Watch this video and you will know what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
It is the Great Boatlift of 9/11/01 in NYC. Take 12 minutes and watch the video. I promise it is worth it.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Life Lesson #15,017-Human Nature is Inherently Good
Life Lesson #15,017-Human Nature is Inherently Good
Watch this video and you will know what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
It is the Great Boatlift of 9/11/01 in NYC. Take 12 minutes and watch the video. I promise it is worth it.
Watch this video and you will know what I mean:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/MDOrzF7B2Kg?rel=0
It is the Great Boatlift of 9/11/01 in NYC. Take 12 minutes and watch the video. I promise it is worth it.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Life Lesson #15, 016-Nutella is Yum!
Life Lesson #15,016-Nutella is Yum!
Y'all, I am so upset! Any of you who know me know that I have a "thing" for Nutella. I love this stuff! It is like spooning Heaven straight out of a jar! Nothing tastes like Nutella. (Well, except for hot fudge over soft serve vanilla ice cream.) Anyway, I seriously eat it with a spoon. I don't put it on toast or dip pretzels in it. I eat it WITH A SPOON!! Well, I went to the dentist yesterday and I have 3 very small cavities! What?? What have I been doing? I have cut out most of the soda that I drink. I still like to have an occasional soda but what have I been eating that is sugary? Yep!! Nutella!! Why can't things that taste good also be good for us? A doctor that I used to work for used to say "If it tastes good, spit it out!". It is so true!! I just don't want to live in a world where Nutella is bad for your health, your teeth, your blood sugar and your waistline. I want one sugary and delicious food item to be good for me!! Why can't this be it??
The first thing that I said when I tasted Nutella for the first time was "If suicide hotlines could transport Nutella immediately to their callers, nobody would want to leave this earth!". I mean, Earth is the only planet with Nutella!! If you have never tasted Nutella, don't!! You will be addicted. It is like crack! I have never tried crack but I am sure that it couldn't be any better than Nutella!! My point it very simple today...Nutella is Yum!!
Check out this chick...She knows what's up!! Y'all know that I really want to do this but since I am not a baby, I can't get away with it!!
Y'all, I am so upset! Any of you who know me know that I have a "thing" for Nutella. I love this stuff! It is like spooning Heaven straight out of a jar! Nothing tastes like Nutella. (Well, except for hot fudge over soft serve vanilla ice cream.) Anyway, I seriously eat it with a spoon. I don't put it on toast or dip pretzels in it. I eat it WITH A SPOON!! Well, I went to the dentist yesterday and I have 3 very small cavities! What?? What have I been doing? I have cut out most of the soda that I drink. I still like to have an occasional soda but what have I been eating that is sugary? Yep!! Nutella!! Why can't things that taste good also be good for us? A doctor that I used to work for used to say "If it tastes good, spit it out!". It is so true!! I just don't want to live in a world where Nutella is bad for your health, your teeth, your blood sugar and your waistline. I want one sugary and delicious food item to be good for me!! Why can't this be it??
The first thing that I said when I tasted Nutella for the first time was "If suicide hotlines could transport Nutella immediately to their callers, nobody would want to leave this earth!". I mean, Earth is the only planet with Nutella!! If you have never tasted Nutella, don't!! You will be addicted. It is like crack! I have never tried crack but I am sure that it couldn't be any better than Nutella!! My point it very simple today...Nutella is Yum!!
Check out this chick...She knows what's up!! Y'all know that I really want to do this but since I am not a baby, I can't get away with it!!
Monday, September 10, 2012
Life Lesson #15,015-Save The Boobies!!
Life Lesson #15,015-Save The Boobies!!
Boobies, Hooters, TaTas, Fun Bags, Tits, Second Base, Boulders, Melons, Coconuts, Rack, Breasts, Skeeter Bites, Nah Nahs, Bust, Headlights, Twins, Girls, Jugs, Gazongas, Balloons, Bosoms, Knockers, Milk Jugs, Ninnies, wahwahs!!!
