Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
I didn't write this...but you should read and pass along!
Obamacare Endorsements: What the Bribe Was.
By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the '09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these – and the other endorsements – his package has received are all bought and paid for.
Here are the deals:
# The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians' reimbursements under the current law. Obama promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are the fruit of a law requiring annual 5 percent to 6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Bravely, each year Congress has rolled the cuts over, suspending them but not repealing them. So each year, the accumulated cuts threaten doctors. By now, they have risen to 21 percent. With this blackmail leverage, Obama compelled the AMA to support his bill...or else!
# The AARP got a financial windfall in return for its support of the healthcare bill. Over the past decade, the AARP has morphed from an advocacy group to an insurance company (through its subsidiary company). It is one of the main suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost, privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues.
Presto! Obama solved their problem. He eliminates subsidies for Medicare Advantage. The elderly will have to pay more for coverage under Medigap, but the AARP -- which supposedly represents them -- will make more money.
# The drug industry backed ObamaCare and, in return, got a 10-year limit of $80 billion on cuts in prescription drug costs. (A drop in the bucket of their almost $3 trillion projected cost over the next decade.) They also got administration assurances that it will continue to bar lower-cost Canadian drugs from coming into the U.S. All it had to do was put its formidable advertising budget at the disposal of the administration.
By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the '09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these – and the other endorsements – his package has received are all bought and paid for.
Here are the deals:
# The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in physicians' reimbursements under the current law. Obama promised to kill the cut if they backed his bill. The cuts are the fruit of a law requiring annual 5 percent to 6 percent reductions in doctor reimbursements for treating Medicare patients. Bravely, each year Congress has rolled the cuts over, suspending them but not repealing them. So each year, the accumulated cuts threaten doctors. By now, they have risen to 21 percent. With this blackmail leverage, Obama compelled the AMA to support his bill...or else!
# The AARP got a financial windfall in return for its support of the healthcare bill. Over the past decade, the AARP has morphed from an advocacy group to an insurance company (through its subsidiary company). It is one of the main suppliers of Medi-gap insurance, a high-cost, privately purchased coverage that picks up where Medicare leaves off. But President Bush-43 passed the Medicare Advantage program, which offered a subsidized, lower-cost alternative to Medi-gap. Under Medicare Advantage, the elderly get all the extra coverage they need plus coordinated, well-managed care, usually by the same physician. So more than 10 million seniors went with Medicare Advantage, cutting into AARP Medi-gap revenues.
Presto! Obama solved their problem. He eliminates subsidies for Medicare Advantage. The elderly will have to pay more for coverage under Medigap, but the AARP -- which supposedly represents them -- will make more money.
# The drug industry backed ObamaCare and, in return, got a 10-year limit of $80 billion on cuts in prescription drug costs. (A drop in the bucket of their almost $3 trillion projected cost over the next decade.) They also got administration assurances that it will continue to bar lower-cost Canadian drugs from coming into the U.S. All it had to do was put its formidable advertising budget at the disposal of the administration.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
09/11/2001
Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day?
I listened to Rick & Bubba (radio show)this morning re-play their 9/11 stuff…with tears streaming down my face. I remember that day right down to the very details of what I was wearing!
I was in school at GA Southern University at that time…I remember sitting in the classroom waiting for our professor to show up…he walked in with tears streaming down his face and announced the attack and told us to all go home and call our families.
I remember being scared to death because my Dad was supposed to be at the Pentagon that day in a meeting…he had gotten a phone call about an hour before he was to go to the airport that they had re-scheduled the meeting for 2 weeks later.
When he did go to the Pentagon (2 months later), the person he was to have had the meeting with took him to show him the room they had scheduled for the meeting…it was where the nose of the plane came to rest.
As I sit here now and think about that day, and then I look at what is going on now...I can't imagine how we have gotten to this place. I can't imagine how anyone can support what is happening in the White House. I can't imagine people voluntarily giving up the freedoms our family members have VOLUNTARILY given their lives to protect. I simply cannot understand it.
We now have a government that wants to tell us how to raise our children...wants to take away our right to protect ourselves...wants to tax us for being independent...wants to dictate who we put in charge of our health...wants to guilt us into removing God from our public lives...wants us to APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ATTACKED!!
I simply cannot understand it............
I listened to Rick & Bubba (radio show)this morning re-play their 9/11 stuff…with tears streaming down my face. I remember that day right down to the very details of what I was wearing!
