The News

Every morning I have a routine just like most people do. One of those is I check several News sites to try to catch up on the latest news available. Which got my brain to thinking about the whole news industry as we have it today. I hate to say it in this manner, because of course it makes me sound old LOL. But when I was growing up as a kid there were very few mediums that provided news. Now you can get your daily fix anywhere. It is just so mind boggling of the fact that now all you have to do is pull out your smart phone and BAM there it is. I read 98% of my news from various sites and mostly tech blogs. But it is absolutely mind blowing to the amount of information that is at the touch of a button now. I remember having to go to the library or use the encyclopedias in order to do a school report. Now kids just Google or Bing and right there it is 15 million pages of info. Now don't get me wrong you have to get your info from a reputable source  and do some fact checking ,but its still way easier. Anyone can start a blog and throw up info based on their  opinion any time any where. It kinda makes you wonder how valid all this info that is being presented to us is. Even some of the major news companies use blogs and the Internet as a source now. I have honestly read the same story told 3 different ways on different sites. And I am not talking some Joe somoe site but big sites like yahoo and msn. Plus you know that almost all of the news is padded up to bring flare to them. We are living in the age of real time now,moving faster than ever. My father who has recently in the last few years joined the 21st century acquired his first smart phone here in the last year or so. While talking to my Mother last night she was telling me how it was storming and Dad has an app on his phone , that when lightning strikes it can tell him how far away it is. lol I really don't have a point or complaint here just making a simple observation that made me think. It kinda makes me wonder what things will be like int the next 10 years, heck even the next 5. Just something to ponder. Everyone have a great day and week. I am outta here.


Peace, Love, and Chicken Grease

Why???

Why? This is a question that will gain you knowledge and also get you in trouble. LOL  I posted this on my Facebook page a few days ago. The amazing thing is that in our society the people who tend to ask this question on a regular basis are considered difficult or even anti-social.  I am a little bit of a conspiracy theorist  on certain things. But I wont get into that for now. People who believe or even trust our government whole heartily are very naive. Now I am  not anti-government , but like every house sometimes its good to clear the trash out once in a while. Some of you say, well we vote. This is true but look at the choices that we have. Not exactly what I would call cream of the crop. These people are supposed to represent us, but are they really? Could they just be attending to their own agendas? Of course they are and if you cant see it then you are either turning your head or blind. Now here comes part of the conspiracy, our media doesn't tell us the whole story all the time. This is an example of like history books, only the winners write the ending. Sometimes we have to dig deeper in order to see the whole picture. This is where the question WHY? is so dangerous, most people know better but still believe what they are told. You know that logically it could never be true the way it is presented. Common sense kicks in and throws up a red flag, but yet we brush it aside and go with the flow. Only in the last maybe 6-8 years have people started to wake up and seeing whats in front of them. People have always been around questioning things. Now the numbers are starting to grow in leaps and bounds. As a middle aged man I have seen a lot in the short time I have been here. When people start to challenge what this country was founded on it is very scary. There is a reason that we are taught history in school. Its so we know the mistakes that were made in the past and hopefully not make them again. To me it seems that the people running our country forgot this or was asleep  during history class. Now I don't have all the answers on how to fix all the problems, but I do know a few thing that just make common sense to me. And here are a couple 1. If you want to balance the budget allow the people to vote whether or not the senate and the house of reps get a raise. In most companies you get a raise based off your performance and how well you do you job. Why not them , They work for us ,we are the ones who pay them. Makes sense doesn't it? 2.First if my house and my neighbors house is broke, I'm gonna fix mine first. It should be the same  for this country. We have problems here that need to be resolved ,then and only then should we take care of other countries.  I could go on with an entire laundry list of things , but this enough for now.  Now I read the other day our president is taking a 5% cut in pay per month I believe. I know that some people believe this is his way of making an effort. But in reality its a joke, he is worth millions. So the approximately $1200 a month is like him buying a pack of gum at the gas station. Bill Gates one of the richest men in the world gave Half....yes I said Half of his fortune to charity. There are CEO's out there that have reduced their yearly salary to a $1 in order to help their company . I think the people in our government to take a lesson from some of these people. But hey what do I know, right. This is all my opinion you may or may not agree and that is fine. I have no Idea how to get our country out of the problems that we are in , but  I think that have some good ideas of where to start. Or maybe I am full of it. Who knows, all I know is what they are doing really isn't working very well. Until next time .


Peace, Love and Chicken Grease

Title Change

There might be some confusion as to what I change the title to my blog to. This is to clarify what I mean. There is a saying that goes" The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday" . I chose to put my title to "The Hardest Day Was Yesterday". The reason for this is I need to try to keep as positive as I can in my situation. And if I believe that any day I have cant be any harder than the day before it keeps my spirits up. When dealing with life you just have to believe tomorrow is going to be better. Because of my daughter I can not afford to let my problems bring me down. She is aware of most everything that is wrong with me. And I am trying to use myself as an example of why you have to take care of your body better. I am sorry but we lack in areas of teaching our children how to take care of themselves. I know this,and I am guilty of this. So I am working on changing it. I never want anyone to have to go through or experience some of the things I have or am going through now. Dont get me wrong I know there are a lot of people who have it worse than I do. But still it is my duty and responsibility to my daughter to direct her in the right direction. I have and continue to keep moving forward even if the world starts spinning on me lol. Out for now ..

