I WON'T WATCH THE GRAMMY AWARDS

I won't watch the Grammy Awards tonight....for one reason....they are doing a tribute to Michael Jackson.

Yah..Yah...Yah...he gave a lot to music...I know all that....I listened to him and loved his music as much as the next person...but I believe that he was a pedophile...now that music is tainted.

I know this, like I know O.J. Simpson killed his wife and Ron Goldman.



I LOVE the Black Eyed Peas and many others that will be on tonight, but......

I won't be watching the Grammy Awards tonight.

BEING A MOTHER

After 17 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, 'I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.'

The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been alone for 20 years, but the demands of my work and my two boys had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.

'What's wrong, aren't you well,' she asked?

My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

'I thought it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,' I responded. 'Just the two of us.' She thought about it for a moment, and then said, 'I would like that very much..'

That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last birthday on November 19th.

She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel's. 'I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed,' she said, as she got into that new white van. 'They can't wait to hear about our date'.

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. 'It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,' she said. 'Then it's time that you relax and let me return the favor,' I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation- -nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other's life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

As we arrived at her house later, she said, 'I'll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.' I agreed.

'How was your dinner date ?' asked my wife when I got home. 'Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,' I answered.

A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her.

Some time later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I had dined. An attached note said: 'I paid this bill in advance. I wasn't sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates - one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son..'

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: 'I LOVE YOU' and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till 'some other time.'

GOD HEAR OUR PRAYERS #81

My mother has always had a prayer list and I've now started one of my own. So each Sunday I will publish the prayer requests of anyone who e-mails me. Please keep us updated as God answers your prayers too.

Who we are praying for this week...

* My mother's hip and heart to be healed.
* The country and people of Haiti.
* Children in Haiti come home soon.
* All those children still waiting to find a Forever Family
* Those hurt by organizations that are suppose to protect them
* Those trying to be reunited with lost family
* My friend, Penny's, entire family is very sad. Need prayers for healing their hearts and spirits.
* Janice needs healing from her cancer.
* Lana wants prayers that she is matched soon.
* BB's husband's job situation.
* K-the birthmother of our baby
* Bri's hubby's job situation.
* Lisa - guidance for hubby & adoption plans to fall into place
* Dawn - husband to hear God and find his way to Him
* Christy prayers and praise
* Rebel may your troubles end soon and blessings for Turtle
* orphaned and alone
* Foster Care reform
* those in Foster Care needing their parents to step up
* Foster Care mothers and fathers
* peace in the Middle East
* our economy
* honesty in our leaders
* all service men and women that they may come home soon

E-mail me if you have someone for me to add to the weekly prayer request. God Bless.

CAT HUMOR

FREE??? REALLY FREE???

Dear Amazing Offer, Only Available On TV, And For A Limited Time,

You advertise that your product is "FREE." I've got news for you...even having me pay for the shipping (which you have jacked up) makes the product cost something....hence....NOT FREE!

I looked it up, Free...."complimentary: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"; exempt; free from obligations or duties"

So, no matter if the shipping and handling "is JUST".... $6.99, $2.99 or $0.99, this product is, NOT FREE! And then asking me JUST to pay "separate shipping and handling" on each item is, once again....NOT FREE! And is, in fact, probably netting you more then what you would have charged me, in the first place, if you hadn't been offering this product for FREE!

I'll tell you a secret......Charge me something and even tack on the "legitimate" shipping and handling and I'd then actually trust you.....maybe even buy your product. But for now, your FREE product is just too expensive.

TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!

I recently posted I'M IN LOVE WITH A SERIAL KILLER.

I rejected one of the comments I got because they are a previous stalker, who told me I "stole" my child. Anyway...the comment was TOTALLY RIDICULOUS. She linked to this site that says, "The FBI estimates 500 serial killers currently in the U.S; about 30 or 16% have been identified as adoptees."

It may very well be true that they were adopted, but it is not because they were adopted that they became serial killers. It's because they felt rejected, have some predisposition in their genes or they were abused in some way. To suggest that adoption leads to serial killers is just TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! If anything, this just points to why open-adoption is better. The children have a link to their past and possible have answers to their questions, thus not causing frustration and acting out.

Look at that first quote again....it also means that 470 serial killers in the U.S. were not adopted and I think they are serial killers for the same reasons as the adopted ones: rejected, have some predisposition in their genes or they were abused in some way.

On this same site, they then list all of the adopted serial killers. They even lump MOSES, in with them! How is that for nutty?

