Celebrities are such arrogant asses

I was reading the news today and came across a story about Ringo Starr. (I'll add the link at the end of this post) The story spoke of how on his website he posted a video of himself telling his fans to stop sending him mail and not to ask for any more autographs. His wording is really very blunt and harsh and it made me wonder what kind of man would do something like this. His fans have made him who he is today. His fans buy his albums and make him his money, his fans make him famous because without fans, people are simply normal everyday people...like you and me. Telling ones fans to stop sending him mail and stop asking for autographs is like telling your fans that you don't appreciate them and that their adoration of you is nothing to you.

In my personal opinion, I truely believe that Mr. Starr is being truly arrogant and really rather rude. So what if he's busy- his fans make him that way. Again, if he had no fans (and he may not after this stunt) he wouldn't have anything to do. No concerts to perform, no business, no CD's.

Mr. Starr (not that you'll lower yourself to read this) I think you're an ass!

http://www.ringostarr.com/home.php

I'm moving!

Yes, you read that right. I'm moving. Not today, unfortunately, but as soon as financially possible. James hasn't been able to go back to work yet since his accident. It's been four months and the money is running out but God has provided so wonderfully so I try very hard not to complain. He has an appointment with the spine clinic on Thursday to find out what's going on with his back, then another appointment with the surgen who reconstructed his foot, the end of October. After those appointments the lawyer can talk to the doctors and get a long term prognosis. At that point they can start negotiating a settlement and if Allsnake cooperates, then we could possibly have settlement as early as December.

That's the scenario we're praying for because if that happens then, depending on how much he gets, James and I will drive a load of our things to Kentucky- yes we're moving to Kentucky from Washington- and buy a house. We'll leave the truck and things in a storage unit, fly home and wait for the kids to finish school in June, then we'll load everything up and drive back to settle into our new home before the kids have to start school in August. The kids are excited, as am I. We plan to buy a home with as much acreage as we can afford, and we'll raise a cow or two, some pigs, chickens, a horse and a huge garden. I want to get back to the simple things in life. I want to live off the land, be self sufficient. That's the way God intended for us to live. No more processed foods, no more worrying about what kind of junk I'm ingesting when I take a bite of something. Call me old fashioned, if you like, that's fine by me.

So, this is the plan. Will it really happen? I really hope so. It may happen later than we'd like, but it'll happen eventually.

Summer Has Arrived

Oh yeah, summer is here. It's cracking 90 here on Whidbey Island and we've installed our very first air conditioner. We've been married 16 years and just purchased our first unit. I think the only reason we splurged is because James is laid up still from his accident and he was miserable yesterday in the heat. Poor guy, I felt so bad for him. So we went to Home Depot this morning and bought a 10000 BTU unit for the living room area where he camps out most of the time and it's already feeling better in here. I think it'll be easier for me to concentrate on my writing too if I'm not miserably hot.

The kids are spending a lot of time down at the lake swimming and playing in the water. I wanted summer to get here and finally it did, I'm so glad. I'm also glad we're staying home this summer and not doing any traveling. Don't get me wrong, I love to travel, but with the price of gas and James being hurt, it will be nice to stay home. We might do some camping at Whidbey State Park but that's close to home so it won't take a lot to get there.

Anyway, just checking in. Hope all is well with my readers :)

My world has turned upside down

I posted this on my other blog but I'm just going to copy and paste it here because I don't have the energy to write it again.

But I have a really good reason for it. My husband was riding his motorcycle home from work when a driver ran a red light and broadsided him, sending him 30 feet through the air where he landed on his back. His left foot was crushed between his motorcycle and the car's bumper and when he landed on his back his T12 vertebrae suffered a serious fracture. He's home now but he's pretty banged up and has a number of surgeries ahead of him in the near future. It's been an exhausting few days for all of us here.

For my readers who are inclinded to pray, please do, and I thank you so much for it :)We'll be okay, we always bounce back thanks to God, but it's going to be a trial. It's going to be rough not having any real income for the next 6-12 months. I'd get a job but he needs so much care right now that I really can't. I know eventually that we'll get some sort of financial settlement from all of this to help pay all these medical bills but for now, it's going to be really difficult.

