After spending time on what I thought was one of my best posts, it didn't post....Weird.
Hmmm, I'll attempt to recreate today what was great yesterday. I'm picking up from yesterday. Here goes.
Where I didn't have to order anything off the kids menu, or make sure drinks came with lids. We met Mom and Dad for lunch, enjoyed our time and left them with the kids. We then started out for the museum, got our tickets, and started what was an amazing two hours. We got to see Monet, Renoir, Cezanne and other's amazing work. I know for some this doesn't sound all that amazing, but even Chandler who wasn't as excited as I was enjoyed this. I of course appreciated their beauty, but along with that-what I didn't expect was seeing what you don't in the reproductions. Their talent. When you get up close to the paintings the amazing talent comes thru. The colors are so vibrant, the brush strokes on some deliberate, and others look like they were done with speed, yet turned out such detailed pictures. Speaking of detail, the clothes, skin, jewelry on the works were unbelievable. I swear I felt that if I touched the painting, it would feel lifelike. We spent that time with many others who enjoyed the exhibit as well. As you walked the rooms all you could hear were whispers of people saying how unbelievable, amazing and incredible they all were.
After the museum we went to Barnes and Noble just to enjoy the peace and quiet. Before we knew it, it was 6:30. We ventured off to dinner and had a wonderful meal before going home.
I had a great birthday, thanks to everyone who played a part in making my day so enjoyable.
Now for the pint of rocky road. You know how in rocky road there are different parts that come together to make it perfect.? Above is the sweet, below is the rocky.
There is a "man" on death row in Ohio who is set to be executed on Oct 14th for the 1986 rape and murder of two young women. His lawyers filed a federal lawsuit yesterday stating that he couldn't be executed because he is too fat. He's 5'7" and 260 something. His argument is that they will not be able to get to his veins to administer the first drug that puts him to sleep which would make the administration of the second, which kills him, very painful. I had to shake my head at this one. Many things came to mind, I share but a few with you now. Why are we as taxpayers forced to pay for this kind of trial, when I'm sure most of us would rather put money towards cancer research? The gov has cut funding for this because we can't afford it, I get that we can't afford it and I understand why, but why cut that and not cut the appeals of animals like this? Why not give him literally bread and water until Oct 14th, I bet he loses a few pounds....And why is he so overweight? What are they running in Ohio, a resort with midnight buffet? I'm totally fine if he doesn't want the needle, in fact I think they should have a choice. The needle, the oak tree or the chair-any of these work fine for me. Last question-why oh why do we care about his comfort when he cared so little for the women he tortured then murdered?
