Hello and Happy Blogging Monday! I am so, so glad to be able to watch television and not have to be hounded by political ads. I have blogged enough about politics so I will spare every one's eyes of having to read about this for the third time. I am glad to have my friends back again and I will have to overlook some bad behavior statuses from my friends based on politics. Bad, bad behavior statuses.. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this blog post.
If you remember back in my previous posts I discussed my dislike of Columbus Day. Apparently a lot of my friends read my blog (yay for having nice friends) and now like to bring up my hatred of Columbus Day.. I have noticed that I am very particular about my holidays.. I did not realize this until Curt pointed it out to me. I happen to LOVE Thanksgiving. I have no prejudice against the pilgrims. Heck, I am very greatful for their non-murdering, raping, std giving contribution to society. Thanksgiving is a holiday based around a few of my favorite items. One of my favorite cooked birds is definitely turkey.. It is so delicious! I think my favorite cooked bird may be chicken of the fried kind but I can work with turkey. One of my favorite jellies is jellied cranberries! One of my favorite potatoes are mashed. My first potato choice is definitely fried but a girl can settle for second. I love pies especially chocolate, cherry and I am warming up to pecan. I do not like stuffing at all but I can't be completely greedy. A holiday all about eating is one for my heart. Plus with Thanksgiving you have football, shopping, family and naps. One can't go wrong with this holiday.. However, it seems more and more of America wants to forget Thanksgiving by going straight to Christmas. Everytime I see a Christmas tree, decorations or lights I must tell Thanksgiving that I am sorry. Unfortunately, I have said this frequently this year. I am sure I drive people (mainly Curt) completely crazy with this behavior. I don't know why I feel that it is necessary to apologize to Thanksgiving but it makes me so mad that people forget the pilgrims. Like Curt said, I have a problem with holidays..
Speaking of holidays, November had three extra holidays this year that most people do not realize. First, as mentioned earlier, the end of the political ads on television. I think both parties together can be thankful for this ending. Maybe I can somehow weave this into the Thanksgiving list of thanks this year.. This year I am thankful not to see anymore Todd Akin political ads. I am seriously considering sending all politicans letters about my friend Kristin who can shape their politican butts up.. Second, daylight savings time ends. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know we lose an hour of daylight at night but hello, we get an extra hour of real sleep in the morning. It is like a little piece of heaven until your body adjusts to the extra hour. Third, college basketball startsm this month. Curt and I purchase Mizzou basketball season tickets each year so we are particularly excited for the season to begin. We both love, love going to the games. It is nice because it gives us something to do in the winter and really the tickets are not the expensive. We have been grandfathered in with rates so that is especially nice. I have noticed we suddenly get more friends during basketball season so people can use our tickets. I will tell you that we can be bribed.. :)
Anyway, thanks for reading my blog. I hope you don't think i am anymore crazy than you thought I was before this post. If I don't post before Thanksgiving, enjoy your holiday! I am going to go Black Friday shopping for the first time ever this year.. I am excited and super scared at the same time. Come on big deals!!!!
H
Monday, November 12, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Voting
Omgsh.. Two posts within a month.. Hell must be freezing over soon.. :) First off, I must say I won't be calling out any political party that much.. So all of my extreme liberal and conservative friends can keep reading if you desire.... I hope you enjoy!!
Who reading this is extemely happy to have their regular tv commercials back after tomorrow. I never thought I cared much about commercials but now I know to never take these 30 to 60 second ads for granted again. I am literally sitting here watching Wheel of Fortune (I am so old) and I have not seen one single commercial that is a political ad. Why we are on the subject of political ads, how do some of these make the air? I sometimes watch an ad for a candidate and feel like it was an attack ad on the person it is supposed to be for.. I will watch the whole ad and say there is no way in hell I am voting for this person.. Bad, bad advertising.. My friend Kristin needs to tear into these ads and make them acceptable. I am a HUGE believer in a separation of church and state.. If you mention your church, I am not voting for you.. This is my new decision. There are thousands of people in the USA who are NOT Christian and that makes me mad to leave people out.. Also, if you are a male politican and you look like you are wearing more makeup than Lady Gaga, strike two.. If you air a commercial being a meanie butt to someone then I am not voting for you.. If you are named Todd Akin then I will never ever vote for you.. Enough ranting about him..
Speaking of voting, I think everyone needs to take a second tomorrow and honestly understand how important it is that we can have a free election. (If you are reading this outside the USA, first off, you rock and secondly, sorry about this blanket statement.). There are so many countries out there who do not let people choose what "douchebag" candidate they have as a leader. We/I do not get in any trouble for posting our opinions on the internet/Facebook/blogs or even speaking what we believe in. Democrat/Republican/Blue or Green we can all agree that this is one of the many freedoms we have and we shouldn't take it for granted. Whomever gets elected tomorrow will still be by a free election and a whole heck of a lot better than so many other places. Just remember that tomorrow..
