Violence

Looking at the big picture...
 Many people blame the television, video games, pornographic material, and the list goes on and on. To tell you the truth the people that abuse children physically, mentally, and verbally, incest, spousal abuse, rape, shooting innocent people without a cause, bulling, child pornography, predators of children etc. It is not something that happen overnight. We know more of these cases because of the media. For better or for worse people are learning that children are abuse, women that are rape can come forward without feeling that is their fault. We as a community should be aware of  everything that is going on. Not to be intimidated but to realized that if you know that someone is abuse to come forward and call the police about the situation. The moment something is take it for granted is when innocents will be hurt.
Parents that know their child has psychological problems should have them committed into an institution. Why tell them what you are going to do. The scary thing is people know about the problems and take the situation lightly. And then, small children, teachers. people at the movies, at the schools, a mall, are attacked.
 I am not saying that is the parents fault, but the more attention we give to the signs, maybe we can save lives. People need to understand that we all are human and we all should be respected. Not because someone has been violated should  feel entitle to do the same thing that was done to them, to others. The pain will not go away by harming others. Just stop, think, and do not let the cycle to continue. 
All that is written here is my opinion. Maybe you disagree that is your prerogative. Think about it, research  about it. Violence is a disease that only when people get together and decide that they have enough and do the right thing, we will find the cure.

Bitten

Long time ago my father was breeding rabbits. Everyday he will wake up early in the morning to feed them and check out the new born. He was very proud of his rabbits, so was I. Sometimes children from the neighborhood will come and look at them. My daddy never let anyone take the rabbits out off their cages for safety reasons. 
He always let me pet them and play with them. But one afternoon his favorite rabbit which was the biggest one look different, he thought it was sick. He open the cage and took him out. Out of the blue the rabbit bit my dad. My dad threw the rabbit on the ground and look at his hand. The rabbit bit him very bad, he was bleeding and it was very painful. He was so angry that he opened every cage and let them go. All the rabbits were jumping all around the neighborhood. The grownups and the children started to run around to get them. My father said that he did not wanted them anymore and they could keep them. Well, it was rabbit stew the main dish around the neighborhood. I was sad for the rabbits but I understood my fathers disappointment. Years of taking care of them and loving the biggest one and just turned on him. After that incident my father never spoke about it again.  

LATE!!!!!

When I was living in Colorado Springs with my husband and my brother, we always went to bed early, because my husband had to be up by 4 o'clock in the morning, so he can have time to shave, brush his teeth, etc.  for work. He is in the US Army.
One cold morning, I heard screams and I got up. Well, it was my husband looking out the window and saying Beba (that is me) is day light, I try to understand , but he kept running around, got out of the bedroom and went to the living room to look out the window. My brother was sleeping in the sofa and my husband was looking out the window and scream one more time "Is day light".
My brother started to laugh, but I did not understand what was going on.
Now is the time to unravel the story. My brother was laughing  because my husband saw the sun light and because he was way late to go to work he kept running from one room to the other, just frantic. Why he had to look outside from every room in the apartment?
What happen was that he is never late, and his alarm did not went off so he can wake up and go to work for PT (Physical Training), He was out of himself. 
My brother and I started to laugh at my husband. I said: Tony if you see light in our room is going to be light everywhere. He looked at me with a puzzle face, but at the end he started to laugh. He called his office and  explain what happened. It is no excuse for me to be late he said. Thank God, my 1st Sgt. was aware that I was always on time and my work meant everything to me.         

