PISSED OFF!!!! NEED TO VENT!!!!!

My Ex is SO going to hear it from me!!!!

Last Christmas...I bought Hayley a Tracphone....I pay $18 for a 40 minute card...(I have now found out you get 60 minutes if you do it online) This phone is to be used for emergencies ONLY....

I just put 60 minutes on Hayley's phone...That should have lasted her 2 months...this was last week...BUT OH NO....Enter my ex husband and his wife...The bitch....Seems they feel the need to use up Hayley's minutes to call her to check in with her...She is now down to 10 minutes...They do not have a house phone....For some stupid reason they had it shut off...Not that my Ex is supposed to be able to do that as he's a deputy and required by his department to have a working phone....but that's beside the point...

I am so friggin pissed I cannot see straight...I told Hayley they are buying her more minutes or they are getting a God damned house phone....This shit's for the birds...UGH!!!!


Thanks for letting me vent....

I.C.E. ON YOUR CELL PHONE...

I know that someone has emailed me about this before and in a world where just about everyone has a cell phone...this is a good idea...figured I'd pass it to the masses...it's on mine....


Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that person'sidentity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea thatthey are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE.

ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contactslist in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of theperson that the emergency services should call on your behalf, youcan save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly.It only takes a few moments of your time to do.Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately. ICEyour cell phone NOW!

Please pass this one along


Take care all!!!!

9 more days and counting down.......................

After today, I will have 9 more days til my job ends...


Feels weird folks...Knowing that you job is going to end...I've been with this hospital for the past 11 1/2 years...I've seen it go from a hospital that you wouldn't want to go to even if it was your last resort to one of the top hospitals in country...I have to thank HCA for that...They bought JFK when most of the Board of Director's were going to jail (Medicare apparently didn't think houses-complete with a waterbed-for your mistress was an allowable expense-go figure!) and they completely turned it around...and built it up in the process...But with building up comes changes and the consolidation of my job is one of them...OH well....on to greener pastures I say!

I'm going to miss this place...I've had my ups and my downs about being here...but the truth is...this is going to be a very strange 2 weeks for me....and I know that come Friday August 5th...I probably will be a blubbering idiot...How do you say goodbye to people that have been oh so very intwined with your life? I have no clue...

But still...it feels very strange.......and oddly very exciting in the same respect...sorta like opening a new chapter in my life.....

Please don't do this here.....

Teachers Want To Remove 'Failed' Word From Classroom

Teachers Propose Replacing 'Failed' With 'Deferred Success'
UPDATED: 3:49 pm EDT July 21, 2005

There soon could be another F-word that might be banned from classrooms in England -- the word "failed."
Some members of the Professional Association of Teachers say that telling students that they've failed can put them off learning for life. The teachers propose to replace the word "failed" with the phrase "deferred success."
Liz Beattie, a retired schoolteacher, pitched the proposal, saying that teachers should avoid labeling children as failures because they need encouragement, not labels.

"We are talking about young people who struggle to read, write and can't relate to other people," said Jean Gemmell, PAT general secretary. "These are things you cannot be allowed to fail at."
But not everybody is in love with the concept.

The United Kingdom's Education Secretary, Ruth Kelly, said that children must learn about success and failure in order to prepare themselves for adult life.

The teachers association will debate the proposal at their annual PAT conference next week.
If the motion is accepted, it will be made policy for their 35,000 members from preschool, elementary and middle schools across the United Kingdom.

I am sooo against this and really wish they wouldn't do this at all over in England...Sorry but that's the tough Mom in me coming out...After raising one son, and dealing with three others...and having to deal with kids in general...I can say one thing...Kids need to grow up by learning about failure...Now I am not talking about kids with true handicaps...or learning disabled...or mentally disabled kids...no I'm talking your basic average kid with the brains to do the work...They need to grow up and take their own knocks in life...it's how they grow and learn...Deffered Success....BLECH...IMHO...if said normal average kid failed...he obviously deserved it...and he's got to be the one to deal with it...Either he didn't listen to the teacher or just plain didn't do the work...it's that simple...

The one thing I have told my kids is that I will not and cannot hold thier hands about school work...they are old enough and smart enough to make sure assignments have been done and turned in...Oh I've had my share of problems in that area as well "I thought I had turned that in, or the teacher must have lost it" that really only gets a blank look from me that tells them I don't believe them...I've been down that road.

What's your opinion guys?????????

"Scotty" on the journey to "The Final Frontier"

James Doohan, 'Scotty,' Dies At 85

Being the Star Trek Fan that I am....You all knew I'd have to post about this...I think out of all the Character's from the original Star Trek...I loved Scotty the best...Always able to fix just about anything or rig something together in the nix of time...

"I'm givin her all I have Captain...She can't take it anymore!!!!"

But he always managed to get the Enterprise out of any fix they were in...A big teddy bear he was...

