The Royal Wedding, 04292011

Why is the world obsessed with the royal wedding? Is it because it was indeed a fairytale, with a commoner in the name of Catherine Middleton marrying a prince? The prince, Prince William is the second in line of succession to Queen Elizabeth 11. Wow! Prince William was indeed a big catch....a prince who is rich and good looking! What else can a girl ask for?

On the other hand, even though Kate Middleton is a commoner, she is beautiful and not poor either. Her parents are successful business people! Some people thought that Kate had her eyes on the prince for a long time, and she succeeded in her baiting him during a fashion show! Go, girl! She knows what she wants and she got it!!! Prince William fell for her....hook, line and sinker!! A modern woman, indeed!

The royal wedding was held at Westminster Abbey in London and was watched globally by over 2 billion people! Almost all of the television stations in the United States was in London to cover the wedding. The atmosphere in London must have been a very festive one with all the people all over the world witnessing the event!

I thought that Great Britain's economy must have been good to afford a grand royal wedding. I do not really know about that but they spent $70 million but because of the tourists and spectator, they made around $100 million! Goodness gracious!!! That is a lot of profit and great for the businesses over there! Hmmm....I wonder if there is something like that over here in the United States that will make such money??? Anyone????

Now that they are married, Prince William was granted soooo many titles by the Queen...Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn, and Baron Carrickfergus. Kate will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus, but not as Pricess Catherine!! My gosh!! That is a mouthful of titles!!

There were 1900 guests in the royal wedding. I was wondering about the date of Prince Harry? What was the ugly clothes that she was wearing? It looks crinkled, the color of the top looks different than the bottom and what was on the side protruding?? Oh, well...Prince Harry...next time inspect your date before she goes out!!!

Congratulations to the newly married couple!!!!

It's The Weekend!!!!

Did you guys missed me?? I have been off for a few days. You did not notice? Boo...hooo...You hurt my feelings!! Not!!! Why were you off?? It is a long story and it is almost 11 pm. I have time...... Sorry, I do not plus I am getting sleepy.

It is not really a long story. We had houseguests during Easter, which was really good! We had so much fun playing, talking, eating and spending the Easter holiday with each other. This are rare occasions now that I really appreciate it when families get together despite the hustle and bustle of everyday living. So, you had a great time during the Eater holiday? Of course!!! I hope you all did too!!

What is it with family?? You can be yourself, and you forget all the worries in the world. Is that right? Right! I did not even think of the high prices of food and gas last weekened! Now, I am back to reality! Bummer!!!

Oh, oh, here she comes now with her gripes!!! Come on...let's go! Listen, everyone....Did you see that gas is averaging now at $4.05/gallon. Wow! Suppose you only make minimum wage and your job is far, will you be able to afford your commute???

How about food? I noticed that the groceries are not jampacked as before with less cashiers. Have you all noticed it too?

Unemployment is still high! Someone just told me that there were hundreds of people that were turned down by a leading fast food place. Yikes!!! What in the heck is going on in our dear country?

I also read that in 5 years time, good ole USA will be out performed by China! Hopefully, America will not turn into a third world country as some people are predicting! What do you think? Will we let that happen?? What are we supposed to do??? I do not know! All I know is how to pray.... please, everyone....pray everyday for our country and the whole world that it will not succumb to a one world government that the few selfish elite wants to do!

Have a great weekend!!! May God bless America, the whole world and all of us!!!

The Sad Forecast For The United States

People of the United States of America...Please do not let this happen!!!

Per the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) , the "Age of America" is ending sooner than what the other people are saying! By 2016, just a mere 5 years from now, the US economy will be overtaken by China.

And whomever is elected US president next year will be the last one to preside over the world's greatest economy! That is truly sad and I cannot believe that our great country is really going down the toilet!!

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Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday is observed by Catholics on Thursday before Easter. It is the day of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his apostles before his betrayal, his trial and his crucifixion.

