My Life….The Open Book!

by admin on February 5, 2010

With the Internet, blogging, facebook, myspace, etc.  our lives are no longer secret.  Used to be that you could actually have a conversation on the phone or in person and nobody else could really listen in unless you wanted them too.  Not any more!  Seems that we are living in a world of people who want their lives to be on display for all the world to see.  Why is this? 

It’s strange if you think about it.  Why would someone want to put it out there what they were doing every minute of the day or how they were feeling, etc.?  Is it for attention?  Companionship?  I don’t know, but I can only go by why I do it.

1. Facebook;  I started using this site for networking.  In fact the first 20 people were not only friends, but business associates.  After that I found an old friend from high school and once I found her all hell broke loose!  People from Elementary School, Jr. High and High School started finding me and I them!  It was great!  People I hadn’t talked to in over 20 years I was now ‘talking’ too once again.  Some just on facebook and some on the phone and even in person!  I’ve reconnected with some of my best friends and it’s making my life even better!  For so long I hadn’t had a friend in my life and now I have many once again!   Now I use facebook to communicate more than networking.  It makes me feel wonderful to be able to ‘talk’ to my friends or just find out about how their feeling.  I feel like every day I get to be part of my friends and families lives even if they aren’t right here with me.  I have to say that facebook is one of the best things that has happened to me, as well as a lot of people, in a long time!  But facebook of course has it’s down side as well.  I’m sure you’ve all experienced some of this.  There are times you might have an opinion and someone takes it the wrong way or is insulted by it.  This happens once in a while.  Especially with me and my Obama stuff.  Egads some people are way to sensitive!  But this is very rare and my friends and family understand me and can forgive me.  Those who don’t simply aren’t accepted as a friend.  If I don’t know you or like you, I just won’t accept the friend invitation.  That’s my take on facebook.

2. Myspace;  I started using this site to keep an eye on my kids.  Soon I had many of my friends and family on it and was just basically using it as a communication tool.  I don’t like this site much though.  It’s given me trouble in the past and I ended up having to delete my account and making a whole new one because it wasn’t letting me change anything on my page.  I basically have my kids and a few friends, but hardly ever talk to them through this site.  It’s boring, but easy to use.  Yeah, that’s my opinion of Myspace.

3. Twitter; Another site I started out by using just for networking.  That’s basically the only reason I use it.  I only have a few ‘real’ friends (people that I really know).  The other 1000, or so, are people who have lopped onto me for God knows what reason.  I hardly ever use this site and find it very boring, but I do still have an account for just in case!

4. Blogging; I blog to state my opinion on my world and the world around us.  I still have this right and will use it until they take it away from me.  Blogging can be a dangerous thing and is kind of like Facebook, but you are able to use many words instead of a set amount in a box.  Sometimes you might say something that might be misunderstood by the reader, or they just might not agree with what I’m saying and they become angry.  Sorry for this, but Blogging to me is freedom.  Freedom to state how I feel and why.  Sometimes I get so angry at something going on in the world and use my words to state how I’m feeling.  It’s a wonderful tool for expression.  Weird thing is I have many fans who read my blog.  Kind of trips me out how many followers I have!  I love it though.  I don’t mind it, I just wish more would leave a comment once in awhile to let me know what their opinion is on what ever I’m ranting about at the time. 

So I think I use these sites as my little outlet to the world.  I use it because I can.  I’m pretty open about my feelings and thoughts on things.  I never hold back.  Do I mind that I’ve made my life a little bit of an open book.  No, I don’t.  I have nothing to hide, and that my friends, is a wonderful thing!

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His Make Beleive Life

by admin on January 3, 2010

This was written by fellow blogger Alan Caruba…..I thought I would share:

I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he’s led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.

In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? “Dreams of My Father” was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The “Audacity of Hope” followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a “communist with a small ‘c’” was the real author.

His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial. He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley’s formidable political machine at his disposal.

He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him before?

He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black population, he oozed “cool” in a place where agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real substance.

And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant state of Alaska. It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984’s Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.