Just for laughs I searched for "famous people who have been adopted." I got a huge list of people including: world leaders, actors, performers, poets, writers, educators, singers and athletes. And none of them were serial killers.

I've been told that I am just burying my head in the sand and I am just ignoring how horrible adoption really is, but to say that adoption leads to someone becoming a serial killer is just plain STUPID. I believe in nurture, over nature. I am not naive enough to think it is all "rainbows and sunshine." Nothing ever is (all the time), but if you dwell in the shadows, you will see the negative and I would rather walk in the sunshine.

NOTE TO MY PREVIOUS STALKERS: I will not publish your comments, thanks.

What do you think?

AJ has posted her thoughts about teenage pregnancy.

Here is a conversation she had:

For example, one year a 15 year old young woman shared that she and her boyfriend had been trying to get pregnant for a few months before they succeeded.
me: Really? Why would you TRY to get pregnant?
her: Because I really wanted to be a mother, and was worried I wouldn't be able to if I waited too long
me: Well, I guess you won't have to worry about that anymore.
her: yeah, (holding her 2 month old infant), I can't wait to have another one.
me: Really? (Looking NOT IMPRESSED), I could see that, you wouldn't want them to be too far apart in age.
her: Yeah... but it would be hard to have two, since my boyfriend and I have to share a room with this one.
me: yeah, what does your boyfriend do for a living?
her: What do you mean?
me: Like, a job?
her: Oh, he doesn't have a job, he's a rapper.
me: What does he wrap?
her: No, I mean, he performs, he's like a singer.
me: Cool, does he have a CD?
her: Well, he just does it around the house... until his grandma tells him to shut-up.

What do you think?

WHY WOMEN LIVE LONGER THEN MEN!

And this was thought to be a good idea by two men?!

They are actually in the CIA and they are trying to hide the truck.

What? It's just a little scratch!

I GOT MY HEAD BIT OFF!

Four times a year we give a writing assessment to all of our students. They have to answer a prompt and then using a 6-TRAITS RUBRIC, the teachers exchange papers (we don't grade our own students) and grade the assessments. We are divided up by our grade level and get a 1/2 day substitute for our kids.

So, today K and 3 had subs from 7:30-11:00 and 4th and 5th had subs from 11:00-2:00. The substitutes are called in for the day, but they do a 1/2 day in one classroom and a 1/2 day in another classroom.

So, if Mrs. Amazing teaches kindergarten, she would grade in the morning while the substitute had her kids and then at 11:00 that same substitute goes to Mr. Wonderful while he grades in the afternoon. There are 11, kindergarten and 3rd grade teachers and 11, 4th and 5th grade teachers. So, therefore we have 11 substitutes. The substitute gets a 1/2 hour break to eat, when the children are in the cafeteria eating their lunch.

I am on the Writing Goal Team this year, so I put together the spreadsheet showing which substitute goes to which room at what time. I also wrote the lunch times down for them. I then gave this to the secretary who gives it to the substitute when they check in, in the morning.

So, this morning I went to the office to be sure everything was going smoothly and I notice that 12:00 o'clock had been written on the lunch time for the 4th and 5th grade substitutes. So, VERY NICELY, I told the secretary (who is very new...that's another story....) that 12:00 was the lunch time for the 5th grade substitutes and 11:45 was the lunch time for the 4th grade substitutes.

"WELL, 12:00 IS WHAT I WAS TOLD AND IT'S STAYING THAT WAY!" barked the secretary. "EXCUSE ME! I DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR TONE AND I WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP!" I replied and I left the office.

Later on....what do you know....there was confusion as to when the substitutes were to eat lunch. Said secretary proceeded to try and lay that back on me, but I reminded her of our little talk that morning. She backed down.

I didn't get an apology, but I didn't let myself get thrown under the bus, either.

I'M IN LOVE WITH A SERIAL KILLER

The series follows the day to day events of Dexter Morgan's (Michael C. Hall snagged the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series at the SAG AWARDS this past weekend. ) life, a forensic blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department, who also happens to be a serial killer in his free time. He was taught by his adoptive father, Harry, only to kill those "who deserve it"; mainly, other killers who have escaped the traditional legal system or were never suspected in the first place. It shows him balancing an everyday life with his secret identity all while keeping up a facade of normalcy.