I was in school at GA Southern University at that time…I remember sitting in the classroom waiting for our professor to show up…he walked in with tears streaming down his face and announced the attack and told us to all go home and call our families.
I remember being scared to death because my Dad was supposed to be at the Pentagon that day in a meeting…he had gotten a phone call about an hour before he was to go to the airport that they had re-scheduled the meeting for 2 weeks later.
When he did go to the Pentagon (2 months later), the person he was to have had the meeting with took him to show him the room they had scheduled for the meeting…it was where the nose of the plane came to rest.
As I sit here now and think about that day, and then I look at what is going on now...I can't imagine how we have gotten to this place. I can't imagine how anyone can support what is happening in the White House. I can't imagine people voluntarily giving up the freedoms our family members have VOLUNTARILY given their lives to protect. I simply cannot understand it.
We now have a government that wants to tell us how to raise our children...wants to take away our right to protect ourselves...wants to tax us for being independent...wants to dictate who we put in charge of our health...wants to guilt us into removing God from our public lives...wants us to APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ATTACKED!!
I simply cannot understand it............
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Got this in an email...needed to share :)
Random Thoughts of the Day:
* I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
* More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
* Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
* Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 degrees and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching
directions on the sidewalk. .
* I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
* There is a great need for sarcasm font.
* Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the hell was going
on when I first saw it.
* I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that
I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
* I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
* I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
* The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
* A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
* Was learning cursive really necessary?
* Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
* I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
* Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
* Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
* How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
* I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a d*ck from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
* Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a
complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
* What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
* While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
* MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
* Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
* I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
* Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
* Bad decisions make good stories
* Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
* If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
* Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....
* You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
* Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
* There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
* I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
* I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
* While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA . No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.
* I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
* When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
* I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
* Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
* As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
* Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
* It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
* I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
* I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
* Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
* Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, phone in their purse, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
* My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
* I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit. .
* I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
* The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner
* I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
* More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
* Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
* Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 degrees and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching
directions on the sidewalk. .
* I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
* There is a great need for sarcasm font.
* Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the hell was going
on when I first saw it.
* I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that
I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
* I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
* I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
* The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.
* A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
* Was learning cursive really necessary?
* Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
* I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
* Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.
* Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
* How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
* I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a d*ck from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
* Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a
complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
* What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
* While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
* MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
* Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
* I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
* Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
* Bad decisions make good stories
* Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!
* If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
* Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....
* You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
* Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
* There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
* I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
* I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
* While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA . No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.
* I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
* When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
* I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
* Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
* As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
* Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
* It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
* I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
* I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
* Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
* Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, phone in their purse, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
* My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
* I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit. .
* I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
* The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Why are weekends only 2 days long?!?! I mean, really!! Who was the sadist that came up with the fantastic idea of 5 days of working and only 2 days of fun!??! It's sad when you spend your entire week wishing the days away! OH WELL, here we are on the precipice of a brand new weekend, and I am already fussing. Ain't that just like me?
Life has been so busy and hectic lately, I just never seem to notch out some time to update my blog. I knew when I started this, that would be my downfall! We haven't been doing a bunch of super exciting things...it's just been a lot of busy-body stuff.
For instance, last weekend, Mom and I spent nearly all of our Saturday cleaning up our Montgomery house so the realtor could come take pictures of it and update our listing (anyone in the Montgomery area looking for a lovely 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home? Tell all your friends). And on Sunday, we went to church and then Ronnie's family came over and bush-hogged the pasture. WOO-HOO!!! Ah, the life and times!! This weekend holds no big plans. Michael is coming to visit, and thats about the extent of our excitment.
Temperance has finally (huge sigh of relief) found a job. She is working as a telemarketer for Buckmasters. She started yesterday and she is VERY excited to be working again...as are the rest of us. So, if someone calls you trying to sell subscriptions to Buckmaster magazine...BUT IT SHE NEEDS THE CASH! Also, she is planning on attending Culinary School at Trenholm Tech in January.
News with Tat & Abbie...little Vespa's due date is just around the corner!! Just a few more weeks until Cole will have a cousin!!!
Talon started back at AUM, he has now decided he is going to be a Pharmicist...and after taking a year off (much to our mother's horror), he is getting back into the swing of things. I do believe we have, in large part, his new girlfriend (Tenesha) to thank for this little development.
