I recently bought these out of the blue because they looked interesting and simple.
I have to say that they were the best purchase ever. In my house, the cabinet/shelving unit for laundry detergent is well above my heard (I'm 5'3") and I can't tell you how many times I've dropped the bottles, etc... These worked great. They say to throw them into the water, then add the clothes, however, with most newer washing machines, you can't do that. The water fills up based on the amount of clothes you have in there. Therefore, I just throw them in once I put all the clothes in. I will add that when I wash a load of sheets, comforters, blankets, etc.. I usually throw one into the bottom of the machine and another on top of the load, once all the clothes are in there, otherwise, if I'm just washing a normal load of clothes, I throw it on top of the load. Then once all that's done, I just close the lid and hit start. My clothes come out smelling FABULOUS and are clean. Plus, there's NO MESS!
Me and Holland
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Hearing Aids
Did you know that the average hearing aid costs about $3,000 or more? And did you know that most insurances or MediCaid do NOT cover the ones that a person needs or if at all? My previous insurance companies would only cover 80% up to $1,000. So basically, they'd only cover $1,000 of a $3,000+ necessity!! Worst off, did you knopw that MediCare does NOT cover hearing aids at all???
Here's another kicker, while doing research for assistance of hearing aids for myself, most assistance programs will only assist you if you're a minor under the age of 19 (or 21) depending on the program?? So what help does that to for me, a 30 year old adult, with no job and no income?? Nothing. And for the few assistance programs out there for adults over the age of 21, you have to pay a processing fee/application fee, which depending on the company, ranged up to $800 for 2 hearing aids. Doesn't make sense!
Here's another kicker, while doing research for assistance of hearing aids for myself, most assistance programs will only assist you if you're a minor under the age of 19 (or 21) depending on the program?? So what help does that to for me, a 30 year old adult, with no job and no income?? Nothing. And for the few assistance programs out there for adults over the age of 21, you have to pay a processing fee/application fee, which depending on the company, ranged up to $800 for 2 hearing aids. Doesn't make sense!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
What's a parent?
So, I've decided to ask the question: "What is a parent?"
Is a parent a person who gives birth to a child?
Is a parent a person who raises a child?
Do you have to give birth to a child in order to be a parent?
Does giving birth to a child make you a parent?
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a parent is
I don't think you need to birth a child to be a parent and just becuase you birth a child, doesn't make you a parent.
I know people who have kids and they don't deserve them. By saying that I mean that they only had the chid to get the "perks" of having kids, like the extra money, holding onto the past [an ex], hurting someone [payback], etc... I also know people who have kids that have kids that deserve them and worked EXTRA hard to have kids.
I just wish people would respect and realize that there's people out there that can't have kids and here they are abusing that PRIVILAGE.
Being a parent and having a child is a PRIVILAGE, NOT A RIGHT!
I'm one of those people that wants that privilage to have a child. After miscarriages, that privilage seems far off and non-reachable, while I look at worthless parents who keep popping kids out.
Is a parent a person who gives birth to a child?
Is a parent a person who raises a child?
Do you have to give birth to a child in order to be a parent?
Does giving birth to a child make you a parent?
According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a parent is
- One that begets or brings forth offspring
- A person who brings up and cares for another
- A female parent
- (1): a woman in authority; specifically: the superior of a religious community of women (2): an old or elderly woman
- Maternal tenderness or affection
- Maternal tenderness or affection
- a: one related to another in a way suggesting that of father to child b: an old man —used as a respectful form of address
I don't think you need to birth a child to be a parent and just becuase you birth a child, doesn't make you a parent.
I know people who have kids and they don't deserve them. By saying that I mean that they only had the chid to get the "perks" of having kids, like the extra money, holding onto the past [an ex], hurting someone [payback], etc... I also know people who have kids that have kids that deserve them and worked EXTRA hard to have kids.
I just wish people would respect and realize that there's people out there that can't have kids and here they are abusing that PRIVILAGE.
Being a parent and having a child is a PRIVILAGE, NOT A RIGHT!
I'm one of those people that wants that privilage to have a child. After miscarriages, that privilage seems far off and non-reachable, while I look at worthless parents who keep popping kids out.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Where do you belong??
Have you ever had one of those days where you just don't feel like you belong where you are??
