Greed Sucks

Remember about a year ago when I posted about the contractor who found money in the walls of a house he was working on? (sorry, the link to the original article within my post is now dead)

Well, apparently, there were heirs, but the homeowner spent most of the money (though she claims it was stolen). As a result, the heirs were left with pretty much nothing.

Since there were rightful heirs to the money, they should have gotten it all. The new home owner should have tried harder to find the heirs. The original article said there were no heirs, so I felt the money belonged to the homeowner and the contractor had no claim to it.

The thing I find surprising (or not, I guess) is how the attorney suggested that if they had just kept their mouths shut and worked out a deal between them, they could have kept it all. Sick.

Greed

November 8, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 7 Comments 

I voted, did you?

Ward Cleaver and I walked up to the school to vote this morning.  Cars were all over the street.  We got to the polls at about 6:05.  I have NEVER seen a line so long.  I almost turned around and went home, but I figured it wouldn’t get any better.  It only took about 50 minutes to get through the line.  That surprised me given how long the line was, but they were very efficient inside and there were lots of options for casting a ballot (Virginia is using both paper and electronic ballots this year).

While waiting in line, lots of people were taking the Democratic sample ballots.  I only saw one person accept the Republican sample ballot.

When we walked home at 7:00, the cars were parked all the way to the corner of our street, which is several blocks away from the school!  It was worth the wait to cast my vote for change.  I just hope the rest of Virginia did too.  It has been 44 years since Virginia voted Democrat.

Don’t forget to vote!

Obama!


November 4, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 9 Comments 

Quick Update

Here is a quick update since I’m a pathetic blogger.

  • I made a Halloween costume (yes, I got a pattern, fabric, and sewed the damned thing) for Simon and he refused to wear it to the Halloween party today.  I still love him (I think).
  • I joined Facebook and have been wasting an inordinate amount of time reconnecting with people I’m not sure I really want to know.
  • I successfully talked my republican mom in to voting for Obama on her absentee ballot (she’s traveling abroad as of Tuesday).  She’d kill me if she knew I posted this.  In her world, votes are private.
  • My youngest competed in his intrasquad gymnastics meet tonight and won 1st place all around.  The first “real” meet is in 2 weeks.
  • My hair is too long.
  • We are on AVKO Sequential Spelling test 16.  All three kids are doing it, and I think the youngest is learning the most from it.  He’s also bitching the most about doing it.
  • Halloween is tomorrow and I still haven’t bought candy.
  • We are going “family camping” with the Cub Scouts on Saturday (after the 3 soccer games and final soccer game parties).  I haven’t pulled one single camping item out of the basement.  I’m hoping it will not be freezing because 2 of my kids have “fake” sleeping bags (the kind you take on sleepovers).
  • The little pumpkins the kids carved last week have grown really cool mold hair.  They carved the big ones tonight, so hopefully they will last until tomorrow.
  • Obama! Obama! Obama!

Updating to add (how could I possibly forget these?!):

  • Ward Cleaver locked himself out of his car today and had to call AAA.
  • Ward Cleaver got his car unlocked by AAA and drove away only to discover he had a screw in his tire and it was flat.  This, of course, made him late to pick up the kids at a friend’s house, meaning they missed soccer practice.  I was happily attending a gymnastics meet and oblivious to his distress (cell phone conveniently left in car).

October 31, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 2 Comments 

I’m a SLIder

This morning, I had the weirdest sensation. It was about 8:15 in the morning. I was sort of sleeping (at 8:00 when Ward Cleaver got up, I sat up and looked at the clock, so I wasn’t sound asleep), lying on my left side with my arms stretched out straight in front of me, wrists touching each other. I was having a dream, but the dream got interrupted somehow, though I was still asleep.

I felt myself outside of my body looking at my body lying on the bed, but I wasn’t too far away. A huge and painful energy field waved over me like a white circle starting at the top of my head and moving down. It was like being radiated or having having an MRI or something, except it hurt. As it reached my arms, I remember trying to lift my right arm but I couldn’t. The wave continued down my body and back up. It was painful and there was a humming/buzzing sound, like being electrocuted. Then it stopped. I layed there thinking about how weird that was and then fell asleep again. I actually continued having the dream I was having before this happened.

