As Forest Gump said."you nevah know what your gonna get". the contrasts in life are what are striking me the most this last week.
My daughter pregnant with our first grandchild,who will be welcomed into life with so many people already loving him contrasts with pictures of starving children or children that are victims of war.
I am planning a baby shower while a person very close to me will be soon planning a wake.....
Time seems to fly by for me these days . I just want to yell "Stop!" can we rewind? Time has no respect, I find. It just keeps moving on weather we move on with it or we don't.
People get upset with each other over stupid things. Is it worth it? Not with time going by so fast it's not.
I love my family and friends even when we disagree or don't see eye to eye. If time was to be taken from me this night,I just want all of you to have known that.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Blog disclaimer
May I just say this. If you read this blog you are reading my random thoughts on any given week or day. Just as the title of my blog says. I write another blog that is dedicated to the profession I work in and it is mostly business related type of blog. On this blog you will get my thoughts at the moment. They might be pissed off thoughts or they could be warm happy thoughts. Depends on the mood of the day or week.
I may give opinions that you do not agree with. Fine. I'm not asking for your permission ,but i will respect a different point of view if given to me in a respectful way. This is my blog after all. If you like to read it I am happy that you give a *rap about me to want to see the fluctuating moods that may be presented here.
If you are pissed off by it ,well than maybe its not your cup of tea. There are a gazillion blogs that may offend you less,or differently.:-)
Thank you for tuning in and have a good day.
I may give opinions that you do not agree with. Fine. I'm not asking for your permission ,but i will respect a different point of view if given to me in a respectful way. This is my blog after all. If you like to read it I am happy that you give a *rap about me to want to see the fluctuating moods that may be presented here.
If you are pissed off by it ,well than maybe its not your cup of tea. There are a gazillion blogs that may offend you less,or differently.:-)
Thank you for tuning in and have a good day.
Monday, April 16, 2012
The showers a comin
Well the baby shower is a mear five weeks away and I am excited to see everyone and watch them open all the cute baby things. Getting pretty excited to meet this new grandchild of mine! I will confess that I am worried for my daughter with all the risks and all. But I am also feeling very positive and hopeful at the same time.
Scary flood of emotions for sure!I wonder what this new guy will be like. Will he be strong and steady like his dad? Or smart and active like his mother? Will be look like mom or dad or maybe his Grandmother ? :-).Or will he just look mostly like himself . Whatever we get blessed with,this child will be coming into this world with so much love around him!
It really seems like time has been speeding up these last couple months and before you know it he will be here!
I need to bone up on my childcare skills. It's been a really long time since I watched a little one!
Scary flood of emotions for sure!I wonder what this new guy will be like. Will he be strong and steady like his dad? Or smart and active like his mother? Will be look like mom or dad or maybe his Grandmother ? :-).Or will he just look mostly like himself . Whatever we get blessed with,this child will be coming into this world with so much love around him!
It really seems like time has been speeding up these last couple months and before you know it he will be here!
I need to bone up on my childcare skills. It's been a really long time since I watched a little one!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Proud to be an American? or why my foreign brand car could actually be more American than your domestic..
The subject of buying an American or domestic brand car vs a foreign car came up once again this week on FB . It is hard having the views I do on this car issue living in the "motor city" or what was once the motor city. Automobiles were conceived here! We Detroiters are very proud of our legacy. As well we should be. But we should not over look how this industry has also held back this city from other areas of progress. Prime example is the fact that Detroit is one of the only major metropolitan areas that has never had a good public transportation system.
Hmmm ? you think, why is that? well DUH the big three as they used to be referred to, wanted us all to buy cars! Every family needs 2 or three of them! and we will build our roads to spindle out in all directions so that it will be pretty impossible to make a good mass transit system and people will just have to have cars to get around. Prime example just recently the Bus system for Detroit and surrounding areas was in a huge crisis. They can not afford to keep up and repair the buses.
