So, Mr. President, so many were under the impression that you ALREADY proved you were a US Citizen....so why PROVE it, or at least appear to prove it now? Ohhhh, that's right, you just approved $25 million dineros for no lethal aid to Libia....GREAT, more money WE DON'T have to another country besides our own.....awesome. How about you deal with gas going over $4 bucks, job loss, economy, gas prices, home loans, HEY Mr. PREZ "BAIL ME OUT"!!!!! Ugh, so over this whole administration digging us into a even deeper grave. I am proud to be an American, Mr. President, why don't you start acting like you are too???
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/26/obama-authorizes-25-million-non-lethal-aid-libyan-rebels/?test=latestnews
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Women and competition.
I am not sure I understand why some women are so destructive to other women; those who they call their friends.
Like why do women have to compete with other women? I don't get it. Like why is is that women who have friends have to have "friendship competitions?" Like when friend A & B post that they had a good time here and there, why does, NOW, friend C & B have to point out where they went too.....it's like, comon' ladies, it's not original and it's not funny, it's high school and immature. To me, looks like someone is jealous of someone else's friendship. Ugh, so over it.
Why can't people just be happy with their situations and their friendships? Why do they have to compete with one another, like they're jealous of each others friendships? It's not a competition. I don't think there are some ladies who got this memo....it IS okay for your friends to have OTHER friend. UGh.(this is why I love the hide button on facebook!---now I can hide your meaningless posts).
Like why do women have to compete with other women? I don't get it. Like why is is that women who have friends have to have "friendship competitions?" Like when friend A & B post that they had a good time here and there, why does, NOW, friend C & B have to point out where they went too.....it's like, comon' ladies, it's not original and it's not funny, it's high school and immature. To me, looks like someone is jealous of someone else's friendship. Ugh, so over it.
Why can't people just be happy with their situations and their friendships? Why do they have to compete with one another, like they're jealous of each others friendships? It's not a competition. I don't think there are some ladies who got this memo....it IS okay for your friends to have OTHER friend. UGh.(this is why I love the hide button on facebook!---now I can hide your meaningless posts).
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Dove Chocolate Party.....fun fun!
So, tonight I went to a Dove Chocolate Party and it was So much fun!!! Had a great time meeting new people and visiting with old friends. It was a great time and, Monika, the host, was so much fun! If you ever get the opportunity to go to one, GO! It's a great way to get to mingle and eat some chocolate!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Why
Why do people settle for those who are trash? Seriously, why do people settle for the low lives, the people who treat them like garbage, the ones who marry "just to keep him/her happy"? I don't get it. If you are miserable, I HOPE you didn't knowingly choose to get into that. You can't change your spouse, you can't change them into what you want, that's why there are 6 billion or so people on this earth. To CHOOSE from. If you are miserable, say something or get out...but please don't get married to someone you know will have to make you sacrifice ALL your happiness just so that they can be happy.... I see this a lot with military marriages: getting married because their pregnant, or young, or he's leaving, or they graduated high school, or he's going on a boat. Wait. If I would tell young people anything about the military and marriage is WAIT.
We weren't going to wait, but after discussion and advice (yes, we asked for that rather then shunned it), but I am so glad we did. We are both so different now then we were 6 years ago, and honestly, we thought of getting married cause he was "leaving", but it made no sense to me. I will never understand that concept of the military "relationship".....It was like, why get married when he's be leaving and could die? Either way, I'd be alone for the first part of our marriage; we didn't want that.
The military's high divorce rate is due to this: people marrying other people they don't love, but rather, are comfortable with. I see so many of these active duty guys who are miserable, and to a handful of them, I think, heck I know you wife, no wonder you are miserable...it's sad but true. These are the women who hate all other women. You know these types, they are the one who think anyone who is a female is either a)hunting her husband down cause they LOVE him, 2)skinner then her, or 3)"well she's just a bitch". Don't laugh, it's true.
My advice, WAIT and WAIT until you find someone who truly makes you happy. If you get pregnant, don't marry her cause you have a baby, marry her cause you love her, this is another royal screw up with many military families: Oooops babies and then mommy and daddy suddenly get married and love each other, seriously, just because you can have sex and get pregnant does not make you IN LOVE. Don't get married cause you think it's right...the kids will know, and statistically speaking, you have a higher divorce rate. You can be a parent and not be married to the other biological parent. Why would you marry someone you don't love, and in lots of cases, grow to "put up with".....