Peace,Love and Chicken Grease

New Month New Start

Well we are into April all ready , Boy how time flys when you having ummm fun ya...lol   So I went to the Dr. last week to get check up on my diabetes. and levels are coming down but still not where they should be. So my med were readjusted. Well I am happy to report for the first time in nearly a year or more my blood sugar levels are almost maintaining a normal level. WOOOOO HOOOO still have some work ahead of me but hey we are heading down the right path. I also got some assistance with weight control , which I really need. This is because as some of you know weight and diabetes are connected in ways, I need to loose weight for my diabetes, but it's hard cause of the diabetes to loose weight . If that makes any sense.  I did have one scare this week where I miscalculated my insulin and took just a little to much and it dropped way lower than I have ever had , below normal and while I was sitting in my chair I passed out. Now my daughter tried to wake me up several times and couldn't  get me awake. She thought that I had just fell asleep. So the next day after talking to my AWESOME mom , My daughter and I had a training session on what to do if something like this happens again. With the way my situation is with my blood sugar  this could have been very very bad. Thank the good lord that it all turned out fine. So now I check and recheck and recheck again before I take my shot. With the weight assistance so far according to my scales I have lost approx. between 8-10 pounds all ready and I am hoping to shed some more off  before the end of the month. I have changed my eating habits drastically. Contrary to belief I dont mind being big , I know that my weight is consider fat. But I look at my self as chubby and like who I am. The reason for me loosing weight is I would really like to not have to take 4 shots a day. So i figure if I can do this it would be one less thing I would have to worry about. Now I have to say I have an awesome Dr. who is just amazing period. She not only saved my life once already, but she has been through a great deal in her life in the past year and she shows such strength. I don't know personally what goes on behind the scenes . But you can just tell she is a strong person, and very caring. Plus she puts up with me when I am there. The main thing is she treats my daughter great. Also the whole office everyone in there is amazing they work really well together. I just wish that I could see them all while I was at Walmart or something instead of the Dr. office , if you know what I mean..lol  This week has been a week of stressful phone conversations with insurance companys and getting ready to change insurances cause I am coming off of COBRA. Yeah I thought my premium was gonna drop , Well thank you pre-existing conditions. So that's about all I want to get into on that one or this will be a 20 page soap box rant. I also have to say I happen to have the greatest Family an Friends in the entire world, Hands down. I really am fortunate to have all of these great people in my life, even if we dont see eye to eye all the time. I know I can count on them when times get tough. I dont think that I can ever express that enough. Even if all it is,is a conversion over the phone to bring my spirits back up that makes a tremendous amount of difference. Just the fact that I can chat with great friends I use to work with on the Xbox really makes my day sometimes.  The fact that I probably never get rid of the dizzy spells sucks. I know my path has been chosen for me, and i shall walk it . I will keep moving forward and trying to get the most out of life that I can. And i will always be thankful for what I have. Well I'm out for now.


Peace,Love, and Chicken Grease
Just remember to watch out for Bigfoot, He is out there???????

Life

As some may have noticed I changed the title of my blog. The reason for this is I don't think it accurately described the content that I have been putting on here. I believe that I am not really angry, but more frustrated at so many things in this thing we call life. So I am going  to try to write about thing from my past,present,and future. Try to be more positive about the things that I write in my blog. For instance I seen on the tv for something that perked my interest. The website called iamsecond.com , I encourage everyone with or with out faith  to check this out. This is a great testament to Jesus Christ, with many testimonials on so may levels. Now I know that some of my friends and family believe and some don't. And this is fine most know where I stand. Just in case you don't know I am saved so is my daughter. There was  information on the website that has really made sense to me. I know that I should do better in my life to be a better person on many different levels. And I consider myself a work in progress still. I truly found faith during my divorce, it was hard . I had a few choices on how to live my life I could bow out be a part time dad. Being involved when I decided to or had time. But I always knew in my life that I was destine to be or do something great. And then it hit me , I was to be a father to the best of my ability. If you know me I work really hard at this honor as I would put it . See I believe it is a privilege  to be a parent , and I have been blessed to have the most amazing daughter in the universe. She continues to impress and amaze me everyday. I have no doubt that she herself will grow up to great things, what ever they may be. I know a few new parents , and I always get asked advice on how to do things. I kind of stay away from giving them advice,but more tell them what worked for me . every child has a unique personality and not everything works for everyone. Man being a Parent  is a hard job. probably the most stressful . Not for the fact of what the kids do , but more the worrying if you are making the right choices to guiding  them to be the best that they can be. I am very fortunate to being told that I am doing a great job raising my daughter on my own . This is also stressful because now I have to strive to maintain or improve on what I am doing. I am no saint ,by no means I have done my wrong.I learned some great things from the way my parents raised me. They weren't perfect , But dam they tried hard and I know that . I thank them for that . I was allowed to fall on my face more than once even though they knew that I would fail , This is the way you have to learn about life sometimes . I can Honestly say this has made me a strong person. Very few people get to see me at my low times, Very few people will get to. FALL DOWN 8 TIMES GET UP 9. I have taught my daughter 2 moto's  for life 1. "ALWAYS BE PREPARED" and 2 "KEEP MOVING FORWARD" . Sometime we just have to trust that God has a plan for us all. Worrying about stuff you cant control is a waste of time . And time is one thing you can never get back.  I going to leave on that note .. Hug and love your loved ones often it free


