On This Day In History

It's days like these that make me wish I was a drinkin' woman.

Dear Mom

Todays post is courtesy of my college guy...... Here's a morning e-mail from him.


"MOM HI I AM AN IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL IN YOUR LIFE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW MY IMPORTANCE HAS SPREAD INTO MY USUAL ROUTINE IF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT MY FEW WONDERFUL IMAGES OF MY MONDAY IN A WHITE ROOM THIS WILL GREATLY BE APPRECIATED AS MY BREAK-TIME IS QUITE LIMITED OKAY NOW LOOK @ THEM U. C"

(For the record, after reading this, I asked him if English was his first language....or if a remedial grammar/punctuation class was on his schedule.)






And not one request for $. God, I love this kid.

Tagged!

Tagged by Courtenay of Courtenay's Canister.

1. Go to your 23rd entry.
2. Write the 5th line..........

It seems the entry only had 3 lines. Which blows the theory that I ramble on endlessly about nothing now, doesn't it. PFFT.

OOPS

Ok...So here's the deal. You're trying to "be good."

You've substituted your beloved chocolate Goobers for the individual 100 calorie packs of Chips Ahoy cookies. And you get one pack of those a day for dessert.

You're enjoying your little splurge dessert ~ having eaten 5 itty bitty wafer cookies out of the 13 itty bitty wafer cookies in the pack when you drop the remainder of the cookies on the floor.

Do ya get a new pack?
Do ya eat 5 less out of the new pack?
Do you eat the spilled ones off the floor?
How many calories are there in dirt?

Such are the thoughts of a woman going through chocolate withdrawal.

Goobers and Mirrors

Well, I turned around the other day and figured out I was in major credit card debt and paying extortion to the companies at 27% (or more) in interest.

So, I took out a home equity loan and paid the damn things off. After all the years of barely making it, struggling, and living paycheck to paycheck it still amazes me that I'm able to make it as a single mom. I know without a doubt I am able to do this because of my 2nd job.

BUT...le sigh.... and you know there's always a but....

.....and in this instance it's mine... Butt that is.

I also turned around the other day and caught sight of my butt in the mirror...My first thought was ... "Who the hells ass is THAT!" Sitting all day and most of the evenings at a desk has caused my butt to grow. In fact it's grown right out of it's single digit pants into double digits. I've come to the conclusion that desks are fattening. I know it's not from the Goobers I keep nearby, so it has to be desks.

So... I joined a gym, again.

And as long as the scenery is good at the gym, it will give me incentive to get my lazy butt there after work every day. The better the scenery ~ the longer the workout. That's my workout plan.

So if you see any weird little numbers at the end of my journal like +2 or more hopefully -10, you'll have an idea of how good the scenery at the gym is and how I'm doing .....

Let's hope the scenery is fine, mighty fine... for my butts sake.

An Artsy Entry

Dear Judith posed a question

What animal would you be

If you had the chance to change your shape

and live so differently.

I would of course be a house cat

To be pampered, spoiled and more

And spend my hours in kittenish splendor

with never a manicured paw outdoor.

Wait! Perhaps I'd be a bird,

with the world at my feet.

It would be a traffic free life, that's for sure..

Now wouldn't that be sweet.

Hmmm...But then again I'm not fond of heights,

So that choice might not be the best

So I'm back to being a cat again,

yes, that's better than the rest.

Although ... you know....it might be fun,

to be a wild animal too;

A Lion or Tiger or Bear in the woods.. Oh MY,

No, that will never do.

I could be an ant on a picnic all day,

or a housefly on the wall;

but both are rather dull when compared

to a cat who has it all.

I could of course, live life as a dog,

they are pets showered with love;

but when it came to doing tricks

I'm afraid I'd have to say *ahem* shove... it.

A cat will look at you like you're quite insane

And do whatever, when it pleases...

Which is pretty much the way I live my life now

just without the fleas -es.

A Judith Heartsong Artsy Entry

One

Today I am One year old.

Which is absolutely ridiculous.

Everybody knows I don't look a day over 11 months. PFFT.

So today, I offer a toast to cars - My very first entry, one year ago today.

9/11

I remember.

I remember the screams of a woman in my office as the 1st tower fell. Of her frantically dialing her best friend who worked in the North Tower. The sound of his cell phone ringing, echoing on a speaker phone in our office. Of her messages she left, begging him to return her call.

It would be a message he never received.

Today I remember that life can change in an instant.

Give

It's just so incomprehensible both what has happened and what is going to happen.



No amount is too small.

I know we all wish there were more that we could do.

Where else but here

A serious question.Is there any other country that has a government that can do or does what ours does? Do they have an agency like FEMA that will come in and cut a check to help people?I seriously don't know, so if anyone out there does, let me know.

Is there anywhere else in the world where the Federal Government pays you in the event of a natural disaster

It's All George's Fault

Ok....

There's been a lot of finger pointing, and name calling and blame blaming.

But... the dumbest thing I heard was the German Environmental Minister, Jurgen Trittin stating that George Bush was to blame for the hurricane because of global warming.

Ok... hmm.. If I remember my science correctly.... the planet had an ice age how many years ago? (looking around ... no ice here).... and the industrial revolution was how many years ago?

I'd say the planet was warming up for a long time without us. Sorry Trittin, we can blame a lot of things on President Bush, because somebody has to be made to blame, and as the President of this country, the buck stops there... but as far as the hurricane being his fault?

uh... no.

That number has beendisconnected.

Has anyone heard from the International Community about coming to the aid of the American people? It seems to be very quiet......anyone? Hello?.... anybody? World.....? Hello? Are you there?

Anybody home?
Hallo. Jedermann Haupt?
Sind Sie dort?
Hola. ¿Cualquier persona Casero?
¿Está usted allí?
Bonjour. N'importe qui À la maison? Êtes-vous là?
Ciao. Chiunque Domestico? Siete là?
Hello. Qualquer um Home? Estão você lá?
こんにちは。家だれでもか. あなたはそこにあるか .
你好。任何人家庭? 是你那里吗?

Hello? Anybody remember a Tsunami? Water...destruction...people hurt... dying....chaos...***

Oh.... and we aren't asking for it, and we might not even take it if offered... we're stubborn like that... but wouldn't it be nice if the world offered and responded en masse anyway.


*UPDATE: blurbs from Der Spiegel

[ 22.34 ] The governments of more than 20 countries offered after the hurricane "Katrina" assistance to the USA. According to data of the State Department in Washington are under it is enough allied like Germany and Japan, in addition, poor countries such as Honduras and the US-critical government in Venezuela ..US Foreign Minister Condoleezza Rice thanked the German minister of foreign affairs Joschka Fischer according to data of a AA speaker in a telephone call for the German offer of help. It wanted to inform US president George W. Bush about the German offer. Rice, which originates even from the Federal State concerned Alabama, stressed that she will not hesitate, to return to the offer of the Federal Government. An official request for aid from Washington so far however not yet forwards. Also the German Federal Armed Forces are to examine according to agency reports, to what extent it could take part in assistance..

After the federation and Bavaria now also Baden-Wuerttemberg assured to the USA after the devastating hurricane assistance. Prime Minister Guenther Oettinger expressed his sympathy in a letter to US Ambassador in Germany, William Robert Timken, and offered to him "any support". Baden-Wuerttemberg can render help by the technical welfare organization, with crews to the search for missed one and with drinking water processing plants, let the CDU politician communicate.
Nice to know*.