"Captain....There be WHALES on board!"

was another favorite line...(That was one of my favorite movies as well-remember when he was trying to "Talk" to the computer...Not realizing that he was in the time when computers didn't talk back to you???-Oh Yes...that movies was one of my favorites!)

From being in the Canadian forces, leading troops on D-Day in WWII to a lovable actor...WOW what a life....

R.I.P. James Doohan....I am sure that you will be dearly missed...rest easy and enjoy that final frontier

RENTAL CAR AGENCIES!!!!!!

AAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH!

Boy oh Boy did I just have a fun afternoon trying to make a car reservation to go to North Carolina in September...I usually use Dollar Car Rental cause I have always recieved good rates...I made my reservation for a Jeep Grand Cherokee (To haul ALL of Patricks stuff up from our storage unit) Price was good...I got the confirmation to my email....

"As of August 1, we will no longer accept the debit/check cards with a Visa/Mastercard Logo on them when you pick up your rental"

Uh....Excuse me??? UGH!!! I called them and yup...They will not accept them at all, You can make the reservation all right, and you can even pay with the cards when you return a vehicle but you cannot use them to pick up the vehicle ...I have always been able to use them rent a car...They are supposed to used and accepted just like a credit card...The gal I spoke to at Dollar said that she didn't like the new policy either...We both agreed that you easily overdraft a credit card just like you can a checking account...She also stated that she hoped they went back to the old policy..

I, needless to say was frustrated...I do not have good credit...in fact I am currently in the middle of bankruptcy...Won't go into the details but it was basically my only option...and I'm cool with that...I guess I'm kinda taking this as a slap cause I'm basically being told there's not way to rent a car unless I have the almighty VALID credit card (yup that's what it says)

So I spent the next few hours going to every car rental shop online I could think of...I finally thru Budget made a reservation for a Ford Exlorer and the fine print (which I AM bringing with me in case of a hassle) says I can pick up the car using my Visa Check Card...

Now all I have to do is wait and see if I am really going...Cause I need to use my rentention money to go....so far I haven't heard that we are getting extended so it's basically

13 days and counting down......

But "sniff sniff" going to really miss everyone here at work....ya know?

TGIF!!!! (Slowly coming out of my funky mood)

Yes...slowly but surely coming out of my weird mood...Got 14 more working days left at my job...I am actually looking forward to the break....Going to take August off to spend time with Justin one on one and get the kids back to school, RELAX!!! Still planning on going up to Manisa's and Kairi's Sept 1-6th...but I may be driving instead...Take up the rest of Patrick's stuff up that we have in Storage...He still has his toy Chest and rocking chair that my Dad made for him and he want's Kairi to have them...My Dad made them by hand and Patrick loves them...

Other than that...I am excited about tonight.....Yup...it's my Sci-Fi night....and also the season premires of StarGate SG-1 , StarGate Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica (Yup that's right-newer version...Starbuck's a girl!) so my phone will be off! hahahahahahahaha.....and the kids are being taken to Ci Ci's Pizza so they will be fine later on......

That's pretty much it.....Take care!!!!!! and everyone have a wonderful Weekend!!!!

Just another Rant......Okay well Sorta......

Guess that I have been feeling a little weird lately...That's why some of my posts have been a little off center...Oh well...I just keep reading and reading about all this crap in the news and it's really starting to drive me up the wall...

I remember a time about probably 6 years ago, when I didn't pay that much attention to the news...Oh I got yelled at for it by about everyone...I never watched the news channels much less pick up a newspaper...The biggest person to yell at me was my boss...Oh how she ranted at me for not knowing what was happening outside my door...I was happier not knowing...but I did as I should and started reading...UGH...What I read and saw made me ill....How did this world get this way? I come out of my oh so wonderful bubble and I don't like what I see...But oh well...One does have to deal with this doesn't one???

I also never will understand politics...But I can understand how many many people think we are turning into a socialist state...As near as I can tell...there are those politicians who truly want to do some good (Few and far between) but I see them get stomped on by the lobbyist who have more money to turn the vote to the way they want it...UGH! This has become a goverment for the lobbyist...not for the people...How did we let this happen??? I could be wrong but that's how it looks to me...me and tons of people will want a certain law passed, but then enter the lobbyist who basically bullies (using money as the threat) the congressmen, senators, etc...into voting their way or they will pull their money...it doesn't make sense....it should but it doesn't...

I have no clue...Like I said...I am not politically smart....I truly consider myself rather a simpleton when it comes to the politcal arena...Maybe I shouldn't....I dunno....guess I have to read more...or at least paid more attention in Civics class...

I worry about all this because this is the world that my kids will have when I am gone, and my granddaughter too...I hope they can make some sense of it all...seems to have gone crazy somehow right now....I just hope that it can be turned around....I hope I hope...

Okay...I'm done ranting....


Not much else is going on here, have about 17 more days of work until my jobs offically ends (if it does at that-they have already extended it once) I actually am looking forward to a much needed change of pace...a new career path for me!

