Just Going Through The Motions

Hello People!

I am still blogging…this makes number 4…hopefully I will keep having things to blog about since I haven't quite mastered the skill of making things up.

ANYWAY…this occurred to me the other day. I applied for a job at the Attorney General's Office, I got an interview and although I thought I sucked during the interview process, I have subsequently found out I didn't. YAY ME! Anyway…I had seen on the news that they are not going to extend the unemployment insurance payments to those people who have been unemployed for a long period of time, I think they said they are going to have about six more months of payments and that is it. I also heard or the radio or saw it on the news that employers are not going to be hiring people who have been unemployed for a long period of time, no matter what the reason. SAD, why yes it is. The current economic situation is not something that people have any control over. I know everybody wants to blame the President, more so because of his Race than his ability as the President but I don't think it is his fault either. I think people in general or as a whole got greedy and the 'bubble' that we were previously existing in couldn't sustain the false growth…you know how you blow up a balloon and you see it has a weak spot in it but you keep blowing anyway until it pops in your face?! Yeah that was the United States prior to the crash and here we are…. BUT I digress!

As I said I applied for the job, interviewed and found out that I did not get the job. Officially I haven't been told yet, but I was told by someone who should know, that the job went to someone else. The reason this person got the job over me is because they have been working as at the AG's Office for the past 10 years and they felt obligated to give her a chance and not ignore the face that she has put in 10 years of service already. I can understand that. Loyalty is something that should be rewarded whether by your employer or in a relationship. The sad part is that those who are applying for these jobs end up participating in a exercise in futility! I guess employers are obligated to post the job openings and go through the motions, while knowing that they already have someone in mind that they are going to give the job too. But what about that person who got their hopes up? There was a job at the Superior Court that I wish I had applied for too, I know the Judge and I had convinced myself that had I applied for the job I would have gotten it. BUT I went to a party the other day and was talking to a Court Reporter and asked her what Judge she worked for, she told me and I mentioned the position for the Judicial Assistant and she said yeah that was rigged. They already had someone in mind they were going to give the job too, who as in the case of the AG's office, worked for the Court already and she got the job.  It is sad that people in need of jobs see a potential job that they know they can do, they go through the motions of applying and perhaps even get an interview, only to have the job go to someone else. Then hopefully they don't find out as I did, but no doubt at some point they find out that the job went to someone else. SAD! I am not that upset about the position at the AG's office as I wasn't sure it was something I would be able to do once they told me what it entailed. Now don't get me wrong the job itself is something I could do, that is why I applied. It is just that the job dealt with people accused of child abuse…I wasn't sure if I could deal with that or not. Especially since I was told I would be front line to see the graphic pictures and children affected by the abuse. I don't know if I could handle that…I would like to think I could with the motivation being I am helping this child get justice by putting the ASSHOLE behind bars…BUT seeing such negativity I am sure at some point would take its toll. 

I have a job and the attorney I work for told me I could work there as long as I wanted too...I hope that the people out there looking for a job are afforded to the opportunity to get a job as well and stop exercising in a process that will not end in employment. I hope the employers who are posting these positions out there take into consideration that every person who has been unemployed for a long period of time may not be someone taking advantage of the system. AND THINK perhaps that these people have been trying to better themselves, but unfortunately they just haven't be given a break. I pray that GOD opens doors for those in need and that the break you are looking for comes sooner than you think.

See ya when I see ya! 

Peace! 

Mattie

Well….let me see….

