30 Day Picture Challenge... (Day One)

I'm horrible about posting in my blog. Honestly, I forget. & A friend of mine, who runs another blog wants to do a Challenge. So I'm going to maybe Join in one with her, and do my own..

picture challenge

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for awhile.

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 04 - A picture of your night.

Day 05 - A picture of… your favorite memory.

Day 06 - A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.

Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.

Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most screwed up things with.

Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.

Day 12 - A picture of something you love.

Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.

Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.

Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.

Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.

Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.

Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.

Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.

Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.

Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.

Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.

Day 25 - A picture of your day.

Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.

Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.

Day 28 - A picture of something you’re afraid of.

Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.

Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss

So today I am going to Start with Day One. A picture of me with 15 Facts....

1- I love sea turtles. I have a small collection of sea turtle things

2- I really dislike Mac & Cheese. I mean REALLY. I grew up hating the stuff and its never changed.

3- I was born in Brockton Mass. 

4- I miss the snow

5- I hate the heat

6- I still sleep with a feather pillow that I have had since Birth

7- I have 11 tattoos and a number of piercings. I am not through with them either.

8- I love Gone with the Wind

9- I have a deep fear of Furbies.( & Spiders)

10- Red is my favorite color

11- I am soon to be 27

12- I hate cooking. I do all I can to avoid it.

13- I am a very socially awkward person. I hate crowds and most people don't notice how shy I am really am. Most times I walk with my head down, or look straight ahead and will not make eye contact with people

14- I enjoy guns

15- I am a very proud mom. ( I saved the best for last.) My son is seven, I had him when I was just 19. I would not change him for the world. He's my everything. 

It's Time to Stop the Blame Game, & Place the Blame Where it Belongs

     The shooting was a horrible, tragic, endless nightmare. 20 young students where shot and killed. 6 adults died a hero's death trying to save those children. For what purpose? We will never fully know. Oh yeah the Media can give us theories and their spins on things (the media is a whole other topic. )

Did he do it because he was angry at his mom? Did he do it because he was Autistic? Did he do it because of video games? No one will ever fully know. Only he knows and that went to the grave with him. Now a whole Country is in mourning  along with those who lost friends, family, husbands, wives, daughters, sons, aunts, uncles. For what reason?

Many people would like to blame Guns. Yes it was a shooting, but are guns really to blame? In my thoughts no guns are not to blame. Yes that is what he used. But still, the guns didn't scream lets go and kill a bunch of innocent children today. People are the reason guns can be used in deadly force. Its time to stop blaming the guns and start blaming the person behind the gun.

Many would like to blame video games & movies.  But come on. Millions of children around the world play video games daily. Stuff like this does not happen daily. Its not the video games fault. Video games are a work of fiction, of fantasy. Many perfectly happy children play video games that are about shooting, and guess what, they still have compassion, they will not go on a rampage and kill a dozen kids.

Many in this case would like to blame the mother. But the Mother was shot and killed. Yes they were her guns, and yes they were legal. But why is she to blame? Her son was an adult. He made the choices he made that day. She did not tell him to go shoot the kids. She didn't ask to be killed. Why are we blaming her for her adult son's choice. If your child goes and kills someone would you be to blame? Maybe she did raise him right. & Maybe she didn't. We will never know. But again millions of children are growing up, or have grown up in horrible homes. Myself included in that statement. & Guess what,  I haven't shot, stabbed, or killed anyone. Why, because I make my own choices.

It is time to stop playing the blame game, and its time to place the blame where it belongs. At the shooters feet. HE MADE THE CHOICE. HE KILLED THOSE CHILDREN. HE KILLED THE ADULTS. Maybe there was something mentally wrong with him. But that doesn't mean video games, the media, or the fact that he may or may not have been autistic, the guns, movies, or his mom are to blame. .

If it was say a 50 year old guy, would you still be blaming video games or the parents? Think about that. Clearly there was something very wrong with this man, to do what he did. But you have to wonder, maybe the mother did everything she could... He was by all terms a legal adult. He is to blame. & No one, or nothing else....

May the world always remember the lives lost at Sandy Hook School. May the angels rest in peace....



( Please note that I have not or will not use the names of the shooter, the mother, or any of the children and teachers that were killed that day. I refuse to make his name more famous then it already is. I think we all know who I am speaking off.  I will not use the children's names because they were children. They shouldn't be plastered all over the media and websites. They should have the respect of resting in peace.)

Chinese Food? Books? Okay....

Today was a very busy day! Of what you ask? NOTHING. It seems the day went by so quickly && all I did was get errands ran. Which in Cat speak, that's running to Wal-Mart (because living in a small town thats pretty much the only place you can pick up things such as ALL MIGHTY PACKS and not pay a arm and a leg for them.) Then to the school house and then to the "Fish" store to pick up John's reward for bringing home a good progress report. (Its what he wanted, new fishies.)

So now I am ready to curl up with a good book. I already got some pretty kick ass Chinese food from these place my friend told me about. :) But before I do that I have photos to edit and a kid to get into the shower.

Baby Steps, Right?

Welp, Today I took out my camera, for the first time in a long time to just take pictures. No one telling me what they wanted, or anything like that. Just me, the camera & the front yard. :D I'm takin' baby steps. Thats it. Just breathe and take tiny steps fowards the healing.