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I think I have found one of the "reasons" that the Dallas Independent School District doesn't fare so well in the "studies" or tests that are done.

 My school has pre-k (4 year olds), through 5th grade.  There are BILINGUAL classes for every grade.  For example, Pre-K has 3 bilingual classes and one ENGLISH class.   Kindergarten has 2 Bilingual classes and 2 English...EVERY grade has a BILINGUAL Class, if not HALF the classes being "Bilingual".

 Consider this............your 4 year old child, that you WANTED to be in Pre-K, (it's NOT required), goes to school to free you up from any responsiblilties you might have.  So YOU, dump them off at school at 7:15 am, and go back to bed.  YOU don't have to work, you just have to go to the food stamp office and get the check.  Then you can go to WIC.  YOU don't know English, so those places have to HIRE interpretors (at the TAX-payers cost), to try to understand your babbling. 

 Meantime, your child is in the classroom, being TAUGHT English..........He lives, breathes, and eats English from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday through Friday. Only THEN he goes "home", to go back to speaking Spanish, as the parents don't know WHAT or WHY they are being taught that way.  Parents don't understand a damn thing written (or spoken) in English. 

 IMHO, this shi* will NEVER stop, until the kids parents die and the border is shut down with a cement fence, OR, we make the PARENTS go to school and learn ENGLISH along with their kids.  IMHO, I think the parents need to attend school WITH the kids, so they can at least begin to UNDERSTAND  what their kids are being taught.  Afterall, if they are in the USA, they should LEARN the language.....or is it just me that thinks this????

 I think that would bring the grades up, the respect up, and MAYBE, just Maybe, America could take back its honor and respect it so deserves.  Amen.

IMHO,  

Illusions

Summer will be upon us soon, and so will the ticks......PLEASE watch this video so that YOU too will know the important signs and symptoms to look for! This is a public service announcement from illusions, aka "grand illusions" when I have $1000.00 in my pocket.

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Guys, if you were around in 1919 (just before prohibition started)

and saw the following poster.........

WOULD YOU QUIT DRINKING???????????????????

Childrens songs by Cold Play and other new bands.......they even SOUND good..lol

Click the link to hear the songs.......

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I got done reading a “Salmon” blog  and was hungrier than….than…erm a starved  bear on steroids.   I should (do) know this feeling well.  It happens to me all the time. Happened to me yesterday too in fact.  Jim was gone for the week, and I was looking forward to having MY favorites (or so I thought) during the time he was away, as we like “different” things.   So yesterday at work it was a slow day and I got a full hour for lunch.  I went to Dave and Busters after I picked up my lab coats.  Now that was a true “splurge” for me, because every OTHER day at work I have pretty much TAKEN my lunch to work.  If I ate at Dave and Busters everyday, there would be no point in working, because my lunches would damn near cost more than what I make in a day.  Besides, after looking at the menu, I ended up ordering a hamburger, and substituted twice baked potato soup for the fries (add $2.50).  I just have never liked fries all that much.  Meal and tip included was 14.00—too much for cheapie me-- for a work lunch anyway. Plus I could have had a burger at home with some fruit and it would have cost me $4.00.

So I get off from my work and errands yesterday, and am thinking of what I will make for supper.  I go to the grocery store and wander up and down the aisles.  Lots of things sound good….even MORE things LOOK good.   I remember I bought a boxed taco kit the other day to have while Jim was gone (he likes them but can’t eat them due to stomach problems), and although I know there is some hamburger in the freezer, I don’t have “time” to thaw it.  (I hate thawing meat in the microwave).  So, I pick up a package of hamburger.  Next, I see the tortilla chips at the end of the aisle, and I think Chips with Salsa Con Queso sound good, maybe with a lil taco meat mixed in.  So I get the package of chips, but I also need the Queso, so get a jar of that.  I remember we are out of eggs, so 2 cartons of eggs go in the cart.  I LOVE eggs and could eat eggs for supper ANY day! Jim does NOT like eggs for supper, because he has them at breakfast, (and I don’t eat breakfast—I refuse to get up precious 20 minutes early to cook/eat breakfast—although lately I have had him make extra eggs at breakfast so I can have them at lunch). 