Emergency Room

My daughter was feeling sick and I took her to the emergency room at Fort Benning. My husband had the car and we had to take her truck. My God! I had to say a prayer before getting in that truck. Messy is the word I am going to use for lack of a better word. I was like the monkeys: hear no evil, see no evil, and say no evil. Well, that was the start of this tragic story. Looking at the fuel line,it was in empty. We went to the Gasoline station, I filled the tank, and off we went.
My daughter decided to turn on the music and because she was sick, she did it with her toes, it was too loud and again she used her toes. I was praying the whole time to God because really this was getting too extreme for me. 
We pass the gate and went to the parking lot, park, and then we walk to the emergency room. It was a little bit cold for this time of the year. My daughter gave the secretary her ID card and  the lady told her to sit down. Ten minutes later they took their vitals signs. We got their at 9 o'clock and we waited for the longest time. I took a long nap which it was interrupted now and then by my daughter. because I was snoring. Three hours later they call us. We were in bed ten. The nurse enter the room told my daughter to change into one of those  hospital gowns. After 5 minutes the lady doctor check my daughter and talk to her for couple of minutes. 
A male nurse enter the room and told my girl that he needed to draw some blood. Believe it or not; my daughter started to cry and covering her face with her coat. She said to the male nurse: I am fine. She is very afraid of needles so she was a "Drama Queen" almost the hold time. I told him not to draw blood from the arm because it was going to be a waste of time. Well, he did not listen and he had to do it twice. The second time he got the vein, but miss" Drama Queen" started to shake her legs so hard that the needle got out. She kept nagging, crying, moody, etc.
The male nurse. I think he had it with her and called the lady nurse. I wanted to leave and I am the mother.
He was very polite, left the room and the lady nurse came back and use a smaller needle and draw blood from the upper part of the hand.
And the story gets better and better, NOT.
I try to comfort my daughter but she was like Oscar "the grouch."
I had to hold her legs and she held to my hand. My wish at the time it was to be an octopus so
I can handle it. 
The nurse could not get all the blood so they decided to give her the saline (I-V). After they left instead of keeping my mouth shut I told her that I knew they were going to draw blood. She got in one of her tantrums and it was hell. Why you did not tell me? and I am going to stop here about the things she said.  Even though she is 19 yrs. old; she behaves  like a 2 yr. old.
Then, a soldier enter the room with the male and lady nurse. The soldier was the only one that come her down. She argue with me so much that I said in the counter, I need a break from her.
I stay outside for twenty minutes. When I got back a soldier was trying to enter the ER area but the door was looked. I decided to knock. When the blonde nurse that was taking care of my daughter open the door, she shouted at me "How you there to leave your fourteen year old by herself. I was like what is she talking about?

Judge Dredd

Last Friday my son, his wife, and I, of course went to the movies. I am not just going to give you a review of the movie because then this will be a boring story. We need to get into the spirit of what is going on before getting in to the movie theater, inside, during the movie , and specially after the movie ends. Interested, please you are welcome to keep reading.
My son came with his wife and pick me up for the movie. We start talking about their day and just light conversation before getting to the movie theater. We park, well my son. When we were walking it was a lot of people going to the movies, specially young people. My son opened the door for us and I stay behind looking for my wallet. When I was going to buy my ticket it saw two groups of girls. From one of the groups a shy girl said: hi! to the girl in the other group and she totally ignore her. The shy girl said: Do you remember me?  And the other girl turn look at her from top to bottom and said: Oh, Yeah. Hi. And turned. In my mind I was thinking she is rude. I look at her and said to my self what make here think that she is better than the other girl. By the way the shy girl and her friend look very trendy. So What is up?
Well, I try to forget about the rude girl and I could not remember the name of the movie, great. Then out of the blue I remember. I enter and my son was buying caramel popcorn and water. I saw him, but he did not see me. I was behind one of does huge boards. He found me, and he said: what are you looking for? My ticket. And the one I found the ticket it was and old one. So, I have to take everything from my purse to find it. Do you know how many napkins and tissues I found. I am not going to tell. My son said: Are you getting something to drink? I said: Yes.
Went to the stand and the two young ladies they were a little wacky. But I like wacky, funny people so I followed their lead and start joking around with them and they said: Thank you and I said: You are welcome, it was nice talking to you.
My son was rushing me because I love to talk to people and this was not the right time. They were sitting for the movie. It was not to many people, most of them were guys.
The movie was cooler than the first of course, better clothes, different scenery. But basically, Judge Dredd was the "Law". I am not going to tell you too much about the movie because everyone has a different opinion. I enjoy the movie from beginning to end. I said to my son and 
and his wife that for me out of 5 it was a 5. My son and daughter- in -law Looked at me smiling and said: It is just a three and a half. As I said: Everyone that see a movie has a different review.
Before we left I look in the back and it was this guy sleeping profoundly. I said the movie was not that bad. Well, a friend of the guy came and try to wake him up. The sleepy guy did not want to get up.
My son said: Let's go. So we left without knowing what happen to the guy. Yes, I wanted to know.

