Kids in movie theaters

I understand when it is a kid friendly movie that there will be children in the same theater as me. I do not have a problem with that. What I have a problem with is when parents do not parent their children well in said movie theater or to extrapolate, in general.

Take today, Christmas Day at the movies where most people go. Went to see into the woods and the theater was at full capacity. I was "fortunate" enough to sit in front of a child probably around six or seven. This child proceeded to kick and push the back of my chair throughout the movie. After the first 10 minutes I sharply turned around to look at what's going on.The kicking and pushing stop for a time. However it picked back up on and off throughout the movie.

Find me towards the end of the movie when the child was getting restless it came on full force. I finally had to turn around and whisper asking him to please stop.

The child complied. That is all well and good what frustrates me is that at no point did either parent tell him to stop, apologize to me, or try and control him they never talk to him they did not talk to me even when I had to turn around and talk to them for them. 

Again I have no problem with children in a family-friendly movie I know they're going to be there but for a parent to not intervene in anyway to try and control the child or apologize for the disruption that he is causing or parent enough to give that child expectations of courteous behavior in public is irresponsible.

Remember, you are an example for your children and this was poor behavior on the parents part.

Oh, and on a sidenote: do not bring a baby to the movie theater. Remember you chose to have that child so you either get a babysitter or you miss out but the excuse of having a child shouldn't disrupt my life is not fair to those of us who pay good money to not be distracted by a child whining crying while trying to watch a movie.

SUCH A pet peeve

Coffee

I've got a bone to pick about coffee. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the smell, I do not drink it for multiple reasons mainly eat religious but let's look at it from the perspective of the drink itself and what it is. Coffee is a being that is loaded with caffeine, a stimulant. People in this world what about 90% of them everyone who isn't LDS and even then some of them do when they shouldn't… However my point is that way too many people in this world rely on a stimulant to help them function through life how sad is that? No really, if you think about all the people who drink coffee who areHealth nuts look at the hypocrisy these people who do essential oils and eat organic and then drink 5 cups of coffee because they need eight sure it's natural they need us give me a link to help them get through life I'm sorry but that seems rather hypocritical to meI guess I'm just irks because I know way too many people who rely on it and to live life reliant on a stimulant to function is just sad. Okay stepping down from the soapbox

5 senses

As I sit here eating this wonderful dip I bought spices for today, which is basically flavored mayo and sour cream lol, I think of how much I love taste. 

But...I love all my senses. I love music, I love to watch TV/movies...to read, I love scents (purfumes, bath and body soaps hahaha), I love the feel of a massage and pedicures (touch), and as I already mentioned, the taste of food.

There are people in this world who live without one or more of these senses. It makes me wonder which one I could live without and how blessed I am to have all of them. Having had them all and losing one would be so hard to lose it so I admire those that have and live through it. 

I'll be honest, I would be devastating de me to lose all but touch. I live for music and enjoy the stories portrayed through movie and TV, and if you know me at all you know I love to cook. I guess smell would be ok to lose...but oh, I would miss the smell of rain and food cooking and campfire and oceans...

Just the thoughts in my head right now:)

Hygiene at work

PLEASE do not clip your fingernails at work and if you have to, do it because you have a nail that is catching and needs to be fixed and PLEASE do it over the trash can

I had a co-worker once that shared a U desk and sat behind me and I don’t know how she did it but she clipped her nails EVERY DAY (nails don’t grow that fast) I got disgusted because I imagined the clippings flying behind her and into my lunch…..so now every time I hear it, especially at work I cringe and my stomach rolls.

Bath and body works and hand soap!

What you are viewing are the seasonal hand soaps B & B have out out to date. And that's my humble opinion. 

The problem IS, that they smell so good, I find myself washing my hands several more times a day than normal. Now, don't get me wrong, I wash my hands at all the normal junctures of the day, when they are dirty, after the restroom etc etc. 

But NOW, I find myself every couple of hours going "hum, it's been a few hours, I'm sure my hands are dirt and need to be washed..." So I'm washing my hands several extra times a day, which leaves the hands dry, especially in this winter season, and you don't want to put lotion on because that covers the scent you washed your hands for in the first place so you live with it... And the dry hands smell soooo good!

Ok, so I really and not washing them every couple of hours or making up excuses to wash my hands but I AM washing them more frequently! Hahahahah

The thing is, they are only in hand soap, no lotion! I wrote to B&B and mentioned the whole problem lol, no really I did, and told them they needed these in lotion. A very polite personalized response was made and now we wait, and see if others are as addicted as I am and if they too took action and we get our lotions!

