Thanksgiving - My House

My family is a little different,some would say,when I grew up. Now, that's not exactly true - I think that there is nothing different, unusual, strange, or just plain weird about them. However, from what I see on television and hear on radio, it looks like mine strays a bit from the norm. Take Thanksgiving, for instance. An easy thing to do since it's just a couple of days away. My family would not dress for Thanksgiving. OK, we do dress but we don't -DRESS! The formal way of saying ..dress up.. The general dress of the day for Thursday will be sweats and jeans, maybe the cook still in their Pj's cooking. There will be no candles or lovely centerpiece. The centerpiece will be whatever food item gets stuck in the middle of the table while everything else is being passed around. If there is room, it will be my gramma's old roaster/dutch oven filled with dressing, if there's no room, it goes on the kitchen counter. Flowers and candles, not something to eat or fight over, will be put to some place out of the way, of the food and hungry mouths. The -Good china- and family silver, whats that? if there is actually any. Is left locked wherever it is. We would use paper plates, plastic cutlery and cups, and paper napkins. Much easier to clean afterward and less likely to cause breakage if dropped or jostled. We didn't really have a, kids table. Instead, there is the table, the kitchen counter, the sofa and maybe an old folding table. You eat wherever you can find a place to sit. And pray you just get to sit on something other then, the floor to eat. While now days most families are dealing with the Atkins to- Low Cal wars on food, my family believed in the- RULE!-if it tastes good, someone will eat it ALL!-thinking. That explained why we had turkey, giblet stuffing, ham,goose or duck, every kind of bread-roll, vegetables-dripping in anything that taste like it was made from only sugar, cakes, cookies, pies, salads, soft drinks, iced tea, and Kool-Aid. If your favorite is not on the table, or the kitchen-some where or the counter or the stove, or some where in the house. It's either because you never told anyone what your favorite is or you don't have one. The television always on, even during the prayer and would, be tuned to one of the football games. In my family, Thanksgiving football-with the men was as much a tradition as dressing and pie, or even better, burping and un-zipped pants. The women and kids knew to remain silent for fear of recriminations. The conversation was always loud, robust, and overlapping. After the second, or third meal of the day of snacking. we'd all separate and head to our different homes and, more than likely, engage in our post- Turkey-celebration ritual - Then...a long nap until the leftovers beckon, to be ate or put away, if any left! So, if my family was a strange and different kind of family, when I was growing up. I'm thankful I was born into it, rather than a -Normal one....HAPPY THANKS-GIVING TO ALL!

