What inconsiderate lovely people!

Today was award day and graduation at the boys school. It

is hard to manage doing much of anything at this school, for reasons I won't go into. Jo is was in 5th grade and normally they get T-shirts made and wear those to graduate in but they didn't even get those this year. They did at the last moment decide to let them make tie-dyed T-shirts and then had them all sign each others. We were very afraid at first that they wouldn't even get to "march" but they did. I also had a Kindergartner graduating, so it was a busy exciting day for us. It all went pretty well, with both receptions before the assembly we just did the back and forth thing and the kids all had a really good day. I on the other hand ended up very upset and aggravated. It was one of those things where you just have to stop and think "How inconsiderate can people be?" Granted it was very hot in the gym (it is the one part of the school that isn't air conditioned) and we had all been there for awhile but geeze people!! They had gone through all of the awards and then did the graduations. Kindergarten first and then they started the 5th graders. Half of the parents in the place were up, moving around and getting their kids or talking. They were standing in the middle of the aisles where the kids needed to walk, blocking every one's view and keeping all of us that had graduates from seeing, filming or enjoying anything. Again I say "How inconsiderate can people be?" It was truly heartbreaking and unfortunate. If any of those people were my child, I would have taken them directly to the bathroom and busted their

hind ends!

Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment.

It was all and all a good day. It just left a bad aftertaste.

New Additions

If you know me you know how much I love animals but we have had a really bad spell with them lately. The turtles got sick and/or chewed up by the dog(it's a long story), the hamster died while we were at the hospital with Dear Ones Mom and cats always have a way of disappearing around here if let outside for too long. So we were down to only Tuck the Dog. One pet wonders we are no longer. Within the last few weeks we have gotten two kittens who are about the same age. I'm in love, I love cats anyway and one of the kittens is a calico(which is my dream). Sox is suppose to go outside when she gets big enough but I'm hoping they will do good and by then Dear One will have forgotten that promise. So meet Sox and Calli!!

Going Places

“Don’t you want to do something with your life?” I have been asked that question so many times in my life and it really frustrates me. Yes, I am a stay at home mom. I am devoted to my children and making sure that they become decent human beings. What makes others think that this limits me? Who gets to decide what determines if you are “Going Places” or not? I have a successful career, whether or not anyone chooses to agree with me. I could be stepping into a huge debate here, I know that. I am not even going to touch the subject of stay at home mom versus working mom. To each his own, everyone does what they have to and what they feel is right for them. Just because I choose to stay home with my children does not make my life worthless. I am not dumb actually I’m pretty smart. I am not lazy, actually strike that I can be but who isn’t at times. I do not watch soap operas or talk shows all day. I take my job seriously, very seriously. This is where I am going to step into a debate. I believe if a woman is a stay at home mom then that IS her job. My husband doesn’t do much of anything and I don’t think he should, he has his job too. He helps out when he knows that I really need him too and I expect no more of him. I try to make my kids do their part but not because I want to have less to do, I make them do it because they need to learn to be responsible for their selves. Making the kids do their part is a job in and of itself at times as any mom will tell you. I could sit here all day and list all of the different jobs that I do and do well, I might add. We’ve all seen the lists before and heard the stories of what a mom would earn if she got paid for her work. No I’m not jockeying for the top spot in my office, or working my way up the corporate ladder but I hold a very special spot for a lot of people. I am proud of where I am and where I’m going and I am going places. Who knows where my job as a mom will take me or who I will be the mother of someday. Plus I get to spend my summer days spending time with my kids and getting to know them better. So I’m going lots of places, How about you?

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Prejudice comes in many flavors

A comment was made yesterday by our great Vice-President and I just want to put it in a different context for a minute. Let’s say he said this instead “We have Cheney’s on both sides of the family and we’re not even Hispanic.” What would the reaction have been? Or if he had said “We have Cheney’s on both sides of the family and we’re not even Black.” Oh my! Would that have been a disaster! So why is it okay for him to say “We have Cheney’s on both sides of the family and we don’t even live in West Virginia”? Where are the big groups that should be poised and ready to go after him? To me prejudice is prejudice. Does it matter who it is against? This comment was so inflammatory and ridiculous that had it been made about anyone else there would be a huge uproar over it. Yes, I live in West Virginia and I took more offense than anyone who lives elsewhere would but why is that? When we hear of people being judged unfairly or put into a stereotype like this it shouldn’t matter where or who it is, it should offend us all as a nation. If he is making comments like this about us in public what kind of things is he saying about you behind closed doors? I am appalled that he would make such a comment but I am even more appalled that there is not more outrage from the general public.

This weeks Pop Quizzes were:

I love writing and I love blogging but I do not like these weekly pop quiz blogs, they just don’t feel right to me. Someone gave me the idea and it sounded great but I haven’t found a way to make them interesting. I just want to write, I don’t want to feel forced to write. I enjoy the Random Abandon blogs, I work on them all through the week just jotting down things that are on my mind. Honestly I am still new to all of this and it is going to take some experimenting to find a style that I am comfortable with. Any input is always welcomed. Just bear with me and hopefully it will get better. I’m not sure I could have made a list for this week anyway. Taking the first trip with our kids in many many years brought about many many questions. The most prominent one was definitely being: What the heck was I thinking?

Woman are truly better together!!

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Random Abandon

West Virginia is no longer Open for Business. We are once again simply Wild and Wonderful. Actually it's been that way for awhile but I just saw it for myself. See history here.

West Virginia restaurants are really lacking. Case in point: The KFC in Wytheville, VA has dumplings and they are actually good. Get with it people.

Traveling with kids is dangerous to your health!!

Weddings can be beautiful in so many different ways, what works for some may not work for others. Funny how marriages follow those exact same lines.