This was his hand (below) the day after it started to blister. The big blister had been drained an hour prior to this picture being taken. 
Friday, July 31, 2009
Doesn't Look That Good
OK this is Cory's hand today. It looks really bad but it does not appear to be sore. I have been putting a bunch of different things on it. As a matter of fact The Hubby and I got into a mini argument last night because he insisted that we just use Vaseline. This needs medicine and Vaseline has no medicinal value to it what-so-ever. Most of the redness that you see is the eczema.
This was his hand (below) the day after it started to blister. The big blister had been drained an hour prior to this picture being taken. 
This was his hand (below) the day after it started to blister. The big blister had been drained an hour prior to this picture being taken.
Confused
I will be the first to admit that I am not a good writer. My talkin aint that well and my grahamer and spellin aint that well either. I have also been told that the name of my site is appropriate because I am ludicrous.
That being said I would like someone (preferably a liberal) to explain the following to me.
there were 30,896 gun deaths in the U.S in 2006 (the last year I could find the numbers for): 12,791 homicides (41% of total deaths), 16,883 suicides (also known as freedom of choice) (55% of total deaths), 642 unintentional shootings (2% of total deaths), 360 from legal intervention (1.2% of total deaths) and 220 from undetermined intent (.8% of total deaths).
(Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2009.)
Then you have
Number of abortions per year in the US: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day in the US: Approximately 3,700
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).
Yet liberals want to take away our right to bare arms, but leave the right to kill babies.
They want to cry "Freedom of Choice", yet if we have gun control they are taking away my freedom of choice to: 1. Kill myself 2. Kill others 3. Be killed while committing a crime. Killing others should be legal and it should be called adult abortion. That is just as logical as crying gun control and advocating abortions at the same time.
Oh and by the way, liberals are also against the death penalty which lead to the death of 1158 (hard core criminals) since 1976. That is 35 deaths per year. There are more than 154 abortions per HOUR 24 hours a day. Where is the outrage with that.
That being said I would like someone (preferably a liberal) to explain the following to me.
there were 30,896 gun deaths in the U.S in 2006 (the last year I could find the numbers for): 12,791 homicides (41% of total deaths), 16,883 suicides (also known as freedom of choice) (55% of total deaths), 642 unintentional shootings (2% of total deaths), 360 from legal intervention (1.2% of total deaths) and 220 from undetermined intent (.8% of total deaths).
(Numbers obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2009.)
Then you have
Number of abortions per year in the US: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day in the US: Approximately 3,700
http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html
93% of all abortions occur for social reasons (i.e. the child is unwanted or inconvenient).
Yet liberals want to take away our right to bare arms, but leave the right to kill babies.
They want to cry "Freedom of Choice", yet if we have gun control they are taking away my freedom of choice to: 1. Kill myself 2. Kill others 3. Be killed while committing a crime. Killing others should be legal and it should be called adult abortion. That is just as logical as crying gun control and advocating abortions at the same time.
Oh and by the way, liberals are also against the death penalty which lead to the death of 1158 (hard core criminals) since 1976. That is 35 deaths per year. There are more than 154 abortions per HOUR 24 hours a day. Where is the outrage with that.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Conspiracy
I now have proof that there is a conspiracy that has been hatched by the Obama administration. Now please be aware that I am using the same logic and ludicrous thinking that the liberals used when George Bush was our president.
I have gained a little weight over the winter and have failed to take any off this summer. There are lots of excuses but I think everyone will agree that it is Obama's fault.
Most of my summer clothes did not fit and I have been wearing two pairs of shorts back and forth the entire summer. I have no nice clothes that are church appropriate, again this is Obama's fault.
Yesterday I told The Hubby that I was finally breaking down and going to the store to purchase a few outfit. My friend had told me about a sale at a store that I like so we headed out. Upon arriving at the store the selection of shorts was very limited, Obama's fault.
He convinced me to try another store that we had visited a few weeks ago where I saw an outfit that was a little more expensive, Obama's fault..... he is driving up prices, but that I really liked. When we got to the store I grabbed the next size bigger than I had at home and headed to the dressing rooms. I was horrified to find out that the next size up didn't even come close to fitting. I think that Obama has convinced clothes makers across the world to make sizes smaller so that women will feel fatter and everyone knows that overweight people require more medical attention. He is doing this so that I will jump on the band wagon and support his ludicrous "health care for all........ lazy bums" policy.
So I say this to you Mr. (Everyone elses) President, "Stop messing with my clothes. I will not support your Government Run Healthcare policy, and I don't care if I have to purchase a size 26.
I have gained a little weight over the winter and have failed to take any off this summer. There are lots of excuses but I think everyone will agree that it is Obama's fault.
Most of my summer clothes did not fit and I have been wearing two pairs of shorts back and forth the entire summer. I have no nice clothes that are church appropriate, again this is Obama's fault.
Yesterday I told The Hubby that I was finally breaking down and going to the store to purchase a few outfit. My friend had told me about a sale at a store that I like so we headed out. Upon arriving at the store the selection of shorts was very limited, Obama's fault.
He convinced me to try another store that we had visited a few weeks ago where I saw an outfit that was a little more expensive, Obama's fault..... he is driving up prices, but that I really liked. When we got to the store I grabbed the next size bigger than I had at home and headed to the dressing rooms. I was horrified to find out that the next size up didn't even come close to fitting. I think that Obama has convinced clothes makers across the world to make sizes smaller so that women will feel fatter and everyone knows that overweight people require more medical attention. He is doing this so that I will jump on the band wagon and support his ludicrous "health care for all........ lazy bums" policy.
