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What a beautiful Saturday!

Today was one of the first Saturdays that the sun has shined all day in a long time.  I thought it would be a perfect day to take my children to the park for a picnic.  They had a blast.  I packed their favorite sandwiches, chips, pickles and juice for them and then threw in some watermelon just for good measure.  The kids played so hard and had a blast.

We haven’t had so much fun in a long time.  I even got on the playground equipment with them.  There was an old mill there that they used to grind corn into cornmeal and the kids were fascinated by it.  I hope we have another great weather day on the weekend soon because there are a lot of parks that aren’t that far from us to explore.

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Pig captured by using french fries as bait

It was with mixed emotions that I read the article on the local newspaper’s web-site, that the Vietnamese Pot Bellied pig that has been running loose since early March has been captured.  I had been hoping that the pig would be captured soon because I was afraid someone would kill him and eat him, so I was glad that he has been caught and is now safe and sound.  And I thought it was funny that the bait used to catch him was french fries.  Seems to me you could catch a lot of things using french fries as bait!

What did upset me was reading that the police captured him by baiting him with fries and then using a taser to stun the little guy!  In the long run, however, the guy is caught and is safe, and that is the important thing!

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Now I know where they get them

You’ve seen the kids in their funky clothes these days just like I have. In fact, my kids have been asking for some of them but I have never seen a rave clothing store until I found this one online at beatdropscloset.com.

Now I know where they find all those things they wear. I must admit I do like some of the things the girls are wearing like the furry boots. They remind me of Cher when she first started with Sunny. Pretty neat if you ask me. Some of the clothes I’m not that crazy about so the kids will just have to be happy with what I get.

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Now this judge just might have the answer

I don’t know about you but I hate to be driving down the road, have to stop at a light or stop sign and hear someone elses extremely loud music booming so loud you can’t even hear your own radio.

I really hate to admit it but I can’t remember who the judge is or even what state or city he is doing this but what this judge noticed was that there were a number of repeat offenders showing up in his court room charged with noise violations. Most of them were kids who’s parents simply paid their fine and off they went, only to return again at a later date, charged with the same thing yet again.

After giving it a little thought, he decided to sentence the repeat offenders to one hour of listening to different types of loud music from Barney singing ‘I love you, you love me’ to Barry Manilow singing ‘I can’t smile without you.’ After the hour was over, he would give them a little survey and if there happened to be a song in his collection he played that kept showing up as one that happened to be liked, it was removed and something else was added in it’s place.

He wants to make sure that most of the music is not something the kids like so they can finally learn what it’s like to have to listen to music they don’t want to listen to. The towns people have reported that it is working because there is much less noise all over the city. I think they need to start doing this everywhere.

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Can you see it?

Have you heard about the comet that will be visible to the naked eye?  It’s amazing to me and my children.  We have been looking for it in the sky but have not seen it yet.  Can you see it from where you are?  Here’s what the news had to say about it:

For the next few days, a newly discovered, green-tinted comet will be visible by the naked eye in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Comet Lulin, with the official designation of C/2007 N3, was discovered in 2007 and astronomers say that this is the first time it has visited our solar system and may well be the last.

As it makes its way around the Sun, an astonishing 800 gallons of water will evaporate from the comet every second. In each 15 minute period, it will shed enough water to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool. It will come within 38 million miles of Earth at its closest pass, making it visible to the naked eye and even clearer with binoculars or a telescope.

The best viewing time for people living in the northern hemisphere is after midnight when Lulin will be at its highest point in the sky, or 40 degrees from the morning horizon. Current estimates peg the maximum brightness at 4th or 5th magnitude, which means dark country skies would be required to see it. No one can say for sure, however, because this is Lulin’s first visit.

Astronomers from NASA and the United Kingdom will use the Swift Telescope to study the comet and its composition. Astronomers also say to see it while you can because this could be the first and only time it passes through our solar system. It’s estimated that if it returns, it will not be for another 1,000,000 years.

“We won’t be able to send a space probe to [the comet], but Swift is giving us some of the information we would get from just such a mission,” said Jenny Carter, at the University of Leicester in England, who is leading the study. The comet was discovered using the Lulin Observatory in Taiwan by astronomers Ye Quanzhi and Lin Chi-Sheng.