Hallowed ground: Irving school field becomes memorial for Iraq casualties

Pocatello Idaho;"Vietnam veteran Gary Richardson hammers a cross commemorating a casualty of the Iraq war into the Field of Heroes at Irving Middle School's football field Sunday afternoon. The Field of Heroes will open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on today, Tuesday and Wednesday. A special ceremony on Thursday, Veterans Day, will begin at 10 a.m..... >>>What was once a football field is now hallowed ground. Sunday morning, Angie Cook started four solid days of camping behind Irving Middle School and patrolling the track on her bicycle to keep out vandals. There's a registry for people to write their feelings about the sacrifices of the deceased. There will be flowers and wreaths, and there have already been tears.It took all of Sunday for Cook and a group of volunteers to convert the grassy playing field into a cemetery, and a visual symbol of what the country has lost. Family members of Jerrick M. Petty III, a soldier from Idaho Falls who was killed in Iraq Dec. 10, 2003, Mayor Roger Chase and military dignitaries will speak from a podium on the 50-yard line during a Thursday Veterans Day service. It will be followed by a candlelight vigil.Small, wooden crosses are perfectly placed in rows of three. Volunteers used a tape measure to stake each row exactly 3 feet apart and crosses in the rows precisely 6 feet from one another. American flags line the sidelines. "Just appreciate these are our guys who have died, and we're not going to forget them," John Rogers, a Vietnam veteran, said while he carefully hammered a white cross into the earth. Each cross is labeled with the name of an American soldier and the date that soldier died. The 143 crosses from the conflict in Afghanistan stretch from the south endzone to the 5-yard line. Rogers calls the other 95 yards Iraq. It's covered with 1,128 crosses, and counting. Rogers knows the numbers precisely. He wouldn't dare forget a single soldier.Blank crosses are at the ready to post for soldiers who may die before Veterans Day. Irving teacher Raejean Cates and her husband, Mark, built the crosses with donated wood and paint. Irving's librarian made all of the laminated names. It took them nearly three weeks to make the crosses. Sunday morning, members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrived at the field to place emblems on the crosses of their deceased - 275 enlisted Marines plus several reservists. After several minutes of posting emblems, a few of the Marines approached Cook with teary eyes. "They said, 'Oh my gosh! I didn't realize there were so many," Cook said. "They cried, and I gave them a big hug." There are eight larger crosses with the names and stories of the Idaho soldiers who were killed in combat. The most recent cross is dated Sept. 26, 2004, a memorial to Capt. Eric L. Allton, of Boise, who was killed during a mortar attack in Ramadi, Iraq. During the Veteran's Day service, the volunteers will hand out carnations for people to place next to the crosses of their loved ones. They also encourage people to bring their own flowers and tributes. The cemetery will be open for viewing today through Wednesday from 9 a.m. through 4 p.m.The city has a tree draped with 60 yellow ribbons containing the names and ranks of Idaho soldiers. Rogers hopes to obtain additional names of hundreds more Idaho soldiers to add to the tree, which will be displayed at City Hall until Nov. 15. Upon their return, members of the Yellow Ribbon Campaign, made of Vietnam veterans and their families, give the ribbons to the soldiers. Idaho soldiers in the Boise-based 1-148th Field Artillery Battalion are expected to leave for Iraq in December."These guys are choked up about it, and it means a million dollars to them," Rogers said. "These are top-flight kids. I am proud that they're serving the country the way that they are. You would be proud to know every one of them. We're not bemoaning the dead. We want to say everyone in Afghanistan and Iraq is of that same quality. We want to teach these school kids that." I live by this school and I watched them work on it all day Sunday and Monday, I tip a hat to these people that worked so hard to, Allow us all the blessing to be able to pay respect to those who gave their life to fight for what they believed in and us. For giving their life's also For the......United States Of America

We will miss you Dearly...

Colombian airport police find $47,500 cash inside passenger's stomach

Damn!! That had to hurt to pass that much money, south of the Border..LOL But my thought is how did they get it up inside of him to begin with? Or did it go in the same way it came out? LMAO.. When read this!

sfgate;"A suspect swallowed nearly $50,000 in cash in a failed attempt to smuggle the funds out of Colombia, officials said Monday. Airport police said they X-rayed the suspect because he was acting nervous while preparing to board a flight for Lima, Peru. The photo showed dozens of latex-wrapped packets inside his stomach and police assumed it was drugs, since such a smuggling technique is used by traffickers. But as the suspect passed the packages from his body, police discovered they were filled with cash, $47,500. "We find drugs inside the stomachs of smugglers all the time, but this is the first time we've ever found dollars," the head of airport police, said. Passengers leaving Colombia can carry up to $10,000 in cash without having to declare it. Police say new anti-money laundering laws have made it more difficult for drug traffickers to send and receive cash, forcing them to adopt the same methods used to smuggle drugs. Vargas said interrogations of the suspect indicated the money was probably going to be used to pay for a drug shipment."

250 Cats Found in Feces-Infested Home

Now this one is worse then the lady with the zillion trash bags full of garbage that I did yesterday..The poor cats! I could some what understand the old women not being able to take care of them, but they said her daughter and son-inlaw lived with her? What was wrong with them.. Or did they just move out and forget about the poor animals, this was in a sense a sad story only because of the cruelness that these cats had to live in!

