Tag Archives: fears

Running out

I was talking to my mom the other morning and she told me in all seriousness that she’s afraid she’s got a phobia of running out of something so I asked her what she was afraid of running out of … Continue reading

Posted in fears, phobia's, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

What Do You Think?

Whoa! I just read this on our local news website and thought, “I wonder what everyone else would think of this!” The short version is Minnesota is starting a campaign to tell people that if they qualify for food stamps, … Continue reading

Posted in people, questions, simple questions, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Person of Interest

Have any of you see the new tv show called Person of Interest? It’s about these two guys, Mr. Finch (Michael Emerson) and John Reese (Jim Caviezel). They are able to see if something BAD is going to happen in public government camera’s … Continue reading

Posted in activities, America, behavior, choices, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, good question, identity, laws, life lessons, lifestyles, opinions, people, person of interest, privacy, things, tv shows, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

How does this happen?

When this happened the other day, there were a lot more upset people than I thought there would be. I hate news stories like this about animals and most times I have to leave the room or turn the channel. … Continue reading

Posted in anger, Animals, behavior, choices, collections, differences, emotions, endangered species, fears, feelings, laws, lifestyles, opinions, people, stupid people, things, zoo's | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Talking about weight with children

Since 1980, the number of overweight kids has tripled. According to WebMD, it is harder for parents to broach the issue of weight with their kids, than even sex or drugs. Is it a difficult issue for your family to … Continue reading

Posted in afraid, behavior, childhood, children, choices, conversations, differences, eating habits, emotions, fears, feelings, food, hurt feelings, kids, obese, opinions, overweight, parent's, people, problems, sadness, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Sarcasm

sar·casm-–noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms. Are you a fan of sarcasm? Are you a sarcastic person? I saw this the other day and it gave me a new meaning of sarcasm. I’d never thought of praise being sarcastic unless you fell or dropped … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, choices, differences, disrespect, embarrassment, emotions, fears, feelings, humiliate, hurt feelings, opinions, overbearing, people, sarcasm, self esteem, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Free To Be X, Y, or Z?

Many of you have heard the news story recently about the couple who have chosen to keep the gender of their 3rd child a secret.  Yes, a secret.  The child’s 2 older brother’s, the midwives who were there, and one close … Continue reading

Posted in choices, people, questions, simple questions, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Georgia’s shocking ads

Parents in Georgia are split about the appropriateness of a set of shocking new ads aimed at raising awareness of Georgia’s rising childhood obesity rates. Do you think these ads will do more harm than good? Watch the clip. Do … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, fears, feelings, kids, lifestyles, meals, obese, opinions, people, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

What do you think?

What do you think of bullying? How about this?

Posted in behavior, bullying, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, kids, memories, opinions, people, school, teachers, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 37 Comments

What’s your take?

I saw this last week but the topic doesn’t seem to be dying down. Here’s the video that brought it to my attention. What’s your take on it?

Posted in children, fairness, fears, feelings, judge, kids, laws, opinions, people, teenagers, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Is this a date or a “play-date?”

Okay now, I love Love LOVE Mark Wahlberg. I have for YEARS. I find him absolutely darling. In the last few days I’ve seen him taking a little bit of heat and at first the headlines all scared me because God help … Continue reading

Posted in childhood, children, dating, fears, feelings, growing up, kids, life, memories, memory, opinions, parent's, peer pressure, people, play date, playing, things, Uncategorized, young love | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

More than just a Question of the day

I’ve been hearing all this talk just like I’m sure you have about the why’s of the Arizona shootings. I’ve been hearing about the “blame” many feel towards Jared Loughner’s parent’s and I’ve been hearing once again “let’s blame the guns” … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, afraid, behavior, childhood, children, differences, family, fears, government, guns, laws, mental illness, parent's, people, questions, rules, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

What Would You Do?

For some of us, the idea of being buried alive is a deep-set phobia.  For 33 men in Chile, it’s a reality.  They became trapped on Aug. 5th when an earthquake collapsed parts of the mine around them, trapping them … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, emergency, health and beauty, life, life lessons, material things, medical care, needs, nightmares, people, supplies, thoughts, tough times, Uncategorized, wants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments

What’s Wrong With People?

