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This is a serious subject. Drugs are a part of all of our lives. Aspirin, Tylenol, Motrin are drugs. However I’m not here to talk about them or the things that are prescribed by doctors to help sick people to survive. I’m talking here about drugs that leave people needing drug treatment therapy.

Every day we hear about celebrities that need to go into special places that help people dependent on drugs. Ordinary people have this happen to them, too. My nephew has had a problem with methamphetimines in his life. He needs drug rehab.

Right now he is incarcerated and that is not possible. I had a friend explain that ‘meth’ changes a person even to changing their personality, and they are no longer the same person that they were before. Their chemistry is so changed that everything about them is different.

I hope that if you know someone with this problem (no matter the drug), that you are able to help them, and that they are willing to accept help.

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I don’t have any kids, or babies. However, members of my extended family are experiencing family growth. I have a great niece in Arkansas, a new great,great nephew in Texas, and the one thing they have in common, other than being babies, is the need for crib bedding.

I never realized there was so much stuff that could go into a baby crib. Remember, I have no kids of my own. I get to experience this vicariously through family instead.You don’t want a crib that is only white stuff. Color is needed for the baby to look at and learn to explore new things. Blankets, sheets, crib padding, curtains in the baby’s room, toys, all sorts of things. Even mobiles that hang over the crib for the infant to focus its eyes on and the grab and learn co-ordination with its arms and fingers. There is more to having a baby than any one can think unless they have experienced it themselves. Check out any baby supply site and you will understand where I am coming from. Babies are worth the extra effort to make their world colorful and beautiful.

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This 54 year-old broad is now getting to the point where I am thinking about wrinkle cream.

It is hard to admit, but it is there. As we grow older, our bodies change. Well, with that change, our skin also changes. I never did go for the deep suntan, so hopefully I do not have skin damage from the sun to fight, as I have the very aging process itself.

This site that I have put a link to, does comparisons and explains that expensive is not necessarily better. When I get done here, I’m going back to read some more information.

A lot of beauty creams, give all sorts of ‘cures’ that they ‘help’ with on each person. When getting these creams, check it out, and don’t get fooled.

Here’s to getting older!

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I live in Texas. There is a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico headed to my state. The hurricane’s name is IKE. So far, it has hurt other places and people.

There storm warnings out for the coast of Texas. Smart people in the path of the storm have already left or are packing. I figure that in spite of what happened with Katrina, there will be some who do not realize just how destructive that wind and water can be.

The Grand Canyon here in the USA was created by wind and water. The stunami that killed so many was from water. Tornadoes are from wind. The damage that they do is well documented. With such a possibly dangerous storm headed towards this state, I wish that people would take the storm warnings seriously.

The outskirts of any hurricane can create tornadoes. so not only would there be wind and water from the hurricane, but also extra damage from a possible tornado. From personal experience, I KNOW that the presence of a tornado interferes with the reception in a cell phone. There isn’t any, no signal. Even landlines can be brought down.

Please take the storm warnings to heart, Please use caution.

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The GL Wiley Middle School in Waco, Texas, has for five years gotten failing grades on state tests. For five years the students have been under sub-standard education efforts.

The Waco Independent School District wants to close that school down and send the students to other schools where they will be properly taught. The parents of the students are protesting.

If I was a parent, I would have protested the sub-standard education that my child had been receiving for five years, not the chance for them to go to a place where they will be properly taught.

I do not understand.

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Have you ever noticed that there are many different ways that people can be described? Some of these ways can be complimentary, others…..well….not so good.

I have heard insults (being a large woman that happens), compliments, comments, the list goes on. I have heard the comment that someone didn’t have the brains that God gave a flea, the brains of paste (which is rather pathetic if you think on it), the brains of a chicken with its head cut off. Each insult is unique is what is said. I even heard that one person’s brain rattled around like a pea in a jar. I know that people are trying to say that someone is not very intelligent, and they are trying to describe how extreme this is. Others are just trying to insult someone. I have been guilty of this. I imagine that many of us have, too. Maybe we should try to think of good things to say to help a person to improve. Doesn’t that sound hard to do? It would be worth it though, in the long run. Insults are easy, complements hard. It is not impossible, maybe we ought to give it a try.

