Thursday, October 13, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Yes Jay, their is a Santa Claus!
2004-2011
Last Tuesday, I was on my was home from a job that I love in a car that I love when someone went through a red light and hit my car on the passenger side. It is a total loss. Went shopping for a new car Saturday and now I am now the proud owner of a 2011 Toyota Camry thanks to 0% financing!
Friday, September 2, 2011
Whatever will be will be!
For some reason, this song popped into my head tonight! So, I had to look it up on YouTube. Ah, yes..whatever will be will be!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Change begins with a whisper!
"Eat my shit!" What an awesome movie! I highly recommend it to all! A must see movie of the summer.
Friday, August 12, 2011
We won't forget you!
Chief Warranr Office Byran J. Nichols, 31, of Hays, Kan. He was assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), New Century, Kan. Nichols graduated from Thomas More Prep-Marian in 1998.
Bryan Nichols always wanted to be a solider. His father was in the Army and fought in Vietnam, his ex-wife Jessica Nichols said. Bryan and Jessica met in sixth grade, and she said he enlisted in the military before they had graduated high school. Nichols worked his way up through the ranks, and eventually piloted a helicopter with which he’d had a boyhood fascination. “He came across the Chinook …” she recalled. “His father flew Chinooks.” During the years Bryan and Jessica were married, he did three deployments. She had their son, Braydon, who is now 10. Bryan and Jessica’s marriage ended amicably, and he remarried.Together with Bryan’s new wife, the three helped raised Braydon. The little boy dreamed also of flying one day, alongside his father, Jessica Nichols said. The boy, instead, posted an iReport on CNN.COM on Saturday about his fallen father, in the hopes that the world would never forget him.
Chief Warrant Officer David R. Carter, 47, of Centennial, Colo. is a 1982 graduate of Hays High School. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Aurora, Colo.
The National Guardsman had dreamed of being a pilot since his high school days in Kansas. He was a chief warrant officer at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo. “He was flying our nation’s elite forces into combat and, as an aviator, for him that is what he wanted to do,” Col. Chris Petty, a fellow pilot and Carter’s friend, said. Carter’s family friend Yolanda Levesque spoke at a news conference in Centennial, Colorado, on a hilltop selected because its view of the surrounding hills was one of Carter’s favorites, “He was an outstanding husband and father, son, brother and soldier,” Levesque said. “He was a friend to all who met him ... quick with a smile and always with a twinkle in his beautiful blue eyes.”
Secretary Sebelius wants to cut Home and Community Based Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2011
Contact:
Bruce Darling, 585-370-6690
Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471
August 8, 2011
Contact:
Bruce Darling, 585-370-6690
Dawn Russell, 303-884-1471
Disability Rights Group Outraged and Demands to Meet with Secretary Sebelius after CMS Issues Guidance on Cutting Home and Community Based Services.
ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights organization, is outraged by a Dear State Medicaid Director letter issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday, August 5th. That letter
explained how states can cut Medicaid home and community based services, which provide alternatives to institutionalization, and not run afoul of the maintenance of effort requirement in the Affordable Care Act.
The organization is particularly upset because Secretary Sebelius spoke before national disability rights groups in July, highlighting how the Affordable Care Act benefits people with disabilities, including the
potential to improve access to home and community based services. While the Secretary gave rousing speeches and was applauded by our community, her staff were crafting guidance to states on cutting our services, said Rahnee Patrick, an ADAPT Organizer from Chicago, IL. This is reprehensible.
The national advocacy group has other concerns about the federal agency. Although the United States Department of Justice has taken action to assure that Americans with Disabilities are not forced into institutions as mandated in the Supreme Courts Olmstead decision, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has done little to address Olmstead concerns identified in the states. Though talking tough about the need for states to comply with the Olmstead decision, CMS has not developed any accountability criteria to monitor states to assess if states are really complying with the decision" said Bruce Darling, an ADAPT Organizer from Rochester, NY.
Additionally, the group is frustrated by inconsistency within the federal agency. The guidance issued Friday was developed in response to concerns by states which face increasing costs as Medicaid enrollment increases because more Americans are eligible for the program due to lost income and expansions mandated in the Affordable Care Act. This same federal agency misinterpreted statutory language establishing the Community First Choice Option and developed proposed rules that would require states to provide more expansive services beyond what the statutory language would require. Ultimately that means fewer states would select the option and fewer Americans will have the opportunity to live in freedom, said Ms. Patrick.
The fact that the federal agency took this action despite being told directly by the provisions sponsors that this was not Congress's intent is particularly upsetting to advocates.
The only thing these policy directions have in common is that they negatively impact Americans with disabilities and older Americans who want to stay in their own homes, said Darling who indicated that ADAPT is seeking to meet with the Secretary. We intend to take our concerns directly to the Secretary, one way or another.
For more information about ADAPT, please visit http://www.adapt.org/
ADAPT is also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nationaladapt
FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/
The organization is particularly upset because Secretary Sebelius spoke before national disability rights groups in July, highlighting how the Affordable Care Act benefits people with disabilities, including the
potential to improve access to home and community based services. While the Secretary gave rousing speeches and was applauded by our community, her staff were crafting guidance to states on cutting our services, said Rahnee Patrick, an ADAPT Organizer from Chicago, IL. This is reprehensible.
