What is a Blog anyhow?

A friend of mine recently, in response to asking her if she had a blog, asked me "what is a blog for anyhow?" I was sort of taken aback because she is my age, and asking me what the point of a blog was. Doesn't my age group know everything about the computer and IT world? That's our generation isn't it? That got me thinking, though. Why do I have a blog? What is the draw and purpose for so many people to have blogs?
My purpose for a blog was to get my creative juices flowing. I miss having something to put those efforts into, like work and school. I even got ambitious and said I was going to do a mural in Abi's room. Needless to say, that project flopped. I am not a painter in the sense of doing animals and the such. I can do abstract and geometric. And that's about it. But I do love to write short "essays" and poems. And I can do that with a blog and I can share it with people all over the world.
In essence a blog is another way that we as humans fulfill that most important need, contact with others. Whether with strangers, distant or near family and friends, anyone can visit a blog and read the authors thoughts and happenings. Odd creatures, we humans, huh? Our constant curiousness and eager ability to communicate has brought us so many inventions. We are certainly the age of knowledge. And a blog is just another way to communicate with others. So enjoy blogging you bloggers! Keep reading and supporting one another.

"Quack, Quack Mom!"

As most children, Abigale wakes up and is very happy. Today she woke up, climbed off my bed and toddled to the living room. A few minutes later, my bird lover, comes into my room saying "Mom, quack quack!" over and over. It took a bit for it to register as to what she was waving, head flopping from side to side. Once realization set in to what my 20 month old was holding, I sat up said "Abi that's an icky bird!" I don't think I startled her, but at first that's what it looked like because she abruptly dropped the bird. Next came screaming and tears. Confusion was all I felt at first. Why was she so upset and scared?
I looked at the bird, wondering if it was still alive. The limp, lifeless body was not moving. Examining my daughter's fingers, I found one that had a pinch mark on it. The only conclusion I can come to is that the bird came to life just long enough to get an intrusive toddler to stop the waving of his body in the air. "Let me die in what peace and dignity I have left, darn it!" he must have been saying.
My living room was left with the feathers of his abusive death. The kitchen decorated with black and brown flecks. What kind of bird it was I am not sure. But I think it was a Robin youngster. Older than the picture I found for this post, but not an adult. But Missy (year old tabby female) is definitely proud of her catch for Mommy.

Humor in Line

This conversation happened at the local grocery store- Winco, tonight.
Checker: " I hope you got all the item numbers on these bulk foods."
Me: "I believe I did."
Then I thought, well shoot, I wonder if I did miss them.
Checker: "Well, you miss this one."
Me: "Well shoot..."
I smile a bit embarrassed... laugh, look at it...look at the cart...
me: "I think its cloves. Oh wait... maybe not... let me smell it."
Checker looks at me funny and hands me the little bag.
I smell it and say
"No its Allspice."
The guy behind me says "When in doubt Allspice!"

Phishing

Do you love to fish? I do. But how does the fish feel about you fishing? If I was a fish, I wouldn't like you fishing in my pond....

That's how I feel about phishing attempts. People are out there preying on me while I am trying to further my family in life and they have the gal to ruin that for me! I mean come on! Why would someone feel so desperate for money that they spend their time and money looking for people to catch on their spiny hooks?

I got an email to my Craigslist posting asking for someone to pay me to run their errands. This is the email-

Your Ref: 3918/04/TF-ATW Toshiba Handle Company©: Introduces the position of offshore financial manager, you being our offshore manager your Responsibility is to process payments from customers and clients.You do not need to travel to meet our client or Customer as all payment will be delivered to you at home. The requirements for the candidates are: -Being energetic, responsible, honest and industrious -Being Between 19-90 years old -Having a few (1-2 hrs a day) to check your email -Having a phone, (home and mobile) -Having an email Once you are able to attribute yourself and meet all the above listed requirements, you should probably then apply for our offered position. Our company remains the most successful distributor of power equipments manufactured by Toshiba. Recently, our company's profit has increased so much, thus, we decided to expand into the markets of United Kingdom and Africa. Your duties as offshore financial manager will be to receive payments through various means from the customer in the nearest Region. The employee will process the payment and send the money via Western Union to one of our regional trade missions or our partner regional branches around the world. There are 2 means which you can receive payment from our client. 1. By check. 2. Wells Fargo Bank You are expected to deduct 10% for your income and wire the the remaining balance of the money to the location we would make available to you. (YOU COULD EARNED UP TO $900 usd a WEEK OR MORE) It's real and legit and we have our own way of verifying information given to us to ascertain if it's genuine or otherwise. We also have security agents working with us in collaboration with the FBI, Scotland Yard and INTERPOL just in case you turn out to be a cheat. NOTE: ALL CHARGES BY WESTERN UNION WILL BE HANDLED BY TOSHIBA HANDLE, so when sending via western union, fees will be taken from total sum processed by you. Further details regarding to the employment form and confirmation will be entertained via our personal email address. Kindly get back to us with the following information if you are interested in working with us. 1.) First Name: 2.) SurName: 3.) Address: 4,) City: 5.) State: 6.) Zip code: 7.) Mobile Phone Number: 8.) Cells Phone Number: 9.) Gender: 10.) Status: 11.) Age: 12.) Present Job: Toshiba Handle Company© Computer Systems Division 9740 Irvine Boulevard Irvine, CA 92618. Email: toshibahandle1@yahoo.com Web content for all Toshiba Handle Company© : http://www.toshiba.com What would you think after reading this email? I, at first, was a little skeptical, but not enough so that I recognized it for what it was. Then little feelings started altering my opinion. So i clicked on the link provided. Looked at Toshiba's site for job listings. Nothing really there. But I still felt it was odd. Turning to my all knowing husband, I asked what he knew of the "company name". (He's in Minneapolis) Next, I turned to great Google. This is what I found.

http://www.scamfraudalert.com/f37/looking-rep-www-toshiba-com-john-luke-7057/
http://www.scamfraudalert.com/f37/toshiba-handle-company-account-receivable-payment-agent-position-13689/

Oh what a life saver Google is! I promptly proceeded to send off an email to the jerk phishers and said I am not interested. The email is now in my junk box.

All I want is to earn a little money! Why does have to be so dog-gone difficult? I AM NOT A MULE!!!

How to know when to renew your license/id

The obvious one would be when it expires. Or when the officer writes you a ticket for driving with expired license, whichever method you prefer. Both are effective reminders.

Another sure way to know is when you are asked to show additional identification. If you don't have another form of id, the checker will then ask another associate to verify your picture to your face.

Which will you wait for?

How fast can you kill your phone?

In 123 minutes!

Labor from a Mother's Perspective

Following the trend from Whim, I feel the desire to express my "Labor" in honor of Labor Day.

How long was my "labor"?
I started noticing contractions about 6:30 am and took a bath. I was at the hospital by 9:30 am. And Abi was born at 11:06 am. So what does that equate to- about 5.5 hours.

How did I know I was in "labor"?
I knew I was in labor because I had lost my mucus plug the night before. Also I was very positive when I woke up and took a bath to ease the pain that it was labor. I just knew.

Where did I deliver?
Hospital

Drugs?
Nope

C-Sections?
Nope

Who delivered?
Well the PA I had early in the pregnancy ended up delivering Abi. Funny this is I didn't like this doctor for my prenatal care and changed to my Personal Physician, and he went skiing the week we had Abi.

How long was I pregnant?
5 days before 40 weeks.

What will the next one hold?
Well shall see....