I don't understand all these young people who have "miserable" marriages around me...1)I don't care, and 2)You chose this? I mean, everyone has their problems, but bitching about your husband all the time, and your kids, and daycare, and you hate this and don't like her? Honestly, maybe you're miserable because you, yourself, are a miserable person and you don't like where you're at, even though you made this choice. Own up to it and grow a pair. Get over it and do something or be content with the fortunate chance you were given.
All this is another reason why NOT to settle for the one you "want to hook up with" rather then the one you "want to marry". You'll wind up like so many others: miserable and feeling stuck.
We weren't going to wait, but after discussion and advice (yes, we asked for that rather then shunned it), but I am so glad we did. We are both so different now then we were 6 years ago, and honestly, we thought of getting married cause he was "leaving", but it made no sense to me. I will never understand that concept of the military "relationship".....It was like, why get married when he's be leaving and could die? Either way, I'd be alone for the first part of our marriage; we didn't want that.
The military's high divorce rate is due to this: people marrying other people they don't love, but rather, are comfortable with. I see so many of these active duty guys who are miserable, and to a handful of them, I think, heck I know you wife, no wonder you are miserable...it's sad but true. These are the women who hate all other women. You know these types, they are the one who think anyone who is a female is either a)hunting her husband down cause they LOVE him, 2)skinner then her, or 3)"well she's just a bitch". Don't laugh, it's true.
My advice, WAIT and WAIT until you find someone who truly makes you happy. If you get pregnant, don't marry her cause you have a baby, marry her cause you love her, this is another royal screw up with many military families: Oooops babies and then mommy and daddy suddenly get married and love each other, seriously, just because you can have sex and get pregnant does not make you IN LOVE. Don't get married cause you think it's right...the kids will know, and statistically speaking, you have a higher divorce rate. You can be a parent and not be married to the other biological parent. Why would you marry someone you don't love, and in lots of cases, grow to "put up with".....
I don't understand all these young people who have "miserable" marriages around me...1)I don't care, and 2)You chose this? I mean, everyone has their problems, but bitching about your husband all the time, and your kids, and daycare, and you hate this and don't like her? Honestly, maybe you're miserable because you, yourself, are a miserable person and you don't like where you're at, even though you made this choice. Own up to it and grow a pair. Get over it and do something or be content with the fortunate chance you were given.
All this is another reason why NOT to settle for the one you "want to hook up with" rather then the one you "want to marry". You'll wind up like so many others: miserable and feeling stuck.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
three year freeze on military pay and stuff?
My response to http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/11/military-debt-commission-recommendations-111010w/
I read this, and I am kinda (don't hate me) on the fence about being all bent out of shape about it. Both my husband and I are in the service, so yes, it would affect us, but it's only being considered, it's not in writing, they're throwing ideas out there how to save money. (right or wrong, I know).
I just come from a different viewpoint I guess where everyone else in the civilian sector is cut in pay, benefits, etc. but the military can't be (this I am thinking is their viewpoint)? Firefighters, cops, law enforcement, they are being fer-lowed (made to work for free) right now, my father is in law enforcement and it's true. He puts his life on the line daily for us, and he's being made to work for free, not getting paid, his pension being negotiated to get lowered cause the Federal Govnt can't afford it....it's bad all over. It's sad because the military is complied of the people who fight for our right, and fortunately, up to this point, we haven't been 'scraped' of our pay, told to work for free, our medical coverage taken from us; in the civilian world, this is the case, and it's sad.
I don't see this going any further, due to the outrage the military community will raise if it goes past this point. It's a pay freeze, not a pay cut, but either way, and I am sorry to say this, but military families have gotten used to pay increases, esp with Bush, and even Obama. The military community, generally speaking, isn't used to being cut back on pay, especially the younger people like myself---yeah we complain that "we didn't join for the money and stuff", but we joined for the benefits and steady income. It's INSANE to get medical coverage through a private company right now at a civilian job (did this before I was married-or tried to) and it was very difficult. I would get all my "medical stuff" done on drills cause I couldn't afford it otherwise.
