this is just my 2 cents...

I'm SO tired of grown people who still act like they are 12 years old! They act like they have no responsibilities in this world! When you become 18 (legally an adult) or better yet get married & especially after you become a parent you need to really GROW UP & OWN IT! Own what you do & where you are in life. You should not need people to pick up your slack, to tell you when things need to be done, you should just look around & DO IT! Do not expect other people to do things for you. Examine all your possibilities & seek the best route. Make good decisions & learn from your mistakes. Be resourceful, be thrifty & by all means teach by example! Some days I may get frustrated at my hubby because he watches our pennies but in the end I am SO grateful we even have pennies to watch! Be the good role model that your child/children need so the next generation does not continue the cycle. Lazy people raise lazy children! I'm telling ya life is WAY too short to have to deal with ignorant people! Again...

this is just my 2 cents...

Karma...

1. kar·ma/ˈkärmə/Noun

   1. (in Hinduism and Buddhism) The sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

   2. Destiny or fate, following as effect from cause.  More »

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   Karma...

faces & places...

I am all about getting pictures taken to commemorate a moment. On this particular day we were attending an Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by a nearby city. We were all decked out in our new Easter clothes so why not?! Let me tell you why not... There were TONS of kids of all different ages. It was NOT the best laid plans & we did NOT have fun. They sectioned all the kids off by age or should I say anyone under THREE was in one area & all others OVER three were in another. Such poor planning!! When they finally announced that the egg hunt had the begun EVERY SINGLE EGG was gone, the tribe started crying, it was AWFUL! Let me just say it was one event that I will not be repeating even if my life depended upon it! =] If there was anything had by that day it was this picture! Man do I LOVE these kids! Here are some...

faces & places...

till death us do part...

After watching the news this past week regarding the "Governator", his mistress & their "love child" it made me think about something that has been on my mind quite a lot lately. When you see good people do bad things it makes you wonder what the hell happened!?!

In my own life I have had to deal with the break up of a marriage, not my own but people who at one time were close to us. I have tried to "put myself in this persons shoes" & tried to "get in their head" to TRY to figure out why they do the things they do. Remember everyone is entitled to an opinion & now I am expressing mine. You see I know this person, I've actually known her for quite awhile, she is a mother of a young girl & has been acting VERY recklessly in her decision making. She is married but apparently in her mind it's only a marriage on paper. I strongly believe that even if you feel that it's only on paper you are still married. Sadly instead of trying to do ANYTHING & EVERYTHING to mend her broken marriage she has taken up with another man. I think what bothers me the most is that she introduced this man to her daughter in fact they continually hang out with him all the while still being married. To my knowledge they, her Mother & Father, never even had any conversation with her about the end of their marriage. Don't you think that conversation needs to take place? What do you say when you are out with another man? Is he your "friend" or your "boyfriend"? Is this even normal?! Can someone please try to explain this to me?! 

Someone once shared something with me regarding a woman they knew personally that died tragically in a helicopter crash. What came to surface in the weeks following her death, unbeknownst to her husband, was that she was having an affair with a co worker. The day she died she was off to some spa with him & their helicopter crashed killing them both. I could say talk about Karma but all I can say is that a higher power knew something was wrong with that. This other man was also married but it gets better, he had children. There will now be baseball games, dances, weddings, etc.. that he will miss out on all because he could not remain faithful to his wife. I'm sure that his family was stunned after finding out that their husband/father had died, knowing he was with another woman did not make them feel any better. Did he choose her over them? It's just so tragic! All I want to say is that when you are married & especially when you have children you need to think about someone other than yourself. Don't think with your libido, think with your head.

Now all over the news we hear about Arnold, the housekeeper & their 14 year old "love child". When someone is in your life, day in & day out, as she was in their life this has to hurt. To know her for over 20 years & to then find out that she gave birth to your husbands son a month after you gave birth to your 4th child together. How do you cope with that?! What helps you process it?! Over the past 14 years since his birth you cannot say that they have not spent time with, shared precious memories or maybe even confided in with what they thought was the housekeeper's son. What's terrible is that all that time Arnold knew he was in fact their brother. That to me is CRAZY!! How does a person do that to their family?! How do you keep that secret from the people you care most about?! What does that secret end up doing to your children?! Don't parents ever think about that?! I hope they all heal from this sad situation. As for Arnold & Maria I hope after the media frenzy subsides they can try to work on their marriage & find what brought them together in the first place. If in the end they go their separate ways they can at least say that they tried their hardest.