The Auto makers just paid out some bonuses this first quarter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/detroit-auto-workers-have_n_808496.html
Maybe they could donate some of that profit to the bus system? would show good faith in the city. And help people get to jobs that can not currently afford to buy one of their cars. I would stand up and applaud such a move. Nope,they had to pull a large amount of buses off the routes and now people have even less choices to get to where they need to go.Not the Auto companies problem?? Really? How many people riding buses to get to jobs would rather own a car? maybe 70%. Help them out! and it also shows good faith in the city that you want to stand behind your product.
I am sick to death of people that judge me for the car I drive. Screw them and their attitude. You are not paying my bills and you are not looking at my financial situation.I find many people will bend their convictions when it suits their own situation. I all along have not accepted the bullshit that me buying a Ford car is going to keep these companies alive. Them giving me a good product to buy with a good warranty,fair price and great gas mileage will keep me buying their cars. I truly believe that is what keeps people buying a product. Do you really think our DOMESTIC auto companies would have stepped up the game if they had not had competition from the foreign companies?
And don't tell me well the foreign auto companies were given all these breaks to open shop here ,blah blah. Write your congress people! That sucks on all levels of business, not just with the auto companies.
The Auto companies paid workers very well here for many years. The unions helped with that for sure! But then the unions got to greedy and to powerful and the auto companies could not compete. I do not begrudge ANYONE from making a good wage. But seriously people. I would have killed to have just half the benefits they had.We all know a few pretty lazy auto workers. Come on,how many do you know that were paid for a full day but just read books for half the day?. The stories are endless in this regard.The unions made it impossible to get rid of bad workers. I worked in a Teamsters company for 3 1/2 years. Good pay, Good insurance. And lazy ass people sleeping in the warehouse that they couldn't let go because the union protected them beyond reason. Well you get the good with the bad I suppose. I am not going to down unions because I feel they helped workers for many years and without them in most cases the companies would not offer a fair wage. But they should also not protect lazy good for nothings.
When I look to buy a car I look over all my choices. This is a HUGE purchase for me. Its right under buying a home as far as I am concerned. I don't make allot of money. I raised a child ,and helped her through college by buying smart. I tend to keep my cars for ten to twelve years if possible. So I look for warranty ,durability,what the car comes with (options) etc. And Price!Example I have say $15,000 to spend ,what car is going to give me the best value for this amount.I have owned Volkswagen,Chrysler,Toyota,Ford,Hyundai.in my driving life. So about half foreign half domestic. Lets not even talk about the Chrysler piece of craps (had two of them) ugh.
Overall Toyota had the best car. Best for my money,best warranty,great gas mileage. Repairs could be a bit costly,but it hardly ever needed any so that was never an issue.The 2002 Hyundai I am driving now is about neck to neck with the Fords I had,BUT the warranty is 40,000 miles better and it is better on gas. So there you have it. If my husband and I need to get a car soon . And we very well may as his Ford Escort ,14 years old!! is about to bite it. We will look at Ford products first. I do give the domestics brands a chance to wow me,I really do. But when I am making such an important buying choice I am going to go with what I feel is the best buy for me.
The article below was a very good one! Put out by Car and Driver Magazine (available at New Horizons Book Shop 13 mile and little mack roseville michigan .)
Sorry a plug for my brothers independent book store!! LOL!
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/proud-to-be-american-buy
Hmmm ? you think, why is that? well DUH the big three as they used to be referred to, wanted us all to buy cars! Every family needs 2 or three of them! and we will build our roads to spindle out in all directions so that it will be pretty impossible to make a good mass transit system and people will just have to have cars to get around. Prime example just recently the Bus system for Detroit and surrounding areas was in a huge crisis. They can not afford to keep up and repair the buses.
The Auto makers just paid out some bonuses this first quarter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/13/detroit-auto-workers-have_n_808496.html
Maybe they could donate some of that profit to the bus system? would show good faith in the city. And help people get to jobs that can not currently afford to buy one of their cars. I would stand up and applaud such a move. Nope,they had to pull a large amount of buses off the routes and now people have even less choices to get to where they need to go.Not the Auto companies problem?? Really? How many people riding buses to get to jobs would rather own a car? maybe 70%. Help them out! and it also shows good faith in the city that you want to stand behind your product.
