Fun Fun Fun

So I LOVE horror movies. There is nothing more fun than sitting in the dark and watching them. I, of course, am terrified the whole time and usually have my husbands arm to hold, or my 15 year old son's arm - which he's never too happy about but hey I'm his mother so he can be nice. I must say that they certainly have changed over the years and not for the good. What happened to the good old days when not seeing something was better? Now I have seen some films that are bloody and scary but it seems that too many movies now adays go for the high gore just to sell. Now its hard not to be a horror purist when you grew up in the 70s and 80s with such masterpieces as "Halloween", "The Exorcist", and everyones summer time favorite (and truely the reason I never swim in any body of water in the dark) "Jaws". I think there are some great young directors out there and I hope this genre goes back t its roots. I'm excited to watch NBC's "fear Itself" tonight, looks like it may be good.

Here are some fun sites:
http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml
http://www.best-horror-movies.com/100-greatest-horror-movies-printer-friendly.html

That day has come

Dear Matthew,

Since I don't know where you are, I will put this out on the Internet in hopes that you may see it someday. Happy Birthday my sweetpea. I can't explain what these past 18 years have been like without you. My husband says that you define who I am now, that's true. And this day especially is hard because I miss you and it reminds me of everything that I haven not been there for. Your first steps, your first words, your first bruise, the first time you saw a butterfly, your first day of school, your last day of school, the day you passed your driver's test, the day you got acceptance letter to college. I don't know what you look like; if you have blue eyes and dark hair. If you are in love. I still don't know how to feel about my decision. It was my biggest mistake and my best decision.

My fear is that I'll never see you again. That you aren't curious about me, that you you don't want to know me. That I'll never see you smile, or hear your voice, or meet your kids. That I have no place in your life.

On your 18th birthday, while you are blowing out your candles with your mom and dad, I'll be thinking of you and hoping that your still safe and happy. I miss you more than you can imagine. I will still keep my hopes of seeing you again.
Love.

Common Sense? We dont teach that

So I'm home from work today because my son got sent home for fighting. That's the phone call I get while standing on my bosses office. So I get to the school to retrieve him and sit to hear the recap of what happened. My 8th grade son and two of his friends were fooling around and "pretend" fighting with each other. That got them sent home for the day. "It could have escalated into a real fight, someone could have gotten hurt for real, and the school could have been sued" those are the exact words from the assistant principle.

This isn' t the first encounter with the school. Oh no, I am "that" parent of "that" kid. The kid who gets in trouble for doing the stupid things. The class clown, he's not mean spirited or a danger but reacts before thinking it through. I'm not one of those parents who thinks that my kid never does anything wrong - I know he's bad.

After stating all of this upfront....are you kidding me people. Seriously, where has common sense gone??? Every time I get a call from the middle school I loose 20 IQ points, "Mrs. Z (when I'm remarried and my name is Mrs. W now - thanks for knowing who you are talking to before you call) your son was hugging his girlfriend and there is no PDA allowed in school so you'll have to pick him up". Zero tolerance for anything which does not teach our children to use common sense. If my son and his friends are fooling around then make them clean up the lunch room.