Look at that little bit, all snuggled in. It cracks me up how tiny she can make herself.
He says all the time that the dogs don't like him. Uh huh.
Sweet Greta. She'll put up with just about anything.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
More rules
My favorite part about the end of the year is all the “year in review” articles. I love those…mostly because I don’t remember ½ of them.
I also love reading about all the new laws coming up in 2012, like:
* People 18 and under in Illinois will have to wear seat belts while riding in taxis for school-related purposes, and Illinois school boards can now suspend or expel students who make explicit threats on websites against other students or school employees.
* Florida will take control of lunch and other school food programs from the federal government, allowing the state to put more Florida-grown fresh fruit and vegetables on school menus.
* A California law will add gays and lesbians and people with disabilities to the list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools. The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions. (Opponents have filed five potential initiatives to repeal the requirement outright or let parents remove their children while gays' contributions are being taught.) I know a couple of gay people that I’m going to ask about this…my question would be, why does it matter that you’re gay if you’ve made some newsworthy contribution to the world? I thought you wanted to be accepted as a person? Now you want to be accepted because you’re gay? I don’t get it.
* In Arkansas, facilities that perform 10 or more nonsurgical abortions a month must be licensed by the state Health Department and be subject to inspections by the department. You mean they don’t already? Ewwwww!
* California is also addressing illegal immigration, but with a bill that allows students who entered the country illegally to receive private financial aid at public colleges
* Many laws aim to protect young people. In Colorado, coaches will be required to bench players as young as 11 when they're believed to have suffered a head injury. The young athletes will also need medical clearance to return to play. It really twirks my butt that there has to be a law to make adults responsible.
* Ohio is also one of eight states with automatic increases in the minimum wage taking effect Jan. 1. The others, with increases between 28 and 37 cents, are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
And of course there will be the ongoing debate about distracted driving. All because the NSTB said over 30,000 people die every year because they are distracted while driving due to cell phones/texting/talking. Excuse me but aren’t kids in the back seat terribly distracting to a driver? What about having a conversation with someone in the passenger seat? That seems worse to me than using a Bluetooth/headset because you actually turn your head to speak to that person.
Did you know that according to the CDC, 175,000 children drown every year. Where’s the outrage over that? Shouldn’t we fill in every swimming pool and ban swimming in lakes and the ocean? Oh, and no more taking baths either. Over 400k people die every year because of smoking. More than 40,000 people die in car accidents ever year, not including distracted or drunk driving. And according to Wikipedia, 100,000 people a year die from alcohol abuse in the U.S
I will concede that 30k deaths due to using a cell phone while driving is tragic. Does it require a law to correct though? Do you need a law to tell you “don’t be so stupid”?! More rules, less freedom. Yeah, that’s what I want.
hahahaha, see how distracted I got right there? Thank heavens I wasn't in the car!
I also love reading about all the new laws coming up in 2012, like:
* People 18 and under in Illinois will have to wear seat belts while riding in taxis for school-related purposes, and Illinois school boards can now suspend or expel students who make explicit threats on websites against other students or school employees.
* Florida will take control of lunch and other school food programs from the federal government, allowing the state to put more Florida-grown fresh fruit and vegetables on school menus.
* A California law will add gays and lesbians and people with disabilities to the list of social and ethnic groups whose contributions must be taught in history lessons in public schools. The law also bans teaching materials that reflect poorly on gays or particular religions. (Opponents have filed five potential initiatives to repeal the requirement outright or let parents remove their children while gays' contributions are being taught.) I know a couple of gay people that I’m going to ask about this…my question would be, why does it matter that you’re gay if you’ve made some newsworthy contribution to the world? I thought you wanted to be accepted as a person? Now you want to be accepted because you’re gay? I don’t get it.
* In Arkansas, facilities that perform 10 or more nonsurgical abortions a month must be licensed by the state Health Department and be subject to inspections by the department. You mean they don’t already? Ewwwww!
* California is also addressing illegal immigration, but with a bill that allows students who entered the country illegally to receive private financial aid at public colleges
* Many laws aim to protect young people. In Colorado, coaches will be required to bench players as young as 11 when they're believed to have suffered a head injury. The young athletes will also need medical clearance to return to play. It really twirks my butt that there has to be a law to make adults responsible.
