Author: Angie World

Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes – it’s a duck blur
You might solve a mystery or rewrite history

Duck Tales, Oo-oo
Tales of derring-do, bad and good luck tales, oo-oo

D-d-d-danger, watch behind you – there’s a stranger out to find you
What to do? Just grab onto some Duck Tales, oo-oo!
Not pony tails or cotton tails but Duck Tales, oo-oo!

When it seems they’re headed for the final curtain
Bold deduction never fails, that’s for certain
The worst of messes become successes!

Duck Tales, Oo-oo
Tales of derring-do, bad and good luck tales, oo-oo
Not pony tails or cotton tails but Duck Tales, oo-oo!

Sometimes I think I am too judgmental and others I believe I am just judgmental enough. Case in point, I firmly refuse to buy a seven year old child shoes with Velcro because they don’t know how to tie their shoes. I’m sorry, a seven year old? This child should have learned that skill at 4, 5 at the latest. So I bought tie shoes and taught said child how to tie their shoes. I judge the shoe manufacturers for making it too easy to ignore that age old ritual of teaching children to tie their shoes. Why would they manufacture the shoes for children that old with Velcro? I understand that this particular thing is a god send for adults with arthritis who can no longer tie their shoes due to an infirmity, however, children? Really?
I looked in the shoe store and saw all kinds of shoes with Velcro for older children and I am appalled. Unless these shoes are being bought for children with disabilities who cannot tie their shoes, I say to the parents everywhere of able bodied children, stop buying lazy shoes.
Is a generation of lazy children being raised? That is the real question, children who do nothing but sit and play video games, who cannot even tie their shoes? Have we really become a society of people who cannot even do something as simple as tie our own shoes?
Here is my proposal, we start a campaign, just say NO, say no to Velcro for able bodied people, say no to Velcro for children who are old enough to tie their shoes, say no to the manufacturers and eventually they will get the hint.
I will be deciding who to picket later and also will think about informational pamphlets and buttons, but until then please feel free to congregate amongst yourselves and form your own protest groups, unless we speak out about this travesty nothing will be done about it.

There is one thing on this earth that I despise more than anything else. I despise when a human being looks at another and all they see is the color of that person’s skin. It is called racism, although I believe we need to come up with another word as racism is compiled of the word race. There are people on this earth who believe there are different races of human beings; I believe there is one race, the human race. There are different ethniticities, different religions, different hair color, skin color and eye color, but only one race.
When all of us stop looking at the color of a person’s skin and making that the determination with which to judge said person then we will be free of hatred. And I do mean all of us, it is not just white people who look at others like that and judge based on that criteria. You read about it in the papers, for example the judge who would not accept the plea bargain of a “white boy”; it was based on his skin color. I see it at work, people are judged for their skin color. When will this stop? I am telling you we have to raise the future generations better. They must be better than the past, until we can see past the superficial differences of our beings how can we accomplish anything as a whole?
I want to remind everyone that according to the Bible we all come from Adam and Eve, ALL of us, not some of us, ALL of us. Most religions teach that we come from a single point of origin, and if that is the case, I say knock it off. I for one do not want to read anymore about it, I don’t want to deal with it in the work place; I don’t want to see it on television. I want everything to be like Star Trek, where we have conquered this issue along with poverty and hunger.

Where are the Judging Amy DVD’s? That seems to be the question of the day, I really didn’t realize that show was not out on DVD until I began following Amy Brenneman on Twitter. I love her; she is just an amazing actress. I loved Judging Amy; it was a show, that when it went off of the air I actually cried, it was the perfect cast of actors for the perfect cast of characters. I actually started watching Private Practice because of Amy Brenneman, and how great is the casting on that show? Has anyone noticed how many former Judging Amy actors have shown up on that show? Total greatness. If they brought the DVD’s out of the Judging Amy show I would so totally put that on my Christmas wish list.
If I pass out a petition I expect all of my friends to sign it.
I know I have been lax in updating everyone lately on the ordinariness that is my life, but I have been completely immersed in United Way happenings. I have added a fourth building in my fund raising efforts and am impossibly swamped, but I love it. It is such a worthy charity. I love that all of the money raised will stay in the community, we are helping our neighbors, family, friends, you just never know who will need an agency funded by United Way.
I am off to get dressed now for a breakfast sale! Wish us luck!