Tell is a senior this year in High School. It just feels wierder than Hell to know that my youngest brother will be graduating and going to college in a few short months. I always think of him as 3 years old for some reason, go figure! He got his driver's license this week (the rules in are family are that you have to have A's & B's to get it, so it took him a little longer). Last night he told my mom that he needed to use the truck to take the trash can down to the side of the road. When we asked him WHY he NEEDED to use the truck he replied, "I'll never get good at driving if YOU PEOPLE won't ever let me do it!!" Well, pardon the HELL out of me! I didn't realize the driveway was such an experience-building passageway! By all means, dude, here are the keys! Ah, kids!
Cole is growing by leaps and bounds everyday...and HE NEEDS TO CUT IT OUT!!! The little turd will holler "LET GO!" when you try to hug or kiss on him. Now, that just ain't right. However, he is making steps towards being potty trained...and I am MORE than OK with that. If you set him on the toilet, he will push and strain until he make SOMETHING come out! And he gets VERY excited if you ask him, "Do you want to go tee-tee in the toilet?" HILARIOUS! I just have to deal with the fact that my baby is no longer a baby.
As for me, not too much going on around here. Work is keeping me pretty busy...but as soon as 4:30 hits on the clock I am rushing my butt to the house to play on the farm and torment my little boy and his Daddy! I am loving EVERY minute of living in our new house. Even though my daily commute has gone from being 10 miles one way, to 35 miles one way...it's TOTALLY worth it to me. I LOVE being out where people don't bother us...we can ride out horse and our 4-wheeler, or just sit on the porch and enjoy a glass of ice water...and I have not heard a single siren!! I LOVE IT!! I guess I need to post pictures of our new house...let me see if I can dig some up...hang on...here we go
Here is the front:
And our pond:
The Greenhouse:
Hmmm...I seem to only have pictures of the outside, and those are relatively incomplete...I'll work on that.
Well, gotta get back to my work now...getting out of here in 1 hour and have BUNCHES to do!
Peace, Love & Hair Grease!!
Life has been so busy and hectic lately, I just never seem to notch out some time to update my blog. I knew when I started this, that would be my downfall! We haven't been doing a bunch of super exciting things...it's just been a lot of busy-body stuff.
For instance, last weekend, Mom and I spent nearly all of our Saturday cleaning up our Montgomery house so the realtor could come take pictures of it and update our listing (anyone in the Montgomery area looking for a lovely 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home? Tell all your friends). And on Sunday, we went to church and then Ronnie's family came over and bush-hogged the pasture. WOO-HOO!!! Ah, the life and times!! This weekend holds no big plans. Michael is coming to visit, and thats about the extent of our excitment.
Temperance has finally (huge sigh of relief) found a job. She is working as a telemarketer for Buckmasters. She started yesterday and she is VERY excited to be working again...as are the rest of us. So, if someone calls you trying to sell subscriptions to Buckmaster magazine...BUT IT SHE NEEDS THE CASH! Also, she is planning on attending Culinary School at Trenholm Tech in January.
News with Tat & Abbie...little Vespa's due date is just around the corner!! Just a few more weeks until Cole will have a cousin!!!
Talon started back at AUM, he has now decided he is going to be a Pharmicist...and after taking a year off (much to our mother's horror), he is getting back into the swing of things. I do believe we have, in large part, his new girlfriend (Tenesha) to thank for this little development.
Tell is a senior this year in High School. It just feels wierder than Hell to know that my youngest brother will be graduating and going to college in a few short months. I always think of him as 3 years old for some reason, go figure! He got his driver's license this week (the rules in are family are that you have to have A's & B's to get it, so it took him a little longer). Last night he told my mom that he needed to use the truck to take the trash can down to the side of the road. When we asked him WHY he NEEDED to use the truck he replied, "I'll never get good at driving if YOU PEOPLE won't ever let me do it!!" Well, pardon the HELL out of me! I didn't realize the driveway was such an experience-building passageway! By all means, dude, here are the keys! Ah, kids!
Cole is growing by leaps and bounds everyday...and HE NEEDS TO CUT IT OUT!!! The little turd will holler "LET GO!" when you try to hug or kiss on him. Now, that just ain't right. However, he is making steps towards being potty trained...and I am MORE than OK with that. If you set him on the toilet, he will push and strain until he make SOMETHING come out! And he gets VERY excited if you ask him, "Do you want to go tee-tee in the toilet?" HILARIOUS! I just have to deal with the fact that my baby is no longer a baby.
