000

So last Thanksgiving I was driving to the beach and couldn’t seem to pick up anything on the radio on my way. I usually don’t listen to any talk radio, but I ended up on NPR and couldn’t stop listening to this show, Car Talk. These guys are really funny and you can learn about cars as a bonus. I a little while later I found my Ipod shuffle, connected it to Itunes (which I hardly used at all a while ago), and found NPR: Car talk. Now instead of having to listen to Car Talk on either Saturday or Sunday, I get it as a podcast. If you’ve never heard Car Talk, you need to. It can provide an hour of entertainment every week (their show is about 50-55 minutes weekly). I enjoyed Car Talk to much that I now have added NPR: Wait Wait don’t tell me, and NPR: Stuff you should know. What is nice about all of these podcasts is that you only need an Ipod and computer to get these. Downloading these shows are 100% free. So instead of listening to music I have subscribed to 3 – 4 podcasts that I listen to. In my opinion, much better than music.

Restaurant.com

osubeaver2000 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:16:19 +0000

Sometimes I want to eat at a restaurant that I rarely go to or don’t know exists. But I don’t want to pay $10 for something I don’t like, either. Restaurarnt.com has the solution. They sell dining certificates for some restaurants in the area. Usually these are new places that just opened and want to get the word out. Sometimes they are places that struggle a little and need some extra business. But either way, you can buy different vouchers $10, $25, $30, even $50 to some restaurants in the area. The regular price for a $25 voucher is $10, but search google for Restaurant.com coupon codes and you’ll get at least 50% off, usually it’s 60% and as high as 90%. So that’s $5 or under for $25 credit at a restaurant. There are a few restrictions, like your total bill for the $25 voucher needs to be $35 or more, but that means you can order more. You can’t apply it to alcohol, either. But if you’re looking for a new place to go and don’t want to pay very much since it’s a new place, Restaurant.com would be a good place to start looking for a new, cheaper place to eat.

The Oregonian

osubeaver2000 — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:49:38 +0000

I have a hard time understanding why someone would pay for The Oregonian on a daily basis. I admit, I used to be one of those people. I cancelled about a year ago partially because I got tired of reading about crime and politics all day long, and because I can read the same articles online without costing me any money. My dad often asks me if I saw “that article in today’s paper”, but I realized quickly that I read it a day ahead of time online. I just don’t see why pay for a paper when you can read the same articles the day before for free. I guess some people just have their routine that they can’t break.

www.slickdeals.net

osubeaver2000 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:02:20 +0000

I usually check www.slickdeals.net just about every day for deals. I understand that most of the stuff on the “front page” isn’t something that everyone would want to take advantage of, but every now and then I’m looking to buy something and it shows up on there for a really cheap price. It works by people posting “hot deals” in a forum, then a moderator decided if it’s front page material or not. Deals range from a $250 laptop to $3.75 for a year’s subscription on ESPN magazine to free tacos at Jack-n-the-box. I’d guess most of the front page deals are electronics, but I believe it’s worth the look 1-2 times per day since it is always being updated.

Redbox

osubeaver2000 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:21:17 +0000

I used to be a member of Netflix. I thought it was a pretty good deal being able to have one movie at a time for $9 per month. It seems like whenever you start a program like that you always start out strong and watch tons of movies. Then things change. Before you know if you have the same movie or movies sitting at your house for 1-2 months. That is what happened to me. So we cancelled, and then started using Redbox, which I think is a really good deal. It’s a good deal for me because I can drive to Albertsons in less than a minute and pick put my movie for $1. There are disadvantages to Netflix, like a due date (the next day) and they don’t have as many movies, but it would probably be hard to watch more than 9 movies in a month. Maybe it’s a toss up, but I strongly prefer Redbox. I don’t have to wait for a day or two for my movie to arrive in the mail, either.