Sunday, January 24, 2010
Friends
Last night I had dinner with 7 wonderful women that I made friends with 3 years ago thru the football boosters. One of those women was my sister in law, two of the women I had been aquainted with throughout the years, one of the women was a common denominator in my life as I went to school with her brother and her mother was my mail lady when I was younger, one I had met several years ago but never had contact with until 2005, one married a clasmate of mine and the other one I met thru the boosters.
No matter how I met these women, no matter how long I have known them, and no matter that one of them is a relative, they are all very extradorinary women! They are women I am proud to call my friends and women that are very independent women, who when asked to help out they bent over backwards to help!
As we go through life we never end our life with friends we began our life with. Sometimes we are blessed to have friends stay with us through out our lifes! I have been blessed that way with a few of my friends! And we all know that when that common dominator that holds us all together disappears (my nephew and their sons graduate this spring) we all go our seperate ways, no matter how we all say we are going to stay in touch.
Now that our one commoan dominator has disappeared we have a new common denomiator-friendship! Last night was our first group dinner date! It was nice to sit and talk and get caught up on each others lives now that football is over.
I thank God everyday for these wonderful women, and my sister in law for bringing me into the boosters, so that I could reconnect and make new friends with these wonderful women. They have brought such joy to my life and made me a better for person for knowing them.
I thank all of you and look forward to our monthly dinner meetings!
No matter how I met these women, no matter how long I have known them, and no matter that one of them is a relative, they are all very extradorinary women! They are women I am proud to call my friends and women that are very independent women, who when asked to help out they bent over backwards to help!
As we go through life we never end our life with friends we began our life with. Sometimes we are blessed to have friends stay with us through out our lifes! I have been blessed that way with a few of my friends! And we all know that when that common dominator that holds us all together disappears (my nephew and their sons graduate this spring) we all go our seperate ways, no matter how we all say we are going to stay in touch.
Now that our one commoan dominator has disappeared we have a new common denomiator-friendship! Last night was our first group dinner date! It was nice to sit and talk and get caught up on each others lives now that football is over.
I thank God everyday for these wonderful women, and my sister in law for bringing me into the boosters, so that I could reconnect and make new friends with these wonderful women. They have brought such joy to my life and made me a better for person for knowing them.
I thank all of you and look forward to our monthly dinner meetings!
Friday, January 22, 2010
January 22,2010
Well another work week has come to an end! I am exhausted! I put in 48 hours this week even though we were off on Monday! My case load keeps growing and growing! Today I had 7 appointments scheduled. They all showed up along with 10 walk in's. I had to see 2 of them as they had shut off's on their utilities. The other 8 i scheduled for next week!
I just read online that WV's unemployment rate is up 8.6%! My case load is up everyday! When is the government going to start turning things around? How much longer can these people go without work? How much longer can I keep my sanity!
Then I come home and sit here and watch the telethon for Haiti and I think to myself how lucky I am to grow up in a country that has public water, public sewage, public utilities to keep me warm and to keep me cool! A country that provides me with a good education, that doesn't discriminate against me because I am a female, of Polish desent and of the Catholic faith!
Yes, I need to thank God everyday for my life! We all need to thank God for our life! We live in one of the greatest countries in the world and we also need to thank God for that! There are not to many countries that open their hearts, their arms and their wallets to help a little country like Haiti! Yes, we need to thank God every minute we are awake for what he has given us and what we have done with it
I just read online that WV's unemployment rate is up 8.6%! My case load is up everyday! When is the government going to start turning things around? How much longer can these people go without work? How much longer can I keep my sanity!
Then I come home and sit here and watch the telethon for Haiti and I think to myself how lucky I am to grow up in a country that has public water, public sewage, public utilities to keep me warm and to keep me cool! A country that provides me with a good education, that doesn't discriminate against me because I am a female, of Polish desent and of the Catholic faith!
