Mlogger

So, my friend makes fun of me for only blogging once a month. Hence the title "mlogger." Definition - Monthly blogger. (Yes, It's stupid I know! But these are the kind of dumb things we think up while the babies in my classroom are sleeping.) And just so you all know, I only started this so that you all might click on a few of my ads around the blog page, earning us a little extra money here and there.

Anyway, considering I work 40+ hours a week, just graduated with my directors credential and am raising 4 children who each see a specialist doctor weekly -I feel pretty lucky to get 30 minutes on my computer once a month to even say anything at all. By the way, did I also mention that I'm planning my wedding with Joe in Las Vegas for next spring. Hurray!!!!
That takes up a little time as well.

Speaking of that - We will probably end up going in March or April of 2010. Like I told my Dad, if anyone has the time or money to come visit us in Vegas, please feel free. We would love to see family there, however unfortuneately, we can only pay for ourselves to go. I'll keep you posted on dates and times and events. The only thing we know for sure right now is that we will be staying at the Bellagio hotel for one week.

Well, as usual I'm on a time restraint here. I have about 30 other things I have to do right now, so I'm going to sign off until next month (ha ha!). Scroll down below to see new National Geo. picture of the day. They are awesome!!! Love, your favorite mlogger, Ves

PS - Do you like the pink for Valentine's day??

What if?

There are so many mean and sarcastic things I'd like to write today - especially about pediatricians. However, in the spirit of the Holiday's I've felt the urge to just forgive and move on for the time being. This feeling of peace and kindness got me thinking about the "What ifs?" of forgiveness. For example, What if we just forgave the people that planned and executed the tragic events of September 11th?! I'm not saying I necessarily can, I'm just asking a hypothetical. Would Bin Laden have carried out more attacks on the US? Or would he have stayed in hiding? What if we had never went to war in Iraq? Imagine that we cleaned up our lives, announced to the world that we forgive them for their cruelty and went on living. Would terrorists have gotten bored with America and found a new target to try and bully? It's no fun picking on someone that you can't get a reaction from. Maybe they would of tried again? We just don't know for sure. That's a story for an alternte universe! (Google the word "fractal" - don't quote me on the spelling - it's a blog coming up soon)

That brought me to think of the bullying on a different scale. Pedophiles and rapists are bully's of a different kind. I, myself have been a victim of a sexual predator. What if I just let all the scary, sad and insecure feelings melt away in this new found inspiration of peace. Does that empower the rapist? I don't think so. I believe it empowers me!

To a certain extent this topic was brought to my fore thought by recognizing how many people blame everyone else for their problems. We blame terrorists for our war, parents for our mental issues and loved one's for our bad days. Let's take a minute to acknowledge our own mood swings, emotions and actions. Ready to make the change?? Breath in! Breath out!
Forgive, Love and Live!!

I love you all!! Happy New Year!!

170 Billion Dollars

Somebody figured out that if the United States Government had given the infamous 170Billion to the American people instead of the banks, every tax payer would have ended up with 170Thousand dollars each. Imagine for a minute what you would have done with that money (after the big drunken party). Let me tell you what I (and probably a lot of other Americans) would have done.

First, I would have paid off my student loans. Knowing how many other people are in student loan trouble, I truly believe that many more accounts would have been paid off too. My loans (alone) are around 30Thousand dollars. I know friends and family that have accumulated anywhere between 2Thousand dollars up to 125Thousand dollars. Let's just imagine that 100Thousand people paid off their accounts at 50Thousand dollars each. What's that equal? Try 50Million Dollars! Don't you think that would of given the financial institutes a boost!?! And it would have gotten some Americans out of debt.

The second thing I would have done was put a nice fat down payment on a house. This would have required me to find a mortgage loan and find a new home through a realtor. I believe that many of my friends would have either bought a home or caught up on their existing mortgages. Following my imagination station tracks on the same path as above, I think probably some 200Thousand people would have done the same (this is a ridiculously low estimate). Let's say that 200Thousand people bought new homes at 200Thousand dollars a piece. Drum roll please!!!.........400Million dollars for the banking and real estate market.

Maintaining our speed on Vesper's Starlight express the next path followed would have been to buy a second car for our family. Even a used car in these times runs about 20Thousand dollars. OK! Here we go again! Everybody pretend that 400Thousand Americans would have paid off their car loans or bought new ones. (I know at least 5 people I could name right now that would have bought brand new cars) So, 400Thousand times 20Thousand dollars equals 80Million dollars to America's failing car industry.

Next, my fiance and I would be going to Vegas for our wedding this spring instead of next. If more Americans did this, it would create a boost in the Travel industry. Then of course, there's Christmas! My children would have had the best Christmas ever! I would have definitely gone to places like Circuit City to buy MP3 players, new TVs, new Phones, etc...Knowing that Americans love to go all out for Holiday's I believe that many of these stores would have gotten a huge boost this Holiday season. Lastly, Joe and I would have taken our left over money and invested it for retirement. If 1Million people invested 20Thousand dollars for retirement, companies like ING would have received 2Billion dollars in revenue!!!!

Knowing all of these industries would have gotten a massive lift in funding from just helping support the American peoples financial state, why did the bankers get it? So they may continue on having their parties, paying for their million dollar estates, going yachting and taking limos to their uptown hotels????? Everybody's so afraid of being a socialist state that the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting foreclosed on, repo'd on and fired from their low paying jobs! Let me just say......GREAT JOB TO OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT!!! THANKS! Now you also have to bail out all the other failing industries.

I know that I, personally, will never forget this time in my life. Maybe I should try to email this to someone in office. Then again, their children are getting Christmas presents, so what do they care?