If You Have Headache, Take Tylenol..

I watched Mrijuana Nation on National Geographic Channel with JT last night. They talked about medial marijuana and how it's used, misused and how much it would benefit many sick patients if we use it correctly.

Many of you know that JT is a recovering addict. He was a major pot head and marijuana was his drug of choice. He could not live without it. So, it is kind of miracle that he is clean after all those years of love affair with weed. He used to tell me to justify his addiction, "God planted the seeds. They have purpose.." -- that kind of make sense, but still, smoking weed is illegal, ok?

Me and JT were glued to Lisa Ling's report and it reinforced my humble opinion about medical use of marijuana.

So, the program talked about how many people are trying to take advantage of medical marijuana. It's happening everywhere, especially in California where people can get prescription from doctors and buy it like they would buy candy.

I have a friend who used to work at one of those stores in Oakland. She had a legal license to sell marijuana. As crazy as it may sounds, she worked, had a prescription herself, and sold many diffferent kinds of marijuana to those so-called patients who NEED the grass to treat their pain (what pain one might ask?). I asked her once before why it is so easy for them to get Rx's from doctors. She said, as long as you have a legitimate reason for pain, the doctor would write it for you. So I asked again, "please define the pain you're talking about?"

Her answer was just amazing. Her reason was a severe pain during period. It was unbearable. So she told the doc, all of the over the counter medicine wouldn't work. There she got the Rx for marijuana. And she told me most customers who came to the store had the prescriptions similar to hers. I was amazed how ridiculous the whole system is.

But, I must admit, I am all for medical marijuana as long as it helps terminally ill patients who go through tremendous pain during their treatment. Cancer patient? Check. AIDS patient? Check. MS patients? Why not!? Those patients do not need to go through unnecessary suffering if they could prevent it. They deserve any treatments to make their lives comfortable and pain free. And if marijuana helps those patients, we all should support medical marijuana use.

Now, the goverment and many city officals are trying to track down those stores and labs and make it illegal for patients to prescribe medical marijuana - just because of those who abuse the previlege, those who go to the store to buy their candy just for fun. Because of them, the people who REALLY NEED it can't benefit from it? That upsets me.

And the doctors who write Rx to teenagers and all the pot heads, their license should be taken away.

If you have a headache, take Tylenol. If your crumping is killing you, take Advil. You do not need marijuana to ease your tiny pain. There are others who go through real pain who really need it. Don't make their life more difficult and painful.

That's enough for tonight - but you might want to check out the program if you have nothing to do. It's quite interesting!

marijuana plant flowering

Legally grown marijuana at a university.

Say What???

I was driving to my in-law's to pick up my two girls after work when I spotted my girls, my mom-in-law and her neighbor, Mrs B (mom's house and Mr. B's house sits right next to each other) walking the dogs. I stopped the car and started chatting with them on the street while my girls were hugging my legs.

Suddenly Mrs. B said, "Maki, did your mother in law told you about the boys??" I had no idea what she was talking about, so I looked at JT's mom and she said, "Oh, not yet. Why don't you tell her now?"

So, here is the brief conversation.

Mrs B: "You know, my boy J? You saw him the other day, right?"

Me: "Yes, he was just driving home with two friends."

Mrs B: "So, my J goes, {Mom, how old is Maki again?}, so I asked him why? and he said, my buddies think she is HOT!!"

Me: What!? I am 35!

Okay, everybody, I am flattered, kind of. But you know, those boys are 16 years old. I don't know if I should be happy or embarassed about this.

What happened was, we all drove to JT's mom's house on Sunday afternoon to say goodbye to JT's cousins who were visiting from NJ for Thanksgiving. We're helping them loading their stuff to the car when I saw J's car driving by JT's mom's. I saw J's face, so I waved at him and he waved me back. After parking his car, him and the two boys got out of the car, so I said "Hello J!" That was it. Somehow the boys thought I was hot.

They are 16, but they play Football, so they are huge. 16 year old high school kids nowadays look like they are in college. But anyway, I started laughing and Mrs. B was laughing too. Really, I am 35. Maybe I don't look like 35, but I think I could be their mom.

When I think about it, Ashton Kutchr married Demi Moore who is 16 years senior. That's pretty big age difference. Maybe I could handle 23 (and it still sounds like commiting crime), but Maki can no way near handle 16 year old! LOL..

Mrs. B told me that it's always good that young people find you attractive. Maybe so, Mrs. B, maybe so. I prefer "Gorgeous" or "Pretty" or "Beautiful" though. We all use "Hot" these days and it's no different among the teenagers I guess. Mrs. B said, "Alrighty then Maki, I will tell the boys that you thanked them!" Yes Please do!!!

I told JT about the story when I came home. He didn't know whether he should be happy or jealous that 16 year old said his wife is hot. He was kind of confused.

Anyway, I thought it was funny story to share...

Do you have any funny/embarassing moment like this or pick up line?

These kids make me smile...

Many of you know that my oldest daughter Ju Ju turned 5 last month (11/15).

Because her mommy was a bit slow in the process of booking the party location, we had to have the party for her and her friends a week after her real birthday (11/22). But many of her classmates and friends had showed up and it was a huge sucess..

