Rants 12/13

Okay everyone I know we are supposed to use this blog to post our thoughts about school but I am finding this thing is great just to release your thoughts out. I think that it is also a good one. I went to see my mom yesterday , her and I were chatting about the family, she informs me that my aunt was laid off on Friday. I am thinking okay this is great , thge company she worked for was a gym so I can understand cutbacks, but 2 weeks before christmas???  In another sentence she then tells me my cousin is bieng laid off on the furst of the year. Here is the really sad part, My cousins girlfriend is expecting their first child in like two weeks. My aunt lives with them ,. So Now how in the heck are they supposed to do anything,. I was laid off last year in 12/30 five days after christmas, I can understand how employers think, I know it is the end of the year but come on, I guess I go back to the same old thing about families and companies have no sense of Christmas spirit at all, I can understand how anyone is expected to survive. It seems like almost anyone you talk to knows someone whi has beem laid off, and families gettng evicted and foreclosed on. I really wish the government would get together and help out its own country first. It breaks my heart to see families devastaed the way they have been by this economy,. All I can say is my heartfelt prayers go out to everyone who is trying to survive nowadays, Good Luck to all and Happy Holidays!!!

12/10/2009

So here we go again the news this morning talks about how hte president recieved the nobel peace prize. Lets look at this. He has been in office less than a year, He inherited a mess from the prior president.. There are still many people without work, and even more people losing there homes, and he recieves the nobel peace prize???  They are also getting  ready to send 30,000 more troops to Afganhistan when he promised to end the wars not send more troops........is this irony or what??? I know our president now did not create the mess we are in now, but come on. How many more of our sons and daughters have to die in countries that don't want us there to begin with, My nephews new wife deploys in several weeks, with him to possiby follow to Afganhistan. They are so young to lose their lives. I am still trying to figure out where justice is. As many of sit here and try to figure how to keep the lights on and the bills paid. It is just enough to survive these days, It is pretty pathetic that we are going to put more money into wars with countries that hate us and my neighbors and myself are still trying to figure out how to take care of our families and possibly provide a christmas for the kids, I think the American People should be the ones recieving the Nobel Peace Prize., We are the ones that are doing without and our families are losing loved ones for no reason, The 1.4 million dollar prize that goes along with the peace prize would put food on the table for many families, I am just astonished that families like myself who need help can;t get ir but yet we ship and provide food to families overseas. The economy is not going to straighen itself out over night but lots of families can't hold on either, what do we do??? send troops and spend more money we dont have I guess it is just p[lain ironic isn;t it???

Rants 12/8

I have to say that I am starting to like this blogging thing. I know I haven't written much about actual school work per say but I do enjoy putting my thoughts online. I have to start out by saying I got really disgusted with the news again this week., I have been laid off since 12/30/2008 almost a year. If it had not been for the Employment Compensation extension by the government I don't think I would not have made it this far.On Tuesday I recieved a letter from unemployment stating that they had granted an extension to the unemployment package for another 14 weeks. Yet at the bottom it also stated that the EC benefits would be starting to be phased out at the end of December. How can you send a letter ro someone telling them you will be recieiving an extension and yet the benefits will begin bewing phased out?? This crap makes absolutely no sense. I know they are saying economy is getting better but I still dont see it. I do see the prices of food going up. They were supposed to have come down when the gas prices did. I still have nor seen that happen. I also saw on my local news atation where they did a piece on how toy companies were making and lowering prices on some toys so that people copuld afford to shop and by them. If companies are willing to llower prices for toys why can;t they do same thing for food and things people need just to survive. I still can't figure out where this country gets its priorites at. Oh well Have a good week all see you in seminar.

12/2/209 rants

I sat the other day and listen to president Obama talk about sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanastan. It breaks my heart. my nephew is in the military and so is his new wife. His wife is an OR nurse and she is being deployed to Iraq for a year in January. They have been married less than four months. I also listened this morning and they were having a summit at the White House about how to get people back to work. I don't know if it just me but what is wrong with this picture??? We are going to send more troops to countries that don't want us there and spend billions of dollars and yet here in the United States (our own country) the unemployment rate is at 10.2%. I can't understand where the government logic is. Why not spend the billions for the war in our own country. I understand there are alot of oppressed countries out there. I married into a military family but when I got to the bus stop every morning and 6 of my closest neighbors including myself are still without work. We have all been looking but not 1 in 6 can find a job, We all come from different backgrounds too. It is scary. I wish this country would get its head out of its own hind parts and start taking care of its own people before we keep invading other countries and going into debt more and more and more. I really feel bad for families out there. I have been blessed enough to at least have my fiance still working and I am able to collect unemployment but eventually that will all come to an end. I wish everyone in class good luck this holiday season and hopefully we can all look toward a better future and year in 2010.

Thanksgiving Rants

I know everyone has done their Thanksgiving meal. Now here it is the day after Thanksgiving and now we have less than thirty days until Christmas. I think this is probably the craziest time of year. You put all of the holiday Black Friday Specials out there and all of the madness that goes with it. I wish someitmes we could go back to the easier and older times of life where the holiday actually meant you soent time with your family. I don't think people should be out seeing how much money they can spend in each ither, I wonder uf sometimes especially kids nowadays actually know what the true meaning if the holidays actually is. As I stated un my earlier posts. I love my family.At this time of year when many families are out of work and struggling to make bills I feel like we all need to remember what the true meaning fo the holidays is. Now that I have finished my holdayt rant I hope everyone has had a wonderful thankgiving and look forward to a hopeful better year

Thanksgiving Thanks

I know everyone is getting ready for the holidays and giving thanks. A few weeks ago I almost lost everything I held dear to me. My home, my fiance, and my family. I had taken a real deep turn in deporession. Losing my job so many months ago made it hard for me., I think that and the fact that this had been the longest I have ever been without work just really got to me. I pushed everyone away from me including my children. No matter what anyone said or did I just couldnt get happy. I never had felt like that. I had aches and pains that I never had before. I gained almost 40 lbs. I was a complete and total mess. I made a trip to the doctor and another call to a therapist. I now feel better than I ever have, This is also the reason why I chose what I chose for my project. I just want to remind everyone to give thanks everyday for what you have, I feel that even in the hardest times you will always have your family. ALways remember they love you. I thank my stars everyday for what I have. I hope everyone has a good holiday..

Greetings Everyone!!!

As I ws looking ahead I noticed we will be posting more and more on the blogas. From what I have seen so far everyone is pretty excited and this is a new thing for most of us. I guess I will jump in with a little about myself. My name is Lisa. I live in a town called Glen Burnie, MD . I have lived here all of my life. I have three children. My oldest son is NIcholas he is from my first marriage. I have two other children Rachel who is 6 amd Tristan who is 5. I am engaged (might as well say married) to Steve. We had once dated in high school but I left him about a week before his senior prom. He likes to tease me about this. Anyway I went on to marry my first husband. He was a very verbally abusive person. I left him after 9 years, I ran into Steve several months after my ex and I had split up . I don;t think had it been for Steve I would have made it through all the crap my ex still tries to put me through. This of coursehas taken it's toll on me. I am still after 8 years trying to put myself back together. I am only relaying this information becuase it is very important to me. Anyway up until 11 months ago I worked as an Administrative Assistant. I was laid off due to a reduction in the work force. So it was after this I decided to go back to school. So here I am in English COmp II just like the restof my classmates.I will post more later but here is a brief bio on me.