St.Croix Falls, Wis.;"The stench was enough to guide emergency workers to a house where a utility worker had responded to a report of a power outage and found a house full of cats. Police Chief Paul Lindholm described the smell as unbearable and said the cat feces in the building was several inches deep on the floor. Firefighters Thursday night removed 250 cats from the house, half already dead and the rest so ill they had to be killed. Lindholm said a Polk County circuit judge signed an order to euthanasia the cats because they were diseased. An 86-year-old woman lived in the home with her daughter and son-in-law, but they had not been located. Investigators said they may have been staying with relatives in the area."

Loaned Sweatshirt Leads to Robbery Arrests

Well Guess this just goes to show you, never borrow anyone anything with your name on it! And if you do make sure you get it back as soon as possible. I can't believe how many people they had to go thru to just find one sweatshirt. But looks to me like they got lucky as, this isn't always the case in something like this...

DUBUQUE, Iowa;"A sweatshirt loaned to a friend two years ago led to the arrest of two people for a series of robberies in Indiana. High School soccer player Adam Schmerbach said he loaned his sweatshirt, with his name and number on it, to a friend because it was cold out. "I actually forgot about it," he said. But then he got a call from a police investigator. It turned out the friend that borrowed the sweatshirt passed it on to an Indiana man who had ties to Iowa. That man, in turn, had a roommate who took it when he moved out, police said. That roommate, Haycraft, and another young man, Devore were arrested last month for six armed robberies They made off with about $5,000 in cash and cartons of cigarettes, authorities said. They were arrested after surveillance cameras at one of the store's that was robbed showed one of the men, later identified as Haycraft, wearing Schmerbach's -school-sweatshirt, police said. It was during that search that investigators found Schmerbach's sweatshirt and a car matching the description of one used in the robberies. Inside the car, investigators found a shotgun and two ski masks, authorities said. Police said it's unknown when, and if, Schmerbach will get his sweatshirt back because it's being held as evidence in the case."

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Woman Sentenced to Jail for Filthy House

You know..I use to think at times I was a slob..LOL But I guess after reading this, I am quite clean in this respect, with my house. My Lord I have seen homes like this, but never as bad as this. You would wonder how people could live like this ? The smell alone...And the FLIES!!

OMAHA, Neb;"After ignoring six years of prodding from the city, a woman is going to jail for having a filthy house. A Douglas County judge Thursday sentenced Rosie Fellman to 45 days behind bars for littering, with breaks every 10 days to clean up her central Omaha home. Trash and debris has been piled up to 5 feet deep in the house and garage, which are a health and fire hazard, the city's chief housing inspector Kevin Denker said. Last month, inspectors found more than 100 garbage cans in the driveway. City Prosecutor Marty Conboy said the city has spent six years trying to get Fellman to clean up. There was not much else the judge could do, Conboy said. At the end of Fellman's sentence, the judge will decide if she has improved the homes condition. If not, she could be sentenced to another 45 days in jail. The city has ordered the home demolished, but Fellman, who lives alone, is appealing the order. "If she doesn't clean it out we'll just tear down everything," Denker said."

Heads -up to all you Men

Okay guys just trying to give you some free fashion, don't get mad!

