Diamonds and Cubic Zirconia's

Historic Health Care Measure
About stinkin time....Although it's not what I wanted for Christmas....
You know, I've been married for a couple o' decades now...And here's my thing...My husband didn't buy me a diamond when we got married. He bought me a Cubic Zirconia.
It was really pretty and ornate. But it was too gawdy for my tastes and not a real diamond.
He had his mother buy the thing which was fine, however, she has different taste than I do and really he could have gotten me a tiny diamond and nice plain band for as much as the big ole Cubic Zirconia.
For years I told him I would love to have a plain band with a nice diamond.
Instead, he bought me diamond pendants. Which are nice....And diamond earrings....Which are equally as nice...And a diamond set in a cat pendant...Which was different but nice and a wedding band with diamond chips all over the thing, which was okay....But not what I asked for. So, why was this such a hard request?
Well, partly because my husband thought that by buying me all these different assortments of diamonds, that A) I would be placated in my request for a plain band and a tiny solitaire (to which he was clueless to what I was talking about) and B) He just thought I wanted diamonds. Which was wrong.
I wanted one.
That's all I wanted.
One diamond ring; a solitaire.
It didn't have to be the size of a paper weight. It just had to be a solitaire. So....
One day we were walking through a department store and I took him over to the counter and said, "That is what I want." (This was in our twenty-fourth year of marriage).
"That's it?" He said incredulously.
"Yeah."
"I would have never picked that for you."
"I know."
"You're sure?"
"Yeah. Pretty sure."
So he had the girl measure my fingers and ring it up and in a few weeks I had my dream wedding set.
It costs approximately, in all likelihood, so much less than the gawdy, fake one.
So what am I getting at? Well, in my estimation this Health Care bill is kind of like all those well-meant diamonds. They are okay, but not what we wanted. And finally when the house and the senate figure out what we really want and how much less it is going to cost everyone in the long run they are going to do the same double take that my husband did.
"That's it?" They said incredulously.
"Yeah."
"I would have never picked that for you."
"I know." And it will cost approximately, in all likelihood, so much less than the gawdy, fake one.


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~Takes a village to raise an objection~


Blessed Merry Christmas and a quietly happy New Year.

Headlines....And get an ecard from the pres...

HEADLINES.....Kinda...

Sheriff's siren can be heard and felt
....And smelled...

Flint woman: ID stolen while serving prison time
....For Cereal? Why?

Moratorium on medical marijuana on hold for now
...Smoke seen rising from Michigan Supreme Court and apparently someone did a run for taco's in the wee hours....
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Shoe Prints Lead to Wexford County Break-in Suspect
<one eyebrow raises>
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http://holiday.barackobama.com/Holiday-2009.aspx?uid=d695a44c-545a-4929-a7ae-8da8a7ac3038&s=Sharon&g=0
We in the Democratic party have nothing better to do with our time....Other than that pesky health care issue and a couple of inconvenient wars and truth's....


....The mind giggles....

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From The Desk of Pete Yates and Michigan Headlines!

FROM THE DESK OF PETE YATES!!!

Cross dressing, drunk, trespassing, four year olds....Because we truly live in the end times....
http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11689145
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Northern Michigan and Central Michigan Headlines!

If you haven't done it yet, run and do it now because.....
1 day left to comment on Dow Dioxin cleanup

For some people...Cool Runnings needs a sequel....And these people live in Michigan....
Kenyan Olympic speedskaters learn in Michigan

Because people here are bustin wid de Benjamins!
'Missing Kid' Charity scam busted

And because a new one in Michigan is always newsworthy!
New MidMichigan auto dealership

Mid-Michigan doctor seeks out family to help
I should imagine that will not be a hard search around here!
H1N1 recall: Parents don't worry
Because their children have already had it and given it to the entire family so, what's to worry?

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The Onion

Could be up there with Northern Michigan Headlines!!
Henry Ford Modernizes Production

  Honestly this might be the headline from that era....
Obsessive Freak Abner Doubleday Forces Locals To Play Nonsensical Game
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National News Headline!

Roy Disney has died
Mouse and Eisner brought in for questioning.





Thanks and come again....Try the veal....





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~Takes a village to raise a Bill O'Reilly.~

From The Desk of Pete Yates! And Headlines from Northern Michigan

Don't get between a German and their sausage....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6810528/Salami-battle-in-supermarket-leaves-Germans-in-hospital.html

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Headlines
Posting a Long Wait at the Post Office
No kidding?

Snow Bringing, Keeping Away Business in Northern Michigan

Underwear wearing, mouse eating cheese backwards....
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YOUR BURGLAR WON'T TELL!