As for me, not too much going on around here. Work is keeping me pretty busy...but as soon as 4:30 hits on the clock I am rushing my butt to the house to play on the farm and torment my little boy and his Daddy! I am loving EVERY minute of living in our new house. Even though my daily commute has gone from being 10 miles one way, to 35 miles one way...it's TOTALLY worth it to me. I LOVE being out where people don't bother us...we can ride out horse and our 4-wheeler, or just sit on the porch and enjoy a glass of ice water...and I have not heard a single siren!! I LOVE IT!! I guess I need to post pictures of our new house...let me see if I can dig some up...hang on...here we go
Here is the front:
And our pond:
The Greenhouse:
Hmmm...I seem to only have pictures of the outside, and those are relatively incomplete...I'll work on that.
Well, gotta get back to my work now...getting out of here in 1 hour and have BUNCHES to do!
Peace, Love & Hair Grease!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
Who could love this Poodum, I mean, really?!?!?!
By the way, I found that 4-wheeler at a yard sale for $40!!!! Heck yeah!!! Who wins Bargain Shopper of the Year?!?!?!?
Thursday, July 23, 2009
If you have a moment...
I am BEGGING you to check out this blog...scroll back into it's history...and prepare to laugh your ass off!!
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
Friday, July 17, 2009
Oh, What do you do in the summertime?
Here is a picture of Cole picking and eating blueberries out of our new garden…he was eating them by the handful!! He would say, “OH! WOW!” and pick a blueberry and pop it in his mouth!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
It has been 2 months to the day since Dad died. I'm still in shock and awe about how much your life can change in such a short time. He would have had his 39th birthday in 7 days, so sad.
But, we are all rallying together and picking up the pieces and moving on with our lives.
It still doesn't even seem real. We are having his funeral on July 11th up in Maine. He always talked about "completing the circle of life" and returning to the place he was born...so we are granting his final wish.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ah, the wisdom of Shel Silverstein...
How many, How much
How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give 'em.
How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give 'em.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
They gave us Facebook back at work...and I have been swamped with work...so I've been lazy about blogging...MY BAD!!
Nothing really interesting has happened. It's been just your basic day-to-day stuff.
We are going to visit my parent's this weekend...so I am going to enjoy having someone else chase Cole around, cook the meals, and do the cleaning...YEAH!!!!!!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
This Weekend....
I know they are predicting rain for this weekend...in fact, weather.com is saying there is a 60% chance on Saturday...but we just CANNOT put off a beach trip any longer!!!!! It will still be warm...and I am confident that it will not rain every minute of the day. Plus, the hotel we are staying in has an indoor pool...so even if the weather is crappy, we will still manage to have a good time. It will be Cole's first visit to the beach...but it sure won't be his last. Ronnie and I are just beach bums at heart, and we will slide on down to the Gulf any time we get a chance. I am excited to just get away. We got someone to hang out at the house and take care of our mutts...now we can just hang out...lay low, like broccoli!For those of you not going to the beach this weekend...well...
I'll think about ya!!!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Rambling....
So, they took Facebook and Myspace away from us at work…such sweethearts!!! I mean, we can’t even access those websites on our breaks or lunches…come on, man! I suppose there have been some people abusing our freedoms…because they are being snatched away from us like nobody’s business!!! Pretty soon I am afraid we are going to have to ask permission before we fart…you wait…it’s coming. You know, sitting in a cubicle day in and day out with no windows is SO boring…my one relief was to get on those websites and look at pictures, or chit chat with some folks. Now all I have left are blogs…until they find a way to block that too!
Enough whining about stupid things that don’t matter…
This weekend was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! The sun was shining…the sky was blue…it was 80 degrees with a slight breeze…you couldn’t ask for better weather! That’s just Alabama for you. One weekend we have 3 tornados touch down, and a snowstorm…the very next weekend it feels like summer time. I sure would hate to be a weatherman for this area…no one would ever trust what you had to say. But I absolutely love it. Well, I don’t always love the wild swings in weather…that’s how Cole and I end up with all sorts of funky respiratory issues…but I love that winter time is over at the beginning of March and won’t rear it’s ugly head again until October or November. In fact, Ronnie and I are considering a trip to the beach (Gulf Shores) this weekend coming up. I am keeping my eye on weather.com, they keep predicting rainstorms. But, I may be able to handle a little rain if the temps are in the mid-70’s! Anything to get away and go to the beach!!! I miss it! Our beach trip last year fell through at the last minute…gotta love those hurricanes…something about the electrical circuits in the cabins we had booked were messed up…people were getting electrocuted in the bathrooms…OUCH! The word so far is that they have gotten the issue fixed…so, it’s on like Donkey Kong!!!!!!!! (yeah, I said it!)
