09.23.09
Now When I Hear Sirens, I Know Why!
You know the feeling when your kid is out and about and you hear sirens? You suddenly go into panic mode and, of course, they don’t answer their phone when you call! Or, when you hear sirens and you smell smoke and you wonder if you should prepare for a large fire? That’s pretty common out here in the NJ Pine Barrens!
I had looked into scanners but they’re very expensive!
I figured that I’d resort to repeatedly calling my kid until she answered or worse…call all of her friends to see where she is! How humiliating! Plus, they are at risk of their friends saying something that they shouldn’t! <gasp!>
Well, thanks to a friend of mine, who also happens to be our Fire Chief, I was turned on to Radio Reference! It gives you online police, fire and emergency scanners feeds, providing your town or country participates! The whole U.S. is included and each week there seems to me more feeds coming through! FREE!
A few minutes ago I heard sirens. My daughter is out and about in town and accidents are common! I clicked onto their website and tuned into my zone and found out that there’s a small brush fire a few blocks over! Unless she caused it or has found a way to get entangled in it, she should be fine! As for the fire? Probably out by the time I hit “publish”!
Anyway…maybe this will be helpful to you!
Either way…Have a Great Day!
I May Never Go Out To Eat Again!!
After reading “10 Dirty Little Restaurant Secrets“, I am reconsidering where we go for our next meal if we go at all!
I mean, seriously! I am not naive, but what some people will do to make a buck on the unsuspecting is absolutely deplorable! Serving beef that’s turned bad to the people who order their meat well done! Substituting high priced alcohol and food ingredients with cheap rip-offs! And the re-use of chips! OH!!
It really angers me because we, the consumer, put our trust in the people who are serving food that we buy! And, it seems that we pay more and more for it every time we go for smaller portions! WTH!
We are ingesting what we are buying from these people! It’s not like we’re buying a blanket or a plant or something! We’re buying prepared food! We could die from what we’re buying if someone is irresponsible, greedy and down-right scummy!
The government pays so much attention to how much sugar is in a product that you’re buying off of the shelf in a sealed container, but seems completely ignorant to the fact that we are being poisoned by one of the largest markets out there…the food-serving industry!
That makes me wonder who’s zooming who!
Why aren’t restaurants held to the same standards that mass-produced food is? At least at the grocery store, you know what you’re buying! But, if you’re out eating with your family, you could order something and get something completely different or something that could put you over the toilet for 3 days!
That is insane!!
Read the article and take note, folks! Make sure to read some of the comments, too! You may never go out again!
Then again…we’ve been eating this crap all of our lives and we’re alright, right?
Right?
Mackenzie Phillips Tells Too Much About Her Good Times
In Mackenzie Phillips‘ new book, “High on Arrival“, she tells about having an incestuous relationship with her father, John Phillips of Mama’s and Papa’s fame!
Seriously!
I was reading an article on “People”, “Mackenzie Phillips: I Slept with My Own Father” and I everything I had eaten or thought of eating in the last 24 hours started swirling in my stomach!
Is this just a way to get people to buy her book? That’s SO lame! That is NOT a secret to tell people!
Especially in a world where there are so many who are being abused! Now they’re abuser has an example of a “good girl”! (insert words that should not be said in mixed company here)
And she’s slamming the crap out of her father who’s not here to defend himself! She says that they considered moving to where such a relationship was considered acceptable! UGH!
She’s either broke or jealous that Valerie Bertinelli is doing so well! AGAIN!
Do you realize that while you were watching “One Day at a Time” she was “juiced up” from her dad? My God!! That’s so gross! Has she no shame? All of this to sell a book? I know that times are hard, but to throw your dad under the bus leaves no one else safe!
Of course, now I’m curious…
09.18.09
Why Do They Hate Fox News?
There is one cable news channel that you either love or you hate…vehemently! Fox News! You either have it on all day or you despise it more than rotted cabbage laying under your bed!
No other news channel gets the attention that Fox News gets!
Even the President talks about how awful they are! Although, my opinion is that Barack Obama watches Fox News all day, which is how he knows which way to run and hide…dodge and dart…bob and weave! But, that’s just me and mine <opinion>!