I got this in my email....So I shall share...

THINGS YOUR BURGLAR WON'T TELL YOU:

1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator.

2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yard last week. While I was in there, I unlatched the back window to make my return a little easier.

3. Love those flowers. That tells me you have taste ... And taste means there are nice things inside. Those yard toys your kids leave out always make me wonder what type of gaming system they have.

4. Yes, I really do look for newspapers piled up on the driveway. And I might leave a pizza flyer in your front door to see how long it takes you to remove it. Keep mail box empty..

5. If it snows while you're out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foot tracks into the house. Virgin drifts in the driveway are a dead giveaway.

6. If decorative glass is part of your front entrance, don't let your alarm company install the control pad where I can see if it's set. That makes it too easy.

7. A good security company alarms the window over the sink. And the windows on the second floor, which often access the master bedroom-and your jewelry. It's not a bad idea to put motion detectors up there too.

8. It's raining, you're fumbling with your umbrella, and you forget to lock your door-understandable. But understand this: I don't take a day off because of bad weather.

9. I always knock first. If you answer, I'll ask for directions somewhere or offer to clean your gutters. (Don't take me up on it.)

10. Do you really think I won't look in your sock drawer? I always check dresser drawers, the bedside table, and the medicine cabinet.

11. Here's a helpful hint: I almost never go into kids' rooms.

12. You're right: I won't have enough time to break into that safe where you keep your valuables. But if it's not bolted down, I'll take it with me.

13. A loud TV or radio can be a better deterrent than the best alarm system. If you're reluctant to leave your TV on while you're out of town, you can buy a $35 device that works on a timer and simulates the flickering glow of a real television. (Find it at faketv.com.)

8 MORE THINGS A BURGLAR WON'T TELL YOU:

1. Sometimes, I carry a clipboard. Sometimes, I dress like a lawn guy and carry a rake.. I do my best to never, ever look like a crook.

2. The two things I hate most: loud dogs and nosy neighbors.

3. I'll break a window to get in, even if it makes a little noise. If your neighbor hears one loud sound, he'll stop what he's doing and wait to hear it again. If he doesn't hear it again, he'll just go back to what he was doing. It's human nature.

4. I'm not complaining, but why would you pay all that money for a fancy alarm system and leave your house without setting it?

5. I love looking in your windows. I'm looking for signs that you're home, and for flat screen TVs or gaming systems I'd like. I'll drive or walk through your neighborhood at night, before you close the blinds, just to pick my targets.

6. Avoid announcing your vacation on your Facebook page. It's easier than you think to look up your address.

7. To you, leaving that window open just a crack during the day is a way to let in a little fresh air. To me, it's an invitation.

8. If you don't answer when I knock, I try the door. Occasionally, I hit the jackpot and walk right in.

Sources: Convicted burglars in North Carolina , Oregon , California , and Kentucky ; security consultant Chris McGoey, who runs crimedoctor.com; and Richard T. Wright, a criminology professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, who interviewed 105 burglars for his book Burglars on the Job.

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Snopes!

Want to win an election? Well, it may be determined by foot powder....
http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/footpowder.asp

I say chuck um all and put firemen in charge.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/turnover.asp

Apparently he's angry and not going to take it anymore!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp

Let's go do it!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/letssaythanks.asp

Could have been Coyote ugly....
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/luckycoyote.asp


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~Takes a village to raise an idiot.~

Some peoples headlines....

TV buy turns into basement holdup
Okay that's just plain odd...
Bay County jail administrator defends his coleslaw
He says his just needed more sugar and mayonnaise....
Local mall will no longer have exotic pet exhibits
After the incident with the crocidile and the mountain lion people take pause...........

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The Onion

New Study Reveals Most Children Unrepentant Sociopaths

I've said that about young children for years....

From The Desk of Pete Yates and Headlines and The Whimsy of Caps!

http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13946397?source=most_viewed
If you're Amish, this is not something you want to be also....
Boy he's going to have some splainin' to do....
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Sadly, and I mean this with all the love in my heart, sadly, this is not really news around here...
Mid-Michigan car dealer files chapter 11 bankruptcy

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~Takes a village to raise an idiot.~

Jealousy is a useless emotion in human beings....

Joshua Bebow.

I write that name because he a week ago he was a seventeen year old boy going to high school in the town I grew up in.

This week he is in heaven with his savior.

 

I'm told Josh was an amazing kid- smart and popular, blessed from most people's point of view. He had three brothers, his mother and father and a large extended, close-knit family. He was active in school and was a member of a Catholic church in my home town.