Con-Artist

For two years and some month I had the dishonor to met this young man, and I said man lightly. This person with his" I do not brake a plate" make you think that he is a good person. Well, first able her mother kick him out of the house. We did not know why. One day she calls my house to be sure he was here. She scream at me that he was a drug addict and not to believe any of his lies. He came clean and said: that he started because his 2yrs. girlfriend left him, that for the first time he was by himself, and he was walking with a bad crowd. He lost his scholarship,that was paying for everything even the place he was leaving. Thank god he left all bad stuff behind.
My husband said: some people make mistakes. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes you try to help people and they do not change unless they decide to be better people. Two years has pass, and he has been running from one house to the other. His mom, the dad, and now his grandmother. He does not like to work. We are on his case all the time. After getting a job he was fired for been late, got another job as a short hand chef in the university left it because he did not feel good in that job, then he was without a job for the longest time. Until, one day I decided to tell him that it was time that he show everyone that he was a grown up. He got this work now for more than 8 month give and take. His family feels happier.
Something he likes to do is that he make promises that he never follow. For example: he told his family he wanted to get into the Marines, we were surprise and his family too. Well, the day he went to the place to get everything done: he forgot to pay some money that he owed, God knows who. He came back and that was the end of that. Then he said that he always wanted to be a police officer, sorry but my husband and I laugh. His birthday came up, and that was the end of it.
He asked my husband if he could help him going with him to the recruiting center. I said to my husband this is another of his tricks. But, my husband help him. Knowing that he may never get into the army. Some people do not deserved to be help. But we are suckers for people that are in trouble. No more. That is his parents and grandparents baggage. They are to blame for thinking he always tells the truth. They think he is misunderstood, not.
Well, everyone in his family is disappointed but he is the kind of person that start talking and make you think that life is against him. Well, now my husband and I see him for who he is. Someone that

Wal-Mart

In our town we have three Super Wal-Marts and one regular Wal- Mart. Well, in the regular one they have better deals. Today, I went to get some of the scented oils. Hey, you can not be there and not look around. I looked at the dry flowers to make and arrangement for my living room. While trying to reach for the ones that brings a bunch, this guy approaches me and said: Can I have your phone number, I looked at him and said: Sorry, I am married. I turned away and before he left, he said: to bad, you are a good looking woman. I said : thank you. Thank god he left.
After a while it was time to check out my items. When it was my turn, a guy was standing in the side. He was waiting for something. At this time I did not know what it was.
The cashier started to scan my items, and when I was sliding my card; another employee was verifying the prize for a bug spray killer, and said that the price was $8 something. The costumer (he had a disability) was upset because when he got the item, it said that the cost was $6 dollars and some change, that was the reason he decided to buy the item. Well, he got more upset and started to raise his voice. The cashier try to come down the costumer, and send him with the other employee to costumer service. He kept nagging at the lady. Time for me to go home. What happen next make me jump. The angry costumer went outside and started to scream in the front of the building that they are thieves and that they just want the people money. Then, he was moving his hands and arms, and kept screaming for a while. People were looking at him and some were a little afraid. I got in my Blazer and did not stop until I was home.
If you are not sure always look for a scanner in the store. Also, if that was not the prize you all ways can give the item back and they return your money.  