The national advocacy group has other concerns about the federal agency. Although the United States Department of Justice has taken action to assure that Americans with Disabilities are not forced into institutions as mandated in the Supreme Courts Olmstead decision, the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has done little to address Olmstead concerns identified in the states. Though talking tough about the need for states to comply with the Olmstead decision, CMS has not developed any accountability criteria to monitor states to assess if states are really complying with the decision" said Bruce Darling, an ADAPT Organizer from Rochester, NY.
Additionally, the group is frustrated by inconsistency within the federal agency. The guidance issued Friday was developed in response to concerns by states which face increasing costs as Medicaid enrollment increases because more Americans are eligible for the program due to lost income and expansions mandated in the Affordable Care Act. This same federal agency misinterpreted statutory language establishing the Community First Choice Option and developed proposed rules that would require states to provide more expansive services beyond what the statutory language would require. Ultimately that means fewer states would select the option and fewer Americans will have the opportunity to live in freedom, said Ms. Patrick.
The fact that the federal agency took this action despite being told directly by the provisions sponsors that this was not Congress's intent is particularly upsetting to advocates.
The only thing these policy directions have in common is that they negatively impact Americans with disabilities and older Americans who want to stay in their own homes, said Darling who indicated that ADAPT is seeking to meet with the Secretary. We intend to take our concerns directly to the Secretary, one way or another.
For more information about ADAPT, please visit http://www.adapt.org/
ADAPT is also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nationaladapt
FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/
Shame on you Sebelius! Shame on you!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Trader Joe's
I adventured out today with a friend to Trader Joe's. It's just a grocery store. So, I don't see what the big deal is about Trader Joe's. Besides being a haven for those who are looking for gluten free items.
Put your money where your mouth is Kevin Yoder!
$15,000.00 in Debt
(As reported by CNN)
Kansas Representative Kevin Yoder (R) said "Washington needs to cut up the credit cards and stop spending money we don't have." Really Mr Yoder? Really???? How can you be serious when you can't manage your own debt? Really!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Watermelon!
I have been craving watermelon lately! I have not given into the urge yet but I just may. This hot weather really makes me want some! This little guy at the zoo has the right idea!
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Take the bus in Johnson County?
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Got Milk?
Women shoots her breast milk at Police!
(Newser) – An Ohio woman warned police that she was a breastfeeding mom—and then she opened fire with her right breast, NBC4i reports. Drunk at a wedding reception, Stephanie Robinette got into an argument with her husband, who told police that she repeatedly hit him. She locked herself in her car before someone contacted police. When they arrived, she shouted profanities and wouldn’t exit the vehicle.
She "proceeded to remove her right breast from her dress and began spraying deputies and the vehicle with her breast milk," the sheriff said. "This is a prime example of how alcohol can make individuals do things they would not normally do." Her charges include domestic violence and disorderly conduct, the New York Daily News reports.
Who knew that breast milk could be used a lethal weapon?
Enough said!
An excessive heat warning remains in effect until 7 PM CDT Friday. Nighttime heat indices only fall to the upper 70s to middle 80s with the warmest readings in urban areas. * Impacts... this prolonged heat wave is expected to last a week... and will have potentially life-threatening impacts. During the early to mid afternoon... the dangerously high heat and humidity... combined with full sunshine and light winds... will lead to a high potential for heat exhaustion or heat stroke for persons without adequate cooling and shelter. Longer- term cumulative effects are also expected for those most susceptible to the heat... especially the elderly. In addition... higher concentrations of ozone will further increase the potential for respiratory illness for some people.
Monday, July 11, 2011
The Foundry rocks!
The Wallet Pop reports that JCPenney has rolled out a chain of menswear stores, catering to the growing plus-size market. Called The Foundry Big & Tall Supply Co. (I had the opportunity to experience this awesome store this past weekend! I got a free beer to drink while I shopped! It gets my A+ rating!)"With big and tall customers making up over 50% of the male population and spending nearly $6 billion on apparel, footwear and accessories, we saw an opportunity to serve the fashionable and professional big and tall customer who is often frustrated by the lack of sizes and fits, availability of brands and the overall lack of customer service in their category," said Mike Ullman, JCPenney's chairman and CEO, in a statement. The Foundry Big & Tall Supply Co. will offer "an upscale environment and extensive assortments of apparel, footwear and furnishings created with them in mind."
Kansas City Area Metro Stores
Overland Park , KS 11745 W. 95th St.
Overland Park , KS , 66214
South Overland Park Overland Park , KS 66202
Kansas City , Mo Tiffany Springs Market Center 8922 NW. Skyview Ave.
Kansas City , MO , 64154
Independence , MO Independence Center 18801 E. 39th St. S.
Independence , MO , 64057
Oak Park Mall
6941 W. 119th St
Sunday, July 10, 2011
The new kitty!
Here is Ms. Betty Rose Pennington-Arnold. She is a big girl now at almost 4 months old. She is all black with some light stripes on the bottom half. She enjoys long days hanging out in her own kitty yard with such amenities as food, water, litter box, a cozy bed and all the kitty toys that an active kitty could have. Ms Arnold has figured out how to enjoy a long nap in the sun of the big sliding glass door. When she is not basking in the sun, she also enjoys biting her owners toes. Dam, they are sharp! Ms. Betty Rose Pennington-Arnold has a sister that is looking for a wonderful home too. Her name is Ms. Ruby Pennington.
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