The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.

Now, nearly a full year into his first term, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters.

Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to “wish away” some terrible realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain.

The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign “world tour” were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.

Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party’s hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues.

Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an “obstreperous” Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against “jumping to conclusions” about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted “Allah Akbar.” The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by called the Christmas bomber “an isolated extremist” only to have to admit a day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot.

He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the battlefield against America. He could even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was so lame.

The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth.

Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual’s life.

When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this man has spent over a million dollars to deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain hidden.

We laugh at the ventriloquist’s dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United States of America?

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Bad Taste….

by admin on December 26, 2009

sopranosI awoke this morning with a bad taste in my mouth.  Yesterday was Christmas, yetit didn’t seem like Christmas.  It’s so materialized any more that it makes me sick!  Everyone has forgotten the meaning of it and now it’s about who got the better toy.  I don’t get it….

Our Government is trying to control every aspect of our lives and there is really nothing that we as American’s can do about it.  Don’t tell me that there is something that we can do, because I know that it is not true.  Yes, you might think that we can as a nation, but you are just hopeful and deep down you know that those days are over.

I also realized that no matter what you do, how you act, or what you say, some people will never change.  There are people out there who are just plain wicked and love drama in their lives.  Why, you ask?  I don’t know.  I am not one of those people, but I know a couple who are.  It must take a lot of energy to wake up every morning thinking of ways to hurt people that you don’t like.  It’s funny how people will blame you for things that they are guilty of.  I think that somehow it makes them feel better to say you are guilty of this and that, when they are the ones who are to blame.  They are the reason that they are bitter.  Not because of you, but because they have so much hate, jealousy, and bitterness in their own lives that they must lash out at you to make their small little pathetic lives feel better.  It gives them a reason to hurt others.  It makes them feel better, when realistically it’s only hurting themselves more.

I don’t know what to do about those people and our Government, but I do know a few things for sure.  I know who I am.  I know who I can trust.  I know who loves me and who I love.  I know who is true to their word and I know who my enemy’s are.

This next year will be a turning point in my life.  I vow to make it a wonderful year with changes all around.  You might not agree with some choices that I make, but if you love me and know me, then you know why I am.

No more bad tastes for me……

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Make Your Life Better!

by admin on December 7, 2009

LoveYourselfOutsideI was lucky enough to be part of a ‘Mastermind Group’ yesterday.  All day I listened to some of the most prominent and influential people in different area’s of business talk about exactly that…..business and what they do to make their business such a success!  Dr’s, copywriters, hypnotists, entrepreneurs, salesmen, body language experts and all around self made millionaires!

It was not the first time I’ve been invited to one of these groups and have actually been invited to some of their ‘wealth camps’ and ‘boot camps’!

This has put me in a different direction in my life!  This is a conclusion I have come to……

It’s entirely up to you.  Who else would know what you want or need but you?  If you are waiting for something to happen or someone to love you to make your life better, you’d better be sitting in a comfortable chair because no one is coming. 

But that’s a good thing!  If anything is going to get better, it will because you did something about it.  So don’t expect anything else.

They go hand in hand, disappointment and unrealistic expectations.

You were put in the center of your life to take charge of it.  Other people are just casual observers.  They hardly notice when you do something good.  They applaud in the wrong places anyhow, the places their interests life.  Their negative comments also have more to do with themselves than you.  So praise is never going to be enough to make your life better, and criticism has limited value.

Shape your life to follow your instincts, our inclinations, and your preferences.

Make your life better, and you be the judge of what better means.

You have to live it, you might as well love it!

I love my life,  I love the way I love it, and I intend the best for me!

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Wife Swap….the show….

by admin on October 3, 2009

Ya Never Know What You're Gonna Get....

Ya Never Know What You're Gonna Get....

I’ve watched this show a few times and also Trading Spouses.  Now I’m thinking…..wouldn’t it be nice to trade exes new partners  for a week or two and see what they could learn from each other and maybe see if their view of each other’s lives and raising of kids might make them understand each other better?