This is a solemn observance where he humbles himself by washing the feet of his apostles prior to the Last Supper. In churches around the world, the priest does the washing of the feet during the service. My gosh, can you imagine how he lowered himself to the rank of slaves by washing his apostles' feet? I am in awe of what He did and the succession of events that unfolded after the Last Supper. I could just imagine that He could have taken the easy way out, but because of His love for us, He endured many demeaning and horrific things.

How many of us will do the same to save someone? One? Two? None? Sad to say, but we live in a society that is full of pride, selfishness, arrogance, anger, etc. Why can't we follow in Jesus' footsteps? Because we are cowards...we do not want to be ridiculed! We want a life that is full of glory and riches with no concern of anybody else! Am I right? Or are these words too harsh? Maybe? Maybe not?

We really have a lot to learn from Jesus. He loves us soo much that He did what He did! Is it not time to change our ways....love others and erase hate in our vocabulary? Let us all try to follow God's way. Maybe then, there will be world peace! Am I asking for a tall order? Maybe, but I believe in miracles! And I know that miracles do exist!

Grocery Stores Self Check Out

The grocery stores self checkout is gaining popularity. Have you all noticed how more and more stores have these self checkout? Anything to conserve money for the businesses! These computerized checkouts do not get paid plus they do not get benefits like health insurance, paid vacation days, paid sick leave etc..etc...

Does everyone like it? If you only have a few items, that is good. Some stores have a limit of 15 items, but there are stores now that there is no limit to the items. What sucks with these self check out is when you are buying produce that does not have a code and it is not on the computer, then you are at the mercy of the checkout person! And sometimes these people are busy, and they can be mean! Why do these people work in these places if they have an attitude problem? Sometimes, I am tempted to tell the manager about it, but I just ignore it. I hope that I really do not lose my patience with them!!

When you have a big item, you have to take it out of the cart to scan it, whereas in the usual cashier checkout, they can just scan it without lifting them out from the cart! I asked one time why, the woman told me that they do not have a scanner? Why can't they be given a scanner? They make lots of money anyway!!! I do not kow why, go figure!!!

Speaking of making lots of money, businesses nowadays, I hope not all, but just a few....the prices are higher because they are going by the high cost of gasoline. Is that not crazy or what? So, I read that it really does not matter if you buy the ones made from China or not, the prices are being hiked by American businesses too!! We cannot win, can we??? In the meantime, the consumers, especially the low income and middle income family are really getting the bad deal all around! Any comments?? Am I wrong or am I right??

Well, folks, let us all pray for our beloved country, that all of this will pass, and America will once again thrive and still be the country for the people, by the people and of the people!!!

May God bless all of us!!!

American Idol 04142011

The American Idol is still going strong despite the controversy surrounding last week's elimination of Pia Toscano! And I thought, like many people, assume that Pia will be the winner this season! Boy!! Were we all wrong! We really cannot predict how the public will vote. That was really a big shock to all of us!!! The judges were equally shocked also! Talking of judges, one of the magazines declared Jennifer Lopez as the most beautiful woman in the world! Hey, Marc Anthony, did I see a good grin??? Of course you know how it feels to be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, you were married at one time to a former Miss Universe,was it not?? You are a lucky " dawg!" LOL. Back to the contestants..... The contestants this year seems to be already in their element...very good and at ease on stage. They do not seem to have a stage fright, and it seems that they are doing their own concerts! Are they really that great?? You bet!! Well, let us see now who are the front runners. Scott McCreery, the big voiced country singer is the one we have to watch on the boy's side. On the girl's side, it is Lauren Alaina, although Haley Reinhart seems to be really showing that she is in the running! But all the idol hopefuls this year are really very talented and anybody I believe has an equal chance of winning as long as they pick good, powerful music that is a good fit with their voice and personality! Kelly Clarkston was one of the special guests tonight. Did she switch to country music? She seems heavier than before and I did not like her song, even though it was supposed to be platinum. I think the judges did not think very highly of her song too...they did not give her a standing ovation which they gave to Rihanna! Who was the idol that was booted off? PaulMcDonald aka Rod Stewart! Hey Paul, I like your colorful outfit and your smile showing off your pearly teeth!! You are one of a kind!! I thought that Stefano was going to go home this week. I was wrong! Oh, well, he has another week to show off his talent!! Well, folks, American Idol just said goodbye to another one. The group is getting smaller. We will have to wait another week to see another one bite the dust! In the meantime....have a great and blessed day tomorrow!!!