Seen snow for the first time

My husband and I got married in Puerto Rico, two weeks after getting back from our honey moon we went to Colorado Springs, Colorado. My brother went with us. After we got the apartment it was late, so we went to sleep. The next day, when we look through the window, it was snow every where. Our car was almost covered. Well, my husband wanted us to feel the snow. We went outside, I started to laugh so hard. I guess it was overwhelming. We started to walk and climb to the top and, Hello! I was sinking in the snow. My brother and my husband were trying to get me out. Then, I laugh even harder. Dwight (brother) said stop, what is happening to you.
Well, someone silly that saw snow for the first time. Today, I pray that we do not have snow because is hazardous.

Antiques

People enjoy going to antique or thrift shops, I do too.  We went to one of does expos in Atlanta on Saturday. There were vendors in the parking lot and we decided to look around and they had beautiful stuff. Remember," other man junk is someone else treasure." Everything was over priced, but as you know sometimes you can make an offer. Well, we finish outside and the place open, right away we enter. My God, I have never seen so many beautiful antiques. I was like a kid at Disney Land, hey I like antiques. 

I was looking for rusty keys that they say are" antiques". One guy show me some keys and started to tell me, that the keys were from a castle in England, and each key was $15. I look at Angela and said: that is too much money for one key. I was amused by this guy,  Bet he thought " There comes a sucker". Wrong, I research books about antiques. Sorry, keep the key, go to England and open the door of the castle.

There were beautiful dinning tables, chairs, rugs, and a million of other things. We started looking at the big pillows with nice pillow cases that were "antiques", the fabric. Angela asked the price of one of the pillows and the lady said: $95. I said to Angela, when you do not see the price is because is very expensive. We kept looking and our children decided they wanted to eat. We had pepperoni pizza, and Angela had some kind of pastry. The pizza was super greasy. We talked for a while and looked at the different things, they had some art. We got separated. Jean-Pierre and Cecilia went to the other building. They sent us a text that they were in the other building, and that we needed to take a bus to get to the other building. So, we took the bus, which took like less than 5 min. to get to the other building. I like the second building best because, it was presented better. Beautiful antiques, new and old things. We decided to check for the keys outside.

 It was this lady vendor and I ask if she had keys, she said: No. But I found two rusty owls. Yes, I bought them. The lady ask me where I was from, I said from Puerto Rico, small world she was from  you guested, P.R. We talk for couple of minutes and I excused myself. I apologized to Angela because I am very friendly and speak to everyone. She said that that was OK. While she had some water melon,

I kept looking. She came back and we look every where. Until, we enter a kiosk because it was raining. Yeah, he had the keys four for six dollars. 

Time to get kids. Angela was texting and calling them. No answer. Prank time! When we got to the first building my son greeted us. I was very serious and told him that Angela pass out and the ambulance came. My son looked at her and she put a sad face. My son hug her. And we said: We were just joking. I found a frame and tried to find someone to get it. I ask three guys standing in a counter talking, Which one of you work in here. A told guy said: Me, and the other ones I supposed. They are my sons. So, I said: I should it ask the old guy. He started laughing, I guess so. One of his son started to laugh. He gave me the frame for $5. The son was puzzled. I like her, he said.

