Boy, do I need to blog.
I'm on vacation and have limited computer access - So.....
STAY TUNED because there will be new stuff on here real soon!!!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Terry's toy
After YEARS of dreaming, Terry needs to be pinched. He now has a 1984 Corvette. 
That's something called a "350" , by the way. I call it a motor.
Terry says there are horses under the hood - I don't see any!Terry really likes the digital readouts on the dash. The speedometer on the left appears only to go to 85 - but the digital readout on the right has triple digits - WHY would you need triple digits?! : )
It's not in bad shape considering it's an '84. (the year AFTER Terry graduated high school!
Don't have to wonder what side of the pump to pull up to!
Wondering if it's a convertible? It's a "removable" - it has a targa top.
We ARE taking suggestions for personalized plates - Leave it in comments!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Second-Ever Cousin Party
Once upon a time (a few years ago), in a land far, far away (Arkansas) there lived 2 little boys (Coleson and Will) who stayed with their Aunt (Amy) for a few days while their parents were away on a trip. As their visit went on, a 2 monsters (Boredom and Homesickness) were creeping up slowly. So to defeat these monsters, their brave Aunt decided to throw a party (the First ever "Cousin Party"). The kids played games, had a treasure hunt, finger painted with shaving cream, and decorated cupcakes. The evil Monsters were destroyed and when the boy's Mommy and Daddy returned, the boys told the tale of the Cousin Party and it lived in legend....
As the years passed the boys grew taller and 2 more siblings were born (Luke and Abby). They lived all over the world (Madagascar, South Africa, Mozambique). The tale of the Cousin Party was told to the younger ones, who wished they had been there.
One day they all, once again, returned to visit their Aunt in a new land (Ohio) She decided to throw ANOTHER COUSIN PARTY!!!
They played a game where they had to fill their buckets with water, race down to the line and pour the water into a milk jug. The first team to fill the jug won!
They had to breath fire - well, not really, but they did see who could keep fireball candy in their mouths the longest.
Looks like it got Too hot for Coleson!
<-- Dan and Will - taking the heat!
TOO hot! See the red ball on the ground?!
There was a great soccer match
They were blindfolded and had to guess the identity of the gross item they were handed:
Was it spaghetti - or INTESTINES? Abby didn't care - she said whatever it was - it tasted good!
It was a GREAT day and we can't wait for the next one!
As the years passed the boys grew taller and 2 more siblings were born (Luke and Abby). They lived all over the world (Madagascar, South Africa, Mozambique). The tale of the Cousin Party was told to the younger ones, who wished they had been there.
One day they all, once again, returned to visit their Aunt in a new land (Ohio) She decided to throw ANOTHER COUSIN PARTY!!!
They played a game where they had to fill their buckets with water, race down to the line and pour the water into a milk jug. The first team to fill the jug won!
They had to breath fire - well, not really, but they did see who could keep fireball candy in their mouths the longest.
Looks like it got Too hot for Coleson!
<--
TOO hot! See the red ball on the ground?!
There was a great soccer match
They were blindfolded and had to guess the identity of the gross item they were handed:
Was it spaghetti - or INTESTINES? Abby didn't care - she said whatever it was - it tasted good!
It was a GREAT day and we can't wait for the next one!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Happy Independence Day...?
Wow it's HOT today it's definitely summer! Friday is the 4th of July. Wasn't it JUST January last week? Well it seems like it. Anyway. Speaking of the 4th I need to, once again, get on my soap box and express some views. If you don't agree - it doesn't matter - because I'm right.
America is an AWESOME place. No - it really is. I know what you are thinking - Amy's being sarcastic. No, I'm not - at least not yet. America IS an AWESOME place. As you know I grew up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines so I do have something to which to compare. America is great and here's some reasons why.
I can go to the grocery store and find everything on my list.
I can go to the gas station to fill up and even though the price is OUTRAGEOUS - there is gas available.
I can sleep at night without fear of intruders (ok - so I live in a safe town where my husband is a cop).
I work with a great bunch of people at Gentiva Health Services - the BEST home care agency in America. (Givin a shout out to Tiffany - word to yo mutha!)
I can go to the movies and they will be new movies - not ones from a couple of years ago - or even 20 years ago.
I can drive up to a building and through a speaker tell someone what I'm hungry for - give them money - and they give me food.
The list goes on and on.
I appreciate living here. I am aware that I have freedoms that many others in the world do not - and I'm grateful for those freedoms. [Especially the FREEDOM to write the rest of this blog without fear of retribution! read on...]
HOWEVER....
America is one MESSED up place. We have a WARPED sense of Freedom. We have taken advantage of our Freedoms. I'm going to use the term "we" but I really know who I mean when I say "WE'VE" become a country full of LAZY, dumb, self-centered MORONS. And the country, as a whole, has allowed it to happen.
