Behind Bars

Last night I heard one of the worst stories in my life. I know someone in prison right now, a women's prison at that.

The other day there was a lock down. It was medication day and they were lined up, the person I know was #3 in line.

#1 went in received methadone, #2 went in and received methadone but under her chair was chip bag, she grabbed it on the way by (keep in mind they are hand cuffed the entire time)

#3 goes in, gets meds

They walked all 3 back down to their cells.

(DISCLAIMER GROSS CONTENT - NOT FOR THE WEAK)

#2 lady throws up her methadone into the chip bag and gives it to #1 who drank it.

Hence the reason for lock down. They tore the cells apart, of what little are in them. I have to say its scary as hell and this one story is enough for me to say no thank you!

Kids

I have to shake my head sometimes at kids and their parents.

Why is it when we buy a gun we need to fill out paperwork, or when we learn to drive we need to write a test? Build a house, we need a permit, we the people need to verify and be "approved" to do whatever we do but for reasons beyond me nobody requires approval to have children!

It does make me wonder. The other night at practice this one child who creates a lot of havoc from time to time; every time the kid was told to stop his belly would hurt, the kid did this last week. Its a step up from last year when he cried every single time. But this kid starts everything. There were 2 of them last night grabbing and hitting back and forth, I caught them and in my drill sargeant voice said "get atta that, I don't want to catch you too hitting on this field ever again, you got me". They both just looked at me and said "yes", I turned my back and one of them took his glove and WHACK! Smacked the other in the head!

I went over and that was that, took his hand and sat him on the side! They were warned and told what would happen, the kid says "my belly hurts", I said "you'll get over it, if you puke, don't puke on yourself, you are being punished for not listening and hitting someone else, that is not nice at all, that kid is your team mate".

You know what he said "I don't like him". I went back over and sat down beside him and said "big deal, there are going to be kids who don't like you either, do you want them to hit you in the head?", kid says "well no", I say "then why is it ok for you to hit in the head?", kid says "its not". I say "thats right, you have no right to hurt someone else, you don't want to get hurt and neither do they, if you don't like them then don't go near them, you got into trouble for something you did, not him, you hit him because YOU don't like him, are ya havin' fun sitting here?", he says "no". I say "you sit here, I'll be back for you, think about what you did and how you can do better".

This kid has a lot going on in life and its sad, I know this but for heaven's sake, stop bringing problems on yourself at the very least!

Its that ol "your own worst enemy" syndrome.

In the end when I went over the kid apologized and I asked what was learned, kid says "I shouldn't hit people unless they hit first". I said "get out on the field and go play".

Hey! He wasn't totally wrong? I gotta give him kudos for at least figuring out that, right?

5'O clock Somewhere!

All Hail the Margarita!

I decided this afternoon while hubby had a nap that it was time to visit Maragaritaville and so I did, I put on some tunes for my daughter and I and I made her virgin Margarita's and some real ones for mama.

She even got umbrella's too, we both had 3 and man they hit the spot! Its been a great afternoon.

Ahhhh, its was vacation is all about! I love that its got to be 5'O clock somewhere at any given time.

Money Honey

Oh What Fun we had shopping in the USA. We nabbed some amazing deals, I basically went to get back to school clothes and boy did I ever! For $150 USD we purchased 2 pairs of sneakers (Skechers no less) and 5 complete outfits plus one extra Taylor Swift t-shirt that I was told "mama I have to have it, its Taylor!", who could resist that?

I have to laugh, I don't know how many of you know what the store Mardens is like but its a store that buys out other stores merchandise, its a warehouse type, dark, dingy, dirty and mostly junk. In Brewer, Maine (10 mins from Bangor) they have a huge Mardens and everyone, just about everyone raves about it, well I've never had much luck for finding anything in there because its so dark, dingy and dirty. Not this one (as much) and we were there early so the crowd was minimal. We bought a 30 pack of DVD-R for $6.99, just the other day we bought 10 for $11, I also bought candy for our upcoming Halloween camping trip where the kids trick or treat, we need 200 treats and I found burger gummies (and they were soft). I almost bought a purse but one side had the seams ripped out of it (darn it). Our greatest find was Skechers flip flops, my DD begged us to buy them for her at JC Penny & Kohl's they were $29.99 (not bloodly likey am I going to pay $30 for flip flops my dear).....well in to Mardens you'll never guess how much they were..................never! They were $6.99 exact same! I know, I was tickled pink and so was my child.

