MY RANT FOR THE DAY :)

You know I have to speak out about some of what is going on in the news.... Can't hold it in any longer..


GOVERNMENT>>>> STAY out of my bedroom, my phone, my kitchen, refrigerator, my healthcare... I'm a big girl and long before you, I and mine take care of themselves...

Who are you to tell me what I shall eat or not?  If you look around, not all are one size fits all...  One that weighs considerably more than I needs to eat more.... I on the other hand may need to exercise more, but again, it's my decision.............

Why do you tell me that I have to have birth control when I have had surgery?  HELLO.. some of us can't have children... and if you stop to think.. Birth control is free to those that want it(or for low cost) on the taxpayers dime(anyway)..  Why should you tell me on what type of insurance I need?  You don't know my body nor mine or anyone elses' history-- again, we are not one size fits all.....

You need to fix yourself (ie. scandals ) than try and change what we do outside the realm of GOVERNMENT when it comes to personal responsibility.....

How about we take back our freedom and our rights  and our money from you...


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Bobbie's Takes: Do you help or walk away?

Bobbie's Takes: Do you help or walk away?: When you see someone in pain or in despair, do you stop and help whether it be with opening up your wallet or by your words?   The world a...

Do you help or walk away?

When you see someone in pain or in despair, do you stop and help whether it be with opening up your wallet or by your words?  
The world and people today are much different even from when i was young. People are not "in touch" anymore. One doesn't know their neighbor as they used to or should. It's the have and have not(s). 
Don't get me wrong; there are many that stop and help, either by way of giving of their time or money to help those in need. You see every day the goodness in one's heart and mind. It's just not reported or talked about as the bad news. Sad. 
Then there are those that help so they can get an ataboy or pat on the back. You know those I speak of...they love you to your face and in a moment's notice the first to walk away. If there is someone that can testify to their "kind gesture" they are all to eager to help.. not cool... I know someone exactly like that....they do things because it's "godly" but only do it if it benefits them or they think it should benefit them.  when they don't get the recognition they "think" they deserve, they storm off and start showing the "true colors". Awful.  I think we all know someone such as this... 
Then we have those that seem not to care at all. Can't stop, can't give, can't listen or simply can not be. I am all to guilty of, at times, walking away after giving to one and not having enough to help the other; not cool on my part.  I understand fully, the way people are today, you don't know who to trust or help. It's a scary place. 
It doesn't take much to make a phone call or to open your heart and your wallet (if any to spare) and show someone that the world is not all lost... someone somewhere always needs a shoulder to either cry or rely on... After all that person you show compassion to could turn out to be a dear friend or could be possible an Angel sent from Heaven to test your Compassion/Humanity...  

Think about it...... 

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Summer

Summer time.. 

Now that it's Summer, it's time for lazy days with school out with the kids at home lots of ball games, swim meets along with golf and tennis and not to mention those cook outs. 

I reflect on the time when my girls were all scattered doing activities during the summer months.. not to mention mom and dad working all day and having to find the time to take one here and one there, a complete mad house... with one daughter with Jr.LPGA and 2 in swimming-1 in tennis-1 softball-all 3 in music of some sorts. Go-Go-Go. You parent's know what I am talking about.  

Cook outs are the best of the Summer for me, well, along side of going to the lake or swimming in a pool.  In our house, it's all about charcoal not gas.... The start of that charcoal on the grill lighting up and watching it start out as a huge ball of flames to die down with burning embers; enough to start putting on the eats whether it be good ole hamburgers made to taste;marinated in Dale's with salt and pepper, and good plump hot dogs or steaks and steaming weenies. Steaming weenies are polish sausage sliced up with BBQ sauce. Mmm mmm good.   Piling those hamburger's high with onion, tomatoes, lettuce leaf, cheese and pickles with an occasional sliced hot pepper and some times, i enjoy putting on potato chips. (sounds crazy, right, but don't knock it---it's tasty) and that good cold beer what could be better?  :)  OH Oh don't forget the ice cream ----- good homemade ice cream and cutting up ice cold watermelon..  RIGHT?  You know what I'm talking about, come on, you are sitting here with the thought of a nice grilling this weekend... :)   

All the short days of Summer even though filled with activities and family fun.... can get long and hot (depending on where you live) err go the Lazy Days of Summer... you don't want to do much of anything but lay around when the temperature sores to above 90 and not even the shade tree can help the heat. 

Have lots of great fun and time with friends and family. Play fair, laugh out loud, grill more and most of all ... Enjoy your summer... Be safe.

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"Unanswered Questions"

You know when you think you have figured it out and then "wham" it hits you with another twist and turn? Things you thought you knew turns out could/could not be.  


