Here it goes...when I was a kid...but really when I was a kid we actually did this thing called going outside and playing.  We played kickball, wiffleball, spud, tag, kick the can.  All of the other kids on our street played outside too.  I also did these other incredible and amazing things - I walked to school.  I walked to the store.  I rode my bike to the swimming pool.  This wasn't when I was 12.  I was young.  My sister and I would walk...

I try really hard to be a good mom but there are days.  Days like today.  Mornings like this morning that I want to put in my two weeks notice and move on.  That's a joke.  Why do kids have to be so difficult?  I am a big believer in picking your battles.  I try not to make a big deal about the little things so hopefully I can have more impact on the big things that really matter.  But...but...this morning it was all about little things.  It's abou...

Just thought I would share some cool websites I've discovered.   1.  A way to thank our soldiers and sailors.   I get all veklempt.  http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/index.php   2.  I am woman!  Hear me roar! http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/   3.  9 things you shouldn't buy new http://www.crosswalk.com/finances/11580209/   4.  Give things away and feel better.  Love this one http://www...

I really can't understand why people can't just accept that God could have made life that evolved.  Why do they have to be mutually exclusive ideas?  I believe in God.  I believe God made humans.  I believe that the biblical creation story, is just that, a story.  Just like every culture has a creation story, this is the creation story of the Jews.  I believe that many Bible stories are just stories not factual events.  I do not believe that the Bible is a s...

"Dolores had no hobbies, made no contribution to society and rarely shared a kind word or deed in her life. I speak for the majority of her family when I say her presence will not be missed by many, very few tears will be shed and there will be no lamenting over her passing." How horrible would it be to have this be how you are remembered?    

I have recently read two stories about toddlers being starved to death by their mothers.  I cannot even comprehend the horror or how a mother could look at her child and not feed them.  Javon Thompson's mother was part of religous cult.  They determined that he was a "demon" at 15 months old because he would not say amen after meals.  So being good-hearted and in the spirit, they denied him food and water.  When he died they did pray for his resurrection but even...

Scope a guys size...without getting busted, a Cosmo girl always does her homework.  So if you prefer a well-endowed dude, it pays to know what manpower he's packing.    page 210 - September 2008 issue Honestly, what the heck is Cosmo thinking.  I don't know if this is supposed to be cute, or a joke, or tongue in cheek but I think it's ridiculous on so many levels.  Okay now Method A is the eye try.  I guess if you want directions on how to look a...

Reading and Writing and a Rifle?  Teachers make sure you have red marking pens, chalk and don't forget your glock and extra ammo.  Is this really the answer to violence in schools?  Teachers being allowed to carry weapons?  I would have a real problem with my children attending this school.  I understand the philosophy that a school shooter could be stopped but I don't know it just seems so wrong to me.  I hate guns.  I just hate them.  I have never...

I love and adore Hugh Jackman.  He is the most handsome man - evah!  I would gladly run away with his twin if he only had a twin for me to run away with.  Darn.  Anyway, I had noticed the linked article about the best fall movies and have to say that Australia is the one I am most excited about.  Okay truthfully the eye candy of Hugh Jackman will be the number one draw.  But it is also being directed by Baz Luhrman.  I love his over the top style.  Not ...

It's almost back to school time!  1.  Who was your best friend in the sixth grade? 2.  Who was your favorite teacher?  What made them your favorite? 3.  What was your high school mascot? 4.  What is your best high school memory? 5.  Have you or would you attend a high school reunion?

Well, I have not seen the movie Tropical Thunder but I have noticed that there have been several protests because they used the "R word" for mentally challenged people in the movie.  I do understand that that word is hurtful to people who are mentally challenged.  My own son has been hurt by people calling him that.  I just wonder if people take offense to easily or take things too far.  I can understand walking out of a movie that offends you.  I don't see w...

"Be an appreciator of the seemingly small things in life; a smile, a kind word, a beautiful flower, a few hours of unstructured time, a laughing child, for it is the small things that become the warp and weft of the fabric of your life." I was inspired by Jillusers post to start writing a daily gratitude list.  I do have a tendency to focus on the negative and I want to remember that I still have many, many things to be thankful for My friend came to visit with me today.  ...

Well now he's admitted it.  Edwards did have an affair with that woman.  He says he's not the baby daddy.  He also says it was when his wife's cancer was in remission.  What a prince.  What was he thinking?  What if he had recieved the nomination?  Did he really think this wouldn't come out?  Did he learn nothing from Gary Hart?  And where was the MSM?  I do think this is a valid issue of the character of a Presidential candidate.  Wh...

So is today a lucky day?  There are lots of weddings and scheduled c-sections today.  Eight is a lucky number in chinese numerology.  It means wealth and prosperity.  So I say why not go with it?  Everyone who has employees should give them a raise today.  Everyone who has a job should ask for a raise.  It's also the first day of the Olympics.  Go USA.  So I'm thinking that at 8 o'clock we should all go to the Super 8 motel, eat eight egg...

1.  Who makes you laugh the hardest? 2.  What are five things you can't live without? 3.  What is the dumbest thing you've ever done? 4.  Is there anything you always wanted to do but never did? 5.  What is your most beloved personal possession?