Yes - I'm gonna "go" there... This whole WELFARE system "we" have here - nice idea - but STUPID!!! Way to go America - teach your people that they don't HAVE to work - just stay home an pop out babies - we'll pay for your rent, your food, and even your beer. OK ok ok people fall on hard times and need help...yea yea I know - WHY? What made their time harder than mine or my neighbors? NOTHING - they just made stupid choices that affected their life negatively- and now I have to pay their consequences?? I DON'T THINK SO. You know what? This is AMERICA - everyone has the SAME opportunities as EVERYONE else - so QUIT WHINING and get EDUCATED and GET A JOB. By the way - I'm ALL for court ordered vasectomies and hysterectomies. Have you ever thought that maybe we have TOO MANY freedoms?
So you say - what about people who have lost their jobs because of outsourcing, downsizing, illness etc? First of all, I wonder what percentage of WELFARE $ goes to people in those circumstances? I DO have a heart and I know "things" happen beyond our control. THOSE are the ONLY people who should get the welfare money - NOT people who haven't worked a day in their life.
But the BIGGEST problem in this country, as I see it, is STUPIDITY. I'm not talking about IGNORANCE - I'm talkin REAL out-and-out STUPID. We are overrun with stupid. Common Sense should be a mandatory class in every grade. WHY can't people seem to THINK?? In nursing school ( I think everyone should go to nursing school) you are taught "critical" thinking. Then when you are faced with a problem, you have the tools to "figure it out". I don't know if I grew up with my head in the sand or what but it seems the older I get the more I realize how STUPID alot of people are. And I don't tolerate STUPID well.
So this 4th of JULY I will take time to appreciate our FREEDOMS - even the freedom to be LAZY and STUPID.
Have a safe and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY everyone!
America is an AWESOME place. No - it really is. I know what you are thinking - Amy's being sarcastic. No, I'm not - at least not yet. America IS an AWESOME place. As you know I grew up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines so I do have something to which to compare. America is great and here's some reasons why.
I can go to the grocery store and find everything on my list.
I can go to the gas station to fill up and even though the price is OUTRAGEOUS - there is gas available.
I can sleep at night without fear of intruders (ok - so I live in a safe town where my husband is a cop).
I work with a great bunch of people at Gentiva Health Services - the BEST home care agency in America. (Givin a shout out to Tiffany - word to yo mutha!)
I can go to the movies and they will be new movies - not ones from a couple of years ago - or even 20 years ago.
I can drive up to a building and through a speaker tell someone what I'm hungry for - give them money - and they give me food.
The list goes on and on.
I appreciate living here. I am aware that I have freedoms that many others in the world do not - and I'm grateful for those freedoms. [Especially the FREEDOM to write the rest of this blog without fear of retribution! read on...]
HOWEVER....
America is one MESSED up place. We have a WARPED sense of Freedom. We have taken advantage of our Freedoms. I'm going to use the term "we" but I really know who I mean when I say "WE'VE" become a country full of LAZY, dumb, self-centered MORONS. And the country, as a whole, has allowed it to happen.
Yes - I'm gonna "go" there... This whole WELFARE system "we" have here - nice idea - but STUPID!!! Way to go America - teach your people that they don't HAVE to work - just stay home an pop out babies - we'll pay for your rent, your food, and even your beer. OK ok ok people fall on hard times and need help...yea yea I know - WHY? What made their time harder than mine or my neighbors? NOTHING - they just made stupid choices that affected their life negatively- and now I have to pay their consequences?? I DON'T THINK SO. You know what? This is AMERICA - everyone has the SAME opportunities as EVERYONE else - so QUIT WHINING and get EDUCATED and GET A JOB. By the way - I'm ALL for court ordered vasectomies and hysterectomies. Have you ever thought that maybe we have TOO MANY freedoms?
So you say - what about people who have lost their jobs because of outsourcing, downsizing, illness etc? First of all, I wonder what percentage of WELFARE $ goes to people in those circumstances? I DO have a heart and I know "things" happen beyond our control. THOSE are the ONLY people who should get the welfare money - NOT people who haven't worked a day in their life.
But the BIGGEST problem in this country, as I see it, is STUPIDITY. I'm not talking about IGNORANCE - I'm talkin REAL out-and-out STUPID. We are overrun with stupid. Common Sense should be a mandatory class in every grade. WHY can't people seem to THINK?? In nursing school ( I think everyone should go to nursing school) you are taught "critical" thinking. Then when you are faced with a problem, you have the tools to "figure it out". I don't know if I grew up with my head in the sand or what but it seems the older I get the more I realize how STUPID alot of people are. And I don't tolerate STUPID well.
So this 4th of JULY I will take time to appreciate our FREEDOMS - even the freedom to be LAZY and STUPID.
Have a safe and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY everyone!
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