Jaycee vs. Casey

Watched some of the Casey Anthony drama. Hope it is over for awhile and we all get some needed "rest" from it. Can't seem to look for the daily news without being side-swiped by it all.

Thought for the day....Pain is inevitable....Suffering is optional. I like that!!

Just finished reading "A Stolen Life". Jaycee Dugard is one amazing woman... the complete antithesis to Casey Anthony.

Jaycee: Tortured by self-serving, egotistical, perverted, monster.

Casey: Emotionally tortured her loving parents..led police and searchers on wild goose chase.

Jaycee: Loving and devoted mother of two children forced upon her by rape.

Casey: Mother of daughter mostly raised by the grandparents. Partied after child's death.

Jaycee: Imprisoned in a back-yard and not allowed out for 18 years...not guilty of anything.

Casey: Imprisoned for 3 years for murdering her child....GUILTY, but not proven.

Jaycee: Positive, happy and moving forward, living with family and daughters.

Casey: ON THE RUN....not willing to communicate with her family.

Jaycee: Always faithful, helpful and caring....even to her captors.

Casey: Lying, lazy, party-going, boozing ...refusing to tell parents where the child is for 31 days.

Jaycee: Police failed her.

Casey: Police foiled by her.

My own feelings......Everyone on the planet should NOT buy anything Casey writes...that includes articles written about her or picture stories in magazines. Boycott People and any other rag sheet she appears in. Jose....same for him. Don't support his law firm. Go elsewhere. Let them wallow in obscurity from here on out. They should be ignored.

Our laws need to be changed. Defendants up for murder should HAVE to take a polygraph and should HAVE to take the stand and answer questions. Lawyers should be forced to be more ethical by the judges themselves. Judges need to step in and counteract the stupidity of the average American sitting in the jury box. Judges should be forced to preside over jury deliberations and do more explaining to them of the law and the ramifications of evidence that is presented.

Lawyers who publicly celebrate with champagne and flip the "bird" to cameras should be heavily penalized. The courtroom has become more of a sports stadium with the prosecution and defense teams behaving more like athletes in competition. THERE IS NO TRUTH in the U.S. Justice system. Only the best lawyer with the most persuasive "arguments" wins!

IF THE GLOVE DOESN'T FIT.....THEN DON'T COMMIT.

FANTASY FORENSICS.

YES WE CAN.....CHANGE.

Happy Birthday to me....

Had another wonderful birthday. We have kept the tradition of going to a restaurant with just the "adults" and no grandchildren so we can all enjoy the "quiet." Another grand daughter is on the way and we are all SO excited. Two little girls in the next few months!!!!!

I drove the deck furniture up to the cabin yesterday and unloaded it all before the rain started. I just love to sit and watch the birds and feel the breeze and have a few hours out of the HEAT of the valley.

I received so many lovely gifts from neighbors, friends and my family. Wow! The first year EVER that I have been remembered by my visiting teachers (38 years in the church now)....I was so shocked! One of them brought me a bottle of hand soap. The visiting teacher I had before the mission didn't come for 9 months. I had taken her to lunch when she moved into our ward and thought I would make a friend. She announced that she was disappointed to move into a ward with so many skinny blond women. She informed me that she didn't EVER do her visiting teaching. She held to her word. She was made RS counselor and got up and preached to us all at the VT conference that year. I laughed all the way home...to be fair to her, I gave two of her daughters piano lessons one before and one after the mission..she cheated me both times and wouldn't pay the full amount. The second daughter just stopped coming...no phone call...no check...nothing....I get a kick out of being ignored in the hall at church. LOVE it! I could write an entire novel on THAT particular topic (members who don't pay for services.)

No...THIS year has been special. I am truly SPOILED!!!!!! Next week I go to California to celebrate my youngest brother's 50th. My other brother will fly out too and we will have a BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA! Shopping and eating in Cali is always a treat.