I watched season 1 on normal tv, a couple years ago. I think they were trying to get people hooked on it so they would order SHOWTIME. Well, I did get HOOKED, but thanks to NETFLIX, I've been able to watch up to season 3, without buying SHOWTIME. Last night, after Samuel was in bed, Richard and I watched 3 hours in a row! I sent the disk back today and we should have the final disk in this season by Saturday. Then we have to wait for season 4 to come out. Season 5 is showing right now on SHOWTIME, so it will be awhile before we are able to see that one.

Be warned: there is quite a bit of BAD LANGUAGE (lots of F-bombs) involved, but if you can put up with that, IT'S AMAZING!!!!!

CLASSY GIFTS

Picture this... Christmas morning. The family is gathered around the Christmas tree. The looks of glee on the faces of your family as they pull a pooping Santa out of their stocking. These are the memories that last forever. Don't deny this magic moment to your family.

To serve hors d'oeuvres to your enemies or an EX.



All boys love a little target practice. Why not have some fun when you are sitting on the throne. Play the Doo Doo Dart Game!

You'll never drink again when you wake up next to The Severed Horse Head Pillow.


Every man's dream girl!


Bill Clinton Corkscrew could create pinot envy.

Not to be outdone by her husband, The Hillary Clinton Nutcracker will crack nuts with stainless steel teeth secured in between her upper legs.


Your mom will never visit your apartment unannounced again...The Road Kill Carpet.

Progress Monitoring.....

At It's Not All Flowers and Sausages, Mimi, posed this question.....

"A teacher teaches for for 6 hours every day. She works five days a week. Every ten days she has to take four to six hours away from her regular teaching to Progress Monitor her at risk students, who need more instructional time than any other group. If she takes four to six hours of teaching away every ten days, how much teaching time is left over?"

"Answer: Not enough, friends, not enough. Certainly not enough to warrant "Progress Monitoring" when really children just need to be making progress."

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY #76...Behind Bars!

For more WORDLESS WEDNESDAY pictures go to 5 MINUTES FOR MOM.

AHHHHH.....

Nothing was on tv on Sunday night and Richard was out with his buddies watching a football game. Samuel was down for the count and I was bored. So I looked in here for a snack and decided....hmm....now would be a good time to clean and organize.

Forty-five minutes later and this is what it looks like now. Oh, don't you dare say you can't see the differences! I feel better now....ahhhhh

...AND NOW THE MOST DRAMATIC BACHELOR, EVER! Episode 4

To review, Jake, 31, pilot from Dallas, had cut the "herd" to 9, last week. The big drama was Michelle being asked to leave before the rose ceremony. Now he has to cut three more.

THIS WEEK....

#1 Gia, 26, Swimsuit Model: Jake has a one-on-one with her and she does get a ROSE! I now think she should be CUT! She is too immature. She thinks Jake is "PERFECT."

Then there is a group date, where they play on Pismo Beach.

#2 Tenley, 25, College Admissions: She opens up to Jake and gets the ROSE. I now like her. She's a KEEP for me.

Finally, there is a two-on-one date with Kathryn and Ella. Jake could have given a rose to one of them, but decides to CUT both of them!

Ella, 30, Hair Stylist: I was a little shocked he CUT her, but glad. She needs to go home to her son.

Kathryn, 25, Corporate Flight Attendant: I feel this was a good CUT. It was very apparent that Jake had NO chemistry with her.

ROSE CEREMONY....

#3 Ali, 25, Advertising Account Manager: I actually like her now. Personally, I think, she is the best choice for him. KEEP!

#4 Corrie, 23, Wardrobe Consultant: She may be too immature for Jake, but she opened up to him this week. She is so, so young. For now she is a KEEP for me.

At this point, Jake has two roses left to give, but he becomes very emotional and leaves the room and talks with Chris, the host. He asks if he has to give out both rose. Of the three girls left, he only has one more he wants to keep. So, Chris, takes away one of the roses and Jake give the last one to......UGGGHHH......

#5 Vienna, 23, Marketing Representative: She is extremely needy and I'm actually surprised she made it this far. Of the girls left, I feel, she is the least compatible with Jake. CUT!

HERE ARE THE TWO THAT WERE CUT:

Jessie, 25, Cosmetic Sales Manager: She's kind of boring and they never really got to know each other. So, I'm ok with this CUT.

Ashleigh, 25, Account Manager: It was obvious, this week, that they really have no connection. They couldn't even make small talk. Although she cried because she thought they really hit it off. This just shows that most women really have no clue when a man isn't INTO them.

So, out of the 5 girls left, I would cut 2! Let's see how I do next week.

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