Untidy Army Wife

My husband is in the Army and his second tour was going to be in Colorado Springs. We got an apartment that was already furnish. He was send to Germany for two month, After he came back I told him that in the other side of our building they had better apartments and one of them was vacant and I wanted to move, we did. My husband was a talking to me about me not having friends and it was not good for me to be all the time by myself. I start meeting some of the soldiers from his unit, almost all of them were single and younger than us. One of the soldiers invited us to meet his wife and to be part of their get together. Well, I was a little hesitant. We went to the party me trying to have an open mind. Once we were there they offer us something to drink and to eat. The host said my wife is in the kitchen. When we went inside the apartment was so messy that look like a tornado pass through. The nightmare was just starting. We went to the kitchen and she offer my husband a beer and some coke for me. She said to make myself at home and get a glass from the cabinet. When I went to get the glass my eyes could not believe what was in the sink. It was something that look like potting soil. bones, dirty dishes, and a roach in a corner of the cabinet. I wanted to scream and cry, with a smile on my face, I removed myself from the kitchen, look for my husband and almost frantic I said: lets go right now. He said; What is wrong?. Together we went to the kitchen and he saw the mess in the sink. Politely we said thank you for inviting us but my wife is not feeling well. They offer us some food to take with us. Are you kidding me?. We said no thank you and left. If you think the nightmare ends here you are wrong with capital W.
After that we met another couple he was american and she was from the Philippines. She was a very nice  and friendly. They invited us to her apartment my God what a difference. The apartment was spotless. The food was really good and the conversation was great. Before living she told me that in her complex they have a pool and invited me, of course a said "yes". Next day I got to her apartment, and we left to pool area. Oh my God! the lady from the messy apartment was there. She was with a baby (beautiful) and say: hello. I introduce her to my new friend. The untidy wife just moved to the same apartment complex a month ago. Let me tell you when she was walking toward us, she had a big spot of coffee in her bathing suit.  Her bathing suit was the kind of material that when you are wet you look naked. So we had free show. The baby boy was beautiful, but he smell bad.I thought that it was because she was a heavy smoker, wrong.  She ask if we wanted to see her new apartment. My new friend said: yes. When we enter the apartment everything was in boxes. My God a month living there and everything was in boxes. Well, she was changing the baby and when she opened the diaper. You will never know what came out of that diaper. Well, a drumstick, sweet peas, dirt, and other things that I can remember.
To end my nightmare, the untidy army wife decided to work in a fast food establishment, she ask me to take care of the baby, so she can go to the interview. Her finger nails and hair were disgusting and just like that she left. When she came back you will not believe it, they hired her. Well, I never went to that fast food place again. Not every army wife is like that. Her husband decided to get out of the army and go back home.

Nail Salon

Women will agree with me that been pamper is one of the things we love. Well, I was on vacation in P,R. and decided to get my nails done. I went to Wal-Mart and they have a nail salon too. The owner of the salon was Asian but spoke Spanish like a native speaker. She guided me to one of the nail stations, the lady was really nice. As usual I ask her how long she has been doing nails, if she liked and all that. We were talking and out of the blue one of her co -workers  started talking. She started talking about the father of her dauhter and all the things she has done to him after he left her Before I start my story she was super funny.
She and a friend follow her baby daddy to another city, He was meeting with his friends in a place that it was music, dancing. food, and so on this place is like in a mountain. While he was having a good time, she got out of her car and believe it or not she had a copy of his truck key. You know what is coming, yes she stole his truck and went home follow by her friend. The next the he went to her home and he said that it was not funny what she did, This was not the first time " sucker". He ask for the copy of his key. She was hesitant but she gave him the key.
The story does not end here it is more. Her brother had a neighbor friend, they knew each other for a long time. One day, when know one was in the house he decided to crash into the house and stole his friend stereo. What a friend...  A neighbor saw what happen and told the nail lady (the one who stole the truck as a prank) That she knew who did it. The stereo thief lived in front of their house. So, he was cleaning his truck in which he has spend a lo of money in the big wheels and all that stuff that men like in their cars  or truck in this case. The girl decided to get even. Jump her neighbors fence, got into the shed and stole a long piece of chain, put some gloves, waited for the neighbor to get inside his house, and what is next is just crazy. She tide up the the chain to the back of the truck and a put a lock to the part of the chain and another to the back of the nice, all prep car, the baby of the owner. The neighbor was all handsome to go out when he got into his truck, turned on, put the music really loud. I bet he did not expected what it is about to happen.
The guy loves to show off thinking that he is part of the movie " Fast and the Furious. And their he goes living
his transmission in the middle of the street. He was furious and shouting all the bad words in the Spanish  language. And in the other side of the road was the nail lady laughing until she had tears in her eyes. The truck guy so her and ask if she was the person that did that to his truck, "Dah" like she is going to tell. She said that she did not know what happen. If he did not have insurance, poor baby no more racing, lol.
When she finish the story of the truck, I said: you are crazy. She was laughing, and as you know laugh is contagious the nail technician and I started to laugh. She kept saying that if someone do something against her or her family she will do something about it. She kept talking about all the ideas that she had and there is no way anyone was going to cut her doing what ever "prank" she wanted to do. Because, she likes to watch C.S.I. OK, at this point we were really laughing. Instead of just the three of us more people were listening to her stories and laughing.
My nails were beautiful,I tip the nail technician and told the girl you need help, it sound funny but in reality it is not right. Pay the owner and left.
There comes my sister with her daughter and said " we knew that in that riot you were involved and that every where I go is a party going on. Well, I love people and what ever happen in the salon was something that was not under my control. Anyway, I had a great time. It is always someone crazy in every corner and it happen to be that the girl needed to confess her wrong doing. Hope she got help.
Just to be fair not all the people from P.R. behave that way. Is always a rotten egg in every country.