Lately, people have come out and accused Fox News of outright lies! Seriously? If that is true, then why aren’t they taken off the air or at least fined and reprimanded!? Why haven’t they? Because instead of being proven to have lied, their facts are proven to be the truth!
Nobody wants to admit that…especially supporters of Obama and the Communist/Liberal media.
Yes, all news stations have been caught in a blunder now and then, but the way people speak about Fox News, you would think that they’re less factual than SNL’s news! And, that’s just not true, and everyone knows it!
The truth is that the research team at Fox is fantastic!
I’d hate you too if I were flying under the radar and I knew that it was just a matter of time before Fox mentions MY name! Sheesh!
It’s amazing that they don’t get death threats, although I’m sure they do because the world is full of nut-jobs!
The “rabid” research team at Fox is able to repeatedly uncover some of the most scandalous news! Scandals that have facts, figures and documents to back up them up! That has to be infuriating!! Especially when they are called on their stories and are able to give information to prove it! They’re like the TMZ of serious news! <I want to know who would cover a scandal at TMZ…>
And if they’re “lies” aren’t enough to explain your hatred for them, there’s always other things that Fox News can be picked on for!
Let’s see. First, attack their gall to please you visually!<the nerve!!> The news team is gorgeous and personable! The wardrobe department gets a gold star, as do the set designers who make sure that those legs are showing and the suit fits perfect! But, that’s no reason for hating them…unless you don’t like girls and guys! Some may call that sexist…I call that a great production team!
Next, attack the light-hearted way that they present some of the stories.<go ahead…make my day> Yes, they joke around! Some people think that news should not be fun…everything’s gotta be all serious, as if the news isn’t bad enough! I feel badly for them.
When I watch the other cable news channels, I find myself drifting off to sleep with their monotone-style conversations and backdrops!
Fox knows what we want! We want to be entertained while we learn! We learn that when we’re little kids!!
<I will not learn my A, B, C’s unless they’re on brightly colored blocks of wood, for instance> I welcome their levity with open arms because the last 7 months has pushed me to the edge!
And then you have the third reason people hate Fox News!
Yes, they may hang a little to the right! They’ve been accused of being one-sided and biased, but if you really watched the show, you’d know that if there’s a story, Fox is going to get it out there, regardless of which side of the political party it affects!
It’s understandable if you’re totally to the left and don’t want to hear anything bad about your own party! I understand! But, regardless of what people think, they are equal opportunity newscasters and you deserve to know the truth! If the shoe fits on a Republican, they make just as sure that they wear it on their foot publicly!
And, not only do they report the news, but they sometimes repeat the stories over and over! Doesn’t that just drive you nuts? They’re not trying to drive you further over the edge. They do it just in case you thought you were dreaming when you heard the story the first time! A really bad dream…! And, they know that you’re busy and may have missed it the first time!
They’re doing you a favor!
It’s reminds me of the scenario of when your best friend was getting ready to marry a total jerk! You told her but she didn’t listen and she turned on you because she doesn’t like what she’s hearing! <bummer…no invitation> Bitterness ensues. Two years later (+/-) the bride is a miserable excuse for a woman with a kid hanging on her ankle and her husband in a bar or in another woman’s bed!
The best friend feels awful but it’s not like she didn’t tell her so!!
The sad truth is, that bride will leave that horrible excuse for a man and most likely fall into the arms of another man who is just like him! It’s just the way it is…people make bad decisions every day that affect more than just themselves!
I just wish that THIS poor decision that people were WARNED ABOUT BY FOX NEWS DIDN’T AFFECT US ALL!! DAMN IT!!
I expect to pay for my own bad choices, but not half of the star-struck nation’s choice that they cannot divorce, abandon or otherwise! We have to live with this!
It’s a story repeated over and over all over the world!
See no evil, hear no evil, pet the unicorn!
09.15.09
Sugar-Free Treats Can Be Deadly to Your Dogs!
You can now add xylitol to the list of dangers for your dogs!
I just read an article that states that xylitol, the sweetener found in many sugar free treats such as chewing gum, can be deadly to your dog if they get into it!
As a matter of fact, two sticks of sugarless gum can kill a 20-pound dog! That’s horrible!
