In Remembrance

"We remember all those who were taken from us in an instant and seek their lasting memorial in a safer and more hopeful world."

--- U.S. President George W. Bush, 2008 Patriot Day Proclamation

 

 

McDonald's, I'm Offended

Is this offensive?  Anyone? Anyone? Do you feel racially slighted when you see this?  Is your first thought, "Hey no fair!  Only 'yellow' people are allowed to be happy?"  Uh no, probably not.

So why then did McDonald's feel the need to put up a sign that states they are NOW HIRING SMILING FACES, with the standard yellow smiley face and include this?

So are we to conclude that they are only hiring African Americans and Asians?

I'm offended. There are a slew of other groups out there that McDonald's did not represent on their sign.  Are these others not welcome to apply at McDonald's?

Political correctness can be taken too far.  Lighten up people.

Up to her old tricks again

Lazy Teenager has been out of the house since last April.  We did the "tough love" thing and made her move out because she wasn't going to school, didn't have a job, was stealing and lying. 

She found a friend of a friend to take pity on her.  She has been living with him ever since.

She never got a job.  He has been supporting her.

She did actually go back to finish high school.  She is only 1.5 credits short.  This is her schedule:

1st period: off

2nd: marketing

3rd: child development

4th: office assistant

So she only has 2 actual classes, and she doesn't have to be at school until 9:30.

Today I received, for the SECOND time since school started 11 days ago, a recorded attendance message that she was counted absent.

I would love it if someone could explain her to me because I just don't get it.

A Necessary Evil

Man I hate exercising.

I'm not even sure why I hate it.  It's not the sweating - I don't care if I get sweaty, I can take a shower.  It's not the time - it gets me out of the house to do something.  It's not the monotony of it - I watch TV at the gym while I'm there. 

 So what?  I don't know.  It's like a chore, it's something I have to do - like going to work - whether I like it or not.

If I watch what I eat, I lose a little bit here, a little bit there.  If I exercise, but don't watch what I eat so much, I maintain.

But when I watch what I eat AND exercise, I lose quite a bit here and a lot there.  

I had not exercised in several weeks.  About a week and a half ago I started walking 1 mile on my lunch time.  Again.  And I was eating good.

Yesterday's weigh in - I lost 7.6 lbs.

Man I love exercising!

Cat And Cardboard - A Love Affair

Guest Entry-Written by Hubby

I have a sickness.  

I got it from my mother.  I like spicy food.  A lot.  You know those red peppers that come in orange chicken?  I love those.  Especially if it makes your eyes water when you bite into one.  At Hooter's they have 5 levels of hotness for their wings/sandwiches.  I like the hottest, the thing comes out covered in dark red sauce from all the peppers in it.  Then I add extra sauce to the other side because they only sauce the top.  Then I also put it on my fries.  I have a cayenne pepper shaker (one in each car of course, and one in my desk at work) to make my own spicy chicken sandwiches if I get one from the value menu at Wendy's or McDonalds.  

But I have now reached an all time low (high?)  I started drinking salsa from a glass.  

I have been making quesadillas with lean grilled chicken breast, fat free cheese, low carb tortillas and fat free sour cream.  But dumping salsa all over them was a mess, so I can now just take a bite and have a mouthful of salsa to go with it.  I get Pace salsa in the 64oz jug, sadly they only have medium in this size, but I cannot afford my salsa habit unless we get the Sam's Club size.  I had Wifey pour it into containers to freeze and just keep one in the fridge at a time, but only because the jug doesn't fit in the fridge.

The sad thing is I only came up with the idea because I was hungry, didn't want to cook, am trying to eat only core foods (weight watcher's) so I was looking in the fridge and thought Ooh, Salsa! what can I put that on and failing any healthy ideas that didn't require the grill or stovetop just poured and drank a glass of it.  I can justify it because people drink V8, which is nasty, and spicy V8, which I thought sounded nasty, but now I am wondering.  Because Picante Sauce is really just tomato juice with onions and peppers in it. 

They should sell it in cans in vending machines.

More! New! Stuff!

Shopping is just too much fun.  It should be illegal.  Or maybe you should have to get a permit that limits the amount of time and money you spend.

Sunday we went to the furniture mecca that is IKEA.  I swear I can hear the angels sing when ever that name is mentioned.  IKEA.  Did you hear it?  IKEA is a wonderous experience.  They have room upon room displays set up.  They have a cafeteria with swedish meatballs (among other things) and they are an extremely kid friendly place.

For under $200 we came home with a new coffee table, 2 new filing cabinets (2 drawer kind), a big piece of plastic to put in front of the desk , one bracket shelf  and 2 floating shelves.

And if you are sitting there thinking that we didn't any of that stuff - yuh-huh, we did so!  And now I am going to justify each item.

1. coffee table - we moved the bookcases off of the wall they were on, to behind the couch.  We had to move the couch a little closer to the tv.  The old table didn't fit well.  PLUS it didn't match any of the other furniture in the living room because it was the one Hubby bought right out of college.

2. filing cabinets - yes we already had one, a 4 drawer one.  Hubby was using one of the drawers for gun storage and I had the other 3 for actual files.  He decided he needed more drawers for gun storage.  Okay, and his school stuff.  So I got new ones.  They are smaller and fit better in the spot.  And my handy Hubby fastened them on top of each other so they look like a 4 drawer, only it didn't cost as much as a 4 drawer.

3.  big piece of plastic - the wheels on the chair are marking up the floor.  

4.  bracket shelf - for the telephone and our digital picture frame.  The telephone had previously been sitting on a bar stool that matched the coffee table and was also bought by Hubby right out of college.

5.  floating shelves - for Hubby's ceramic work.  We have never had any place to display them, so they have been staying with his parents.  Now they will get to come home.

See.  Totally necessary.