I never knew I couldn't carve a straight line, until now!lol! I suck at the Xacto! We're putting together some binders for our annual plans. The tabs were too large for the 2-inch binders we decided to use and we're trying to get around just trimming them down instead of wading through the computer files to shrink them and re-print. There I am cutting and trimming....and messing up! Those things are sharp by the way! So I gave in and decided to just re-do ...
CNN is repeating a special report it aired a month or so ago, Black in America. It will take a close look on some of the issues that affect black Americans. It will give an in depth look into the lives of some blacks who are doing the right thing, living their lives and who defy the stereo types of what being black in America is. Someone said it is not just a story about blacks in this country it is a story about Americans, (who happen to be black), because wha...
We all know the realities each of face each and every day. We have to take care of the basics first, rent or mortgage, utilities, food, other payments...and maybe fun?! Regardless of the difficulties that is going on in most people's lives, they are still making time for fun with the family! If my neighborhood is anything to go by, I would say yes! Take us for example, we have managed to see a few movies this summer, have an eat out here and there, despite everythin...
And they lost! Three residents of the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos doesn't like it that homosexual women are referred to as Lesbos or Lesbians! They feel that if someone were not born on their island, they are not a Lesbo or Lesbian and so the residents took this matter to the Greek Courts, to have the courts declare them right and give them justice in having those two words banned unless it was in referrence to a native Lesbo or Lesbian....their Courts didn't b...
Sometimes it saddens me, the hate and the distrusts that continues to separate us. It is sometimes difficult to read some of the things that are said and to listen to what people say. Things are said without realizing what is being said. Do they understand what they are really talking about? I guess not, otherwise it would not be said in the manner it is, and there would be a better coming together of the minds, not just a load of disparage ...
My husband called me into the bedroom, his favorite place to watch the television from telling me to come quick .....I didn't hear him clearly and entered the bedroom to hear the news of Tim Russert's death. To say I was shocked was putting it mildly . I didn't know the man, but I knew him, know what I mean?! I felt that I knew him becuase I've watched him for so long, listened to him for so many years, enjoyed his humor, his opinions, his fairness. I felt he treated e...
Being prepared to do something means being successful. Failure to prepare means you are not successful! I know you can't always be prepared for everything, every little details that happens in your life. But for the ones that you can be prepared for, doing that prep work is always a good thing!
My son likes to drink energy drinks. I never thought it would be a bad thing, he drank the Arizona brand. They make great iced tea, I even looked at the ingredients of the energy drink. So it had corn and fructose syrup for taste, but I didn't think one drink a day would do any wrong.
I came across this article that I linked above, apparently Energy drinkds may put teens at risk, and some of them have!
Summer is here and there will be a few jaunts to the local pool, swimming hole or the beach. I thought this information is good for those who don't know about it, to be aware of! The boy in the story died after going to the swimming pool with his mom. He had water in his lungs, he complained of being tired, was not alert, went to sleep and died in his sleep! My alert sign would have been why did he have an accident in the pool, because that is not no...
At least in Florida, Elementary, Middle and High Schools are all out for the Summer! Not just that, but my six year old's after school is out too! What's a parent to do? I'm just not ready, it snuck up on me again!
So, I've already visited somewhere my daughter will be spending her days during the summer, her old haunt, the daycare! She tells me that she is not a baby! She doesn't want to go. I tell her, she is not a baby and she will be in the big kids section now, and it's Summer Day Camp not daycare!
I've just finished dancing to my favorite 'homemade' CD, the So You Think You Can Dance music from last season! Let me tell you , I need that! I'm all tense and feeling non-productive and even more stressed from all this 'race' talk! It drains me, I don't know about you! Trying to make someone understand your p.o.v, and where you're coming from with your way of thinking is stressful! Anyway, it is also a relief to not be in pain at the moment bec...
One of the songs I enjoy listening to lately is "This is your Life" by Switchfoot. No matter how many times I hear that song, I'm humming and really enjoying it! I found myself disecting the lyrics recently. Really listening to what they are saying in the song.
"Yesterday, is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday, is a promise that you've broken
Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes
and today is all you've got now
and today is all you've ever had
Don't close your eyes
Let me go ahead and make my "PC" statement now, this article, or what I say in it, my oberservations’ and opinions are in no way pointing to anyone or any individuals or in any way reflecting on any comments made previously by anyone.
My recent article about Gays and whether or not their marriage bothers anyone was an eye opener into the way some people view change, some positive, some not so positive and those views will never change.
We can't have progress without change. I don't see it and I'm sure neither does you dear readers, see progress without change.
I wonder sometimes what it is that makes some people so adamant about ‘change’ and all that it represents? Some of us will always be afraid of change because it simply means the life as we know it will no longer exist. You hear constant talk of what our country used to be like, in the beginning. In the beginning all that was, was great for our country back then, at that time. So how about now? Have the many changes that have happened over the years, been so bad for us?
Two years ago I found an interesting article citing 59 Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30, http://wellness-serenity.joeuser.com/article/113612/59_Things_A_Man_Should_Never_Do_Past_30 !
I've found another list, this time it is 18 things a grown man should never have! The article was written by Steve Calechman, Men's Health on msn.com.
For some people, marriage between two people of the same sex insults their sensibilities. (and that is putting it mildly!) It is religiously wrong, because they have some document that proves that it is wrong. It trumps their sense of right and wrong. All the implications that can be thought of for why this should not be, they will find it! There are so many boxes that have been created in our lives. Everything we do and all that we represen...