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June 04 my hubby is a junkieMy husband had become a reality TV junkie and it is driving me nuts!! I don't like reality TV. I don't like game shows or talent shows. The only reality TV that I like is Dancing with the Stars and Extreme Makeover Home Edition. That's it! Robert loves Deal or no Deal and I can only watch it for about a half hour before I'm yelling at the TV "Take the freakin' money, you jackass!" It's more money than these people could make in a year but they are always looking for that elusive million that, here's a head's up, no one has won yet!
The old Court TV channel is now TruTV and it is all cop shows. This is his crack! He watches Cops, Amazing police chases, the Lifeguards of San Diego, Forensic Cops. Some please just shoot me!! And what worse is that Conor loves to sit with Daddy and watch Cops. Yesterday he came up to me with one of my hair ties in one hand behind him and the other pointing towards me saying, Put the paper down mommy and put your hands behind your back! He's forever running around trying to handcuff people, or failing that, he "handcuffs" himself. He's broken all but one of my hair ties, and that one is hidden for it's own protection!
And of course all the shows that I like get canceled. New Amsterdam, gone. Moonlight, gone. Traveler, gone. Shark, gone. Thank God that Reaper is coming back. I mean New Amsterdam was cool, the way they would go back to different times and show all that this character has been through. If a show is intelligent, creative and maybe requires a little imagination then it gets the boot in this reality driven, fast food, instant gratification society.
Robert can sit all day and watch cop shows. It drives me nuts. Basically it's the same couple of idiots breaking the law for dumb reasons, they're just in different parts of the country. But Robert is well and truly hooked. It's done, he's an addict. Do they have a 12 step program for reality TV junkies??
In other news, sorry to have been MIA this last month. I had some computer issues, and we had some nice weather, so I need to take Conor to the park now, before it gets to hot. We've also been tackeling some projects around the house. I'll try to do some visiting this week, I know I have A LOT of catching up to do!
Toodles  April 19 Happy Birthday ConorTomorrow my little boy turns 4!!! Oh my Lord, where HAS the time gone??? It seems like just yesterday he was a little bundle in my arms and I was praying to God that I not screw this up!
This fall he will be in Pre-K and before I know it.......High School! Wait! Slow down. I want him to stay my precious baby boy forever, and at the same time I want him to grow up to be the big, strong, handsome man I know he will be. Quite a dilemma.
Happy birthday my baby boy, whose not such a baby anymore! April 10 Only my husbandMy husband has got to be the only man in the world who can complicate the Campbells Soup recipe for pork chops. You know the recipe. Brown the pork chops, add the soup and milk and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes. Serve over rice and throw some green beans or other veggie on the plate. Simple, right? Not for Robert. First of all, he calls me from the store and asks me to go to Campbells.com and look up the recipe because it wasn't on the Cream of Mushroom soup can, they had a chicken recipe instead. I suggest he follow the chicken recipe and just substitute pork chops. I am informed that it's not the same recipe. So I look it up. He comes home with two value packs of pork chops and insists on cooking both of them. He has two frying pans going. He calls me in to mix the cans of soup and milk in a bowl. He then asks how long he is supposed he is brown the chops for.
 Until they're brown, maybe!!People this is the recipe. Brown the chops, add the soup and water (or milk if you prefer) bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until chops are cooked through. It is the simplest recipe in the world. Robert has to be the only man in the world who can make this difficult. He has himself worked up into a frenzy. Worrying about getting everything done together. Worrying about the chops being done properly, etc. etc.
Then he sticks his hand into the trash can to shove the trash down and gets a little cut on his palm from one of the soup can lids. I ask him if he needs a band-aid and he says no but complains that "someone just threw the soup tops into the trash." Huh?
"I threw them in the trash. What was I supposed to do with them? Bronze them for posterity?"
"It's just that when I throw things like that out, I always put them down at the BOTTOM of the trash."
In ten years of marriage this is the first time I heard this little gem! Of course, my suggestion that maybe he shouldn't blindly shove his hand in the trash was met with a dirty look.