MSN;"Walk through your average mall, and what do you see? Guys who clearly don’t read G.Q. These guys pay attention to other guys who, fashion-wise, are stuck in 1987. Thus these mall-walkers are, in a sense, trendsetters, albeit most of the trends they set are seriously lame. This isn’t to say you have to emulate a G.Q. boy to look good, but you’d do well to avoid the following: The ponytail. If you’re sporting a long ponytail, the general public might think you’re a wannabe hippie. If you’re sporting a medium-sized ponytail, the general public might think you’re too lazy to get a haircut. If you’re sporting a short ponytail, the general public might think you’re a hopelessly out-of-touch record executive. Nicely styled long hair is perfectly swell—just leave that scrunchy at home. The single earring. Back in the ’80s, it was said that if a guy wore only one earring, you could get an idea of his sexual preference, depending on which of his lobes was pierced. Today, if a guy wears one earring, you can get an idea of his lack of taste, regardless of which lobe is pierced. Get both ears pierced and be symmetrical, or don’t get pierced at all. (Note: A single earring often shares a head with a ponytail. This is a situation where two wrongs most definitely don’t make a right.) Loafers without socks. Sockless loafers with jeans don’t work. Sockless loafers with shorts don’t work. Sockless loafers with anything don’t work. Plus most loafers don’t breathe well, so if you wear them sans socks, you run the risk of developing toe cheese. The goatee. A quick refresher course in facial hair terminology: A Van Dyke is a mustache/chin-hair combo, and if you keep it neatly trimmed, it can look very cool. A soul patch is a little blip of hair under your lower lip, and if it’s carved and sized just right, it too can be exceedingly hip. A goatee is a blob of hair on your chin, and it isn’t the least bit stylish—it just looks like somebody glued a blob of hair on your chin. The comb-over. If you develop male-pattern baldness, roll with it. Take what you have, and get it styled so it looks, y’know, stylish. Or, if there’s not enough there to style—and if you have a nicely shaped head—chop it all off. Not only will a total buzz make you look enigmatic and dangerous, but it’ll give you the opportunity to fudge the truth about your scalp: “I’m not going bald—I have tons of hair. I just like the way it looks when it’s shaved.”

Error - Ohio Gave Bush To Many Votes

Sure is funny they find this out AFTER!! the election is over!

NBC;"Columbus Ohio.. An error in an electronic voting system in Ohio gave nearly 4,000 extra votes to President Bush, the tally for one county precinct gave Bush more than 4,200 votes, while John Kerry had 260 - even though only 638 people had voted. A spokeswoman for Ohio's Secretary of State says even after the extra votes for Bush are subtracted, it doesn't change the outcome. She also says that was the only error detected from Ohio's electronic voting machines. The Election Reform Information Project says while the glitch appeared minor, that could change if more stories start coming out. In North Carolina, one county reports over 4,000 votes were lost because officials thought the machines could store more data."

Man Watches Disaster Movie, Burns Home

Okay this guy has some issues..One of then I think is he needs to stay away from the bottle! Instead of trying to raise money for his Bond, they should be trying to find a state hospital to check him into. If this was my husband I would tell them to keep him! Sorry but I would, what if his family would of been asleep in the home when he did this....

Cordele Ga.;"There was no day after tomorrow for- Charles Adams mobile home, he set on fire after watching the disaster movie and drinking beer, told deputies he had burned down the doublewide home. Said that after watching >The Day After Tomorrow Movie,"

Man Shows Up To Fight DUI Charge With Booze Breath

Okay, everyone don't we all the the Golden-Rule!!..Don't have a drink till after you go to court...LOL

maybe someone should of told this man this...Geez

sfgate;" Pa.- Something smelled rotten when Mr.Hanczyk showed up in court to fight a drunken driving charge. Authorities say it was the booze on his breath. A judge stopped a hearing and ordered the 42-year-old to take a field sobriety test after he and others said they smelled alcohol on Hanczyk's breath. A breath test indicated that Hanczyk had a blood alcohol content of 0.296 percent, more than three times the state's legal limit, Judge John Wagner Jr. Threatened to put Hanczyk in jail for 30 days for contempt of court."

17 reasons not to slit your wrists

Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in let's- remember the words of Monty Python, and always look on the bright side of life!

1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the narrowest win for a sitting President since- Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults, proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction think the war wasn't worth fighting, and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing.

5. The Republicans will not have a ..60-seat majority in theSenate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack theSupreme Court with right-wing ideologies. Did I say -if the Democrats do their job?- Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole WestCoast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them alive in-lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut. But a poisonous nut... A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays - thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, now can not get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3-chambers in Tuesday's elections.

14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all down hill for him from here on out and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12thgrade, you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: A: Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building a legacy so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or B: He will become so cocky and arrogant, and thus, reckless, that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans, 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide,it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying, especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed The #1 Liberal in the Senate. That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore.Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this, that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelical, that is not news. What is news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact,that's big news. Which means, don't expect the main stream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about Novembers, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008. Feeling better? I hope so, this is such a wonderful country, it doesn't even need a president! But it needs us.....