1) Well, it finally happened. I suspected it might, hoped it would ... I'm one of those people that grows to hate something before I make changes. Whether it be either of my marriages, Michigan in it's current situation, or a host of just about anything else. With the marriages my course of action was divorce. With Michigan I've finally come to realise I want to stay and fight it out. I mean, hell, it's been MY home all of my life. Here comes some idiot from Canada to be our governor and well, we know the rest of that story. I'm finally fed up enough to want to fight it out.
2) I don't know why I'm like this. Been this way all my life. I blame part of it on my being so darned easy going. I'd rather be walked all over than have a confrontation or decide to fix the situation once and for all. Takes a lot to get me fed up enough to actually want to do something about it! I knew for six years that I needed to divorce Exie Poo (first ex) before I actually filed, two years before I filed for divorce from Bubba. Two years of that whole "Bucky" situation (remember that? LOL). Three years to decide to stay and do what I can to improve things here in Michigan.
3) I think that's why I haven't moved yet. My heart wasn't really in it. I just didn't know it! I made a bunch of excuses - had to fix my health before I left, had to finish this semester, my folks health issues and a bunch of other excuses I had.
Okay, now I realize these first three thought could have been lumped together, as they are related. But with my history of brain farting around thought number 7 or 8 I'm doing it this way. Yeah, I'm cheating. Hmmmm, what else is on my mind today??
Ahhhh, I know ...
4) It's weird to drive my car with a new windshield. I had the crack in it since I took over that car last summer. It was Married Son's car before that. I was just the lucky one that got to watch it grow over the winter. The windshield is too clean for me now! It's hard for me to actually see out of it because it's soooooo clean. Yeah, I'm strange! No windex streaks, no smokey build-up, no coating of road dust ...
5) I guess that number 4 is a family trait. My grandfather was a truck driver locally back in the 1920s until his death in the mid-50s. One day when my mother was a young child they decided to surprise Grandpa and clean the dirty truck windshield. He about had a hissy fit!! He wasn't able to see through a clean windshield, it distorted his vision!
6) This is the *only* trait I've inherited from that side of the family. The remainder of my screwed up genes come from Dad's side. LOL.
Okay, so I'm not lumping related thoughts together again. I'm at #7 and already starting to brain fart. But didn't I already say that I have a history of brain farting around number 7 or 8? Let's see ... hmmmmm ... I wonder how random I can get on these last thoughts?
7) I really need to call the lawn man. My yard is in dire need of attention. This guy is great, last year he did my lawn for only the cost of the gas he used. The deal was that this year he'll charge me more. Still, I can't complain ... $25 is a hell of a good deal for a man that takes great pride in the work he does. Sorry ladies, he's a friend of the family and only cuts this deal for immediate friends.
8) I colored my hair last night. Auburn again. Came out really red this time. I love it, too ... a nice change for me.
9) I finally got to the grade portion of the college's website. Well crap, they don't post grades until May 1st!!! I did see my course grades, but those weren't the "official" grades - just the grades from the teachers grade books. Anyway, I won't have my official grades for a few more days. The wait is killing me. Think I said grades enough?? LOL!
10) Got a letter in the mail yesterday that about freaked me out. It was from my insurance company. It's an information packet called "Benefits for Heart Disease Members". Hello? Wait a freaking minute here!! Heart Disease?? This is news to me! I put a call through to my doctor, but am still waiting on his return call. I'm really really really hoping it was just an oversite on the insurance company's part. I know I'm on some pretty strong blood pressure medications - one of them IS typically prescribed to heart patients. Maybe that's what generated the mail? The fact my Dad is a stroke patient and had quad bypass surgery (history of heart disease) isn't helping me here at all.
Guess that's it for my ten thoughts today. Those last four were pretty much all over the board, LOL. At least these ten thoughts were in one posting, unlike yesterday where I posted ten different things, LOL. And yes, Helen, I was really really bored yesterday.
KUA
4/29/08
4/28/08
Last blog entry today ... PROMISE!!
Yeah, I know, I've posted a lot today!! This is my last entry today. Promise. LOL!!
I saw this on Amy's blog. So I did it. Sums me up pretty well.
I saw this on Amy's blog. So I did it. Sums me up pretty well.
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Dumb People ...
From the local news ...
Dad's Oversight Lands Son In Foster Care
POSTED: 10:44 am EDT April 28, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- An Ann Arbor couple's 7-year-old son ended up in foster care over Mike's Hard Lemonade.
