PRAY FOR RAMOS AND COMPEAN!!!

     Last night I received through e-mail update the terrible news that the courts have rejected these unfairly imprisoned Border Agents' appeals.  This is awful.  God will judge.  God will judge Johnny Sutton, God will judge that Marijuana smuggler, God will judge the local court and every member of the jury.  HE WILL JUDGE THESE WICKED PEOPLE!!!  

     I am all for the legal immigration of poor people from Mexico would want to come here and make better lives for themselves.  I had a boyfriend who came here to make a life for himself, who made less than 100 pesos (that's $10, folks) a day, and could find no decent work.  He and his brothers and sisters were able to obtain green cards to come here and find work.  They work multiple jobs, for a cable company, some selling produce at a flea market.  I am happy for their success.  Most Mexicans are hard workers, and take the jobs lazy Americans don't want.  They manage money extremely well.  

     I am not for illegal immigration, but I can understand it to an extent.  

     I am completely against illegal immigrants coming here and selling Marijuana to make a living, then shooting an officer of the LAW (hellooo!) and getting away with it.  Not only does he get away with it, he gets $3 Million to cover his damages and inconvenience.  INCONVENIENCE??!!  Is someone crazy???  I bet it'll come out that Sutton is involved with a drug ring.  Why else would he be so determined to put the good guys behind bars and help out the bad guy?

     Well folks, here's what I have to say.  Thankfully, Elvis Presley already said it for me:

ELVIS PRESLEY - RUN ON LYRICS

My Own eShop

I now have an etsy shop of my own, where my purses are available for sale. Hopefully, I will be adding more of my pillows, purses, diaper bags, etc. to the site. For now, it's just a few.
But, you can view my new fabric, designed and created by myself, in the Summer Floral Bag:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6068875

What Paths Life May Take You Down...

     Five years ago, if you had asked me where my life was going, I would have confidently said, "I'm going to marry a rich man and go to Brazil where we will preach to the natives on the Amazon."

     Two years ago, I would have said, "I'm going to soon have my screenplays made into movies that will make everyone think and will turn people's hearts to God."

     Fourteen months ago, "Why, I'm going to marry E.C. and move to Tampico, where we will start a home church and have many children, then my writing, sewing and his talents will keep us at home while supporting our family."

     One year ago, "I don't know.  What does life mean to me anymore?  I only wanted what God wanted, and I thought He gave me a good gift, but now he's gone!"

     Now, I am reaching for something a little more practical.  While I am continually working both on my writings and my designing, I am focusing on an immediate direction for my life.  Before long, my parents will be in Virginia.  I have wanted to be in Virginia since childhood.  I have so far planned to go with them.  But I realize that not all of the originally thought out plans are going to work necessarily.

     It occurs to me that I don't want to be one of those women who just lets my parents support me until I am thirty, forty years old - I am already almost 23.  My parents have 5 children under 20 and 2 over 20.  I just don't want to be living off of them for a long time.  And I fear that if I do not take this time to go out on my own now, I will get comfortable at home and might never leave.  

     So, I have put in some applications for Colonial Williamsburg, hope I will be accepted.  I have wanted this since I was 11.  I guess if I get hired, I will move to a hotel or something.  Maybe take two or three jobs and save money.  All these things will help work me toward my life's goals - writing and designing - the very goals that a few months ago, I cried that I would forsake if only I could have the One I love.  But no such occurred.  

     Well, I am just waiting to see where the Lord will lead my steps now.  I pray it will be Colonial Williamsburg - at least for a while.  

Election Day. Arrrrrrrgh......

Well, maybe y'all are wondering why I have not written a piece on the upcoming election, being the politically interested person that I am.
Truth be told, I'm hoping the ballots will get messed up and nobody will win! Oh, well, I guess that won't really work, huh?
In the first place, I don't want Obama to win. And it has nothing to do with race. I would LOVE to see a black president come into office. It's never been done in this country. My issues with Obama are that he is a democrat, he is pro-choice, he says he is a Christian, but he doesn't seem to be a real dedicated one. He is tolerant (and I don't mean that we should not live in relative peace with the lost in this world) of false religions. He danced on the Ellen DeGeneres show. And his first act in office will be to sit down and think "how cool it is". Does this sound like the Founding Father's idea of a good president? Not to me, either.
On the other hand, while McCain may be a Republican, it's in name only. The guy is not my idea of a good, strong, Christian leader. And his wife wants to lead. The publicity we keep seeing is not John, but Cindy, in her short skirt, slit way up her thighs in front, so we can nearly see her underwear. We see this woman, at 70-something years old, dressing like, well, she should be arrested. And this talk of "leading". What? Call me old-fashioned, call me a prude or something, but since when is the office of First Lady an authorative position? She's just supposed to be the President's wife. Yeah, she has her place, she does things, but she is NOT a leader! When will people get that it is not sexual discrimination that prevents women from being pastors, elders, teachers, leaders, presidents and so forth. Come on! At least Obama's wife is a decent looking housewife and loving mother. Not a half-dressed take-charge bold attitude feminist!
You won't see me at the polls this year. No way. Because I cannot give either of those two men my vote. I'd rather write-in my sister's dog.

