Well two Arizona Cardinals fans showed their team spirit a little more than… umm, was legal on the unsuspecting Donovan McNabb, quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. You can read the whole story on ESPN’s website, but basically it went as follows:

While at his off-season home in Chandler, AZ, McNabb was visited on several occasions by a couple of local pranksters. The two men apparently left silly things behind at McNabb’s house… One, a flag representing the Cardinals and the other was a box with some more fan-tastic statements written on them. Nothing obscene, just showing their excitement. Then they did something stupid… Their last prank landed them in with the cops. They used diesel fuel to burn cheers into the lawn. They caused much damage that McNabb could not ignore.

Here’s where they truly showed their intelligence. Remember the box that was left? The one with the writing on it? Well there was also an address label leading the cops straight to the prankster’s house!

Moral of the story? Don’t leave your address label on the box you intend to offend someone with!  Or was it, use someone else’s address label? No that wasn’t it… Maybe, something like don’t cause permanent damage when harassing a NFL quarterback. Oh wait, I’m sure it was obey the laws and keep your team spirit civil else you might end up in serious trouble…

So here’s to all you sports fans and keeping your team spirit under control

Today, however, I pulled myself together and out of bed… pushed aside my feelings of baby sickness and was determined to get an article out for Kelby’s site Type-A Mom to which I am proudly an editor for her. As I sat here and typed I decided to pull up twitter.  Something I have not done in over a week. I’m still getting to know the people on there and I never have too much to say. But something in my head today told me to open it up and join in the conversation.

I may well be an open book, but I am a shy person and often find it awkward getting involved in the tweets. Today was no different. But I often read the different “tiny urls” that are posted by the various tweeters Even though I was in the heat of looking for a picture to go with my new article on Household Budget Advice my eye was caught by one of those tiny urls posted by LaTara. It was a link to her newest blog post on her site Mom Unplugged. I have a good idea why that specific tiny url distracted me so much that I had to read it.

Oh, but you know me, I didn’t read it right away. Of course not, instead I opened it in a new tab and saved it for later, at least I didn’t just bookmark it for later like I’ve done with so many others that I never read. For some reason this one was was different, I could feel it. I kept mis-clicking on my various tabbed adventures and would continuously bring up, yup, you guessed it, LaTara’s post. I finally gave in, stubborn as I may be, and read the post. I was so touched I teared up. Now you can say I’m just being hormonal due to my baby blues but in this case you would be wrong.

I have no doubt as to why this particular post affected me the way it did. Because I have strayed from my faith in God and instead of listening to Him I’ve been trying to make my own way. Now you can get what ever you want out of her post, but for me, it was a matter of my heart and knowing that some where back on this rocky road I’ve been on, I’ve lost my way.

I haven’t been listening to God’s will and doing things His way. When you try to take on the world alone expect to be alone. God is there for you if only you’ll let Him! Thank you LaTara, I’m waving my white flag.

I mean, come on, I like my fun time too, but at the expense of my children?!? I think not! The thing that upsets me the most is I fully believe she’s getting off easy and deserves many more charges not listed. Such as, being charged for paraphernalia, driving while ignorant, and I’m sure we can think of many others she would fall under the category of.

There’s no excuse for this kind of irresponsibility, but I doubt she will be punished to the full extent of the law. What could have been going through her head to physically reach over, grab the seatbelt restraint, click it into the buckle, and totally disregard the child in the back seat? Did she get the two confused one for the other? I’m totally appalled by the ignorance of people in society these days. I’ve seen children taken away from their mother for a lot less! For things that were completely asinine, and yet people with serious neglect issues end up getting away with them! I fully believe this is not the first time this has happened with this woman, and I doubt it will be the last. Its a rare case that someone gets caught the very first time they mess up. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, but in this particular instance, I seriously doubt this was the first time this woman has done something like this.

And just think of how many other instances of cases like this are out there that we don’t even hear about!  Is anyone really safe on the roads anymore?

And this brings me to women’s low rider jeans. Some of the laws state that the pant line is not to be more than 2 inches below the waste. Well what about those pants that are just built that way! Not everyone’s waist is in the same spot as we are NOT all created equal. I personally have a high waist, defining waist by the smallest point of the mid-section. For me, that is above my belly button. Personally, I can’t stand to have pants that wear that high up on me. And most all of my jeans are low riders. This is my personal preference! I don’t go around telling people they have to lower their pant line why should I be made to raise mine?

Now, that said. I do feel that those men that walk around with their entire rear hanging out only covered by a pair of boxer shorts is ridiculous. But that’s me. I simply laugh and roll my eyes, but do I feel they deserve to pay a fine? No, not really. Unless, of course, something inappropriate were to pop out, then definitely fine them.

If we’re going to make laws about pants too low then what about shorts too high? Or crop top shirts baring too much midriff? Next thing you know we’ll all be forced to wear uniforms just to go to the market! I for one am not looking forward to that day.

Let’s think about this. Seriously. I realize there should be some laws stating that yes, when we go outside we must have our clothes on. But honestly, who is being hurt by seeing someone’s Hanes logo on their skivvies? I can understand dress codes in schools and such but are we taking this too far by taking it to our streets?