Category Archives: thinking

Amazing

I was wandering around on Pinterest the other day, and came across this graphic. It is simply amazing to see the depth and height of our world. I’m trying to figure out how to print it out and put it … Continue reading

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A Historic Exercise

This is something that I do every now and again when I’m bored, or when I need something for mind to do instead of obsessing about my problem-of-the-moment.  Sometimes I find myself doing it when I’m frustrated with what our … Continue reading

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My Little Dreams

I know everyone has a list of things they want to do before their time comes. A bucket list if you will. I think someone even wrote about this already but frankly I’m just too lazy to go back and … Continue reading

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Being honest or being mean. Is there a difference?

I’ve been thinking of this post for most of the week and trying to think of wording it the right way. I guess to me, it comes down to either being nice to someone or telling a little white lie … Continue reading

Posted in adults, behavior, choices, courtesy, differences, disappointment, disrespect, emotions, feelings, friends, friendships, getting along, habits, honesty, hurt, hurt feelings, kindness, life lessons, manners, opinionated, opinions, people, personality, relationships, rudeness, sadness, selfish, sports, stupid people, things, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

Michigan Authorities Attack Woman for Babysitting Neighbor Kids

When I heard this story last week, to be honest, I couldn’t believe it. I mean really. All this woman is doing is trying to be nice to her neighbors children. Now she’s in for a fight and I for … Continue reading

Posted in babysitters, babysitting, behavior, child care, childhood, children, choices, daycare, differences, emotions, environment, fears, feelings, kids, kindness, lifestyles, memories, money, neighborhood, neighbors, parent's, parenting, people, problems, relationships, stupid people, things, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized, volunteer, working parents | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Talking people into things

I’ve kind of talked about this before but not as a whole post so I’m going to elaborate more on it. I’m wondering if it happens to other people as much as it’s happened to me in my life. Talking … Continue reading

Posted in adulthood, adults, anger, behavior, choices, control, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, guilt, habits, life, life lessons, mistakes, overbearing, peer pressure, people, problems, relationships, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Obsessive behaviors or just quirks?

Jason was over one night and I was getting ready to clean the cat box and I put on a pair of rubber gloves. He laughed and said “what are you doing?” So I told him I was doing litter. … Continue reading

Posted in bad habits, choices, chores, cleaning, compulsive, conveniences, differences, fears, feelings, germs, habits, life, obsessive, people, rubber gloves, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Home parties

I’m almost not sure how to begin this post because I sure don’t want to offend anyone but this has always bothered me. Well, not bothered me but left me wondering. Lia Sophia, Tupperware, Pampered Chef and many other home … Continue reading

Posted in activities, behavior, choices, differences, friends, lia sophia, money, opinions, pampered chef, parties, people, products, things, thinking, tupperware | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

Scanning fingers (fingerprinting) at Disneyland??

I was watching, or really just listening to a morning news show one day last week and they were talking about raising the prices at Disneyland.  I kind of thought to myself it wasn’t really that big of a deal.  It … Continue reading

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Who should decide?

I was wondering if you’ve all heard of Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s lymphoma?  He’s from Sleepy Eye Minnesota so we’ve been hearing about it on the news now for days.  Doctors testified in court last week that Daniel … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, beliefs, cancer, chemotherapy, children, choices, dangerous, death, differences, doctors, emotions, fears, feelings, government, illness's, judging, lifestyles, medicine, minnesota, parent's, people, radiation, things, thinking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 26 Comments

Craigslist scammers!

I’m sure everyone knows what Craigslist is, right? Like an online giant store where you can find anything and everything! Jason is a big Craigslist fan. I like to go on there sometimes but it’s more his thing than mine. … Continue reading

Posted in activities, behavior, choices, craigslist, dangers, deals, differences, fears, feelings, internet, learning, life, life lessons, live and learn, people, problems, scams, things, thinking, trouble, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Next Time I’ll get the photos…..from Pam

Next time, I’ll take the pictures.. AND….. ….. you can let the bear out!!!

