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I turned on the TODAY Show as soon as I got up this morning coz I was so excited to find out where Matt Lauer was doing his 2nd day of Where In The World Is Matt Lauer? thing. Then Ann Curry announced that The Duggar family are there to make an announcement. My husband who was in front of the TV while ironing his work uniform predicted that it’s either they’re having another child or a grandchild.

And the winner is, Momma Duggar is having her 20th child. I don’t know about other people who were watching this morning but I think Ann Curry mustered every patience in her body  and logic in her brain just to stay professional and not be judgmental although you could sense amazement from her because the woman in front of her doesn’t think 19 kids plus grandchildren are not enough. Ann asked the young kids if they’re excited about the new baby and of course they said they are. You don’t really expect them to say NO on national TV in front of their parents, right?

I don’t mean to be judgmental but geez, there has to be a point sometime in the Duggar’s life when someone will say, “Maybe we should stop having children coz we’ve used all of the possible names that starts with letter J.”  I couldn’t think of MAJOR reasons why they should stop at all. [/SARCASM]

Just saying…..

Thankfully, we don’t have it bad around here. It’s rainy and windy but we’ve still got electric power so we’re good.  I saw a few fallen trees when we were driving but not that bad really. *knock on wood*

Here’s my husband being a good citizen by dragging branches out of the way to avoid any road accidents. We don’t even live around this area but that’s how my husband is.

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I sure hope so, anyway. President Barrack Obama and the White House decided to take time to show President Obama’s birth certificate and have a press conference to point out how ridiculous and such a waste of time that they actually have to do it just to pretty much shut Mr. Trump up and whomever else is questioning Obama’s citizenship.

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While I sit here in front of my monitor trying to fight that annual minor depression which occurs 2-3 days before any of my children celebrate their birthdays, I found a profound and heartfelt video about Mothers from Dooce.com. This is actually a project from Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns focusing on at-risk pregnancies in different parts of the world.

I am just so disgusted at this Teenage Mom Jayla Hamm and boyfriend Corde Honea who tortured their 22 month old boy by duct taping him into the wall and then took pictures of him. They also duct taped his sippy cup into the wall while he tried so hard to reach for it. There are other pictures that I just can’t post here. Just Google and I’m sure links for the picture will pop up. It’s heartbreaking just looking at him trying to reach for his cup. The rest of the pictures are even more heartbreaking.

The Mom and boyfriend were supposedly high on drugs . The Mother got 10 days in jail and 2 years probation while the boyfriend got 34 to 60 months. WTF? Animal abusers get more than that. I can’t even think of what I’ll do first to that Mother if I see her. People like her and her boyfriend are a waste of earth’s space and resources. I wish Nebraska would protect that child coz it’s obvious that his own Mother can’t. Most everyone can have babies, but not everyone can be MOTHERS.

Wouldn’t you be after reading about 2 different acid attacks on women BY women? A stranger just threw a cup of acid at Derri Velarde’s face. That happened in Arizona. The same thing happened to Bethany Storro of Vancouver, Washington. These attackers are supposedly strangers so what would motivate them to do such things? A Criminal Profiler for Inside Edition says:

Criminal profiler Pat Brown tells INSIDE EDITION why the perpetrators may have attacked: "There are people out in our society who just want to get back at other people. People they feel have made it in society, that are doing better than them," she says. "[They might be thinking] ‘Those pretty women, I’m not one of them, you think you’re so much better than me, guess what I’ve got waiting for you around the corner. (source)

Where is our world coming to? C’mon Ladies, where is the LOVE? Pictures of the victims and sketches of the assailants are posted at Inside Edition. Check them out and please be careful out there. I hope Derri Velarde and Bethany Storro are doing much better. I hope their attackers get caught soon.

Tomorrow (April 22nd) is Earth Day so I thought I’d share with everyone what I just learned from the April issue of Reader’s Digest in regards to getting rid of electronics and gadgets. Around this time around we’re doing our Spring Cleaning so this info will come in handy. AND, if you’re in the process of moving or upgrading old appliances/gadgets and  wondering where else you could drop off the old ones to recycle, here are the places around the US to drop them off. 

Best Buy – A free kiosk is provided for CDs, DVDs, cell phones, and ink-jet cartridges. For $10 fee, you can drop off larger items like TVs (32 inches and under), computer monitors, laptops, and DVD players with a limit of 2 items per household. I think Best Buy gives out $10 gift card in return. Don’t quote me on that please .

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(Image Courtesy of MLQ III)

Here are a few sites where you will find information on how you could help with the flood that devastated and still doing so in the Metro Manila area in the Philippines.

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