* Ohio is also one of eight states with automatic increases in the minimum wage taking effect Jan. 1. The others, with increases between 28 and 37 cents, are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
And of course there will be the ongoing debate about distracted driving. All because the NSTB said over 30,000 people die every year because they are distracted while driving due to cell phones/texting/talking. Excuse me but aren’t kids in the back seat terribly distracting to a driver? What about having a conversation with someone in the passenger seat? That seems worse to me than using a Bluetooth/headset because you actually turn your head to speak to that person.
Did you know that according to the CDC, 175,000 children drown every year. Where’s the outrage over that? Shouldn’t we fill in every swimming pool and ban swimming in lakes and the ocean? Oh, and no more taking baths either. Over 400k people die every year because of smoking. More than 40,000 people die in car accidents ever year, not including distracted or drunk driving. And according to Wikipedia, 100,000 people a year die from alcohol abuse in the U.S
I will concede that 30k deaths due to using a cell phone while driving is tragic. Does it require a law to correct though? Do you need a law to tell you “don’t be so stupid”?! More rules, less freedom. Yeah, that’s what I want.
hahahaha, see how distracted I got right there? Thank heavens I wasn't in the car!
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Makes you wanna go, hmmmm
Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day or didn't call it "green."
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day or didn't call it "green."
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right. We didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right. We didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wait! There's more!!
There's just so much in the news to talk about!
Do you have White Castle in your area? If you don't, you don't know what you're missing - wink, wink. If you do, this will crack you up...White Castle wants to serve beer and wine. Let it sink in. Wham! Isn't that hilarious?
The Stonehenge mystery just got even bigger. It's been determined that the stones were quarried over a 100 miles away. So.
I'm thinkin' if they found a way to display them like that, 100 miles was no big deal.
TODAY marks the official count down to doomsday. One year from today, according to the Mayan calendar, the world will end. yawn. It's a little like Y2K isn't it?
And the new Cover Girl ads, starring Taylor Swift have been pulled. It turns out that the ads, which are about this really great new mascara, show Taylor with some seriously fabulous eye lashes...that were digitally enhanced. Even though somewhere in the tee tiny print there's a disclaimer, Proctor and Gamble decided to pull the ads. I think I'm supposed to feel good about them for pulling dishonest ads before they caught hell for them. But I don't. Hmmmm
Aaaand, Chaz Bono's girlfriend of 12 years broke up with him. Like no one saw that coming? I mean, if she's a lesbian she wants to be with a woman, not a man. Right? Duh. He/she still wants to be with a woman only now he/she wants to be a man who wants a woman ~ sort of.
OK, I think I'm done for the day. Now that we've solved the worlds problems and all.
Going to see the dentist today and then off to Costco for my Christmas shopping spree.
Do you have White Castle in your area? If you don't, you don't know what you're missing - wink, wink. If you do, this will crack you up...White Castle wants to serve beer and wine. Let it sink in. Wham! Isn't that hilarious?
The Stonehenge mystery just got even bigger. It's been determined that the stones were quarried over a 100 miles away. So.
I'm thinkin' if they found a way to display them like that, 100 miles was no big deal.
TODAY marks the official count down to doomsday. One year from today, according to the Mayan calendar, the world will end. yawn. It's a little like Y2K isn't it?
And the new Cover Girl ads, starring Taylor Swift have been pulled. It turns out that the ads, which are about this really great new mascara, show Taylor with some seriously fabulous eye lashes...that were digitally enhanced. Even though somewhere in the tee tiny print there's a disclaimer, Proctor and Gamble decided to pull the ads. I think I'm supposed to feel good about them for pulling dishonest ads before they caught hell for them. But I don't. Hmmmm
Aaaand, Chaz Bono's girlfriend of 12 years broke up with him. Like no one saw that coming? I mean, if she's a lesbian she wants to be with a woman, not a man. Right? Duh. He/she still wants to be with a woman only now he/she wants to be a man who wants a woman ~ sort of.
OK, I think I'm done for the day. Now that we've solved the worlds problems and all.