So I say this to you Mr. (Everyone elses) President, "Stop messing with my clothes. I will not support your Government Run Healthcare policy, and I don't care if I have to purchase a size 26.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Drama Queen
My son is the biggest drama queen. I never know "really" how sick he is because a hangnail gets the same performance as a gushing cut.
Last night after returning from the teen "OVERFLOW" at church, he said that he had blisters on his hands. I asked "from what" and he stated it was from the sun. "You have to be kidding me, you didn't get THAT sunburned today" was my response. I just ignored the whining that came after.
Yesterday from 10 a.m until 3:30 we were at Keys Field for our weekly book study. The kids played baseball, basketball, and skated at the skateboard park. Now he did get some sun but it really was not even enough to make his hands red.
Finally last night I took a close look. They were indeed blistered. He has eczema on his hands and it is quite bad. The doctor claims it is not eczema and just dry skin but frankly I don't believe him. It usually goes away for the summer but this summer it has become worse. I feel very bad for him.
I put some cream, Neosporin, and socks on his hands last night. When he woke up this morning the blisters were HUGE. Shockingly HUGE. I drained them and put on more Neosporin. About an hour later the blisters returned.
(the picture is about an hour after the blisters had been drained, now his hands do look a little red but most of that is from the eczema - the first knuckle on his fingers gets really red and sore. You will notice at the top of the picture there are more blisters)
His hands are not really even red. They do look very sore, however. I am glad that we don't have plans to go to the ocean this week because I would not want him in the ocean with all those blisters, or a lake with all the bacteria.
Last night after returning from the teen "OVERFLOW" at church, he said that he had blisters on his hands. I asked "from what" and he stated it was from the sun. "You have to be kidding me, you didn't get THAT sunburned today" was my response. I just ignored the whining that came after.
Yesterday from 10 a.m until 3:30 we were at Keys Field for our weekly book study. The kids played baseball, basketball, and skated at the skateboard park. Now he did get some sun but it really was not even enough to make his hands red.
Finally last night I took a close look. They were indeed blistered. He has eczema on his hands and it is quite bad. The doctor claims it is not eczema and just dry skin but frankly I don't believe him. It usually goes away for the summer but this summer it has become worse. I feel very bad for him.
I put some cream, Neosporin, and socks on his hands last night. When he woke up this morning the blisters were HUGE. Shockingly HUGE. I drained them and put on more Neosporin. About an hour later the blisters returned.
(the picture is about an hour after the blisters had been drained, now his hands do look a little red but most of that is from the eczema - the first knuckle on his fingers gets really red and sore. You will notice at the top of the picture there are more blisters) His hands are not really even red. They do look very sore, however. I am glad that we don't have plans to go to the ocean this week because I would not want him in the ocean with all those blisters, or a lake with all the bacteria.
Monday, July 27, 2009
911 Call
Have you heard the recorded 911 call regarding the Henry Gates fiasco? The thing that stuck out in my mind was how sarcastic the 911 operator was to that poor lady.
I don't know about you but, that sounds like a race issue to me. She is obviously white and the operator is obviously black. I think that part of the case needs to be investigated further. Then the 911 operator appeared to be annoyed with the lady because she didn't solve the case on her own.
I don't know about you but, that sounds like a race issue to me. She is obviously white and the operator is obviously black. I think that part of the case needs to be investigated further. Then the 911 operator appeared to be annoyed with the lady because she didn't solve the case on her own.
Hot - Hot - Hot
What in the world is some thinking when they make a dish for a potluck gathering and it is so hot that it makes grown men cry.
Yesterday we had a potluck dinner at our church. Now CAL loves hot things and when he saw peppers and chicken wings together he thought that he had died and gone to heaven. The peppers were pretty big (for peppers) and he took one put it in his mouth and ate it. He said it wasn't that hot while he was chewing it (I asked why he didn't spit it out) but the after effects were horrible.
Again he really enjoys hot things. He gets jalapeno's on his sub along with hot relish.
A few seconds after swallowing the pepper his eye's started to water and sweat started to run down his face. He was sitting at another table and he looked over at me with fear in his eyes. He then ran out of the room. I tried to catch up to him to find out what was wrong - I thought maybe he was going to throw up like he did just outside the doors to Market Basket on Saturday.....
When I found him he was at the water fountain. After I found out what was wrong. I tried to tell him that water would only make it worse but I think in his mind it was cool so that helped. He face was red'er than I had ever seen it. He had quite the following of kids behind him so he didn't cry but I am telling you he wanted to. At one point he stood in the hall way with his hands on his ears screaming for me to help him.
I tried to convince him to go back upstairs and get some bread. Finally he was willing to try anything. I am telling you I thought that he would have blisters around his mouth today, that is how sore his mouth looked.
He went and sat down and ate half a roll. The hotness was starting to subside but now he felt sick to his stomach. He returned to the bathroom to throw up. I tried to tell him that it might make it worse coming back into his mouth a second time.
About an hour later after lots of bread, he appeared to be better. I am just afraid what today or tomorrow might bring when he has recycled that little gem. He may have just found an ingredient for effective weight loss pills. Eat one of these babies before each meal and you will lose weight faster than you could ever imagine.
But again I must ask, what is someone thinking making something like that to bring to a potluck.
Later in the evening, I saw this guy taking tiny little bites of a similar pepper. I asked his wife if he was really eating that and then told her the story of CAL. She said her husband enjoys them but they are so hot that when she cuts them up they blister her fingers.