Today is the first Friday of 2014… January 3, 2014

I just found out today that today is my parents anniversary they never told us when they got married, actually in all honesty they never talked about anything pertaining to them or their childhood.  SAD! Yes it is… BUT we have learned some things about my dad and his family his parents were alive when we were little so we got to know them a little growing up going to their house each summer. Can you believe that they had an outhouse the first time we went to visit them?! Talk about holding it until your eyes are floating!!! My mom's parents were both dead before we were born, I believe they both died of some form of cancer. It is unfortunate that we didn't get to know that much about our parents, we have asked and asked but…NOTHING! Every now and then my mom will say something or talk about her childhood briefly but not in detail. I know she picked cotton, BUT she was not a slave...I have heard her say that it takes two and a half rows to fill a bundle or something like that. Then she would make gestures on how you would pick it…But if you ask her questions she won't answer them. She also won't write down her recipes, which is sad 'cause she is one HELL OF A COOK just ask anybody that has eaten her food. Or ate at NAU or the church…or…I know her mom didn't take no crap off of anybody, at least according to the one story she tells…I know my dad started working at the age of 12 and served in the Korean War. There were twins on both my dad and my mom's side of the family…actually I can't remember if they were on my mom's side or not???? I forgot. BUT I do know that in both instances they died.  

It is really important that you know where you came from, it helps you figure out where you are going. If you have the opportunity to get to know your parents childhood and find out where you came from, DO IT!  You can't know where you are going unless you know where you came from. TRUE! My mom is still with us and I will keep bugging her and we'll see what happens. My dad died in 2003 11 years gone next month…it seems like just yesterday. Fortunately he still has brothers and sisters alive to tell the tale of their life when they were kids. If I don't get my mom talking soon….well. 

See ya when I see ya!

Peace!

Mattie

SO Here I Am Again….

Happy January 2nd 2014!

That is just so weird to say 2014….WOW that is a LOT of years. I can remember when I was in elementary school and we had to write the year on our papers and I remember just going from one year to the next once freaking me out and I said I don't want to be here in the year 2000 that would just be weird they will probably have space ships and aliens roaming around. Well thankfully God allowed me to still be here cause look what I would have missed. All the people I have met since the 70s and having the opportunity to jot down my thoughts and likes and dislikes….whatever comes to mind I can put on here and HOPEFULLY people will read it. And like it… 

BUT like it or not I am putting it all out there.

I have an acquaintance/friend I am not sure what to say here… how about this… there is this lady I took a writing class with she has a blog Barefoot in the Nettles…she writes very well I read her stuff sometimes and think you just made this up? Really? Your mind just works like that huh? WOW! NOW I will say her stuff is not for little children or even PG 13. This is GROWN FOLK writings and although I can write like that…I ain't made at her!  AND she is not a poke in the eye men. BUT I think she is married…sorry!!!! Check it out some of you may like it. I think all writers should be able to express themselves in the way that captures the readers and draws them in, I hope I do that I am sure that Marybeth does…NOT saying I condone it or whatever it is just good writing!

See ya when I see ya! 

Peace! 

Mattie

2014 May It Bring Us New Eyes To See!!!

Hey People ! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I hope that you all had a fabulous 2013 and that 2014 is better than you expected.  I hope that BLESSINGS run you down and take you over. BLESSINGS that you never thought possible and those that you thought were unattainable!!! To put it simply I hope and pray that this year, 2014, you are BLESSED!

I have said it in my mind that I am going to write these daily blogs, I know, I know I have said it before but I have a feeling that this year there will be something that I have an urge to blog about on a daily basis. SERIOUSLY!:D)

This year is starting off kind of odd…where I live there is usually snow and LOTS of it, but the ground today is sparsely white…just spotty in places and the mountains that are usually covered in white, look in the distance to be a dark blue with white spots here and there. Odd. This year started off with a new moon…new moon…new year….new possibilities…new opportunities…new life!

I have been told that this year we'll have two 'Blood Moons' the first on April 4, 2014 which is also the beginning of the Jewish Passover and on October 8, 2014 which is the Feast of the Tabernacles another Jewish holiday.  These 'Blood Moons' will appear again in 2015 on April 4, 2015 and September 28, 2015 again on Jewish holidays.  I have read that some believe the coincidence of this is too much to be actual coincidence but more Biblical…"For example, when it happened in 1493 and 1494 Jews were expelled from Spain. The blood moons in 1949 and 1950 came right after the nation of Israel was assembled, giving the Jews a homeland for the first time in thousands of years. And in 1967 and 1968 it was linked to the Six-Day War. “This is something that just is beyond coincidental,” Hagee told Fox. He explained that the prophecies in the Bible note that when the sun refuses to shine – and a solar eclipse is expected in the 2014-2015 time frame – and the moon will be turned to blood, then man’s redemption draweth near."