I am sick to death of people that judge me for the car I drive. Screw them and their attitude. You are not paying my bills and you are not looking at my financial situation.I find many people will bend their convictions when it suits their own situation. I all along have not accepted the bullshit that me buying a Ford car is going to keep these companies alive. Them giving me a good product to buy with a good warranty,fair price and great gas mileage will keep me buying their cars. I truly believe that is what keeps people buying a product. Do you really think our DOMESTIC auto companies would have stepped up the game if they had not had competition from the foreign companies?
And don't tell me well the foreign auto companies were given all these breaks to open shop here ,blah blah. Write your congress people! That sucks on all levels of business, not just with the auto companies.
The Auto companies paid workers very well here for many years. The unions helped with that for sure! But then the unions got to greedy and to powerful and the auto companies could not compete. I do not begrudge ANYONE from making a good wage. But seriously people. I would have killed to have just half the benefits they had.We all know a few pretty lazy auto workers. Come on,how many do you know that were paid for a full day but just read books for half the day?. The stories are endless in this regard.The unions made it impossible to get rid of bad workers. I worked in a Teamsters company for 3 1/2 years. Good pay, Good insurance. And lazy ass people sleeping in the warehouse that they couldn't let go because the union protected them beyond reason. Well you get the good with the bad I suppose. I am not going to down unions because I feel they helped workers for many years and without them in most cases the companies would not offer a fair wage. But they should also not protect lazy good for nothings.
When I look to buy a car I look over all my choices. This is a HUGE purchase for me. Its right under buying a home as far as I am concerned. I don't make allot of money. I raised a child ,and helped her through college by buying smart. I tend to keep my cars for ten to twelve years if possible. So I look for warranty ,durability,what the car comes with (options) etc. And Price!Example I have say $15,000 to spend ,what car is going to give me the best value for this amount.I have owned Volkswagen,Chrysler,Toyota,Ford,Hyundai.in my driving life. So about half foreign half domestic. Lets not even talk about the Chrysler piece of craps (had two of them) ugh.
Overall Toyota had the best car. Best for my money,best warranty,great gas mileage. Repairs could be a bit costly,but it hardly ever needed any so that was never an issue.The 2002 Hyundai I am driving now is about neck to neck with the Fords I had,BUT the warranty is 40,000 miles better and it is better on gas. So there you have it. If my husband and I need to get a car soon . And we very well may as his Ford Escort ,14 years old!! is about to bite it. We will look at Ford products first. I do give the domestics brands a chance to wow me,I really do. But when I am making such an important buying choice I am going to go with what I feel is the best buy for me.
The article below was a very good one! Put out by Car and Driver Magazine (available at New Horizons Book Shop 13 mile and little mack roseville michigan .)
Sorry a plug for my brothers independent book store!! LOL!
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/proud-to-be-american-buy
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
and the crap just keeps on crappin along :-)
Can not believe how crappy I've been feeling once again this week. You must all be pretty sick of hearing about my crappy health. Well I had two weeks of absolutely WONDERFUL. My ear pressure was down and I had energy and felt good. This week,well it started last Sunday with a crappy stomach and has tumbled into ear buzzing and lethargy and general feelin crappyness. Of course this week is VERY busy at work. Which I am very grateful for. But it is also the worst week to be feeling under the weather.
I'm not sure if its allergies or I'm just fighting something. To top it all off I have had some sciatica pain in my hip pretty bad all week also. Man I sound a gazillion years old . Sorry,really sorry. Anyway,I hope that the morning brings some renewed health because the next two days at work are insanely busy. I'm talking a fifteen minute break in a 10 hour day busy!
So I am off to an early bed to get as much rest as possible. I hope you are all doing well and as excited about spring as I am.!
I'm not sure if its allergies or I'm just fighting something. To top it all off I have had some sciatica pain in my hip pretty bad all week also. Man I sound a gazillion years old . Sorry,really sorry. Anyway,I hope that the morning brings some renewed health because the next two days at work are insanely busy. I'm talking a fifteen minute break in a 10 hour day busy!
So I am off to an early bed to get as much rest as possible. I hope you are all doing well and as excited about spring as I am.!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
My new favorite show!!
