Murder in a small town

Last Friday a 14 year old girl went missing and come Saturday and 18 year old boy had turned himself in after they found her body Friday evening.  He has not been charged and they are not releasing much information at this point, but I find myself wanting that information.  I am not usually a 'rubber-necker" but seeing how it has been somewhere around 20 years since the last murder in our town, it isn't a common thing and I want to know, "what went wrong in a small town?"
Was is drugs? Was it another out raged teen? (seeing how one in a larger town a raged teen open fired on his high school administration killing the Principal and himself.) Was it a sex crime?  Whatever it was it was, my heart feels for the family of that girl.  To have her life ended before it really began (I can say that because I am over twice her age!).  Not to mention the family of the boy.  They will always love their son and now they will have to live with what he has done also.
I am very grateful for my faith and my knowledge that my family is Eternal.  I hope that I can keep my family strong in faith and raise my kids to stay close to the Savior...even in a small town.

Well Questioned

This is a friend of mine that had her 3rd baby not to long ago.  She poses some real good questions that mothers with growing families face (and some that I have had myself).  I can say this is why I started this blog was to put thoughts like this out there.

http://myfriendlikely.blogspot.com/2011/01/help-wanted.html

I know that some days I have questions much like hers and I am sure in the future when baby #3 comes I will resonate even more the things she is going through.

If you want to offer some advice, all us mothers can use it!

Terrible Two's

Why is it that two year olds have to make things so difficult.  i.e. :
"Let's get dressed (as he is jumping and running around the room)...come here and get dressed (lying and rolling on the floor this time)...come now or i will not help you (still on the floor)..."  So I put the clothes on the floor and then it becomes a crying battle;
"Mommy help me" as he picks up the clothes and follows me to the kitchen. 
"No, you need to do it yourself now...I asked you to come and you wouldn't so now you need to try"  More crying and more tantrum;
"NO Mommy, YOU help me"
"Okay I will help you if you don't fight me anymore". One piece of clothes on and he starts jumping around again. ARGH!  Is my two year old winning this battle?

The sad thing is that terrible two is followed by terrifying three!

Tupperware

Tonight I went to a Tupperware party.  It was rather interesting how they made lasagna and a chocolate cake in a Tupperware dish...in the microwave!  I just don't think of the microwave as a cooker, but a defroster and a re-heater.  Either way it is interesting to know that Tupperware is still around just as it was with my mother...but "it is not my mother's Tupperware."  My mom still has some of the Tupperware she bought probably when I was 8 which is why I was tempted to buy some of those timeless things.  But, in the end they were not the sale items and I have a hard time paying a lot of money for something that I don't need right now or even ever.  Timing is everything when it comes to parties like this, and the timing was not in favor of my money! (well not much of it :)

I did find out that the children's round shape sorter (half red and half blue with yellow shapes) come from Tupperware. 

I will say they have a lot of cool things, but not things that I felt were worth spending for right now.  Maybe another day.

Why?

I have been thinking a lot lately about a wide variety of things.  Some are matters that don't really have a solution but just need to be said and others have easy solutions, once I can see clearly enough to deal with it.  Either way I thought I would start a blog where I could just put those thoughts and feelings out there and off my mind.  I may  just be on my soap box, not really wanting answers, just typing.  They will not change who I want to be or even reflect how I choose to deal with them, I just wanted a place to ramble...or a soapbox to stand on!