Dancing With The Stars 04122011

Kirstie Alley was in the limelight again in Dancing With The Stars!! LOL. This time she lost her shoe when she was twirled down by Maksim Chmerkovskiy! She stayed down for a few minutes putting her shoe back on, while Maksim improvised some steps waiting for her! Ay...ya...yay!!! Kirstie...Kirstie....Kirstie....what will be the next disaster next week??? I think I vote to keep her for the duration of the show!! What do you guys think??? She is very entertaining!!! By the way, is it just me? Seems she has lost a few pounds! That is really good, that is why I told my dear hubby to dance so I could shed some pounds! I did not get a very good response. Oh, well, I guess I will stick to my walking! This episode was different. It was classical night graced by a 46 piece orchestra with amazing violinist David Garrett and beautiful singer Katherine Jenkins! Is Dancing With The Stars trying to teach culture to the American people??? Not a bad idea, except I might fall asleep with the classical music!! Ha! Ha! Ha! I take it you are not a fan of classical music? Not really. But it was interesting to see last night how the dancers were able to dance with that kind of music! There were so many good moves, whether it was the Paso Doble or Viennese Waltz! I did not know that the Viennese Waltz is 300 years old! Wow! That is old!! I learned something new again today! Thank you, Len Goodman! Who was in the bottom 3? Chelsea Kane/ Mark Ballas , probably because of Len's remark about their Viennese Waltz interpretation to the tune of a Harry Potter music and costumes!! The other dancer in the bottom was Kendra Wilkinson/Louis Van Amstel. It seems Kendra has an attitude problem. I was rooting for her to go!! Unfortunately, she is staying and Sugar Ray Leonard/Anna Trebunskaya was eliminated! Darn! Hopefully, Kendra will say goodbye next week and as far as I am concerned she does not have musicality, so she needs to go!!! Does everyone agree??? Great!!!! Until next time!!! Have a great day!!! God bless all of us!!!

Sunday Chatter

It is Sunday....have you all been good today? You are nincompoop! Who in the right mind will say no? Who knows, maybe there is one or two, or maybe several that will be honest to say yes. You never know. That is sooo true! What are you chattering today? How about the tic tac toe. Okay, what about it? It is such a simple game...placing the x or o to block your opponent! Can you believe that it was right there in front of me and I blew it??? I felt soo stupid!!! Everybody can see what the right move should have been but did I do it?? Of course not! What was I thinking??? Who knows??? That is no excuse...it was plain stupid!!! Oh, well, it is a thing of the past, move on!!! Just do not do the same thing next time, which I am sure you will not! You learned your lesson! Next! Government shutdown. It was averted!! Woo hooo....as if we do not know that it will be averted! These people are really good actors, is it not?? And they have been in the limelight for a few days!! Next! I read something interesting, stupid and crazy. The German Central Bank was sending damaged euros to China to be recycled as scrap metal. The inner core separated from the ring around it. You know what China did? China put back together the coins and sent it back to Germany to be exchanged for undamaged euros!!! Isn't the Chinese people smart??? You bet!!! Next! What is this about Donald Trump running for president in 2012? Which party will he be on? Republican? I really do not know. Do you think he will make a good president? Well, they said that his popularity is going up because he is talking about the right things, e.g., Obama's birth certificate. That is one thing about Obama, why can't he just produce it to put an end to this hoopla?? And why aren't the lawmaker's questioning him?? Isn't it too late since he has been in the office for 2 years now??? Comments??? Next Eva Longoria's skimpy 'tuxedo" outfit when she was a guest at Letterman. Letterman could barely talked when a button popped out revealing nothing underneath! Way to go, Eva!!! How come there has been sooo many wardrobe malfunctions of celebrity clothes??? Aren't the designers or whoever makes the dresses check the dresses first before releasing it to the celebrities??? If I am the celebrity, I would have cursed the people that made the dress, unless it is good publicity stunt??? Who knows with the celebrity world. It seems the more they are in the limelight, the better it is for their success!! Am I right or not??? Well folks, this is it for now. Have a nice week!!! God Bless!!!