What do you think?

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Love As Long As You Live…..

by admin on August 31, 2009

I’ve learned who really loves me and who I can really rely on as the years go on…..I’ve been hurt along the way by many so called friends and family, but through iinspiration_what_makes_you_happyt all I’ve stayed strong and I’ve learned to grow from the experience even as a negative one.

Those of you who can’t move on are always going to be stuck in an unreality that will pull you down and you will never be able to move on with your life until you let the hurt go.  You won’t be able to succeed in relationships, jobs, careers, and worst of all you won’t be able to succeed in being the best that you can be in this life.

How do you move on?

There is no magical answer to this question.  You basically just do.  You look at the why, when, and how’s of what happened and you learn from it.

Some of you have a lifetime before you and some of you don’t have much time left in this world, but in order for you to be truly happy in whatever time you have, I have found along the way that it has to start with you.  Take chances, travel, enjoy your life and quit worrying about the stupid things in life!

With lots of love, until next time……

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Mean or Just An Angry Hurt Person?

by admin on August 26, 2009

meanHave you ever met someone like this:

1.  Everything they do is the right thing.  Everything you do is wrong.

2.  They think that they have actually done something, but in reality someone else did it and they’re taking the credit for it.

3.  They’re nice to you in person, but as soon as they are away from you they stab you in the back.

4.  They’re so ugly inside and out that they have to constantly post how beautiful they are….ie, Calling themselves Hot, Sexy….all the while putting the prettier than them people down.

5.  They always need to be the center of attention.  If they’re not, then they make sure that they are at no cost!!

6.  They spread lies about others to make themselves look good & feel better.

7.  Everything they say bad about another person is only a reflection of themselves.

8.  It’s all about them!

9.  They try to control everyone!  Only to slowly push away the people who they try to control.

10.  They are always in a competition with everyone they find is a threat to them.

Why are people mean? Here’s the short answer: They’re hurt & they like to play the victim.  Here’s the long answer: They’re really hurt. At some point, somebody—their parents, their lovers, Lady Luck—did them dirty. They were crushed. And they’re still afraid the pain will never stop, or that it will happen again.

There. I’ve just described every single person living on planet Earth.

The fact is that we’ve all been hurt, and we’re all wounded, but not all of us are mean. Why not? Because some people realize that their history of suffering can be a hero’s saga rather than a victim’s whine, depending on how they “write” it. The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves or others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.

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swine-fluLet’s X-file this Swine Flu….Their not injecting you with Swine Flu Vaccine, they are injecting you with a small tracking chip so that the Government knows exactly where you are…..ALWAYS!!!

Paranoid?  Me?  Nah, I trust the Government!!

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Somewhere in Kenya a Village is missing their Idiot

Somewhere in Kenya a Village is missing their Idiot

Everyday I wake up there seems to be craziness all around!  There always has been, but lately there just seems to be a lot more.

From our President & our Government, to parents killing their children, to mass murder for reason’s as simple as because girls wouldn’t date you, it seems that everywhere you look someone is doing something crazy!  It’s happening at rapid rates and it’s not getting any better!

I feel for our children and their future and believe the prophecies and what they have foretold.  I am starting to believe that the end is near, but also believe the suffering that comes before that will be hell on earth.

We are becoming a socialist country and will soon be like North Korea or China if our Government and President keep doing what they are doing.  Soon you will be told what kind of toilet paper you can use to wipe your ass, or be told how many times you can flush your toilet a day!  Hell, they’re already putting up websites telling us to rat our neighbors out if they aren’t for the Obama Health Care Bill (HR 3200).  Yes folks, they are!

Did you know that if you go on the Government’s site for Cash for Clunkers has been set up so that if you agree to their terms that they have the right to confiscate your computer and all of its contents.  Yes, meaning that it is now property of the US Government!  Don’t believe me?  Well it’s true, just check this out;

Glen Beck Government Website cars.gov Takes Over Your Computer Forever

I think that our country is in danger of becoming a third world county.  Have you ever read the meaning of a third world country?  Click here and read then!