Sometimes IT can be true and kept from you/us for unknown reasons and other times, it can very well be "unanswered questions" playing around with your/our  mind.  You/we are the pawn from which those tricks are played.  Or maybe we become gullible to those "unanswered questions" and we take on a perception of the truth/lie that we and we only can hold on to? And when I say hold on to, I mean holding on can either make us or break us. 

Sometimes, those "unanswered questions" can drive us deep inside to do or think unimaginable things. To find a lost love or to seek the truth that only one person can give you/us, but again;they too are lost. Where is that answer? What is true/false? You/we have your/our conversations with them and you know deep inside what felt true and then one day--- gone--- whether in death or by their own means or someone else's --- move away and so forth... losing contact with that special friend/person and hearing things afterward that you/one can hardly believe. But, what is true or a lie? If in death that person can never answer  and it's just as hard trying to find those that are lost; either by their hands or another's and seek those "unanswered questions".  Some love to play games with others and some are just caught up in the moment with no ill will at all..  

Sometimes, is it best to just let it go or to seek out that truth/lie? Do you believe your heart or your head? Everyone deserves their "answers" but if that other is not there and those that might know will not come forth.... all you/we have are the memories of conversations that were true to you/us and sometimes that is all that matters (to get us through the day); until one day those "unanswered questions" will simply be a faded memory.  

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A few memories of my hometown, Tupelo Mississippi

I look back on my growing up in small town, Tupelo, Mississippi and it seemed/s so different now. Hell, it is different. When I travel back home, the streets that I used to frequent so often, I have to look at the sign to make sure I am on that street. Some of the places I used to go are shut down or have become something else. I go downtown and I don't even recognize the area (I have to do a double take.) Let's face it---- things/places change over time and all we have and share are memories.

I remember when I was pregnant with my first child and eating at the Taco Hut where I would buy two Senorita Dinners (yes, two which consisted of refried  beans, little salad, and if not mistaken two taco's) I was eating for two.. :)  I loved going there. Thank goodness Johnny's Drive-in is still around... love those burgers and shakes.  Yummy Yogurt was a big thing for me back in the day, every Saturday, I would spend a couple of hours trying out the menu and when they began their sandwich menu --- favorite was the Italian Roast Beef with hot peppers--- that, for me, was the best. Our hospital, when I worked there was known and still may be today as the largest non-metropolitan hospital in the country. (is it still?) ThunderBirds or TBirds was a great place to dance and for those that did the party scene-great party place. Bogarts, loved going there, it's atmosphere was quite different than TBirds. Not sure if these are still around but of course, with change they may have become something bigger/better or nothing at all. Lake Lee was a place of fun in the sun during the summertime for everyone and on the 4th of July, packed with entertainment of skiers/boaters showing off and lots of cook outs.. The Lee Drive In was for the most part my second home, there all the time, my parents worked there, my sister and i worked there. It was right beside the bowling ally, Reb-a-lanes?,correct? (i broke it up, not sure of the spelling from memory) I remember Mr and Mrs. Heard and my sweet old, Smitty, he was like a second grandfather always so nice.

Tupelo was a place and still is a place that one can grow with the values of small town USA as well as the taste of growing/expanding new ideas and businesses of tomorrow.  

I miss my old Tupelo, but as they say, things have to change and we must change with it or be left behind. After all, changes are necessary.  Tupelo will always be home for me, the place of my birth and youth. I still have a huge family and great number of friends in Tupelo and all those memories that as I grow older, keep flooding my mind and I smile. 

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Writing my first big book...

The first sentence was the kicker for me.. How to start this process. How to put down what was in my mind and when I do/did, how would it look or sound?  

I  have had this book in my mind, to write, for over 20 years. I have done the research required and the plot, the twist and turns the characters (well almost all of the characters) have been in place(without a name until now). The breaking down of the chapters and the outline has all been in my mind until about 4 months ago. 

I loved writing as a young girl. Loved poems and short stories and even wrote a few short plays for us in the neighborhood to play out. How I would write and what each player/character would be was so much fun. My mind racing with every word until the finished product.... Now, I write or am (trying) to write my very first big, huge project. A suspense, murder, thriller. I am excited and terrified at the same time. How or why on earth did I even think of writing or taking on such a project; haven't written anything in many years. But, this project has been pushing itself into reality for a long time and now this story wants to be told. 

After sitting down trying to start that first word and rewrite after rewrite (that was the challenge for me); i decided to write what i felt and then when i go back and read it,  i will edit and yes, of course, punctuation and grammar.. :)  As, i write and get into the characters and name/describe them; i find my mind racing to get out another word, sentence or paragraph. How each one of these people seem to come to life with each word i write. This is a huge task for me and one that i have been wanting for a long time to do this, yet terrified of failure. And now that i have begun; i can hardly put it down. Although, right at the moment, i am in between this project and another writing project.  

I can only hope this book brings about a great story line that will take your mind on a journey and keep you interested until the last final word. 

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