Yesterday, July 7, family, friends, and fans said good-bye to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. I didn't have the opportunity to watch the live coverage of the entire service, but by tuning into any channel last night I could see the reruns, much like today too. Sad thing is, he's still not buried and the news channels, actually every channel, is still having coverage of the service.
Some of the biggest names in entertainment shared stories and songs of MJ. Jennifer Hudson, 8 months pregnant, was awesome, Stevie Wonder was great as always, Michael's brother Jermaine sang too. Brooke Shields told stories of their childhood. Brooke said he was a 'slacker' because she was 11 months old when she went into show business and he waited until he was 5 years old! Queen Latifa read a poem, then MJ's 11 year old daughter, Prince, had her chance at the microphone, "every since I've been born, Daddy's been the best father anyone could ever imagine and I love him so much".
After that was there a dry eye anywhere around the world? Regardless of what you think of Michael Jackson, that was a moment that will live forever.
Watching the Today show on NBC this morning, the MJ stories are going to continue. Now the discussion of where his final resting place will be. The media is saying his father, Joe, is involved with the drama and expect a surprise announcement later this week.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing, 30 years ago, in 1978 when Elvis died. I don't remember this much hoopla over his body, funeral and burial. Maybe it's because Elvis has left the building, but still resides in Hawaii?
I was four years old when John F Kennedy was shot and killed. I remember his service in Washington DC being broadcast by Walter Cronkite. Thirty years from now I'm sure we will have the media telling us of the anniversary of MJ's death. Hopefully he's buried by then!
The world lost Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett recently, but those two were over shadowed by the MJ coverage. Sad, but it's time to move on...PLEASE!
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Friday, July 03, 2009
3 months!!!
Gosh, how time flies. I think it's been almost three months since my last blog! Many things have happened since then so where do I begin? I've been to school again at Ivy Tech, Patrick's graduated from middle school and will be 15 in 23 days and a Freshman in August! Again, can you believe how time flies?? It's unreal!
Another baseball season has begun and ended already. Patrick is playing on the Pony League again this year, but will be playing with the high school team next spring. Again, unbelievable!!
I promise to the cyber gods to do better in the future, rather than trying to recap everything that happened into one blog. Sometimes life just don't corporate with your personal plans! Ha!
I am on my first summer vacation of the year and have a few things planned. Nothing extravagant, just being lazy by the pool each and every day and some serious relaxation!
I'll try to get a few pictures of the excitement this week to share with everyone. Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!
God Bless America!
Another baseball season has begun and ended already. Patrick is playing on the Pony League again this year, but will be playing with the high school team next spring. Again, unbelievable!!
I promise to the cyber gods to do better in the future, rather than trying to recap everything that happened into one blog. Sometimes life just don't corporate with your personal plans! Ha!
I am on my first summer vacation of the year and have a few things planned. Nothing extravagant, just being lazy by the pool each and every day and some serious relaxation!
I'll try to get a few pictures of the excitement this week to share with everyone. Hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July!
God Bless America!
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Gas Cards
Right off I'll tell you I hate Wal-Mart. My family is living proof you don't have to shop there to survive. I do purchase my gas with a gas card from there. Usually once a month or less I will reload my card and use it till it's about to run out of money.
I usually have 3-4 different cards in my purse and take turns putting money on one or the other.
My latest card has $2.83 on it, so this past Saturday I went by the Scottsburg Wal-Mart to add some more money to the balance. I went to the cashier and told her the amount I wanted on the card. She ran the card through the cash register then has this puzzling look on her face. She cleared her register then ran the card again. I noticed the register said something like 'invalid card number'
Now, had I had a hundred bucks on the card and it said invalid I'd be upset thinking I'd lost my money. I just simply told the cashier to put the money on a new card.
I usually switch the cards and get a new one every couple months just to make sure the coded bar isn't scratched or something and the gas pump would be unable to read the code. So I thought it was no big deal.
Well...the more I thought about it I thought I wanted my $2.83 off of my card! On the back of the card I found an 800 number you could call to check the cards balance. As I was pumping the gas, I had Patrick call the number and punch in the code from the card.
When Patrick got off of the phone he told me my balance was $10.00!!! As soon as he told me that I started laughing so hard I was crying!