It’s scary to think that this is what my children have to look forward to and I really believe that those day are gone where our vote could actually change something.  It’s all corrupt any more and I’m sure that some of you reading this won’t agree with me, but the day will come where you’ll finally open your eyes and see what’s happening right in front of you.  Are you going to let them come into your house and take your guns?  Are you going to let them dip their grimy hands into your bank accounts and take your money that you worked hard for just because they believe that you should share your earnings with the less fortunate because you make way to much?  I’m not paranoid,  just educated in what is really going on with our government!

I’m frustrated just as much as the next true American, but nobody listens to what we have to say unless it’s in agreement to the Democrats and all their crazy ways!  When we voice our opinions they say we are Nazi’s or fake because ‘we are dressed to well’!  Well I’m giving a big finger to Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of them!  I’m not going to let you take mine or my children’s freedoms away!  I will fight for our rights along with my fellow true Americans who believe in the Constitution and who believe in the Rights that we have United States Citizens!  This country was built on blood, sweat, and tears and our forefather fought wars to give us these freedoms that are truly being taken away at a rapid pace.

Open your eyes to the madness!  Quit sticking your head in the sand and start looking around at the truth.  Believe in the prophecies foretold, and start buying some guns, ammunition, and start stocking up on supplies.  Cause if things keep going like they have been going, then folks, we’re in a lot of trouble!

Whatever it takes!  Until next time….

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A Good Running Shoe Is Key!

by admin on August 4, 2009

running-shoesA while back I decided to try a local ‘Boot Camp’ for women and learned right away why it is important to wear good running shoes when working out!  I personally like to buy mine at www.Zappos.com .

I decided to do this as a countdown to my 40th birthday and figured that it would be easy cause I really thought that I was in really good shape!  I actually think that my mind set was still thinking that I felt like I was in my 20’s….yeah, right!  Soon I would learn that what you feel in your mind is NOT what you feel physically!

This was a 4 week boot camp and the first week was really hard!  I learned really quick that becoming 40 wasn’t going to be as pretty physically as I thought that it would be.  I woke up with aches and pains in places that I didn’t know had muscles, could barely walk up my stairs, and at one point in that first week went to apply my break while driving and cramped up in my calf!

The second week was easier, but this is where I learned that good running shoes are extremely important!!  I was running the track with the girls and the boot camp instructor told us to start sprinting.  I’m not a sprinter and had not sprinted since the 6Th grade!  Right away when I started to sprint my calf tightened up and an excruciating pain shot up my leg.  It was horrible! It was like the cramp from hell!  I limped back to the instructor and let her know what had happened.  The first thing she did was look at my shoes and ask me how old my shoes were.  I let her know that they were a little over a year old and she looked at me like I was stupid….in a way I was.  She told me that you should replace your running/walking shoes at least every three to six months, depending on how often you use them.  She told me the best place to buy them was online at www.zappos.com/running-shoes .  There you can get free shipping on not just shoes, but workout clothes too as well as a lot of other types of apparel.  I thought cool!!  I always love a great place to shop for new clothes, shoes, etc….She also told me that I had probably pulled my calf muscle and to go home and stretch, put some ice on it and then a heating pad as well, and then take 1 day off and come back the day after!  This was, in a way, fantastic for me because I was getting one day off from boot camp, but at the same time sucked cause my calf hurt so much!

After a couple of days I was a lot better and after 2 more weeks of boot camp and a new pair of running shoes that I purchased at www.zappos.com , I was feeling like I could accomplish anything you threw at me that was physical!  Boot camp rocked and I did it!!  All 4 weeks!  I was and am so proud of myself!

Eventually I turned 40 and am still active!  I love hiking in the hills around me with my husband, and once in awhile when I’m by myself walking I take off in a sprint, like old times, and it doesn’t hurt now cause thanks to my boot camp instructor and www.zappos.com I know now that my body, legs, and feet can accomplish anything!!!  Well, just about anything….I am still 40 after all!

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