Mom is out in Utah right now visiting her Peeps…she wanted me to come with her, but, alas…I could not leave work for the billion days she would be out there. It would have been fun to take a long vacation and see my friends and family…I miss the days when I was working part-time and my paycheck was really just for fun…when I could just up and leave and not have to worry about who would pay the electric bill next month. We spend so much time wishing we were grown-ups…and then you get there…I WANNA BE A KID AGAIN!! Cole’s life rocks!!! I wish I had someone wiping my butt for me! I’ll have to talk to Ronnie about that one…hmmmmm…..
Enough whining about stupid things that don’t matter…
This weekend was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! The sun was shining…the sky was blue…it was 80 degrees with a slight breeze…you couldn’t ask for better weather! That’s just Alabama for you. One weekend we have 3 tornados touch down, and a snowstorm…the very next weekend it feels like summer time. I sure would hate to be a weatherman for this area…no one would ever trust what you had to say. But I absolutely love it. Well, I don’t always love the wild swings in weather…that’s how Cole and I end up with all sorts of funky respiratory issues…but I love that winter time is over at the beginning of March and won’t rear it’s ugly head again until October or November. In fact, Ronnie and I are considering a trip to the beach (Gulf Shores) this weekend coming up. I am keeping my eye on weather.com, they keep predicting rainstorms. But, I may be able to handle a little rain if the temps are in the mid-70’s! Anything to get away and go to the beach!!! I miss it! Our beach trip last year fell through at the last minute…gotta love those hurricanes…something about the electrical circuits in the cabins we had booked were messed up…people were getting electrocuted in the bathrooms…OUCH! The word so far is that they have gotten the issue fixed…so, it’s on like Donkey Kong!!!!!!!! (yeah, I said it!)
Mom is out in Utah right now visiting her Peeps…she wanted me to come with her, but, alas…I could not leave work for the billion days she would be out there. It would have been fun to take a long vacation and see my friends and family…I miss the days when I was working part-time and my paycheck was really just for fun…when I could just up and leave and not have to worry about who would pay the electric bill next month. We spend so much time wishing we were grown-ups…and then you get there…I WANNA BE A KID AGAIN!! Cole’s life rocks!!! I wish I had someone wiping my butt for me! I’ll have to talk to Ronnie about that one…hmmmmm…..
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Unthinkable...
Well, let it be known...MARCH CAME IN LIKE A LION!!!!
We had 3 tornadoes touch down on Saturday, Feb 28, 2009...and then we woke up Sunday morning to....
SNOW!!! In Alabama!!! The top picture was the view out our front window.
The picture below is our backyard.
On top of my not-so-favorite weather...our heater went out...yeah. Fortunately, it is fixed now...the element broke and had to be replaced. Oh the joys of owning a home.
Cole didn't get to go outside (he was already sick...didn't need to aggravate any of that)...so he and Rico planted themselves in front of the big front window and watched it come down!
Cole and his Mama....
And one of my favorites...Cole LOVES to play Guitar Hero with his Daddy...
The good news is...we are supposed to be back in the '70's by the weekend...thank goodness!! The weather has just been SO crazy this winter...we will be wearing shorts and sandals one day...and then the next day we are bundled up. I sure am excited for summer to get here...I know it will be super duper hot and humid...but that's the way I like it.
We had 3 tornadoes touch down on Saturday, Feb 28, 2009...and then we woke up Sunday morning to....
SNOW!!! In Alabama!!! The top picture was the view out our front window.The picture below is our backyard.
On top of my not-so-favorite weather...our heater went out...yeah. Fortunately, it is fixed now...the element broke and had to be replaced. Oh the joys of owning a home.
Cole didn't get to go outside (he was already sick...didn't need to aggravate any of that)...so he and Rico planted themselves in front of the big front window and watched it come down!Cole and his Mama....
And one of my favorites...Cole LOVES to play Guitar Hero with his Daddy...