Christopher Ratte, 47, a professor at University of Michigan, claims he accidentally gave his son, Leo, some of the alcoholic beverage at Comerica Park a few weeks ago. He said he didn't even know the alcoholic lemonade existed.
He said he bought his son the drink at the beginning of the Tigers game and it wasn't until the ninth inning when a security guard noticed the bottle in Leo's hand.
The security guard asked Ratte if he knew it contained alcohol. He said he didn't and when he went to grab the bottle out of the child's hand, the security guard grabbed it first.
A short time later, Ratte was being questioned by Detroit police at Children's Hospital, where the child was taken by ambulance.
The child said he was feeling a little nauseated, but showed no other symptoms of being intoxicated.
The security guard said the boy drank about 12 ounces of the hard lemonade, which is about 5 percent alcohol.
However, the child's bloodwork detected no trace of alcohol.
The child remained in foster care for two days before his mother, Claire Zimmerman, a U-M architecture professor, was able to take their son home as long as the father relocated to a hotel.
It was two more weeks before the father could move back home.
Ratte and his wife have filed a formal complaint with the Child Protective Services ombudsman's office stating they thought the treatment was excessive.
Ratte has apologized for his mistake.
Personal note: Ignorance is NO excuse! I have never been to Comerica Park, but wouldn't Mike's Hard Lemonade be on an Alcohol menu board? What did this airhead not comprehend about the word HARD on the label??
Dad's Oversight Lands Son In Foster Care
POSTED: 10:44 am EDT April 28, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- An Ann Arbor couple's 7-year-old son ended up in foster care over Mike's Hard Lemonade.
Christopher Ratte, 47, a professor at University of Michigan, claims he accidentally gave his son, Leo, some of the alcoholic beverage at Comerica Park a few weeks ago. He said he didn't even know the alcoholic lemonade existed.
He said he bought his son the drink at the beginning of the Tigers game and it wasn't until the ninth inning when a security guard noticed the bottle in Leo's hand.
The security guard asked Ratte if he knew it contained alcohol. He said he didn't and when he went to grab the bottle out of the child's hand, the security guard grabbed it first.
A short time later, Ratte was being questioned by Detroit police at Children's Hospital, where the child was taken by ambulance.
The child said he was feeling a little nauseated, but showed no other symptoms of being intoxicated.
The security guard said the boy drank about 12 ounces of the hard lemonade, which is about 5 percent alcohol.
However, the child's bloodwork detected no trace of alcohol.
The child remained in foster care for two days before his mother, Claire Zimmerman, a U-M architecture professor, was able to take their son home as long as the father relocated to a hotel.
It was two more weeks before the father could move back home.
Ratte and his wife have filed a formal complaint with the Child Protective Services ombudsman's office stating they thought the treatment was excessive.
Ratte has apologized for his mistake.
Personal note: Ignorance is NO excuse! I have never been to Comerica Park, but wouldn't Mike's Hard Lemonade be on an Alcohol menu board? What did this airhead not comprehend about the word HARD on the label??
Michigan Product Websites
I received this as an email and thought I'd pass it along ...
Look for these products online and while you are traveling through Michigan!
Check out these other websites for more ideas on how you can support Michigan companies with your purchases:
www.michiganwines.com
www.michiganbeerguide.com
www.buymichiganproducts.com
www.michigania.com
www.buymichigannnow.com
www.absolutemichigan.com
A note about this list: This list is in no way complete. It is a grass roots effort to encourage people help the state’s economy. With no motive other than that.