What I had done was grabbed my Chili's card instead of the Wal-Mart card! Scroll back and look at the cards. They look the same...expect for the fact the Wal-Mart cards actually have Wal-Mart printed on them!!!!!
What was even funnier was Patrick thought I had played a practical joke on him! Guess it was a good thing I didn't get aggravated with the Wal-Mart cashier. Now that might have gotten embarrassing!
Still, it was good for a laugh for the rest of the weekend!
I usually have 3-4 different cards in my purse and take turns putting money on one or the other.
My latest card has $2.83 on it, so this past Saturday I went by the Scottsburg Wal-Mart to add some more money to the balance. I went to the cashier and told her the amount I wanted on the card. She ran the card through the cash register then has this puzzling look on her face. She cleared her register then ran the card again. I noticed the register said something like 'invalid card number'
Now, had I had a hundred bucks on the card and it said invalid I'd be upset thinking I'd lost my money. I just simply told the cashier to put the money on a new card.
I usually switch the cards and get a new one every couple months just to make sure the coded bar isn't scratched or something and the gas pump would be unable to read the code. So I thought it was no big deal.
Well...the more I thought about it I thought I wanted my $2.83 off of my card! On the back of the card I found an 800 number you could call to check the cards balance. As I was pumping the gas, I had Patrick call the number and punch in the code from the card.
When Patrick got off of the phone he told me my balance was $10.00!!! As soon as he told me that I started laughing so hard I was crying!
What I had done was grabbed my Chili's card instead of the Wal-Mart card! Scroll back and look at the cards. They look the same...expect for the fact the Wal-Mart cards actually have Wal-Mart printed on them!!!!!
What was even funnier was Patrick thought I had played a practical joke on him! Guess it was a good thing I didn't get aggravated with the Wal-Mart cashier. Now that might have gotten embarrassing!
Still, it was good for a laugh for the rest of the weekend!
FFA Banquet
April 2, 2009 the Crothersville FFA held it's annual banquet to honor their members and community residents who have helped make the FFA the huge success it is. Here's a picture of the winners:
Standing in the back row are: Erica Doyle, Logan Isenhower, Dillon Maxie, Denise Maxie, Bailey Lundy, Leah Schill. Seated are: Cody Brasher, Charlie Densford, Connie Hoskins, Judy Johnson, representing Dollar General, Jennifer Wienhorst, representing Cerro Wire, and Joey Needler. Seated on stage are Patrick Sweazy, Corey Street, Kaitlyn Hoevener, Jimmy Needler and Kelsey Hoskins.
Patrick won the Golden Spatula Award, Cooperative Award, Greenhand Award and the 8th grade points award!
The most moving moment of the evening (other than Patrick winning his awards) was when the seniors speak about what FFA has meant to them during their high school career. Cody Brasher gave a moving speech that brought me and several others to tears. Cody along with all the seniors will definitely be missed!
Sad thing is in just four years Patrick will be giving his senior farewell speech! GASP!!!
Standing in the back row are: Erica Doyle, Logan Isenhower, Dillon Maxie, Denise Maxie, Bailey Lundy, Leah Schill. Seated are: Cody Brasher, Charlie Densford, Connie Hoskins, Judy Johnson, representing Dollar General, Jennifer Wienhorst, representing Cerro Wire, and Joey Needler. Seated on stage are Patrick Sweazy, Corey Street, Kaitlyn Hoevener, Jimmy Needler and Kelsey Hoskins.
Patrick won the Golden Spatula Award, Cooperative Award, Greenhand Award and the 8th grade points award!
The most moving moment of the evening (other than Patrick winning his awards) was when the seniors speak about what FFA has meant to them during their high school career. Cody Brasher gave a moving speech that brought me and several others to tears. Cody along with all the seniors will definitely be missed!
Sad thing is in just four years Patrick will be giving his senior farewell speech! GASP!!!
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Kittens
What a night! A feeding at 7 p.m., 10 p.m., 12 midnight, 3 a.m., 5 a.m., and 8 a.m. The kittens eat, but have no way to keep warm. At the feeding times they would get full, only to meow, meow, meow, because they were cold.
Each feeding, Patrick would have the milk warmed and we'd take turns feeding the hungry mouths, then try to hold them tightly to warm them up.
Neither of us is a mother cat, so cleaning them was basically impossible. The stink from the kittens would soon become unbearable, so we had no other choice than to let nature take care of the little babies.
