My Oldest Returns To The Nest

Today my oldest daughter moved back home from North Carolina. Ahhh.. She actually missed us and missed living in Michigan.  When they are teenagers they hate us and can't wait to move out. Then move out and realize it's not so easy and they want to come back home. Either way she is home and it's nice to have her back. I made tostadas and tacos for her coming home dinner. They turned out perfectly. Now, I am really wishing I had bought dessert.

Second Chance For Convicted Felons?

All this BS with convicted felons now being offered all these jobs just because they go on television and give their sob stories is ridiculous. I'm sorry, they are convicted felons. There are plenty of people out there who has lived their life right, who have never been arrested and worked hard through out their lifetime who can not find jobs. If companies are going to hand out jobs, they should hand them out to the people who have worked hard and deserve them. I am tired of hearing about Ted Williams. He doesn't have a hard luck story. He came from a good family, had the opportunity to go to school and he screwed it up by doing drugs and committing crimes. I don't really care if he did pay his debt to society, now he should just be handed jobs because he spent time in prison and screwed up the his life and the life of his children. Plenty of people paid their debt to society by working hard and paying their taxes. So how did he pay his debt to society?
Now there is another convicted felon in Southfield, MI who went on television to get his sob story out there with the hope that someone will cut him a break and give him a job. Well damn, it worked. He got a job. He was in prison for murder. He killed someone and only got 18 years and feels he paid his debt to society. Well, I'm sorry. Eighteen years is not good enough. The person he killed and their family got a life sentence. They don't have a second chance and he doesn't deserve one either. 40 year old Marlon McDonald says to Fox 2 News "Someone died because of me, and that was unnecessary," he said. "That's my fault, and that is, I guess for a lack of a better term, my cross to bear." It's just not his cross to bear, the family of the person he killed also has to bear that cross for the rest of their living life. They didn't get just 18 years, they lost their son or daughter. Someone lost their sister or their brother or maybe even their mother or father for a lifetime, not 18 years. What is Fox 2 News going to go out and cover every sob story of every convicted felon that contacts them? Honestly, I think Fox 2 News should have turned down Marlon McDonald and went out there and covered a story of someone who has lost their job and practically everything they own because of the economy, not because they were a convicted felon and killed someone. Andrea Isom from Fox 2 News says "However, McDonald has paid his debt to society. He did hard time, almost 18 years behind bars for murder." Does she really think he paid his debt to society? What if that had been one of her family members he killed? Would she still think he paid his debt to society then? I am not saying they don't have a right to a second chance, just that they should have to work for it like everyone else. They shouldn't be handed a job on a silver platter. If these places want to hand out jobs, they should place an ad and hire someone who is deserving of the position.

Response To Second Chance For Convicted Felons

Funny Misspelled Billboards

Bye Bye Cars.

The person who put up this board misspelled Charlie. lol

This was a big misspelling. They misspelled plaques. The company does plagues & awards. Hmmm.... sounds kind of dangerous to me.

No Internet

Hello everyone. Sorry for the lack of posts over the past day. However, my Comcast Internet keeps going down. It only stays on for a few minutes and then it's right back down. They are coming today to fix it. Isn't that a shame. I feel lost without my Internet. Hopefully, this evening I will be back up and running again.

Cool A Burn Quick



Soak a couple of tea bags in a bowl of water and stick your hand in the bowl and soak or use to may cool compresses with to apply to the burn. The tea helps remove the sting from the burn. Another great way is to buy an aloe plant to keep around the house. Break off a piece and apply to burn.

New Hampshire Dad Issued Ticket

Okay, this is a tough one. A New Hampshire dad was rushing his wife who was labor to the hospital, he was pulled over by a police officer. The police officer gave him an escort to the hospital and then issued the dad a speeding ticket. The officer claims the dad was going 102 mph. The new dad says, he didn't realize how fast he was going until the officer issued him the ticket. The Coughlins baby was delivered six minutes after arriving at the hospital in Manchester. The father is contesting the ticket, because if he pleads guilty he can lose his license. I think maybe they should waive the ticket for the dad. If he hadn't rushed his wife to the hospital the baby could have been born in the car and the situation could have turned life threatening for the mother and the child. I don't support speeding, but I think sometimes it's an emergency and you need to get to the hospital as soon as you can. What do you think?

Cleaning Your Coffee Maker

White Vinegar works great for cleaning your coffee maker. Pour one cup of vinegar in your pot and then fill with water and start your pot. Allow the coffee maker to brew and then once finished refill the pot with fresh water and allow the pot the brew again. You next pot of coffee will taste much better without all the water build up in the pot. The vinegar works great to break down the build up from hard water. I also found that soaking the vaporizor parts in vinegar works great for keeping the vaporizor clean too.