Today CAL's voice was very scratchy, almost like he had been screaming or had a cold. I am certain that it was from the pepper.
Yesterday we had a potluck dinner at our church. Now CAL loves hot things and when he saw peppers and chicken wings together he thought that he had died and gone to heaven. The peppers were pretty big (for peppers) and he took one put it in his mouth and ate it. He said it wasn't that hot while he was chewing it (I asked why he didn't spit it out) but the after effects were horrible.
Again he really enjoys hot things. He gets jalapeno's on his sub along with hot relish.
A few seconds after swallowing the pepper his eye's started to water and sweat started to run down his face. He was sitting at another table and he looked over at me with fear in his eyes. He then ran out of the room. I tried to catch up to him to find out what was wrong - I thought maybe he was going to throw up like he did just outside the doors to Market Basket on Saturday.....
When I found him he was at the water fountain. After I found out what was wrong. I tried to tell him that water would only make it worse but I think in his mind it was cool so that helped. He face was red'er than I had ever seen it. He had quite the following of kids behind him so he didn't cry but I am telling you he wanted to. At one point he stood in the hall way with his hands on his ears screaming for me to help him.
I tried to convince him to go back upstairs and get some bread. Finally he was willing to try anything. I am telling you I thought that he would have blisters around his mouth today, that is how sore his mouth looked.
He went and sat down and ate half a roll. The hotness was starting to subside but now he felt sick to his stomach. He returned to the bathroom to throw up. I tried to tell him that it might make it worse coming back into his mouth a second time.
About an hour later after lots of bread, he appeared to be better. I am just afraid what today or tomorrow might bring when he has recycled that little gem. He may have just found an ingredient for effective weight loss pills. Eat one of these babies before each meal and you will lose weight faster than you could ever imagine.
But again I must ask, what is someone thinking making something like that to bring to a potluck.
Later in the evening, I saw this guy taking tiny little bites of a similar pepper. I asked his wife if he was really eating that and then told her the story of CAL. She said her husband enjoys them but they are so hot that when she cuts them up they blister her fingers.
Today CAL's voice was very scratchy, almost like he had been screaming or had a cold. I am certain that it was from the pepper.
News Worthy Knuckleheads!
Thomas Stevenson 51 of Boston is the genius of the day..... He was charged with larceny (and they should have charged him with stupidity - but unfortunately that is not against the law) after he stole a woman's purse off the back of her chair at a TGI Friday's and then forgot his own keys on another table.
Mr. Stevenson left the restaurant but later returned to retrieve his keys. When he did a witness said "That's him" and the police searched him. It was then that the purse slid down his right pant leg. The purse, money, credit cards, and other items were intact and returned to the owner.
The city of Boston would like to thank Mr. Stevenson for being such a wonderful greeter to a family from Mexico that was in town having their child treated at Children's Hospital.
I would think the city should be able to find a few more charges to slap this idiot with.
Mr. Stevenson left the restaurant but later returned to retrieve his keys. When he did a witness said "That's him" and the police searched him. It was then that the purse slid down his right pant leg. The purse, money, credit cards, and other items were intact and returned to the owner.
The city of Boston would like to thank Mr. Stevenson for being such a wonderful greeter to a family from Mexico that was in town having their child treated at Children's Hospital.
I would think the city should be able to find a few more charges to slap this idiot with.
Starting to scare myself.
I dislike it very much when people sound "churchie". I just don't talk like that in everyday conversation and feel very uncomfortable when people talk that way to me. Now I will place scripture on my web site or facebook if I think it is encouraging to me (or others) at that particular moment.
That being said: Lately I have found myself talking more churchie than I ever have in my life.
I said to my son that he would NEVER go to a secular college. I have no desire to pay good money for my child to be brainwashed and lead down a path of destruction. It is bad enough that the public schools do this as it is.
I made the statement, and I will stand behind it 100%, that I didn't care if Harvard gave him a free ride, he would NOT accept it.
Honestly folks would you really want to send your child to a college that produced Barack Obama and Henry Gates.
PS Update on Gates. They have released the 911 tapes and the caller NEVER made a reference to race....... I have no idea why the Cambridge Police Department dropped the charges against this scum bag. My best guess is that a lawsuit with this many racists would bankrupt the city. Oh and one more thing....... This area has a history of break-ins.
That being said: Lately I have found myself talking more churchie than I ever have in my life.
I said to my son that he would NEVER go to a secular college. I have no desire to pay good money for my child to be brainwashed and lead down a path of destruction. It is bad enough that the public schools do this as it is.
I made the statement, and I will stand behind it 100%, that I didn't care if Harvard gave him a free ride, he would NOT accept it.
Honestly folks would you really want to send your child to a college that produced Barack Obama and Henry Gates.
PS Update on Gates. They have released the 911 tapes and the caller NEVER made a reference to race....... I have no idea why the Cambridge Police Department dropped the charges against this scum bag. My best guess is that a lawsuit with this many racists would bankrupt the city. Oh and one more thing....... This area has a history of break-ins.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tired
I am so tired of finding out that friends have some form of cancer.
We just found out that a friend at church as colon cancer. I just lost a friend that I have known for eleven years to brain cancer. I think every person in America can tell us a story about a friend with cancer.
Colon health is very important but it is something that we just don't want to talk about. It is something that most of the time we don't want to think about much less talk about. I am encouraging my husband to start taking better care of himself. He will be checking out the colon cleanse review that I found online.
This site is very helpful because believe it or not colon cleansing has a huge market for scammers. It is amazing what people will do to rip people off.
