While the world morns the loss of famous icons, Ed McMahon, Farah Faucet and Michael Jackson. Our little family mourns a loss of our own.

On Father's day, my beautiful Fred, had a blood clot, go to his spine, paralyzing him in the hind legs. I had to drive him … Read full post »

Have you ever just gotten tired of pretty much everything all at once?

I used to be a single mom. I had my parents "help" as in they ran my life in one way or another by using my son to do it.

Then I started dating my HS Sweetheart. At… Read full post »

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I hope this link works. It's very inspirational. I've seen over the last two years how one person can destroy so many things. They set into motion a chain in events like ripples on a pond that just go on and on and intersect with so many other… Read full post »

Cop makes arrest in bathroom after smelling crack

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Sorry, but I had to share, I didn't read the article, but the headline brought out the 12 year old in me.

The following is a letter my uncle sent out to all of his employees and his family members. 

Where as I feel for the business, in my opinion, they are not alone in this economic hardship, everyone is feeling the crunch of these hard times.

I feel however, his email is… Read full post »

If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that, I'd be able to bail out the US all by myself.

I am not a "smiler" I come from a long line of people who just don't walk around with a big grin plastered on their face. Now, that's… Read full post »

Does anyone else shudder at the fact that the government wants to nationalize the banks? I mean really, they can't even run the government's money right and now they want to try to take care of mine?

 The promise that once things get on their feet, they'll let the banks… Read full post »

You just have to WANT to become one.

Geez, if only I had know it was just wanting it bad enough that made one well off, I wouldn't have wasted all these years working my ass off to make other people rich.

I crack up every time I… Read full post »

So, sometimes I have all sorts of random thoughts run through my mind from my to do/grocery list to trying to solve the worlds energy crisis (not really, but you know what I mean) Sometimes the ol' melon picks up random songs… Read full post »

1.      I think my toes are weird, my big toe is normal, but toes 2 & 3 are twins of each other (same length) 4&5 are normalish. They're also slightly webbed. I got them from my dad

2.    I don’t talk about people… I discuss them… Read full post »

 
Sock theft, among other articles of clothing found in our ceiling.
Destruction of multiple Christmas Ornaments and harassment of The Christmas/… Read full post »

With all of the money they are handing out to all these failing businesses...what if they had just divided it up between all the Adult American families?

I know I saw some where there was a forward along these lines which was really just to prove the point that no… Read full post »

Why does everyone complain about Wal-Mart...is someone holding a gun to peoples heads and telling them to shop there? If you want to save the little buisness, then go there and shop. It's really just that easy people.

I go to Wal-Mart, because most of their prices are low and I… Read full post »

So I sit as the world's finances seem to spiral out of control and wonder has any lessons been learned from it all?

My guess is probably not. But still I have the Hope that's left at the bottom of Pandora's box.

I think some where along the line… Read full post »

After reading< This Article, I am glad that my son is old enough to understand things more clearly. I am glad I do not have any small children and that I do not have to deal with these toy companies.

I think it's horrible that they find satisfaction in the… Read full post »

Hmmm, I think the best part about Thanksgiving is the smells. The all day smell of something good cooking in the kitchen.

I think this must have been what it was like, back in the days when Mom's didn't always have to work, or even further back when they had those… Read full post »

At work today it was discussed how someones'  18 yr old son was coming home from college "unshaven" and his wife blew a gasket and said he either goes and gets shaved head and all or she'll do it for him. Because they were going to church while he was… Read full post »

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So I log on to the internet to see yet another plan to bail someone out. Again, I ask the question...from where is the money coming? How much am I and my children/grand children supposed to pay to bail failed businesses out?

I understand that there are many jobs at stake,… Read full post »

I have been told, that much like the Simpsons Cartoon short someone had posted here earlier this week. The Electronic polls in Fayetteville were "broken" someone voted Obama and McCain lit up.. they called someone over to show them and it did it again. They called a third party over...but they… Read full post »

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The winds deep voice shook through the night,

the stars they did not shine.

I sat alone in the dark,

icy chills ran up my spine.

The night it was black as pitch,

I felt alone and cold.

Then he came up to me 

and offered his hand to… Read full post »

The following is a true story..

When my son was about three my sister lost a friend to a car accident. Now they had been out of High School about a year or so and she was at a New Year's Eve Party when she got the news that… Read full post »

I've recently changed the last letter in my state.. from J to C. Which I must say I LOVE! Everything here is incredibly beautiful. This time of year through May, we have all the songbirds come through our back yard. The sound in the morning is like an orchestra warming up… Read full post »