Jasper Jones

Last night at the Predators game I noticed a lot of cowboy hats in the audience. This is a town known for country music but not really much of a “cowboy hat and boots” crowd unless you are a tourist. So all the hats in the crowd made me think we must have had a lot of “out of towners” here for Thanksgiving and they were able to get tickets to the game.

I do have one good black felt cowboy hat and I think I should get another hat for going to games and events when I’m home. I’d like a nice white Stetson, so I’m letting Santa know that he should stop by a Cavenders to check out their cowboy hats to find my Christmas present.

Most of the time I can drive the little bit around campus and over to the hospital without having to read any signs because I know where I am going. But lately when Kelly and I go somewhere it is a place unfamiliar to me and I have to try to read the highway signs and road signs. But I’ve noticed that I’m having a hard time reading them until I get really close. Sometimes by the time I get close enough to read the sign then It is too late to safely make the turn. This is not good for my manly image. Obviously I need to get a new pair of glasses so I can see the road signs.

While I’m home for the Thanksgiving holiday I asked my mom to make an appointment for me to see the eye doctor so I can a new prescription for eyeglasses. All I need is the new strength prescription because I will check around for a cheap price on the glasses.There are web sites that advertise cheap eye glasses, like the site Optical4Less.

As long as the site has free shipping and guarantees that the prescription strength is correct, the main thing I am looking for is a cheap price and a good selection of styles. I know that Optical 4Less has all of that, so I’ll probably buy my new glasses online.

It’s getting pretty cold here in the mountains, especially since it gets dark by 4:00 in the afternoon now. Chattanooga is on Eastern Time, so it is dark even earlier here than at home. Winter is definitely headed this way.

The guys on an ambulance run last night were talking about ordering some insulated underwear for the night shift duty. I hadn’t thought about it much, but they say that it is good to have three different weights or levels of long underwear for the different degrees of coldness that we have here.

The driver says that the Under Armour Clothing brand of Coldgear leggings and shirts is the best insulated long johns for emergency personnel, police, and military. We all looked it up on the internet last night and found good prices on the Brigade QM web site. They have all the different weights and a complete range of sizes, from small to XXXL.

This weekend is dedicated to Halloween but the next weekend is going to be outdoors. Two of my buddies that live down here want to go up the mountain and camp out. I’m ready for a couple of days outdoors and have to see if I have all the gear I need for a weekend in the woods.

One thing I know we don’t have is a good pair of binoculars. I’ve had my eye on some All Terrain Binoculars by Nikon. They are running an awesome commercial on the new Edg binoculars. Plus they have Free ATB Pro Gear offers, like a $50 Nikon gift card with the purchase of a Monarch ATB binocular. The special promo is good until December 31, 2008, so I might even take them up on it for some Christmas shopping, too.

I just love Alex’s mom - she is such a warm and caring person. Just being around her makes you feel taken care of and secure. His dad is a great guy, too. Very reserved but confident and obviously very intelligent. They’ve been over at the dorm most of the day, just hanging out with Alex. They went out and rented a couple of good movies and picked up some lunch while I’ve been in class. His mom wants to get a few things from WalMart to fix up the room and make it a little more cozy.

His dad has decided that Alex needs a laptop computer since he won’t be able to sit at the rickety little student desk that has our desktop pc and printer on it. I was telling his dad that they can save some serious bucks if they order it online from the Office Deals.info website. That’s what we’ve been using for all our school supplies.

All you have to do is got to their homepage and click on the store name or the brand of what you’re looking for and you’ll get a list of discount offers, coupons and bargain prices. The discount promotions for computer supplies are all for brand names and store chains that everyone knows and likes, like Best Buy, Circuit City and Office Max. I think we’ve saved at least 20% on everything that we;ve bought online and most of the places give us free shipping, too.