Or at least that is what I gathered from what people have told me.

 

A tragic car accident took his life.

 

I personally didn't know Josh. I knew his father because we went to the same high school. We were not friends. But my heart aches for such a loss. Not only because we are both parents but because- I love teenaged children. And my heart breaks for the loss of even one of them.

I cried the other day, over the phone while talking to my mother, about a child I have never met and never would until we are both in heaven.

 

It wasn't the first time.

 

I don't know what it is about teenagers that I enjoy….If it's the whimsy in their step or the completely open minded thoughtfulness of their being….Or if it's the lyrical poetic beauty of a mind at that age? There is something about teenagers that I enjoy being around.

Maybe it's because they are adults with open minds? They have not, for the most part, had the tragedy of life befall them yet and can be blissfully optimistic.

 

This one however, is gone.

And so much more is the loss for the rest of the world.

 

All we can think is that he was such a good person, and such a joy here on Earth, that God in his infinite wisdom, took him so that he could be a shining soul in heaven and amuse The Lord himself.

 

At least I hope that eventually his parents can come to believe that.

 

 

When you are growing up, you think to yourself that you are the only person in the world with the certain problems. Sometimes you wish that you could trade places with someone else, but you don't know what tragedy is in their lives. You don't know what tragedy will be in their lives.

 

When you have a child with Autism, the child that was born to you, dies in your mind. They will never be on the football team, they won't go to the prom or drive a car or be their brother or sisters confidant. And you grieve for them as if they had died. Even though you still have this other child that has taken their place.

Does that sound harsh?

You give birth to someone with perceptions of what they will become. When it is ripped away from you and you know it; it's a death.

 

I remember the first time I had to tell someone that Booga was mentally disabled. I sobbed for hours. It was admitting something I didn't want to believe was true. How could God, who had made me so socially awkward, verbally inept; how could I have been so lucky as to score a disabled child to boot? I remember being in high school and thinking, "If I could only be someone else, somewhere else…." And looking for a way to be someone else, somewhere else….

I was constantly making up some kind of story or some kind of role for me to play in my mind to just get me through the day… And if you came into my circle; you were walking into a role in my private movie of the day.

And I was Jealous of people who just seemed to waft through life. Who just seemed to have everything handed to them…They were beautiful and popular and brilliant and I had to work for everything.

But you know, what I didn't realize (being a teenager and therefore somewhat self-absorbed as they tend to be) was that the people passing me in the hallways had their own demons and flaws to overcome- or would have flaws and demons to overcome. Like, one girl; might be a cheerleader but she has a craptacular home life and would love to have a mother like mine. And one of the guys that seems to have it all going on; however, he's also going to have repeating bouts of cancer when he becomes an adult and not live long enough to see his kids grow up.

The guy that seems to have nothing but a good time on his plate is going to be an alcoholic and a drug abuser.

This other person is going to end up selling drugs.

And this guy; yeah, he's captain of the football team, but his dad is going to commit suicide shortly after he graduates from high school.

 

Jealousy is a useless emotion in human beings really.

My friend's, jealousy in human beings IS USE-LESS.

 

People are going to be jealous of you no matter what and people are going to treat you poorly sometimes because of reasons that seem insane and really no fault of your own.

 

I know in my life, when I was young, I was jealous of my cousin's material possessions and the fact that they were dark, and beautiful. However, I realize now that it was not always the best atmosphere in their home and that they were probably jealous of the fact that I had both parents in my home and none of the stresses of their family.

I know that there were people in school with me that were jealous of me because of my father's position in town and because of my last name growing up…..And really, trust me, when you are growing up with a prominent name in a small town, sometimes it's not the coolest thing in the world. Sometimes you would just like to be ambiguous. I know that even some were jealous of my red hair and the fair skin….Which completely perplexes me.

I know of someone when I was in high school that went out of her way to bad talk me to other people, who in turn hated me for no good reason. She was jealous of my position in my own family, she was jealous of the love that my parents showed me and even jealous of my siblings and the people in their families. It was ludicrous.

There was absolutely nothing I could do to change who I was and who my parents were and who my siblings married or for that matter, who their children were…Your position in life is what God gives you. There was absolutely nothing I could have done to change who I was because I was a child. And to be honest I wouldn't have even if I could have because this was my family, not theirs.

And because of other peoples influence and my grandmother and mother (who, in perpetuity, I will see in my minds eye as wringing their hands and putting their palms to their cheeks in concern) I became a nervous and paranoid person who can't stand the winter darkness…(So why am I in the mid-west with all it's winter darkness?)

