All the hard work finally pays off!

Why is my daughter looking so dang happy? Well it all goes back to...

The above Picture is at My daughters Collage Graduation ,earning a Masters degree in Social Work. Shes the one in the middle with the million dollar smile,no really her smile cost me about a million dollars,:-). She graduated at the top of her class and had high hopes for her future as all young or old Graduates do.

Enter a slew of health problems and a bad economy and her future wasn't looking all that promising. She had so much to offer and nowhere to offer it.. She took part time at the school of social work and learned all she could to work her way up possibly.

And well last week it paid off! She landed a job that will pay her pretty good and doing what she loves! So todays post is all about hanging in there for what you want. Sticking it out during the hard times. Sometimes good things actually come to those who wait. They will be happy they hired you Rachel becouse you will be awesome! Just like you always have been.

Can you see me bursting with pride?

Blog Site I LOVE

If you LOVE doing projects cheap and original. Check out "Just a Girl" Blog site. Link below. I am amazed at her ideas and originality. I can't wait week after week to see what she comes up with. I also used an idea that I got off her blog to make a really neat and cheep bedskirt for my new bed! check out the link below for her latest ideas!


http://j-a-girl.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-can-paint.html

This was worth posting. Thanks Andy Rooney!

In case you missed it on 60 Minutes, this is what Andy Rooney thinks about women over 40: 60 Minutes Correspondent Andy Rooney (CBS)

As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why: A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, 'What are you thinking?' She doesn't care what you think. If a woman over 40 doesn't want to watch the game, she doesn't sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do, and it's usually more interesting. Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera or in the middle of an expensive restaurant. Of course, if you deserve it, they won't hesitate to shoot you if they think they can get away with it. Older women are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it's like to be unappreciated. Women get psychic as they age. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart. Older women are forthright and honest. They'll tell you right off if you are a jerk if you are acting like one . You don't ever have to wonder where you stand with her. Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?', here's an up date for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!

Still rather be here than anywhere else

Happy Fourth Of July. No we are not perfect. We have many imperfections and need to work on getting back to what this country was sapposed to be about from the beginning. But just being able to have this blog is a freedom that you wouldn't have in many countries. The ability to speak freely. To write what we feel.

We have so many things broken right now in our country. I am praying with all my heart and soul that we have the strength and wisdom to pull ourselves out of the mess we created. That my child and her children and all my loved ones bringing children into this world will have the chance to show thier greatness . Their chance to live free.

Today I vow to continue to do my part to help dig out of this mess we are in. If we all make the commitment we can do this.

I am hoping by the time I write next years post at this time we will be turning unemployment around. There will be a viable health care plan and we will have made some peace in the middle east. I know...I dream big. :-) Have a wonderful 4th everyone.

Taking a Trip To Holland!

Holland Michigan that is :-). Had ya going didn't I ? The third week of July we are taking a trip to Holland for 3 nights. I am so looking forward to this break. We can't do a whole week . I havent been to that area of the state before and I hear its beautiful . We are staying right next to Dutch Village. Not really sure we will even go there though. I am more interested in Tunnel Park. Its a tunnel of trees that you walk through and when you get to the end there are sand dunes and Lake Michigan! Sounds glorious to me. The day we get there they are having a music festival at night downtown. So we will do that and well just take in the beauty of this area of Michigan. I'll take pics and post them. I really love Michigan in the summer and Fall.

Life Lessons

I love the above picture that my daughter Rachel took of herself. It reminds me of a yoga pose we do where you spred your arms out wide lean your head back and open yourself up to the Universe.

Today's post is just three bits of advice I have learned as I stumble,walk and run through this thing called life.
1. You stay young by moving out of your comfort zone
2. There is a reason we lose our close up vision as we age,so forget the botox
3. Learning to say no is the most freeing thing you can learn,just be polite about it.

As if we don't have enough to worry about....

Had a client in the spa today getting a facial. We got to talking and the" so what do you do for a living?" question came up. Well she is a prison guard at a prison in Wayne county. I am like "Wow you must really need this facial,sounds like a stressful job" She says it really is. BUT what is even more stressful is that they are releasing Prisoners way, way to soon. They released 70 last month alone and she said NONE of them were ready to be out. BAD attitudes,disrespectful ect. She knows most, if not all will be back in withen a year. She says it seems like they are only keeping murderers,everyone else is getting out.

I asked ,"is this becouse of over crowding?" She says no,there is room to house them,but there have been so many cut backs that they don't have the funding or people to work at the prisons to house them....

Great,just great I'm thinking to myself. She expects all will be back withen a year..that means all of them will do something to get thrown back in. Commit a crime or violate their probation in some way,I.E. commit a crime. And that was just 70 in ONE month,and that is just ONE prison.

Watch your backs ,lock up your homes,dare I say arm yourself? I have never been a gun advocate ever but now I'm thinking...maybe it's not such a bad idea?

My half sister's mom who is 79 just got assaulted last week at the mall in Florida. She was lucky they only hurt her hand some while they robbed her. It was daylight. She was scared to death! And most likely still is.