It amazes me that they know so much about something like that.  It makes me feel like we are not alone maybe.  Who really knows what’s out there?  Maybe one of my kids will grow up to be an astronaut or someone that will help in discovering more about what truly is out there.  That would be totally awesome, you know.  That’s the amazing thing about children, you never really know what or who they will grow up to be.  I have heard a lot of people say that they wouldn’t bring a child into this world the way it is today.  Well how do you know if they might be the one that helps make the world a better place or not?  You don’t so hope is one thing that every child brings into this world I feel.  I don’t think I’m the only one that thinks that way either.

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The kids are over the moon

I finally have a minute to write a blog.  The kids are absolutely over the moon.  They haven’t slowed down long enough to hardly sleep since they opened all of their presents and Santa came.  I think this has been the best Christmas they have ever had.

There was absolutely nothing they asked for that they didn’t get.  In fact, they got more……….much more than they asked for.  Nothing does a mothers heart better than to see their children happy on Christmas.  I am truly blessed to have my children and the people around me that have filled my life with so much love and joy.  I only hope you have the same.  God bless you each and all.  Now on to a new year!!!!

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Haiti

Haiti is such a poor country with so much poverty that we Americans could not imagine.  We think we have it bad, we live like kings compared to the people of Haiti.  They suffer every day and then something as horrific as this happens.

“Three days after the concrete building suddenly collapsed during a children’s party, killing at least 94 students and adults and severely injuring 150 more, Capt. Michael Isetan of Fairfax County, Va., said the chance of more survivors was remote. He also said the death toll won’t likely go much higher. U.S., French and Haitian firefighters used sonar, cameras and dogs Monday in the search for victims at a collapsed Haitian school, but as the stench of death rose from the wreckage, they no longer expected to find anyone else alive.” was written on November 10th.

What an awful tragedy. They are not even sure just how many people were in the building when it collapsed, though the school is believed to have had about 500 students. Haitian officials said some had time to escape when it began to fall. Some students weren’t at the school during the collapse because La Promise was holding a party requiring a donation of about 50 cents that poorer families could not afford, said Deputy Steven Benoit, who represents the area in the Chamber of Deputies.

That was one time that being poor probably was a blessing to some of those people because at least their children are still alive. My heart breaks at the thought of all of those children being trapped and killed in a building that should have been the safest place for them to be and yet it turned into a living HELL for the whole community.

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What a shame

Did you hear about the man that came from Ohio to Atlanta Georgia for his fathers funeral and was shot and killed while in Atlanta?  That was absolutely awful.  Someone apparently tried to carjack him and killed him in the process.  Now the poor family is not only mourning the loss of a father but also his son.

What is wrong with this world?  What evil has taken over so much so that innocent people are killed for their vehicle?  Is it drugs or just plain old evil?  I wish I knew the answer so that something could be done about it.  There are so many people suffering because of violence that is senseless.

There was a 10 year old boy that went to a door on Halloween, the light was on so the child thought they were handing out candy.  His parents watched as he knocked on the door and the man inside shot through the door 28 times with an assault rifle thinking someone was trying to break in.  Can you imagine the horror these parents felt watching someone shoot 28 times at their son, killing him instantly.  They don’t want the man put to death, they want him to have to live with what he did to their child.  I can’t say as I blame them.

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Did you vote?

I sure hope you took the time to go out and vote.  I am both ashamed and proud to let you know that this is the first year I have ever voted.  I was eligible the last time but had my head up something and didn’t realize the importance of it.  Now I do.  This is one of the most important rights we as Americans have and we should all exercise that right and vote.

Someone heard me complaining about something to do with our government and asked me if I voted in the last election.  I told them I had not and they told me I had no right to say anything then because I left it up to everyone else to choose our current government and if I wanted the right to complain, then I needed to vote.  Then and only then, they said, did I have a right to complain.  I thought about what they had said and I agree with them.  Well this time, I did my civic duty and I voted.  I hope you did too.

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13 is my lucky number but not O.J.’s

There is a part of me that feels terribly sorry for O. J.  Simpson and then there’s the other part.  Here was a GREAT MAN who has turned into the worst example of a Sports (former) Hero there is.  He has thought for too long that he could get away with anything and everything but not this time.

I’m sure most everyone has heard about all the 13’s involved in his trial and his life in the past 13 years so I won’t go into all of them but it is quite a coincidence.  The funniest part to me is that 13 has always been my lucky number.  I guess it only works in good ways for some and obviously not in a good way for O. J.

I only hope and pray that his children do not have to suffer anymore.  They have paid the biggest price for all of the messes O. J. has created in the past 13 years.  Maybe 13 is their lucky number and now their father can’t make a fool of himself anymore and will humble himself and be the man he should have been for more than just the past 13 years.  We can only hope and pray for the children’s sake.