Curt and I for the first time ever in our relationship will be voting for the same person for the main event tomorrow. In years past we both took great joy in canceling out each other's vote. It gives you a little more incentive to vote. We started thinking about a month ago how to make our vote "count" a little more this election since we aren't voting different. We have decided that tomorrow when we cast our vote we will be casting our vote with a little bonus of canceling out that one person who has annoyed the crap out of you this political season. I have been joking with a very conservative co-worker for the last month that I will be canceling out his vote. He doesn't annoy me so I am not sure if tomorrow he will be my wild card cancel vote or not. I may have to "cancel" out his vote just because he gets so worked up about my slightly liberal views. Curt has his person completely nailed out to cancel tomorrow. I suggest you try this little trick.. It adds a little bonus to voting and I bet you have a little chuckle about you win..
Speaking of friends, I am ready to have mine back. I think some of my friends may not like my views on certain subjects just as they do not like mine. Luckily after the election (give people a few days to cool off either way..) we will start having lollipop/rainbows/puppies statuses because Christmas is coming up soon and people will start getting days off of work (thank you Thanksgiving). I love that Facebook/media forums gives people a voice to be heard. I honestly have been surprised about how intelligent some of my friends are on subjects even if I do not agree. On the other hand, I have been surprised at how some people blantantly ignore/blast whole groups of people without thinking twice about it. That completely upsets me because people are still people. I once heard a person talking horribly about illegal immigrants coming into our country and I heard the best response to these ignorant comments.. The person responded by asking what would you do if you had a starving family? Don't you realize those people are unfortunate to be born in a place without wealth and ultimately they are mothers/fathers/sisters/brothers/people trying to take care of those whom they love. Wouldn't you do everything in your power to take care of your family also?
On that note, hopefully you didn't think I was a crazy person who insults the who world. I hope everyone who is of age tomorrow votes, whether you are voting with me or picking me to cancel out my vote. Just remember, only two more days until we have our tv commercials back. As always, thanks for reading..
H
Who reading this is extemely happy to have their regular tv commercials back after tomorrow. I never thought I cared much about commercials but now I know to never take these 30 to 60 second ads for granted again. I am literally sitting here watching Wheel of Fortune (I am so old) and I have not seen one single commercial that is a political ad. Why we are on the subject of political ads, how do some of these make the air? I sometimes watch an ad for a candidate and feel like it was an attack ad on the person it is supposed to be for.. I will watch the whole ad and say there is no way in hell I am voting for this person.. Bad, bad advertising.. My friend Kristin needs to tear into these ads and make them acceptable. I am a HUGE believer in a separation of church and state.. If you mention your church, I am not voting for you.. This is my new decision. There are thousands of people in the USA who are NOT Christian and that makes me mad to leave people out.. Also, if you are a male politican and you look like you are wearing more makeup than Lady Gaga, strike two.. If you air a commercial being a meanie butt to someone then I am not voting for you.. If you are named Todd Akin then I will never ever vote for you.. Enough ranting about him..
Speaking of voting, I think everyone needs to take a second tomorrow and honestly understand how important it is that we can have a free election. (If you are reading this outside the USA, first off, you rock and secondly, sorry about this blanket statement.). There are so many countries out there who do not let people choose what "douchebag" candidate they have as a leader. We/I do not get in any trouble for posting our opinions on the internet/Facebook/blogs or even speaking what we believe in. Democrat/Republican/Blue or Green we can all agree that this is one of the many freedoms we have and we shouldn't take it for granted. Whomever gets elected tomorrow will still be by a free election and a whole heck of a lot better than so many other places. Just remember that tomorrow..
Curt and I for the first time ever in our relationship will be voting for the same person for the main event tomorrow. In years past we both took great joy in canceling out each other's vote. It gives you a little more incentive to vote. We started thinking about a month ago how to make our vote "count" a little more this election since we aren't voting different. We have decided that tomorrow when we cast our vote we will be casting our vote with a little bonus of canceling out that one person who has annoyed the crap out of you this political season. I have been joking with a very conservative co-worker for the last month that I will be canceling out his vote. He doesn't annoy me so I am not sure if tomorrow he will be my wild card cancel vote or not. I may have to "cancel" out his vote just because he gets so worked up about my slightly liberal views. Curt has his person completely nailed out to cancel tomorrow. I suggest you try this little trick.. It adds a little bonus to voting and I bet you have a little chuckle about you win..
Speaking of friends, I am ready to have mine back. I think some of my friends may not like my views on certain subjects just as they do not like mine. Luckily after the election (give people a few days to cool off either way..) we will start having lollipop/rainbows/puppies statuses because Christmas is coming up soon and people will start getting days off of work (thank you Thanksgiving). I love that Facebook/media forums gives people a voice to be heard. I honestly have been surprised about how intelligent some of my friends are on subjects even if I do not agree. On the other hand, I have been surprised at how some people blantantly ignore/blast whole groups of people without thinking twice about it. That completely upsets me because people are still people. I once heard a person talking horribly about illegal immigrants coming into our country and I heard the best response to these ignorant comments.. The person responded by asking what would you do if you had a starving family? Don't you realize those people are unfortunate to be born in a place without wealth and ultimately they are mothers/fathers/sisters/brothers/people trying to take care of those whom they love. Wouldn't you do everything in your power to take care of your family also?
On that note, hopefully you didn't think I was a crazy person who insults the who world. I hope everyone who is of age tomorrow votes, whether you are voting with me or picking me to cancel out my vote. Just remember, only two more days until we have our tv commercials back. As always, thanks for reading..
H
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