I have neglected this blog for year but I have decided to once again share my thoughts. I am wiser, more cautious and still positive. I am happy that I have yet to be bitter and unable to forgive and move on. I have been writing poetry once again. And I am enjoying my life stress free.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Favorite game on iPod
I never was much of a fan of Angry Birds because I was quite inept in flinging the birds. It just seems wrong to fling a bird, however I enjoy playing Bubble Island, the object of the game involves rescuing the little kittens. Try it I am sure you will love itm
Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, July 18, 2011
"You have to have some get up and go about ya!"
My Grandma would make the best sweet potatoe pie, with the flakiest buttery crust. When I see sweet potatoes I think of her pie and her wisdom. "Have some get up and go about ya." This is a snippet from my past, my Grandma Callie would say this to me when I would sit back and feel sorry for myself. Why me, what about me, I can laugh about it now but this was the way I thought, always being the victim. You may know a person like that. This sort of person does not want to take responsibility for their life and wants to hold other people responsible for their mistakes. I did not come from the best home but it was not all bad. One thing I learned was perserverance and to take moments to get away to think. I would runaway to my Grandma's house and stay with her for a few days. I find that a lot of times when you are pressed for time that is when you make bad decisions. People who appear strong, self reliant are the usually people we all go to when we have problems. I appear to be one of those people but I did not get that way overnight. These people are the caregivers in society and this is a form of charity. Now I am at a point in my life where I am a social worker. Why did I not go to school and pursue a degree in this field because I am great at it. I find myself calling for people being their advocate, making complaints and giving support. This is something I love and I believe I am good at it because I want good for people like I want for myself. How many people can honestly say this when we live in a society where there is a such a rat race to be successful in your life and step on someone to get where you want to go. If you have a problem why not write it down and think first, think second and then think again before you go out and do something foolish. When I was a teenager all the way into my early twenties I would ask a certain person in my life how to go about things and they were just as clueless as I was. In retrospect I have found that you have to look intently at who this person is that you are asking for advice. For example would you ask your friend who has not been able to sustain any relationship with a man for any substantial amount of time, how to deal with your husband? Many people would say no but in reality you see this all the time. After getting loads of bad advice I started to read books like "The Art of War, I also took a class on Ethics in college, a class in Psychology and abnormal psychology as well as World Religion. You see I had one person who believed in my abilities, my Grandma Callie and I had a brain that I chose to enlighten. My goal in sharing this is not to get anyone to do as I have done but rather to prompt you to start your brain in motion to make neccessary changes in your life before it is too late. So as my Grandma once said " Have some get up and go about ya."
Friday, July 15, 2011
How can I Help You!!!!!???????
I have made a commitment to try and blog regularly and stop spending much of my free time on Facebook playing Cafe World, Cafe Life, Baking Life and lets not forget Cupcake Corner. What can I say I love to play those social games. However this post is not about my addiction to those games. I have a question to ask " Have you ever been given very stringent requirements of how you can help someone. I feel this is very disturbing because I can see areas that my assistance is needed but I am unable to help because of the person I am trying to help has a particular person who is blocking my attempts to help them. My stance has been to just back off because I do not want to cause any stress on the person I wanted to help. This person is very close to me I have known them all my life and this is a very difficult time in their life. I just want to know how can I help you when I am not able to?
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Barbara walters Oprah Interview
I just want to know exactly what stood out the most to you while you were viewing the interview tonight. For me it was how she described her relationship with her bestie Gail. Oprah said "She (Gail) is such a good listener." I personally have told myself to just shut up and listen to what other people are saying. Being a good listener is an art form and I know that I have not mastered it. However I am very particular about who I consider a friend and The best way to feel someone out is to just let them talk. Try to find out what their passions are and ask them some questions.
Have you ever met someone at a party and exchanged numbers and then suddenly they are different on the phone. What is up with that? I just don't get it. Can someone please explain it. I know that I am very easy to talk to and it may be that people are just using me to have the illusion that they are having a good time. Or is it that they are talking to me because no one else wants to talk to them. Actually that is exactly why I chatted them up, I do not like smug, cattiness or airs. I've been a have and a have not and then a sorta have:)!
Okay may Almighty God guide Oprah. I am from Chicago and I have never been to one of her shows at one time I was interested in going but not anymore. I have watched her shows rarely because I know what my purpose in life is and I no longer have this sense of "something just isn't right" feeling. I do not know why Oprah has to let everyone know of all the charity that she does i would have liked to ask her why she does not do it anoynomous. Maybe it is just the making of great daytime television.