If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods we’d keep more than $37 Million each week circulating within Michigan’s economy. *
* http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1570_2468_2471-183622--,00.html
Product, Company, website, Location:
Barbeque sauces, Pop's Barbeque Sauce, www.popsbbq.com, Clarkston
Barbeque sauces, Billy Bones BBQ, www.billybonesbbq.com, Sanford
Blueberry -everything, The Blueberry Store, www.theblueberrystore.com, South Haven
Cherry -everything, Cherry Republic, www.cherryrepublic.com, Glen Arbor
Cherry Products, Megan's Mom's/Natalie Robyn's, www.sixlugs.com, Interlochen
Essential oils, Lorann Oils, www.lorannoils.com, Lansing
Free Range Beef and Buffalo, TMZ Farm, www.tmzfarm.com, Pinckney
Granola, Michaelene's Gourmet Granola, www.gourmetgranola.com, Clarkston
Handmade Chocolate Truffles, The Chocolate Garden, www.chocolategarden.com, Coloma
Essential Oil Soaps, Bob's Wife's Soaps, bobswifessoaps.com, St. John's
Herbs and art, www.creekside-herbs.com, Cedarville
Hot pepper jelly, Mrs. Devaney, www.mrsdevaneyshotpepperjelly.com, Jackson
Maple syrup doodles, Sugar Bush, www.doodlessugarbush.com, Blanchard
Mint Chocolates, Hanover's Mint, www.michiganmint.com, St. John's
Northern Michigan artisan bread, Stonehouse Bread, www.stonehousebread.com, Traverse City
Organic beans rice and grains, Vita Spelt, www.purityfoods.com, Okemos
Organic teas and products, Light of Day, www.lightofdayorganics.com, Leelenau Pennisula
Preserves, Food for Thought, www.foodforthought.net, Honor
Preserves and fruitcake, Jampot, www.societystjohn.com/jampot.jp, Eagle Harbor
Salsa -fruit, Traverse Bay Farms, www.traversebayfarms.com, Traverse City
Bellaire Supplements, Fruit Advantage, www.fruitadvantage.com, Bellaire
The Pinconning Cheese Store, Piconning Cheese, www.pinconningcheese.com, Pinconning
Truffles caramels chocolates, Grocer's Daughter Chocolates, www.grocersdaughter.com, Empire
Vegan and vegetarian foods, The Vegetarian Express, www.thevegetarianexpress.com, Edmore
Mustard, Brownwood Farms, www.brownwoodfarms.com, Willamsburg
Stone ground wheat products, Maiden Mills, www.maidenmills.com, Holland
Coffee, Becharas Brothers, www.becharas.com, Highland Park
Sausages, Detroit Sausage, www.detroitsausage.com, Detroit
Cookies, Johnny B's, www.johnnybcookies.com, Saint Clair Shores
When $1 is spent locally, that $1 impacts three to seven local businesses before leaving the local economy.
Look for these products online and while you are traveling through Michigan!
Check out these other websites for more ideas on how you can support Michigan companies with your purchases:
www.michiganwines.com
www.michiganbeerguide.com
www.buymichiganproducts.com
www.michigania.com
www.buymichigannnow.com
www.absolutemichigan.com
A note about this list: This list is in no way complete. It is a grass roots effort to encourage people help the state’s economy. With no motive other than that.
If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods we’d keep more than $37 Million each week circulating within Michigan’s economy. *
* http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1570_2468_2471-183622--,00.html
Product, Company, website, Location:
Barbeque sauces, Pop's Barbeque Sauce, www.popsbbq.com, Clarkston
Barbeque sauces, Billy Bones BBQ, www.billybonesbbq.com, Sanford
Blueberry -everything, The Blueberry Store, www.theblueberrystore.com, South Haven
Cherry -everything, Cherry Republic, www.cherryrepublic.com, Glen Arbor
Cherry Products, Megan's Mom's/Natalie Robyn's, www.sixlugs.com, Interlochen
Essential oils, Lorann Oils, www.lorannoils.com, Lansing
Free Range Beef and Buffalo, TMZ Farm, www.tmzfarm.com, Pinckney
Granola, Michaelene's Gourmet Granola, www.gourmetgranola.com, Clarkston
Handmade Chocolate Truffles, The Chocolate Garden, www.chocolategarden.com, Coloma
Essential Oil Soaps, Bob's Wife's Soaps, bobswifessoaps.com, St. John's
Herbs and art, www.creekside-herbs.com, Cedarville
Hot pepper jelly, Mrs. Devaney, www.mrsdevaneyshotpepperjelly.com, Jackson
Maple syrup doodles, Sugar Bush, www.doodlessugarbush.com, Blanchard
Mint Chocolates, Hanover's Mint, www.michiganmint.com, St. John's
Northern Michigan artisan bread, Stonehouse Bread, www.stonehousebread.com, Traverse City
Organic beans rice and grains, Vita Spelt, www.purityfoods.com, Okemos
Organic teas and products, Light of Day, www.lightofdayorganics.com, Leelenau Pennisula
Preserves, Food for Thought, www.foodforthought.net, Honor
Preserves and fruitcake, Jampot, www.societystjohn.com/jampot.jp, Eagle Harbor
Salsa -fruit, Traverse Bay Farms, www.traversebayfarms.com, Traverse City
Bellaire Supplements, Fruit Advantage, www.fruitadvantage.com, Bellaire
The Pinconning Cheese Store, Piconning Cheese, www.pinconningcheese.com, Pinconning
Truffles caramels chocolates, Grocer's Daughter Chocolates, www.grocersdaughter.com, Empire
Vegan and vegetarian foods, The Vegetarian Express, www.thevegetarianexpress.com, Edmore
Mustard, Brownwood Farms, www.brownwoodfarms.com, Willamsburg
Stone ground wheat products, Maiden Mills, www.maidenmills.com, Holland
Coffee, Becharas Brothers, www.becharas.com, Highland Park
Sausages, Detroit Sausage, www.detroitsausage.com, Detroit
Cookies, Johnny B's, www.johnnybcookies.com, Saint Clair Shores
When $1 is spent locally, that $1 impacts three to seven local businesses before leaving the local economy.
