Too Funny! A Dog Joining A Baby Crying

No More Snow!

I absolutely hate grocery shopping when there's lots of snow on the ground. It just really ruines my day. You have to bundle up to go to the grocery store, so your uncomfortable as your going through the store. Then you have the struggle of pushing the cart through the snow in the parking lot and then drag the groceries in the house. Let's not forget all the snow that gets dragged in with the groceries. Then to the most dreaded part of shopping is putting everything away. It's time for mother nature to stop dumping all this white fluffy stuff on us.

Battle Over Closet Space

When me and my sweetie decided to get married, we built a custom closet by Ikea thinking it would be plenty of space for the two of us. Well, low and behold, I had no idea how many shoes and clothes he had. This wonderful man has more clothes and shoes than me and dominates the closet space. Keep in mind this closet is 8' long and goes all the way to the ceiling. In addition, we also have a normal size closet in the bedroom, which he dominates with his jerseys.
We custom built the closet so he would have a shoe rack for his shoes going down one side. It has three has hanging sections and a set of drawers. I have one hanging section and a small part of another section for my clothes. I am beginning to think the only way we are going to get enough space is to either buy a bigger house with more rooms or wait until my children leave the nest and take over one of their rooms for clothes.

Breakfast Soft Taco

Yesterday morning, I had some leftover vegetables from dinner the night before. Whenever I make tacos, I always cut too many veggies and have the leftover veggies that I hate to throw away. So, I decided to make some eggs with them. It was absolutely delicious.

Peel and pit your avocado, then dice it into squares.
Dice 1/2 of tomato.
Dice about a tablespoon of onion.
Put about a teaspoon of butter in a pan and add your vegetables. Saute the vegetables until they are fully cooked.
Squeeze one lime wedge on the cooked vegetables in the pan.
Scramble two eggs and add to the pan of vegetables. Then scramble and cook until the eggs are thoroughly cooked.
Add just a light dash of salt
In a separate pan slightly brown your corn tortilla on both sides.
Place your eggs in the tortilla and sprinkle with cheddar cheese
Serving size: Two Breakfast Soft Tacos

Fugitive Charged With Human Trafficking



Veniamin Gonikman, 55, a US citizen, was arrested in the Ukraine Wednesday and deported back the United States to be charged. Gonikman fled the country before he could be formally charged with 22-count indictment with trafficking in persons, forced labor, alien smuggling, money laundering, extortion collection and conspiracy, among other charges. He was on the top ten most wanted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for smuggling women from Eastern Europe into the United States and forcing them to work in the strip clubs in Detroit. Gonikman came to the attention of federal agents in 2005, when his victims escaped and it was confirmed he was operating a company out of Detroit called Beauty, Inc. The indictment alleges that Gonikman and his associates developed Beauty, Inc. as a cover for human trafficking. They smuggled the women into the United States and forced the women to work long hours in the strip clubs. Gonikman and his associates, took all of the women's money and kept them under their control through through threats, coercion and isolation. Gonikman's associates, including his son Aleksandr Maksimenko, Duay Joseph Jado, Evgeniy Prokopenko, and Michail Aronovo, were previously convicted and sentenced on similar charges. They are currently serving prison sentences ranging from seven to 14 years.
Personally, I feel that serving seven to to fourteen years is not a long enough sentence. It's time for the American government to make an example of people like Gonikman and his associates. Let the Gonikmans of the world know the United States Government will not let you slide by with a slap on the wrist for human trafficking and enslavement, because if these men are capable of smuggling women into the country then what is stopping them from kidnapping our young girls and enslaving them in the human sex trade. We know it already happens.

Finally, Friday Is Here

I think even the cat is glad it is Friday, she looks exhausted. I usually kick her off the table, but she looked so cute, I couldn't do it today. She looks like how I feel.



No More Leak

I am so proud of myself. I fixed the problem with water running into the laundry room and it was a lot easier than I thought. I decided to check it out before calling a plumber and I am so glad I did. All I had to do was reach under there and tighten all the fittings on the pipe for the shower. Problem solved (knock on wood). It's amazing what you can do yourself when your forced to preserve money.