March 24 2007 330PM
What is new here? Not a lot. My mom works for Menu Foods *gasp*
I think by now everyone on the planet has heard of the tainted dog and cat foods, and now we know that it seems to be a rat poison that "somehow" entered into a supply of wheat gluten from China. My mom works here in the NSC plant, so thankfully, none of the tainted stuff was used in her plant... I don't think they make the types (cuts and gravy) that are being recalled. This is one of the first times in my life that a recall has affected me directly. I worry not only because people's pets are being hurt/dying, but because my mom's livlihood is made in that plant. She just got an office job that she loves, and is doing very well with :):) I hope that things are ok for Menu Foods...
Jim and I aren't up to much. I got to spend 4 days last week with my cousin and her 4month old. She is so cute. She is smiling and giggling and laughing and kicking her legs and flailing her arms now... very cute. She is just getting over Influenza B and thank goodness, she didn't get severely ill from it. Just some general "I don't feel good, hold me" stuff... Such a cute baby!!! My cousin is proving to be a wonderful, and loving mother as well :):) I am so happy and proud to see that :)
Spring cleaning is coming up. We need to go through/pack/throw out many things, so that we only put in storage what we want and need. Seems weird to me that you have all these things in your house that you must have purchased for a want or a need at some point, but when you get ready to move, you find that you should throw it out... weird... seems that every time we move, we can fill up a dumpster easily, and we don't have very much stuff at ALL!!
So June 1st is the moving day to Vermillion to the campus of The University Of South Dakota. I am very excited! Lots and lots and lots of sidewalks and areas to walk around :) I hope that Jim and I make time to go on a lot of walks, and get a lot of pictures of the old buildings there. I think that it is great that we will be there for 3 months before classes start. By that time, we should know where all the buildings are, and where everything is in town.. That way, when Jim has to start a full load of classes, neither of us feel overwhelmed with all the "new"
Ok, nice cool rainy weekend here, so I think I will go through some stuff, and pack some stuff. If you are reading this, have a great day!!! Take good care!
Angel Chasse (again)
Showing posts with label Current Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current Events. Show all posts
3/24/2007
2/20/2007
Let me preface this with....
I am not an expert on anything. This blog is purely my ramblings about how *I* see the world, questions that *I* have, and things that interest me... that being said...
Anna Nicole Smith...
How did a woman that seemed to always travel with an entourage die this way.. where were her friends? Where was her family, and loved ones? Were they all too scared to tell her it was time to make some changes in her life? I don't know what killed her, but in my humble opinion, she really needed help. Why did no one help her? Where was their care and concern for her and for her baby before she passed on? Sad story... very sad. Someone (I think Dave Chappelle)? Said... "Fame takes you to a place where character can not sustain you" I seem to think that more and more that is true
Is this our "Viet Nam?"
It seemed to me at the time that the president made the case for the war with Iraq, it made the most sense from the info we were given.. now, I most certainly don't think that is true.. if we had only known then what we know now... I know that my opinion would be different... ...hindsight....
I have been wondering lately though, if this was what it was like for the generation that was here for and went through Viet Nam... I know things were very different, but it seems that the feelings of the people of this country are somehow the same.. the feeling that we were duped in some ways, and the feeling that this administration does not have it right anymore... the feeling that something needs to be done, but not knowing what we as citizens can do.... and I often think back to the fact that we called for the impeachment of a president for lying -- perjury about having extramarital relations with an intern.. but GW Bush sends us to war with a country on false information... and it seems to be coming out that SOMEONE in the administration would have to have KNOWN the info was bad..... and what does he get? Re-Elected..... I don't know if these thoughts even make any sense as I write them, but I really just feel like this must be some of how people felt about the mess we got into in the Viet Nam war. There was a big difference there though, because some of our men were drafted then, and our army is all volunteer for this war...
I should follow this by saying that I fully support, respect and have the utmost reguard for the braver than i, more courageous than i, more self-sacrificing than i, men and women who make up our armed forces. My only hope is that they feel the love of all of us they are protecting, and know that I stand behind them and want every one of them to come home safe and sound...
Britney Spears.....
I hope that someone is helping her to see that something needs to change in her life, before it is too late for her as well.. again not anyone that I know, or have personal ties with, but really hoping for the best outcome for her...
