In the news...

On MSN News:

In Covington, Georgia a man hit two woman and their three small children and then proceeded to back up over them again...the whole time he was doing this he was smiling!
I found this to be horrible and an incredible act of violence on children and I wonder what was going through this guys' head as he was backing up over the people and those three small children. One child, whom was 2, died Wednesday afternoon at the hospital while the other two children, ages 3 and 4, are hospitalized in serious condition.
This man is currently being held in jail pending a psychological and mental evaluation to determine if he is physically able to fully comprehend the extent of his charges and what he has done and all the lives that he has destroyed.

And now did you hear about the mom that "god told her to throw her sons into the San Francisco Bay" Yeah I saw this one on my homepage (netscape) and now I feel the need to comment and write about this one so here I go...
What kind of mother does that to her children no matter what god tells her? Look at the Andrea Yates case in Texas a few years back...She at first said it was because god told her to drown the "bad" spirits out of children. The next story was that she was abused by her husband so badly that she was just "trying to save her the lives of her children". The last (and final as far as I know), according to her lawyer, is that she drowned her children because she was on anti-depressant medication since the birth of her youngest child. Well, in my opinion, I personally find that one to be a load of crap. But then again I have never been on anti-depressants but I think that they are supposed to help you so that you aren't doing things like that right? Ok, back to the original story about the woman in San Francisco, when the police found her pushing an empty stroller they asked her if her children were all right and she told them yes. They then began to question her as to their whereabouts and realized what had happened so they took her into custoody. Since this all happened they have only recovered one of the childrens' bodies, a 2 year boy, and the others have yet to be found. She is being charged with three counts of murder.

One more to go and then I am done I promise!

Missouri:
Police discover the shallow grave of Marsha Spicer. She was brutally raped and beaten in the final moments of her life. The irony to this story is that the final moments of her life were all videotaped and the couple that videotaped it have diasappeared. (also from netscape)

Have a good night everyone...Happy Wednesday!!!!!

Love ya!
~Joy~

Promise this is it...but this is one from my area here...
Found in the internet on the Grand Forks Herald online:

Another member of the North Dakota National Guard has lost another member. A Fargo native was killed on May 23rd north of Baghdad. He was stationed with the 164th out of Minot. He was the 12 th member from North Dakota to lose their life in Iraq.
Also, Minnesota has had 37 deaths as of this printing also...
Now this time it is official I am done!

Good night~

A Question

As many of you may or may not know I like to read "Dear Abby" when I get the chance to read it via net...well today I glanced at it and I just about died...It is a tribute to Foster Parents and talked about how May is National Foster Care Month...And, well, since I just blogged about the neighbor of mine that does foster care and how she just lost her husband of 34 years to cancer I am going to help spread the word because I do believe that foster care is a great cause to believe in and remember that just because a child is in foster care it is not necessarily because they are at fault...most of the time it is the parents' that are at fault and the children are the ones that suffer in the end. The hardest times are when there are multiple children in the family and they all are placed in different homes. After several years they may or may not be reunited again and that is if they even remember each other.
But Abby lists a few things that people can do to support the children that are in foster care...just be there to support them is a prime one...help them and show them that there are people out there that care! So, I ask is there someone out there that will help me and show someone that they care about someone else and help them?
Well, that is about all from me for now...
Love ya!

Couting the months

I am literally counting the months until I go on vacation! I am so excited...you see I am the only one that knows where I am going this year (so far that is!) and it is somewhere that I have been...and the thing is that since I was last there it has considerably changed so I would love to go there and see the changes and what it has gone through! As far as people there that I know...well, I am always up for an adventure and meeting new people! HEHEHE!
Well, I better run now...back to the world of work...I am ready for a nap...and it is only 9 A.M. Is that a bad sign? LOL
Take care...
Love Ya

HeHe...Here is what I will say...the last time that I planned a big vacation it fell through SO this time I am planning it...and it will go through BUT I am going to be asking about some ideas about what to do...since it has been a while since I have been there...and you will find out where I am going since I will be asking around and when I ask...I expect some help PLEASE! (I know I am demanding!) More to come...But the tenative dates are August 7th-10th...

What...

First things first...Thank you Marc for the for the comment...it is nice to know that I have the support when I need it! Thank you to you all who are reading it and thinking about it and thinking of the family and those that were affected by the loss...and now on to my story of a stupid person for the day...(and it can be funny in some ways!)

