Wal-Mart

I have a general question for the masses.
Not sure if any of you ever buy clothes at Wal-Mart but today I was there and I found two tops I really liked and when I went to buy them I was actually denied the sale. I asked the cashier why and she said they were on "recall" and that Wal-Mart wouldn't sell them.
I have never heard of this, she said her opinion was they were made in China and the dye on the fabric was probably bad.
Has this happened to anyone ever.?
I am totally serious, this really happened today while there in Fishkill.

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HI, sorry no posts for a while.
My poor husband has been so sick these past 3 weeks now that I have had no time to do anything but take him to ER, Doctors, ER in that order.
The worst part is none of these "specialists" can tell me what is wrong with my normally healthy active 48 year old husband who has always been in great shape.
The man was bed ridden, couldn't move, eat, stand or sit, stay awake or anything we might normally take for granted.
He had more blood taken then I think is allowed and still nothing "conclusive" is what we are told.
I know we should have gone back to the Bronx where he is from or Manhattan where the "real" doctors are but he couldn't even handle a 5 minute ride to the ER without crying in pain for every bump I hit.
Finally he lost his ability to urinate and had to be fit with a catheter,the ER that did that procedure sends us home with instructions on how to care for it - are you freaking kidding me.
The next morning (this part is a little gross), the catheter is full of blood so I call Jeannie and break down sobbing and she (the rock) tells me to get back to the hosptial and demand they admit him, so I do and they do.
Long story short he is home now cahteter has been removed but no sign of anything that caused this whole nasty chain of events to begin with.
Oh and he did lose 35 pounds - which isn't good because he wouldn't eat but he was ok losing the weight because we both want to but not that way..
So this ordeal seems to be coming to a close, I have kept a diary of all these events because I have a feeling somewhere someone dropped the ball and I worry about the future for him.
I hope you all have a good weekend, I intend to sleep mine away.
Peace Out, Janet

How to make a Janet

How to make a Janet

Ingredients: 5 parts competetiveness 5 parts crazyiness 5 parts ego

Method: Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Add lovability to taste! Do not overindulge!

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9-11

God Bless Bronx Firefighter Joseph P. Spor Jr.

Today I am posting a memorial page for a friend and classmate of mine who gave his life on 9-11. We weren't extremely close but I have nice memories of him. I don't know if anyone who knows him or anyone in his family will ever see this blog but if they happen upon it, I want you to know that you should be very proud of your son/father/husband as he was and continues to be a hero.

Please if you get a moment, look at his page

http://www.9-11memorialanthonyks.org/josephspor.htm

Each time it is visited, he is remembered.


For Joe Spor, who was assigned to Rescue 3 just three weeks before his death, working there was the culmination of a lifelong dream. He had entered the New York City Fire Department seven years earlier, but at Rescue 3 was joining the company where his father, Joe Sr., a retired lieutenant, had served. An expert carpenter, Joe, 35, also was known for his easygoing demeanor and love of music.

From the Discovery Channel website: NEW YORK FIREFIGHTERS, THE BROTHERHOOD OF SEPT.11th The Fallen Firefighters of Rescue Company 3

Even though Anthony, Kansas is hundreds of miles from New York City, Washington D.C. and a field in western Pennsylvania, we felt their shock, horror and pain of Sept. 11, 2001. The people of Anthony wanted to do something to help that would make a difference. After contacting several agencies, our mayor, John Schott, finally connected with a firehouse in the Bronx that had been devastated with many losses. He asked if they could help our small community locate one family that had lost a loved one that might need some immediate outside assistance. Joe Huber, at Engine 88, Ladder Company 38, told the mayor about his friend and co-worker, Joe Spor.

He said Joe was 35 yrs. old, had a beautiful wife, Colleen, and had 4 children, the oldest was 6 and the youngest was 6 months old. Spor had just begun a remodeling project on their home before he rushed to the World Trade Center in Rescue 3 that day. Joe Huber continued by saying the firefighters from the firehouse where he worked stepped in and were finishing the remodeling for the family, but they could use financial help to get the job done. The people from Anthony "adopted" this family and have sent tokens of our love to them over the period of time, and continue to do so now.

In March of 2002, Joe Huber came to Anthony from the Bronx, representing Engine 88, Ladder Company 38, to personally thank its citizens and to meet the people who have been so kind to his brother's family. He was so gracious to visit the schools and meet the children who has sent gifts, cards, pictures and emails to the firehouse and to the Spor family. Joe explained during an assembly the school had for him and our local firefighters, that all firefighters are in a brotherhood, they feel as if each and every firefighter is their brother or sister. The students in Ms. Carr's and Mrs. Beam's classes had composed 2 computer slide shows set to music to honor the brave men and women and to thank them for their commitment to their communities by serving as firefighters. Joe Huber also visited Friendship Meals to visit with the senior citizens and was presented with a gift from a retired volunteer firefighter from Anthony. Before he left town he made his way up and down our small Main St. to meet and thank as many of the business owners as he could. The Anthony Volunteer Fire & Rescue firefighters had a gathering for him and Huber shared some NYC caps and T-shirts with them before he left.