The hardest part for me, I think, has been the loss of my strongest support system at a time when I really need it. My husband is everything to me and at the end of a long day, his big bear hugs keep me going. Now that he's flat on his back all the time, his hugs are no longer possible. We take a shower together every single night and that simple action is something I look forward to all day, it's not sexual at all, just a few minutes for us to connect and be alone, to shut the world out and let us reconnect...and now that's gone. I feel kind of alone even surrounded by so many people who love and care for us because the one person I draw so much strength from is hurt and I can't do anything to make it better. It breaks my heart when I have to kiss him goodnight in the hospital bed we have set up at home and go to bed myself in our big bed. I cry every night because it's just not right. My heart tells me that something is so very wrong with that and I hate that it has to be that way. I hate not being able to reach over and touch him if I wake up in the night, I hate that I can't snuggle up beside him and feel his arms around me. This is the saddest I've been in so very long and my heart just hurts so bad.

Needless to say, my writing has come to a screeching halt. My brain is so tired from all the stress of the last few days that I couldn't conjure up a creative thought if someone handed me one. That said, I'm going to publish this post and go to bed because three hours from now comes very quickly :)

It's Raining...again.

It was beautiful yesterday, sunny and warm, and I was thinking that maybe, just maybe, spring was finally really here.

Nope. It's gone again. Today it's cold- 46 degrees- and rainy. I'm supposed to go to a birthday party BBQ this afternoon and I don't know that it's gonna happen. I know that sprin really is here- the yard is full of tulips, the cherry trees are full of blossoms, and my husband's allergies are going crazy- but it's so hard to enjoy it when it's always wet outside. I really can't wait for summer- warmth, dry days, taking the kids to the lake to swim, lazing around on one of the beaches that are just around every corner here on our island. Leaving the doors and windows open all day long, being too warm to sleep at night unless we have the fan blowing on us, BBQ's every night, fruits and veggies growing in the garden...I love summer. I would be so content and happy living in summer year round.

But alas, we still have another two months before we start seeing hints of summer here. So I'll just have to keep switching up the pictures on my desktop to sunny tropical images and dreaming of summer until it finally arrives.

Life is so sad sometimes

I got the news this morning that my dearest friend's dad has officially received the Terminal diagnosis as of yesterday. They had such hopes of him being okay and getting better after the surgeries but the doctors just keep finding more cancer and Kim just keeps getting weaker and sicker. It's heart breaking. I only met the man one time six years ago but during that one meeting he left a lasting impression on me. He reminds me so much of my own daddy that hearing this news broke my heart. I wanted so badly to see him healthy doing fine when I fly out there in five weeks but now I don't even know if he'll be alive in that time.

Most of all my heart breaks for my dearest friend Rene. She is a Daddy's girl and this news is devistating to her. My heart breaks for Kim's mom who has become my penpal during the 6 years since I met her and she has to be crushed by this setback. And for Jenni, Kim's wife, I've never met her but I've talked to her through MySpace and she seems such a sweet lady, to have this news dropped on her like a most unwelcome bomb must be tearing her heart up. These people are my second family and I miss them, and I wish more than anything that I could be there in Kentucky right now supporting them through this terrible news. But I can't be, I'm 2400 miles away crying and wishing I could do something more substantial.

Cancer is so brutal and devistating. It's an epidemic that affects nearly everyone in the world at some point or another, if not personally, then certainly because someone they know is stricken. I've lost many loved ones already and this is another blow, another loss, another heartache that have to live through and cope with. And it makes me sad and a little angry that this wonderful family is having to endure such tradgedy and unfathomable sadness.

Introducing Me

I have another blog but it's more about my writing career and not so much about my opinions of life and everyday things. So this blog is all about my opinion. Yep, and since it's my blog, I get to 'voice' my opinion without fear that someone is going to jump down my back and attack me because it doesn't line up with their opinion. So, that's the purpose of this blog. So that I, a married mom with 4 kids, could have a place to vent and express my opinions about life in the world around me. Things I read in the news, things I experience personally, things I hear about...those are the things I'll be commenting on here on this blog. So read if you'd like, or not...that's okay too. Feel free to comment on what you read and express your own opinions but understand that I reserve the right to delete your comments if you get nasty about disagreeing with me :)