Interesting. I am sure you all will have something to say about John Hagee but Hagee is inconsequential to point. When reading the book of Revelation it talks about all these things that will happen in the 'end times'…signs and wonders.  Do you think this is the generation that will see the return of Christ? Do you believe in Christ? Do you believe that this world will remain or will it pass away and something new be put in its place? I look at it this way I believe what the Bible says if I am wrong what does it costs me? A couple of "friends"? Then they weren't really friends then if my firm belief in something was enough to make them leave. I don't try to force my beliefs on anyone I just tell you what I believe, what you believe is on you.  Or some pissed off people? I like that….if I can piss you off then that means you have strong convictions of your own and when challenged you are vulnerable enough to be emotional about them, but yet solid enough to hold onto your beliefs.  I like it!!! On the opposite side of the coin though, what if what I believe is right? Look at what I have to gain! Are you willing to die in your beliefs and accept whatever happens once the slow singing and flower bringing is done? Do you think this is it and that is all there is? What if its not…Just something to think about…or not…choices we all have them.

Anyway…the reason I wanted to blog today was...I was listening to the TV I like background noise what can I say.  It comes from living alone for 16 years and not having a reason to open my mouth for hours at a time, and then when I did it was only to eat.  BUT I digress…I was listening to the TV and I heard this promo for the show 'Being Mary Jane' on BET, that's Black Entertainment Television for those of you that don't know. Anyway, during the promo this man says "I came out!" And Mary Jane says to him with no look of surprise on her face and matter-a-factly "Gay is the new Black…" I pushed the back button and played it again to make sure that I heard it correctly and yeah that is what she said…WOW!! Gay is the new Black…. I was speechless I still am. I am sure that some of you have seen my posts on Facebook regarding the recent Phil Robertson fiasco and the Gay and Black controversey…this has been a point of contention recently and now it appears that it is what a joke...WOW! 

I am hoping that 2014 is an eye opener for all of us.

See ya when I see ya!

Peace!

Mattie

Like Lambs to the Slaughter….

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

How the heck is everyone doing? I hope this blog finds you well and that you and yours have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

2013 seems to be on its way out with a 'controversy' of sorts or at least leaving us all with something to talk about. The Media has spun a web of distrust and division among people in general that what is right is being called wrong and what is wrong is being called right.  SAD, why yes it is!

Lots of things happened this year some note worthy and some not so note worthy, but the not so note worthy was used to deflect from what is really going on in the world and to hide the truth. SAD, why yes it is!

Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) left an estimated death toll of 10,000 people and more than12,000 injured not to mention the loss of property and total destruction caused.  This typhoon hit November 2, 2013 category 5 'Super Typhoon'! Now, I don't watch the news much so I can't say for sure but how often did you hear about this disaster? How much media coverage did it get and is it still getting any coverage now? Tornadoes were tearing through the Midwest during this time, has there been any updates on those misplaced and devastated by those tornadoes? As I said I don't watch the news much, so I can't say for sure BUT I bet they are not being talked about. I bet we all know about Kayne West and Kim K., Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and on an on…SAD, why yes it is!

Now this month everybody is talking about Phil Roberson and Duck Dynasty because of his alleged  'homophobic' comments.  Really?! The question was "What, IN YOUR MIND, is sinful?" Phil's response "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men", he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy the drunkards, the slanders, the swindlers - they don't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right." (See GQ interview.) They asked this man what he thought was sinful and he paraphrased the Bible speaking from his beliefs and now he is labeled a homophobic, racist, and gets fired from his reality TV show.  SAD why yes it is!  

America is suppose to be the land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE. Free speech is suppose to be a right that ALL Americans have under the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the of the press…" It appears that part of that Amendment still holds true…the part about the press publishing what they want….BUT the part about free speech…I think that part is only allowed in regards to certain things as long as what you are saying is 'politically correct'. Otherwise it appears that your speech can be costly instead of 'free'.  SAD, why yes it is!