I look lovingly at the brownie and cake mixes—this Molten Lava Cake is looking yummy.  However, I am not about to spend $2.00 for a single serving of cake.  Then I see a box of Lemon Bars Supreme mix.  It’s only $2.50 but will make an 8x8 pan over a single serving one anyway!  In the cart the lemon bar mix goes.  I look at the back of the Lemon Bar mix and see a recipe for “Amazing Lemon Cheesecake Bars”.  I just need to add some vanilla, sugar, and cream cheese!  Off I go to the cream cheese aisle. The 8 ounces of cream cheese goes in the cart.  I am really feeling like BLEEP (have a bad spring cold) and figure I have a start at least to make something for supper.  I pay the bill and drive home.  I take the groceries in to put them away.  I open the fridge and scour it for the sour cream, a MUST HAVE for either tacos OR Chips with Queso.  No darn sour cream.  I sure as hell am not in any condition (or mood) to go BACK to the store (about 4 blocks away) for sour cream.  I ended up having left over pizza from Saturday night after all that. I now don’t feel like Lemon Bars either.  Screw it.  I drink a half bottle of Robitussin, take Allegra, rub myself down with Vicks, and am in bed by 11:00 pm.

 THEN

Today I get up (at 10:30 am, after a fitful night of having to get up 100 times to blow my nose, get nasal spray, and take my inhaler)…and after calling in sick to work today.  When I get up, my “plans” for the day only involve  trying to get 12 pounds of snot out of my head, while attempting to breathe. I DO NOT understand how a head/nose can hold THAT MUCH PENT UP SNOT!!! I talk to myself to see if my voice has returned….nope. 

Jim pm’s me and we chat for a moment.  I wish him a Happy day, as he heads to his sisters back in Tennessee.  I go take a hot bath and hope the vapors clear my nose.

I get out of the tub and get some scrubby clothes on.

I go to the computer and notice the Salmon blog again, and it’s then that I remember I haven’t eaten yet, and it sounds yummy.  I reluctantly put on makeup and head to the store (I probably wouldn’t have, but I needed cigarettes anyway).  I get to the store and again grab a cart, perusing the aisle while keeping in mind I need sour cream, nasal spray, Robitussin, and Vivarin.  I go by the feminine products and remember that my “auntie” was coming for a visit soon.  I grab a box of tampons since I am there anyway. I get the aforementioned  items and then scan the aisles for more things I “need”.  Suddenly tacos or Nachos with Queso don’t sound as good as they did yesterday.  I do see some cheap pork sausage and all of the sudden I am having a craving for sausage and eggs on an English Muffin with Hollandaise sauce.  I grab English muffins and get a pack of hollandaise sauce.  I already have the eggs I bought yesterday (along with the hamburger, tortilla chips, queso, lemon bars, & cream cheese) .  I go by the oil and remember we are almost out of vegetable oil.  I put one in the cart and then think…HEY……I haven’t had Fried Bread Dough in ages (bread dough fried in oil and then dunked in sugar).  I grab *2* bottles of oil for this reason, then off to the frozen bread aisle I go.  One package of Frozen dinner roll dough  go in the cart.  At this point, I decide I am too indecisive, and go to check out.  I get the most important item (cigarettes) and then off I go home to put away the groceries for today.  I get home and suddenly I am not hungry.  I do make some sausage patties and fry them (I will take them to work with eggs for lunch tomorrow anyway). What I will have for supper tonight……God only knows.  Knowing me, I’ll order out Chinese.  Or have leftover pizza from Saturday.   Grocery total for 2 days, $87.43.

WARNING:  I did NOT blow this picture up to see if you can see his thingy, so read and look at your own risk!!!

Reneck rules, obey them, or suffer the consequences:

1. Never take a beer to a job interview.

2. Always identify people in your yard before shooting at them.
3. It's considered poor taste to take a cooler to church.
4. If you have to vacuum the bed, it is time to change the sheets.
5. Even if you're certain that you are included in the will, it is still considered tacky to drive a U- Haul to the funeral home.

3. Dirt and grease under the fingernails is a social no-no , as they tend to detract from a woman's jewelry and alter the taste of finger foods.

Dating (outside the family):

1. Always offer to bait your date's hook, especially on the first date.
2. Be aggressive. Let her know you're interested: "I've been wanting to go out with you since I read that stuff on the bathroom wall two years ago."
3. Establish with her parents what time she is expected back. Some will say 10:00pm; others might say "Monday." If the latter is the answer, it is the man's responsibility to get her to school on time.
4. Always have a positive comment about your date's appearance- such as, "ya'll sure don't sweat much for a fat broad."

