In general

I think this is how the American public is feeling right now:

Didja watch Oprah?

Let me start out by saying that scheduling my tivo from work worked wonderfuly. I got home and all my shows were there! Now when someone says: Have you watched this? I can just schedule it and watch it when I want ;o)

Anywho, there was a family on Oprah yesterday and they were all addicted to heroin. If you saw the show, I think you'll see where I'm coming from. They were actually kinda normal. I mean, the dad was a hardworking guy who was injured, got hooked on the prescription meds, lost his job because of the injury, couldn't afford the prescriptions and turned to heroin because it was cheaper. At this point they're all in a homeless shelter with no chance of getting rehabed because who's gonna pay for it? (Oprah did!) I just really think this sucks that we are such a money hungry society and people are so desperate to be out of pain that they turn to street drugs. I think being in pain changes people and they want to do anything they can to function normally. Now I'm not going to get into the rest of the family or the pregnant woman on the show who were all addicted. I'm just talking about the one guy. Can't you see where society has driven him to this?

Life may never be the same...

John hooked up our new DirecTv reciever last night, finally! Well, in the instructions for the receiver it says I can program the DVR from anywhere there's an internet connection. It took me a while, but I've got it now. Oh yeah, life may never be the same!

You never know what battle someone is fighting

I've been following with interest the story about the man in Nebraska who dropped 9 of his children off at a local hospital under their 'safe haven' law. I honestly wasn't quite sure what to think when I first read this, when the father was completely anonymous and didn't have a 'story' to go along with his actions.

So today when I check the news, he has a story. He is widowed and unemployed. A recently widowed single dad raising 10 kids (one was over 18). Obviously this guy can't work, there's no way that one person could put in 40 hours and then keep up with that many kids. Unless he's making super-huge bucks, he wouldn't be able to afford daycare. So, I'm just kind of miffed. I mean, on one hand, I can certainly see where someone would get overwhelmed in that situation and be too proud to ask for help, but is that really justification for just giving up on your kids? He claims that he feels the kids would be 'better off without him'. Is any kid better off without any parents?

I guess it just makes me very sad that this guy felt so helpless. Those poor kids though. To know that their dad gave up on them. At the same time, who does he think he is having that many kids? Did he not know how to stop? What would the Dugger's do?

the most painful thing you can imagine...

I need to introduce this story before I jump right into it. Please do not read if gross bodily stuff makes you queasy. I swell with fluid. Alot. So earlier this week, my hands swelled to the point where I couldn't close them. Consequently, my rings (wedding band, diamond) were very stuck. On Tuesday, my fingers swelled to the point where my finger split under my ring. I will pause and allow you to think about this for a minute. Yes, uncomfortable is exactly the word I would use to describe it.

So, a girlfriend of mine is a paramedic in town. I asked her next time she worked to call me and I would slip over and have her remove the rings. Today was the big day. She stopped by my place of employment, in the ambulance and proceded to operate on me right there in the back of the ambu. 45 minutes later, she called for backup. Finally, after an hour and a half and 2 paramedics working on me, the rings are off. I get off the ambulance a little shaky, she hugs me and says 'I wanted to throw up an hour ago'. Please don't let this happen to you. The pain caused by having the rings cut off is like nothing I can describe. I yelped a couple times and finaly after like an hour I had to shed a couple tears and I don't remember crying over physical pain for many years. If you are prone to swelling (damn prednisone!) like myself. Just take them off while you can!

I never would've guessed!!!

I mean, thank god he told us...

Flylady

Please motivate me!

So I joined this yahoo group, because that's my current obsession. I joined a lot of groups actually, but this one is pretty awesome. It has like 19K members and it's called FlyLady. FlyLady even has her own radio show and all kinds of stuff. So what she does is she teaches you how to organize and declutter your house day by day. I read it every day and I'm hoping that one of these days I'll be motivated enough to actually do it. She says it all starts with keeping your kitchen sink empty and shiny. So I'm thinking maybe I'll start a load of dishes tonight and then tomorrow I'll keep my sink shiny. She said it then radiates out to the counters and throughout the house. Again, we'll see. I don't live in total squalar, but I could definately be neater than I am, flat surfaces in my home are the problem. The dining room table catches mail and whatever comes out of John's pockets (cue: 1970's horror movie scream). I'd love to hear if anyone else out there follows the FlyLady!

Why?

There isn't really a whole lot I can talk about today, if I do, I'll let the pink elephant in the corner come busting through. I just want to know why being an adult is so damn difficult? There weren't any classes in school for these things.... There totally should be a guidebook when you turn 18.

OMG

Whoever is the first person to have me over for one of these, I will officially love you more than I love my pinky finger.

Sally 2.0

Remember Sally Jesse Raphael circa 1986? Yes, I am equally haunted by everything about this picture
How many people did you know with those big round red glasses though? Everyone! They had to have them. It was like John Lennon's little round glasses in the 70's. Finally, a woman wearing a major fashion statement on her face. Well, guess who's the new Sally Jesse with the fashion statement on her face?



Yup, none other than Alaska's first lady. There is currently a 2 month waiting period for these square rimless cuties that she's wearing. At least these appear to be much more flattering to the general public than the original Sally Jesse.