Whenever a Christian makes statements concerning their beliefs they are immediately labeled depending on the statement, as homophobic, haters, closed minded, judgmental, etc. I cannot speak for all Christians BUT I don't believe I am any of these things. You ask me about homosexuals I will say the Bible says that a man shall not lay with another man as he would a woman. Not a judgment it is a statement an answer to your question.  I don't have a heaven or a hell to put you in so how can I judge you? We have been so conditioned by the media and those around us that when the truth is spoken, we  immediately call it a lie and call the person who said it a HATEFUL name to mark them with a scarlet letter so everyone will look at them and remember them as the person who hates…. NOT SO! ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND EVERYONE THEY MEET AS THEY LOVE CHRIST. Our point of view just happens to be different than yours. Just because I tell you what the Bible says DOES NOT mean that I hate you. That is the farthest thing from the truth. I have nothing but love for you, I may disagree with your lifestyle but it is not my life.  It is your life you live it how you see fit and I will just continue to pray for America in general.  See if I say I will pray for you then again, I am offending you because you have been conditioned to believe that  I think your "lifestyle" or your life, your "homosexuality" your….fill in the blank can be prayed away as if there is something wrong with you. Believe me when I say there is nothing wrong with you, you were made with love so much so love that He knows the numbers of hairs on your head. It appears that freedom of speech occurs for those who are speaking the same language as the politically correct, mainstream media, using feel good words so as not to offend or make someone feel bad about themselves. Everyone wants to be loved and thought of as beautiful and 'okay', everyone needs to know that they have someone cheering for them, even if they are the only one cheering. What they don't know is they have someone who thinks they are BEAUTIFUL! Who is cheering for them to be everything they can be and who wants to lavish them with so much love it is overwhelming. BUT we can't talk about that because that is what the Bible says and speaking about what the Bible says is not politically correct. SAD, why yes it is!

My most sincere prayer for you and America is that you know the TRUTH. What you do with it is your business.   

See ya when I see ya!

Peace!

Mattie

Here's a Thought!!!!

Hello People!

How the heck are you doing? I hope you are well and that this writing finds you BLESSED!!! It has been awhile since I have been on here and every time I get on here I always say I am going to get on more often but I don't.  LOTS has happened since my last blog some good some bad but that's life as we know it right?

I am sitting in dismay at the latest things that have happened to me...unfortunately I THOUGHT I knew what disappointment was, but have since found out I was not even close.  It is a very hurtful thing when people you thought you knew, show you who they really are and the disappointment takes you to a place where you didn't want to go or even knew existed. It is these times I believe that is a test of your faith...whatever your faith maybe. What saddens me is that people can make up in their minds that they don't like someone then set out to make that person's life miserable. No real reason other than they just decided that 'I don't like this person and I don't want them around'....what is even sadder is that when people who are put in a place of authority and who is suppose to be neutral and keeping the peace join in with the small minds of those who have 'decided'.  What makes me sad is that my faith tells me that what God has in store for them is worst than anything I could even imagine or attempt to repay them, that is why I don't understand why people set out to do harm to do harm to other people when they know it will come back to them. If they don't believe what I believe I know we all believe in KARMA and I believe the saying goes, Karma is a BITCH!

Here is a thought the next time you have the chance to choose between doing something good and doing something bad...choose to do a good thing! Think about the good that will come back to you!!! Just my opinion, we all have free reign and the right to choose hopefully we choose wisely.

See ya when I see ya!

 Peace! Mattie

God Complex...You are not God!

Hello People!!!

How the heck are you doing? It's been awhile since I have been on here but I think I am getting better it has only been about a month instead of MONTHS!!!