Michigan Products
I received this as an email and thought I'd pass it along ...
If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods, we’d keep more than $37 million each week circulating within Michigan’s economy.* Even if you're not a Michigander, if you see these brands on your store shelves how 'bout giving us a helping hand by buying Michigan products??
* http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1570_2468_2471-183622--,00.html
A note about this list:
This list is in no way complete. It is a grass roots effort to encourage people help the state’s economy. With no motive other than that.
All Purpose Gourmet Spice Blend, Deyoung's Fore Seasons, Hartland
Bill Knapp's Cake etc., Awrey, Battle Creek
Brats, Alexander & Hornung, St. Clair Shores
Bread, Flatout, Saline
Bread and muffin mixes, JB Dough, Benton Harbor
Cereal, Kellogg's, Battle Creek
Cheese, Reny-Picot, Benton Harbor
Cheese, S. Serra, Warren
Chewy Granola bars, Yotta Bar, Maple City
Chocolates, Morley's, Sterling Heights
Condiments, American Spoon, Petosky
Cookies, Archway, Livonia
Cookies & crackers, Keebler, Battle Creek
Dairy goods, Bareman's, Holland
Dairy goods, Calder, Carleton
Dairy goods, CF Burger, Detroit
Dairy goods, Guernsey, Northville
Dairy goods, Melody Farms, Livonia
Dairy goods, Dairy Fresh, Taylor
Extra virgin olive oil, Kenzoil, Ann Arbor
Garlic bread – frozen, Cole's, Grand Rapids
Herring, Ma Cohen's, Detroit
Hommus, Basha, Ferndale
Horseradish, Brede's, Detroit
Hot dogs etc, Kowalski, Hamtramck
Juice, Old Orchard, Sparta
Lunch meat & sausages, Koegel's, Flint
Mexican food, Hacienda Mexican, Detroit
Muffins and snack cakes, Weight Watchers, Jackson
Muffins, brownies etc, Jiffy Mix, Chelsea
Mustard, Mucky Duck, Ferndale
Natural foods, Eden's, Clinton Township
Nuts, Germack, Detroit
Packaged vegetables, Butter Blends, Grand Rapids
Pasta, Al Dente, Whitmore Lake
Pasta – frozen, Pierino, Lincoln Park
Pasta sauce, Sansonetti Foods, Holly
Pasta sauce, Romano's, Shelby Township
Peanuts and snack food, Kars, Madison Heights
Peanuts and tortilla chips, Great Lakes Snacks or Festida, Cedar Springs
Pickles, Freestone Pickles, Bangor
Pickles, Topor's, Detroit
Pop, Faygo, Detroit
Pop, Vernor's, Detroit
Private label beef jerky, Spartan and Meijer, Taylor
Produce, Aunt Mid's, Detroit
Rice and tapioca pudding, Spillson's, Monroe
Salad Dressings, Litehouse, Lowell
Salsa, Sansonetti Foods, Holly
Sausage, Dearborn Sausage, Dearborn
Snack Foods, Better Made, Detroit
Soynut Snack Products, Nature's Select, Owosso
Sugar, Pioneer and Big Chief, Bay City
Sugar Free Candies, Dr. John's, Grand Rapids
Tortilla chips, Salsa Garden Fresh, Ferndale
Tortillas, La Michoacana, Detroit
Tortillas, Don Marcos, Romulus
Tortillas, La Jalisciense, Detroit
Turkey (deli), Golden Legacy and Brickman's, Grand Rapids
Tuscan Italian Foods, Elena's, Auburn Hills
Water, Absopure, Plymouth
Wines, St. Julian, Paw Paw
The foods on this list may be available at these Michigan owned grocer’s :
Spartan Stores
Meijer
Busch’s
Hiller’s
IGA
Glen’s
D&W
Felpausch
L&L
VG’s
Hardings
Nino Salvaggio
Quality Dairy
Randazzo’s
Taorello’s
Vince & Joe’s
Colasanti’s
Family Fare
and more…
If you don’t see them at your store, ask for them!
