Bad Food Choices - Child Abuse?

I recently read this story about a 17 year old teen who was hospitalized because all she ate was chicken nuggets.  This makes me both sad and angry!  The story says at the end that her mother first gave her nuggets at 2, her daughter wouldn't eat anything else after that, so she gave up trying.  Seriously!?!

First of all, I have a big problem with parents who say my child "won't".  YOUR child will do what you tell them to do!  If this was my child, she would have eaten something other than nuggets or she would have starved until she got hungry enough to eat something else.  I mean let's get real here.  The child would not die of starvation!  I'm sure the child would have given in eventually if her mother had not given up first.

This "mother" should be charged with child abuse!  I wonder if she can still be charged even though her child is 17 now...

Read the whole story here:

http://usspost.com/sick-teen-says-shes-eaten-only-mcnuggets-63068/

Adele....Really?!?

Ok...So....Adele....I am wondering if people actually really like her music or do they just think they like it because the radio stations are constantly playing her?  Now, I grew up in the 80's screeching hair band decade.  So, you would think that I could handle music like Adele's that sounds like a cat got its tail slammed in a door.  But, come on!  It is just painful to hear.  Whenever her songs come on the radio, I look around my car for any sharp objects that I can jam into my ear to make it stop.  Alas, I don't have any....Luckily, I can just change the station.....

Disney Beards?

So, Disney is going to allow Disney workers to have beards?  Really?  Cuz, I thought only the Disney Villians had beards!  Now maybe my views are a little skewed because I don't like facial hair.  But, I think this is just another way that Disney is lowering their standards and making changes that are not for the better.

They have changed the Magic Kingdom parking lot from our loveable characters to Heroes and Villians and now they are allowing our cast members to have facial hair?!?   I just hope they don't lower too many other Disney standards.  Anyone who has been to both Disney & Universal know that there is a BIG difference in how the employees treat the customers.  However, the last time I went to Disney, I didn't get that same fabulous treatment from the cast members.  I felt like they should have been working at Universal...

Please Disney!  Don't take away Walt's vision completely!!
Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/disney-will-allow-park-wo_0_n_1224824.html?1327358077

RIP Joe Paterno

So, Joe Paterno died today at the age of 85 from lung cancer complications.  This makes me sad. :(  It is sad that his legacy is now tarnished by someone else's evils.  Now, I may have incorrect information, but it is my understanding that as soon as Joe Paterno heard about the terrible incident that brought this scandal to light, he notified authorities.  What more could he do?

Obviously, according to the media and the school that he served well for so many years, it wasn't enough.  They took away everything that he worked for and most of what he lived for.  This is what can happen when you beat up an 85 year old.  They shut down, how could he go on?  Why fight the fight of cancer any longer when you are just fighting to stay in a life of scandal and ridicule.  Joe Paterno is another casualty of the media sharks!

Read the full story here: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=dw-wetzel_joe_paterno_obituary_012212

Gym & WWII Planes

Today was pretty good.  Even though I woke up late (6am).  My gym buddy, Cara, was running late too.  So, I made it to the gym only about 5 minutes behind her.  We had a good tiring workout.  I think my arms will be noodles for the next 2 days.

We did get a chance to check out our Body Fat % again.  We haven't done it since we joined back in October.  Being an accountant, I am all about the numbers and was starting to get discouraged because my weight was not going down.  I know, I know!  I am building muscles and muscles weigh more than fat.  Blah, blah, blah!  Darn it, I want to see some #s!  So, anyway, my body fat % has gone down 1.3%.  Not a huge drop.  But, a drop nonetheless.

I think it might help if I went on a diet.  But, I have found that it is super hard to change the way I eat.  Not only because I like my chocolate, pizza and other fattening foods.  I do like and eat vegetables when I can.  But, my hubby doesn't like vegetables, so a drastic change in diet is out of the question.  AND, we all know that one person changing the way they eat in a house doesn't work.  That's like trying to quit smoking when everyone else in the house is lighting up like the 4th of July.  I'll give it another month and see if I can get it to drop more without changing my diet.  If I don't see more progress, I may have to at least try changing my lunch since I don't eat that at home.

This afternoon, we took Aaron to see some WWII airplanes.  They have been restored and they were actually letting you go inside and walk through the planes.  For $425 per person, you could even go for a ride in one.  Um!  Yeah, we'll have to wait on that one!  But, we did enjoy checking out the planes.  Today we saw the B-17 & the B24.  They were supposed to have a Mustang there today.  But, it didn't show up.  Maybe it'll be there tomorrow.  Here are some great pictures we were able to take during the visit...If you can zoom on the stories of the planes.  I recommend it...very interesting!

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog!  I haven't written a blog in a long time.  But, I am excited at to be able to get my thoughts, ideas and opinions out there again.  Good things are happening in my life right now and I look forward to sharing them.

I don't know that I'll be able to write daily.  I think I'll treat this blog as more of a write when I have something to say.  No one wants to read a daily blog if it just has ramblings or forced writing and you can always tell when a writer is forcing the writing.

I love to read, so, I'll probably post some reviews of books as I read them.  I find that I mostly stick to the same genre of Paranormal Romance.  However, I will occasionally step out of that realm to read other things like Janet Evanovich.  I love her Stephanie Plum Series and am looking forward to the movie coming out next week.

I guess that's it for now...