Tony Brewer

Today is Veteran’s Day, a day that the government saw fit to declare a legal national holiday as a day to remember and honor all Veterans of our many wars.  I’m not sure if it was originally meant to only honor those veterans who have died, or if it was originally meant to honor all veterans.  I guess I should be embarrassed to admit that.  I guess its just that I think that all veterans should be thanked today, especially those who are still alive to enjoy and appreciate our thanks!  Laying wreaths and flags on graves is all well and good, but I think that saying “thanks” while they are still alive is a lot more meaningful to that individual person.  So to all of you veterans out there, alive or deceased, I want to extend a very heartfelt “Thank you” for all of the sacrifices you have made for our country.  You are all heroes in my book.

I’ve heard that vertical Window Blinds are “out of style” but I have to tell you that I really like them a lot.  I think they are modern and sleek looking.  They are easy to open and close, and a whole lot easier to clean than standard venetian blinds where the slats are horizontal. My favorite vertical blinds look like wood, which I think adds an extra touch of class to any room.  I was looking at the selectblinds.com website and found some very reasonably priced blinds on their site.  I see they offer free shipping, a 150% price guarantee, and free samples to boot! I like how easy their site is to navigate around to see the different types of blinds that they sell.

I was hearing on the news this morning that the airports are going to open several “slow lanes” for the security lanes for people with families and needing special assistance.  The whole idea behind this lane is to speed up the other lanes.  I think this is a wonderful idea!  It gets very frustrating for the busy travelers to get “stuck” behind large numbers of families with small children (especially the ones with strollers and diaper bags!)  Don’t get me wrong, I love children and don’t begrudge them their wonderful travel plans, I just get frustrated sometimes when the security lanes are backed up and moving slowly because it takes so long to process special situations like this.  I’ve heard that ALL the major airports will have this new system in place by Thanksgiving, which should help the Holiday travelers a lot!