American Idol 04072011

Unbelievable!! Crazy!! I could not believe who went home tonight on American Idol!! It was the singer that I was anticipating to win!! Well, did you vote? No. You did not vote for your singer so...tough!! She went home and there is nothing you can do about it! but you have always known that American Idol winners are not the real ones that have a good voice. American Idol winners has been and is always who has more people voting for him or her! It is a popularity contest, no ifs, no buts! True, but I am still really sad to see Pia Toscano leave. It should have been Stefano Langone, not her! Too bad, he is more popular than Pia! The judges did not believe the verdict either as seen on their faces! It seems that Jennifer Lopez had tears on her eyes and Randy Jackson's mouth was sooo wide open that a fly could have gone straight to his mouth! I did not really see Steven Tyler's facial expression. Is it because of his long, long hair that covers his face??? Oh! Oh! I am not going to touch that with a ten foot pole!! True, the contestants were all singing their hearts out, but Pia was supposed to be the best of them all! I really thought that the 3 contenders for the trophy were Pia, Jacob Lusk and Scott McCreery. I was also surprised to see Jacob in the bottom 3! Oh, well. With Pia's voice and personality like that, I am sure that she will get a recording contract. Just look at the other Idols that made a name for themselves even though they did not get the title! It is not fair!!! Are everything fair in this crazy world of ours? I rest my case!!!

Dancing With The Stars 04052011

Dancing With The Stars just eliminated Ms. Wendy Williams!! Hip! Hip! Hooray!!! I am soooo glad and sooo happy that she is gone!! Kaput!!! She has sooo much attitude that it is not good watching her! Does she think she is over and more successful than the other celebrities in DWTS? I do not think so! When her name was announced, instead of dancing with her partner, Tony Dovolani, she shook hands with some of the audience and paraded on the dance floor like a beauty queen of something...I was going to say something but I am not going to! Plus she said that she was the one that is sooo busy with her work, family....blah...blah...blah....Does she think the other celebrities do not work and their lives were not as hectic??? Isn't she a doll??? NOT!!!! She is something else! Hope she does not come back to DWTS!! She is such a disgrace to DWTS!!! Enough of her!!! What happened to Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the dance floor? Did Maksim's knee buckled because of Kirstie's weight?? Sorry, Kirstie, but that is what I think I saw! Maksim blames himself which is really a very gentlemanly thing to do!! But it seems that they redeemed themselves, for they still garnered a good score. I really think Kirstie has good rhythm, she can really dance!!! I hope that Kirstie and Maksim are alright for next week's show! The competition is surely heating up, and the celebrities have equal chances of winning the trophy. The remaining celebrities are really nice and they do not let their celebrity status give them a big head. Plus it seems that they are really enjoying dancing even though at times they are petrified and uneasy! I would too if I dance in front of several million people!!! Does Hines Ward even get mad?? He seems to be really nice and gentle! Seems he always has a smile on his face! His mother really did a nice job raising him! No wonder he made such a big name for himself! He can also move his body nicely. What about Ralph Macchio? All I heard from Ralph was his wife! Well, it was their anniversary, and he was having fun! With whom? Never mind, do not answer....it makes me nervous when a man keep uttering the wife! Was there something there that Ralph is kind of uneasy with??? Oh,well... How about Sugar Ray Leonard? I wonder how much he paid the guy from the boxing ring to be at DWTS?? Who cares...you are not paying!!! You are absolutely right!! Well, well, well...I cannot wait to see next week's show. How about you???

The American Dollar

The American dollar has been on top for a very long time. Will it stay to be on top or will it be a thing of the past? This is a very good question that everybody is following. For one thing, a lot of foreign investors have a lot of dollars in their hands. Will they really dump it and replace it with what? The yuan from China? The euro from the European nation? Or will it be something else?? I really do not get it why many countries are sooo eager to get the United States at the bottom of the barrel, but the citizens of many countries keep coming here to invest, have a good life with no restrictions in large mansions and live without any government interference and rule! And why is our government, seems like, is now opting to control everything in sight! Are the United States citizens not capable of tending for themselves? I do not think it is that, I think it is because there are a few elite people that are greedy and selfish that wants to control not only the United States but the whole world! What do you think? Am I right or wrong on my assumption? Comments are always welcome! I have noticed that it is getting worse with the US dollar! You cannot buy anything cheap now! When you go to a store, $50 is nothing! Sure you can buy something, it is not even a full bag if you get meat! Yikes! That's too bad we cannot have live chickens, pigs etc in the city! Even the fruits and vegetables are so expensive! What can we eat that is cheap? Nothing really! How much more can we stretch our dollar? Gasoline is very expensive also! It is now averaging $3.65/gal in Michigan, and I am sure that it is higher in other states like California! But California's pay is higher too than Michigan! That is true, but their cost of living in California is higher! Ugggghhhhh!!! We cannot win, can we? What we can do is just pray that everything change for the better. Let us also pray that there will be world peace. Miracles do happen, and hopefully there are enough people praying for the whole world that maybe God will be really merciful towards all of us! Have a great week, everyone!!! God bless!!!

American Idol 03312011

Extra! Extra! Two contestants were just eliminated from American Idol!!! Who were the two?? Can you guess?? Darn!! Just give it to us!!! Why?? Because... I said so!! Too bad!!! Ha! Ha! If Ryan Seacrest can put people in suspense, so can I!!! LOL.... It seems on the last show, the American Idol hopefuls were really fighting for their lives! They were all, okay, almost all, were really good. I could not really believe the quality of the singing the contestants showed this week! The song were Elton John songs which suits some of them really well! Probably it also helps with someone teaching and guiding them every week! The judges were still the same. Is Steven Tyler really that nice?? It seems he does not want to hurt someone's feelings. He reminds me of Paula Abdul! All he can say are nice encouraging words! I really like that...unlike Randy Jacksonthat is trying to be like Simon Cowell! Jennifer Lopez, on the other hand is in between. She is the belle of the show!!! I really liked her big, large head of hair on the second night! Too bad, the cameramen did not do a closeup with her hair! Why not?? Is it because her hair will not fit the television screen??? Oh my gosh! That is an awful thing to say! I almost fell off from my chair from laughing at your comment!! My! My! My! I thought you liked it! Yes, I liked it..but I really did not see a closeup of her with her gigantic hair!! Enough of JLo's hair! There were over 55 million viewers that voted this week. Wow!!! That is a lot! Does that mean the people liked the 3 judges better than before? Maybe. Let's get back to the contestants.... They changed the format of how Ryan Seacrest announced who were safe and who were in the bottom 3. He calls them for a duet, and then he tells them whether they are safe or not..I think this is better because they do not have to sing after their names are announced that it is the end of the road for them! James Durbin really outdid himself, singing like in a concert and ending it with a piano fire! That was really aggressive and brilliant! Naima Adedapo's reggae singing was good but I did not really liked it! It is time for her to go! Thia Megia is still sooo timid looking! What do you expect? She is only 16 years old! Can you perform in front of a live audience when you were 16?? I thought so!! You have to give her credit! But she has been on America's talent, so she should have had experience! Oh, well. Paul McDonald is really the younger version of Rod Stewart...his singing, his moves...except does Rod Stewart always flashes his pearly white teeth??? I honestly do not remember! Any comments??? Well, at the end, Rod Stewart, rather, Paul McDonald dodges another elimination! Naima Adedapo and Thia Megia saw the end of their American Idol dream. Wait! We cannot really say that it was the end for these 2 ladies. For one thing, they are with the tour and who knows what lies ahead of them?? That is sooo true!! Look at some of the Idol contestants that were eliminated but are successful!!! Anything is possible to all of them!!! Okay then, let us see next week who will be eliminated.... in the meantime...have a nice and safe weekend!!! God bless!!!