Okay, now that I have your attention I would like to take this opportunity to tell you ladies about an exciting fundraiser! It's called Bunco for Boobies!! All I know about Bunco is what I have seen on the TV show "The Real Housewives of Orange County". Apparently grown women get drunk, roll the dice, scream a little bit when they win and then they start a huge fight with each other and everyone leaves the game very angry in stretch limos... What??? Oh. Apparently that only happens in California.
This fundraiser is an event that everyone can afford to go to ($25/person) and it is for a cause that has touched all of us in one way or another. I mean, who doesn't know a woman that has had breast cancer? If you have seven friends then chances are one of the eight of you will have breast cancer. That is an astounding statistic. 1 in 8!! We all know that we need to get mammograms and do self breast examinations but the only way to eradicate this disease is to find a cure!! Avon Foundation is a wonderful organization and has walks all over the country raising awareness and educating women about breast cancer. They also raise money for breast cancer research. They are unaffiliated with other breast cancer organizations. Bunco for Boobies is one of our local events raising money for the Avon Foundation through the Avon Walk in Charlotte, NC that will be held on October 27 & 28.
About the event: Bunco For Boobies will be held on September 20th, 6:00pm-9:00pm at Morning Glory Farm in Monroe, NC. The emcee for the evening will be Kelly McKay from 107.9. Your $25 includes: Bunco, prizes for game winners, best dressed, appetizers & beverages. They will also have a raffle the night of the event ($2 per ticket) and will be selling great t-shirts to commemorate the event (only $10)! The event will be catered by Kate Clyde's Catered Creations!! Yummo!! If you are interested in coming to this event, you can do a couple of things. One is RSVP by paying your $25 with cash, check or Paypal (buncoforboobies@gmail.com
Now listen ladies, we all know how important our boobies are to us. If we are having a bad hair day we can simply wear a low-cut shirt and nobody will even notice our horrible hair!! Let's keep it that way!! Please attend Bunco For Boobies or donate to Bunco For Boobies or Avon Foundation. If you can make it to the event, wear your cutest outfit or dress out in pink. This event promises to be fun for all the women who attend. It's a great GNO (Girls Night Out)!! Hope to see you there!!!
For more information please log onto:
http://www.avonwalk.org/charlotte/
http://www.morninggloryfarmnc.com/
http://www.corestudiopilates.com/
**Ladies, please also don't forget to do those self exams monthly and mammograms yearly for early detection.
Boobies, Hooters, TaTas, Fun Bags, Tits, Second Base, Boulders, Melons, Coconuts, Rack, Breasts, Skeeter Bites, Nah Nahs, Bust, Headlights, Twins, Girls, Jugs, Gazongas, Balloons, Bosoms, Knockers, Milk Jugs, Ninnies, wahwahs!!!
Okay, now that I have your attention I would like to take this opportunity to tell you ladies about an exciting fundraiser! It's called Bunco for Boobies!! All I know about Bunco is what I have seen on the TV show "The Real Housewives of Orange County". Apparently grown women get drunk, roll the dice, scream a little bit when they win and then they start a huge fight with each other and everyone leaves the game very angry in stretch limos... What??? Oh. Apparently that only happens in California.
This fundraiser is an event that everyone can afford to go to ($25/person) and it is for a cause that has touched all of us in one way or another. I mean, who doesn't know a woman that has had breast cancer? If you have seven friends then chances are one of the eight of you will have breast cancer. That is an astounding statistic. 1 in 8!! We all know that we need to get mammograms and do self breast examinations but the only way to eradicate this disease is to find a cure!! Avon Foundation is a wonderful organization and has walks all over the country raising awareness and educating women about breast cancer. They also raise money for breast cancer research. They are unaffiliated with other breast cancer organizations. Bunco for Boobies is one of our local events raising money for the Avon Foundation through the Avon Walk in Charlotte, NC that will be held on October 27 & 28.