I understand people are upset, and I have issue with some of the things in this article they want to cut back on, but you start neglecting pay increases to a entity that is used to getting that, then the number of enlisted people will go down, and people will be angry, and that is never good.
People in the military---and their families-- get commissary privileges, discounts at parks, groceries, military discounts in many businesses and shops, medical coverage, dental, optical coverage, car insurance breaks depending on who you use, FREE housing that doesn't come out of your base pay, and many other perks. I am quite frankly tired of hearing military spouses complain about how "they can't freeze our pay, we're the military". To that I say, look around, look at the economy, you think you're the only one having financial trouble? It's not just military folks, it's everyone. At least in the service you don't have to (not all but most) have to worry about a house payment, medical bills, and hospital bills; civilians and other who aren't "in the military" don't get these perks.
I would hope this won't happen, as I am sure the military member or their family wouldn't want it to happen either, but unfortunately it's the nature of the beast. It may be a possibility, but I don't see it being put in stone cause there will be just too much outrage from the military community.
It's like you tell the cops, firefighters, private investigators, corrections officers, etc that we're going to cut your pay, and it's done---it's fought, but in the end it is done; but you say to the military we're going to freeze your pay; and it's suppose to be some big travesty, like it's illegal or something to even consider "doing something that looks like you're not rewarding the service members" .
Maybe I think this way, which I know is NOT popular amongst a lot of spouses, but to them I say, I don't think I am entitled to anything as a military member, especially a pay increase. I am no better then someone who isn't in the service, and to act as such makes me upset. I hope this 'idea' to freeze military pay, amongst other things, does not happen, but I will not stand on my high horse saying "my husband serves this country (and myself), how dare them do this to US"....it would make me sound entitled, which is what a lot of civilians think of military people ---gosh, I wonder why?
I read this, and I am kinda (don't hate me) on the fence about being all bent out of shape about it. Both my husband and I are in the service, so yes, it would affect us, but it's only being considered, it's not in writing, they're throwing ideas out there how to save money. (right or wrong, I know).
I just come from a different viewpoint I guess where everyone else in the civilian sector is cut in pay, benefits, etc. but the military can't be (this I am thinking is their viewpoint)? Firefighters, cops, law enforcement, they are being fer-lowed (made to work for free) right now, my father is in law enforcement and it's true. He puts his life on the line daily for us, and he's being made to work for free, not getting paid, his pension being negotiated to get lowered cause the Federal Govnt can't afford it....it's bad all over. It's sad because the military is complied of the people who fight for our right, and fortunately, up to this point, we haven't been 'scraped' of our pay, told to work for free, our medical coverage taken from us; in the civilian world, this is the case, and it's sad.
I don't see this going any further, due to the outrage the military community will raise if it goes past this point. It's a pay freeze, not a pay cut, but either way, and I am sorry to say this, but military families have gotten used to pay increases, esp with Bush, and even Obama. The military community, generally speaking, isn't used to being cut back on pay, especially the younger people like myself---yeah we complain that "we didn't join for the money and stuff", but we joined for the benefits and steady income. It's INSANE to get medical coverage through a private company right now at a civilian job (did this before I was married-or tried to) and it was very difficult. I would get all my "medical stuff" done on drills cause I couldn't afford it otherwise.
I understand people are upset, and I have issue with some of the things in this article they want to cut back on, but you start neglecting pay increases to a entity that is used to getting that, then the number of enlisted people will go down, and people will be angry, and that is never good.
People in the military---and their families-- get commissary privileges, discounts at parks, groceries, military discounts in many businesses and shops, medical coverage, dental, optical coverage, car insurance breaks depending on who you use, FREE housing that doesn't come out of your base pay, and many other perks. I am quite frankly tired of hearing military spouses complain about how "they can't freeze our pay, we're the military". To that I say, look around, look at the economy, you think you're the only one having financial trouble? It's not just military folks, it's everyone. At least in the service you don't have to (not all but most) have to worry about a house payment, medical bills, and hospital bills; civilians and other who aren't "in the military" don't get these perks.
I would hope this won't happen, as I am sure the military member or their family wouldn't want it to happen either, but unfortunately it's the nature of the beast. It may be a possibility, but I don't see it being put in stone cause there will be just too much outrage from the military community.
