"Christians" who hate pretty much everyone

Have you heard of the Phelps clan in Kansas? They are the ones who go to fallen soldiers funerals and hold up signs that says "God hates fags" and "God hates America". What saddens me the most is they have their children hold up these signs. How can you be a Christian and teach your children to hate everyone? Did you know that the only members of this church are the family members? I'm not surprised, hate breeds hate and normal civilized people wouldn't be caught dead in that church. I am loving this guy's blog about them, thanks to my good friend Liz who sent me this blog...you are amazing girl! I love reading blogs and I'm so glad she sent me this link to put as a feed on mine!

Bindi-I want to adopt a girl like her!

I was watching my daily dose of the Rachael Ray show and it featured Bindi Irwin (daughter of the late great Steve Irwin) and that little girl is amazing! She is 9 years old and has the mind of a 30 year old! She is so smart and funny and extremely talented! I loved watching her talk to Rachael and to tell her about her experiences traveling and seeing different animals and places. She talked about how she loves crocodiles and snakes and how they are beautiful creatures. The kids in the audience got to ask her questions and she said things like she "loves doing chores" and that she really never gets in trouble.

Man, I hope I can raise my kids as well as her parents have! :)

Is it break up time here or what?(I hope)

So this morning my husband let me know that it must be getting warmer here because the snow is starting to melt. I, of course, got all excited and had to look. The dreariness of the Alaska winter has gotten to me to the point where depression sets in and all you look forward to is what Alaskans call "break up". I have noticed that since this is our first winter here that people, like us, who aren't from here stay hibernated in their homes and when summer hits the people that you thought just moved in come out of their cozy homes to greet everyone. This happens every year so I'm told. I can't stand it an I don't know why people love it here so much. I guess because its beautiful scenery but that gets old after awhile and what else do you do? Well, I know that people who love to hunt, fish, camp, and ski would be paradise for them but what do the other people do? I guess we hibernate with the rest til "break up" hits then we look forward to summer where we have 22 hour daylight.

Well, I can't say much about living here but this is where the army sends us and my husband is pretty much the army's b@tch so to speak (sorry but anyone in the military knows I'm right!) Sometimes I wonder why the military would move families to weird and exotic places.

Oh well, I'm just taking it day by day anxious for us to move back to the good 'ol USA (and btw, this isn't the United States and anyone who has lived here knows that!)

Weight Watchers and my love of food

So I had lost a lb since I have been on WW for 2 weeks. Its my own darn fault, I love food, I enjoy it, heck I enjoy it so much I want to go to culinary school just so I can learn to love it even more! I decided to join weight watchers because: a~I had failed at pretty much every diet and b~everyone that has been on it lost a ton of weight. So I thought, well, if they can do it so can I right?

Well, for me I need more of a push, I need like a big shove. But I have been better and been shopping better. I try to stick to my list although its difficult when you have a junk food junkie of a husband who thinks he needs the big bag of peanut butter M&M's. I swear if I even THINK about knowing there is a bag of those hidden in my kitchen I will look high and low for them. Ugh, I have no willpower for junk food.

I have found a terrific website from my favorite cooking celeb Rachael Ray its called Hungry Girl and its fabulous! The woman behind the website is not a nutritionist but she gives you advice on things to eat and what you should (and shouldn't!) eat. There are also weight watchers points on the foods she recommends which helps out alot! I subscribed to the website so I get stuff in my inbox every so often.

So I'm trying and I will succeed, I just need the willpower (and the fact that I have a 10 year class reunion in October that I am WANTING to go to!)

My dad...

For years people have gotten him to think he looks like Kurt Russell so I'm going to post his pic and my dad's for you to be the judge of it.

An ongoing pattern that never stops or what?

So we have another school shooter, great, makes me feel better that I do my college courses online in the comfort of my own home. Doesn't make me feel better that my oldest is 2 and will be going to preschool in no time. What is wrong with these kids that they must go and shoot others then themselves.


No offense but when you look like this I would stay away from you in the first place.

I remember after I graduated, I think it was a few years later actually where some student sent threats about how he was going to shoot up the school. He was just crazy, but he was also picked on. Thats what happens when kids are picked on, they had enough! I'm not going to defend people who shoot up schools but look at the suspects who do these things!

Now the news says that noone suspected him of doing this but if you are on medication for something like insanity then yeah, there had to have been something in his brain that made him have to take drugs.

Look at past school shootings, there is almost a pattern:

This is what Wiki said about school shooters

Now some people say "We never suspected for him/her to do this" but c'mon, there is always SOMETHING in one's past to trigger something like this. We don't know what goes on "behind closed doors" and we don't know if the suspect was picked on by other classmates. What they say in the news and real life are two different things.

Bullies need to get reality checks before they start building another suspect.

My love of British comedy

So ever since I was about oh, 16 I was taught about the meaning of Mr. Bean. Oh how I love that man. To this day I still watch it over and over again because you know I had to buy all his shows on DVD. When my day is shitty who can cheer you up better than Mr. Bean? I watched Mr. Bean's Holiday last week and about died, I told myself "I MUST buy that movie!" so I'm going to soon.

Soon after that PBS was airing old episodes of "Are You Being Served", "Keeping Up Appearances", "Vicar of Dibley" and some others and I was totally hooked! My aunt asked us that year what we wanted for Christmas and we told her we are hooked on British comedies. She sent me "The Young Ones" OMG, amazing! I had never seen the show before and I LOVED it!

I haven't watched the British version of "The Office" but I have it on Netflix so I"m anxious to check it out. I so love the American version mainly because I love Steve Carrell and John Krasinsky.

So yeah, I am hooked on the shows. When we were stationed in Germany I wanted SO bad to visit England but we never had the chance. Maybe one day I can go.

One can dream right?