Good news is that since high school, things have straightened out in my world and I and this person who was jealous of me have become okay with each other. I still can't grasp her jealousy, however, I am glad that I was not the only one whom she was jealous of and that other people were also the brunt of her self-loathing wrath.

And that is really what jealousy is isn't it-self-loathing and anger at your life not being what you want it to be in your own opinion? And envy….Envy at someone having something that you so desperately want and think will make your life okay?

And isn't meanness and jealousy and envy and self-loathing, all tied in together? Isn't there always something in there that makes a mean-spirited person the way they are….The fact that they didn't accomplish some goal in their lives or become the person that they thought that they would always become…Or have the family that they wanted or the career that they wanted, or was the highlight of someone's life or made someone happy whose opinion meant the world to them?

 

I began thinking about this while I was watching television one day and listening to people complaining about someone simply because they were jealous of them; and I say this because clearly it was jealousy and nothing to do with anything this person had done to them individually or to the world as a whole, their lives were just junk right now and they were digging on them because they were one those people who just seemed to have everything and they were vulnerable right now.

 

Like vultures, they were picking at them while they were down, simply because they could. This person just happened to have the extraordinary opportunity to be extremely blessed. And it was then that it occurred to me that jealousy is a largely useless emotion in human beings and causes some of the most astounding pain and grief in the world.

 

I'm sure there are reasons human beings are gifted with jealousy. But as human beings we can't control our jealous rage and therefore should try to alienate this need to be jealous of people, simply for the things they never asked for but were gifted with anyway. They were just blessed with different gifts than you- not better ones, just different ones.

 

Do not covet.

It's one of God's commandments.

 

The grass is always greener on the other side…However; they fail to tell you when you get there that the taxes are also higher.

 

You never know what the other persons life is going to be like and there are going to be things in their lives that are not going to be pleasant, even though you may not see them from the outside.

 

I am blessed.

 

Booga is verbal and not wheel chair bound. He is relatively healthy, however annoying at times. My husband loves me desperately and I strive to keep him happy and myself worthy of that love. My average children are smart and content, for the time being, and they love me and they are good people and grow spiritually in The Lord from time to time so I know I wasn't talking to the wall all the time while raising them.

They live far away; however, I do see them during the year. My husband's job affords us a comfortable living and it makes that possible…..And The Lord's blessings are always apparent in my life. Even though it might seem to the outsider that they are not….They very much are….And I thank you Lord Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth for all the blessings you have bestowed on us.

 

I am blessed.

 

And I am jealous of no one…. any longer…..

Headlines in Northern Michigan

GM to discuss investment in Michigan plant
I've heard this music before folks...This ain't my first rodeo cowboy!

Help local students prepare for their career
    Give 'em a job.

Michigan gas prices up again
    What a epiphany that is....

Mich. AG says he'll sue to protect lakes from carp
    For a minute I thought that said, "Crap." And to that I would say...."Isn't it a little late?"

READ YOUR LOCAL NEWS! It's full of Carp.



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~ Everyone should learn to knit, it helps to deter the murderous rages....~

Pete Yates and Captain Obvious!

From the Desk of Pete Yates!
Some peoples kids!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2759159/Jail-let-prisoner-grow-dope-in-his-cell.html
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Captain Obvious, protector and defender of all that is obvious! Headlines from local Michigan and National News organizations that just are so freakin obvious....Or just plain bizarre...

Winter accident
It's snowing again, do you know where your children are?

'Maytag Repairman' visits Saginaw
???

U of M Flint students robbed on campus
....Like that never happens....

GM announces management changes
....That should just be an ongoing headline....Like, "Today's Weather Forecast"- "GM Management Changes".

Kia dealership opens in Genesee County
YEE HA!!!

This is what I mean, this is a headline from a different day....Tell me how this differs from "GM Management Changes"?
MidMichigan's reactions to GM leadership change

H1N1 vaccine rules loosened, more change seen
You no longer need to have a sore throat....Just an inability to function as a normal human being will suffice to warrant being called "afflicted with H1N1"....
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So Fred... What's with the lights?



Same house, different song....

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The Onion!
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Obama Tells Nation He's Going Out For Cigarettes 'I'll Be Right Back' Claims Commander In Chief

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/99468

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~Don't drink the water....~~

DOLLS....But not in a creepy way...

I love this idea, and I think everyone should send a doll.
Family asking for dolls to give away this Christmas

Send dolls to:

6174 Emerald Drive
Grand Blanc, MI
48439

And give a toy or two to Toys For Tots....I'll be checking out those barrels and they better get filled.....



Just remember...I know where you cap....

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~I just love ya, who could stay mad at someone with that face.....~