Monthly Archives: May 2008

Lazy Day & Minnesota Pictures

I did get some work done, but after taking it lazy today.

We watched the Indy 500, been out of Indiana since sumer of 2004 but not use to being able to watch it while it takes place.  For some stupid reason, the black it out in Indiana and don’t show it until after it has been run, even if it has been sold out….morons.  We aren’t racing fans, but it is the big event, so we watched it.  We really wanted to Patrick  or Castroneves to win it, but it wasn’t meant to be…..didn’t help that Patrick couldn’t get her car up to speed.  It really shows how important the engineering of cars are to winning a race, not just the driving.  I still can’t believe Andretti knocked out a team mate….that was messed up.   Felt horrible for Sarah Fisher.  =(  Wow, Carpentar was like 15-16 laps down and finished in 5th….that was very cool.

Afterwards it was my normal weekly attack on the household cleaning.  We trimmed some of the dead leaves off of our household plants and I worked on the rose bush that we brought.  Since we aren’t planning on staying here, we planted it in a big pot so we can take it with us.  It feels great to have a rose bush again, I use to have about 8-10 of them Indiana.  I hated not having one in Florida, the climate is horrible for them.  Most of the things that we love grow so well here.

There is nothing like being able to step outside and smell the freshness.  I don’t remember having that in Florida.  We really enjoy it.

Started to do some work in the late evening and now I just don’t want to do a thing.  I believe I’ve earned it.  =)  Beside tomorrow is a day with my trainer……can you say ouch……lol For a day that wasn’t very intense, I’m pretty tired….very strange.  =)

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Everytime we visit, we have to stop and see the falls.  The power of the falls is just awesome to see and not something that ever gets old.

 

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The olympus took some really stunning shots of the river on a calm day

 

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 We took a hike up a big hill not that far from Harold’s folks.

 

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 I really love how the red of the Flag contrasts with the blues of the sky and it’s reflection into the river.

 

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Beautiful Day, Lots of Pictures

I hope everyone had a good Saturday. I had a pretty good one, chilled out, went tanning, went for a walk and enjoyed the weather, spent minimum time on official work, the rest of the time on “work” was stuff for me….like pictures from my walk. =)

Fashioning A Memorial Of Art And Stone

Ray “Bubba” Sorensen was only 19 years old when he first saw the movie “Saving Private Ryan,” and decided that patriotism was at an all-time low.

“People think Memorial Day is just a three-day weekend,” said Sorensen. “I decided to go out there and paint the rock to say ‘thank you’ to the soldiers for their freedom and flag-raising.”

Three years ago, a group of veterans on their way to the Vietnam Wall Memorial dropped by the site in Adair County and asked to sprinkle ashes there.

Sorensen offered to incorporate them into the paint so that they wouldn’t blow away. Everything happened so quickly that he never even got the names of the eight veterans whose ashes now reside underneath his 2005 painting of a helicopter.

**I love the fact something that was made by one person, not by someone giving lip service. That is inspiring.

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Harold saw how Reggie was sleeping and just had to get a picture.  Of course, now that he was out of bed Alexis felt that it was time for me to get up….grin

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Little Blue Birdie

 

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I love how colorful and green it is around here.

 

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I just had to get a picture of these….grin

 

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We had a storm moving in today and it hit tonight, but until it did it made for some beautiful pictures.  I’ve always loved the sky, it is always changing and gives striking contrasts with the blues and whites.

 

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Friday Stuff & News Flash

I started that day being woken at 5am because Reggie was begging my husband to feed him……..lol  Now there is no way this cat is starving, they probably just emptied the bowl a few hours before and probably wasn’t even hungry.  But he can’t handle an empty bowl.  Took us a bit to fall back to sleep and then it wasn’t very good.  Surprisingly I felt better then I should when we got to the gym.

For the gym, it started out good….by making my goal of losing a pound.  We are going to try to do 2 pounds a week, which is the safe amount.  I can’t wait until I get to where I want, then I can go back to the normal 1800-2000 calories a day instead of the 1500 area that I’m doing now…. Anyway, got a hard work out, left dripping in sweat and feeling icky because of that.

But as I leaving the locker room a woman stopped me to tell me that her and one of the other trainers can see the difference since I started.  I’m like wow and thank you.  She knows how if you look at yourself everyday you don’t see it and it doesn’t help that the scales never really reflect it, so she just wanted me to know that it was noticed.  That was so cool!  It is true, I can’t see it, I just see my jiggly butt and thighs, but I do know that my husband notices and so does my trainer.  So I know I’m getting somewhere, just can’t see it.

Today I got my work email pretty caught up….which took forever.  I have some work related things that I want/need to do tomorrow.  Then any other work will be for us.

By the time we stopped for dinner, we spent the rest of the evening with having a “movie” night, which is watching whatever we have dvr’ed, most of the time.    Now I’m just doing up this post and then heading to bed.

Mom Allegedly Harasses Daughter’s Friend

An Indiana mother is facing criminal charges after allegedly helping her 15-year-old daughter scatter baby diapers scrawled with vulgar slogans on a classmate’s lawn.