I bought myself a lovely new bathing suit that was $60 for $34, it looks like Scrapbook paper, shame I'll never SB it unless its on someone else :o)

The food was amazing but how could it not be? At The Texas Roadhouse we had rib eye steak, rack of ribs, baked sweet potatoe and to top it all off a Jamacian Cowboy Margarita! Oh I wish I could have it right now......*sigh*. Of course we had some Dominos Pizza as well, can't go to a city that has Domino's and not have it, mind you since my diagnosis of dairy intolerance I hadn't had pizza (over 1 month) so I took 2 lactaid pills and went to town on that pizza, I had 3 whole pieces and cheesy bread, guess what those lactaid pills are my saving grace........dang that pizza was good and without pain.......

So there is the Money Honey! A mini-vacation away was well worth it!

Most Shocking

Happened yesterday around supper time, we had been on-line and we recently re-aquired voicemail with our new phone service packaging.

My baby girl was next door at grammy's house and was trying to call home, so she pulled a hang up yelling "Grammy they didn't pick up", she eventually came home to ask what she needed to ask.

When I got off the internet and picked up the phone to hear the beep, beep, beep I went on to hear the message, then for fun I pressed *5*, the number who says who is calling and what time (I did it because I was wondering how close was it to her going over to her calling, most times there is not much time in between the two).

As I did this the time, number and then the voice.....the voice that came on and said whose phone it was.....the voice was my Father-in-Law's voice, the man who passed away 6 years ago this November. I went through and listened again, then again, and then one last time.

I heard his voice, it made my stomach flop over. My heart came up into my throat, it made my jaw hit my chest.

The idea of hearing a dead persons voice, someone who you've dreamt about hearing speak again. It was amazing.

When my husband came back into the house I warned him and had him listen to it as well, he said "save that", he turned pretty green listening to it, it was the greatest thing ever.

Vacation - Day #1

6am - woke up - listened to the news, remembered it was Monday, freaked out, then hubby informed me we are on vacation, couldn't go back to sleep.

6:20 - sitting at the computer, surfing!

7:15 - My girl wakes up and announces she must have food - 1 granola bar, keep surfing

7:30 - make bacon, eggs, french toast and pancakes

8:30 - off to the basement to clean it OUT!

11:00 - emerge from basement dirty, dusty and can't breath - nice first day!

12:10 - watch the view with a diet coke - ahhhhh

2:00 - shower - ahhh feels good

2:30 - off to Freddy Beach to drop off all of our junk to Value Village and run errands

7:00 - home again

9:45 - present - surfing the net, what else is new.

Day 1 down, only 13 more to go....hmmm what to do, what to do? I need to avoid working and I need to do more playing......suggestions?

Coach is sore

Last night was practice and I worked pretty hard.

Our kids won't run, they haven't got the concept of when you hit that ball you'd better be running or your gonna get OUT! O-U-T!

So last night I decided to get the each group to hit the ball and run and I threatened to get them out, of course nobody got out and everyone got to hit but I chased them around all the bases, each and everyone of them. I'm talking chasing them with the ball saying "you'd better run, run fast, I'm gonna get you, run, run, run" the entire way around the bases, its a long haul try it sometime. :o)

At one point I was bent over, heaving trying to catch my breath from the heat and the exercise that one of the dads who was standing on first base said "you want me to chase them"? I was so relieved I told him I loved him! I was dying out there.

I'm going to have tag them out next time and I'm sure that sitting on the bench will "learn" them to run!

With having Wii Fit and doing that for 2 nights straight then running all that way last night I got into bed last night and was very sore, this morning I'm not real bad but I know when I cough or laugh there are parts that hurt that I didn't expect to?

Sweat it Out

Mama just bought the last Wii Fit at the Super Store!!!