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Safety tips for children

One of my worst fears as a young parent was that one of my boys would “get lost.” My oldest son wasn’t scared of anything or anyone. He was so friendly and would talk to anyone. He would wander off … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, afraid, anger, children, choices, emotions, fears, feelings, kids, lost, parent's, safety, scare, scared, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Slow Simmer, Fast Boil?

  I know that we all have tempers.  I’m just confused as to the way we all handle them so differently.  I’m a total *slow boiler* and it’s something that all my life, I’ve wished I could change.  How do … Continue reading

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Getting the worst done first

  I’m the type of person that likes to do what I hate the most first.  I like to get it out of the way.  For some reason, I hate to set the table.  When I worked, I did it … Continue reading

Posted in aging, choices, chores, feelings, habits, housework, lifestyles, people, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

I don’t get it

   The Blue Truck Men are weird.  Not that I didn’t know that already, but this morning just confirmed my suspicion!  When I got home this morning, I started cleaning the house b/c nothing had been done last night while … Continue reading

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Treating children equally

This was on our local news the other night and I’ve thought about it before and commented on it on another blog quite some time ago.  Do we play favorites with our children?  Do we treat them fairly? I will … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, fairness, family, feelings, kids, life, love, parent's, people, son's, things, thinking, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You better slow down. Don’t dance so fast. … Continue reading

Posted in advice, behavior, children, choices, differences, emotions, family, feelings, friendship, habits, happiness, kids, laughter, life lessons, lifestyles, love, people, relationships, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

The lost generation

I got this from Pam and thought it was the neatest thing ever.  

Posted in adulthood, behavior, beliefs, change, choices, differences, feelings, people, things, thinking, thoughts, you tube | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

How old do you feel?

DM over at Heart to Heart and I were emailing one day a week or so ago and he and Mrs DM were talking about how old they felt. He asked me how old I felt since we are both … Continue reading

Posted in adulthood, age, aging, behavior, birthday, changes, choices, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, getting old, grandchildren, growing up, happiness, happy, life, opinions, parenting, people, proud, relationships, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

This time of year….

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Every October or November we start seeing commercials for toys. Some are classic toys we see every year but most are in my opinion, novelty toys. You know your kids won’t play … Continue reading

Posted in children, choices, christmas, differences, emotions, favorites, feelings, kids, life lessons, memories, parent's, people, things, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Why don’t we fall out of bed?

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I wonder why we don’t fall out of bed when we’re sleeping?  I have never fallen out of bed while sleeping.  I tried doing a search about it and this is … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, adults, aging, dangers, differences, elderly, falling out of bed, fears, getting hurt, getting old, hospitals, kids, people, safety, sleep, sleeping, things, thinking, thoughts, toddlers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Stupid questions and why do we ask them?

I gave my husband fair warning that I was going to write this post.  The other night I’m not sure who would have won the “stupidest question” award. I’d said something about my bedroom and he asked me “your bedroom … Continue reading

Posted in adults, bad habits, behavior, choices, communicating, conversations, emotions, feelings, habits, people, questions, relationships, stupid questions, things, thinking, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Growth hormones for a bullied girl??

Okay, I was watching the news today and they had a segment about a mother who decided to give her daughter growth hormone injections because she was short. She was teased apparently by other children, which in itself is wrong but … Continue reading

Posted in adults, behavior, bullying, children, choices, dangers, differences, fears, feelings, growing up, hurt, hurt feelings, kids, normal, parent's, people, problems, scared, things, thinking, thoughts, unhealthy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Who’s a bigger wimp when sick, men or women???

I’m probably setting myself up here but this is a good question.  Who’s a bigger baby when they’re sick?  Men or women? I’ll admit that I pampered my boys when they were sick. Sorry Sue.  Sorry Nikki.  But I can … Continue reading

Posted in adults, bad habits, behavior, characteristics, childhood, choices, comfort, differences, drugs, emotions, feelings, getting sick, habits, illness's, life, medicine, men, nurture, parent's, people, sickness, things, thinking, thoughts, women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments