Christian the Lion

There's not alot that makes me cry. At all.
This did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U&feature=related

This pissed me off

Last night...I finally get to sit down and read the paper....The front page was this article about a picture of a young black boy, caddying for white men in the 1930's. Someone was offended when they saw the picture in an Orlando golf club's resturant. Because the boy was barefoot. That offended person called one of our Commisioners and she's wanting the picture removed because it's racially offensive.
Same commissioner who's son was pulled over by the police...but of course that was a racial issue too.
First of all....The flippin FRONT PAGE?!?!?!? Right next to the little girl who's missing, Caylee Anthony. Jesus.
Second of all....HE REMOVED HIS OWN SHOES.
For God's sake the picture is there for 70 years....Do they not have more flippin important things to worry about than this damn picture. I was so pissed....I'm still planning on writing the newspaper to say so. I mean come the hell on people!?!?!?!
This world is so ridiculous.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/saturday/orl-caddy2608jul26,0,1574282.story

I was looking for my camera

And evidence shows.....Erin had it in her room.

Ever lose your camera??

http://ifoundyourcamera.blogspot.com/

Kasey with her cousins in Cape Coral

Here's some pictures of Kasey and her cousins. Kasey is in Cape Coral this week and going to Horse Camp with Chase. I got a call from my Uncle Jim this morning that Kasey was a little upset after getting off the phone with us last night. But this morning she was fine. This is the first time that she's been away from home. Erin misses her so much too. Erin got a haircut yesterday because she wanted her hair to look like Chase's and she plans to surprise the girls on Saturday when we pick them up. Chase will be returning to Orlando with us for her 4th year (I think) of Seaworld camp with Kasey and Erin.

She's an old pro now that she's stayed with us so many times but I remember it so clearly the first time she was homesick.

Mommy doesn't make this stuff up!!

When we were on the cruise last week, Kasey was asking why they designed the toilets so that you had to close the cover before you could flush it. I had heard a long time ago about the germs that fly when you flush the toilet so I tried explaining it to her...Needless to say, she half didn't beleive me and was half grossed out at the same time. Just saw this little snipet today!!


The worst place for your toothbrush
On the bathroom sink: There's nothing wrong with the sink itself--but it's awfully chummy with the toilet. There are 3.2 million microbes per square inch in the average toilet bowl, according to germ expert Chuck Gerba, PhD, a professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona. When you flush, aerosolized toilet funk is propelled as far as 6 feet, settling on the floor, the sink, and your toothbrush. "Unless you like rinsing with toilet water, keep your toothbrush behind closed doors--in the medicine cabinet or a nearby cupboard," Gerba says.

Small humanitariun effort

This is a website a friend sent me cause she knows that it would interest me...It's called "Refief Beads for Darfur". It's for a really good cause & I love bracelets. Be sure to read the statistics that show up on the video pictures. It's amazing...1 bracelet pays for 2 months education. 2 bracelets pay for a stove...8 bracelets buy enough medication for 100 refugees or 1 year of education for a student....all of that and the bracelets are only $8.00 each!! Thought someone else might be interested.

http://www.reliefbeads.org/

Disney Cruise

Here are some of the pictures from our cruise. They are all sorts of out of order!!! We left Thursday and returned back at the port on Sunday morning. The boys stayed with my friends David and Rick. They spent the day at Winter Park Pet Villa and the nights at their house. They had fun there staying with Jacks parents and grandmother. Rick told me that Harley was in the house and thru the doggie door...straight into the pool before Rick had even unloaded the car. Guess he felt at home and remembered swimming there. It is very rare that we allow them in our pool. Just because of my swimming lessons and all the hair. Anyway... there are all kinds of pictures being posted. We arrived in Nassau and took a tour over at Atlantis. On the way over they took us thru the back streets and pointed out certain buildings that were relevant to their history. Kasey was appalled at the litter in the streets and the way the buildings were so run down. I said "your not in Kansas anymore"....she didn't get it. I guess we need to watch the Wizard of Oz. I took pictures of the hospital cause with Pete just have his knee surgery days before we left I had to show him what their hospital looked like : ) He was not a happy camper at Winter Park Hospital! Also, the picture of the Police Department had people working outside of it and from the looks of their outfit....they looked like the prisoners! Atlantis's pool area was beautiful but we weren't able to get the tickets to that part. We were only able to do the walking tour...which I would have preferred to just walk around at my own leisure looking at the aquarium. It was so hot, and torture really to see all the people swimming in the pools and lagoons. And we had a little episode of a break down...."carry me". Towards the last part of the your, we lost the guide....just turned around and she was gone...we made our way back to the other side and went into the straw market. Kevin has no patience for all the bargaining that the locals try to do so he lasted about 5 minutes in there. Kasey and I walked around and everything she looked at or touched turned into an inquistion. We lasted 5 minutes longer. Buying nothing. Oh except 2 conk shells that someone was selling off the dock. One thing the guide did say was that after 15 years or so the conk shell will close up...sort of an involuntary suicide. Judging from the sale of empty conk shells EVERYWHERE...I bet many don't make it to that ripe old age. They eat it! She also said that they used to use the Lobsters in huge tanks as sort of garbage disposals back then cause they eat anything. The shows on the cruise were the best part. Although the kids love the pool and the slide. I didn't go in the pools at all....too many kids : ) All it seemed we did was eat. The next day we went to castaway cay. Got there, rented snorkel equipment and headed out. I was surprised at the water temperature...It was cooler than I like. Which is 90! So after 1/2 hour of getting the snorkel equipment on...get out maybe 30 feet...Kasey sees a fish and she's done. Now this from a huge huge animal lover, fish included. She freaked out. No more snorkeling for her. Erin continued on and did great. They served a BBQ lunch on the island and then the storms came. They cleared the beach so we headed back to the ship...I got my much needed nap and they went to the arcade. I swear I wish they bottled the energy that kids have. We waited about 2 hours before trying to return to the beach for our things...as soon as we stepped off the ship...we heard thunder. They kids got another hour in at the beach playing on this playground sorta thing in the water. All in all the weekend flew by. The kids never went into the much talked about Kids camps that they offer. As most people know they are forever glued to Kevin's hip. They had so much fun and said many a time that this was the best vacation ever...they were in awe of being on a ship. Enjoys pics!