Isn't that true of our own children? When I had my daughter I did all I could to teach her to talk to help her learn to read to show her how to get along in the world. Through out all of it there were so many moments when she taught me lessons also. Patience on many days ,lol. But amazement at how totally awesome she was.
Not just because she is smart as five of me,but her perseverance and determination not to let life get her down. I remember when we thought maybe it was time to take the training wheels off her bike. She told us to do it. She promptly fell over sideways. She got back on and drove in circles around and around the driveway,not straight down the driveway,but in circles. She said she could balance better that way. She spent a couple hours doing it that way until she felt she had it down,than she took off straight down the drive. I watched her in amazement thinking to myself that this was a child who would succeed and would do it her own way.
My daughter was a thumb sucker. Not just the occasional thumb sucker,nope a pretty major I love my thumb,sucker. Well all this sucking started to do a number on the roof of her little mouth and it was causing some pretty severe teeth jamming issues. So when she was three and a half we took her to this awesome orthodontist doctor who sat her down and talked with her like an adult for about 20 minutes. Mano e Mano,just her and him. He explained to this little girl what her thumb sucking was doing to her mouth and why she needed to try to stop this habit. He gave her some stickers and told her to stick them in places around the house where she was most likely to suck her thumb and when she saw the stickers it would remind her not to suck her thumb. We came home and she put one on the front of the TV and one at the end of her bed. She said to us. "I'm going to suck my thumb tonight and than tomorrow I'm not going to suck it anymore". And she didn't . We would watch her while she watched TV and her hand would slowly move toward her mouth and she would look at the sticker and stop . At night while she was falling asleep I would see her half asleep bringing her small hand toward her mouth and then some subconscious reminder would stop her from putting it in her mouth. After a week she didn't need the reminder stickers anymore,she had stopped.
I knew from than on the best way to communicate with this little girl would be to talk to her like an adult,or as an equal. All children can respect that. And in doing so ,we can also learn from them. My daughter is going to become a mother this year and it will amaze her at how many times this child will be the one who teaches her and helps her grow,just as she did me.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Pet peeve of the week...
Women who bitch about their husbands all the damn time. Why the hell are you with this man??!! I used to work with a woman who daily bitched and complained about how lazy or worthless her husband was. YET she regularly came in with jewelry he had given her or spoke about some nice restaurant he had taken her to or some show they went to. Yet this man never seemed to live up to her expectations.
I seriously felt really sorry for this man. He was never going to be able to please this women. I would say most of my clients are women. Many of them also feel the need to complain about their husbands. I don't get it. Sure occasionally men can drive us CRAZY. They think completely different from us. I am sure that because of that we equally drive them batty also. I am on my third marriage. Many people didn't know how bad either one of my first marriages were until I filed for divorce. I just really don't talk about it. Sure a couple very close friends knew how I was feeling . But that's it. I guess I feel if your that unhappy you need to do something about it besides bitch constantly about the men in your lives. Get out of it or try to fix it.
I am very happy in my current marriage and final one. If this one didn't work out for some unknown reason I would not get in a legal union with someone again. There would be no need at this stage of my life. I truly feel content with this man. No, he is not perfect ,either am I. But I would not run around constantly bitching about what a crappy partner he is.
I am sure you all know a woman like the ones I'm talking about.
Anyway,that's my pet peeve this week.
I seriously felt really sorry for this man. He was never going to be able to please this women. I would say most of my clients are women. Many of them also feel the need to complain about their husbands. I don't get it. Sure occasionally men can drive us CRAZY. They think completely different from us. I am sure that because of that we equally drive them batty also. I am on my third marriage. Many people didn't know how bad either one of my first marriages were until I filed for divorce. I just really don't talk about it. Sure a couple very close friends knew how I was feeling . But that's it. I guess I feel if your that unhappy you need to do something about it besides bitch constantly about the men in your lives. Get out of it or try to fix it.
I am very happy in my current marriage and final one. If this one didn't work out for some unknown reason I would not get in a legal union with someone again. There would be no need at this stage of my life. I truly feel content with this man. No, he is not perfect ,either am I. But I would not run around constantly bitching about what a crappy partner he is.
I am sure you all know a woman like the ones I'm talking about.
Anyway,that's my pet peeve this week.
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