I was watching this show the other day on The Discovery or maybe it was Investigation Discovery channel I am thinking it is called Fatal Encounters??? I don't remember it all now because it has been awhile and it was one of those shows where somebody gets killed and they try to figure it out and you always wonder why....this kid on the show killed his whole family! SERIOUSLY!!! He killed his stepmother and his three count them 3 little brothers, one of whom had ran outside and was about to get away and he convinced him to come back inside, that he would be okay. Then he shot him.  The kid said that he did it because his dad and his stepmother were always fighting and he knew that she was cheating on him so he decided he would save his brothers from the pain they were about to experience living in that house with stepmother who cheated and fought with their dad all the time.  He said he had a "God Complex" he thought that he would save them from the pain and that he knew what was best for them so he took them out along with the stepmother who he was sure was going to be the source of their pain. He gave a description of the killer to the cops and as he was describing the man who had done this crime the cops realized he was describing himself, from his hair down to his shoes.  The way they depicted it on TV they showed him looking down at himself sometimes to describe his shirt or shoes.  The killing of the whole family was just insane BUT it was what he said about thinking he wanted to save his family from the a pain that he perceived they were going to experience.  His perception of what he THOUGHT was going on with his family caused him to play 'God" and take these people out so HE could spare them some pain.

That kind of resonated with me...I see or hear about someone who has been hurt and I think God they can't handle that why didn't you let that happen to me? I have been through so much already that is not fair they weren't doing anything to anybody...I already know how to deal. I always think that people are good and want good things for themselves and the people they meet. I don't think anybody is out to hurt me or anyone else UNTIL they prove me wrong.  THEN like Maya Angelou said "when someone shows you who they are the first time BELIEVE them."  I was talking to my sister and we were talking about how we are all here for a reason, we all have some purpose to fulfill while we are here on this earth.  Unfortunately, and SADLY some of us are here to be victims of violent crimes to be murdered or disfigured or some don't make it here at all because their lives are aborted before they get here. My sadness for these people or people with domestic problems, family problems, financial problems. will never change. BUT my THOUGHT that I can handle the pain better and it should have been me has.

I have seen some shady people in my time and I have seen people be hurt for no apparent reason, and so have I.  BUT I am not going to take it anymore I am going to stand up and say NOT THIS TIME! Thank you for playing though!...just because people have a perception of you or assume things about you based on nothing more than innuendo and assumption does not mean there is something wrong with you.  This does not mean that you need to change you so THEIR perception of you will change. You do YOU and as long as you live your life in a manner that bad KARMA passes you by and good KARMA chases you down and runs you over....then you are living a good life!!

Be grateful at ALL times and never let them see you sweat!!!!

See ya when I see ya!

Peace! Mattie

Why Are People So Easily Disregarded???...

HELLO PEOPLE!!!!

How the heck are you doing? I hope this blog finds you well and in good health! You should be happy for everything that you have especially if you are able to walk, talk, have use of your limbs and able to tell the people around how you feel.

People are very fickle and self absorbed, and it is really sad when you think about it, no time for your fellow man 'it's all about me! What's in it for me!'

I have the Guardianship of my niece and she has been giving me fits since she has been here, I have had to put here in the Behavioral Health Unit because of her self imposed starvation 'diet'.  She has been sent home from school almost everyday since January when I got the Guardianship, for hitting the staff.  I guess I should be thankful she is hitting the adults and not the children, cause if you hit a grown person hard enough to bloody their nose...just imagine what that would of done to a child?! Wow! It is scary to think that one child, especially a handicapped child, can be that aggressive.  The Teacher and I have come to an agreement and worked out an Behavior plan where certain steps will be taken when she acts up in school.  Friday I went to her school and stayed with her thinking that would help, or so I could see what was going on since Thursday she bloodied the Teacher's Aide nose.  We go to school and wen to her first class, school was on a shortened cycle cause they were having an assembly that day. First class went rather smoothly, no incidents and she gets a Princess point for being good.  Second class, PE, we go outside and they walk around the track, do standing long jumps and softball throws.  She is playing and running and jumping around with the kids happy, smiling and laughing.  Next is lunch, she goes and gets her lunch and comes and sits at the table, she starts to eat and the rest of her class sits down around the table.  She gets up immediately and goes to throw her lunch in the garbage, she has only had one bite of it, I suggest she sit a the table I am STANDING next to.  She sits down and takes another bite, I am watching the kids in her class interact and eat their lunch along with the other kids that have descended upon the lunch room.  I decide I look pretty stupid standing up so I sit down, my mistake, NOW I really look stupid cause as soon as I sit down she throws her food in my lap. Why did you do that? A shrug of the shoulders and a blank stare.  Clean it up NOW! The teacher comes back to the table, cause I had asked about the YMCA after school program and she is shocked at what she sees.  She is now removed from the class for the rest of the lunch period. After lunch it is her job and one other students to pick up the dishes from the 'daycare' and take them upstairs and wash them.   She has a coughing attack which causes her to now be separated from the other student and Teacher's Aide, she coughs until she throws up.  She is taken to the nurse and given an icepack for her arm which she says hurts after having blood drawn that morning.  We go up to the kitchen to wash the dishes, this is the 'life skill' that they have chosen for her.  We get in the kitchen, she washes her hands, walks over to the dish rack holder (I don't know what its called) and she opens it pulls out a tray of dishes, looks at them and then turns around very calmly....very deliberately with the same blank stare and grabs the water hose from the ceiling and begins to hose down the Teacher's Aide!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! You are going to do that right in front of my face! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! We are DONE!!! Get your stuff let's go!!!!