A sugar-free pudding cup can spell disaster for a 90-pound dog!
Isn’t that crazy? With all of the things our friends get into, sugarless stuff can be deadly? It’s perfectly healthy for humans, yeah right, but not for the dogs.
The article states that the xylitol makes it so that the dog’s blood pressure drops too low very quickly. They start vomiting and if they’ve ingested enough, they can start going into seizures! And you only have about 30 minutes to an hour to get them to the vet so that they can get the blood pressure levels back up to healthy levels! That’s so scary!!
I wonder, having to battle fluctuating blood pressure issues myself, if it can be fixed by eating a small bit of a salty food, but when it comes to my dogs there is no limit that I would go to for them. Maybe is not enough!!
And, what’s worse is that there are more and more products using xylitol! I personally don’t buy sugarless products, but you never know when someone will lay their purse on the couch and your dog ventures in and finds their gum! That’s why I have a place for people to hang their purses when they come over. Our dog Brandy was a bandit for anything edible! Even if it wasn’t edible, she’d give it a shot!!
So, arm yourself with knowledge, please!
Read the article and make sure that your sugar-free treats are out of Fido’s reach!
Sugar-Free Gum and Snacks Can be Deadly for Pets
09.11.09
In Praise of Rep. John Shimkus!
Joe Wilson, a Republican from South Carolina, was not the only one who could no longer stand the bullshit during Obama’s 26th (+\-) speech about health care!
Little has been mentioned about it, but Republican John Shimkus from Illinois walked out!!!
Good for you, man! That’s how to get re-elected!
If Obama refuses to listen to us, then we should do the same!
Respect has to be earned and Obama ain’t doing it!
Not in any way, shape or form!
And to those who are still in disgust over the Republican’s show of disrespect, Bush was booed in a similar setting. Get over it.
09.10.09
Obama’s Speeches – Sending Signals?
What if Obama is sending signals to “others” by having so many publicized speeches? Others..wink, wink.
Very few of the speeches are “news” and have little content to them. And, he’s big with the body movement and such…
I’m just sayin’…
To those whose blood pressure just rose a few numbers, relax! Sheesh! It’s not like people didn’t say worse about Bush!
Please Remember Daniel Pearl and Others
While some seek justice for the Gitmo detainees, please remember Daniel Pearl and the other Americans who were tortured, dismembered and strung on the bridge in Baghdad!
While there are people spreading pictures of CIA agents to Al Qaeda members to see who tortured their people, remember that there are people who are fighting for their lives to keep you safe!
Choose sides, please!
09.04.09
Have You Heard About the Christmas Tree Shop?
My husband and I were out and about one Saturday afternoon when we passed a large strip of stores and I noticed a store called the “Christmas Tree Shop“.
At the time, it was hovering around 90 degrees and we had a good old time laughing about how ironic it was, not having any idea what the Christmas Tree Shop was all about! Had I known what the store was all about, I wouldn’t have been cracking jokes!
I would have been cracking my wallet because I would have made John pull in so that I could shop!!
I ventured in on another day’s outing and guess what? The Christmas Tree Shop is by far my favorite store ever! It’s a combination of things you’d find in JoAnne Fabrics, AC Moore, Wal-Mart and other department stores at Dollar Store prices!! Everything from soup to nuts, full dish sets to school supplies…at a FRACTION of regular prices! And the quality is no different than you’d find at the higher-priced stores!
The first time that I ventured in, I was with my husband which was a huge no-no! He just doesn’t get why I need beautifully made baskets that cost 1/10th of what you find them in other stores! He doesn’t understand why I’m excited to see Rubbermaid products that I cannot find in other stores with prices that are outrageously low!
A person could do all of their Christmas shopping for a fraction of what you would normally spend and no one would be the wiser because the quality of the products are higher-end department store quality!
I really hope that you’ll give it a chance…
Check out their website and see if one is near you!
I was walking out of the store the other day and overheard a girl saying to her friend, “why would I want to buy a Christmas tree in August?“ Boy, was she in for a surprise!!
Have fun & be safe! Don’t leave your purse in your cart…please!!
Peace
Love
Smiles
Strength