Only that man of mine! God knows how much I love him. And only he knows why. KIDDING!! April 07 my letter to the editorTo the editor:
I have a friend with whom I disagree with on almost everything political. Our friendship is one of those things that is a phenomenon of nature. Not too long ago we were having a discussion about universal health care. No surprise, we both came down on opposite sides of the issue. My friend said that a universal health care program would be the ruination of quality medical care in this country. That getting the government involved in health care would in fact destroy our chances of receiving the proper treatment. That people in countries like Canada or those in Europe have to come to the United States for treatment because either the health care is so shoddy, or the bureaucracy so time consuming in their country that the patient is in danger of certain death. First, is the health care so wonderful here now that the idea of change brings about nightmares? Between the 40,000 patients exposed to Hepatitis C and HIV and the accidental overdoses administered to 1 out of 15 hospitalized children, the health care we have now, gives me nightmares. And for people having to come to the United States for treatment, I don't believe that. I have quite a few relatives in Ireland, where they have a government run health care program. I have a couple friends in Canada and my husband and I have hosted 5 exchange students from Germany, Denmark and Finland. I asked them to ask around to see if anyone had ever heard of anyone's friend of a friend having to come here for medical care. Not one of them had ever heard of anyone ever having to come to America for treatment they couldn't receive at home. And not one of them would ever trade systems with us, not even for lower taxes. I do, however have a friend that had to go to Mexico for medical treatment that his insurance company denied and he couldn't afford to pay for here in the United States. I suppose that the success of a national health care program would depend on those in charge. They would need to be intelligent, caring and possess common sense. At any rate, it couldn't be any worse than having it run by greedy, incompetent administrators and out for profit insurance companies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UPDATE: The Review Journal called today. They are probably going to print my letter in the Sunday paper. March 31 Once again, Vegas sucksThank God we got Conor into Catholic School!! Last week the Las Vegas Review Journal had a front page article about the public schools here. It seems that 91% of the high school kids taking Algebra I failed (59% or less) the end of semester exam. 87% of the kids failed Geometry and 88% failed the Algebra II test. Well, isn't that just peachy?? Las Vegas and Nevada are pretty much just a national joke. First, we get the news that only 60% of our kids graduate from high school. Then we have 40,000 patients exposed to Hepetitas C and HIV thanks to sloppy and dangerous practitioners at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. Now almost every kid in our schools cannot pass an Algebra I test.
In fact, the only positive thing about Nevada in the news lately was the report Diane Sawyer did on prostitution for 20/20. It seems that there has never been a reported case of HIV being contracted at a legal brothel in Nevada. So the safest sex you can have is at a whorehouse in Nevada! What a thing to be known for.
"What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." I'm sure that the rest of the country hopes so. I'm betting that they are hoping that we keep our illiterates here. One of the problems is that there are so many jobs here where you can make a LOT of money with little education. Cocktail waitresses in the big casinos are raking in a fortune. Plus they have medical, dental, 401k, paid vacations and life insurance. The Venetian offers childcare to it's employees. Valet drivers make great money. I have a girlfriend who works at the Planet Hollywood Casino (formerly the Aladdin) as a cocktail waitress. She worked really hard to finish college with a degree in Hotel and Casino Management. She got a job as an assistant beverage manager and took a HUGE paycut. She went back to cocktailing. She said that as long as her looks and body held out she'd make the money and then go into management. She's making a minimum of $1500 a week! That is a slow week! She said that it is almost impossible to command respect as a manager when the bar porters are making more money than you.
Kids in our schools figure that they don't have to worry about their education. Not when they can serve drinks or park cars for very good money. My dad met a girl once who worked in a casino buffet. She served sodas and coffee and cleared plates. She made about $200 a day.
Now, these jobs aren't exactly easy. And getting into the big casinos can be all about WHO you know rather than what. They are also very demanding physically. Valet drivers in the summer have it tough. They really have to worry about heat stroke. There were nights after cocktailing that I was so sore I couldn't stand up straight. These are not jobs for the lazy. But they also don't require much education, although pretty much all the casinos require at least a high school diploma or a GED anymore. Very few of the kids aspire to college. What they don't realize is that you need to know how to manage your money, and you're not going to be able to do this kind of work forever. Your body does give out. 20 years of bartending, cocktailing or parking cars takes a toll, and it gets dull. Same thing day in, day out.
Things in this state really need an overhaul. There is far too much corruption and favoritism. What they call 'juice' here means knowing the right people to help you out. Get you that contract, job whatever. It's known as getting 'juiced in.' While this may be a party place, we do have families here. It's time that Nevada ( especially Las Vegas) started worrying about the children and families as much as they worry about the tourists and the celebrities. I hope the people of this state think about that during the next election.
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