Saturday is not any better, she gets up refuses to eat makes herself throw up and throws her food on the floor!  Pandemonium sets in...she is now on permanent for the rest of the day.  Gary and I start talking, actually yelling.  Gary says she needs to be put in an institution and just left there. Really?! And that will help who? Situations get tough or you get news that is not so good and people want to walk away and let somebody else deal with it and not take the time to try and help.  She is just trouble you should just get rid of her, they are going to kick her out of school and she is going to get you in trouble! Really.

It is really easy these days to let people and things go that are bothersome to us. You don't want a child abort it, even if you can't make that decision up until the day the BABY is being  delivered!  (Read this: Why the Media Blackout Over the Gosnell Trial? Daly Focus-online community- Focus on the family community.focusonthefamily.com).  This Society makes it all too easy to discard anything that is a problem, whether it is an actual problem or perceived ESPECIALLY when it comes to humans.  I see adds and posting all the time on Facebook about saving animals, dogs, cats, etc. PLEASE STOP ANIMAL ABUSE and the like is all over the media but aborting full term babies, what have you heard about that?  Nothing. Problem children...put them away, let somebody else worry about them, that would make your life so much easier and 'we could go back to the way we were'.  I had someone tell me about their cousin riding on a three wheeler and swerved to miss a dog that ran out in front of them. Upon swerving to miss the dog they hit a tree, the glass on the bike shattered a piece of which lodged between their tracheotomy and juggler, their teeth blew out their bottom lip and the list of things that happened went on and on. Thank GOD they are still alive.  I said to the person telling me this story, why didn't she just hit the dog? The look on the person's face said it all and sums up where our Society has gone.  The look was one that said, "I would rather she died than hit the dog!" That may not have been what they were thinking or even trying to communicate BUT that is what I saw in their face.   Sad when animals have become more important than human beings.

My niece has issues, correction ISSUES, there is no doubt about that and rather than perpetuate the issue and pass her off on someone else, why don't I see if I can help. Why don't I try to show her that somebody cares and is here for her no matter how hard she tries to push them away....yeah why don't we try that and see if that works.

My sister was saying that in the Bible you can read about Russia, Iran and Iraq but you don't read anything about the United States. I said that is because when the 'end' comes the United States will be the first thing blown off the map! And do you need to wonder why?


See ya when I see ya!

Peace! Mattie

Then what you should do...say THANK YOU!

Hello People!

How the heck have you been?!  I am sitting here watching 60 Minutes they are interviewing the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy.  The parents are talking about their children and the void that is left since they were taken.  The adults that lost their lives in an effort to save the lives of some children whether willingly or unwillingly, someone's child is here because of their efforts.  I was listening to them talk you can hear the heartache and pain in their voices.

Everyone is put on this planet for a reason it is sad when you realize that some of them where put here to be victims of horrendous crimes.  The moral of the story? I have no idea....BUT the one thing we can do is to remember them and pray for their families, especially when they pop into your minds. You should be truly THANKFUL that you were put on this earth to be something AWESOME!!!!