About the event: Bunco For Boobies will be held on September 20th, 6:00pm-9:00pm at Morning Glory Farm in Monroe, NC. The emcee for the evening will be Kelly McKay from 107.9. Your $25 includes: Bunco, prizes for game winners, best dressed, appetizers & beverages. They will also have a raffle the night of the event ($2 per ticket) and will be selling great t-shirts to commemorate the event (only $10)! The event will be catered by Kate Clyde's Catered Creations!! Yummo!! If you are interested in coming to this event, you can do a couple of things. One is RSVP by paying your $25 with cash, check or Paypal (buncoforboobies@gmail.com
Now listen ladies, we all know how important our boobies are to us. If we are having a bad hair day we can simply wear a low-cut shirt and nobody will even notice our horrible hair!! Let's keep it that way!! Please attend Bunco For Boobies or donate to Bunco For Boobies or Avon Foundation. If you can make it to the event, wear your cutest outfit or dress out in pink. This event promises to be fun for all the women who attend. It's a great GNO (Girls Night Out)!! Hope to see you there!!!
For more information please log onto:
http://www.avonwalk.org/charlotte/
http://www.morninggloryfarmnc.com/
http://www.corestudiopilates.com/
**Ladies, please also don't forget to do those self exams monthly and mammograms yearly for early detection.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Life Lesson #15,014-Does Parenting Get Easier?
Life Lesson #15,014-Does Parenting Get Easier?
Well, does it? Do we ever stop worrying about them? When we have a little baby and we're getting no sleep we wonder if it will ever get easier. Then it does. Well, it gets better when the baby starts sleeping through the night but then there are other things to worry about. Then the baby is getting heavy and you wonder if it will get any easier when they start to walk. Then it does but then they want to walk around everywhere and you have to watch them every second of the day or the kid will be in the street. Then they start preschool and you have a little extra time in the morning and you expect to get more done since you have 3 hours without the kid/kids. Once you get the kid to preschool and get home to take your shower and get ready, you get beds made and 2 loads of laundry done, it is time to pick up the kid from school. Then you wonder if it gets any better when the kids go to elementary school. It does. It gets better because you have a little more time but you miss the kids when they are gone and you have other things to worry about. You have to worry about teachers, homework, friends, grades, sports, and extracurricular activities. Then there is middle school. We all remember middle school and kids can be so mean. Then High School. High school and fitting in and making good choices and making good grades to get into a good college. Then College!! Ugh, College. Then Marriage. Then our children have children. Then we take worrying to a whole different level. Then we have to worry about our children, their husband or wife and our grandchildren. The cycle starts all over again.
I don't really think that once you have a child of your own you can rest easily ever again. It's a love that nobody could ever explain to you. You just have to experience it yourself to understand. I never thought I could love anyone as much as I love my child. It's just that different kind of love that takes your breath away. Kittie Franz once said, "Remember you are not managing an inconvenience, you are raising a human being". So, I guess it gets easier in some ways but gets harder in others. Children can drive you crazy some days but when you are away from them, you miss them. I haven't had a hot meal in almost 13 years because I have to make sure that everyone else has their dinner, drinks, utensils and napkins before I can even put my food on my plate. I haven't been to the bathroom by myself in almost 13 years either. If it's not my child it is one of the cats!! I mean really...give me 2 minutes to pee!! Does anyone else hide the good chocolate? If it's Hershey's, you can have it!! If it's Cadbury, it's MINE!! And nobody had better touch my Nutella!! But I wouldn't change a thing! I would gladly have sleepless nights for the rest of my life for my child. I love you, Boo Boo!!
Well, does it? Do we ever stop worrying about them? When we have a little baby and we're getting no sleep we wonder if it will ever get easier. Then it does. Well, it gets better when the baby starts sleeping through the night but then there are other things to worry about. Then the baby is getting heavy and you wonder if it will get any easier when they start to walk. Then it does but then they want to walk around everywhere and you have to watch them every second of the day or the kid will be in the street. Then they start preschool and you have a little extra time in the morning and you expect to get more done since you have 3 hours without the kid/kids. Once you get the kid to preschool and get home to take your shower and get ready, you get beds made and 2 loads of laundry done, it is time to pick up the kid from school. Then you wonder if it gets any better when the kids go to elementary school. It does. It gets better because you have a little more time but you miss the kids when they are gone and you have other things to worry about. You have to worry about teachers, homework, friends, grades, sports, and extracurricular activities. Then there is middle school. We all remember middle school and kids can be so mean. Then High School. High school and fitting in and making good choices and making good grades to get into a good college. Then College!! Ugh, College. Then Marriage. Then our children have children. Then we take worrying to a whole different level. Then we have to worry about our children, their husband or wife and our grandchildren. The cycle starts all over again.