Julie Phillips, 50, allegedly helped purchase the diapers at a local CVS pharmacy for her daughter, 15, and her daughter’s friend, according to a Bloomington, Ind., police report obtained by ABCNEWS.com.

**How screwed up is these?  You are 50yrs old?!?  What the hell are you doing and what the hell are you teaching your kids?  Some people should never have kids…..and she is a prime example of why.

Anchor Spun From Job for O’Reilly Protest

Nolan said his protest began when he heard that the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences was going to present its Governor’s Award to O’Reilly, a graduate of Boston University who spent part of his early career in Boston. He has since gone on to national prominence with his show “The O’Reilly Factor,” which draws millions of viewers nightly as the highest rated cable news shows — on top of O’Reilly’s radio and book success.

“I just thought it was appalling,” Nolan told ABC News. “It had nothing to do with his political beliefs. He’s entitled to his opinions. But to give the highest honor that this organization that I belong to can bestow strikes me as something that shocks the conscience.”

Nolan said he objects to the commentator’s bullying style, claiming that O’Reilly frequently bends the facts in order to get across what he described as venomous opinions. It’s not the type of journalism that should be recognized in the profession for excellence, he said.

…….”I’m interested in telling everyone in the country to stand up and say something is wrong when something is wrong,” he said. “We’ve been through an awful dark time in our history where there are a lot of people telling you to sit down and shut up. From Dick Cheney to Bill O’Reilly, I’m done with bullies.”

**Now this is someone I wouldn’t mind watching.  He actually stands up for what journalism is suppose to be.  O’Reilly isn’t a journalist…he is a political, bullying, pundit hack job….he is a thug.  I even sent a note to CNN to hire him and get rid of that shit they call shows, Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck….nothing but hack jobs and spinners.  Just read Grace’s wikipedia  : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace      It is not exactly something to be proud of…Allegations of prosecutorial misconduct   And they gave this woman a show?!?wtf?!

Tillamook dairy farmer claims ‘good ‘ol boy’s club’ is forcing him out of business 

**This is has me upset.  We like that fact that this is local cheese and it is good.  But now we will no longer buying their products due to their treatment of women and the folks that stand up for them.  I planned on leaving a message on their site, but Harold tried it and it went to an error page.  I’m going to have to research it, maybe even do it by snail mail.

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If there was ever a sign that today’s Media is in a deep vat of shit…. this is it.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4919516&page=1

“Network Cans Newsman Who Protested Bill O’Reilly as Choice for Top Journalism Prize”

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Bill O’Reilly a Journalist???? Since when?

Seriously…. Since when?

Peter Jennings is spinning like a top right now…. SAD…….

How Do I Feel?: shocked shocked

Babble & NewsFlash

Well, I’m getting closer to having most things caught up.  So happy about that.  I have the weekend to get some of done, but I can do it more at my pace.

Regardless, tomorrow night is movie night.  I’m finding that Fridays seem to be the best for them.  Things slow down on work and I can chill….but maybe I just get the “screw it” attitude after a week of work………grin

At the gym, I just go the treadmill in.  But I did beat my old best, so that was good.  Wondering how hard I’m going to get worked tomorrow.  I try not to pay attention to what he does when he sets the weights, because I’m afraid I’ll mentally mess myself up for it, but I do know that he is increasing them…..I can feel it.

I did a small goof on my diet today, I’m still within calories, but had a big dinner.  He wants me to eat about 200 calories every 2 hours, but I was so hungry that I picked up some KFC.

Here is my news flash of the day :

Texas Seizure of Polygamist Sect Kids Thrown Out

The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the state failed to show the youngsters were in any immediate danger, the only grounds in Texas law for taking children from their parents without court action.

**Now who the hell did not see this coming?  I fully disagree with the them forcing young girls into marriage, there is no doubt in my mind that it has and will happen with this cult.  But the way they went in a seize those children without proof to begin with…..you knew it that was going to be overturned.

McCain Rejects Pastor’s Endorsement 

Republican John McCain on Thursday rejected endorsements from two influential but controversial televangelists, saying there is no place for their incendiary criticisms of other faiths.

**About damn time.  But can someone tell where the hell is the uproar over the fact that he accept their endorsements before this came to light?  They sure are giving Obama crap about his former pastor, for a sermon he wasn’t even there for…..the media is so full of hypocrites, doesn’t help that many white middle class are racist and afraid of the “brown” man….so of course, Obama is going to crap while the white candidate won’t…..sad

Honors Bittersweet For Army Specialist 

To us, Corriveau and the rest of the soldiers honored Thursday, two of them posthumously so that their families received the medals, are heroes.

But that’s one of war’s many myths.

“Do you feel like a hero?” Martin asked.

“No. I did my job,” he said.

**Now for all of those who seemed to think that those old war movies show it like it is…..this is what it is really like for those who survive while their buddies don’t.

Senate Defeats Bush on Iraq War Spending 

In a stunning vote that illustrated President Bush’s diminished standing, the Senate on Thursday ignored his veto threat and added tens of billions of dollars for veterans and the unemployed to his Iraq war spending bill.

**I am one that hates all the unnecessary pork that our representatives add, but this is something that is so needed and smart.  I’m loving the fact that they finally ignored his veto threat.

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