Then about 5 minutes later, Ward Cleaver came over to say goodbye to me. I was still lying in the same position as when it happened. I told him what happened and he said, “That’s really weird. The lights dimmed about 4 times a few minutes ago.”

** insert Twilight Zone music here**

I was all freaked out. Did some sort of power surge go through me, or did I have some sort of power surge that made the lights flicker? It was unbelievable. It was so real, I knew in my sleep that it was really happening and was not a dream. It hurt, but also felt weird. I was worried about it at the time, but then it ended and I fell asleep into my dream again.

It was the weirdest sensation. I felt the top of my head tighten up and the feeling moved down my body. It definitely happened. It wasn’t a dream. But what was it?

October 15, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 5 Comments 

Updating

FYI for those of you seeing updates in your reader.  When I changed themes awhile back, I didn’t notice that some pics were oversized.  I’ve been resizing pics and reposting.  Sorry for the false alarm!

September 24, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 1 Comment 

Men Losing Sleep Over Palin

FYI — This is NOT a political blog.  This is my first, and most likely last, blog on the upcoming election.

I saw this graph today on Coginitive Daily.  I found it fascinating that people lost more sleep over the Olympics than over election speeches.  I didn’t participate in the survey, but if I had, I definitely lost more sleep over the Olympics.

Cognitive Daily

The thing I found most fascinating was that they found a correlation (albeit not a statistically significant one) between men losing sleep over Palin’s acceptance speech vs. women.  Interesting.  Let’s just hope that those men use their northern brains when they cast their votes in November.

September 12, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 7 Comments 

30 Second Elevator Pitch for My Presidential Candidate of Choice

I wrote this yesterday and forgot to click “publish.”  Oops.

The latest Thinking Homeschoolers wiki entry challenges us to share a 30 second elevator pitch for our presidential candidate of choice (this won’t take 30 seconds!):

In the 7 presidential elections in which I have voted (or will soon vote) I have never actually been FOR a candidate. For me it was more about who I didn’t want to win. The reason I am voting FOR Barack Obama is simple. I may be naive, but I think he is honest. I also think he is incredibly smart.

To read the other entries, click here. Everyone is welcome to participate.

June 16, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | Leave a Comment 

Hybrid Hype

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Imagine buying a hybrid Lexus for a base price of $104,900 without options.

Lexus

Then imagine writing a review that says:

“The car performs beautifully, very quiet and compares to other luxury cars this saves me a lot money on gas.” [emphasis added]

Oh the irony.

June 7, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 3 Comments 

Subway. Yum! Yum!

Yep. Not only do we eat at Subway FREQUENTLY, we also make Subway sandwiches at home. And we call it that too. Is that illegal? Well, anyway, we LOVE Subway. We love their subs. Ward Cleaver eats there several times a week for lunch, and I take the kids there at least 3 times a month for lunch. We used to go more often before we discovered that we could buy all the ingredients for a sandwich at the grocery store and make them at home and everyone is just as happy (for less money!). The kids will say, “What’s for dinner?” I’ll say, “Subway!” We all know that means I’m gonna slap a bunch of lunch meat on a sub roll with cheese and other yummy stuff and broil it for a couple of minutes.

I still love Subway despite all the ridiculous hype. Honestly! HSLDA is getting involved now? Pah-leeeeze. I’m not signing the petition. Is there an opposite to a boycott? Like can I eat at Subway every night for a week to offset some the boycotters?

I think that Subway should have been a little more creative, but it is understandable that they would automatically think home schools equals individuals and eliminated them from the big prize. It is just another example of people thinking they get us. They don’t. But it doesn’t warrant a boycott. That’s just silly.

May 27, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 6 Comments 

No Explanation Necessary…

Damn Shoes

May 10, 2008 | Filed Under Rants, Moods and Attitude | 12 Comments 

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