We just found out that a friend at church as colon cancer. I just lost a friend that I have known for eleven years to brain cancer. I think every person in America can tell us a story about a friend with cancer.
Colon health is very important but it is something that we just don't want to talk about. It is something that most of the time we don't want to think about much less talk about. I am encouraging my husband to start taking better care of himself. He will be checking out the colon cleanse review that I found online.
This site is very helpful because believe it or not colon cleansing has a huge market for scammers. It is amazing what people will do to rip people off.
Grossest Health Problems
We all knew that when we had kids our tolerance of gross would have to increase. I was particularly interested in the article that outlined the four grossest kid health problems. I will ask that WB get a face mask before reading this because I know how sensitive she is to germs.
Pinworms: The adult female worms come out at night to lay her eggs on the outside of the anus. You may even see them around your kid's rectum, in their underwear, or in their poop. I had these when I was little. It was quite traumatic.
Lice: We all know just how gross these can be and if you don't clean properly after finding them you could have them for months. If the lice don't bother your child, just wait until their classmates find out they have them.
Ringworm: Not all that yucky but no one wants to have fungus.
Scabies: Tiny little mites that burrow into the skin and cause intense itching, which is usually worse at night. Mites tend to dig in on the hands, feet, and waist. Sometimes you can even see the bugs poking out (a tiny black dot), of your child's skin, they may actually crawl. My mom used to baby sit several kids when I lived at home. One year they passed the scabies to her and she was so afraid she would pass them to the rest of the family. My dad was furious he almost made her give up the babysitting job.
OK now it is your turn. Which one is the grossest? Maybe you have a better one.
Pinworms: The adult female worms come out at night to lay her eggs on the outside of the anus. You may even see them around your kid's rectum, in their underwear, or in their poop. I had these when I was little. It was quite traumatic.
Lice: We all know just how gross these can be and if you don't clean properly after finding them you could have them for months. If the lice don't bother your child, just wait until their classmates find out they have them.
Ringworm: Not all that yucky but no one wants to have fungus.
Scabies: Tiny little mites that burrow into the skin and cause intense itching, which is usually worse at night. Mites tend to dig in on the hands, feet, and waist. Sometimes you can even see the bugs poking out (a tiny black dot), of your child's skin, they may actually crawl. My mom used to baby sit several kids when I lived at home. One year they passed the scabies to her and she was so afraid she would pass them to the rest of the family. My dad was furious he almost made her give up the babysitting job.
OK now it is your turn. Which one is the grossest? Maybe you have a better one.
I wonder
if I should stop thinking about getting a temporary job and start thinking about going back to school. Of course I would be most interested in an online MBA from The University of Scranton. They have an accredited MBA program that I can complete 100% online, as a matter of fact they are the ONLY top ranked University to offer the program 100% online. This would be very important to me because I just don't have the time to spend commuting back and forth to school.
There are many things that need to be taken into consideration. Should I complete a program full-time in two years or go part-time and take three years to get my AACSB accredited degree. What should I get my degree in? I wonder what financial aid might be available? So many questions and most of them can be answered by visiting their site.
I know that our President is encouraging women to go back to school, and now seems to be the best time to accomplish this. The first time I went to college it was not to get an education. This time would be.
There are many things that need to be taken into consideration. Should I complete a program full-time in two years or go part-time and take three years to get my AACSB accredited degree. What should I get my degree in? I wonder what financial aid might be available? So many questions and most of them can be answered by visiting their site.
I know that our President is encouraging women to go back to school, and now seems to be the best time to accomplish this. The first time I went to college it was not to get an education. This time would be.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Permission
I have been given permission to start looking for a job as soon as I get home from my mothers. Of course that is easy since it is a month from now.....
I thought I had a job all lined up but apparently I was either over qualified or under I am not sure, Jason didn't really say. I got the funny feeling that he doesn't really need a supervisor which is my real calling in life.
To start I will probably just look into getting a retail job. I am really not looking for a career just something temporary to hold us over until our business bounces back - assuming it does.
We talked about me going back to work for the school district, but he is totally against that. We will have to wait and see..... that might be his way out..... he will be against anything I find.
I thought I had a job all lined up but apparently I was either over qualified or under I am not sure, Jason didn't really say. I got the funny feeling that he doesn't really need a supervisor which is my real calling in life.
To start I will probably just look into getting a retail job. I am really not looking for a career just something temporary to hold us over until our business bounces back - assuming it does.
We talked about me going back to work for the school district, but he is totally against that. We will have to wait and see..... that might be his way out..... he will be against anything I find.
My dream cruise!
Several years ago, even before CAL was born, The Hubby and I booked an Alaskan cruise.
We were both very excited and started picking out all the clothes that would be necessary. A couple weeks after paying our deposit and buying the insurance, we found out that we were pregnant with CAL. I am so glad we bought that insurance because we were able to get our deposit back. We canceled for two reasons. One, I would have been eight months pregnant when we actually sailed and two, we had suffered a miscarriage the year before - while on vacation, so we were not taking any chances.
Many years later I would love to take a cruise, but my tastes have changed. They have actually done a 180. I would not want to take a cruise to the cold Alaskan waters. My dream cruise would be Caribbean cruises. I want to go somewhere nice and warm with lots of sand and blue waters. After living in New England for many years I want warm BLUE ocean water. Take a look at this picture...... Does it get more inviting than that.
I don't know about you, but I often plan dream vacations. Someday I hope to be able to take one or two of those dream vacations. I have planned many, the Grand Canyon, Alaska, and several others. That being said my ideal cruise vacation destination would be to warm waters and it would be planned with the help of Carnival. They are the biggest and best when it comes to cruises.
I would love to go island hoping. I love variety and at the prices listed I would be able to spend several days longer than I would have thought.
We were both very excited and started picking out all the clothes that would be necessary. A couple weeks after paying our deposit and buying the insurance, we found out that we were pregnant with CAL. I am so glad we bought that insurance because we were able to get our deposit back. We canceled for two reasons. One, I would have been eight months pregnant when we actually sailed and two, we had suffered a miscarriage the year before - while on vacation, so we were not taking any chances.
Many years later I would love to take a cruise, but my tastes have changed. They have actually done a 180. I would not want to take a cruise to the cold Alaskan waters. My dream cruise would be Caribbean cruises. I want to go somewhere nice and warm with lots of sand and blue waters. After living in New England for many years I want warm BLUE ocean water. Take a look at this picture...... Does it get more inviting than that.
I don't know about you, but I often plan dream vacations. Someday I hope to be able to take one or two of those dream vacations. I have planned many, the Grand Canyon, Alaska, and several others. That being said my ideal cruise vacation destination would be to warm waters and it would be planned with the help of Carnival. They are the biggest and best when it comes to cruises.
I would love to go island hoping. I love variety and at the prices listed I would be able to spend several days longer than I would have thought.
Disgusting!
I have been trying to stay away from the news on my blog. Actually I have been trying to stay away from the Obama love-fest.
Today I logged on to see the news report about the baby that was found in her crib covered with rat bites.
Now it appears that there are actually two incidences in the news. The first one is from New Orleans. The baby was found dead in her crib with her Dad in the front yard yelling his baby was dead.
This poor baby bled to death, which means that she was alive as the rats were eating her poor body. How in the world can something like this happen and it not be a crime. No charges have been filed, but they are still investigating. Investigating what? These people should have been locked up on the spot. Now the news report states the child's name but only refers to "the child's parents".
The second case comes to us from Ohio where three people have been accused of letting rats chew off several toes of a 6 week-old baby in a "mobile home". The baby is still alive after losing her toes on one foot.
Do you remember that TV show that had people doing all these crazy stunts for money. I cannot remember the name of it but in some cases that had to spend a few minutes in a rat infested situation. They should subject these people to the same fate.
We should lock them in a rat infested cave somewhere with bread and water and check on them every year or so.
Today I logged on to see the news report about the baby that was found in her crib covered with rat bites.
Now it appears that there are actually two incidences in the news. The first one is from New Orleans. The baby was found dead in her crib with her Dad in the front yard yelling his baby was dead.
This poor baby bled to death, which means that she was alive as the rats were eating her poor body. How in the world can something like this happen and it not be a crime. No charges have been filed, but they are still investigating. Investigating what? These people should have been locked up on the spot. Now the news report states the child's name but only refers to "the child's parents".
The second case comes to us from Ohio where three people have been accused of letting rats chew off several toes of a 6 week-old baby in a "mobile home". The baby is still alive after losing her toes on one foot.
Do you remember that TV show that had people doing all these crazy stunts for money. I cannot remember the name of it but in some cases that had to spend a few minutes in a rat infested situation. They should subject these people to the same fate.
We should lock them in a rat infested cave somewhere with bread and water and check on them every year or so.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Health Insurance
I must confess I am really starting to get worried about the direction of our country regarding health care.
I have read horror stories from countries with the system that our administration wants to put in place.
Why would you want to mirror a failed/failing system.
I am also very concerned about what this system would do to the private insurance market and companies like bcbsnc. My current medical insurance is awesome and I love it. Can you imagine loving your insurance company?
I don't understand all the details of this current plan but I know that I am not in favor of government run health care. All you have to do is take a look at the Medicare and Medicaid programs as prove that government run equals failure.
I have read horror stories from countries with the system that our administration wants to put in place.
Why would you want to mirror a failed/failing system.
I am also very concerned about what this system would do to the private insurance market and companies like bcbsnc. My current medical insurance is awesome and I love it. Can you imagine loving your insurance company?
I don't understand all the details of this current plan but I know that I am not in favor of government run health care. All you have to do is take a look at the Medicare and Medicaid programs as prove that government run equals failure.
How did this happen
How in the world did I become friends with so many liberals. Thanks to Facebook I have reconnected with several of my very good friends from both high school and college. Much to my dismay many of my friends have very different views about right and wrong than I do.
But it doesn't just apply to friends of past. I have become friends with several teachers - I know that should not surprise me - and they have the most liberal views of anyone. One thing that confuses me about most liberal teachers, they are always ready to tell parents exactly what they are doing wrong but heaven forbid if anyone tells them that something is wrong.
As my pastor loves to preach........ There ARE absolutes in life.
But it doesn't just apply to friends of past. I have become friends with several teachers - I know that should not surprise me - and they have the most liberal views of anyone. One thing that confuses me about most liberal teachers, they are always ready to tell parents exactly what they are doing wrong but heaven forbid if anyone tells them that something is wrong.
As my pastor loves to preach........ There ARE absolutes in life.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Checkout Boy?
CAL loves to go through the self-checkout line at the grocery store. He is just fascinated with running the items over the barcode scanner, and bagging his own order. Personally I dislike the self-checkout - which is a temperamental as a sixteen year old girl. I have to have a person come clear the machine for something - unexpected item in bagging area, item removed from bagging area, or some crazy thing - almost every time I use it.
