Blue Christmas....

I have a dear friend who is going through hell. I have to just vent for a minute. Last night the daughter of this dear friend came home in a meth induced psychosis and tried to kill herself and her mother. Cops were called. The daughter was screaming like a person possessed of the devil and saying the most hateful things to her mother. Her mother tried to get her committed to a mental hospital.

She was taken into custody, but at 2am the mental health facility called the mom and said they were releasing her. They said she had "calmed down" and they could not keep her unless she was willing to stay voluntarily, which she was not.
Mom went and got her. Because if she didn't, they were going to release her to a homeless shelter. Mom couldn't stand the thought of that.

I am just sick at heart over this whole thing because I am best friends with the mom, and I used to be friends with the daughter until I found out she got addicted to meth and let her life go all to hell.

I am just sick at heart for my friend. Besides this, she has had a death in the family this week. She is having work problems. She is having other personal problems. I really worry about her. She looks like a broken spirit. And she can't stop crying. Even at work.
I pray she finds the strength to deal with all this.

Ever see THESE angels???

 For my crafty gal pals... would you EVER make one of these?

I have to admit.... they are "kind of" cute... but... but....

REALLY??????

More Humor... I'm on a roll... or a donut... or a cookie....

A little Humor.... I relate to all of these..... ha ha!

Swallow my pride, or stand on my own.....

Our ward has had a wonderful bishopric the past 5 years. Men I respect, love, and have fully sustained in their callings. So it was with sadness that it was time last Sunday to release them.

Of course, when you know this is coming, you speculate on who will be called to be the next Bishop.

A person in my ward mentioned to me that she had heard rumors that "Brother John Doe" might be one of the considerations.

My response was "If John Doe is called as Bishop, then I no longer believe in divine revelation and I am not going to church anymore. That man is one of the reasons all of my sons quit going to church."

So guess what? Sunday morning I sit in the chapel and the name they announce as our new Bishop is "Brother John Doe".

I seriously got sick to my stomach and I almost walked out. But decided making a scene was not my thing. However, when they raised their hands to sustain him... I did not. I did not oppose it... but I did not sustain it.  I will have to come to terms with it. In my own way and in my own time.

After the meeting I walked by the person who I had said the above to, and she said "The church is still true Michelle!"   I just rolled my eyes and said, "It may be, but I'm not too happy with it at the moment."

I went home and I have prayed about him and for him and asked to get my own confirmation and so far I feel nothing but my animosity is calming down a little.

This man had the gall to say to my face years ago when I was going through a divorce, that my children were lazy and would amount to nothing. They would end up in trouble because they didn't have a father figure in the house. I was so ANGRY at that.

10 years later guess what?  Whose daughter got knocked up by the handyman? Not mine.
Whose daughter then lost the baby and divorced the handyman two months later? Not mine.
Who did not attend the daughters wedding because he was so angry she had got knocked up? HIM.
Whose son tried to commit suicide and was put in a mental institution for a long time? Not mine... but oh... let's see... HIS WAS.

Whose two married children were married in the temple? Oh...  MINE.
Whose kids are all extremely talented, smart, and have amazing good jobs and productive lives? OH.. MINE!!!
Who has a very good father figure even if he doesn't live in the same house? OH... MINE!!!!!

So up yours Mr. John Doe.  Maybe being the leader of all of us imperfect people will humble you a little bit and make you realize you don't need to be so judgemental.

Meanwhile... I may find another ward to attend.

Smiley Gallery Part 2

M&M smiley monitor cleaner

coffee mug smiley

 So ever since we met, George and I have had this on going thing where we find or create smileys in odd/interesting places and snap pictures of it to send to each other.

For his birthday last month, I printed out all the pictures from the first "smiley gallery" and made them into a book. He loved it.

So now we have started book two.  I thought I would share some of them.

lip gloss key chain smiley

lunch smiley

he fell asleep and one of the guys did this to him.

at work smiley

is that a smiley in your pocket?

kitchen spatula smiley

star smiley

another work smiley

Extremely disappointed

I really thought I'd see Mitt Romney in the white house. Really.
I thought the planets aligned. The universe was on his side. The world was ready.
I don't hate Obama. I just wanted Mitt.
Oh well.

My Costume --- REVEALED

This is what I'm aiming for.... 

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha

More halloween ideas

 I think these severed fingers look pretty realistic and tasty. LOL. Might have to do these.

This is a MUMMY MEATLOAF. It's wrapped in cheese! How cool is that?

Then of course, for the not-so-discriminating pallet, we could have rats cooked in blood.  I think this one would be too hard for me to pull off. I don't think my rats would look right.

 More severed fingers, but not so cool as the first ones.

 Poor Peter Pumpkin had too much to eat... Blech... barf, retch.... oh look... we have guacamole now!

 An egg sack of spiders.... not edible, but definitely creepy.

Or maybe a jar of spiders.... woooooooo

And last but not least (these I WILL be making)... turds with corn!

Oh yummy!

Gross food = Awesome food

 My friend Mary went all out for her son's 11th bday. They had a very gross party and these are some of the foods they had. Plus they had some pretty disgusting activities. LOL.

Anyhow... with a Halloween party coming up... I have some more ideas. Not sure how many of these I will make, but for SURE I have to do the dirty Q-tips.