If only I could get into some people's heads' some days I tell you...Well, yesterday at work we were talking about the fact that it had been a long week for me and I think that I wanted to go out but since I
A: Do not drink and drive
B: Ride with anyone who has been drinking

So, we figured that there was one person that volunteered to not drink and he would be our driver SO we all meet up...and all 4 of us are into about our 2nd drink and then we find out that the guy (our driver) is into about his 5th (yeah you read that right!) drink! OK, so now we are all scrambling to find rides...I tell you that's not the easiest thing to do at 1 A.M. in our town either...So, what does Joy do...She calls her friend who happens to be a sheriff deputy on the Minnesota side...and he happens to be off duty (thankfully)...so he gives me a ride home...YEAH!!!

Today was a long day though...I feel like I have a hangover if that is possible off of only 2 drinks...Maybe it is just because I am still angry over the whole having no ride home and having to bother my friend...no clue...or being scared that I would be chewed out by him...but you know what he called me tonight and he didn't chew me out or anything...he told me that I did the right thing by calling him! And that he was proud that I choose to call him instead of riding home with someone that had been drinking...well, he knows my reasons behind every choice that I make...but it was so sweet of him to say that...

Well, enough babbling by me for now...I am SO tired and I am off to bed now...Long night last night and I think that is catching up with me...I am surprised that I can still type even though it is still very slow (and I mean that VERY literal)...Talk to you later!

Live life to the fullest...

The following is meant to be a celebration of life to a neighbor of mine: Please read and remember that life is short so live life to the fullest extent possible!!!!!

"It is better to have loved and lost than to to have never loved at all..."


Not sure who said that but I am sure of this that my neighbors right now are feeling that for sure...their father passed away from cancer on Tuesday early morning and his funeral was Saturday morning and I thought that I would be fine (no crying or anything) until I met up with his wife and then the tears started to come a little...then I saw his adopted daughter who has not shed a tear...and I didn't cry then...but then I saw his foster son and I TOTALLY lost it then...see the 2 of them were close and we were hugging and crying hard. I remember about 2 summers ago going tubbing at the lake and all the suddenly I was sitting at the bottom of the lake because I was dumped over courtesy of my neighbor! Ah the memories! That is what I will live with and that is what his foster son won't get to experience because he didn't come here until last September after the lake house was all locked up for the season but before Don was diagnosed with cancer...so, yes, he progressed extremely fast...And I feel so bad for the kids...
But, needless to say it was a long hard weekend...And I am off now...I can say that I am starting to cry still just thinking about yesterday...and the funeral and all...I just hope that the "foster" kids get to stay here with her still...Which I am sure that they will...She is a teacher in the community doing foster care for almost 10 years with a strong record so it will be up to her...and I know that the 2 that are there now want to stay there...

Picture Happy...

I am getting picture happy I know...but you know it is purty kule! I have all these pictures on the other blog that I had...and they are the ones that are on the computer yet...but these are all from October of 2005...That feels like a long time ago...but it isn't really...I am not in any of these :) Soon though...but I am more of the photographer and hate to be in pictures!
Take care until next time

~Joy~

First Pictures...

I am finally able to start to figure out how to download photos on here! I have many that I would love to post...but it was trying to figure it out...and here we are at 2 A.M. and I think that I have finally done it! Now off to bed! Morning is coming...but I am not even tired (maybe it has something to do with the fact that I slept in today...recovering and not being sick that is)
Love,

~Joy~

Weekend

I do not get sick!!! That is what I kept telling myself yesterday and guess what...my body was disagreeing with that statement...So, I had my first case of the flu in over 2 years and hated every minute of it...but I was sick from work today even though I feel 100% better but I need a day to recuperate I think. So, this will be a very short week for me since I am leaving work early on Wednesday and going to get ready to go to Fargo later that night...But since I thought that I would spend the night up there and decided against it I am still taking the day off.
Then there is the matter of a good neighbor of ours that was diagnosed with throat cancer last fall...and they know that he is not going to be around much longer...I feel so bad for the kids...his daughter, that was their foster daughter before being adopted about 4 years ago, is 14 and realizes what is happening, as does their 16 year old foster son, but not the 7 year old foster son. So they had someone come in tonight to talk to the kids and explain and answer questions.
But the weekend, well, I got sick yesterday, actually later Saturday night, and it wasn't all that good for being in church yesterday...and my sister got confirmed...I was the photographer...And then we all had lunch...except me that is...since the site and smell of food made me violently ill...good way to treat my step-dad's family but I am purty sure that they understood!! I hope!
I hope that you are all good!!!! Talk to you later...Stay healthy!!!!!!!
Until I return again...