Can we talk about faith for a minute?

This isn't a "funny" post. Sorry. I just wanted to take a minute to talk about faith because lately it's been on my mind. I wrote about being in a funk the other day and I still think that's hanging around. Lately I've gotten to where I can't watch the news because it's one horrible thing after another. One mother abandoning her infants in a house fire, a man raping a young girl, a kidnapping. Things just make me sick and after hearing about one atrocity after another it's all I can do to not pack my family's things and move out to the middle of nowhere. It's scary and it's sad.

What happened to the time when you could let your kids play together at the park or in the woods without worrying over a kidnapping or murder? What happened to people helping one another out and a whole country with a sense of community? It makes me sad, but then again....there are soldiers dying for me right now, literally as we speak so who am I to complain?

I got on Facebook and saw that a hometown soldier was killed overseas and his family was burying him. He leaves behind a young wife and his whole entire life just so you and I can enjoy our freedom. Just so you and I can complain about the milk running out or the high price of gas. I feel burdened down by a lot of it, like this country is going down in flames, it breaks my heart and hearing something like a person who was obviously so good cut down so short in life kills me.

I know there is good in the world, and I try to keep that front and center, but sometimes it's tough. I wonder how much worse this world will be when my daughter is raising her daughter in it. I'm trying to keep up my faith, but here lately it just seems hard.

It's sort of crazy because while writing this I decided to get on Pinterest to clear my mind and the very first thing I see...I am totally not kidding you guys, I promise....was this:

 I immediately began crying, God is always with you, and if this isn't a sign to pray for our nation and our people I don't know what is. I love you guys, thanks for sticking with me through this rough patch.

10 MORE things you should never do or say to a retail cashier

If you haven't checked out the first list, you can find it here . I hate humanity for making me create a second list, le sigh...here it goes.

1. (Walks up to me with a list and hands it to me) Can you go get these for me? You'll be able to find them quicker than I can THANKS!

Are you really this lazy or are you just too stupid to find your way around a brightly lit store? Either way you should probably go play in the road if you do this.

2. Literally throwing money down on my counter instead of placing it in my open.waiting.outstretched.hand.

You better pray I never find out where you work.







3.Is there a store in ( another state, another county, another country..etc..)? Where are they located at there?
Oh I'm so sorry...when I got the job they didn't hand me a printout of every single store they had and ask me to memorize it along with what street they were all on and their individual phone numbers. Sorry I'm so incompetent, you should write a letter.





4. Is this coupon expired? ( hands me coupon ) 

Did you just lose your vision in the five seconds it took you to come through the door and walk to my register?

5. (Phone Rings) Do you have ____? What's the price of that? Is it on sale? What's the regular price? When does that sale end? How big is the box? how heavy is the box? What color is it? What is it's favorite color? What was it's mother's maiden name?



I do not have time for this crap. You did not call QVC, if you have that many questions go online or visit the store.






6. Hey baby where is _____ at?

You and your mullet owe me an apology.






7. ( Phone Rings ) Yea...I'm heading your way, where are you located? No...I don't know where that is. No..not there either. No, doesn't sound familiar. No I don't want to go that way. No, I don't want to take the highway. Exactly how many miles are you from here?

If only they made something that could tell you how to get to places easily, or maybe a map that you could look at online before you left.....someone should invent that.




8. ( Literally right after they pay) Can I have some scissors? I'm going to open this. ( opens package, leaves all of his trash on the counter, takes item and throws scissors down)

Thanks, my busy counter was just DYING to have your discarded trash placed on it.Toddlers know how to pick up after themselves...TODDLERS!





9. Me: Hello welcome to ______! How are you? (looks directly at me and then continues to walk away without so much as a smile in my direction)



 You're doing that good huh?







10. (this happens a lot more than it should ) Excuse me miss...I know you won't know what I'm talking about, so do you have a guy that you can call up to answer my questions about this screwdriver?





You're so right, I don't even know why they let me run a cash register, women are inherently horrible at math right? Should I go cook you something and pop out some babies?

Today was a weird day

This little gem was caught in my "Spam Comments" folder.

"due to my individual relationship with god i know
women and men have been produced equally but a single question i could by no means find the
solution to is why you can find more males operating as doctors, engineers
and experts? the ratio guys:ladies is about ninety nine:1 that is
very stated. the ratio must have been 1:1 or a minimum of 2:
one but no. why is this?

Look at my web-site: how to become an alpha male  "

I thought at first....alright, it's a spammer preaching on equality...I can dig it. Then the end is all about how to be an "alpha male"? You lost me there, and I removed the link so...no spamming for you mister feaux feminist. 

Is it really that much to ask that if you're going to be taking the time to plague websites with spam that you at least have the courtesy to insert something informative or at least inspirational? C'mon spammers, get it together!

  Also, I just found out through my email that I am a registered "Johnsonville Sausage Enthusiast".
1. I do not like sausage
2. Is this a real thing? Are there meetings?
3. Where can I request a T-Shirt?

Now to sit back and watch all of the weird ways people will Google "sausage" and be directed to my site...awesome.

My posts brings all the guys to the...screen?

I don't mean to brag or anything, but apparently I'm a hot commodity to California college basketball players....hey...stop laughing.

You see this whole debacle started a few months ago when I noticed that a few posts that I had posted were being +1'd by +Adam Folker. I'll give you a minute to wipe the drool off your face. 

I'm still not totally sure about what +1 means, I think it's something to do with Google and letting people "promote" your post, but I'm not sure...all I know is that if anyone does it, I get informed about it. Anyway, I noticed that he was + 1'ing a few of my posts and all I could think about was...why? 

I have nothing sports related, and I talk mostly about babies and crappy things that happen during my boring job at a tool store. Those aren't typically the things that awesome college basketball playing guys want to spend their time reading much less "promoting".

 I was flattered and flabbergasted all at the same time. I thought that maybe it was because at times I can post some humorous things, but some of the post he promoted weren't "funny" posts. I thought about shooting him a message asking why, but I couldn't phrase it in a way that didn't sound like a creepy fangirl message.

I resolved to let it go, but then a post was +1'd by ANOTHER California college player +Jonas Lalehzadeh. I know..I know..again..wipe the drool away. I of course took this, as any other rational person would, to mean that all basketball players from California are secretly in love with me. Yea...I know...I totally didn't see it coming either. 

I don't know if this post will "tag" them now because I added their names, but I really hope not. I would hate bothering NBA-worthy people with my random posts, but guys...if it did tag you then please take my apologies and know that I am totally open to a duel for my honor between the two of you. 

Just kidding

not really