The Hubby is a huge believer in a kid working while they are in high school and has CAL convinced that he will have a job during that time. I think that a kid should be a kid while they can because they will have 50 years to work after high school. They Hubby keeps telling him that "this is what a job in a grocery store will be like". Honestly folks, if MY son is going to work while he is in high school it will be someplace cool like a clothing store at the mall, not at a grocery store!
The Hubby is a huge believer in a kid working while they are in high school and has CAL convinced that he will have a job during that time. I think that a kid should be a kid while they can because they will have 50 years to work after high school. They Hubby keeps telling him that "this is what a job in a grocery store will be like". Honestly folks, if MY son is going to work while he is in high school it will be someplace cool like a clothing store at the mall, not at a grocery store!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Different Kid
I am not a Rose Colored Glasses sort of person. I know the faults of my son and husband quite well. That being said CAL has a very difficult time with friends. I have mentioned this before. Does he deserve some of the nasty treatment, YES. Does he deserve all that he gets, not even close.
I don't want to jinx myself, or him, but this youth group at church is really working miracles in his life. He is like a different kid. After returning from camp we have only had one argument, that resulted when kids came knocking on our door to start trouble. I won't go into detail because I think I have a reader on my site that is only here to start trouble.
If his behavior continues to improve and we get business going again, come the winter I am going to need advise on where to purchase the best pet supplies. We know exactly what he wants and most importantly what the family wants. I have even found the "product" at a reasonable price. I am very excited and hope that things continue on the current course.
If I can keep these neighborhood kids from starting trouble, we will be all set.
I don't want to jinx myself, or him, but this youth group at church is really working miracles in his life. He is like a different kid. After returning from camp we have only had one argument, that resulted when kids came knocking on our door to start trouble. I won't go into detail because I think I have a reader on my site that is only here to start trouble.
If his behavior continues to improve and we get business going again, come the winter I am going to need advise on where to purchase the best pet supplies. We know exactly what he wants and most importantly what the family wants. I have even found the "product" at a reasonable price. I am very excited and hope that things continue on the current course.
If I can keep these neighborhood kids from starting trouble, we will be all set.
This is why I am the husband
The hubby and I have a unique relationship. He does many of the household chores and I tend to do more of the outside work.
There is one area that I hate to have him work on and that is the yard. Every time the weeds overtake the yard the hubby puts down a weed and feed, and EVERY YEAR he burns up the lawn. I finally put my foot down and said that he was not allowed to use it ever again.
That worked out fine when we had Chem-Lawn but this year it was not in the budget. This year the clover seemed to be taking over the yard. The hubby insisted that he was going to use the week and feed and I made him promise to not burn up the lawn. After a week of hearing his promises, I agreed.
This is the result.
This picture really does even begin to show the problem. He DUMPED the weed and feed on every spot he found clover. The fertilizer burnt up the grass, as it does EVERY year that he applies it. No matter how much he promises he just does not take the time to make sure he spreads it evenly.
There is one area that I hate to have him work on and that is the yard. Every time the weeds overtake the yard the hubby puts down a weed and feed, and EVERY YEAR he burns up the lawn. I finally put my foot down and said that he was not allowed to use it ever again.
That worked out fine when we had Chem-Lawn but this year it was not in the budget. This year the clover seemed to be taking over the yard. The hubby insisted that he was going to use the week and feed and I made him promise to not burn up the lawn. After a week of hearing his promises, I agreed.
This is the result.
This picture really does even begin to show the problem. He DUMPED the weed and feed on every spot he found clover. The fertilizer burnt up the grass, as it does EVERY year that he applies it. No matter how much he promises he just does not take the time to make sure he spreads it evenly.
Who's hand is that?
This past week I was out taking picture for my other blog. I had quite a few good ones so I decided to come in and upload them. Half way through the pictures I notice this one of a hand hold blackberries. I looked at the hand and thought "oh my, that hand looks like the hand of a sixty year-old." I will submit the proof. 
Look at all those wrinkles and lines. I was shocked to see how old my hand looked. Enlarge it to see the reason for my shock. For several minutes I stopped and looked at my hand right at my computer. "Is that really mine" - I asked myself. "Is it bad lighting, bad camera angle, bad something other than my hand". NOPE, I am getting old and frankly have not really been taking care of myself.
There are many areas that I need to work on - too numerous to list. I think I better figure out what is the best wrinkle cream, and I better start using it. I also have some dental issues that have me too depressed to even discuss. My teeth are very important to me and to have issues just sends me into a deep hole.
Look at all those wrinkles and lines. I was shocked to see how old my hand looked. Enlarge it to see the reason for my shock. For several minutes I stopped and looked at my hand right at my computer. "Is that really mine" - I asked myself. "Is it bad lighting, bad camera angle, bad something other than my hand". NOPE, I am getting old and frankly have not really been taking care of myself.
There are many areas that I need to work on - too numerous to list. I think I better figure out what is the best wrinkle cream, and I better start using it. I also have some dental issues that have me too depressed to even discuss. My teeth are very important to me and to have issues just sends me into a deep hole.
Friday, July 10, 2009
My bologna has a ........
My bologna has a first name...... It's O-S-C-A-R
My bologna has a second name..... It's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh I love to eat it everyday
And if you ask me why? I say,
Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A
Oscar G. Mayer the retired chairman of Oscar Mayer died on July 6th 2009 at the age of 95.
My bologna has a second name..... It's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh I love to eat it everyday
And if you ask me why? I say,
Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A
Oscar G. Mayer the retired chairman of Oscar Mayer died on July 6th 2009 at the age of 95.
