Wind

Did you ever wonder where the wind comes from? Sometimes it gently caresses your face and at times it blows so hard against us it makes us move. I have often felt wind on my face and wondered where did it come from.Cool wind can be a friend on a hot summer day, but what ever it does have its purpose here on earth. Those friendly winds can be disastrous in storms, such as tornadoes and hurricanes.

What causes the air to move? It's the uneven heating of the earth' atmosphere. Different levels of heat on the surface of earth is the main cause of wind. The energy in wind comes from the sun. When the sun shines some of its light reaches the earth's surface. Warm air, which weighs less than cool air, rises. So then the cold air moves in and takes over the warm rising air. That movement of air is what causes wind to blow. All different winds are caused by different air pressure. Different levels of heat on the surface of earth is the main cause of wind, also the spin of the earth adds a small amount of winds, orbiting pull of the moon causes some wind (even more the tides).

I was surprised to find the source of the wind was the sun. But might of known that the sun it has a tremendous effect here on earth. It was interesting to find this out, because I have always wondered what suddenly caused that light brush of wind on my face, was it some mystical creature playing a joke by blowing in my face.

Update

My husband had a second fall, which ended up in the ER. He fell in the kitchen backwards and hit his head on our metal heating unit on the baseboard. This caused a four inch cut on back of head and it took four metal staples to close the cut.

We also noticed he was slurring his words and could not walk right. They ran a blood test, xray and a cat scan to make sure he had no internal injuries. They said everything turned out alright. The only thing his potassium was low.

On May 5th, he had an appointment with a neurologist. He was tested and showed a loss of some memory. The doctor ordered blood work and a MRI . The results of those test showed the blood work was okay but the MRI showed he had suffered a mild stroke. The doctor ordered some medicine for the memory loss.

He is eating better so his balance is okay now. He still struggles with memory but hope the medicine puts that right. He still stays in bed at least 23 hours.

I hope to be back blogging this week, I miss doing it. I appreciate all your comments.

love, Margaret

To My Friends

Hello my blogging friends, I am sorry I have not been posting very much lately. I am having a lot of medical trouble with my husband and it is wearing me out, so be patient with me. I will be coming by and commenting soon, I really love you all, please don't forget me.

love, Margaret

About Candy Bars!

Candy is delicious to eat. But how did some of them get their strange names? Take a peek to find out about the history 0f candy names. With so many candies around, one can have different kind of candy everyday. But you have to know the name of the candies that are available, peek into the history of some of the popular candy bar name.

1. Milk Duds==When the first Milk Duds were made in 1928, the manufacture couldn;t make them round so they decided to call them duds, the milk part comes from the large amount of milk used to make them delicious.
2. Tootsie Rolls==the tootsie roll was invented by Leo Hirshfield in 1896, he named the candy bar after his 5 years old daughter whose name was Tootsie.
3. M &M's==This name comes from the last name of the two founders, Mars and Murrie Snickers. Now the Snickers candy bar was launched in 1930 and was named after the Mars family favorite horse.
4. Hershey's== Hershey milk chocolate was made by Milton Hershey himself., this was made in the 1900s. People considered Hershey's as the first candy of America.
5. Milky Way==Created in 1923 by Frank C, Mars. The name was actually created as a competition to malted milkshakes of that time.
6. Mars Bars manufactured in the UK in 1932 as a sweeter version of the American Milky Way. It was made by Forrest Mars, son of American Frank C. Mars.
7. Baby Ruth==It was unveiled in 1923 by the Curtis Candy Company in Chicago. Well who was it named after is not really known. Is is said after the great baseball player Babe Ruth and others say President Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth, who really knows.
8. Butterfingers==is another Curtiss Candy Company was introduced in 1923. The company had a contest to name the candy bar. The person that won the contest was Lucky Mr. Nikola Jovanovic and this man chose his nick name "butterfingers" because he was clumsy.

I hope you had fun with this, chocolate is always very delicious and sometimes messy, specially with young children. Happy Easter to all my friends, don't eat too much candy.

Deadline Midnight

What we are watching: Friday, April 8, 2011--Midnight budget deadline approaches. If Congress and the White House cannot reach an agreement by midnight tonight (Friday, April 8, 2011), when the current spending authorization measure expires, parts of the government will close down. That means 800,00 government workers will be furloughed and a range of government services will halt. Congress will force a government shutdown if their plan to reduce our government budget deficit is not reduced for the fiscal year.

My belief in all this choas that is going on in the government, is they are spending too much money out of our country, to name the biggest one is the war. First was the Afghan war and then Bush moved right into Iraq. When a country goes to war with another, who has ever heard of rebuilding their country after you caused all the buildings to crumble. We spend more money on rebuilding these country's, than we do in our own country.

One thing a while back our government stopped unemployment for millions in our country, what are these people going to do to exist. What ever happened to the good thinking people that did run our country, you know the ones that actually cared for us citizens. What is your opinion in this situation.

Let us say a prayer that this does not get out of hand, every problem has some kind of a solution.

NOTE: April 9, 2011. this deadline was averted by Congress. What did they have too loose, just another one of their sully games. What a bunch of children they are and too think our laws are passed by these people. I wonder what other countries thought of this stunt.