I don't really think that once you have a child of your own you can rest easily ever again. It's a love that nobody could ever explain to you. You just have to experience it yourself to understand. I never thought I could love anyone as much as I love my child. It's just that different kind of love that takes your breath away. Kittie Franz once said, "Remember you are not managing an inconvenience, you are raising a human being". So, I guess it gets easier in some ways but gets harder in others. Children can drive you crazy some days but when you are away from them, you miss them. I haven't had a hot meal in almost 13 years because I have to make sure that everyone else has their dinner, drinks, utensils and napkins before I can even put my food on my plate. I haven't been to the bathroom by myself in almost 13 years either. If it's not my child it is one of the cats!! I mean really...give me 2 minutes to pee!! Does anyone else hide the good chocolate? If it's Hershey's, you can have it!! If it's Cadbury, it's MINE!! And nobody had better touch my Nutella!! But I wouldn't change a thing! I would gladly have sleepless nights for the rest of my life for my child. I love you, Boo Boo!!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Life Lesson #15,013-DO NOT BUILD YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT PINTEREST
Life Lesson #15,013-DO NOT BUILD YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT CHECKING OUT PINTEREST!
Y'all I am so upset. I got married, had a baby, decorated a house, went clothes shopping, shoe shopping and I have cooked for years without looking at Pinterest.com and now I know what a failure I am. I want to do it all over again. My wedding could have had those crystal thingys hanging from trees!! My poor son had to sleep in a dumb ole Peter Rabbit nursery. I hate all of my clothes! I hate all of my shoes...well, not all of them but I really do need those new Christian Louboutin shoes. They are only $995. I think all women should have the money to have a pair of those shoes!! (Including me!!) My dinner last night sucked!! I mean my pasta salad was not at all fabulous!!
Here is my problem: I could look at Pinterest all day long and get ideas. I need to actually stop "pinning" these ideas and start doing some of them. My closet looks like I let a crazy person try on clothes and shoes. I need to organize my closet like they have them organized on Pinterest. I need to hang my boots on those boot hangers and make hangers for my flip flops and sandals. I need to organize my cabinets and put lighting in them. I need to clean my grout with that super duper mixture that promises to get it white again. I need to clean that stain in the den carpet with that mixture that is supposed to remove any stain from any carpet. I need to wipe my baseboards with dryer sheets so they are dust free and will stay that way. I need to prune my bushes the proper way. I need to repaint furniture and make it look fabulous. (Did y'all know that there is a spray paint that is so super-metallic that it looks like chrome!!) I need to shine my hardwood floors, clean my tarnished silver, clean my ceramic cooktop, clean my jewelry, monogram everything and do those exercises that promise to give me a flat belly in 10 days! I need to do it all today!!!!!! Oh, who am I kidding. I'm gonna take a nap.
Y'all I am so upset. I got married, had a baby, decorated a house, went clothes shopping, shoe shopping and I have cooked for years without looking at Pinterest.com and now I know what a failure I am. I want to do it all over again. My wedding could have had those crystal thingys hanging from trees!! My poor son had to sleep in a dumb ole Peter Rabbit nursery. I hate all of my clothes! I hate all of my shoes...well, not all of them but I really do need those new Christian Louboutin shoes. They are only $995. I think all women should have the money to have a pair of those shoes!! (Including me!!) My dinner last night sucked!! I mean my pasta salad was not at all fabulous!!
