6:56 AM
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I think I may just use this as our Christmas invitations!! Heehee! I totally can't believe it is already "The Holiday Season!!" There is already Christmas music playing in the grocery store, all the stores are totally decorated, and some of my neighbors already have their lights up!! OHHH MY! I have decided that this year I am going to live a little and get a REAL tree!! I haven't had one of those since the little kids were born, so they have no clue what that even smells like. I remember Christmas smelling so good when I was a kid because my parents had real trees, and my mom baked almost every day for a month. I want my kids to "smell" Christmas too. NOW - who wants FUDGE!!
5:04 AM
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It seems as though the only appetite suppressant one needs these days is a healthy dose of the morning news. Each time I turn it on, I get sicker and sicker to my stomach, until I can no longer sit there and watch the chaos unfolding around us. The television - is giving me a mental disease for which there is no cure. (Except for maybe getting started on that hole digging project of mine and maybe stocking up on the MRE's..) No matter what news station I watch, I know they are all telling half-truths, or flat out lies. I know that most are told what to say, how, and when, so it's not like we will ever get real information about most anything. Every media owner has their own slant, their own reasons for saying, publishing, or printing what they do. I would love to find the truth - cold and pure, but good luck with that one. Lately I have read/seen/heard everything from sources that say there are alien lizard people about to take over the world (David Icke) to getting the H1N1 shot will be taking the mark of the beast. I have heard that everyone will be forced into taking the vaccination (I will not be doing that no matter what the consequences) and at the same time I hear that there is not enough vaccine to go around. In the mean time I sit here sniffling and coughing just like I do EVERY fall. I have heard that our schools will be setting up mobile vaccination clinics and forcing the shots on all our children without parental consent. Our own daily newspaper reported yesterday that the county in which I live has had it's first confirmed death from this flu. At the same time I have seen it reported that the hospitals and clinics won't even be testing people for H1N1 anymore unless they are hospitalized. The funny thing is that really - I am not afraid of the flu itself. What scares the shit out of me is big pharma. The fact that our own former secretary of defense owns A LOT of stock in Tamiflu (The supposed panacea for all flu) makes me a little bit itchy. Of course that's only the beginning because a few more big wigs up there in Washington own some too. Seeing the tangled webs that these people are all folded up in make me feel a bit vomity. But then again you never quite know about the information you get, whether it be the internet, the TV, or the actual printed news, so whatever. Top the news off with the whole "End of the world in 2012" thing - and I am toast. I will sit in my corner of the world and make art with my toenails and used napkins until they take me away I guess. I will not be taking their shot, nor will I allow my kids to take it either. I won't take them out of school until I see that mobile unit roll up, or bring them home every time they get the sniffles. I will still go to the grocery store - although I will use the lovely sanitizing wipes provided for the shopping cart handles.....
5:27 AM
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I cannot believe my little boy is 10!! Yesterday was his big ol' birthday, and he had to wait alllll day long to come home and celebrate with all the family. He said it was like being tortured!!
We did the home made pizza making, and everyone got to create their own. Bubby chose the dinner - but by the time he got done opening his gifts, he wasn't really too interested in food anymore - he wanted to get straight outside to savor what was left of the day light!!
My first instinct for getting him a few science textbooks went right out the door, and I broke down with my original way of thinking and let him have his first gun. In all of my adult life, I have never allowed guns of any kind in my house. I always thought that there was no necessity in having them since food is so readily available at the grocery store. Now I believe that time may bring back a necessity, and I want my boy to know how to bring home the bacon so to speak! He is already making plans for taking a hunters safety course, and getting his hands on his first deer. Of course he says he prefers elk, but I don't think those run wild in Kansas.... LOL!
I told him last night - "You shoot it - you eat it." God forbid he accidentally hit a cat. I dunno how to cook those!! Hopefully he will be as responsible as I believe he is and stick to the targets. He was such a happy kid last night. I know he can't wait to get home from school today and go outside. It could snow 10 inches and be colder than snot and that boy would still be out there playing today!!
2:03 PM
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Why does all the best cheese smell like ass?Knowing that it smells like ass, we sniff it to confirm it smells like ass, then we eat it anyway... Why?So the cat spends all day licking it's own ass, but try to give it a piece of the ass cheese - no go - cat won't eat the ass cheese! WHY!?
5:09 AM
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Another Halloween come and gone! Whew! Fun times had by all. It was so good to see my little niece and nephew - happy and smiling - it was so good to see everyone in a great mood! Amazing how horrible things can bring good things - lesson learned...As if the holidays weren't already crammed close enough together, Shane Michael turns 10 on Thursday!! EEEk! Now that is scary! The only gift he asked for was to have his best buddy come stay the night. I normally don't do sleepovers because quite frankly I don't have the patience. I dread that whole staying up all night giggling and getting into stuff, plus I am old and need my sleep. But... another lesson learned - live while you are alive. So we will be having a sleepover provided I can contact the other boys mom in time. The school gave us a free directory of all the kids that go there, but I can't find it. I am hoping the two of them can get their info exchanged the old fashioned way - pencil and paper! He also asked for home made pizzas for his supper, so I have to get the shopping done for that too. I think the kids really dig making their own pizzas - it's fun! He's totally going to pee his pants when he opens his real present though. Oh yes I did - I got him the traditional "you are 10 now" birthday gift! (A Red Ryder BB Gun) And of course a zillion BB's and some targets. He did really well with the bow and arrow safety wise, so I think he will be good about his first gun as well. Never in a million years is he going to be expecting this - for sure!! I can't wait to see his little face!!!