Paintballing
The boy had his first paintball experience today.
Now all I am hearing about is buying a paint gun. Do you know how expensive those things are. I tried to log into my freecycle account but cannot remember my user ID or password.
If you know of someone willing to part with paintball equipment for FREE let me know. I cannot get The Hubby to agree to pay anything for equipment. He was not thrilled that CAL was going to begin with. Thank goodness it was through the church.
Rachel: If you would/could keep an eye out on your freecycle site (you have such good luck with that) I would really appreciate it.
Now all I am hearing about is buying a paint gun. Do you know how expensive those things are. I tried to log into my freecycle account but cannot remember my user ID or password.
If you know of someone willing to part with paintball equipment for FREE let me know. I cannot get The Hubby to agree to pay anything for equipment. He was not thrilled that CAL was going to begin with. Thank goodness it was through the church.
Rachel: If you would/could keep an eye out on your freecycle site (you have such good luck with that) I would really appreciate it.
I'm trying real hard....
to work out a way that I can go home and visit my family and friends for a week in August. This trip has just met roadblock after roadblock. First of all we only have one vehicle and with the business, the husband cannot be without a vehicle. Second the cost of gas seems to be going higher by the second. Third I don't have the money for either the car rental or the gas.
Those are some pretty big roadblocks.
I would love to rent a rv and then I would really be traveling in style. I wouldn't have to worry about inconveniencing my husband, or my family which will have to put me up for a week.
I have not been home in about five years. It has been months since I have seen my mom and years since I have spent any time with my brother and sister (and their families). Needless to say I really NEED to figure out a way to make this work.
Those are some pretty big roadblocks.
I would love to rent a rv and then I would really be traveling in style. I wouldn't have to worry about inconveniencing my husband, or my family which will have to put me up for a week.
I have not been home in about five years. It has been months since I have seen my mom and years since I have spent any time with my brother and sister (and their families). Needless to say I really NEED to figure out a way to make this work.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Can you believe this guy
It has been the coldest June and July in New Hampshire history. I said to The Hubby last night that this is the worst summer I ever remember in my life.
That being said - we have elected a total idiot to be President. He doesn't care what the facts state, he just cares about creating another government agency to monitor a phantom problem. Global warming does not exist. It is like acid rain, the hole in the ozone, and all those other "the world is ending" problems of the past. At least those issues are in fact real just not as life threatening as they originally predicted. Global Warming is a total scam created by scientists that were more worried about job security. Personally I heard rumors that people were thinking about suing Al Gore. I would love to be a part of that lawsuit.
This Global Warming nonsense has scared our kids to death. A recent pole stated that our kids are more concerned with global warming than any other issue. The funny thing is the terminology has changed before our eyes. We don't see or hear too much about global warming, now the term is "climate change".
These nutty scientists have to cover their backside. We have gone from the earth burning up to another ice age, and some of my readers are upset that I don't trust scientists.
That being said - we have elected a total idiot to be President. He doesn't care what the facts state, he just cares about creating another government agency to monitor a phantom problem. Global warming does not exist. It is like acid rain, the hole in the ozone, and all those other "the world is ending" problems of the past. At least those issues are in fact real just not as life threatening as they originally predicted. Global Warming is a total scam created by scientists that were more worried about job security. Personally I heard rumors that people were thinking about suing Al Gore. I would love to be a part of that lawsuit.
This Global Warming nonsense has scared our kids to death. A recent pole stated that our kids are more concerned with global warming than any other issue. The funny thing is the terminology has changed before our eyes. We don't see or hear too much about global warming, now the term is "climate change".
These nutty scientists have to cover their backside. We have gone from the earth burning up to another ice age, and some of my readers are upset that I don't trust scientists.
Has it really?
Has it really been almost nine days since my last post. Thank goodness that I don't have any loyal readers to complain. There are days that I really enjoy this little blog and other days (obviously several in a row) that I just try to ignore it best I can.
Life is pretty much the same here in NH. We are too broke to do much of anything other than eat, so eat we do. My weight loss contest with CAL is going nowhere. It doesn't help that..... since May 2nd we have only had six days of sunshine. SIX. Now this is something that my pastor said last night and I really don't have the energy to look up to see if this is in fact true, but he is my pastor for crying out loud, it must be true.
I am trying to work out the details for my trip home in August. I have to rent a car but cannot find a reasonably priced rental. I hate the sites that promise $19.99 per day and then when you log on and put in your dates it comes up $40.00 per day. There was one that advertised $9.99 a day in Boston. I thought...... I could drive to Boston to save that kind of money, I will need the car for about nine days. I get all excited and put in my dates and it came back $50.00 a day, plus $12.00 a day for life insurance, oops I mean car insurance. I have to check my policy though because I think that it comes with insurance for car rentals. I don't know if that only applies if there is something wrong with my car or not.
I better get working on this because it is only a month away and I really want to go visit my family for the first time in almost five years. I have been trying to set up visits with the many friends that I have reconnected with on Facebook. I would love to stop in Syracuse and visit my old roommate, but I just don't see how that is going to happen. If you know of any rental cars that are around the $20 a day range, let me know.
Life is pretty much the same here in NH. We are too broke to do much of anything other than eat, so eat we do. My weight loss contest with CAL is going nowhere. It doesn't help that..... since May 2nd we have only had six days of sunshine. SIX. Now this is something that my pastor said last night and I really don't have the energy to look up to see if this is in fact true, but he is my pastor for crying out loud, it must be true.