It's like you tell the cops, firefighters, private investigators, corrections officers, etc that we're going to cut your pay, and it's done---it's fought, but in the end it is done; but you say to the military we're going to freeze your pay; and it's suppose to be some big travesty, like it's illegal or something to even consider "doing something that looks like you're not rewarding the service members" .
Maybe I think this way, which I know is NOT popular amongst a lot of spouses, but to them I say, I don't think I am entitled to anything as a military member, especially a pay increase. I am no better then someone who isn't in the service, and to act as such makes me upset. I hope this 'idea' to freeze military pay, amongst other things, does not happen, but I will not stand on my high horse saying "my husband serves this country (and myself), how dare them do this to US"....it would make me sound entitled, which is what a lot of civilians think of military people ---gosh, I wonder why?
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Scentsy stuff.....
So, if you have followed me on facebook, you know I sell (and use A LOT) of Scentsy stuff.
I had my first Women'e Expo this last weekend and have a Holiday Open House this upcoming Saturday, and just signed up for the KW Grace Lutheran Art and Craft Fair show, so I will have a table there. All 3 weekends back to back to back....phew, I will be tired come December hehehe.
Scentsy is proving to me a success for me here, and has taken off. I have a new recruit here locally, who, I am sure, will do well when I leave and 4 other recruits all over back home and in the north eastern too....so maybe I have a team being built that will prove, maybe one day I can quit my day job and be a Scentsy Consultant full time. That would be awesome.
I am planning on gong to the Convention this next year in Fort Worth, TX in early Aug....which should be a great step if I want to take this Scentsy stuff to the next level. I hope where we get stationed next year takes to Scentsy like the military community and locals have here.
by the way, if you're interested is Scentsy look here: www.scentsy.us/brookecowan
it's the SAFE way to make your house smell good...no flame for me to leave burning, my mom would be SO proud! hehe.
I had my first Women'e Expo this last weekend and have a Holiday Open House this upcoming Saturday, and just signed up for the KW Grace Lutheran Art and Craft Fair show, so I will have a table there. All 3 weekends back to back to back....phew, I will be tired come December hehehe.
Scentsy is proving to me a success for me here, and has taken off. I have a new recruit here locally, who, I am sure, will do well when I leave and 4 other recruits all over back home and in the north eastern too....so maybe I have a team being built that will prove, maybe one day I can quit my day job and be a Scentsy Consultant full time. That would be awesome.
I am planning on gong to the Convention this next year in Fort Worth, TX in early Aug....which should be a great step if I want to take this Scentsy stuff to the next level. I hope where we get stationed next year takes to Scentsy like the military community and locals have here.
by the way, if you're interested is Scentsy look here: www.scentsy.us/brookecowan
it's the SAFE way to make your house smell good...no flame for me to leave burning, my mom would be SO proud! hehe.
Growing up
I am realizing that growing up mean taking responsibility for your actions: good or bad. What can't other adults do this also. No one wants to admit when they're wrong or when they've made a mistake, but I am looking hope in humanity when I see the nation, fro our the top to the bottom make excuses for their wrongs; rather then saying "I messed up" and learning from it. I wish some of my friends and co workers would take note, cause they really look like a fool when they screw up royally, then blame the little guy---really? We're there?
I am leaning that growing up means forgiving those who wrong you. I had a situation recently where I was wronged, but as with anything, you move on and you decide how to react. I can only be responsible for my actions and hope that it may be an example to others. Forgiving those who wrong you, and really, deep down, forgiving them, takes a lot. It takes a lot of hurt to overcome, but wow, what freedom and release you get from it. May God allow me, and others, to be able to responsible for our actions, even when it's not a good thing, when we mess up, and to be able to move on from those situations with a better understanding for life and hopefully learn how to handle those situations and most of all, how to be humble.
I am leaning that growing up means forgiving those who wrong you. I had a situation recently where I was wronged, but as with anything, you move on and you decide how to react. I can only be responsible for my actions and hope that it may be an example to others. Forgiving those who wrong you, and really, deep down, forgiving them, takes a lot. It takes a lot of hurt to overcome, but wow, what freedom and release you get from it. May God allow me, and others, to be able to responsible for our actions, even when it's not a good thing, when we mess up, and to be able to move on from those situations with a better understanding for life and hopefully learn how to handle those situations and most of all, how to be humble.
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