Going to see the dentist today and then off to Costco for my Christmas shopping spree.
where's the SNOW??????
Today's high is 53! Humph. I need some snow. WHY does Texas have snow and we don't???? Chuck says we'll have a rain/snow mix on Saturday...but that doesn't count. Last year at this time we'd had over 15 inches already. This year? NADA! dagnabit.
So maybe not THIS cold....
So maybe not THIS cold....
And maybe not THIS much....
But something! Tomorrow is the first day of winter for heavens sake.
music
Lady Antebellum has the best new hit. I loved it the first time I heard it. Mostly because when I heard it for the first time it evoked memories I hadn't had in quite awhile! It was awesome! Now when I hear it, it makes me smile about my misspent youth :-) I love it when a song does that.
We Owned the Night
Tell me have you ever wanted
someone so much it hurts?
Your lips keep trying to speak
but you just can't find the words.
Well I had this dream once;
I held it in my hands.
She was the purest beauty
but not the common kind.
She has a way about her
that made you feel alive.
And for a moment
you made the world stand still.
Yeah we owned the night
You had me dim the light'
You danced just like a child
The wine spilled on your dress
and all you did was smile
Yeah, it was perfect
I hold it in my mind
Yeah, we owned the night
When the summer rolls around
and the sun starts sinking down
I still remember you
Oh, I remember you
And I wonder where you are
Are you looking at those same stars again?
Do you remember when?
We woke under a blanket
All tangled up in skin
Not knowing in that moment
we'd never speak again
But it was perfect;
I never will forget
When we owned the night.
We Owned the Night
Tell me have you ever wanted
someone so much it hurts?
Your lips keep trying to speak
but you just can't find the words.
Well I had this dream once;
I held it in my hands.
She was the purest beauty
but not the common kind.
She has a way about her
that made you feel alive.
And for a moment
you made the world stand still.
Yeah we owned the night
You had me dim the light'
You danced just like a child
The wine spilled on your dress
and all you did was smile
Yeah, it was perfect
I hold it in my mind
Yeah, we owned the night
When the summer rolls around
and the sun starts sinking down
I still remember you
Oh, I remember you
And I wonder where you are
Are you looking at those same stars again?
Do you remember when?
We woke under a blanket
All tangled up in skin
Not knowing in that moment
we'd never speak again
But it was perfect;
I never will forget
When we owned the night.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Love this...
Neat.
Here are the latest finished quilled projects...
1st, Merry Christmas Chucks daughter!!
Yellow and cheerful just for you;
2nd, for my boss;
Monday, December 19, 2011
Guess what this is...
Only 6 more days until Christmas! Are YOU ready?? I am. Well, except for not sending out cards this year. Oh, and nothing to the kids. Oh, and the grandsons gifts will arrive after Christmas. *sigh* I used to bee sooooo much better at this!
Moving forward...we've been eligible to get new phones since last summer. The problem is, we both have regular ol' cell phones and with the exception of a couple dorky phones w/out keyboards, you can pretty much only get smart phones. I wasn't sure I was ready to do that. Then, on Sprints website last week, they had the HTC Evo 4G for FREE! Over 4100 users gave it an average of 4 and a 1/2 stars. Yes, I caved and ordered 2 phones and changed our plan. We got them Friday. Bill had to activate his right away. I had some things to do this weekend and wasn't ready to commit the necessary time until yesterday. These phones are crazy! There's a flashlight in it! You can have video calls with people! You can speak what you want to text and it will convert your voice to text! You can get into Goggle and 'say' dogs and it will look up dogs. The instruction book is almost 200 pages. I'll never know everything it can do!
OK, did you take a stab at the picture? Give up? It's a picture of the two corners of a crown (in my mouth) that broke off this morning. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? You would think I would be used to this kind of thing by now. I'm not. It still REALLY ticks me off! grumble, grumble, grumble.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
whhhhooooooooosh
That's the sound of time flying by! I seem to be having a hard time "getting it together" this holiday season. No, I'm done with my shopping. The tree and all the decorations are up. Everything else is undone though. So...if you were hoping for a pretty, awesome, hand quilled Christmas card this year, forget about it. I even started in October! Imagine, ME being ahead of the game! Then I had paying customers (yessssss) so I never got around to finishing them. As a matter of fact, I probably won't send any cards out this year. Dang it! I'm pretty sure that the grandsons gifts will be late too. Dang it!! Aaaand the only holiday show I've watched so far was Rudolph. I have a list of things to do as long as my arm ~ tic toc tic toc. Dang it!!!