The sad thing is these are new and are seasonal so I'm going to have to stock up this season since if they come back it won't be for a whole year and with the amount of times I am washing my hand now I will soon run out LOL

Damn you Bath and Bodyworks! Thank goodness there are always coupons

Nonsensical facts

I love learning about things. If I had the money I would be up perpetual student but instead I have to be a student of life and learn all the kind of little things that no one really cares about. In fact some of my favorite podcasts are what you missed in history class and how stuff works for the talk about things like how touchscreens work or about the princess that thought she was made of glass was going to break... things like that.

And that all platitude about you learn something new every day is totally true. Here are three things I learned just last week:

One. The horsehair worm is parasite found in house crickets. It gets inside of the cricket eating dead things and then develops inside. The cricket is a land animal the horsehair worm water in it. So when the worm is ready to be released it actually takes over the mind of the cricket forcing it to take a suicide jump into a body of water where the cricket drowns and the worm emerges. Interesting no?

Two. The movie meet me in St. Louis with Judy Garland is one of my favorite classics.The song have yourself a Merry Christmas is iconic. Obviously a classic for the holidays. But did you know that it was written specifically for Judy Garland in the movie meet me in St. Louis which is not a Christmas movie. Also the version we know today was not the original song. The song was written with more depressing lyrics which Judy Garland requested to be more uplifting. The writer apparently refused and for six weeks the song was not the sun because she refused to do it finally he was convinced it would be coming it if she sent it and he wrote it therefore we now have the song have yourself a Merry Christmas.

Three. Did you know that women used to not be allowed to run in the Boston Marathon? Until one brave woman, which always seems to be the case, when ahead and ran it anyway even with the race organizers trying to physically remove her.

Courtesy of National Geographic, Buzzfeed, and some other random Facebook list LOL

Rome

do you believe in Christ? Do you believe that Jesus Christ was the son of God and the Savior? If so, here's some food for thought! After all, this is what the blog is all about LOL.

I've been listening to a church book based on the timeframe of Jesus Christ and his ministry. It is a fictional book based in that timeframe but has historical facts included. It is a fascinating and amazing look into the life and times of both the Romans and the Jews at the time of Christ. It gives an open unbiased factual history of the time and all sides of every feasible story it is great. I digress, but don't worry this is going somewhere LOL.

So suddenly it occurred to me how very odd it must have been for the Romans because at this time they still believed in their Gods, and the thought of the one true God was obscure in a little bit ridiculous to them. And as we know the story goes that the Romans crucify Jesus Christ. 

Does anyone find it ironic that Rome, today, is the capital and home of Catholicism? A Christian-based religion signifying that Jesus Christ is the son of God, the Savior, and yet…they were the ones to disavow him as such and to crucify him? 

Hummmm...*wink*....Guess it's true, that everyone can change LOL

If you think about it…

… When did Thanksgiving become about the food! Because when you ask someone why they like Thanksgiving him and hot and give you the whole spiel about family and all of that, BUT, deep down you know it's about the time off of work if you're lucky enough not to work at Best Buy at Walmart or target that is, and about the food. I personally don't even like turkey so the food part is out for me and the family well why do we need an excuse to be around family and eat like pigs!

Be honest. You spend days of cooking setting and cleaning,  and lots of dollars preping for a "feast" that you makes you tired, and full, and feeling gross. And most people regret it afterwards if they don't run hard or workout in the morning just to be able to counter what they're eating. So my question is when did it become all about over indulging and over eating?

If you feel you have to work out before hand just so you can indulge then why are we spending an entire day to the eating? Is it one of the seven deadly sins, gluttony? Yet here we are as an entire nation indulging in that very thing!okay yes, that's extrapolating just a bit but why not deep down that's kind of the truth isn't it?

Why do we pick one day of the year for it? Why not have turkey and mashed potatoes and rolls for dinner in August? And green bean casserole and and honey baked ham in May? Why does it have to be all on one day of the year?

Thanksgiving this year was for 12 people, in which several of us spent $20-$30 each I are part of the meal where there was also seven pies, and two other types of treats, dips, not to mention the main meal. We could have fed several families for the amount of food that we had. As I mentioned before I don't like turkey so I had a roll a scoop of mashed potatoesA couple pieces of broccoli some Jell-O saladand that's all get I was stuffed.

Then I was so tired I couldn't participate in interacting with the family we were meant to be spending time with. The next day I was feeling very gross.

Tell me again why people like this holiday? And they wonder why I say it's just in the way of getting to Christmas LOL