I continue to be shocked by the callousness of the general population. You’d think by this point I’d be used to it and it wouldn’t affect me so much….but it still does. This weekend I was reading a news article about the death of the teenage boy at the amusement park in Georgia. What a [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 28, 2008
Failure
I’m reading the book Failing Forward –Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell.
I love to read this mans books. He is very insightful and has a way of getting to the point of things. This is definitely not one of those feel good books, it is the sort of book that [...]
June 26, 2008
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…….
I saw a story on the news today about a mother and her autistic son who were asked to get off a plane.
The young child was upset and “having a melt down”. The mother was trying to calm him, but not having much success. The flight attendants showed no compassion and the pilot decided to [...]
June 21, 2008
What Is The Deal With That?
Okay people. I just don’t get it. What is the deal with the high school girls in Massachusetts that made a pact to get pregnant and raise their children together? Are they crazy? I believe so. After getting over the initial shock that girls would actually do this ON PURPOSE, I thought to myself WHY?? [...]
June 20, 2008
Gas Prices Gone Wild
Okay. I’ve had it. Scott and I went to Wal-mart tonight and the Wal-mart in Bellefontaine has a gas station out front. When we went in it was $3.96—when we came out 30 minutes later in was $3.99. Can you believe it? Just 30 minutes and up 3 cents. We drove down the street and [...]
June 19, 2008
What Really Matters
I’m currently reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Scott told me about this man after hearing about him on FOX news. Being that both Scott and I were widowed at young ages it resonates with me even more then the average person. Mr. Pausch found out that he was dying from terminal cancer and [...]
June 17, 2008
Ice Road Truckers
I am now officially a fan of the ice road truckers. The show comes on Sunday nights on the History channel. The show is in it’s second season. This season they are 100 miles above the Arctic circle. They are literally driving semi trucks, fully loaded, across parts of the frozen Arctic Ocean. It is [...]
June 16, 2008
On The Road Again
Back to Ohio…..again. I love Ohio, but I can’t say I’m a big fan of the 6 hour drive to get there. We have been living in limbo for several months and we will be living in limbo for several months to come. ugh. As you can probably tell I’m in a blah funk this [...]
June 15, 2008
Happy Fathers Day
I was reading our local newspaper this morning. It had a story about Dads being that it’s Fathers Day and all…People wrote in and told stories about their dads and the lessons Dad had taught over the years. I was near tears by the end of the article. Then again I’m the one who will [...]
June 13, 2008
Did you see the pictures?
Wow. I saw the pictures of Cedar Rapids on the news this morning. The city is swamped. How in the world is this all going to play out? The Mississippi River isn’t supposed to crest for another week. People are in for a lot more flooding before this is over AND more bad weather is [...]
