smile and wave boys, smile and wave

WHO KNEW the penguins would have the perfect analogy for things!!! LOL!!! I come from a family of Dems.....who turned their kids into republicans!!! LOL, yeah.....my mom despises the fact that 4 of her 5 kids are gulp OMG republicans!!! the 5th, well we don't know about him because he just votes to vote, and really does not take sides.....he is a close your eyes and vote type of guy......but that is my brother, votes in local elections because he liked their name or whatever.....anyway........yes it was assumed by my other brother, that *I* in fact was "gotten too" and voted democratic.....my end of the phone conversation went DEAD silent.....and he was like are you still there?!?! and I said, tell me YOU did not just accuse me of voting Democratic!!? he said oh out of all of us, I thought you were the most likely to get "shown the light" LMAO!!! I was like did you not grow up with me!?! do you not know who I am!!!??? OMG I cannot believe you would think that!!! he was like whew......good to know!! ha ha

yes, my parents, my aunts and uncles (except one) are all dems....every last one of them.....so life at our family gatherings is well lets say.......a sight to behold!!! I made the mistake of mentioning something about politics at my son's 3rd birthday...and BOY OH BOY it was not good, I was accused of being a complete moron by my father!!! I was being ganged up on, and I called my husband in for back up!!! LOL so it was me, dh and my uncle against the rest of them!!! lets just say it was a memorable party!!! so how could I possibly become a republican it was asked.....

and I simply said.......my views are just that.....MY VIEWS!!! I made my own choice.....I made the decision of who I should vote for....not anyone else!!! and if MY views do not go along with yours, well then sorry but I don't agree!!!! and we should agree to disagree!!! LOL like that would ever happen in my outspoken family!!!!

so I firmly believe the Penguins have it right.....the new motto of my life is "smile and wave, boys, smile and wave"!!! I don't always follow it, but......hey....it works

Blogging

I have often wondered when blogging became such a "competition"? I mean really.....its all about stats, hits,sponsors and all that crap, that sometimes it just amazes me.....I guess I just don't understand it....

I started this blog, because I was asked to contribute to a 'group' blog, and well life got in the way, but the person took exception to it, and said my services were no longer needed....which was fine in many ways, but the way it was said was just plain mean......so I started this one on the advice of a friend, who actually stood up for me...LOL not that I am not good at voicing my opinion.....so, I gave it a whirl.....it is just a place for me to come and vent or what the heck ever...its not about how many comments I get, how many hits, or how many whatever....its just my little place in the www to say what I want when I want to well whomever happens to be reading my blog at the time!! LOL which I do say is not a lot by the 'standards' out there these days.....

If people read it fine, if they don't then that is fine too, I just have those few times in life when I want to share what I am thinking....I am I guess what you would call a slacker blogger....I am not a real blogger, I am not a sponsored blogger, I am just a plain old regular blogger.....I guess I just don't get it and never will......

but to those of you that do stop by and read...thank you!!! it does mean a lot to me.....I may not be the best blogger out there, but....sometimes I say what people are thinking and just too afraid to say.....

Life without Internet.....

SUCKS BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

let me tell you!!!! LOL It was down since Thursday, and man oh man did it stink....I thank god for my iphone!!! because it got me thru.....although cell service was iffy at times because they were working on the tower, but damn....life without being in contact is a terrible thing!!!

I think it really makes you realize just how much we do depend on this technology now....and just 10 years ago it was not that BIG.....kwim....no forums, message boards, networking sites...blogs....we have come a long way....and let me tell you going back to NOT having them is NOT where *I* want to be!!!

I missed going to my blogs and reading up on everyone.....dang...now I need to go and catch up with all of you!!!!!!!!!! so off I go!!!