Yes, I need to thank God everyday for my life! We all need to thank God for our life! We live in one of the greatest countries in the world and we also need to thank God for that! There are not to many countries that open their hearts, their arms and their wallets to help a little country like Haiti! Yes, we need to thank God every minute we are awake for what he has given us and what we have done with it
Monday, January 18, 2010
Martin Luther King Day
I guess as children we never fully understood the significance of what Martin Luther King did for our nation. I took a class on Martin Luther King and Malcolm X when I was in college. It was one of my favorite classes and an eye opening experiece that made me wish I had been born before 1961 as I would of liked to have marched in the freedom marches.
After what happened to me on Friday, January 15, 2010 I truly believe I would of been the first person in line to march with Dr. King. No man has the right to tell another what they can say or do, how they should vote or that they can not vote because of the color of their skin. Nor for that matter can they tell an employee what they can post on their Facebook page!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and no one has the right to tell me what I can say in public or post on my Facebook page or my blog!
Happy Birthday Dr. King and thank you!
After what happened to me on Friday, January 15, 2010 I truly believe I would of been the first person in line to march with Dr. King. No man has the right to tell another what they can say or do, how they should vote or that they can not vote because of the color of their skin. Nor for that matter can they tell an employee what they can post on their Facebook page!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and no one has the right to tell me what I can say in public or post on my Facebook page or my blog!
Happy Birthday Dr. King and thank you!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Drug Testing for Welfare Receiptents
Someone has started a: "Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients" on Facebook. Before people start these pages and before people make their comments, they need to research their material and make sure they are stating the facts.
I have been an Economic Service Worker for the last 11 years. I determine eligibility for food stamps and medicaid. The welfare check is a separate unit in the State of WV.
Let me quote you some policy. If you have been convicted of a drug felony on or after August 23, 1996 you can not qualify for food stamps. If you have children and or a spouse, they can! If you work and you are excluded from the stamps because of the drug felony your income counts against the household.
In Brooke and Hancock County you do not have to work to receive food stamps. In other counties you have to. Because unemployment is so bad in those two counties the state asked for a waiver from the federal government to exclude these recipients from working for their stamps. There are other counties in WV that follow our policy also but I don't know what counties. Since I have been at this job that policy has been in effect. That is how bad unemployment is in our area.
If a person receives a welfare check it is now put on a debit card. They cannot make cash withdrawals from an ATM with this card. It can only be used at stores as a debit card. I am not knowlegible with the check policy but I do know that if you are a convicted drug felon you can not be on the check but the rest of your family can be.
Yes, there are times when I want to scream "why aren't you working?" but I can't. I have to help that person. And until you have sat behind my desk and done my job you have no idea what these people are going through. And who knows one day you could be sitting on the other side of my desk. So don't pass judgment on anyone as no one as that right. Only God does!
I have been an Economic Service Worker for the last 11 years. I determine eligibility for food stamps and medicaid. The welfare check is a separate unit in the State of WV.
Let me quote you some policy. If you have been convicted of a drug felony on or after August 23, 1996 you can not qualify for food stamps. If you have children and or a spouse, they can! If you work and you are excluded from the stamps because of the drug felony your income counts against the household.
In Brooke and Hancock County you do not have to work to receive food stamps. In other counties you have to. Because unemployment is so bad in those two counties the state asked for a waiver from the federal government to exclude these recipients from working for their stamps. There are other counties in WV that follow our policy also but I don't know what counties. Since I have been at this job that policy has been in effect. That is how bad unemployment is in our area.
If a person receives a welfare check it is now put on a debit card. They cannot make cash withdrawals from an ATM with this card. It can only be used at stores as a debit card. I am not knowlegible with the check policy but I do know that if you are a convicted drug felon you can not be on the check but the rest of your family can be.
Yes, there are times when I want to scream "why aren't you working?" but I can't. I have to help that person. And until you have sat behind my desk and done my job you have no idea what these people are going through. And who knows one day you could be sitting on the other side of my desk. So don't pass judgment on anyone as no one as that right. Only God does!
Friday, January 15, 2010
January 15, 2010
I should of known today was going to be a bad day when I woke up with a headache at 6:30 this morning! So I took by Excerdin Migraine and off to work I go!
Right before lunch I get called into my supervisors office and told to close the door! As I sit down in the chair across from her desk I am thinking "what did I do now?"
I am being repremanded about a post I posted on my Facebook page regarding Governor Joe Manchin! I looked at her and said "what"! "Are you kidding me?". She said no she was called into her superviors office and told to tell me I am not to post remarks about Governor Manchin on my Facebook page!
She then asked what I had posted. I told her I posted my blog comments regarding the fact that WV is going to lose millions of dollars now that PA and OH have approved table gaming. I told her about the post I made regarding the email I sent to the Governor regarding the fact that last winter when Kanawha County was getting hammered by a snow storm he closed down the state offices! Even though it was not snowing in Hancock County, we had to go home. Hancock County received the storm over night but yet we had to report to work the next day! I stated in my letter that I thought it was unfair that Hancock County got dumped on last week but we had to report to work but yet he closed state offices last year when his county got hammered.
I was told by my supervisor that I am not to make comments regarding the governor on facebook that if I have a problem with the governor I am to follow the chain of command in the office!
I then advised her it was my constitutional right as an American to voice my opinion. Has the State of WV never heard of Freedom of Speech? What I do in the privacy of my own home and what I post on my Facebook page is my buisness and my right as an American.
I did not threaten the governor, I did not call him names, I did not say what I thought of him, I did not critize the way he runs the state! I did not mention the fact that his daughter was granted a degree she never earned!
As a taxpayer, a voter, a resident of the state of WV and as an American Citizen I have the right to voice my opinion on any matter I want to. I have the right to write this blog and I have the right to put whatever I want on Facebook or any web page for that matter.
My parting words to my supervisor were: "Can we say lawsuit?"
Right before lunch I get called into my supervisors office and told to close the door! As I sit down in the chair across from her desk I am thinking "what did I do now?"
I am being repremanded about a post I posted on my Facebook page regarding Governor Joe Manchin! I looked at her and said "what"! "Are you kidding me?". She said no she was called into her superviors office and told to tell me I am not to post remarks about Governor Manchin on my Facebook page!
She then asked what I had posted. I told her I posted my blog comments regarding the fact that WV is going to lose millions of dollars now that PA and OH have approved table gaming. I told her about the post I made regarding the email I sent to the Governor regarding the fact that last winter when Kanawha County was getting hammered by a snow storm he closed down the state offices! Even though it was not snowing in Hancock County, we had to go home. Hancock County received the storm over night but yet we had to report to work the next day! I stated in my letter that I thought it was unfair that Hancock County got dumped on last week but we had to report to work but yet he closed state offices last year when his county got hammered.
I was told by my supervisor that I am not to make comments regarding the governor on facebook that if I have a problem with the governor I am to follow the chain of command in the office!
I then advised her it was my constitutional right as an American to voice my opinion. Has the State of WV never heard of Freedom of Speech? What I do in the privacy of my own home and what I post on my Facebook page is my buisness and my right as an American.
I did not threaten the governor, I did not call him names, I did not say what I thought of him, I did not critize the way he runs the state! I did not mention the fact that his daughter was granted a degree she never earned!
As a taxpayer, a voter, a resident of the state of WV and as an American Citizen I have the right to voice my opinion on any matter I want to. I have the right to write this blog and I have the right to put whatever I want on Facebook or any web page for that matter.
My parting words to my supervisor were: "Can we say lawsuit?"
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I just returned from seeing "The Blind Side" with my mother. It is bargain night at our local theatre. What an amazing movie! We both cried happy tears thru the whole movie! What an amazing story about an amazing human being. I never realized until this movie how lucky I am! Yeah, my childhood was not perfect by any means! I have been in therapy most of my adult life dealing with childhood issues but I still feel that I am lucky to have grown up with two parents, a nice warm home, three meals a day (sometimes more), nice clothes, etc.
I guess none of us realize how good we have it until we see a movie like this! I highly recommend it! It will open your eyes to everything we take for granted!
We need to Thank God everyday for what he has blessed us with! And we need to start being a little nicer to everyone even strangers! We never know when our life could be turned around and we arent' so lucky anymore!
I guess none of us realize how good we have it until we see a movie like this! I highly recommend it! It will open your eyes to everything we take for granted!
We need to Thank God everyday for what he has blessed us with! And we need to start being a little nicer to everyone even strangers! We never know when our life could be turned around and we arent' so lucky anymore!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Reality Stars
As I approach the check out line at Krogers this evening I pick up this weeks issue of People Magazine as I do every week. And who is gracing this week's cover? None other than the biggest reality star of all time: Kate Gosselin and her new look!
I sit down to watch my 7:00 show: Inside Edition and what is the second story: Kate Gosselin and her new boyfriend. I watch Entertainment Tonight at 7:30 and what is the second story on that show: Kate Gosselin and her new look and her new boyfriend! Then the 3rd story is about Jon Gosselin and his new twenty-five year old girlfriend. Have we not seen enough of these people? Have they not had their 15 mintues of fame? Isn't it time that the two of them went out and got a real job? Isn't time the general public stopped supporting these two?
Why is the public so facinated with the lives of others? And yes I am a reality show watcher. It started with "The Real World", then I went to "Dog The Bounty Hunter", "Little People, Big World". And now I am hooked on "Jersey Shores" and I can not beleive I am going to say this but I have even watched "Steven Segal -Law Man"! Oh God I can't believe I even admitted that one! What draws us to these shows and what keeps us coming back each week? Is it that there are no more good sitcom's on tv, no good drama's on tv or have we just become to lazy in our life to do something more constructive then sitting on a couch and watching these shows week after week? I have tons of books here to read about 4 weeks of magaiznes to read but yet here I sit watching my tv! What has become of us? What has the media world done to us?
One of my New's Year's Resolution is to quit watching so much tv and start doing more reading, doing some constructive things with my life! It is now January 11, 2010 - lets see how well I do at this resolution! I'll keep you posted. Signing off to watch "Two and A Half Men"
I sit down to watch my 7:00 show: Inside Edition and what is the second story: Kate Gosselin and her new boyfriend. I watch Entertainment Tonight at 7:30 and what is the second story on that show: Kate Gosselin and her new look and her new boyfriend! Then the 3rd story is about Jon Gosselin and his new twenty-five year old girlfriend. Have we not seen enough of these people? Have they not had their 15 mintues of fame? Isn't it time that the two of them went out and got a real job? Isn't time the general public stopped supporting these two?
Why is the public so facinated with the lives of others? And yes I am a reality show watcher. It started with "The Real World", then I went to "Dog The Bounty Hunter", "Little People, Big World". And now I am hooked on "Jersey Shores" and I can not beleive I am going to say this but I have even watched "Steven Segal -Law Man"! Oh God I can't believe I even admitted that one! What draws us to these shows and what keeps us coming back each week? Is it that there are no more good sitcom's on tv, no good drama's on tv or have we just become to lazy in our life to do something more constructive then sitting on a couch and watching these shows week after week? I have tons of books here to read about 4 weeks of magaiznes to read but yet here I sit watching my tv! What has become of us? What has the media world done to us?
One of my New's Year's Resolution is to quit watching so much tv and start doing more reading, doing some constructive things with my life! It is now January 11, 2010 - lets see how well I do at this resolution! I'll keep you posted. Signing off to watch "Two and A Half Men"
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
All the eggs in one baske
So we all know the saying: Don't put all your eggs in one basket"! Well the State of WV just did that when they made the main source of their revenue come from gambling. I have nothing against the gambling but I do have a problem with state depending on gambling money as their sole source of income. The state has done nothing to bring new buisness into our state nor has the city of Weirton or the county of Hancock try to bring buisness into our area. Everybody counted on Mountaineer Race Track and Wheeling Downs along with the cafe's to fund our budget.
Now the state of PA just passed table games! Can we say WTF? Now the state of WV is sweating as they know they are going to lose major revenue! It is time for our politicians to get their heads out of their asses and try and bring business in this state.
As an employee of the WV DHHR I can tell you there are more people receiving food stamps in our state then in the whole US. It is time to get West Virginia's back to work!
Now the state of PA just passed table games! Can we say WTF? Now the state of WV is sweating as they know they are going to lose major revenue! It is time for our politicians to get their heads out of their asses and try and bring business in this state.
As an employee of the WV DHHR I can tell you there are more people receiving food stamps in our state then in the whole US. It is time to get West Virginia's back to work!
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