Weddings:
1. Livestock usually is a poor choice for a wedding gift.

NYC's calories-on-menus law upheld

NEW YORK - A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a city regulation requiring calories to be posted on the menu boards of some chain restaurants, calling the rule a reasonable approach to health officials' goal of reducing obesity.

 The judge turned back a challenge from the New York State Restaurant Association, a voice for the food service industry.

"It seems reasonable to expect that some consumers will use the information disclosed ... to select lower calorie meals ... and these choices will lead to a lower incidence of obesity," U.S. District Judge Richard Holwell said.

New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene believes the regulation, which takes effect Monday, will prevent 130,000 New Yorkers from becoming obese and will stop another 30,000 from developing diabetes over the next five years.

"We just want people to have the information available to them to make healthful decisions," said health department spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti.

The new rule applies to restaurants in the city that are part of chains with at least 15 outlets across the country. That includes fast-food places like McDonald's and such sit-down chains such as Olive Garden and T.G.I. Friday's.

The city Board of Health voted unanimously in January to approve the regulation, a new version of a rule that had been struck down by a judge last year after a challenge from the restaurant association.

"We don't object to people doing it voluntarily," restaurant association spokesman Chuck Hunt said Wednesday in an interview before the ruling was released. "Our problem was the government agency forcing them to do it. We think restaurants should be able to determine from their customers how they want to get the information."

It was not immediately clear whether the association would appeal.

Some restaurants including Starbucks and Chipotle have already started to post calories on menus. The health department said it will not start fining restaurants until June 3.

New York City, which banned trans-fat-laden cooking oils from all restaurants last year, is believed to be the first U.S. city to enact a regulation requiring calories on menus.

Since then, California lawmakers and those in King County in Washington, which includes Seattle, have considered similar bills.

So what does "making a decent wage" really mean in this day and age?  Is it making minimum wage? Does it mean making at least $10.00, $15.00, or $20.00 an hour? Does it depend on the size of your family and what type of home you own/rent?  

For me, it's making enough to pay my bills and support my kids, and "hoping" to save some $ as well.  (that part hasn't worked too well so far).

I went to this site to see how I fared in comparison to others with the same occupation.  It asks for alot of information and is quite detailed in the report it gives you.

http://www.payscale.com/

I discovered I make $22,000 more than a person with the same years of service, doing the same thing, in Indiana.

That site also gives you information re: benefits, annual wage converted to hourly wage based on vacation days, weeks off, etc.

So what does "making a decent wage" mean to you?

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Well, tax day is about over, so now some of us (who let the gubment) take our money for a year or so, can "reap" the benefits!  Actually, I am so bad at saving money that I choose to "invest" it so that my savings comes to fruition in April. 

I DO uderstand the "smart people" that invest it on their own, and then pay, wish I could do that!  Hell, I can't save enough for a fruitcake at Christmas. 

So, I figure I will get $900 back.  AND...well check this out....... I get mine on May 2nd!!!

It will go for my professional license, car and that license thingy and tags, and then, one tank of gas.   So what ya all gonna do with yours???

Economic stimulus payments will be issued according to the last two-digits of the main filer's Social Security number. People who use direct deposit also will be among the first to receive the payments starting May 2. Paper checks will be put in the mail starting May 16.

Last two SSN digits: Payment will be transmitted:  00 through 20  May 2  21 through 75  May 9  76 through 99  May 16

 Last two SSN digits:  Payments will be mailed by:  00 through 09  May 16  10 through 18  May 23

 19 through 25

People who file a return after April 15 will receive their economic stimulus payment, but probably about two weeks later than the schedule shows. A return must be filed by October 15 in order to receive a stimulus payment this year. See the online calculator for an estimate of the amount you will receive. 

A small percentage of tax returns will require additional time to process and to compute a stimulus payment amount. For these returns, stimulus payments may not be issued in accordance with the schedule above, even if the tax return was processed by April 15.

Related Item: IR-2008-44, IRS Announces Economic Stimulus Payment Schedules, Provides Online Payment Calculator

Return to Economic Stimulus Payment Information Center

Enquiring minds want to know!!

(And if ya didn't file and made more than $3000.00, please contact me so I can file FOR you)  (Illegals need not apply for anything, not even a cheese card :( )

In an effort to become socially acceptable, I am posting a blog about my dinner.  If anyone takes offense, get over it. 

Waves............

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