At the risk of sounding negative, people are frickin' stupid!

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago my husband comes home and tells me about an experience he had driving home from an appointment. He's driving on the Florida Turnpike and for once wasn't in a hurry to pick up the kids, teach a class, or get to another appointment. He sees a woman pulled over on the side of the road trying to wave someone down for help. So he thinks, ok I'm not in a hurry, I can do a good deed and help this poor stranded woman. He pulls over and cautiously walks toward her car trying to make sure that some big burly dude isn't going to jump him or something. Not seeing anyone else he approaches the woman and asks if he can help her. She opens a map of the city...not a nice AAA map, or one published by McMillan, no, no...this was one of those cheesy touristy maps that you can pick up in the lobby of (insert the crappy hotel chain of your choice here). You know the maps, they are practically drawn like cartoons? She then proceeds to ask him how to get to the "Millennia Mall." Really? Really lady? You pulled off the side of a major highway and flagged down a stranger to ask how to get to a MALL?!? Really?!

Keep this event in mind as I discuss the following:
My husband begrudgingly reported for jury duty today and went through questioning to be picked for a case. He wasn't chosen, but was moved by a talk that the judge gave the would-be jurors regarding some historical facts he had come across during some research. The facts pertained to the 56 forefathers of our beloved country that signed the Declaration of Independence and the sacrifices some of these men made for their country, i.e. sacrificing their own lives, losing children in the revolutionary war, being captured, tortured and killed by the British after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They went through all of this and traveled for weeks to sign the document (keep in mind there were no cars, planes, trains, etc.) that would create a new form of government. A political idea that has lasted mostly unchanged for over 200 years now, which is pretty amazing. The judge's point was that the sacrifice of time, money, work time, etc. that they, the citizens summoned for jury duty made, were minimal in comparison to the sacrifices our forefathers made, but are still so important to our judicial system. Having always avoided jury duty like the plague because I had never considered the points that the aforementioned judge discussed, I, too changed my point of view regarding our judicial system.

So as this conversation continues, my husband brings up how insignificant his sacrifice was in relation to the case he had been questioned for, the result of which could drastically change the defendant's life. After-all, he wasn't busy doing anything "uber"-important today, other than some work, so he felt satisfied that he had done his civic duty and reported for jury duty. He then recalled the story with the tourist on the side of the road, drawing the correlation between the two events that it was worth his time in both cases to help a fellow citizen, especially since it was not a huge sacrifice on his part in order to do so in either case. To which I couldn't help but point out that when he stopped to help the "stranded" tourist she merely wanted directions to a shopping mall and that was "what he got" for trying to do a good deed for a random stranger. This is how my twisted and apparently "glass half empty" mind works.

Just thought I'd share...

See, I told you!

Yeah, I started this is June and its now what? OCTOBER! Hello people! So I was working for a while helping a friend of ours start a business and that really took up a lot of time (as jobs usually do). However, I'm back at home now and trying to enjoy it even more. I'm excited for today! My daughter has a birthday party to attend at a park and right now the weather here is just GORGEOUS! After that some of our best friends are coming over and we're taking our kids to a local church's pumpkin patch. Pictures to follow! Then we are headed back to our house to grill out and do some fun Fall crafts and cooking with our kiddos! My hubby and I just love the Fall...it's such a refreshing break from the hot and muggy Florida Summer. It's truly invigorating!

I'm hoping at some point to begin posting some of the crafty things I make as well as my daughter's drawings...she's amazing! So, keep checking back to see how motivated I can get.

Thanks for stopping by.

Not sure how well this is gonna work, but here goes...

Hello there, this is my very first attempt at "blogging." I'm not really sure why I decided to try it at this particular point, but I have, so here you go. I'm a 37 year old SAHM (stay at home Mom) and a Florida Native. Yes, some of us were actually born here...I'm still figuring out why I haven't left! No, 99% of my family and friends live here, too and when you have a close family and amazing friends (FLP!) you don't leave them. To quote Dave Matthews, "Why would you care to get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, such a happy human race." Seriously my friends are my chosen family and nothing less than that. Oh, and yes, I'm a HUGE Dave Matthews Band fan...I'll try not to fixate too much on that, but I make no promises! So, I live near Orlando with my husband of almost 13 years and our two, amazing, bright, hilarious, head strong, and talkative (understatement) children. Sage, and Maya Grace (Gracie). They are both destined for greatness and have in some ways already achieved it! My husband is my best friend and I'm not one of those folks who just says that...it's the honest truth. He's funny and crazy and keeps life interesting, to say the least, and he's one of those lucky folks who has found their calling in life and absolutely LOVES his job/career. He's my hero in that respect, as well as others, but I'm sure I'll get to that at some point. I guess that's my life in a nut shell...check back if for no other reason than to see if I can actually do the "blog" thing. Peace!