Ahh.... It's Saturday Blog Hop

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Enjoy your weekend. 

Outbreak Monkey Virus

How is it a cold can be passed around the house like what my husband would call the "outbreak monkey virus"? My son started getting sick on Monday, now he is feeling better and now I have his cold. Not to mention my daughter just got up and said, she thinks she has Adam's cold too, she can't breathe.
So, here I am blogging at 12:52 am, because when my head hits the pillow it feels like someone just stuffed to bananas up my nose and my head feels like it's going to split in half.

 I am totally amazed, I searched for someone with bananas stuck up their nose and I couldn't find one and I thought they said you could find everything on the internet. Well, I just stumped them.

I don't know what is worse, sitting up with your body aching just so you can breathe or laying in bed and not being able to fall asleep because you can't breathe and pressure from your sinus' is killing your head.

I just laid there in bed for an hour wishing I could fall asleep and thinking how good a cup of hot tea would feel on my dry scratchy throat.

Doggie Love

Mr. Max is enjoying the kids being on winter break from school. He has been attached at the hip with my youngest, Sammy since she has been on break. He has been in her room with her all day laying in bed and watching TV.  His poor little heart is going to broken when she goes back to school because he's not going to be able to spend every waking moment with her.

He is so funny because she can get him to do things we can't get him to do. He hangs on to her every word and does what she says. They say dogs don't understand what we say, they listen to our tone and use word association. But, I'm not to sure about that. I think they pick and choose what they what to do and who they do  it for. 

Wacky Wednesdays- People Caught Doing Their Business In Public

I don't know how she expected to pull that one off. 

Fergie having an accident on stage

Maybe this runner should have skipped the race that day.

I wonder who pissed him off. 

Really, he didn't think that one would get caught on camera.

Now, that just take guts to squat and take a pee right
in front of everyone. 

Jalapeno Chicken Poppers

Jalapeno Chicken Poppers


These are absolutely delicious and a must try. Great Mardi Gras recipe for parties or Mardi Gras fun.


Ingredients
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
Bacon Strips
Jalapenos
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Barbecue Sauce
Brown Sugar
Hot Sauce


Cut the chicken into thin strips, place a couple jalapenos along the strip of chicken. Then sprinkle some cheddar cheese over the jalapenos and then roll. Take the roll and then roll again in a slice of bacon covering the chicken. Put a dash of hot sauce on top, a dash of barbecue sauce and then sprinkle with brown sugar and bake in the oven on 400 degrees for 20 minutes. 

Racism On The Rise In Your Backyard

Spokane County, WA is in the news again for their hate crimes. What is it about Spokane County that they have so many race hate crimes?


A 19 year old man, Deven James-Allen Hood is accused of smashing car windows and beating people on what police allege as a hate fueled drive through in Spokane County on January 20, 2012.  


Police say Hood through something at a truck driving through the intersection and then punched the driver. When the victim got out to confront the driver, Martinez said his assailant repeatedly called him a derogatory term for Hispanic people.

Then later that night, a woman, Jaylean Tayloe, went outside her home on Cedar Street and she saw three men attempting to steel her truck. The three men who were later identified and Hood, his 15 year old brother and his half brother attacked her. Two men followed Hood and his brothers and while they were headed back to a home on Cedar, Hood and his brothers shouted racial slurs out the window about black people.

Hood and his brothers were arrested for the charges, but were later released because no charges were filed.

 According to a piece done by Bill Morlin, for the Spokesman Review, there has been in increase in hate crimes and racist activity in Spokane County and pacific northwest communities, even throughout the United States. Morlin reports, there has been a spike in hate crimes since the election of President Obama. According to Morlin, not only is there a spike in hate crimes since the 2008 election, there is a rise in secret anti-government militia.

“This trend is on the rise,” Spokane-based Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl A. Hicks said of recent hate crimes in the region. “What I would tell you is, it’s a bunch of thugs, and they’re dangerous individuals.
“The difference today is this activity is domestic terrorism,” Hicks said, “and the FBI pays attention to this kind of thing more than it did in the late 1970s, early ’80s.”


Some contribute the rise in hate crimes to the change in the classifications of crimes and some contribute the rise in hate crimes to the election of a black president in 2008. But, what we do know is there is a major war going on between the two top Arian Nation leaders in Idaho, Gerald O’Brien and Paul Mullet and there is a war between the two top competing Arian websites. 


Whatever, the reason may be for the rise in hate crimes, the truth of the matter is the problem still does exist and it's not going away any time soon until our government figures out how to crack down on them. One factor I have noticed is there seems to be a rise in the number of young adults and teens who commit hate crimes. 


The government and police can do there job at cracking down on these types of offenders, but it is also our job as parents to guide our children and teach them compassion and understanding. Some parents are fully aware of the racist attitude they are passing on to there children and some parents don't even realize they are passing a racism on to their children with the comments they make towards other races. 


The United States is a melting pot of different races. The scary part about it is you may think you won't fall into the non-white category by the Arian Nation. But, when they look at you they see tan skin, olive skin, or they are looking at the shape of your eyes and see you as being non-white or you may have a name that doesn't sound white enough for them and may fall victim to a hate crime. 


I think a lot of people just have the attitude of "What can I do about it?" Well, there is something you can do about it as a parent. You can be aware of what you say around your children and how you raise your children. Your children are key members of the next generation. You have to look at the big picture of things and raise your child to be compassionate and empathetic individuals. Teach your children racism is wrong. By not teaching them racism is wrong, your not taking a stand against racism with your children. You are leaving the topic of racism open to them to form their own opinions, which may become tainted by other factors in society.


Children are born with a blank slate. They are born with the ability to love unconditionally until adults taint their thinking and mold them into images of ourselves. We as parents play a bigger role in the future of racism than we think we do. 

Sibling Rivalry

Being a mother can be so challenging at times. My 11 year old daughter and 12 year old son have there own personal war going on, that no one else seems to get. It starts in the morning before school, after school and continues on until someone or both ends up going to bed early. They have a very difficult time being in the same room with one another without picking at one another, instigating arguments, or doing something intentionally to make the other one angry.

It is so obvious their intentions when they do something to one another that they are doing it to make the other one angry. They will sit and listen when one of them speaks, waiting for the opportunity to pounce or they will do something they know will make the other angry and walk away with a smirk on their face.

It is driving me insane, I find myself repeating the same thing overs and over again through out the day, everyday! For example, if one of them wants to get on the computer when one is getting off. They intentionally log off anyway and say they didn't hear them. When we know they did, because they made a smart comment to the other one. Well, not only are they making the other one angry. They are making me angry right along with them, because I am constantly mediating between the two and when they log off I have to go log the other one back on because it is password protected.

We do everything between the two of them exactly even to make sure no one feels like the other gets more attention or more of anything. I always make everything even between all of my children including my adult child who lives on her own. I always do my very best to treat them all the same. I love all of my children the same and I am a strong believer in treating your children equally. I spend the same on them right down to the dollar and spend time with them equally and give them equal attention. A lot of their problems stems from their father, who does not treat them equally and I don't know how to stop what he has created.

I have tried everything with these two to try and stop the bickering from them losing privileges, grounding them, sending them to bed early, talking to them telling them why they shouldn't argue so much to even time out. Nothing is working. Any suggestions?