We tried :(
Each feeding, Patrick would have the milk warmed and we'd take turns feeding the hungry mouths, then try to hold them tightly to warm them up.
Neither of us is a mother cat, so cleaning them was basically impossible. The stink from the kittens would soon become unbearable, so we had no other choice than to let nature take care of the little babies.
We tried :(
Saturday, April 04, 2009
I Am A New Mother!
I'm no Octomom, but caring for 3 kittens keeps you hopping!
Just like most people in our 'burg, we have wild cats. Last night one of the females that thought our home was her home decided it was time to have a litter of kittens. This morning Patrick and I checked on her to find 2 dead and 4 live kittens. By the time we returned we rescued 3 still alive. For some reason the mother abandoned the tiny newborns.
Luckily, we had a couple old medicine droppers in the drawer. They are working pretty good actually.
Not sure what this evening will bring, but for now, they are content to suck down a little milk and sleep...quietly sleep.
Check back to see how the 3 (un-named to date) kittens do!
Just like most people in our 'burg, we have wild cats. Last night one of the females that thought our home was her home decided it was time to have a litter of kittens. This morning Patrick and I checked on her to find 2 dead and 4 live kittens. By the time we returned we rescued 3 still alive. For some reason the mother abandoned the tiny newborns.
Luckily, we had a couple old medicine droppers in the drawer. They are working pretty good actually.
Not sure what this evening will bring, but for now, they are content to suck down a little milk and sleep...quietly sleep.
Check back to see how the 3 (un-named to date) kittens do!
Friday, March 27, 2009
What a great day!!
Today is my birthday! Someone mentioned to me I'd be done with birthdays after this year. Well, I hope not! I hope I have 50+ more birthdays! I won't be done with birthdays, I will just be done counting them!!! I'll be 49 and holding forever!
Today my BFF Shelley took Patrick and I to Jeeves and Company in Scottsburg. If we would have stopped at our spinach salad with chicken and garlic salad with chicken, we would have been ok, but noooo...
With it being my birthday, I thought why not? I normally don't do desserts, but today was the exception. And after today, it might be hard to decline the dessert the next time.
Shelley and I both had the brownie with ice cream, chocolate and caramel, with whip cream. I was thinking I was in heaven!
It was even better than the picture looks! By the time we were done, we were miserable. Happy, but miserable! Shelley and I have been friends for a number of years and today, we added to the tons of memories we share. Shelley and I were both blessed with brothers but no sisters. I consider her my sister I never had. If God had given me a sister, I don't think she could be as good as friend as Shelley. Check out her rendition of our friendship here:
http://whatifitdid.com/?p=1252
I have received several well wishes, cards, flowers, gifts, and phone calls from my friends and family today. I appreciate each and every thought. I'm truly blessed to have such a loving group of people around me. I love each and everyone of you and I'm a better person for having you in my life!
Today my BFF Shelley took Patrick and I to Jeeves and Company in Scottsburg. If we would have stopped at our spinach salad with chicken and garlic salad with chicken, we would have been ok, but noooo...
With it being my birthday, I thought why not? I normally don't do desserts, but today was the exception. And after today, it might be hard to decline the dessert the next time.
Shelley and I both had the brownie with ice cream, chocolate and caramel, with whip cream. I was thinking I was in heaven!
It was even better than the picture looks! By the time we were done, we were miserable. Happy, but miserable! Shelley and I have been friends for a number of years and today, we added to the tons of memories we share. Shelley and I were both blessed with brothers but no sisters. I consider her my sister I never had. If God had given me a sister, I don't think she could be as good as friend as Shelley. Check out her rendition of our friendship here:
http://whatifitdid.com/?p=1252
I have received several well wishes, cards, flowers, gifts, and phone calls from my friends and family today. I appreciate each and every thought. I'm truly blessed to have such a loving group of people around me. I love each and everyone of you and I'm a better person for having you in my life!
Monday, March 23, 2009
My Favorite Cartoons
I'm sure we all have a favorite cartoon that sticks in our mind from our childhood. Kids today have no idea what cartoons are suppose to be like. I wonder when the kids from today grow up, will one of their favorite cartoons be Sponge Bob? That is not what cartoons are suppose to be like.