Material things are not going to bring you any lasting happiness. At least not to me. Many people are depressed and they aren't sure why. We are all connected and we should care that children are going to bed hungry, that children are being abused or being killed. And that war is ravaging the homes of civilians who have never done any acts of terrorism. Here I am in America just like Oprah and we all need to do more to help one another for the sake of Almighty God. It could be a smile, a cough drop, a pat on the back, holding a door. many of us need to find our humanity to do good deeds and also to say thank you when someone does something for you. The sense of entitlement and being ungrateful has to stop.
On another note has anyone seen the show American Pickers? What is up with all this piling up of possessions. I cringed when I watch this show as well as Clean House. Can you believe all these people have all these things and they're not happy? I watch these shows to stay grounded and think before I bring another thing into my house. Pardon my rambling, thanks for being such a good listener, I mean reader. :)
Have you ever met someone at a party and exchanged numbers and then suddenly they are different on the phone. What is up with that? I just don't get it. Can someone please explain it. I know that I am very easy to talk to and it may be that people are just using me to have the illusion that they are having a good time. Or is it that they are talking to me because no one else wants to talk to them. Actually that is exactly why I chatted them up, I do not like smug, cattiness or airs. I've been a have and a have not and then a sorta have:)!
Okay may Almighty God guide Oprah. I am from Chicago and I have never been to one of her shows at one time I was interested in going but not anymore. I have watched her shows rarely because I know what my purpose in life is and I no longer have this sense of "something just isn't right" feeling. I do not know why Oprah has to let everyone know of all the charity that she does i would have liked to ask her why she does not do it anoynomous. Maybe it is just the making of great daytime television.
Material things are not going to bring you any lasting happiness. At least not to me. Many people are depressed and they aren't sure why. We are all connected and we should care that children are going to bed hungry, that children are being abused or being killed. And that war is ravaging the homes of civilians who have never done any acts of terrorism. Here I am in America just like Oprah and we all need to do more to help one another for the sake of Almighty God. It could be a smile, a cough drop, a pat on the back, holding a door. many of us need to find our humanity to do good deeds and also to say thank you when someone does something for you. The sense of entitlement and being ungrateful has to stop.
On another note has anyone seen the show American Pickers? What is up with all this piling up of possessions. I cringed when I watch this show as well as Clean House. Can you believe all these people have all these things and they're not happy? I watch these shows to stay grounded and think before I bring another thing into my house. Pardon my rambling, thanks for being such a good listener, I mean reader. :)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I am Back!!!
Hello everyone this is just a short post to let everyone know that I intend to start posting on this blog regularly again. I have missed sharing my finds and life in general. Hi everyone:)
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Rakku Designs
While reading one of my favorite blogs Yvestown I spied with my eye this awesome shoe caddy by Rakku Designs. It is so cute and compact and I think it adds a bit of interest and fun when storing your shoes.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Jewish editor was fired because of this
Quest for Justice by Judith Stone
I am a Jew. I was a participant in the Rally for the Right of Return to Palestine. It was the right thing to do. I've heard about the European holocaust against the Jews since I was a small child. I've visited the memorials in Washington, DC and Jerusalem dedicated to Jewish lives lost and I've cried at the recognition to what level of atrocity mankind is capable of sinking.
Where are the Jews of conscience? No righteous malice can be held against the survivors of Hitler's holocaust. These fragments of humanity were in no position to make choices beyond that of personal survival. We must not forget that being a survivor or a co-religionist of the victims of the European Holocaust does not grant dispensation from abiding by the rules of humanity. "Never again" as a motto, rings hollow when it means "never again to us alone."
Complete article is found here.
I am a Jew. I was a participant in the Rally for the Right of Return to Palestine. It was the right thing to do. I've heard about the European holocaust against the Jews since I was a small child. I've visited the memorials in Washington, DC and Jerusalem dedicated to Jewish lives lost and I've cried at the recognition to what level of atrocity mankind is capable of sinking.
Where are the Jews of conscience? No righteous malice can be held against the survivors of Hitler's holocaust. These fragments of humanity were in no position to make choices beyond that of personal survival. We must not forget that being a survivor or a co-religionist of the victims of the European Holocaust does not grant dispensation from abiding by the rules of humanity. "Never again" as a motto, rings hollow when it means "never again to us alone."
Complete article is found here.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Racism In My Back Yard On Obama's Inauguration Day
On Inauguration Day at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in Glen Ellyn Mrs Harte-Naus told her class to stand up and clap for their new Black President, Mrs. Harte-Naus further elated that you should be very happy that you have a black President. I wonder if teachers all over the United States and its Territories rallied their class to Cheer for their Black President.
