Daily Dose of Serenity

Every month, I will feature a person in my blog who I feel has impacted society in a positive manner. For the month of November 2009, I have chosen Michelle Obama, first Black First Lady of the United States.

From the Chicago Tribune:

After almost nine years of wedded bliss, Antonio and I are still together and are as committed to our marriage as we were the day we made our vows before the judge in Vegas.

It's been an interesting ride, to say the least. We have been through being a military family, far-too-frequent separations due to Antonio's Army duties, to include his 15-month separation deployment to Iraq, traveling across country from North Carolina to Phoenix and beyond.

We have been jobless together, homeless and carless together, but we were never hopeless. The financial struggles have been many, but we are rich with love, friendship respect, honesty and fun.

It's been an adventure so far, and I look forward to continuing the wonder of our continued journey together.

The picture below was taken by our friend Angelina at the Doc and Eddy birthday party.

Here is one that I was happy to attend -- and was not tardy! Wonderful celebration for myself, Shaun and Karol to celebrate our birthdays at Doc and Eddy's. Thanks to all who came out to make it successful, and we really did miss all those who had to work and couldn't attend .

Above is a picture of the birthday boy and girls taken by my hubby, Antonio.

She may not have been tardy for her party, but she was obviouly absent for a majority of her singing lessons! What foolywang whackness has allowed this mess to be available on iTunes or anywhere else? REALLY?!?!?!

I am not only going to be tardy for her party, I will not be attending. And Kandi, a Grammy-award winning songwriter and singer? Girrrrrllllll....WHHHHY? You should have made an "Xscape" from that train wreck!

Check the foolishness for yourself:

From the NY Daily News:

A Queens judge Friday slapped Brigitte Harris with the toughest sentence possible for killing and dismembering her father to avenge years of sexual abuse.

Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman sentenced Harris to five to 15 years for the suffocation slaying of Eric Goodridge in her Rockaway apartment on July 28, 2007.

Harris admitted plotting to sever her father's penis with a scalpel by researching the case of Lorena and John Bobbitt. She wanted to prevent Goodridge, 55, from returning to his native Liberia with his granddaughters, she said.

"I never intended to kill him, and I'm sorry for his family's loss," she told Cooperman.

Cooperman acknowledged the findings of mental health professionals who agreed Goodridge repeatedly sexually abused his daughter from age 3, but he cautioned against victims taking the law into their own hands.

"Sometimes the crime itself warrants punishment," Cooperman said.

The judge also chided jurors for giving in to sympathies for Harris in reaching a second-degree manslaughter verdict that was inconsistent with the facts.

Four jurors attended Friday's sentencing and, in letters, urged Cooperman to set Harris free so she could seek psychiatric care. Harris attorney Arthur Aidala said were it not for the jury, Harris, 29, would probably be spending the rest of her life behind bars.

"They handcuffed the judge from committing an injustice," Aidala said.

"Brigitte has shown no remorse," countered Harris' aunt, Comfort Lawrence.

WTF -- now your CAT can catch swine flu from their human owners?

From Yahoo! Buzz

Please don't sneeze on your pet
It's enough that you have to worry about you and your kids catching swine flu this season. But now you also have to be concerned for … your cat. That's right. Your furry friend can catch it, from you. At least that's the case for a 13-year-old feline in Iowa diagnosed with H1N1 after its two owners both came down with the flu. The cat was treated at a veterinary hospital after appearing lethargic, losing its appetite and having trouble breathing. All three have recovered. Although this is the first documented case, consider it a cautionary tale. While searches on "swine flu symptoms" were up this week almost 400%, lookups on "swine flu in cats" also increased. (Read up on how to protect pets from the swine flu.)

Thankfully, we only have dogs here. But the minute one of them starts looking crazy sick, it's off to the vet...I don't want to catch swine flu from THEM!