I remember Foghorn Leghorn:
Foghorn would say, "Looky here son, I say looky here..." He was always trying to get the best of the Barnyard Dawg. Usually the dog took a spanking to the rear-end, then almost choked himself as he chased Foghorn to the end of his rope. I don't believe there was a 'winner' in the cartoon, but rather who got the best joke, the chicken or the dog.
PePe Le Pew was another classic:
PePe was the smelly skunk who was in love with the black cat. Of course, the black cat could not get past the smell of the skunk, but hearing the French accent of the skunk was funny stuff. I doubt I really knew what he was talking about as he was romancing the cat, but it was still funny to watch the cat squirm out of the smelly arms of the skunk.
The Road Runner and Wile E Coyote would have to be, at least, in the top 3 of everybody's favorite cartoon. The money Wile E spent on the Acme Corporation products to catch the Road Runner (beep, beep). He could have owned the company, but probably still not out-smarted the Road Runner!
Then good ole Yogi and Boo Boo:
Yogi was "smarter than the average bear" and was always trying to find a 'pic-a-nic' basket. Ranger Smith was always one step ahead of him and Boo Boo would often warn Yogi, but he wouldn't listen. "Hello Mr Ranger, sir!"
Some of these cartoons can be seen on cable re-runs, but most of the good ones are long gone. I showed Patrick some of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons on youtube the other day. It was funny to see them again, but even more funny to sit and hear Patrick laugh at the good cartoons!
I remember Foghorn Leghorn:
Foghorn would say, "Looky here son, I say looky here..." He was always trying to get the best of the Barnyard Dawg. Usually the dog took a spanking to the rear-end, then almost choked himself as he chased Foghorn to the end of his rope. I don't believe there was a 'winner' in the cartoon, but rather who got the best joke, the chicken or the dog.
PePe Le Pew was another classic:
PePe was the smelly skunk who was in love with the black cat. Of course, the black cat could not get past the smell of the skunk, but hearing the French accent of the skunk was funny stuff. I doubt I really knew what he was talking about as he was romancing the cat, but it was still funny to watch the cat squirm out of the smelly arms of the skunk.
The Road Runner and Wile E Coyote would have to be, at least, in the top 3 of everybody's favorite cartoon. The money Wile E spent on the Acme Corporation products to catch the Road Runner (beep, beep). He could have owned the company, but probably still not out-smarted the Road Runner!
Then good ole Yogi and Boo Boo:
Yogi was "smarter than the average bear" and was always trying to find a 'pic-a-nic' basket. Ranger Smith was always one step ahead of him and Boo Boo would often warn Yogi, but he wouldn't listen. "Hello Mr Ranger, sir!"
Some of these cartoons can be seen on cable re-runs, but most of the good ones are long gone. I showed Patrick some of Foghorn Leghorn cartoons on youtube the other day. It was funny to see them again, but even more funny to sit and hear Patrick laugh at the good cartoons!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Thelma and Louise
I'm sure most people have seen the Oscar winning movie from the early 90's with Susan Sarandon and Genna Davis. Brad Pitt also had a part in the movie. Believe it or not, our own little 'burg has it's very own Thelma and Louise!
We didn't have the '66 Thunderbird, as in the movie. We had a Chevy Chevette, and let me tell you, we thought we were some bad asses! We made so many memories together. From the towels at JC Penney's, cutting fire wood and sitting in the back of the pickup on top of the wood, going up a mountain, 8 months pregnant, almost swinging from a rope at Hardy Lake, going to the State Parks with Benjamin, Tracie, Troy, and Dawn in the summer time, riding bicycles when we had too much to drink--I only did that ONE time, BB guns and mirrors, stop signs, cows, etc.
Memories are a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose. We don't remember days, we remember the moments.
Sometimes I play the 'Thelma' role, and sometimes my BFF Shelley has her turn at being the crazy one. 'Louise' is always there to save Thelma and always will be!
The best things in life come in 3's. Good friends, dreams and memories.
Shelley, happy birthday to a great friend, thanks for dreaming with me, and most of all, thanks for the memories!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Spring Is Coming
The proof is in the pictures:
Before we know it we will be hearing the sounds of lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, and all the spring time sounds that fill the air. Ahhhh, I can hardly wait!
Before we know it we will be hearing the sounds of lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, and all the spring time sounds that fill the air. Ahhhh, I can hardly wait!
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