4-26-11

7:30am

Sunday evening around 11:45pm

as I was laying in bed watching tv

I hear a noise outside.  As I got up

I saw flashing lights out front.

There was a firetruck and ambulance

at our neighbor's house caddy corner

from us to the left.

A couple moments later I saw

about 3 police cars. 

I knew something was

terribly wrong after seeing

the police.

Awhile later after the fire department

and ambulance left the police taped

off the front yard with the yellow

crime scene tape.  I got scared and worried.

Then I saw a guy pull up that I would

assume was a detective because

he wasn't in police attire and wore

a necklace with a badge attached to it.

I didn't sleep well.  Before noticing

something happening just right

outside my window I was watching 

some crime show on tv about a women

getting beaten and murdered.

Monday evening we noticed that

channel 10 was over at this house

interviewing the older man that lived there.

I had no clue as to what happened.

These are quiet and good people

over there.  They don't cause 

anyone any problems. 

We watched the news at 11pm

last night and I was horrified as to

what had happened a hop, skip and

a jump right behind the wall

where I was watching tv.

The elderly man had just picked up

his wife from the airport and

was returning home Easter night

at 11:30pm.  He had run into

the house to use the restroom

while his wife was still getting

out of the car.  When he returned

he found her slumped over the hood

of the car holding her head.  He couldn't

of imagined what had happened to

her in that short of time.  She said

it felt like someone had hit her really

hard in her head with a board.

He laid her down on the front step

and saw that she was bleeding really bad

and was in and out of consciousness. 

And at 11:45pm is when I saw

the firetrucks and ambulance

over there.

I don't know what feeling to describe

this incident.  I'm pissed that someone

had the balls to do this to an older person.  

Who was it

and where did they come from?

What were there intentions because

I don't believe she was robbed of

anything.  Who's lurking in the shadows

around here!!??  That could of been one

of us!  Now I am worried about

ourselves, kids and other neighbors

with some psycho running around

here on the loose.  I feel so bad that

this happened to this couple.  

You see stuff on the news all the time

but when it happens within feet of

just outside your front door 

it's another story. 

The lady is at Riverside and had

to have 60 stitches in her head!!!

This lady will never be the same again.

If she survives she will live in fear

because of that night.

I recorded the news episode on the DVR.

This took place right across the

street from our house!!

I'm worried, other neighbors are scared.

Some are talking about getting guns

for safety reasons. 

My video of Sunday just before midnight.

Pictures from my living room 

Monday evening.

And the news clip from the Monday

11:00 news last night.

To give you an idea of what 60 stitches

in the head would look like, here

is a man who was attacked by a bear.

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11:00am

Mom stopped by to drop off

some bread she got me from

the senior rec center.

I see some ham, egg and cheese rolls

in the near future for breakfast, lol.

As we were talking along the curbside

we saw channel 6 pull up.

There was no one home at

the one house across the street.

The news reporter, Steve Levine,

came over to us and asked if they

were home and a couple brief questions

and left a business card with me.

I had run into the house to get

something for mom.  And as I did

the phone was ringing.  Tony called

to say the school called him 

about Christopher having a 

101 degree temperature.

So off we go to the school to pick him up

then over to Kroger to pick up

some ibuprofen and a frozen

pizza for lunch since he didn't 

have lunch yet.

And I thought the first day home

after vacation and everyone going

back to work and school was

going to be a quiet and relaxing one,

yeah right!

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4:50pm

Mom got her new Insight cable installed
today.  I think I did really good
getting an appointment set
up for them to get another service
to save money.
I think they were paying around
$100 a month for phone and
basic cable with Wow.
And now with Insight they will
pay only $67 a month.
That's a savings of $33 a month or
almost $400 a year!!
They get more channels
including HD channels
and a couple movie channels
like Encor and Showtime.
Something they didn't get with Wow.


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6:00pm


Supper- Spaghetti


spaghetti- $1.00
can of hunts spaghetti sauce- $1.00
pound of deer burger- free
package of yeast rolls- free


Total cost $2.00
makes 6 servings
@ .33 cents a serving


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Don't ya love it when your honey
tells you the night before that
they're having a potluck at work
the next day?  AHHHHH!


Wish I had known this earlier
when I was at kroger.
I was brain storming as to what
I could make in the crock.
Mom gave me the idea of
sloppy joes so that's what
I'm gonna make.
I always go to AllRecipes
to find recipes which are
rated by people.
Here's the sloppy joe recipe
I will be making.
Sloppy Joes
The only difference is that
I'm gonna add Franks Red Hot sauce
to it because people at his work
likes food with a kick.
Thinking about maybe stopping
in Aldi's and pricing their
ground turkey to cut down the
price of making this for
15 or more people and you
figure about 2 sandwiches each
so enough for 30 sandwiches.


Might also pick up a card
for the people across the street
to let them know we are thinking of
them during this awful time they
are going through.
This is all we have been thinking
and talking about!

I used up a 6 pack of yeast rolls
mom got me today to make
egg, ham and cheese sandwiches
for breakfast.

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Went over to Aldis to get some
ingredients such as ground turkey.
The turkey is only $1.19 a pound
compared to about $2.99 a pound
for hamburger.


Sloppy Joes


3 pounds ground turkey fried
up with about a cup of diced onions
and a cup of diced green bell peppers.
Drain. Add a large bottle of medium
chunky salsa and about 3/4ths of
a bottle of ketchup.  Squirt in some
regular yellow mustard.  Then I added
about 2 handfuls of dark brown sugar
and a sprinkling of garlic powder.
I also added some Frank's Red Hot sauce
to the mix.  I put it all in the crock
pot and then into the fridge.


Cost for about 30 sandwiches- 
between $6-$7