Give me a freakin' break!!!

I guess my last post elicited some attention. UNWANTED attention! There was a comment posted on my last post about our FAMILY fun at a FAMILY establishment from a website that was soooo NOT FAMILY oriented. I can't believe how people can lurk and prey on others using children themes for things absolutely NOT suitable for children... Ugh! Needless to say, I deleted the comment. And sorry for the ranting, because I know that no one who this is aimed at will ever read it, just my family and friends who would be just as horrified if they got the same kind of comment on their sites... this is satan's world, isn't it?... Unfortunately.

Chuck E. Cheese Fun

I know this is a week old, but thought I'd share some of the fun we had last weekend at Chuck E. Cheese with the bugs :-)

Hi!
Doodlebug is eating real food now! MMM Pizza!
Bug-a-Boo, Taterbug & Doodlebug all riding in the jeep!
Bug-a-Boo is holding on for dear life!
Doodlebug says I can do it too!!!
Even Uncle G got in on the fun!

Overheard at work...

I overheard one side of a phone conversation at work today. This is what I heard...
" It's Friday, we can't eat meat- get out the chicken for dinner."
(other person talking)
"Well, some people say chicken is just like meat, but Grandma always said it was different..."

Oh my goodness!
I don't celebrate lent, and don't claim to know what it's all about. In my very simplistic understanding of it, it is supposed to represent the 40 days of Christ's time in the wilderness when He fasted and was then tempted by Satan. And those who celebrate lent are remembering that time, and out of Reverence to Christ and His suffering, give up something dear to them for that 40 day period before Easter known as lent. Many give up "red meat" or all meat ( which is why you can get some kind of fish special at almost every chain food place during this time of year as well- but isn't fish meat too???), soda and/or other confections. Others give up pastimes and such. But I guess the thing that stuck out the most (and has stuck out for years growing up when classmates would talk about what they couldn't have during lent) is that most people I've had contact with around lent don't even know why they are celebrating it at all. All they know is they can't have meat on Fridays...
WOW! Talk about traditions of men!!!
I hope I can always remember to hold to what is most important to Christ... and not traditions...
"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." Mark 7:8 NASB

Small town fashion...

Last July, as I was getting ready to leave town for the Hamm Bash (G's mom's family reunion that is held 4th of July weekend every year ) I was walking to the courthouse from my work and found this going on in the streets. The firefighters (and I think there were some paramedics and police involved too) were raising money to have a community fireworks display. Check out the last picture though... I should sue...kidding... :-) just not the way I'd have chosen to be seen advertising the city, especially when I can't WAIT to get out of said city/county/area :-/... (btw- G found these pics only today while perusing the city website for concealed carry permit info-we had no clue they were on the web!!!)

Look what I found!!!

There are all kinds of old shows on the websites for NBC, & CBS! (NBC & CBS you can just watch in your open internet window- FOX & ABC make you download a "player" -which I can't do on my work computer- so just NBC & CBS for me). I found Alfred Hitchcock on NBC - they also have the A-Team, Battlestar Galactica, Emergency and others (all these shows are older than me by the way :-)
CBS has Hawaii Five-O, the original Star-Treck, Twilight Zone, MacGyver and Melrose Place!
Now I have lots of stuff to listen to while I work (I am a strange bird- I have always been able to stay more focused on my task at hand when there is something else going on in the background to tune out, even in highschool and college, I couldn't study without the tv or radio playing) I should get lots of work done now! :-)

Sigh of relief

I had a big one of those sighs at 3pm today! It took them that long to dismiss me from Jury Duty. I was one of the first thirteen seated in the jury box, went through all the questioning, got to the point where the prosecution said they were satisfied with the make-up of the jury, then finally the defense got to their exclusions and asked me to leave (I am assuming because of where I work, since that is all he asked me about in detail when he questioned me). WHEW! I am so thankful to not have been stuck there for the next four days, but am also thankful for the experience. I was also amazed at how many people can not follow simple directions, and how disrespectful, in general, the community is for people in positions which deserve our respect and attention.
Now I am home, watching the season finale of Prison Break on our DVR and waiting for my Peanut Butter Honey Bars to cool enough to cut out of the pan! :-)

Jury Duty...

I am not looking forward to tomorrow- I have jury duty. I don't want to go- mainly because the time off work, even if it's just one day is going to put me behind, and I don't like that. Not to mention, if I actually get selected for the jury, I will have to go in and work early in the mornings, and on whatever lunch break I get from jury service, just to keep myself from getting way too far behind. (But I don't think I will get picked for the jury because I think this jury is for a trial that includes social services... since I work for social services... at least that's the way my prayers are leaning...)
Anyway- I also have to go clear up the fact that I got two summons in two weeks time. One in my maiden name, and one in my married name. Now it's always been said that jury selection goes of DMV records, but I know that that can't be true. Because I got the first summons in my maiden name, which I had never registerd in this county with because I never went to the DMV to change anything until after we got our marraige license and my new social security card back. So then the question remains- what record do the courts use to track you down??? And if they tracked me down, why couldn't they figure out I was the same person when they sent the second summons out a week later??? The first trial I was supposed to show up for got cancelled last week, but I didn't luck out twice- and have to show up tomorrow morning. Sigh... I really want a cookie so badly right now...