The good news is...we are supposed to be back in the '70's by the weekend...thank goodness!! The weather has just been SO crazy this winter...we will be wearing shorts and sandals one day...and then the next day we are bundled up. I sure am excited for summer to get here...I know it will be super duper hot and humid...but that's the way I like it.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Boys....
Boogie and I were playing outside for a little while this afternoon before the weather turned sour. He is a FUNNY kid!!! He got pretty upset with me when I drug him inside...when it started POURING RAIN!!!
Fortunately, all the tornado warnings and sirens have passed...and all we got were buckets loads of rain...which we needed...so all is well.
Oh...and this is HILARIOUS, he is definitely ALL boy:
And he is not NEARLY as cuddly as he used to be!!!
But his smile will melt your heart!
Our Valentine's Day was pretty laid-back. We decided to "celebrate" it the day before because...well...I hate Valentine's Day with a passion...I always have...so I prefer to do something fun the day before and then pretend like the holiday doesn't really exist on the actual day.
Anyways, my sweet husband sent me some beautiful roses to my job on Friday...even after I had specifically told him not too. They were a very pleasant surprise, and I was truly grateful that he didn't listen to me. That night, we got a babysitter for Cole and Ronnie and I went to dinner and saw a movie. Ronnie's dumb butt slept through half the movie (mind you, he snores like a grizzly bear when he sleeps) and we had most of the theater staring at us!!! But it was nice to go out on an actual date with just the two of us...something that RARELY happens these days!
The actual day of St Valentine (Saturday)...Ronnie went up to his parent's house to tinker with his truck...and Cole and I hung out at the house and did LAUNDRY!!! And on Sunday, well, we didn't even bother to get out of our pajamas! I LOVE those days!!!
Well...it's almost 9 o'clock...so I think I'm gonna go crawl in bed with a good book until my eyelids slam shut! Good Night!!
Fortunately, all the tornado warnings and sirens have passed...and all we got were buckets loads of rain...which we needed...so all is well.
Oh...and this is HILARIOUS, he is definitely ALL boy:
And he is not NEARLY as cuddly as he used to be!!!
But his smile will melt your heart!
Our Valentine's Day was pretty laid-back. We decided to "celebrate" it the day before because...well...I hate Valentine's Day with a passion...I always have...so I prefer to do something fun the day before and then pretend like the holiday doesn't really exist on the actual day.
Anyways, my sweet husband sent me some beautiful roses to my job on Friday...even after I had specifically told him not too. They were a very pleasant surprise, and I was truly grateful that he didn't listen to me. That night, we got a babysitter for Cole and Ronnie and I went to dinner and saw a movie. Ronnie's dumb butt slept through half the movie (mind you, he snores like a grizzly bear when he sleeps) and we had most of the theater staring at us!!! But it was nice to go out on an actual date with just the two of us...something that RARELY happens these days!
The actual day of St Valentine (Saturday)...Ronnie went up to his parent's house to tinker with his truck...and Cole and I hung out at the house and did LAUNDRY!!! And on Sunday, well, we didn't even bother to get out of our pajamas! I LOVE those days!!!
Well...it's almost 9 o'clock...so I think I'm gonna go crawl in bed with a good book until my eyelids slam shut! Good Night!!
And So It Begins...
We are under tornado watches today...the beginning of tornado season!
This time last year, we had a big 'ol ugly tornado touch down in Prattville (about 20 mins away from where we live)...it did bunches of damage, but no one was killed.
Guess we need to start praying and being good!!
This time last year, we had a big 'ol ugly tornado touch down in Prattville (about 20 mins away from where we live)...it did bunches of damage, but no one was killed.
Guess we need to start praying and being good!!
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Want Some Recipes?
Stinky Bread
1 C Butter
1-2 Cloves Garlic
1 ¼ Tbsp Dried Basil
2 Tbsp Capers, Rinsed & Drained & Chopped up tiny
Salt to Taste
*Moosh up and stir all that together
Get a loaf of French Bread and cut the crust off the top and sides. Slice the bread almost through at a little less than 1-inch intervals and put a slice of mozzarella cheese in each slot.
Put the cheese-stuffed loaf on a big sheet of heavy foil and make sort of a little cradle for it (but don’t cover the top) and put it on a cookie sheet.
Now get the butter mixture and “ice” the loaf with it.
Put it in the oven on “Broil” until it’s brown and gooey and bubbly.