COW APPRECIATION DAY!! YIPPEE!

     Well, folks, its already Cow Appreciation Day at Chik-Fil-A again.  For those of you who are not familiar with this bizarre holiday, the gist is, if you go to your local Chik-Fil-A in a cow mask, you get a free sandwich.  Go in a whole costume, you get a meal.  

     I made a costume for myself, and I'll use last year's mask.  Sounds silly, but hey, it's free food.  Last year, I heard about it on the day of and scrambled to make myself a felt mask.  I got together with some of my siblings and held up "EAT", "MOR" and "CHIKIN" signs.  I had the "EAT", which amused everyone in my family to no end.  They took pictures. 

     Well, I'm ready for a full meal this year.  A whole costume.  I and two of my siblings (one brother does not want to be seen as a cow...) are going dressed as cows, and one sister is going as a cowgirl to round us up.  

     If you have not heard of this before, go out and get a mask or something quick and take part!  It's fun!

ADS

Folks, I am not sure what on Earth these vegetarian ads are about, but please don't think I have ANYTHING to do with them.  I believe that God gave us the animals for meat.  I do not think to kill animals is cruel.  Perhaps there are some methods, like Chinese people who torture animals for the perfect dish, but killing an animal for food is just fine.  Meat is good for you.  

IS ANYONE READING MY BLOG???

     Hi.  I guess this sounds silly, but you know, I just wonder if anyone reads this.  I feel kind of like I am writing to thin air.  Am I?  Take a moment to leave a comment here if you ever read my blog.  I would appreciate knowing someone sees what I have to say.  Thanks :)

New Tuscan Villa Fall Collection Pillows!

     So I have for sale some new pillows, haven't even taken pics of the last set, but this is my Fall Collection.  I'll be producing a lot more new stuff for Fall.  These are for sale on eBay,  Fall Collection Handmade Pillows/Almohadas de Otoño - eBay (item 110269636274 end time Jul-17-08 10:52:39 PDT)or, when they end, if no one buys them, they will be up for sale on here.  I have other stuff for sale, too, if anybody is interested.  My work is original.  I mean, a woman drove all the way from Dalton to buy my Bebe bag in blue toile.  Another lady paid me to make a toile coat for her daughter.  

     Tuscan Villa is about to launch a new line of fabrics.  I am designing them myself and about to have them available both on eBay and on my site.  The question is whether anyone will actually buy them.  Maybe a big company will buy my designs for a lot of money and I will become the next big name in fabrics.  People will see "Tuscan Villa" right next to the Waverley Collection... But enough daydreaming.  

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

     Well, Cinnamon and I had a little money from yard sales and all, so we put together the money to take Mom to the 4th Indiana Jones movie, since she'd been wanting to see it.  It took a while to find a theatre that was still playing it, but I found one, an hour away, at $10 a ticket.  After searching, I learned that before noon, they have an AM cinema for $6.  Seems a bit much for matinee, but whatever.  What do you say to people who charge $3 for a fountain drink?

     WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE YET, THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS HERE!

     The movie had some funny parts, and it was kind of neat to see Harrison Ford back as Indy at his age.  I especially liked the end, where they finally get married, and Prof. Oxley says, "How much of human life is wasted in waiting?"  I mean, there they were, their son was grown, they spent so many years apart, knowing they only wanted each other, not saying what needed to be said.  I thought it was hilarious when he entered the government test town for the A-Bomb, climbed into a fridge, and miraculously survived an atomic blast.  

     On the whole, however, I was kind of disappointed.  I mean, Stephen Speilberg can make an incredible film (think Saving Private Ryan), and this is what he does with this golden opportunity?  Space aliens???  I mean, I was glad to see that they made it out like those foreign gods were not real, were just crazy ideas or whatever, but, I mean, they were space aliens who came down to Earth and taught the ancient people about farming and all that?  P'shaw!  That was pretty cheesy.  Some of the parts, I thought were kind of cheesy as well, like the duel between Mutt and Col. Dr. Spalko.  Oh, well, whatever.  I was mostly disappointed.

     That is generally the way of sequels.  But hurrah to the Bourne Trilogy!  Better with each film!  Somebody needs to convince Matt Damon to play David Webb/Jason Bourne for the Bourne Conspiracy!