We had 20 kids playing in the gym where Ju Ju takes lessons every week, and I can't rememeber if I had that many friends at her age. She is one lucky girl who is surrounded by so many wonderful friends.

These pictures simply make me smile and happy inside!!!

Have a wonderful week, everybody!! And burn those Turkey calories!!!

xoxo

Two Grown Men - No Can Handle Dead Birds

My hubby JT and his youngest brother D are pretty strong and big. They are tall and manly. I can totally count on them if anything bad were about to happen. I am 100% positive that they will protect me and my girls at all cost; EXCEPT they are the total weakest link during this wonderful festivities called Thanksgiving and Christmas.

They can not handle dead bird called Turkey nor Chicken. They are totally afraid of them. They can't look at it nor touch it. Curving the cooked bird is out of question. They are big boys age 43 and 30. So lame.

When they were little, their mother was preparing chicken in the kitchen for Christmas. They had never seen the whole object prior to the curving before; all four brothers were chasing each others and ran into the kitchen. There the oldest JT witnessed the butt naked dead chicken being massaged by Mom's hands with spices. It totally freaked him out and traumatized him. Ever since, he can't touch it. JT always says, "Those butt and legs look so real and raw. So just cut it into pieces and give them to me - I just don't need to picture what it used to be."

Now, brother D, he was fine until 4 years ago. We have an aunt named Auntie M - she is a charactor. She came and stayed in Florida during Thanksgiving 4 years ago. We're talking, drinking and eating when Auntie M said, "Oh my god, no one likes this part???" and started poking the Turkey butt on the table. She said, "I love the butt, it's so tastey.."

That's when brother D almost gag and ran to the bathroom. Seriously, he got sick. Now, after four years, we won't stop saying, "Oh we can't wait for the butt, it's so yummy~~"

D always cry and say, "Shut up! Don't ruin my Thanksgiving!!!" Honestly, he loses all his appetite when he thinks about the comment Auntie M made four years ago. He wants nothing to do with it. Therefore, the boys' stepdad has to curv everything, so it wouldn't resemble any type of birds. I swear to God.

To me, looking at the whole chicken or turkey on the dining table is the fun part. Not to be bruital, it just makes me feel like we're celebrating Holidays. But now because of these boys, we have to stare at neatly sliced turkey and chiken instead. Clearly boring.

My Drug of Choice...

So, I need to ask you everyone. How many hours do you spend everyday/night in front of your computer blogging?

Before I went back to work almost two months ago, I had freedom to be on the computer whenever I wanted. It was totally stress free. Now I'm back to work and because I am not able to use computer there, the only time I can blog is at night after the girls go to bed. I always try to catch up with comments in the morning, but seriously, I am having tough time separating doing chore around the house and typing keypads.

To tell you the truth, I sometimes feel posting a blog is more important than washing dishes. Isn't that horrible or what? I mean... I feel like a bad wife.

JT has already told me that my intense attachment to the blogsphere shows an addictive personality. He tries to analyze everything based on his recovery from his drug addiction. Now he tells me I am addicted to blogging. And I think I am. JT is so smart.

If I don't get to catch up or if I don't post anything for a day, I start to freak out. I don't think that's good. I mean, that's no fun, right? That's why I have decided to free myself from blogging at least once a week, so I can be a better wife and a mommy.

But what about you guys? How do you weigh youself when it comes to your blog? Do you do your homework? Do you clean your house and take care of your kids before you sit in front of the computer??? Or do you totally throw everything on the floor and hug your computer as soon as you come back to your house???

Why Is Vampire Sexy???

I love Vampire movies. "The Lost Boys" is my favorite. Don't you love that movie? Jason Patric was HOT!!! Then Bram Stoker's "Dracula". I don't know why, but I am infatuated with vampire. Now all the craziness has been focused on Twilight. I have enjoyed reading the books, but I haven't seen the movie yet. I've heard mixed reviews. I think I'm going to wait for a while because I don't want to sit in the crowded theatre..

Anyway, here is the song "Decode" from the movie Twilight by Paramore which I am kind of loving it. I've always liked their music, but this song kind of makes me wanting to trip to my own Twilight. What do you think? Do you like it???


And this is another song by Paramore (I'm sure you've heard it million times on radio) - One of my Soapy's favorite songs of all time. Hayley looks so innocent and she was probably still getting used to the idea of becoming the mainstream. I love this song.

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!!!!

xoxo

What a F%*k!!??

Call me Stupid. I deleted all the widgets, my friends!!!! Sob...

I was trying to download new 3 column template when I clicked "Save" without really reading or understanding exactly what that meant. Ta La~~~~, everything that I have built for the past four months is gone.

I'm so fortunate that the only thing I lost was widgets. But as you can see, I have to start everything over. I'm dying here. Hopefully I can create better layout or blog.....

It's 3:19am in Florida. JT is sleeping of course. My girls are sleeping of course... And I know I have to go to bed, but I'm trying to recreate my blog by using mental pictures that I have in my head.....

Uhhh, stupid woman. I'm pissed...