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Fatten-You-Up Rolls
Pre-heat oven to 400
1 Stick Melted Butter
1 C Sour Cream
1 Heaping C Self-Rising Flour
Put little globs in a greased mini-muffin pan and bake for 12 minutes.
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No Pain Coffee Cake
Take 1 pkg frozen rolls and put half of hem (still frozen) in a greased bundt pan.
On top of those, put ½ small package Instant Butterscotch Pudding Mix, ½ C Dark Brown Sugar, 1 Tbsp Cinnamon, ¼ Stick Butter (melted), and ¼ C Pecan Pieces.
Make another layer with the other half of the rolls and top with the same ingredients.
Cover loosely with foil sprayed with Pam. Put a clean towel over that and let the whole thing sit out overnight on the counter. (If it rises over the top, poke it down with clean fingers).
The next morning, cook it for 30 mins at 350.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This...
So, here it is...Saturday afternoon. Cole is taking a nap, Ronnie is taking a nap, Rico is taking a nap, Hunter is...well who gives a shit what Hunter is doing...I keep hoping he will magically disappear. Anyways, I am the only one awake...and the house is just too quiet! I've been online literally ALL morning long looking up cruises and vacation packages. Just doing a little wishful thinking! I would give just about anything to take a tropical vacation right now!!! Just the thought of lying on a beach soaking up the sun while listening to the ocean waves...ahhhhhhh, I already feel the stress leaving my body.
I went on a cruise once, my Sophomore year of college...it was THE BEST VACATION EVER!! And I do mean...EVER!!! You could eat when you wanted...you could sleep when you wanted...and we got to see the most amazing beaches and go on some awesome adventures!! I'm pretty sure I have some pictures posted on my myspace, if ya care to take a gander. I always get wistful when I look at them...and I think to myself how that was the fastest vacation I think I've ever gone on. I got to snorkel, visit a Sea Turtle farm, tour a rum factory, visit ancient Mayan ruins, lounge on beautifully white sand, swim in impossibly clear water, eat until I could barely move...and make fun of the kid who got so drunk he ended up sitting in a chair all by his lonesome, staring out at the ocean and crying... HA HA HA HAHA!!! That was some funny shit!
I don't know when I'll be able to go again. I keep mentioning it to Ronnie, and he (having never been on one) is starting to get interested. I keep hoping with the economy in the so-called tailspin, the prices of vacations will drop through the floor and we can have another amazing vacation without dropping an amazing amount of cash. So, keep an eye out there for me...you see a good deal...send me an email!! I may even let you come!
Until then...I guess I'll keep shuffling through beautiful scenes online!
I went on a cruise once, my Sophomore year of college...it was THE BEST VACATION EVER!! And I do mean...EVER!!! You could eat when you wanted...you could sleep when you wanted...and we got to see the most amazing beaches and go on some awesome adventures!! I'm pretty sure I have some pictures posted on my myspace, if ya care to take a gander. I always get wistful when I look at them...and I think to myself how that was the fastest vacation I think I've ever gone on. I got to snorkel, visit a Sea Turtle farm, tour a rum factory, visit ancient Mayan ruins, lounge on beautifully white sand, swim in impossibly clear water, eat until I could barely move...and make fun of the kid who got so drunk he ended up sitting in a chair all by his lonesome, staring out at the ocean and crying... HA HA HA HAHA!!! That was some funny shit!
I don't know when I'll be able to go again. I keep mentioning it to Ronnie, and he (having never been on one) is starting to get interested. I keep hoping with the economy in the so-called tailspin, the prices of vacations will drop through the floor and we can have another amazing vacation without dropping an amazing amount of cash. So, keep an eye out there for me...you see a good deal...send me an email!! I may even let you come!
Until then...I guess I'll keep shuffling through beautiful scenes online!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Another First!
Well, Cole got his first haircut on Saturday...but the pictures that we took on Ronnie's phone are being held for ransome...by Ronnie's phone...and I haven't figured out exactly how to negotiate with that little device to get it to release them...so no pictures right now!!!
Let me tell you...it was indeed an adventure!!! That boy screamed bloody murder EVERY time that poor woman got anywhere near him with the scissors!! I told Ronnie that the next haircut better be easier...or Cole will just have long hair until he is old enough to take himself.
Let me tell you...it was indeed an adventure!!! That boy screamed bloody murder EVERY time that poor woman got anywhere near him with the scissors!! I told Ronnie that the next haircut better be easier...or Cole will just have long hair until he is old enough to take himself.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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