Friday, October 20, 2006
What a Day!!!
Today started out like any other day this week - time to get up and not wanting to
Then there was the weather - overcast, rainy, cold and now it is sunny, very windy and still cold.........
Today I took High School girl to her final interview for her co-op job at school. Yes, she did indeed get the job. (Yes, we are proud of her!!) Back when I was in High School and kids did co-op jobs they got the last half of the school day off to go to work; and it counted for credit. The school helped secure the positions that would go along with the credit that you were working on and there was a counselor type person who handled everything. In HS girl’s school the kids can sign up for the co-op deal and it is a pass/fail class. They have to be in school all day, can’t leave early to work, and they have to go apply everywhere on their own - the school does nothing for them. If they don’t start turning in paystubs to the school as proof of their employment then their parents get the lovely note that we received - Your child is in danger of failing. Once she gets the paystubs for the job and meets the required number of hours each month than that will go away. What a crock of crap!!! Of course it gives her some special designation on her diploma - but to me I feel like the school is doing nothing. (As usual in my humble opinion)
When I took her to her interview a young man had taken it upon himself to hit the post and box that control the signal with his car, rendering them unusable and the intersection near the store very unsafe. (Have you ever seen a light be red, yellow and green all at the same time??) There was one lone police car and policeman there - who was doing nothing to direct traffic, except when the tow truck showed up. No one here goes along with “the light is not working so we should be doing an all way stop and taking turns” - no, they kept to their selfish me-first, I’m more important than you attitude. I was waiting for another crash to happen as that is a very busy stretch of road and busy intersection.
On the way home we encountered a bit of a back-up behind the school bus and some chump at the local 7-11 decided that he needed to cut out in front of me (I was on the opposite side of the road) rather than wait for traffic to clear. I just nosed around him anyway and kept on going. The car behind me tried to do the same but he forced that fellow to go to the shoulder so he could be on his way instead of waiting his turn.
I remember a book called - All I Needed to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten - I believe it had a chapter in there about learning to take turns; seems to me that the people here have either never attended a functional kindergarten or else the ones here do not teach the discipline of taking turns.
High points of the day - HS Girl getting her first REAL job and also going up in class rank (something colleges look at). YEAH HS GIRL!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Wow!! Look At My New Look!!
Wow, look at my new look. Thank you so much SEB for making me brighter and smarter looking.
I just want to jump for joy 
(Ok, so this is a picture of me in about 20 or 30 years from now. Dang, I hope that I can still move like that then)
SEB, did you get those lips from a picture of me dressing up to go watch ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show”?? They look so much like mine - even the teeth look like mine.......................
Thank you and Good night
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Let’s say I broke into your house…………
I have received this in email from many people the last couple of months. It makes quite a bit of sense to me, I hope it does to you too. I won’t vouch for it being authentic, I did try to have snopes.com research it but they haven’t replied as of yet. I think that it says what a lot of Americans are feeling.
A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of
illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and,
once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.
Let’s say I break into your house. Let’s say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, “I’ve made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I’ve done all the things you don’t like to do. I’m hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must add me to your family’s insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in part). If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my right to be there. It’s only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I’m just trying to better myself. I’m hard-working and honest, um, except for well, you know.
And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being an anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you can communicate with me.
Why can’t people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America ....if you agree, pass it on (in English). If not, blow it off along with your future Social Security funds.