Educating Kids About Education

I think every parent should guide their kids on wanting to truly be educated.

Now my niece is a good kid. She's well behaved, although she talks too much in school. But overall, she's good. But this girl wants to be a doctor, an astronaut, a lawyer, an architect, an engineer, and a teacher. I was just sitting listening to her talk about how she was gonna be this first and then this next and then that. I'm thinking, girl slow down and choose something. Or at least just focus on keeping your mouth closed in school, open your ears, and get something in your head, so one of these professions can become a reality for you. Especially when her only 'A' was in Art. I just think too many kids focus on how much money to make, instead of doing it for the love of it.

Are the days gone where our kids read for enjoyment? Have we passed the point where our youth are excited about learning? I just think we, as adults have to encourage our kids to love learning so they truly gain knowledge and become educated. I just know there is a big difference between "going to school" and "getting an education".

But hey, maybe I'm just thinking too much.

What Happened To Etiquette

I can't go no where with my people....



Last Sunday we were at "the lobster" celebrating my pops birthday. Things were going well, everybody enjoying everybody, grandkids behaving, service okay, food okay; but most of all, pops having a good time. Appetizers came to the table, everybody got a lil' this got a lil' that. I looked over at my brother-in-law, and I saw this nut lick the plate. Now I'm thinking to myself, "he act like he's hungry". But I Didn't Say A Thing. I just went on trying to enjoy the day, ignoring this character.

So after the main food came, he started eating before everybody received their plate. I just nudged him on the shoulder and said "man, wait for everybody else". So he looked at me with this look as though he didn't know he was doing anything wrong. I mean come on... don't you know it's rude to start eating when nobody else has food. And why would you want people to be just sittin' there while you stuff your face?

Then, things are going smooth again, everybody enjoying everybody, grandkids behaving, service okay, food okay; but most of all, pops having a good time. But then what did I see? My brother-in-law and his big head son, BOTH, were licking their plates. They were licking their plates as though they were home, alone, with nobody watching. This is so shameful.

I h a d t o s a y s o m e t h i n g ! ! !

I said, what are you doing man? They have a dishwasher. You don't have clean the plate with your tongue. That's so ghetto. And greedy. My girl thought I was ghetto for making a lil' lemonade. But man, you are ghetto. And look what you teachin' my nephew. Ya'll don't have to lick the plate; not ever!

I tell you, I was glad they came to the table and started singing happy birthday. Cause I was 'bout go off.

I mean really, what am I supposed to do with family who don't know how to act in public? And even in private, you shouldn't lick your plate. This guy probably don't even know how to pronounce etiquette.

How can you politely tell people to learn some manners?

Much Ado About NOTHING

I think people make too much of things that really should not matter. My auntie and uncle had me in the middle of something so silly and petty. My auntie had a car magnet (you know one of those 'support our troops' yellow ribbons). Well my uncle took her car to be washed. He had her car looking so good. I mean shiny, spotless, super clean inside, you know all that.
My aunt was so happy; just smiling wide. But then she noticed her magnet was gone.

To say she was no longer happy is putting it mildly.

That's all she focused on, that missing magnet. SO my uncle said he'll replace it.
Well it's been over 6 months and my aunt is still talking about that magnet. Of course my uncle has not gotten around to buying another magnet. But my aunt can't stand it. She seem so disappointed about the magnet and the fact that my uncle has yet to replace it.

Really though, what's the big deal?

I'm Sooooo Embarrassed...!!!

It wuz another wonderful day, enjoying breakfast with my beautiful fiance' at a local restuarant. My girl asked for her drink, water with lemon. I thought that was a good idea. So I also ordered water with lemon (well, a sprite too). As I watched my baby squeeze the wedge of lemon into her water, I got a great idea. So I squeezed my lemon into my water. But then I reached for the sugar. My girl exclaimed with rushed uneasiness, "honeybunch what are you doing? No! Stop! That is sooo ghetto."
I said, what u talkin' 'bout? Why waste some good lemon juice. (And trust me these were some really juicy lemons).
Then she grabbed all the empty sugar packets I used, hid them, and started saying "I am so embarrassed. I can't believe you just did that." I mean she grabbed those packets so fast and started shaking her head like she had real beef with me or something.
Now I ask you, was I wrong?
I told her, if life brings you lemons make lemonade.