Good Luck Britney!
I guess that is all for current events, but it seemed like there was a lot going on that I wanted to comment on... so there you have it..
Other than that, I am doing well. Have a headache that hasn't really gone away in over a month, but all the medical "bad stuff" has been ruled out, so now it is just up to me to make it go away.
Jim is doing well, taking a lot of credits this last semester at community college.. we are off to Vermillion June 1st to get settled in there before he starts classes in the fall.. we are very excited to be moving away from Sioux City. My parents and brother are here, which is great, but this town does not have what we want/need/would like to have anymore... I am thankful for it, since it is where I met Jimbo and where we spent our first couple of years together... but wow, it's not good for us now!!
Oh, one last piece of current events...
Sting&The Police are going on a tour!!!
Jim's favorite musician of all time is Sting, and through him I have grown to love love love Sting music as well... Jim and I hope to save up enough money to make it to the show in Las Vegas, and make it a double vacation seeing both the concert there and driving to california so I can experience the ocean for the first time :)
That will be in June... sooooo loooking forward to that :)
Ok, enough for now...
Angel Chasse (again)
Feb 20th 2007 840 PM
Anna Nicole Smith...
How did a woman that seemed to always travel with an entourage die this way.. where were her friends? Where was her family, and loved ones? Were they all too scared to tell her it was time to make some changes in her life? I don't know what killed her, but in my humble opinion, she really needed help. Why did no one help her? Where was their care and concern for her and for her baby before she passed on? Sad story... very sad. Someone (I think Dave Chappelle)? Said... "Fame takes you to a place where character can not sustain you" I seem to think that more and more that is true
Is this our "Viet Nam?"
It seemed to me at the time that the president made the case for the war with Iraq, it made the most sense from the info we were given.. now, I most certainly don't think that is true.. if we had only known then what we know now... I know that my opinion would be different... ...hindsight....
I have been wondering lately though, if this was what it was like for the generation that was here for and went through Viet Nam... I know things were very different, but it seems that the feelings of the people of this country are somehow the same.. the feeling that we were duped in some ways, and the feeling that this administration does not have it right anymore... the feeling that something needs to be done, but not knowing what we as citizens can do.... and I often think back to the fact that we called for the impeachment of a president for lying -- perjury about having extramarital relations with an intern.. but GW Bush sends us to war with a country on false information... and it seems to be coming out that SOMEONE in the administration would have to have KNOWN the info was bad..... and what does he get? Re-Elected..... I don't know if these thoughts even make any sense as I write them, but I really just feel like this must be some of how people felt about the mess we got into in the Viet Nam war. There was a big difference there though, because some of our men were drafted then, and our army is all volunteer for this war...
I should follow this by saying that I fully support, respect and have the utmost reguard for the braver than i, more courageous than i, more self-sacrificing than i, men and women who make up our armed forces. My only hope is that they feel the love of all of us they are protecting, and know that I stand behind them and want every one of them to come home safe and sound...
Britney Spears.....
I hope that someone is helping her to see that something needs to change in her life, before it is too late for her as well.. again not anyone that I know, or have personal ties with, but really hoping for the best outcome for her...
Good Luck Britney!
I guess that is all for current events, but it seemed like there was a lot going on that I wanted to comment on... so there you have it..
Other than that, I am doing well. Have a headache that hasn't really gone away in over a month, but all the medical "bad stuff" has been ruled out, so now it is just up to me to make it go away.
Jim is doing well, taking a lot of credits this last semester at community college.. we are off to Vermillion June 1st to get settled in there before he starts classes in the fall.. we are very excited to be moving away from Sioux City. My parents and brother are here, which is great, but this town does not have what we want/need/would like to have anymore... I am thankful for it, since it is where I met Jimbo and where we spent our first couple of years together... but wow, it's not good for us now!!
Oh, one last piece of current events...
Sting&The Police are going on a tour!!!
Jim's favorite musician of all time is Sting, and through him I have grown to love love love Sting music as well... Jim and I hope to save up enough money to make it to the show in Las Vegas, and make it a double vacation seeing both the concert there and driving to california so I can experience the ocean for the first time :)
That will be in June... sooooo loooking forward to that :)
Ok, enough for now...
Angel Chasse (again)
Feb 20th 2007 840 PM
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