Nausea

This is how I feel.....

Headlines and sub headlines...in the
Spokesman Review...
Man gets 9 years for drugging girl...
Seems he was drugging her....he is a
registered sex offender.. BUT they dropped
the sexual abuse charge, he was found
guilt of drugging even though he
had a really poor excuse for that.
My question...why did they drop the
sexual abuse charges. He wasn't
drugging her, for the look on her face.

Woman sentenced for beating boy, 6
This was a foster mother....who beat the
boy and he was sent to the hospital with
head injuries. Another foster child said she
beat him because...."he ate Mommy's
chocolate bars."... she was given.. 40 days
in sheriff's labor camp and 6 years in prison,
BUT was suspended prison term, for 4 years of
supervised probation.
I guess you have to kill the child to go to prison.

Subtitle, which is worse than the headline.
Records say dead girl had been disciplined
with shock collar, beatings....
The natural father and step mother...said this was
an unruly child. So they had to take these steps.
At the age of 4, yes that is right,4 !!! she was put
in a tub to wash urine clothing and towels that
she had wet on. The step mother saw her with
a wet t-shirt over her face. The step mother went
to make a anniversary dinner instead of helping the
child... the father saw bubbles coming up out of
the water, where the child was laying in the
urine water. They admit to having this 4 year
old child washing urine clothing and towels
from 10:30am to 9 p.m.!!!! The step mother
admits to the authorities, that she pushed
the child with her foot, causing the child to
fall into the urine filled water. While the step
mother gives cpr..the natural father steps out
side to have a cigarette? Then he takes the
girls to the hospital. There is more, but I
can't write it anymore.

All of this is too much... Hillary Clinton
said it takes a Village to raise a Child.
It takes a Village to watch out for a
child. A village of neighbors, police,
child protective agency, and judges.

When are people going to do something
about this? I have said it before and I will
say it again....
CHILDREN. ARE. NOT. DISPOSABLE!!

Without the King

It just not the same........hope he gets home soon... so he can cuddle me...
I'm soooooooooo lonesome.... I could cry........

For the next couple days......

I was going to punt and try to throw
something out here for today. But
to tell you the truth, I can't think of
anything. I guess you could say, I
have my mind else where.

The King is going in for knee surgery,
so if you are reading this in the morning,
I will be in the waiting room, reading a book
to pass the time away. The rest of the time
I will be checking him out and make sure
he is ok, before I head to the house and let
the dog out and then go back to the hospital.

So for the next couple days, my posting could
be spotty. As Monday, the King comes home
and I will be busy getting him settled in and
taking care of him.

So if you see something here, I had the time,
if not, I didn't.

We Don't Know Any One Any More

We don't know any one any more

When we went to town, we would see
a friend or two in our journey. In the
restuarants, and stores.

When we went to Yoke's, we would
see a couple of friends or even more.
Wal-mart the same if not more.
We could hardly get thru the store
for the friends we see, and stop and
talk.

But the more we mix, in our walk
thru life in our area, the less we know
of the faces we see.

Did we change our time of shopping?
Or our time of going thru town? Did
we change our routine in some way?

No, I don't think so. But we don't see
anyone we know anymore. We see
the sea of faces come and go. The
polite thank you, as we hold open the
door. But all these faces are strange to
us, as we smile and hope it gives the
others a brighter day....

No, we don't know anyone anymore.

2 for the price of 1

On Tuesday, there was a woman who entered
the Public Safety Building with a package, I
would guess, as I didn't see what form it was
in when it entered the building. It was a actual
pipe bomb. They have arrested her, as I am sure
the camera had all kinds of pictures of her. I would
hope anyway. But she is out of the public, arrested.
My question when I read the breaking news item,
was... how did she get into the building with it
in the first place. I thought with the Homeland
Security that they have metal detectors at every
entrance.

I read in the paper, about how the U.S. Congress
is trying to get the Japanese government to
apologize for what they call women sex slaves.
And what ever else they called the men who
gathered up women for brothels during the time
of WWII.

My question is...but WHY is our government
getting involved with this. It is not something that
happen in the United States. Don't get me wrong,
I don't condone it. It is an age old despicable problem.

Worse than our pimps of New York, Chicago, L.A. and
other cities. Who pry on the teen girls and even young
men. Of which brings me to the fact we can't clean up
our own pimps in the USA. Who do we think we are,
to tell another country to apologize. Especially when
if I understood it right, they apologized almost 10 years
ago.

What part of none of our Congress's business,
don't they understand. We are paying them well, to
help make life better here. Let's have our Congress
apologize to our troops for lousy health and benefits
follow ups. Apologize to our troops for having them
lose their homes and etc. because the Government,
run by Congress, drags down the family with red tape.
To the point that the family almost gives up. And some
have considered committing suicide so to get help for
their families.
Yes, Congress apologize for your own transgression
first. Then get to work on our roads, health benefits,
fair wage and etc. Let the other country's govern their
own and take care of their own business.

Time Freezes

You know you have friends who have small
children. And then you don't see the children
for a couple of years and they are teens. You
are amazed. Or if they move away and come
back for a visit after a long time, you see these
children who now have a baby. It really blows
your mind, how time has flown by.