I have been thinking about writing a blog for awhile in regards to some of the things that I have heard recently.  I think the heart of most people has gone out of them and bitterness has set in where love should be.  Most people are probably thinking I am the LAST person on earth that should be talking about LOVE. Perhaps this is true and perhaps not.  BUT either way you look at it, some of the things that I have heard makes me sad and made me question whether or not people have feelings anymore or is everyone just about themselves now?!? Is it a me! ME! ME world now?  In one conversation in discussing the helicopter crash that happened in Flagstaff a few years ago a comment was made in regards to one of the people who died in the crash. I was told "I knew there was justice in the world when he died in that helicopter crash...cause he had been cheating on his time for a LONG time. He would come into work, clock in and then go sit down in the cafeteria and have lunch with his wife for an hour while still on the clock."  WOW! Really you think milking the clock is a crime punishable by death? Seriously?!  I have heard similar sayings in regards to other people who have died and prior to death had done some offense that someone thought DEATH was justice for their indiscretion.  It is amazing to me how some people, and believe it or not it is more of them than you know, who find relief, justice and/or humor in someone else's pain.  It is unbelievable to me that people would do that BUT they do!!!! SHOCKED! Sad as this maybe you should always try to look for the positive in every situation.  Just sayin' no matter how bad it is or you think it is, it could always be worst.

AND for the record, my interpretation of how Karma works is like this 'whatever you do to someone the SAME thing will be done to you OR something in the same vein. DEATH would not be 'justice' unless you have killed someone yourself and then....it is not for me to say.  Here is an example for you. I had someone doing all these unnecessary things for me that I neither asked for nor wanted, BUT they said they were doing it to HELP ME.  Here is the kicker they never asked me if I needed help, or if I wanted any help they were just out of the goodness of their heart 'helping me'.  What they did actually made what I was doing more difficult and take longer.  I heard from someone recently that this same person received the same 'helpfulness' that they gave me, in the same manner in which I got mine.  They didn't ask for it, they didn't want it and they didn't appreciate it when they got it.  Now you know how I felt!!:D) See that is KARMA at its best!!!!

When you look at where you are and at where you could be, you should be THANKFUL every chance you get, with every breath you take.

Just my opinion.

See ya when I see ya!

Peace!

Mattie

Time Will Tell They Say....

Hello People!

How the heck is life treating you? I hope all is well with everyone and that life is treating you extremely fabulous!!!!

SO we are still working out the kinks and trying to figure out this new arrangement.  Lots of things have happened in this short time some good some bad....BUT I am sure more things are going to happen before its all said and done and I am sure that time will tell if this works out as good as I hope it does.  Sitting here wearing tonight's dinner on the front of my shirt I have to wonder when will the good times start to roll....

Sometimes things don't work out the way you plan but in time things work out the way they are suppose to work out, we are not in control no matter how had we try and God works things out in His own time.  In the meantime I hope that He gives me strength...not enough to kill just enough to deal with the situation.  Just kidding but the situation is trying especially when all I am trying to do is help someone who in my opinion clearly needs help.  I was thinking that this was going to be a piece of cake, I would swoop in take my niece she would be SO HAPPY and we would just meld into one big dysfunctional family!  We got the dysfunctional down now we are working on the happy part.

The teacher tells me that I am in the process of correcting 14 years of behavior so it is going to take some time to correct.  I am sure the staff member that was hit with the carton of chocolate milk is hoping that the corrective action being taken would warp speed up to the day when the behavior is corrected and everyone is happy. Well, me too.  BUT I will keep trying and keep praying and hoping that at sometime the good times start to roll and EVERYBODY is happy and healthy.

Tomorrow is a holiday for some and I am sure those who get to enjoy the three day weekend are looking forward to Monday....I am looking forward to Monday too, not because I have the day off but because it is a work day and I get a break.

It is past my bedtime so I gotta go...I will try to get back on here soon I have so much to say but not the time to say it in and the words are hard to come by these days.

Take care people......

See ya when I see ya!

 Peace! Mattie