Kids are doing okay....Justin is having the time of his life...Kairi....Well what can one grandmother say except that she's just as darling as ever!!!! Still hoping to go up and see her in September...Miss that little girl way to much!

Take care all....Be well and be happy!

What are we fighting for?

Have you forgotten?

Darryl Worley

I hear people saying we don't need this war

I say there's some things worth fighting for

What about our freedom and this piece of ground?

We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down

They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in

Before you start preaching

Let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day

To see your homeland under fire

And her people blown away?

Have you forgotten when those towers fell?

We had neighbors still inside

Going through a living hell

and you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden

Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.

Said it's too disturbing for you and me

It'll just breed anger

that's what the experts say

If it was up to me I'd show it every day

Some say this country's just out looking for a fight

After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day

To see your homeland under fire

And her people blown away?

Have you forgotten when those towers fell?

We had neighbors still inside

Going through a living hell

And we vowed to get the ones behind Bin Laden

Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers

Who've gone away to war

And you can bet that they remember

Just what they're fighting for

Have you forgotten all the people killed?

Yes, some went down like heroes

n that Pennsylvania field

Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?

All the loved ones that we lost

And those left to carry on

Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden

Have you forgotten?

This is a subject that I am sure give mixed emotions to everyone....But this song above has always struck a chord with me...9/11 will forever play out in my mind...My Dad knew people in the Pentagon...I have asked myself over and over again whether or not we are doing the right thing...Yes...I do think that Bush was out looking for a fight long before 9/11...Maybe he had good reason...maybe not...He may be trying to keep a promise to his Father..I will never be sure if we ever did the right thing by going to Iraq...Yeah...I never like Saddam, read all the reports of what he did to his people..the man was literally another Hilter in the making...But are we to be the police to all the countries in our world? I don't know...That is not an easy question to answer and I can honestly say that I am ill equipped to have an answer...I wish like Hell we were out of there...My son is leaving to go to Iraq in a few weeks...The one thing I can say for certain is I am not in Bushes shoes...I don't work for him, I am not privy to what he knows...I had a long long talk with my Father and my Son about this...Patrick gets so pissed off at the news that's coming out..it totally infruriates him and his squadron...People in his camp that are coming back from Deployment are coming back with stories of an Iraqi people that truly love what we are doing there...Want us to stay to help them out...Iraqi kids coming up to the soldiers to thank them...Where are those stories???? Makes me wonder what side the Media is on... I don't hear about those in the news...They talk about us helping them open schools, rebuild, never want people like Saddam in power again, want some type of democracy....The list goes on and on...I hear the same things from my Dad...Seeing how he knew people in the Pentagon...He was always telling me..."You don't know everything" What don't I know? Yeah...It's possible that I don't know everything...But Shouldn't I?

Where am I going with this rant??? Haven't a clue...Mind is just rambling on and on and I felt the need to jot it down...Wishing I had all the answers...Wishing I could trust that our goverment is doing the right thing...Wishing 9/11 didn't happen...wishing the attacks on London didn't happen...Wishing all the innocent lives lost never happened...

Wishing my son wasn't going.....hopeing and praying that he comes back.....

Eminent Domain

Don't know about you guys...But I have been watching what's been happening with this on the news for some time...I'd like to hear what you guys think...

I was very please to at least see our goverment trying to undo the Supreme Courts decision on this...This has actually got Mike and I thinking about just renting from now on..This also happened to a dear freind of mine...She lived in her parents house (Both deceased) The house had been in her family for a long time so yeah...memories were attached to it...And then they came...Said going to build a retirement community condo place...more people to pay more taxes...going to give her fair market value of her home...they said she had no choice in the matter...it was a done deal..."Excuse me?"

Fair market value...Didn't include all the memories that went with it...She still had the carving in the wall she made as a child...Still put her Christmas tree up in the bay window in the living room just like her mom and dad did...Lit the fireplace too...That house contained so much and she loved it....It was one of those wonderful old Victorian homes that you just want to put on a Card...Warm and Inviting...Sat on 5 acres out in the boonies south of Medina in Ohio...Now it's not there...She cried the day they tore it down....She had no choice...I cannot imagine how she felt, I don't want too...

My ex Mother in law has the same kind of house...They came to her and her husband once about using the property but they quickly realized they would have to also move and entire cemetary...Abe was totally against it anyway...said he'd stand his ground against the goverment if he had too...they weren't taking his home...He bought the house for $13,000 back when he and Diana got married (1958 I think), it's paid for ...they raised all thier kids and grandkids in that house...they have memories attached to it that no amount of money can every repay...

I don't like Eminent Domain...Makes one think that nothing is every truly yours...Mike and I can buy a house, make it a home but you can never really truly feel safe in it cause at any moment the Suits could come and out you go...Somehow it really doesn't seem fair to anyone...

What is your opinion?????