In November 2002, Mayor John Schott, his wife Pam and son Joseph, flew to New York, as the guests of Joe Huber and his family, to meet the family of Joseph Spor, and to visit the site of the World Trade Center tragedy. They brought back many pictures and stories of their trip and shared them with the community in Schott's weekly column, From the Mayor, in the Anthony Republican, the local newspaper. (John has given his permission to include his words on this tribute page to Joseph Spor. To read these columns, click here.) While they were there, the fire house where Joe Spor and Joe Huber worked, treated the Schott family to a special dinner, inviting the wife and children of Joe Spor, and also his father, Joseph Spor, Sr., sisters and their children.

The culmination of this connection led to a Sept. 11 Memorial being erected in Memorial Park and was dedication Sept. 11, 2004.

A reporter, Edward M. Eveld from the Kansas City Star, wrote a story Feb. 3, 2002 about Anthony and its New York firefighter, Joe Spor. Mr. Eveld did a follow-up story on the Anthony 9-11 Memorial, April 15, 2004.

To visit Joe's Engine 88, Ladder Company 38, click here.

To visit the homepage and tribute pages of Engine 88, Ladder Company 38, http://www.engine88ladder38.com/Links.htm, and http://www.engine88ladder38.com/Memorial.htm.

To view the Rescue 3 official tribute go http://www.fdnyrescue3.com/911/spor.html

http://www.fdnyrescue3.com/indextwo.html

A special bond has been formed between one small Kansas farming community and the family and friends of one colossal human being, Joseph Spor, Jr. He will not be forgotten.

The Change

One hand
Reaches out
And pulls a lost soul from harm
While a thousand more go unspoken for
They say what good have you done
By saving just this one
It's like whispering a prayer
In the fury of a storm

And I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

This heart
Still believes
The love and mercy still exist
While all the hatred rage and so many say
That love is all but pointless in madness such as this
It's like trying to stop a fire
With the moisture from a kiss

And I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world will know
That it will not change me

As long as one heart still holds on
Then hope is never really gone

I hear them saying you'll never change things
And no matter what you do it's still the same thing
But it's not the world that I am changing
I do this so this world we know
Never changes me

What I do is so

This world will know

Should the past stay the past

Today I am feeling very sad..
I had made plans to go back to my college hometown of Boston, MA.
I had tried unsuccessfully for years to plan this trip and it never went off.
Fast forward to August 2007, when I ask my husband if he wants to go, he says yes and he gets us a house sitter.
I start trying to track down folks that I have let slip away and I find 2 very important people from back in the day.
I send numerous messages to them asking if we can arrange something so I can see them when I get there.
One of them gets back fairly quickly stating he can't meet me because he has plans already - ok that is fine, I am sad but I will get over it.
The other just keeps writing me and never mentions the trip, so I keep asking him what is going on, are we going to meet or not.?
Well today I FINALLY get an email from him and mind you this is a man I was very very close to years ago.
So I get this email and he is so cold and mean in his email that I actually started to cry.
He was asking why I cared after all these years and why did I have to see him and what kind of "agenda" did I have and that alot of time has passed etc. etc.
He then tells me rudely that I should have given him more notice - WTF, I gave him well over 2 months, I mean he isn't that popular I don't get why he can't spare one afternoon or 1 evening for dinner.
I just am so upset over this and I don't know how to reply or if I should at all.
I mean my husband has said before why try to dig up old friends who have gone away but a piece of me wants to try and reconnect before it is really to late - you know.
Any advice..??
I am open to suggestions....

The History of Labor Day

The History of Labor Day
Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
Founder of Labor Day
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."
But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
Labor Day Legislation
Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
A Nationwide Holiday
The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.
The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker. The History of Labor Day
Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
"Labor Day differs in every essential way from the other holidays of the year in any country," said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. "All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation."
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
Founder of Labor Day
More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."
But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.
The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen's holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
Labor Day Legislation
Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
A Nationwide Holiday
The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.
The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.

Friends, the juices are just not flowing today so enjoy your day...
Peace Out, Janet

My Retirement

This is a look into my retirement years with Pete, Junior and I...
Enjoy your holiday weekend everyone..

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=67160&fr=yvmtf