If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods, we’d keep more than $37 million each week circulating within Michigan’s economy.* Even if you're not a Michigander, if you see these brands on your store shelves how 'bout giving us a helping hand by buying Michigan products??
* http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-1570_2468_2471-183622--,00.html
A note about this list:
This list is in no way complete. It is a grass roots effort to encourage people help the state’s economy. With no motive other than that.
All Purpose Gourmet Spice Blend, Deyoung's Fore Seasons, Hartland
Bill Knapp's Cake etc., Awrey, Battle Creek
Brats, Alexander & Hornung, St. Clair Shores
Bread, Flatout, Saline
Bread and muffin mixes, JB Dough, Benton Harbor
Cereal, Kellogg's, Battle Creek
Cheese, Reny-Picot, Benton Harbor
Cheese, S. Serra, Warren
Chewy Granola bars, Yotta Bar, Maple City
Chocolates, Morley's, Sterling Heights
Condiments, American Spoon, Petosky
Cookies, Archway, Livonia
Cookies & crackers, Keebler, Battle Creek
Dairy goods, Bareman's, Holland
Dairy goods, Calder, Carleton
Dairy goods, CF Burger, Detroit
Dairy goods, Guernsey, Northville
Dairy goods, Melody Farms, Livonia
Dairy goods, Dairy Fresh, Taylor
Extra virgin olive oil, Kenzoil, Ann Arbor
Garlic bread – frozen, Cole's, Grand Rapids
Herring, Ma Cohen's, Detroit
Hommus, Basha, Ferndale
Horseradish, Brede's, Detroit
Hot dogs etc, Kowalski, Hamtramck
Juice, Old Orchard, Sparta
Lunch meat & sausages, Koegel's, Flint
Mexican food, Hacienda Mexican, Detroit
Muffins and snack cakes, Weight Watchers, Jackson
Muffins, brownies etc, Jiffy Mix, Chelsea
Mustard, Mucky Duck, Ferndale
Natural foods, Eden's, Clinton Township
Nuts, Germack, Detroit
Packaged vegetables, Butter Blends, Grand Rapids
Pasta, Al Dente, Whitmore Lake
Pasta – frozen, Pierino, Lincoln Park
Pasta sauce, Sansonetti Foods, Holly
Pasta sauce, Romano's, Shelby Township
Peanuts and snack food, Kars, Madison Heights
Peanuts and tortilla chips, Great Lakes Snacks or Festida, Cedar Springs
Pickles, Freestone Pickles, Bangor
Pickles, Topor's, Detroit
Pop, Faygo, Detroit
Pop, Vernor's, Detroit
Private label beef jerky, Spartan and Meijer, Taylor
Produce, Aunt Mid's, Detroit
Rice and tapioca pudding, Spillson's, Monroe
Salad Dressings, Litehouse, Lowell
Salsa, Sansonetti Foods, Holly
Sausage, Dearborn Sausage, Dearborn
Snack Foods, Better Made, Detroit
Soynut Snack Products, Nature's Select, Owosso
Sugar, Pioneer and Big Chief, Bay City
Sugar Free Candies, Dr. John's, Grand Rapids
Tortilla chips, Salsa Garden Fresh, Ferndale
Tortillas, La Michoacana, Detroit
Tortillas, Don Marcos, Romulus
Tortillas, La Jalisciense, Detroit
Turkey (deli), Golden Legacy and Brickman's, Grand Rapids
Tuscan Italian Foods, Elena's, Auburn Hills
Water, Absopure, Plymouth
Wines, St. Julian, Paw Paw
The foods on this list may be available at these Michigan owned grocer’s :
Spartan Stores
Meijer
Busch’s
Hiller’s
IGA
Glen’s
D&W
Felpausch
L&L
VG’s
Hardings
Nino Salvaggio
Quality Dairy
Randazzo’s
Taorello’s
Vince & Joe’s
Colasanti’s
Family Fare
and more…
If you don’t see them at your store, ask for them!
Buy Michigan Now
http://www.buymichigannow.com/
To quote their mission statement: Welcome to Buy Michigan Now, a site dedicated to restoring hope, celebrating our successes, and building a strong, vibrant, and diverse Michigan economy. Individuals and organizations are invited to use this platform to take an active role in the state’s revitalization. Collectively we can make the difference if we Think Michigan First.
To quote their mission statement: Welcome to Buy Michigan Now, a site dedicated to restoring hope, celebrating our successes, and building a strong, vibrant, and diverse Michigan economy. Individuals and organizations are invited to use this platform to take an active role in the state’s revitalization. Collectively we can make the difference if we Think Michigan First.
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