Here is my problem: I could look at Pinterest all day long and get ideas. I need to actually stop "pinning" these ideas and start doing some of them. My closet looks like I let a crazy person try on clothes and shoes. I need to organize my closet like they have them organized on Pinterest. I need to hang my boots on those boot hangers and make hangers for my flip flops and sandals. I need to organize my cabinets and put lighting in them. I need to clean my grout with that super duper mixture that promises to get it white again. I need to clean that stain in the den carpet with that mixture that is supposed to remove any stain from any carpet. I need to wipe my baseboards with dryer sheets so they are dust free and will stay that way. I need to prune my bushes the proper way. I need to repaint furniture and make it look fabulous. (Did y'all know that there is a spray paint that is so super-metallic that it looks like chrome!!) I need to shine my hardwood floors, clean my tarnished silver, clean my ceramic cooktop, clean my jewelry, monogram everything and do those exercises that promise to give me a flat belly in 10 days! I need to do it all today!!!!!! Oh, who am I kidding. I'm gonna take a nap.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Life Lesson #15,012-Kids Have Too Much Homework
Life Lesson #15,012-Kids Have Too Much Homework!
School has been in session for one month around our household and I am already ready for summer break next year! My 12-year old son does more homework in the 7th grade than I ever did in college! These kids don't have time to go outside and blow off steam. They don't have time to talk to their friends or play video games or watch TV or ride bikes or socialize. And you know what that means, right? Neither does MOM!! I remember being able to come home after school and have a snack and then do a few questions of homework and then getting to veg the rest of the afternoon. That was living!! No wonder there are so-called "Helicopter Parents". They have to hover over the kids because they are having to help them with their homework! Seriously, I can help with Science, English and Social Studies and my husband can help with Math. (He lost me in 3rd grade with Math!! Word problems may as well be in Russian.) But Spanish!! Nobody can help with Spanish in my house!! We had to buy one of those language programs for the computer because I took 3 years of French. My husband speaks Dutch and Afrikaans. A lot of good that does us!! We have even had 2 music projects to do this year!! I mean, what happened to the music class like we had as kids? The crazy music teacher would come in with a big cardboard box and hand out some old beat up musical instruments and we would go to town beating on drums, playing horns, pinging the triangle and crashing the cymbals! Music class was fun!!
Look let's just be really honest. Mama doesn't like homework very much and neither does Daddy. Mama hasn't had a glass of wine on a week night since school started! If Mama doesn't get her wine, Daddy doesn't get any.................wine either. What did you think I was going to say? Anyway, why can't kids be kids these days? Everything is a competition now. They have to make straight A's to get into college. They have to play the best in their sport so they can get a scholarship. They have to Study, Study, Study!! They have to Train, Train, Train!! Can't we just accept the fact that the Chinese are better than us and smarter than us and just go back to a simpler life? I didn't mind being behind the Chinese when I was in school. As long as we are smarter than the people of some small country in the Caribbean, I'm good with being behind the Chinese!! KIDS NEED TO BE KIDS!! STOP THE MADNESS!!
School has been in session for one month around our household and I am already ready for summer break next year! My 12-year old son does more homework in the 7th grade than I ever did in college! These kids don't have time to go outside and blow off steam. They don't have time to talk to their friends or play video games or watch TV or ride bikes or socialize. And you know what that means, right? Neither does MOM!! I remember being able to come home after school and have a snack and then do a few questions of homework and then getting to veg the rest of the afternoon. That was living!! No wonder there are so-called "Helicopter Parents". They have to hover over the kids because they are having to help them with their homework! Seriously, I can help with Science, English and Social Studies and my husband can help with Math. (He lost me in 3rd grade with Math!! Word problems may as well be in Russian.) But Spanish!! Nobody can help with Spanish in my house!! We had to buy one of those language programs for the computer because I took 3 years of French. My husband speaks Dutch and Afrikaans. A lot of good that does us!! We have even had 2 music projects to do this year!! I mean, what happened to the music class like we had as kids? The crazy music teacher would come in with a big cardboard box and hand out some old beat up musical instruments and we would go to town beating on drums, playing horns, pinging the triangle and crashing the cymbals! Music class was fun!!