Doctor's Appointment

Can you imagine been early to your appointment, enter to you doctor's office, open the door, go to the window, ring the bell, and the secretary says: the doctor will be here in 2 hrs. Well, with a smile I said " OK,." I am already here. When up and down in the elevator, to the pharmacy, outside for a walk, and decided to sit down beside a lady and she started talking about how out of the blue she felt her legs get weak and when she wanted to get in the bed she just fell down in the floor. She was having  a stroke and her four year old grandchild, called 911 and saved her life. Before living she gave me a hug and her granddaughter ask me if she could have one too. Of course, I love giving hugs.
I went back to the doctor's office and already were five people sitting down. I said: "Good morning" and sat down.
One of the ladies sitting down started talking and believe me, everyone was a little bit annoyed to listen to the non-sense conversation. A man their look like he wanted to scream. Poor guy. We were in the same boat, trying to stay afloat.
Well, let's talk about the juicy stuff. A lady enters the office, really serious and go bang on the glass window, instead of ringing the bell. I stood up and rang the bell for her. The window opens, and before the secretary could  greet her, the lady start crying and telling the secretary that she needed to see the doctor now. That she has been shacking, having a bad day and so on. Very politely the secretary said: please go to the emergency room and they can help you, or sit down for a while so you can come down. The lady started to scream  offensive words. At last the lady sits down and she did not have a tear in her eyes. Hey, she wanted to be first. The doctor calls another patient, and the lady stood up. The difference this time was that she rang the bell. As soon as that window open she started arguing with the people behind the window. The lady said to to them, " I want to make an appointment". The secretary told her that the doctor was not taking new patients at this time. Oh, God. the lady start screaming again and bad words came out of her mouth.The screaming lady started to tell her a story about how difficult was for her to get there, that her car was almost out of fuel, and the tires were out of air, and so on. I was getting so annoyed that decided to leave the office. After five minutes the lady decides to live and my husband shouted "Have a nice day". Everyone start laughing.
The big picture is this: The people behind the window need to follow the doctors orders, do not give them a hard time and do not be aggressive toward them, that is their job. You look stupid and the people sitting down get a bad impression of you. Been in a doctor's office or where ever you are, please be respectful of the other people waiting and especially the people that work at the office.
Hope to hear your comments or if you have a similar story share it.

EPIC Cuisine

New restaurant in Down Town Columbus, GA
This is a 5 star restaurant and the attire is dressy.
You need a reservation just in case there is a lot of people.
When you enter the restaurant you are greeted with a big smile and at that moment you feel welcome.
The decor is both modern and rustic. The paintings are beautiful. The place is intimate and luxurious.
The personnel that took care of us were Walter, Joseph, and Erin.They were very friendly and had a lot of knowledge of the cocktails and wines list. Also, Joseph explained to us everything we wanted to know in relation to the food.
The food was great, on time, and the service was excellent.
At the end of the meal they took us for a tour. We were able to go to their kitchen and meet the Chef and the people that make the desserts, salads, etc.
Overall it is the best experience for those that like good food and great service.
Expensive: Yes.
Worth it: 100%
Children: This is a place for adults to enjoy an intimate time or to meet with friends and have a lovely time.