I had that 2 days ago. I went to my boy-f's friend's house and I felt so out of place. I'm not even sure why. I just felt like I shouldn't be there. Not that they were doing anything illegal or anything of that sort, I just didn't fit in. It was weird.
Hmph...
I had that 2 days ago. I went to my boy-f's friend's house and I felt so out of place. I'm not even sure why. I just felt like I shouldn't be there. Not that they were doing anything illegal or anything of that sort, I just didn't fit in. It was weird.
Hmph...
Are you KIDDING me?!?!?!
I'm not pissed off more b/c I'm a White Sox fan, but this made me soooooo mad!!!!
Updated Jun 23, 2011 12:06 PM ET
Patricia Davis and Patricia Duncan filed a federal lawsuit against Joe Ricketts and the Opportunity Education Foundation, which provides educational opportunities to children in developing nations. Ricketts' family owns the major league baseball team.
The lawsuit alleges that the COO often discussed his own sex life and made inappropriate comments about women's physical appearance. He often commented about Davis' legs and cleavage, and once putted a golf ball into Duncan's office and said ''I'm trying to get into your hole,'' according to the lawsuit.
Both women were fired within weeks of discussing their complaints with Ricketts and the foundation's executive director in August 2009. Although the COO was eventually fired after Davis complained to the foundation's outside human relations firm, he was quietly re-hired by Ricketts within days to work outside the office, according to the lawsuit.
The Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission found reasonable cause of retaliation against both women but not of sexual harassment. The COO, who is not being sued, no longer works for the charity.
Ricketts' attorney said Wednesday that the lawsuit and its allegations were meritless.
''Mr. Ricketts and Opportunity Education Foundation welcome the opportunity to rebut them in court while continuing the foundation's important charitable work,'' said Ken Turnbull, who is based in New York.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Omaha on Monday, also names Ricketts' holding company, Hugo Enterprises, and the outside human resources company. Messages seeking comment left for Ricketts, the former COO, the women's attorney and at various phone listings in Omaha for a Patricia Davis and a Patricia Duncan were not returned Wednesday.
According to the lawsuit, Ricketts told Duncan within two weeks of her complaint that her part-time services were no longer needed and the foundation would call her ''when work picked up.'' When Ricketts and his attorney asked Duncan about her sexual harassment claim, they cited the golf ball comment and told her ''she had probably misunderstood the comment,'' the lawsuit said. ''She told them that her husband had not misunderstood it.''
Davis also was interviewed, and Ricketts told her days later that the COO denied sexually harassing her. When she asked Ricketts to interview other employees who could verify the harassment, he angrily pointed a finger in her face and said, ''Do not tell me how to run my business,'' according to the lawsuit. Ricketts later called the COO into the room, telling Davis that he was her boss and that she needed to get along with him, the lawsuit said.
Davis claims that over the next two months, she was excluded from meetings and duties essential to her job. When she complained of harassment to the outside human resources firm, she and the COO were put on paid administrative leave and eventually fired in December 2009.
In finding reasonable cause for retaliation, the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission noted Davis and the COO were fired at the same time but that the COO was temporarily re-hired ''as a contract employee.'' But the agency also found that although inappropriate comments may have been made, it was unclear whether they ''were sufficiently severe or pervasive to affect or alter a term, condition or privilege of employment.''
WTF?!?! Just because you're rich and own the "almighty" Chicago Cubs, doesn't allow you to make your own rules as they go. I hope he gets in MAJOR trouble b/c if it is found by the EEOC that these women weren't lying and they were fired b/c they made the allegations, Ricketts is FRIED! Esp., since he HIRED back the jerkwhad!!! Ugh!!
Two women sue Cubs owner Ricketts
OMAHA, Neb. (AP)
Two Nebraska women are suing the founder of online brokerage TD Ameritrade and owner of the Chicago Cubs, claiming he fired them from his Omaha-based charity after they accused its chief operating officer of sexual harassment.Patricia Davis and Patricia Duncan filed a federal lawsuit against Joe Ricketts and the Opportunity Education Foundation, which provides educational opportunities to children in developing nations. Ricketts' family owns the major league baseball team.
