I have had my doubts....

About my faith.....


I used to be Roman Catholic..


But I am done practicing that...


Quite honestly, I really have issues with many of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings...


Who the hell do they think they are?  


Righteous bastards...


And I really do not believe there is only one God...


Buddha seems like an OK higher being to believe in if you so prefer...


So what is my religious preference???


I ask myself this a lot lately...


I use to consider myself Christian....


Until recently...


I started thinking that if I were truly Christian, I would believe in the deity of Jesus....


And I am not sure I do....


I mean I think he was probably a really good guy and all...


And I think I try to live like he taught that we should...


Not because I believe he is God's son...


But because, for the most part, it just seems the right way to live...


Love one another...


Do unto others...


I really have a hard time believing that immaculate conception miracle tho...


On Father's Day, Joseph gets the card...


And not one of those "like a father to me"  cards...


And his dying to save us.....not so sure...


So where does that leave me????


Not a fun person to be in a conversation with about religion, that is for sure...


Believe me, I do not initiate such conversations...


But when someone draws out of me that I no longer practice Catholicism and that I am not quite sure what I believe but I know that I am not interested in any organized religion right now...


And then they gasp at my lack of faith and tell me to read the bible...it's all right there...and they know I will  find my way back to the truth...


I tend to get a lil snippy and have to change the subject really quick before I haul off and ruin the friendship...


So, again, where does that leave me?


I have decided that I am a Cultural Christian...


Just like some of the Founding fathers...


To be honest, until  very recently, I did not realize there was such a thing...


Thank Google for cluing me in...


And helping me understand who I am ...


Gotta love Google...

Need Pocket?

In my last post I mentioned LDBoy's latest purchase for his office.


He was not the only one doing some power shopping last weekend...


CareBear and Marge and I went wedding dress shopping...


No, I am not getting married, once is more than enough for me....


And tho we did try to talk Marge into trying on maternity wedding dresses and sending photos to LDBoy, she did not think he would appreciate the humor in that....


My CareBear is getting married to the love of her life this December...


Hopefully I told you that already, but I have been remiss in my blogger duties over the past few months and maybe I did not....


Now you know....


She is going to be a beautiful bride....


I was going to post the pic I took of her in the dress that made the final cut, but that idea got shouted down....


Apparently, it is suppose to be a surprise....


Just let me tell you that the dress is sooooo her....


Why?


Because it has pockets....


Every wedding dress should have pockets, but as we realized, most do not....


Just where are you suppose to put those little bottles of confidence???

Need energy?

LDBoy and his business partner(s) have decided that always working from home is not all it is cracked up to be....


Tho they do not (yet) have kids wanting constant attention, they do have dogs....


Puppies and older dogs who need constant attention...


And girlfriends....


Tho, I believe that the girlfriends were the primary reason for setting up the home office in the first place and most likely it is the girlfriends that are most happy they will be working from another office....


Yeah, it is nice to have an unpaid assistant who makes lunch and runs errands and....


Anyway, I got sidetracked....


The partners decided that they needed a fridge for their office..


Mostly to hold their energy drinks - since they are probably thinking that their girlfriends will still make and then bring them lunch everyday....


But where should they look to find such a fridge? 


Craig's List of course...


You can find anything on Craig's List....


Some things you may not want...like a job as a live-in ranch hand in the middle of Ohio...


But some things you may want...


Like this ...

Yep, meet the new office fridge...

It's a sign...

A sign...


Of what I am not sure...


Maybe that I am getting older and losing it....


Not that I ever had much of it to begin with....


Or maybe that I did not need half of the things on that list....


The list...


That I made right before I headed out to run errands at lunchtime....


That I got to the store and could not find....


...anywhere....


Checked my pockets....


Checked my purse....


Checked again....


The list....


That I pulled out of my pocket as soon as I got back to my desk...


Damn...

Why I should have chosen the iPhone....

A short time ago, I was given a choice...


Droid or iPhone....


I chose Droid....


Now I am sorry....


Because Droid is not compatible with this awesome app....


Check it out...


Before you go to sleep tonight...


Especially if you love sleeping to the sights and sounds of thunder storms...


Yes, I said sights and sounds...


Hear the thunder and see the lightning flash...

StormAsleep  

This awesome app was developed  by none other than LDBoy...


With some help from a friend....


I am so proud!


I wish I could say I taught him everything he knows...


But that would be a big, fat lie....


And Moms and nuns do not lie...



But check out  StormAsleep  and let me know what you think...

Working for a living....

I have come to dread Monday mornings...

and Tuesday mornings...

and Wednesday mornings...

and Thursday mornings...

and Friday mornings...

Saturday and Sunday are ok, tho....

Not to be outdone by her mom....

My daughter CareBear and son's girlfriend (Marge) have teamed up on an awesome and crafty blog....


You can visit them at:

http://craftpond.com/

Tell them I sent you....


I think my CareBear is trying to out-blog me...


In addition to the craft pond, she still has her photography blog

http://aphotoforyourthoughts.wordpress.com/

And rumor has it that she is blogging somewhere about the joys of being a young American housewife....

Hmmmm......

Fun fact:

Having an orgasm at least three times a week cuts in half the likelihood of death from coronary heart disease.

I have a lot of catching up to do....

I am not as thunk as you drink I am ....

I love an off-site boss who sends her direct reports coconut rum cake....


And I love it even more when the birthday boy puts the cake in the fridge and forgets about it....


....i.e., lets it age for a couple of weeks....


We are feeling no pain in the office this afternoon....


Where is the breathalyzer when we need it????

Chi-town....

Seems I drafted this post In October but never posted....
What was I thinking????
Well, here you go.....

It's not Asheville, but....


CareBear and K thought they had an opportunity to move to North Carolina....


But that fell through...


Long story....


That ends with another reason to love corporate America...not....


But one door closes....


And another opens...


So CareBear packed her bags and moved with her love to Chicago....


For 4 months anyway...


And I am on vacation...


In Chicago....


Where it is raining as much as (or more than)  it is back in Cleveland....


But we are having fun....


Saturday night we hit the Rivers Casino and had a fun time losing a (very) few bucks...


Sunday we found a bar that hosted the Chicago Browns Backers and (Carrie and I) watched the Browns kick some Dolphin Tale....


While K watched his Lions kick the crap outta the Vikings...


Monday was heaven....at Gino's East....


Tuesday was a stay in and avoid the rain and be lazy day....


Wednesday was a let's find the nearest mall and do some window shopping day...


Which brings us to today...


Today Carrie and I got up early and headed to Milennium Park...


To watch the sun come up over the lake....


And see ourselves in the cloud sculpture that looks like a bean...


And now the clouds and rain are back....


So we are relaxing on the couch...


Watching daytime tv....


My kind of vacation...

I am still here....

I know I have been gone awhile....


I quit posting because people were reading my blog and giving me grief about what I wrote about them...


Guess what????


I do not care anymore...


This is my outlet....


...or at least one of my outlets...


For all the shit I deal with as I go through life....


And since I have not been dealing so well without blogging....


I am back....


Hear me roar...


If you do not like what I say, ignore me....


... or whatever....


If I talk about you at least I am thinking about you:)


And I most likely love that you are in my life in some way....


Even if it is just to provide some good blogging material....


And I intend to catch up with my blogger friends, too...


I realllllly miss you guys....