Why do people cheat? I guess that's the million dollar question! 


So getting back to the people that I know & what really makes me MAD! Why oh why would you expose your child, let alone your daughter to that. Isn't your first priority to be the best parent you can be & to protect said child from any undue emotional harm. I have to say that I do not want my children even around this person, do not want them to see or better yet think this lifestyle is OK. Now before you get your panties in a wad because I am sharing my thoughts here I am entitled to express my opinion whether you agree or disagree with it. This is made to get people to think about their thoughts & mostly their actions. When you see others acting recklessly & say nothing about it you are just as bad. Speak up! Be that trusted friend who gives sound advice whether they take it or not. At least you will know that you tried. Divorce is terrible no matter how you look at it but doesn't your child deserve two parents who fight like hell to get back to where they started from? If you do not agree then don't you think when your child/children grow up they can find some solace in knowing that their parents "tried" their hardest instead of just giving up?! Remember a good marriage is not easy, it is hard work. If you put forth the effort you will reap the rewards. I am a firm believer in the vows I took when I got married. For those that read this that are married do you remember the vows you took? For better or for worse, in sickness & in health...

till death us do part...

should I go?...

I have told MANY people how much I LOVE my iPhone, I better clarify that, I LOVE my iPhone app's. I just LOVE being able to check my email, Facebook & then play some games. Even our church has an iPhone app! Yes, Christ Fellowship has an iPhone app! I can watch services, check out classes & even send prayer requests. LOVE that! As far as the games go I used to play Words with Friends but then I was turned on to Bejeweled 2. Man is that game addictive! Ahh... So that is why I sadly say it's the app's that I LOVE & do NOT love the phone service. We switched to AT&T because of the "bundling" factor. When you have satellite TV, computer it is suppose to pay to then have your cell phone put in with it too. Well that was the plan! Since switching I get SO many dropped calls, my phone will shut off on it's own in the middle of me doing something or better yet it locks up. What gives? Do I even need a phone? I hear from other people about how much they pay monthly for their cell phones & know that we are paying SO much more.  I know if I were to call & ask to renegociate our bill they would probably just say "See ya!". There seems to be NO deals for being a loyal customer anymore! When I think of cell phone bills in general ours are astronomical! CRAZY CRAZY EXPENSIVE so I begin to think should I stay or...

should I go?...

cRuSaDeS...

You know how I am ALWAYS doing something. My mind is FULL of ideas! LOL! I will see something interesting that is new & find CREATIVE ways to put it to good use. If it's something better & mostly EASIER why not share it?! I call those moments "MiSsIoNs". Well recently I was told that I am not just on a MiSsIoN I am on a CRUSADE! I love that! So here is to my MANY future...

cRuSaDeS...

battery operated alarm clocks...

The INFAMOUS clock!

I can just not win! I had to work EXTRA early this morning & wouldn't you know it but my alarm clock took a dump! When I say EXTRA early I mean 3AM where I'm actually waking up at 2 & when I say took it a dump I mean it DID NOT go off at all! The darn clock was stuck on 12:52am as if it thought it was keeping the correct time! UGH! It's rough working these CRAZY hours but you do what you have to do to earn that almighty dollar! When I work these wacky schedules I will stay down at my Mom's house so I can just roll out of bed & not have to make that LONG trek of a drive in the wee hours of the morning. Trust me that extra hour saved makes a HUGE difference! What makes matters even worse is that I am a routine girl. I need to do things the way I normally do them & if I veer from my "norm" things usually go wrong, really really wrong. I will think I'm dreaming or just sleep through the alarm. That would be VERY VERY bad! Part of this routine I keep is that I wear ear plugs to block out ALL noises, mostly my hubby's snoring, but that's another story! Just before I lay down I check the alarm clock to make sure it is set correctly & that it is atually tuned in to a station so something other than white noise will wake me up. Now getting to the alarm clock, I use this OLD battery operated one because I once had one that was electric & the one night I needed to be awoken we we lost power so it NEVER went off & I of course slept in. Arghh... Being that I am SO set in my ways it seems difficult for me to even try "something new" in the alarm clock dept, ie: my cell phone. I just cannot even attempt it for fear someone will call me on the one night I need to sleep! I can just about imagine MY friends calling or texting me in the MIDDLE of the night! Just the thought of that blows that plan out of the water! LOL! So now I have to go find me some new batteries to prevent any more issues! Oh what would I do without...

battery operated alarm clocks...