Tired of Being Used

Some people think they are so slick.... I won't mention any names, but they know who they are.

My fam's kids always at my house. At one point, the kids and fam were living with me. So of course, all the bills are higher. Electricity bill twice as high, the water bill almost three times as high, food disappearing, even some of the forks/spoons/bowls started walkin'. So fam was supposed to pay the electricity; but the amount due was not decreasing (kept saying it was paid online). I haven't seen a receipt yet. Finally I just paid the whole thing to bring it current. So I told fam to just pay me half (especially since it's 5 of them and only 1 of me). Fam said "okay, I got you". Needless to say, "I got you" definitely don't mean I'm getting my money.

So fam moved out, but the kids still there at least 5 times a week. Now aren't they still creating electricity and water bills? They eatin', sleepin', bathin', clothes being washed, all keeping the bills high. Now I know ya'll agree that fam needs to pay up!!

I told my in-law, he better not let them wash clothes and eat up the food. I came home one day to find my laundry detergent and bleach half gone. I didn't even use it yet. So my in-law said he did it. Yeah right....

So the other night, I see my in-law going outside with a basket of clothes. Man when he opened the door, I saw my other fam car outside. I almost said some stuff that is, well shall I say, uncharacteristic of the christian man that I now am.

Fam won't even come inside the house no more...

I do know I want my money! I want them to stop using my laundry detergent, my bleach, and get their own stuff!


What ya'll think?

Kraazzy Driving

Whew!!! I don't know what prompted me to ride in the car with my brother. Now first of all, he don't even have a car. Well, he does, but he hasn't driven it in over a year because he's too trifling to get insurance so he can get his registration renewed. But anyway, he was using his sister-in-law's car.
Okay so... we're riding along on the T-pike (late of course), this knuckle-head is weaving in and out of traffic, speeding, cuttin' in front of 18-wheelers, with no regard for the law. When I tried to tell him to take it easy, this clown had the nerve to say, "I got this, you act like I just learned how to drive yesterday! You need to just lay back and pray." And then, he looked over at me and said, "you need to trust that me and the Lord will get you there safe and on time." Hey, I just laid back and prayed quoting Psalms 23. Man, I kept my eyes closed till we got off the Pike.
Now why would you drive like that in somebody else's car with somebody riding with you? That's just kkrraazzyy!!!
For now on, I'll just make sure I'm in the driver's seat. U feel me?

People Have Some Nerve

I went to visit family this weekend. You know... super bowl, etc. Why is it that I drove all those miles to be with family, and when I get there they want me to drive all over town in my car. What's up with that? Why do they wait till I get there for me to run all of their errands? Why they just won't let me rest? Why do they insist on burning up my gas? And they always asking me, "cuz" why you don't come and visit us no more. It's not that I don't love them, it's just that every time I go to see my family out of town they think that i'm ball'in or something. If they're not asking me to take them somewhere, they got their hands out begging me for money. Come on now keep it real and tell me the truth. Wouldn't you stop going to visit your broke down relatives all together? How about this, before I got ready to leave and come back down south. My youngest cuz'in twenty years old with no DL's had the nerve to get mad with me, because I wouldn't let him hold my car to take his chicken-head girlfriend out on a date. So, now cuz got real beef for me. Now ain't that a blimp!!!

Lazy In-Laws

Can someone help me please??!!!
Tell me something, am I the only one in the whole wide world with LAZY in-laws? Check this out: I’ve been around this dude almost three years and he ain’t gone to work yet. E-v-e-r-y day I have to go to work and when I come home, I find this lazy bro with his funky feet on my sofa, eating up all my food, burning up my electricity, and watching my flat-screen T.V. Then this joker had the nerve to open his mouth and tell me to give him money so he can pay his phone bill.
My first instinct was to drop kick him in his freakin’ chest and drag his punk trifling self out the door straight to the dump with all his country-fied clothes he came to my crib with. Now may I remind you, that when he called me three years ago he said to me, “cuz I’m coming to Florida to visit Grandma and they don’t have enough room for me. Can I stay with you for a couple of weeks?”
What was I thinking? This la-zee, jobless, don’t work, won’t work country bumpkin hasn’t left my bachelor pad yet.
Can someone out there help a brother out and tell me what to do?