Yesterday I took a walk with Tessa and Chewie, a statement not remarkable in itself. I left my cell phone at home, and off we went on our adventure. It felt good to not be distracted by a beep, a ding or vibration, to not be distracted by facebook, twitter, text messages, email or an old fashioned phone call. It was just a Gigi, a girl and a dog, out enjoying the amazing fall like weather. I am going to do that more often; it was as if pressure had been relieved, pressure of my own making. Let’s not forget that, when we talk about how we are easily distracted in today’s society by so many electronic gadgets and so many social Medias it is of our own making. How easy was it to just leave the Iphone at home, not carry a miniature computer around with me while I enjoyed the afternoon with Tessa and the Wookie. I suggest everyone try it, especially if you have children or grandchildren, just leave it at home.
Do we really have to be so connected 24 hours a day? Shouldn’t we just shed the modern trappings once in a while? I admit it is hard for me, I have fully admitted an addiction to social Medias such as facebook and twitter, and it is so easy to lose myself in a round of words with friends, not to mention the multitude of other games I play on my Iphone. I am one of the worst offenders of never being without it. However yesterday I made the decision to just go on a simple walk, to not be distracted, and it was amazing. I feel as if I have rediscovered a sense of innocence, of the ability to pay total attention to the world around me. The physical world, not the virtual one.
Another up note, OU Sooners beat UT, go OU! I don’t watch football but I follow OU, love them. Congratulations to the Sooners.
It is going to be another gorgeous day here in North Texas, I hope everyone enjoys it!

Today a friend retires at work, I am so beyond jealous, in a good way. I so would love to be able to retire, quit, just stop going. In all seriousness this man so deserves to be able to retire, he is just a great guy. Genuine, funny, kind and always a pleasure to work with, I am going to miss seeing him and sitting by him. I hope he enjoys his retirement immensely!
They are having a retirement gathering today at the office, the best part, there will be cake! So can continue with cake and caffeine diet. Yay me! Do cookies count as cake? What about sour straws? I am counting them as cake as they have sugar in them. Don’t tell me if they don’t count, 90% of a diet is mental.
I am a member of the Disney movie club, along with this membership you can collect points, well I collected enough points to select a prize. I chose a movie, The Fighting Prince of Donegal; I chose this because that is the region of Ireland the Irishman is from so I thought he would enjoy it. He would not stop looking at his laptop long enough to watch it with me. Although he kept saying when I take you to Ireland I’ll show you the real Hugh O’Donnell castle. So he is familiar with the story but he was not interested in my Disney movie. Huge disappointment. However I will be watching it all the way through on Saturday.
Well folks as I woke up tired this morning that is all I have. I hope everyone has a great day! Oh and before I forget, Go Big Red, Go Big White, go red go white, fight, fight, fight! Boomer Sooner!

I won the Rangers tickets in the United Way raffle, I am so excited! I was trying to win them for Jeffrey, my oldest son. He is a huge, mega fan of the Texas Rangers. This game happens to be fan appreciation day as well, so, bonus! I was so happy to be able to win those for him, he deserves them.
Let me tell you a little bit about Jeffrey Andrew; he is bright, intelligent, funny and caring, a truly hard combination to come by. He is so smart, he always impresses me with his political views and his insights, I truly wish he had gone to college; however that was not to be his path. He chose to work with his dad and he is good at it, and successful at it. I am incredibly proud of Jeffrey and the man he has become.
Today is turkey leg day, we are selling turkey legs in three different locations today, and as usual all proceeds go to United Way. We do this every year at this time, Brent is our smoker, he is brilliant at it, come one, come all and get those legs! Have a great Wednesday!