Look let's just be really honest. Mama doesn't like homework very much and neither does Daddy. Mama hasn't had a glass of wine on a week night since school started! If Mama doesn't get her wine, Daddy doesn't get any.................wine either. What did you think I was going to say? Anyway, why can't kids be kids these days? Everything is a competition now. They have to make straight A's to get into college. They have to play the best in their sport so they can get a scholarship. They have to Study, Study, Study!! They have to Train, Train, Train!! Can't we just accept the fact that the Chinese are better than us and smarter than us and just go back to a simpler life? I didn't mind being behind the Chinese when I was in school. As long as we are smarter than the people of some small country in the Caribbean, I'm good with being behind the Chinese!! KIDS NEED TO BE KIDS!! STOP THE MADNESS!!
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Life Lesson #15,011-That ONE Friend
Life Lesson #15,011-That ONE Friend.
That one friend. You know who it is. That one friend who can't wait to stir up some drama. That one friend who is always upset, depressed, angry, sick, disappointed, self absorbed and problematic. That one friend that when she calls, you draw up and consider not answering the phone. If you don't answer the phone though, she will call you 4 times a day and leave you voice mails about how lousy she is feeling until you do answer. That one friend that when she calls and you do answer the phone never asks how your day is going or about you or your family. She just called to tell you how horrible her life is and how her husband sucks and how her children got done wrong by someone because they are perfect angels. That one friend who has done it all, seen it all and knows it all better than anyone in the history of human history. You know the one I am talking about. Yeah you do. The one that can bring a party down simply by entering the room.
Now I am not talking about a good friend who genuinely has a problem that they really want to talk to you about or get your opinion on something. I'm talking about that one friend that everyone seems to have that just doesn't get it. Your life may be just as sucky as hers but she can make hers sound worse and even make you feel bad for saying one thing about your life as she rattles on and on about hers. Now I know that it is rough to ride around in that 2011 Mercedes-Benz SUV (That old piece of crap!) and live in your 5,000 square foot house (shameful) and your husband only sends you flowers once a week (The Bastard). I get it but ya know what? Get over it!!! Why do women not do as men do and just say, "I need my space from you"? Why do we go for years and torture ourselves being "friends" with that one friend? My message today is DON'T BE THAT FRIEND! If you have to ask yourself if you are that friend to someone, then you probably are!!
Notice to all of my friends: None of you are this person so don't be filling my inbox with questions about whether or not you are that friend. Got it?
That one friend. You know who it is. That one friend who can't wait to stir up some drama. That one friend who is always upset, depressed, angry, sick, disappointed, self absorbed and problematic. That one friend that when she calls, you draw up and consider not answering the phone. If you don't answer the phone though, she will call you 4 times a day and leave you voice mails about how lousy she is feeling until you do answer. That one friend that when she calls and you do answer the phone never asks how your day is going or about you or your family. She just called to tell you how horrible her life is and how her husband sucks and how her children got done wrong by someone because they are perfect angels. That one friend who has done it all, seen it all and knows it all better than anyone in the history of human history. You know the one I am talking about. Yeah you do. The one that can bring a party down simply by entering the room.
Now I am not talking about a good friend who genuinely has a problem that they really want to talk to you about or get your opinion on something. I'm talking about that one friend that everyone seems to have that just doesn't get it. Your life may be just as sucky as hers but she can make hers sound worse and even make you feel bad for saying one thing about your life as she rattles on and on about hers. Now I know that it is rough to ride around in that 2011 Mercedes-Benz SUV (That old piece of crap!) and live in your 5,000 square foot house (shameful) and your husband only sends you flowers once a week (The Bastard). I get it but ya know what? Get over it!!! Why do women not do as men do and just say, "I need my space from you"? Why do we go for years and torture ourselves being "friends" with that one friend? My message today is DON'T BE THAT FRIEND! If you have to ask yourself if you are that friend to someone, then you probably are!!
Notice to all of my friends: None of you are this person so don't be filling my inbox with questions about whether or not you are that friend. Got it?
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