I should really be cleaning up the house and getting supper started, but instead I’m sitting here trying to hammer this post out in an efficient manner that still is understandable!  Yesterday, we had a tragedy in our little town.  An … Continue reading

Posted in choices, differences, people, Question of the day, questions, simple questions, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

How To Help Children Frightened By Storms

This good question came at the right time of the year. How to help children frightened by storms. Do your kids get scared? Did you get scared when you were young? Everyone who comes here often or knows me, knows … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, childhood, children, fears, kids, memory, people, storms, tornados, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Mouse in the House!

Oh, I wish you all could have seen us last weekend!!!  It was a riot!  Looking back I wish I would have pulled the video camera out because we would have won the grand prize on AFV for SURE! Friday … Continue reading

Posted in choices, differences, fun, laughs, people, questions, simple questions, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Free Chat Thursday

Well, we made it another week. 🙂 Tornadoes ripped across Minnesota on last Thursday evening, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more as homes were flattened, trees toppled and a gas station destroyed in the town of Wadena, … Continue reading

Posted in afraid, children, choices, dangerous, dangers, emergency, fears, kids, nightmares, scared, storms, tornados, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 18 Comments

Personal Responsibility

I have a tiny little rant coming….just to warn you. This is something that just went into my craw and stayed there. I can’t stop thinking about it and I mean that in more ways than one. This is something … Continue reading

Posted in anger, behavior, choices, facebook, fears, feelings, internet, jobs, kids, life lessons, parent's, people, photo's, problems, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

Nightmare on My Street

“It’s the middle of the night and what I’m doing out at this time is beyond me.  Why am I going to look at this house now?  Can’t it wait til morning?  The realtor talked me into it somehow.  She … Continue reading

Posted in choices, differences, people, questions, simple questions, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Is 16 to young to drive?

Last week we had a couple of very tragic accidents claiming the lives of many of our young people. Here is the news story of one of them. Several things came out after this article. There was no alcohol involved … Continue reading

Posted in accidents, age, behavior, children, choices, differences, discipline, drivers ed, driving, fears, good habits, kids, laws, life, live and learn, people, Political Correctness, problems, teachers, teenagers, things, Uncategorized, vehicles | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 35 Comments

Why Are Clowns So Creepy? Or, aren’t they?

I’m pretty sure we’ve talked about this before but I think it was more of a question of the day. One day last week this was on”Good Question” on WCCO. Are clowns creepy or aren’t they? I can’t stand clowns. Or, should … Continue reading

Posted in afraid, authors, behavior, choices, circus, costumes, differences, dressing up, fears, good question, memory, people, ronald mcdonald, scare, scared, things, wcco | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

I Wanna Rock!

Who doesn’t love a good song that you can really rock out to?!  That allows you to let your hair down and just get wild and crazy!  I’m sure we all have a favorite song that makes us want to … Continue reading

Posted in choices, differences, feelings, fun, laughs, people, simple questions, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 25 Comments

Sarasota doctor’s license revoked for aborting wrong fetus

I’d like to thank SKL for bringing this story to my attention. I’m not going to write anything about it. I’m just copying the story for you and would like to hear what you have to say or what you … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, choices, dangers, developmental delays, differences, doctors, down's syndrome, emotions, feelings, grief, health, in vitro fertilization, mistakes, people, pregnancy, pregnant, problems, responsibility, sadness, things, today's times | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments

Question of the Day

So, what do you think of the “Health Care Reform” bill?  Feel free to spout off, but do so respectfully!

Posted in choices, differences, laughs, people, Question of the day, questions, simple questions, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 38 Comments

Bucket Lists

I read this on DM’s blog, Heart to Heart this morning (Sunday, March 21) and got his permission to share it with all of you and to see what opinions you may have on the subject. Bucket list: Things you’d … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, bucket list, choices, differences, dreams, emotions, fears, feelings, lifestyles, live and learn, people, regret, sickness, things, wishes, you tube | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments