Bad Boy At BIngo

     Here is another story from the WTH is wrong with people  files
Apparently, an  82 year old man was mad that a woman at bingo sat in his favorite seat. So mad in fact that he slashed the tires on the woman's van. This action leads me to the question What the heck is wrong with people???

     82 year old Fred Smith was charged with criminal mischief late Monday afternoon when, police say, he took an ice pick to 88-year-old Ethel Britt's van during a weekly bingo game at the Lake Ashton Retirement Community Club House. OMG!!! Sometimes I am not sure weather to laugh or cry at the absurdity of stories like this. What is happening to people? What is happening to common sense an human decency? Over a seat at bingo...Smith faces having to pay $456 in tire damage and restitution back to Britt. 

Hope it was worth it!!!

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/police-woman-took-mans-favorite-bingo-seat-so-he-slashed-her-tires?autoplay=true

Josh Hamilton gets 1st hit back with Rangers - Fox4News.com | Dallas-Fort Worth News, Weather, Sports

Josh Hamilton gets 1st hit back with Rangers - Fox4News.com | Dallas-Fort Worth News, Weather, Sports



     He's Baaack! Is this good news or bad news? When he left he said that DFW was not a baseball town. He also said that the Texas Rangers did NOTHING for his career. I will admit, the biggest thing in DFW is Dallas Cowboy Football, and Texas in general is All About Football...Friday Night Lights and all. Yes maybe baseball comes in second place to football that indeed is true. 

     So lets focus on The Texas Rangers doing "Nothing" for his career... Really? The Rangers gave him a chance when no other team would. They worked with him and actually bent over backward to make the clubhouse environment a place where he could feel comfortable and not tempted by his addiction demons. Texas was the place where he rose to baseball super star status. Instead of staying loyal to the team that took him on when no one else wanted to, he went for the bigger pay day! And he realized it was a mistake!

     He is back, and looking I suppose for a do over... He wants Texas Ranger fans to welcome him back with open arms and forgive his past greed and shortsightedness. 

     I think that it may take time...How much time probably depends on his performance. How quickly do the fans see he is still good for Texas Ranger Baseball. He might get booed by some of the fans first off until he shows them he is all about doing his best for the Rangers. 

     I say we all make bad decisions in life and many of us wish there were something in our lives where we wish we could have a do over. Lets  let Josh have his do over and root for it to be a good thing for Texas Ranger Baseball!

Pentagon: Military mistakenly shipped live anthrax samples

http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-military-mistakenly-shipped-live-anthrax-samples-194202171--politics.html?soc_src=copy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas, that expected to receive dead spores.

I have one question... well maybe more than one question about this but the main question is 
HOW do you ACCIDENTALLY ship live anthrax samples. With all the security checks and balances there are (or are supposed to be) How does this happen...ACCIDENTALLY?  

Police: Woman gets fork in eye in dispute over last rib - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/29166400/police-woman-gets-fork-in-eye-in-dispute-over-last-rib

Really???

This to me goes in the heading of WTH Were They Thinking!

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- Police say an Indiana woman stabbed another woman in the eye with a fork in a dispute over the last rib at a barbecue
   
      I guess this brings a new meaning to the words Food Fight! Sometimes I look at stories like this and I really have no words for the actual stupidity of the story. I think about...Did this really happen? I can not believe the absurdity of this kind of dispute. Are people really this crazy? Makes me wonder what would cause me to stab someone with a fork...In the eye no less.

     First of all, I can not imagine ever  fighting over food unless maybe I was...I do not know... starving, maybe had not eaten in many days. It certainly would not be at a back yard BBQ where there is usually food overflowing.

     How do people begin to think that this kind of uncivilized behavior is ok? Many times I read stories like this and wonder when did common sense and basic moral decency get thrown by the wayside?  Sometimes peoples actions leave me really wondering: WTH Were They Thinking!

Back To The Blog

     Well it has really been quite some time since I have written on my blog and so much has happened...not the least of which was turning 50 last November. Some people think that 50 is some sort of life mark and I guess that it really is! After all, it means that you have lived a half of a century. Sometimes it really gets a person thinking about all that has happened in the half of 100 years they have been on the earth. Not only specifically in their life but also in the world. Historical events, technology, cultural changes... (the things that have happened in the world that have marked your life. 
      Some people feel that 50 is the age when you start getting old... just beyond middle age and on the down side of the hill...I guess that is one way to look at it.
      I, however, like to look at 50 as the beginning of my prime of life. For most people, with age comes wisdom and that wisdom gives a life a certain view. My children are all adults now (have been for a couple of years) and after a period of being a young widow, I have once again found love and romance and am once again happily married. I am very much enjoying the age of 50. I am able to travel and have experiences I was never able to have when I was younger. I am living a rich wonderful life at my age which is some respects has been a bit of a whirlwind, and I would not trade my age or life at this age for anything in the world. 
     I have been wonderfully blessed by God, all for which I am truly thankful. Every day I look forward to the next daily adventure! 
     Glad to be back in the blogging world! 

Been a long time

Wednesday November 3, 2010

It has been a long time since I have written on my blog page. It has been since May 2nd 2010 to be exact. 6 months and 1 day. Much has happened as one might expect. My beloved Chicago cubs finished the season second to last in the NL Central, but my adopted favorite team the TX Rangers made it all the way to the World Series... They lost the series 4 games to 1 but was very excited to see the Rangers do well.

My daughter has started her Sr year in HS... hard to think of her to be graduating soon and starting college... I am still unemployed... that has not changed... I was in a car wreck in July. I was rear-ended by a car that was smaller than my vehicle. I was spun 180 degrees around and tipped on my side... the other driver was exceeding the 50 mile an hour speed limit (obviously). I had to be cut out of my truck with the jaws of life... quite a terrifying experience. I am now in a newer truck (glad he had insurance)

I have had a couple of dates and a boyfriend for a short while... but am still single... like my employment status that has also not changed... I did catch the bouquet at my girlfriend Bridget's wedding... I guess there is hope!

It is November 3, 2010 My 46Th birthday is 17 days away. I am not sure exactly how that makes me feel. I know that since recuperating from my wreck I have been doing more things that I had instead been delegating to my daughter...I suppose that having that kind of experience makes you even appreciate household chores and your ability to do them... I have gotten back into taking pictures and my daughter showed me an outlet to post and show my pictures http://www.deviantart.com/ My photos can be found under Christy-Smile. I guess that I have just about caught up and will get back to my blogging on a regular basis

Is relaxing on the porch sippin iced tea and crocheting an afghan enjoying the extrodinairly beautiful day God has blessed us with.

Wants chocolate...

Have had great day, full of happiness! The best thing is it is not over! Have not said that in a while. God has truly blessed this day!

Just Thinking

I have been sitting here thinking about what has been going on since I wrote last on my blog. I have an interview for a job, and I have met a nice guy on the Internet I have been chatting with. My job interview is with one of ACG's competitors. They got my resume off Monster.com. The job is closer to me than ACG was which is a good thing. As for the nice guy, his name is Charles and he lives in St Jo TX which is a small town just west of Muenster. We have had some real nice chats and he seems to be a real nice guy. With no agenda, we will see what happens. No matter what it is just nice to chat with a guy. Getting to know Charles ... or what I know of him so far has been a good thing. He is from a Small town with good small town values. I am very impressed and glad for that. He has a strong faith.
You know Daddy and I talked about the job situation and we discussed of how God new my parents needed me to help with their 50 th wedding anniversary celebration. Not too shortly after that I started getting offers or actually inquiries regarding jobs. Gods timing really is perfect.

50 Years

This past weekend my parents celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary. The past 2 months I have spent much time helping my parents plan their anniversary celebration. Everything was beautiful and a good time was had by all. I had such a good feeling in the end as it all was so beautiful and all went perfect... I was so glad to have helped make their special day what it was! It was a very emotional weekend. There were many tears of JOY shed this weekend. Some things did not go according to plan such as the song at the end of their renewal service. I had a recording of "Hawaiian Wedding Song" By Elvis Presley and it did not work... So, I had to sing...That went very well and was very beautiful and emotional as that was the song my parents used at the end of their first wedding. It was also the song me and my late husband used at the end of our wedding... As a matter of fact, I think Leo(my late husband) caused that CD not to work so I would have to sing.... Glad I practiced. I think that was his plan... and that is fine. Ellie made the cake and it turned out beautiful. Everyone raved about the cake and how beautiful it was. It was not her first cake but her second layer cake (she is planning on going to culinary school after H.S. to become a pastry chef.) Not many people make it to 50 years. My parents have been through so much in the past 50 years and are quite the testament to for richer or poorer, better or worse, in sickness and health till death do we part. God has really blessed my parents in teh past 50 years!

Romans 15:13

"May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

Thursday Morning

Good Thursday Morning! It is a bit chilly this morning but I am sitting here enjoying my coffee and feeling very much at peace! It is such a beautiful morning. The sun is shining and there is a breeze blowing. Tomorrow is my parents 50 th wedding anniversary. I am feeling GOOD. I can feel this is going to be a Blessed day. Praise God for Thursday!

The Bubbles Game

I have placed the game Bubbles on my blog. I have also spent time playing the game. Warning!!! This game can be addictive... and more than a bit frustrating!

The Job Fair

I posted earlier today I was going to a Job Fair. In fact it is the first time I had ever been to a job fair. When I got there I found that most of the companies hiring were looking for sales associates. I was able to leave resumes with 3 companies. Now I have to leave the rest to God!

Job Fair

Today I am going to a Job Fair. I have never been to one so I am not sure just what to expect. I have printed up copies of my resume and I am "dressed for success" and I will do all I can do and let God do the rest as Joyce Meyer says. We shall see what happens

On My Mind

There are many things on my mind today. Things that are part of my circumstances and things that are not my circumstances but things I have to be involved in due to relationships. I have had a quite busy several weeks getting things done for my parents for their 50 th wedding anniversary and all that is going to be coming to a head. Mom and dads anniversary is this Friday April 9th. They are going to celebrate with their friends at the senior center that day and on Saturday they are going to renew their vows and have a small reception after. There has been much work and need for preparation for which I have been extensively involved. I have had the time as I have not been working... in some ways I believe that I have needed to be unemployed in order to help with everything I have been in charge of. It has been difficult emotionally and there has been stress regarding not working but I am trying to be patient. (yet another thing on my mind.) I have been tired of late... I suppose that it has been all the things that I have had to do and all the frustrations related to all I have had on my plate and on my mind. I know that all the stress I have felt is just fueling the fire and adding to my weariness. I know I have to let the stresses go and just do the tasks. I have been thinking at times of the way I would love things to be. Sometimes in my running around I have gotten a chance to drive "out in the country" enjoying the peace and beauty.... The peace and beauty... I have in those moments, wished to be in those settings as my lifestyle. Kind of like permanent vacation just coasting through the beauty and the peace of Gods creation. To somehow always have the vision or the view "off the front porch" so to speak.

I think that is the thought I want to end this post on.

Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish i may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight...
So, whats your wish??

Cyber Games

Do you have a farmville farm... or maybe one on farm town...Are you building a town in my town?...or maybe you are cooking cyber food in your cyber kitchen to serve up in cafe world...Will you be my neighbor and have an Island Paradise, Happy Island or Tiki Paradise of your own to help me move to the next level? I have sent you a gift for your happy aquarium, will you return the favor and send me one for mine?Are you looking for cement blocks for mafia wars? Help me out and visit my zoo world. How many chips have you earned playing Farkle...and how often do you get power dice?
This is just a short list of some of the cyber games you can find on the ever popular social network sites such as twitter & facebook. There are many types of people playing these cyber games. There are those who only become peoples neighbors so their friends can get to the next level, or enlarge their town, or get more points. Then there are the people who only play games in a way that they only have to check in to them every couple of days. Then there are those who use them as a method of unwinding from their hectic day at work.
Then, Then... There are those who play all the games. have farmvill and farm town farms, Have the most decorations Know exactly how long the cyber dishes take to cook and get back to serve them before they spoil, They have 30 neighbors, know how many coins they get each time they collect the rent on the mobile home in my town. They have not one, not 2 , not 3, but 6 islands on happy island and are at level 45 on all their games.
For me it is relaxing though sometimes...especially since I am currently unemployed I play a bit more than I did when I was working but it is an escape to unwind... and some of the music in these games is fun.
SO, WHERE DO YOU FIT IN THE CYBER GAME WORLD???

Shoes

Thursday I was sitting on the porch enjoying the beautiful spring day we were having. it was in the low 80's with a breeze blowing, and it really could not have been a more beautiful day. As I was sitting there , out of the corner of my eye, I saw a pair of shoes belonging to my daughter. They were well worn and had been left there to dry after getting wet the day before. I laughed inside as I looked at the shoes. I remember the day she wrote "right" on the toe of the left shoe & "left" on the toe of the right... her way of being unique. . I decided to get my camera and take a picture of the shoes.

Have you ever thougth about the shoes we wear. "walk a mile in my shoes" is a very familiar saying. something we say to let people know they do not know what we have been going thru... "I never thought about it before... after all how often do you look at a mans shoes" this is a line Morgan Freeman's character, Red, makes in the movie Shawshank Redemption. The main character had switched his prison issue shoes with the wardens extra pair of dress shoes before heading back to his cell before escaping later that evening...something the guard did not notice. Have you ever looked at someones shoes and wondered where they have been???