You may find that this is an innocent request. However add the fact that this was told to only the three black students and that they were the only ones told to stand up and clap while the other students were not instructed to stand or clap and they just stared at the one student who actually did stand up. I find the behavior of this teacher to be unprofessional as well as inappropriate. Also before I decided to share this event I thought about it very carefully. I am a reasonable person and pondered over whether or not she planned to ask only the 3 black students to stand up before her class. Or was this a spur of the moment idea? It was my conclusion that it really did not matter at all it was distasteful and it caused me to wonder if she lived in a bubble where this sort of thing was a good idea. It saddens me that this is an event that happened around our children who are African American, Caucasian, Asian, Native American, Asian, etc. I sent an email to the principal of this Mrs. Cross and I was told that the Teacher was not in school the following day. Personally it is important to me that our President be someone who is about change for the good of everyone and it never mattered to me what the color of his skin is. We need to move away from what we see on the outside and look at a persons qualifications and experience.
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You may find that this is an innocent request. However add the fact that this was told to only the three black students and that they were the only ones told to stand up and clap while the other students were not instructed to stand or clap and they just stared at the one student who actually did stand up. I find the behavior of this teacher to be unprofessional as well as inappropriate. Also before I decided to share this event I thought about it very carefully. I am a reasonable person and pondered over whether or not she planned to ask only the 3 black students to stand up before her class. Or was this a spur of the moment idea? It was my conclusion that it really did not matter at all it was distasteful and it caused me to wonder if she lived in a bubble where this sort of thing was a good idea. It saddens me that this is an event that happened around our children who are African American, Caucasian, Asian, Native American, Asian, etc. I sent an email to the principal of this Mrs. Cross and I was told that the Teacher was not in school the following day. Personally it is important to me that our President be someone who is about change for the good of everyone and it never mattered to me what the color of his skin is. We need to move away from what we see on the outside and look at a persons qualifications and experience.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Barack means..............
Did you know that Barack means blessings in the Arabic language? Well it does and I just wanted to share my favorite photos from all of the inaugural hoopla today.
Barack Obama's daughters, Malia, 10 and Sasha, 7,who arrived at the swearing in ceremony wearing these beautiful bright and colorful coats that are tied with silk ribbons from J.Crew's children's line Crewcuts.
Sasha's coat is in a pretty peachlike pink color finished off with orange accessories. Malia's has on a bright cobalt blue with a black scarf.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Rose-leopard beads
While searching the internet for leopard print beads I came across this photo from a Flickr member Ronit golan! They are so pretty and different, if anyone knows where they can be purchased let me know. I would love to make a few bracelet and earrings using these beautiful beads.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Cool Material
I love finding new products online and sharing them with the readers of this blog, but there is a website called Cool Material that does just that. It showcase new products and you can signup to have daily emails filled with new items that are on the market. The picture above is the Ecsotype Presse Utility Bag I think it is just wonderful and I can see myself carrying my laptop in that bag. It look sleek and durable.
FYI: The title of the site is Cool Material - What men Really Want; I just noticed that today. I guess my taste might be somewhat masculine and edgy or not because I consider myself very feminine and girly.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Who loves thrift store shopping?
I do! And I must say you can do it online. I know you may say it is more fun to do it in person but think about it thrift store shopping online can be fun. Today i want to share my most favorite place to do a little online shopping which is shopgoodwill.com. Goodwill has always been my most favorite place to shop here in Chicago next to Unique thrift store anyway to be honest. At their website you are able to browse thru over twenty categories such as antiques, collectibles, art, home decor, etc, etc to name just a few. I have bought china, cake plates, huge mirrors, an original Robert Cox painting and a box load of Duplo legos. They package their items for shipment very well and I have only had one teacup arrive broken out of all the items I have purchased. I believe they are the best when it comes to online thrift store shopping.
My second place to shop online is housingworksauction.com. I really love shopping at this site because it raises money for the homeless people of New York. So when you buy that little trinket you feel a lot less bad because at least your purchase is going to benefit someone who really needs a roof over their head. This organization has raised over 2 millions dollars. I have not purchased anything on this site in a while but I did see a cute Orla Kiely top which you can buy it now for 30 dollars. shopgoodwill.com offers buy it now too I just wish that they had a category to click on so that I can look at all the buy it now items that they are offering.
What are your favorite stores to do a little thrift store shopping? Please share with me your favorites. I promise to share future hidden gems online because this is just a couple of my fave places to thrift shop online.
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