OK...last Thursdays "cancer free celebration" day turned out really nice. He said it was like having two birthdays this year. Awwwww. He passed on the donuts though. Instead he had a Cinnabon for dessert, late in the evening. He picked a movie on PPV to watch - Cowboys and Aliens. We are both still in awe over the HD picture! Oh yeah, the movie was ok. Lots of great special fx and it actually worked, the whole cowboys fighting aliens thing. Kinda fun. The weekend flew by, as expected and now there's only one more until Christmas. Really? The end of the year is fast approaching. Really?
Youth is wasted on the young. I wish I had known that there were going to be SO many things I wanted to do when I got older!
OK...last Thursdays "cancer free celebration" day turned out really nice. He said it was like having two birthdays this year. Awwwww. He passed on the donuts though. Instead he had a Cinnabon for dessert, late in the evening. He picked a movie on PPV to watch - Cowboys and Aliens. We are both still in awe over the HD picture! Oh yeah, the movie was ok. Lots of great special fx and it actually worked, the whole cowboys fighting aliens thing. Kinda fun. The weekend flew by, as expected and now there's only one more until Christmas. Really? The end of the year is fast approaching. Really?
Youth is wasted on the young. I wish I had known that there were going to be SO many things I wanted to do when I got older!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
celebrating!
Tomorrow is a big celebration day for us...it marks the one year anniversary of Bill's surgery and becoming, officially, cancer free :-) Yesssssssssssssssssssssss!
He has tomorrow and Friday off because he's still trying to use up some vacation time, so I'm going to take tomorrow off and treat him to all his favorite things.
Donuts in morning
His favorite sushi place for lunch
Pizza for dinner
and ice cream!
And anywhere he wants to go in between all that caloric intake.
I even bought him a (little) bag of corn nuts and I'll let him eat them in the house. I don't usually because I think they STINK! But I'll suck it up...tomorrow only.
I hope he has a great day!
He has tomorrow and Friday off because he's still trying to use up some vacation time, so I'm going to take tomorrow off and treat him to all his favorite things.
Donuts in morning
His favorite sushi place for lunch
Pizza for dinner
and ice cream!
And anywhere he wants to go in between all that caloric intake.
I even bought him a (little) bag of corn nuts and I'll let him eat them in the house. I don't usually because I think they STINK! But I'll suck it up...tomorrow only.
I hope he has a great day!
Monday, December 5, 2011
PSA
What?!
http://www.gaspinfo.com/en/choking.html
You know, I'll admit it, I did drugs in high school. Hey, it was the 70's. My generation never heard, "this is your brain...." and we didn't have D.A.R.E. What we did have though, were parents that were engaged in our lives. And yes, I'm aware that there are far more dangers out there these days. I'm also aware that people did some pretty wacky things to get high in the 70's. But seriously, huffing? And now this suffocating thing? I don't get it. You would actually TRY to kill yourself for a few seconds of lightheadedness????
I brought all of that up because of the article, I know you've seen it, about the 10 year old boy that police say committed suicide. His parents said it was a tragic end to a deadly game.
Sometimes the world seems like such a discouraging place. sigh
http://www.gaspinfo.com/en/choking.html
You know, I'll admit it, I did drugs in high school. Hey, it was the 70's. My generation never heard, "this is your brain...." and we didn't have D.A.R.E. What we did have though, were parents that were engaged in our lives. And yes, I'm aware that there are far more dangers out there these days. I'm also aware that people did some pretty wacky things to get high in the 70's. But seriously, huffing? And now this suffocating thing? I don't get it. You would actually TRY to kill yourself for a few seconds of lightheadedness????
I brought all of that up because of the article, I know you've seen it, about the 10 year old boy that police say committed suicide. His parents said it was a tragic end to a deadly game.
Sometimes the world seems like such a discouraging place. sigh
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