I am trying to work out the details for my trip home in August. I have to rent a car but cannot find a reasonably priced rental. I hate the sites that promise $19.99 per day and then when you log on and put in your dates it comes up $40.00 per day. There was one that advertised $9.99 a day in Boston. I thought...... I could drive to Boston to save that kind of money, I will need the car for about nine days. I get all excited and put in my dates and it came back $50.00 a day, plus $12.00 a day for life insurance, oops I mean car insurance. I have to check my policy though because I think that it comes with insurance for car rentals. I don't know if that only applies if there is something wrong with my car or not.
I better get working on this because it is only a month away and I really want to go visit my family for the first time in almost five years. I have been trying to set up visits with the many friends that I have reconnected with on Facebook. I would love to stop in Syracuse and visit my old roommate, but I just don't see how that is going to happen. If you know of any rental cars that are around the $20 a day range, let me know.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
You're Kidding Right?
Yesterday we decided that we would tear CAL's room apart and rearrange it, while he is at camp. We are cleaning it from top to bottom. During the vacuuming process my vacuum cleaner, an Electrolux Legacy ($1,000+ vacuum) started shutting off and saying that the bag was full. I had to stop doing the room and try to figure out what was happening.
I checked the vacuum from top to bottom and could not figure out the cause. I came down stairs and tried to find information online that might be helpful. Finally I just decided to let it rest for a few hours.
Now is where the real story begins. Around 8 p.m. last night the hubby wanted to go to bed and read. I decided to give the vacuum one last try. I noticed that it appeared to be a short in something. I grabbed my electrical cleaner and thought I would give it a few squirts of that. There is a little switch on the inside of the container so I gave it a few shots. Not a good idea, the switch seemed to immediately dissolve. Great now I have really broke the stupid thing. I took a vacuum that would run hit or miss to one that was definitely broke. This didn't go over well with the hubby. See I "try" to fix things but it doesn't always work that way.
Naturally I am very upset. On the verge of tears. Business yesterday was non-existent and we are faced with a mountain of bills. Just stressful. I decided to head to bed before I messed anything else up.
I am at our sink washing my hands and my WWJD bracelet pops off my wrist and goes down the drain. We have an old sink in our bathroom and it does not have a plug or a trap to prevent things from falling down the silly thing.
At this point the tears start to fall. I look down under the sink and see what tools I will need to take the pipes apart. After a quick inspection I know this is not going to turn out good. The parts are all green and nasty. This means there is no way they are coming apart.
I have to get the bracelet out it cannot stay there, one - it is my favorite and two - I am so upset that I just have to fix something. I grab a wrench and gently (ever so gently) try to turn the connector. All the sudden I had a big squirt of water and it was going everywhere. I should have had a bucket ready but I was so upset I didn't think the job through.
After the water stopped I pulled all the pipes out. What a mess. It scares me to think what our wonderful city water did to these pipes. One section of the pipe had been replaced with the past year. You would have thought it had been there forever. The elbow portion of the pipe disintegrated. I would hate to think what that water is doing to our insides.
It is now about 8:30 p.m. and I said the hubby "get dressed we have to go to Home Depot". I could not believe my ears when he actually agreed. Usually something like this would take days to repair. My hubby also has absolutely NO repair abilities. I am on my own on this. Just before we got into the Jeep, I asked the hubby if we should write out a will real quick.
After arriving at Home Depot it didn't take long to realize that they didn't have the material that we thought we needed. So I tried to build one from what they had. Nope it just wasn't going to work. The hubby kept looking at the PVC pipes and I kept telling him that I didn't think we could mix chrome with PVC. He finally convinced me that we "probably" could. I decided to wait a few minutes for a Home Depot "specialist". We waited and waited while the guy talked with another customer. The customer was trying to Jerry-Rig something together and wanted "advise" on what might work. For 20 minutes we waited patiently to ask the question "can you mix PVC and Chrome pipe on a sink repair".
If you know anything about me you know that I have zero (I MEAN ZERO) patience. I thought I did pretty good. I let them know we were waiting and was hoping that the customer would eventually do the right thing and send the worker away while the "thought" about what he needed. The Home Depot guy literally just stood there while the customer brainstormed.
Finally I told the hubby to wait while I looked for someone else. I found someone quickly and said "can I just ask a quick question?". The guy said "Oh I don't know I am helping......." as he appeared to be lost. I just blurted "I have this pipe that broke, (showing him the pipe) you don't have the materials to rebuild that exact thing, can I use PVC even though the pipe coming from the sink is chrome." He said "YES", and just looked at me. I said "great" and started walking away. He said "Well that was easy", and I lost it. I said "yeah and it was very frustrating to wait 20 minutes to ask this question while this guy................." and I just kept ranting as I walked away.
Oh well I tried.
Upon arriving home and trying to following the installation instructions, we were getting nowhere. Finally I told the hubby I was going to install it my way. Five minutes later I was filling the sink with water to give it a test run.
We were in bed by 10:00 reading. After we shut the lights out we both tossed and turned until well after 1:00 a.m. I was sick about the vacuum, and not looking forward to having CAL's room totally tore apart and no vacuum to finish the job.
I got up early this morning to see if I could somehow by-pass the bag full indicator on the vacuum. I did learn that Electrolux has a 10 year "limited" warranty. I am waiting for the store to open before I give their service center a call. Of course, they don't have a service center in the two largest cities in New Hampshire, it is located in a smaller city about 45 minutes from here. GRRRRRR.
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