Love , Peace , And  Chicken Grease
Til next week Same bat time Same bat channel LOL

The Healthy Way

Well this one is on changing . Changing the way we live,not just for ourselves but our children also. As some of you know I have Meniere's Disease and Dr.'s don't know what causes it or how to cure it.  On top of that I have Diabetes and sleep apnea , and it really sucks. especially the diabetes. I am a big guy... ok I'm fat but hey thing is I have trouble doing exercise do to vertigo.  I did't have diabetes until after my kidneys failed. Everyone has heard of Diabetes, but it is hard for anyone to grasp the full extent of this disease until you have to live with it. This is something that I dont recommend to any one at all. I have adapted my way of living dramatically, and not by choice. This is not a diet ,but more of a life style change. And as a guy who loves candy,cake,and burgers, this is a killer. Diet cokes and sodas aren't really good for you. Label  reading is a must, and let me tell you the food world isn't diabetic friendly. Right now there are more things coming out for gluten free diets  than diabetic diets. On top of all that all this healthy eating is not cheap at all.  Rifght now  is where I start to preach. I think that if you haven't we all need to make a change , not just for ourselves but for our children. Think about it , what are you teaching your children when all you do is eat out. This is what got us in trouble in the first place. Yes it is convenient , and I understand that time is an issue also. In the long run the effort will pay off. Maybe half of all the problems we are facing medically today are do to what we put into our bodies. I use to think that I was indestructible, I was wrong. Believe me when I say you do not want to go through this, and you sure dont want you children to go through it either. So the biggest question now is how do we change. This is the tough and easy part. What do I mean by this , its easy because all it takes is education and tough because you need the Right education. There is soooooo much information out there that you can go crazy. Even if you see a registered Dietitian, which I have twice now . They have different views on some stuff. Diets dont work I know from experience  It take a life style change , and it better to do it willingly than be forced to. Our kids learn from example, if we dont show them they will look else where to learn. I write this because I care and I know how hard it is going through 4 shots a day and 6 different medicines. This is not something I want my daughter to have to go through when she gets older. Now I am not telling you to change, but maybe you will think about how you are eating and take steps to make it better. Or you may keep on keeping on and never have a problem, and that is great. But what about your children , their future could be alot different if we don't show them the way And by the way I am learning new stuff everyday and I dont have all the answers, but I am trying... Thats enough for today

stay strong and smile every day

Parenting 101

Well it looks like I have the privilege of having a child coming into the teen years, with all  attitude and sassy-ness that goes with it. Kinda makes me glad that I have no hair, this way I don't have to pull it out. I know that all parents feel my pain in one way or another. So the ultimate question is how do you deal with all of this changing in these poor kids life? I say this because I sat and tried to think about how it was when I was that age. At the time I had a choice at certain times and others I didn't mean to say things or act with attitude , it just happened. We can all agree that the transition from a child to an adult is not the easiest thing to handle in the world. especially when its happening and you have no idea why you feel the way you do. Even as adults we have times when the chemicals in our brains from stress or other circumstances make us do or say things that we normally wouldn't. So I am doing my hardest to Understand that this is a massive change and be as patient  as possible. This doesn't mean that I am allowing the attitude, more it means I am trying to explain why this is happening and how to help cope. I do crack the whip and put my beautiful can do no wrong red head back in her place as needed. I cant ever tell anyone how to raise their children, but if you ask my advice I will tell you how I handle that situation and you have the choice on how to move from there. Being a parent is way more of a job than people realize. And the way you work at that is how it will either make it easy or hard. As being a single parent myself I see challenges everyday. On top of that I have a girl which made me learn stuff that I would never have done in a million years. I am never ashamed to admit that I can braid hair , paint nails ,and yes listen about boys from my daughter. Do I like all of the things I have to do. NO not all of them,but in time when my daughter looks back on her life I hope these type of thing stick with her and make a difference. My advice to all parents out there is #1 there is no set way to raise your child. Do what you believe is right and good for them, not everything work for everybody. So when someone tells you that you are doing it wrong. Say "ok" and do what you feel is the right thing to do.#2  remember how you was at that age, chances are you was just as bad if not worse. #3 Time time time , nothing happens overnight.  plus the more time you give to your kids the less trouble they can get into. Thats all I have on this , some may agree some may not. But like all advice you can take it or leave it , that is your choice. I Encourage everyone to do stuff with you children now , for one day you may not have the ability to do it anymore. I know this first hand and believe me it sucks. Until next time stay strong and smile everyday.



peace ,love, and  Chicken grease