April 16, 2008
This blog - thebrunetteblog.wordpress.com - is no longer being updated at this URL. Our new home is http://www.thebrunetteblog.com - this is where you can go.
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Guess what? The new face of The Brunette Blog and a move has hit in one day! I will continue to keep this blog open until all the kinks are out - just in case - but my new home is: http://www.thebrunetteblog.com so come visit at my new spot!
April 10, 2008
I am a bit behind on posting and updating my training, but the tornados and rain have just completely wrecked havoc on my little neck of the woods. Between no electricity, an anxious little 7 year old that is deathly afraid of storms, a 12 year old that wants to chase them, and still trying to work in between all of the school chaos, I am slowly going insane.
Well maybe not completely insane, just feeling a little rushed and a little lost. So lost that I went to pick my kids up yesterday at their after school program, forgetting it was Wednesday and their Dad picked them up - thinking it was Tuesday and I was suppose to have them, that I was frantic because I couldn’t find them.
After searching all over for them and having the staff help me, I realized - it’s WEDNESDAY - idiot Mom and told the staff that most likely Dad came and picked them up on my day. I wasn’t about to tell them I lost track of what day it was. I already felt stupid, sure wasn’t going to proclaim it publicly.
Anyway, between having to spend my home-office days in the main office, working with my team long hours and just ready for a break from it all, I hope to be back on a regular schedule next week. I will post my training for this week tonight, since I am taking an evening training session.
Hope you are all having a great week!
April 2, 2008
Recently, I found out that my next door neighbor is a sexual offender. I only know this due to an informational brochure that the police delivered directly to me. The officer delivered one to every home on our street to let us know about our dear neighborly pervert. Now, I am not going to play devil’s advocate too much on this one, simply because my daughter is the same age as his victim.
Now, in my state (no clue nationally), sexual offenders are rated on levels - the degree to which they are accessed and could possibly re-offend. There are four levels in my state and my neighbor is a level 2. Well, here is the breakdown on what I learned.
Level 1: Can live anywhere and you would never know. The police are not by law required to notify anyone that this level offender lives near them. Although this level offender is a registered sex offender, level 1’s do not appear on any public registry for you to look up. There is a 25% likelihood this offender will re-offend.
Level 2: (My neighbor). Can live anywhere, but those on the same street will receive a notification from their local police - only after an assessment has been completed. Although this level offender is a registered sex offender, level 2’s do not appear on any public registry for you to look up. There is a 50% likelihood this offender will re-offend.
Level 3 (high risk) Level 4 (dangerous): Can live anywhere and neighbors will receive notification from their local police. Level 3’s and 4’s do appear on local and national registries for the public to view. There is a 75% likelihood that level 3’s will re-offend and a possible 100% likelihood that level 4’s will re-offend.
No one can give me a clear answer as to why my neighbor is still in his home and has not served any time. I spoke to a friend that is a former police officer and her response was basically age. Now, I can’t say if this is correct; this is all speculation, but because he is 72 years old it is possible they felt he was too old to prosecute and waste the money on.
He was convicted less than one year ago for Sexual Assault 2nd Degree, his victim - a girl, age five at the time and all he got (looks like it to me anyway) was a slap on the wrist by possibly serving probation. If they didn’t want tax payers to pay the penalty for this sick bastard, then place him on house arrest. That way he would have had to pay the incarceration fee and he couldn’t leave his home. I know I would feel a hell of a lot better knowing he couldn’t go outside of a certain range.
It sickens me to know this man is over there. That if for a split second I had left Miss K alone outside, he could have walked up to her and befriended her. I don’t want to even want to think about what this old pervert could have done. I did discuss with Miss K and Mr C about what this man had done (not in detail); enough for them to understand that he is an extremely bad man that hurts children.
I just think often now about his little victim. My heart aches for this little girl and her family.
March 24, 2008
I watched the show Friends sporadically at best and never once saw any of the episodes that apparently talk about The Laminated List - so no clue on that. My Laminated List is the result of surfing the blogosphere and stumbling upon the Immoral Matriarch blog and reading through her many posts. Well, I stumbled upon it and now here is mine.
Basically, The Laminated List is a list of five people that you would totally want/do/get it on with and your spouse or SO will need to just step by and let you have at it. Now there are a ton more hotties I could think of to add, but five is all I can handle to look at today.
So, here it goes:
#1: Gerard Butler: OMFG, why would you even ask WHY? The eyes, the smirk, makes you tingle all over.
#2: Wentworth Miller: Are they still rumors? Gay, not gay, it doesn’t matter. He’s Wentworth. Stare into those eyes and tell me you wouldn’t want him.
#3: Joaquin Phoenix: OK… I see him on other lists, but what can I say - we are all right for wanting him! Mysterious!
#4: Christian Bale… well his name alone should answer why - he is freaking Christian Bale! That and he is so hot as Batman.
#5: Not a guy, but she is hot! I don’t care how straight you are women, Kate Bekinsale should be on your list!
Well, that is it - my Laminated List of hotties that would so be allowed to have a night with me. Or more than one. I mean I would never say no!
March 17, 2008
Just wanted to let you all know that I will be guest posting this Wednesday, March 19 on Work From Home Momma, a business blog in the Know More Media Network. Stop by all week long as Laura allows guest bloggers take over her blog as she get such much needed rest.
Enjoy!