Well, I saw a picture in the paper the other
day where someone was asking about the
actor, Van Johnson. Where he is and what is
he doing? This attracted my mind pretty
quick, as my mother graduated from
Rogers High School in Newport, R.I.
in the class of 1936 with Van Johnson.
His father was the local plumber, I
believe.

What surprised me was Mr. Johnson's
age. 90. Then I dawn on me, yes, in
fact Mom would be 90 now, if she was
still alive. And then the realization that
Dad would have be 95.

So I guess while children in our minds,
age freezes, so does our parents age
freeze at the time of their death. As Mom
was 74. And Dad was 82.

Starting year 3

710 Postings......
103 weeks of postings....
2000+ visitors
all equal to 2 years of blogging.


This picture is all over the internet. I have receive
it over the past 3 or 4 years probably about 12 times.
I love it.

This picture says it all to me... It's meaning is ....
my friends and myself. It can just be us gals....
or it can be just us old broad's, looking good.
That is what this blog is about. Just me sharing
words of fun and some times serious subjects.
Just for the fun of it. This is a picture of my friends
and I, on and off the blog.
With laughter in the air. Carefree.

Blogs come and go. And I am sure I will be
one of those as well. I try to take enough breaks
(weekends and holidays) so as not to get burnt out.
I know I will be taking a break this summer.
For the first time in our lives, we hope to have the
time and the money ... at the same time, to do trips.

So unless I win the lottery and can afford a laptop,
my posting may not be daily. So that is the future of
this blog. To keep going until it isn't fun. .
So .... From a Simple Mind... will continue as long
as it is fun and be carefree

After all, as the saying goes....
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive
and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!" .

Weather not fit for man or beast

This was Thursday afternoon

and these three, decided it is a good day to watch tv and stay warm.

So you want a child

I am still holding up the fight of this
dang cold.... and this came across my
email today. I thought it was pretty cute,
so I thought I would send this test to you
all who are young enough to have children,
but don't have any yet. The rest of you can
laugh as I did, because it is pretty close to
the truth.

How To Know Whether or Not You
Are Ready To Have Children

THE MESS TEST:
Smear peanut butter on the sofa and
curtains. Place a fish stick behind the
couch and leave it there all summer.

THE TOY TEST
Obtain a 55 gallon box of legos (or you
may substitute roofing tacks). Have a
friend spread them all over the house.
Put on a blindfold. Try to walk to the
bathroom or kitchen barefooted.
Do not scream because this would
wake a child at night.

THE GROCERY STORE TEST
Borrow one or two small animals (goats
are best) and take them with you as you
shop. Always keep them in sight and pay
for anything they eat or damage.

THE DRESSING TEST
Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus.
Stuff into a small net bag making sure that
all the arms stay inside.

THE FEEDING TEST
Obtain a large plastic
milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend
from the ceiling with a cord. Start the jug
swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy
cereal into the mouth of the jug, while pretending
to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of
the jug on the floor.

THE NIGHT TEST
Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and
fill it with 8-12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly
in water. At 3:00 pm begin to waltz and hum
with the bag until 9:00 pm. Lay down your bag
and set your alarm for 10:00 pm. Get up, pick
up your bag, and sing every song you have ever
heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing
these too until 4:00 am. Set the alarm for
5:00 am. Get up and make breakfast. Keep
this up for 5 years and look cheerful.

THE INGENUITY TEST
Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors
and pot of paint, turn it into an alligator.
Now take a toilet paper tube and turn it into
an attractive Christmas candle. Use only scotch
tape and a piece of foil. Last, take a milk
carton, a ping-pong ball, and an empty box
of cocoa puffs. Make an exact replica of the
Eiffel Tower.

THE AUTOMOBILE TEST
Forget the BMW and buy a station wagon.
Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it
in the glove compartment. Leave it there.
Get a dime. Stick it into the cassette player.
Take a family size package of chocolate chip
cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Run a
garden rake along both sides of the car.
There....perfect.

THE PHYSICAL TEST (Women)
Obtain a large bean bag chair and attach
it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there
for 9 months. Now remove 1/2 of the beans.
Leave it on for the rest of your life.

THE PHYSICAL TEST (Men)
Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet
on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself.
Now proceed to the nearest food store.
Go to the head office and arrange for you
payback to be directly deposited to the store.
Purchase a newspaper. Go home and
read it quietly for the last time.

THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT
Find a couple who already have a small child.
Lecture them on how they can improve
their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet
training and child's table manners.
Suggest many ways they can improve.
Emphasize to them that they should never
allow their children to run wild. Enjoy this
experience. It will be the last time you will
have all the answers.

Her Most Serene Highness Lady Cecelia
"the Free of Much Madness upon Avon"
that is what it says at the end of my blog...
but the last week or so... I wonder.

snow, snow snow.....the robin that was
here on Monday, must be snuggled in
someone's tree.

Here we thought spring was coming.
50's weather, sunshine... I should have
kept my mouth shut... I am really getting
sick and tired of snow... But the dog is
loving it. The King snow blows a path for
her and she uses it for a race track.

It doesn't help that I feel like crap anyway.
Here I thought I made it thru... no winter cold
or flu... then wam... but I should have known.
The grandson showed up last week with the
whole dose, runny eyes and nose and coughing.

Drat, kids... germ carriers...