The lawsuit alleges that the COO often discussed his own sex life and made inappropriate comments about women's physical appearance. He often commented about Davis' legs and cleavage, and once putted a golf ball into Duncan's office and said ''I'm trying to get into your hole,'' according to the lawsuit.
Both women were fired within weeks of discussing their complaints with Ricketts and the foundation's executive director in August 2009. Although the COO was eventually fired after Davis complained to the foundation's outside human relations firm, he was quietly re-hired by Ricketts within days to work outside the office, according to the lawsuit.
The Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission found reasonable cause of retaliation against both women but not of sexual harassment. The COO, who is not being sued, no longer works for the charity.
Ricketts' attorney said Wednesday that the lawsuit and its allegations were meritless.
''Mr. Ricketts and Opportunity Education Foundation welcome the opportunity to rebut them in court while continuing the foundation's important charitable work,'' said Ken Turnbull, who is based in New York.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Omaha on Monday, also names Ricketts' holding company, Hugo Enterprises, and the outside human resources company. Messages seeking comment left for Ricketts, the former COO, the women's attorney and at various phone listings in Omaha for a Patricia Davis and a Patricia Duncan were not returned Wednesday.
According to the lawsuit, Ricketts told Duncan within two weeks of her complaint that her part-time services were no longer needed and the foundation would call her ''when work picked up.'' When Ricketts and his attorney asked Duncan about her sexual harassment claim, they cited the golf ball comment and told her ''she had probably misunderstood the comment,'' the lawsuit said. ''She told them that her husband had not misunderstood it.''
Davis also was interviewed, and Ricketts told her days later that the COO denied sexually harassing her. When she asked Ricketts to interview other employees who could verify the harassment, he angrily pointed a finger in her face and said, ''Do not tell me how to run my business,'' according to the lawsuit. Ricketts later called the COO into the room, telling Davis that he was her boss and that she needed to get along with him, the lawsuit said.
Davis claims that over the next two months, she was excluded from meetings and duties essential to her job. When she complained of harassment to the outside human resources firm, she and the COO were put on paid administrative leave and eventually fired in December 2009.
In finding reasonable cause for retaliation, the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission noted Davis and the COO were fired at the same time but that the COO was temporarily re-hired ''as a contract employee.'' But the agency also found that although inappropriate comments may have been made, it was unclear whether they ''were sufficiently severe or pervasive to affect or alter a term, condition or privilege of employment.''
WTF?!?! Just because you're rich and own the "almighty" Chicago Cubs, doesn't allow you to make your own rules as they go. I hope he gets in MAJOR trouble b/c if it is found by the EEOC that these women weren't lying and they were fired b/c they made the allegations, Ricketts is FRIED! Esp., since he HIRED back the jerkwhad!!! Ugh!!
Friday
This has been one of those weeks where all I want to do is spend the whole weekend in bed, but that's not going to happen as I have to work 16.5 hours tomorrow. Blah.....
But today my doggie Hera did the cutest thing. She decided to nap next to me, but that's not what's cute, it's how she was napping....
I love my Hera!!!! She's the best puppy!! But also the LAZIEST puppy!
Also, amongst my adventures today, our neighbors dog (a shephard/husky mix) got out (YET AGAIN) and came over to my house and decided she wanted to play with Peaches. So they took off around the house. Little brats. I finally got Peaches in the house and walked the neighbors dog over to her house and locked her back in the backyard!
I woke up to the BEST present EVER! I got a bonus from work!! YAY!! I wasn't expecting that. It's not much, but WAY more than I thought I'd have gotten if I was eligible for the bonus! :D YAY!!!!
So far it's been a good, but very hectic week! :D
But today my doggie Hera did the cutest thing. She decided to nap next to me, but that's not what's cute, it's how she was napping....
I love my Hera!!!! She's the best puppy!! But also the LAZIEST puppy!
Also, amongst my adventures today, our neighbors dog (a shephard/husky mix) got out (YET AGAIN) and came over to my house and decided she wanted to play with Peaches. So they took off around the house. Little brats. I finally got Peaches in the house and walked the neighbors dog over to her house and locked her back in the backyard!
I woke up to the BEST present EVER! I got a bonus from work!! YAY!! I wasn't expecting that. It's not much, but WAY more than I thought I'd have gotten if I was eligible for the bonus! :D YAY!!!!
So far it's been a good, but very hectic week! :D
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