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Yes, I did say hot flashes. It is not only for women, though. Guys will go through it some day also. This is generally not known.

This is a personal type of thing for anyone who has experienced it. It is very uncomfortable and to be avoided when you can. There are a lot of personal issues that people do not want to talk about. If we had, then when it happens to you, it wouldn’t be so startling, though. You would at least know what to expect.

If you live long enough, there are a lot of different things that can be experienced. Some of these can be good, some just embarrassing. Other things not talked about are farts, burps, skin rashes, you name it, they happen. Why are we so touchy talking about natural things? I don’t know. Things happen, they happen, I guess the weather is easier. Hot isn’t it?

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In my life I have been allowed to do a lot of different things. No, I’ve never flown a jet as a pilot. I’ve been on a couple of DC10’s,though, been up in a chopper (a bubble chopper), never been in a prop-plane.

Well any way, I’ve had a lot of different careers. Started out as a short order cook in a Burger Chef. I’ve washed dishes. Traveled with the carnival for a short time. After that I worked in a Krystal Burger, a drug store doing shelf stocking and package wrapping for Christmas. I’ve been a cashier in a cafeteria and in the candy department of a department store. I’ve been a bonded stock clerk in an auto parts warehouse. I’ve been a machine operator in an engineering firm, learned to read parts blueprints and inspect them to make sure that they followed the specifications on the blueprint (that was fun because I also learned to use different machines and measuring tools).

I have worked in nursing homes with the elderly and those who lived there. I like to talk to people, but in the nursing home rarely had the time to just sit and visit, which was sad for those who were stuck there. Being the secretary/receptionist in a printing business was fun. I learned about the printing business and the many different things that are used to make poster, flyers, labels, and other printed material that people use. Keeping the accounts receivable for the business and ordering the supplies needed was a learning experience, that’s for sure. Did you know that some paper is not made with any wood pulp? Some are mostly chemicals.

In the different types of jobs I’ve held, each one gave me a different type of smell when I came home. Printer’s ink - STINKS. Machine oil does too and it was hard to get out of my clothes along with the metal shavings. Coming home smelling like food was a bonus for the pets in the house. They got friendly and inquisitive each time. As life goes on each person gathers different experiences with each job held and the training involved. At least it wasn’t boring, though. Some of my training I couldn’t use from one job to another, sometimes the training overlapped. No matter what, at least it wasn’t boring.

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Just read an article on a site called OFF THE CUFF. In this article, a lottery was discussed that would be for the entire state. The proceeds could be used to help the education situation with the Arkansas schools.

I live in a state where we do have a lottery, funds are used to help schools. do all the proceeds go to help education….I don’t know, but it is helping. When the children are not given every chance to help themselves, it is the same as pushing their heads under the surface of the water of life. The children need every boost to help them. Our world is moving fast with technology and other things, so much so that our children need all the help they can get.

Am I saying that all lotteries are to be sought. No, I don’t know how they are all used. However, our kids should not have any handicaps put in their way. Don’t you agree? Check out OFF THE CUFF, read what is written there, think about your kids.

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I watched a TV report today that makes me think that the politicians have no brains even more than I have thought at other times.

There is a school in Waco, Texas, that has had failing grades for 5 years. They keep wanting to close it, so the children can go to another school that is getting passing grades. A couple of the people on the council are fighting this as they have done so for the past 5 years. I wonder how the children are doing? They after all, are the ones stuck in a school that is NOT teaching properly, the students are not passing the Texas Assessment tests, which means that they are not learning. Yet, these people on the council cannot see that the school needs to be closed. The teachers are not doing what they are being paid to do, which is teach. There is $8,000 per student being spent, while in a school with passing grades only $4,000 per student is being spent.

I wonder where the extra money is going, for it obviously is not going for the students to learn. One of the council members says he does not want the students to be bussed. At another school they would have a chance in life, a chance to be educated, not to pass time.

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