Question of the day people, what does a person do when they see someone making a huge mistake? One that will have repercussions the rest of their life? It’s really none of you your business, you really have no right to speak your mind, what do you do? What would Dear Abby say in this situation? Let me tell you what she would say, keep your mouth shut, it is none of your business, this person is an adult and can make their own decisions about their life. Abby is one smart cookie, so here I sit very much shut up. On a lot of different issues, I am about to implode. Do you know what it feels like to have so much advice to give and no one to hear it? I feel like running around with my arms flapping and hollering, yes hollering.
Enough about that, during United Way time I feel like I cannot get caught up with anything around the house, I need to vacuum and there is always laundry to be done, it was that way even when it was just me, Chewie is a shedder. Hard to keep up with him and his fur! I try, but to no avail, oh well, what is one to do but to chase after him with the vacuum.
I don’t think I can say this enough; I love coffee, when I take that first sip every morning it is like being given access to the elixir of the gods. It is my gateway to eternal youth, eternal energy and eternal optimism. It tells me all is right with the world, that nothing can conquer me and I can conquer all. That is what coffee does for me. In the same line of thought, I do believe my caffeine and cake diet is working, my jeans are getting looser! Double Woo and Hoo!

I sit here pondering the questions of the universe; not really, I sit here enjoying this amazing fall morning. Here in North Texas we finally have relief from the heat and I am completely over the top about it. I hate the heat, love the cold, want snow more than anything. Are you listening Joe Kovak? He is my snow provider just in case you were wondering.
Chewie is frisky due to the weather, he wants out every 5 minutes, I finally just left the door open for him to go in and out by himself, he looked at me like I had just popped his favorite red balloon. I do believe part of the fun for him is me getting up and down to let him in and out.
So yesterday the Irishman and I did the most adult thing we have done to date, we opened a joint checking acct to pay the bills. We each have directed a certain amount every payday into the acct and that will pay the bills, then we have our own personal accts for our personal things. This way he never has to know how much I really spend on shoes, and I never have to know how much he spends on Guinness. Perfect arrangement if you ask me.
The Friday spaghetti sale was a huge hit, Gladys made the most wonderful vegetarian spaghetti and chicken spaghetti, and I am going to get the recipe for both as they were both amazing! In the words of her and Don’s daughter Sam, Tummy Yummy!
Yesterday was spent doing errands and laundry and watching everything I have dvr’d and have not had time to watch, then on to streaming Netflix to watch a little Dean Cain and then, O.M.G. A Streetcar Named Desire was on TCM. I love that movie, I love Vivien Leigh, she is just amazing, and I wanted to name Elizabeth Vivien Leigh that is how much I love her. If you want to see a great movie watch Fire over England, she is just fantastic in that.
Well kiddoes I don’t have a lot more today, I will be finishing laundry and doing little things around here, the Irishman works on Sunday so it is just me and the pups hanging out! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH maybe Taco Bueno……

The other day Elizabeth sent me an email about The Suffragette movement, well about a particular incident that happened November 5, 1917, I knew the story, however, have not thought of it in a long time.
Just a reminder, women have only had the right to vote for 90 years of our country’s existence, and even after that women took little advantage of it. Women were tortured, beaten, brutalized and killed in the fight for our right to vote. For our rights period, as women, no matter what your ethnic background, you have an obligation to honor these women who went before you.
We must remember our sisters who went before us, what they gave up for what many consider an inconvenience, yes an inconvenience. I am too busy, why don’t they make voting easier, really? Easier than going to a school or church or library to tell your country who you want in office? Or what you want your hard earned tax money spent on? What messages are we sending our daughters? Every woman has an obligation to go to that voting booth and honor our ancestors who, in some instances died for us to have this right.
Until recent history women were considered property, chattel to be traded off for alliances or better land, or even money. Women had no say in the upbringing of their own children, in some countries this is still going on. But our American ancestors fought for us not to have to know what it is to have our children ripped from our arms, or to have to “take” whatever our husbands felt like meting out. Women were treated as children, to be punished if we stepped out of line, Suffragettes wanted to change all of that. And they did. So let’s honor them and their fight, get up, get out of your mini vans and your Volvos and go vote. Make your voice heard, honor the women who came before you, fought for you, died for you.