This weather is totally crazy. Yesterday was so gorgeous and today we might get some snow during this nasty storm we're having! It's cold and windy and it's just pouring!
I took Linda to her scheduled appointment and that was a real ordeal. It was hot and crowded inside the building and we were there for hours. Little T couldn't take it anymore and so I took him out of the building. There was a park across the way and so we went there. I pushed him in his stroller and we walked around the park and stopped at the playground. He was happy as long as we were doing something. The poor little guy was tired and hungry so I took him home. Thankfully, Linda's friend was able to pick her up and give her a ride home.
One of the big news stories of the day has to do with what happened at Red Lake, MN. A 16 year old boy named Jeff Weise killed his grandfather and girlfriend (originally reported to be grandmother) and then went to school and killed more people. I've seen comparisons with what happened here to Columbine -- read more
It scares me. Kids have always been picked on (I was all during junior high) but I've never heard of this level of "paybacks" before. What makes killing okay? I remember feeling pushed to the wall too but it never occured to me to get a gun and kill people. What really scares me is that Heidi herself says some days if she had a gun, she'd do something like that because she's so sick of being picked on. Does all the video games and violence on TV make killing an acceptable solution to bullying?
I found a picture Heidi drew that really upsets me and I have to talk to her about it.
Do you think that there will ever be peaceful existence for the people of Iraq?
I don't know. It doesn't seem possible, does it, especially not with the insurgents doing their best to undermine everything.
What do you think it will take for that to happen?
The citizens need to unite for the good of their country and set aside whatever differences they might have to support the elected government. They also need to turn on and revile the insurgents/terrorists and get them out of their country. It'll help once the US gets out too.
QOTD 3/22/05
What allergies do you have?
Well, there is penicillin, to which I had a serious reaction when I was an infant ... 1954 or '55. I might have outgrown it but have never been treated with it since. As for anything else, I haven't been diagnosed so technically I can't say for sure. I seem to react in the spring when the trees are pollinating.
How do they show themselves?
My sinuses become inflamed and I get a lot of post nasal drip.
Do you take meds for them?
I take prescription Allegra which really seems to help a lot!
10 Things You're Good At
1) Reading to kids, especially babies
2) Listening
3) Writing (when I put my mind to it)
4) Making dinners
5) Giving advice
6) Living with pain but some days are just really hard
7) I'm told I'm a "cool mom"
8) Relaxing
9) hugs & kisses
10) signing (sign language)
Wednesday Whatevers
1. Are emotions controllable and why?
Yes, they are and it's because there's a part of your brain that gives you self control. You learn to use it ... or not, in some cases
2. What do you want named after you when you are dead?
AFTER? Well, BEFORE it would be nice to have a grandchild named Cassie
3. What is the most important standard you live by (political, social, religious, etc)?
The Golden Rule