A fella that I work with was down there and he bought one, called me on his cell phone and asked me if I wanted it, he stayed there until I got there and I purchased it. Since the SS is doing all of those new reno's it was sitting in the portrait studio all weekend long without a home.



Wii Fit is mine, mine, mine I say!



Sorry Nick.......I'll let you try it though :o)

Hot

What a beautiful week we are having, this is perfect vacation weather, although I have to wait a few more weeks for that to happen, I sure hope it sticks around for a while longer.

It is almost the middle of July and school supplies are starting to show up, I was up at Staples the other day and they have school supplies out and about and ready to go. I was suprised, although none of it is on sale yet......

I'm looking forward to buying some back to school clothes, I've already been looking, shoes are a big thing this year, not sure what I will buy yet but I'm sure my 6 year old going on 20 will "inform" me.

Vacation plans have us taking a few day trips to the beach and shopping in the USA (of course).

Should be a great time, I just wish it would hurry up and come.

Criminal Kids

This morning on the 6am news they told a story about 2 underage kids who were doing smash and grabs in the New Maryland area along with other crimes. The two children could not be named and blah, blah, as well as they didn't receive much as a punishment.

I know some of you may not agree with me, and I have a young offender in my own family and this is my stand on it.

A criminal is a criminal and I don't really care what age they are at, the Youth Criminal Act is ridiculous. Do you know how many times my family member "got off" with stuff. They barely receive a slap on the hand, some were even as bold to say "look out when they become adults", oh yeah, well maybe if they were dealt with as kids our justice system would actually do its name good and we'd all have "justice".

The fact they won't name the kids is another beef of mine.

If these kids have done something bad enough to have to go in front of a judge (under our tax dollars) then they should be named and they should be punished. I'm sick and tired of everyone getting off scott free.

So when it does come to law abiding citizens we get nailed to the wall (in my opinion).

I'm not asking you to agree or disagree, I'm just saying damn it will anyone do anything about what the kids are doing?

I'm trying to teach my kid that there is a consequence to every action, then I turn around and see kids getting off with smash and grabs? Doesn't add up?

I know I am exagerating but really its bad, very bad. The kid criminals eventually turn into adult criminals and the crimes get worse and worse, to be honest the adult system is just as bad.

I know a young woman who is up for sentencing in 2 weeks time on killing someone in a car accident from last year, she is 24 or 25, 2 small children, she was driving while under the influence of Coke and alcohol, killed one of the people in the car with her, the family is "oh its a shame, the kids family forgave her", they weren't too impressed when I said "but she did the crime she has to do the time", her grandfather said "yep your right she does".

Unfortunately her 2 small children may lose their mom for 2-5 years but hey, them's the breaks. She did the crime and now everyone has to pay. (she has since lost her job as she was working for in a financial setting)...its what I mean when I say there are consequences to every action, sometimes a lot more than you ever thought.

Call me Coach

Its that time of year again when I become coach to 25 kids in the community. I'm looking forward to it, although we have a over abundance of 4 year olds so that will take some getting use to but we'll manage.

We've decided that more parents on the field at all times is very important and as you know I am not shy to pull parents off the bench to lend a helping hand.

I've already been contacted about playing a game or two with communities close by, they heard how great out program was last year and invited us to get together with their teams, I'm sure our kids will be pleased with that.

I know for some people they really think we pull this out of a hat and make it run by doing nothing but I have to say we (the coaches) put a lot of hours and time into making the 8 weeks run smoothly and ensure the kids are learning what they are suppose to learn, along with other fundamentals and above all having a good time.

Last year our best skill drill was having them toss water balloons to one another to teach them to be gentle when tossing the ball, give them the sense of touch. So this year I have already purchased 1800 water balloons, we only had 500 last year so we used the drill only once then at the end of the season BBQ we paired all of the families up and gave them balloons to throw at each other, it sure works well on a hot night. So the kids are going to have a blast with those. The funny part is they don't realize they are learning valuable skills......even when they whip the balloon at us or mom & dad they are learning target practice as well :o)

I enjoy doing this for the kids and to see their smiling faces even at the end of each practice, they have all got a turn, had some fun and earned a lot of praise.

Lets Play Ball!!!!