{Fake It Friday}

So lets pretend Me thinks and Thankful Thursday happened or fake it for today;) We switched over to a new INTERNET and phone provider so it took a little to get get going but its SO much better!! and SO much faster!! We are loving it! So that took a good part of the a day then life got away on us..and here it is friday again and the month almost over!!

Its actually been a busy week ....had about 3 meetings, kids skating lessons, scouts, Parent preschool, ym, yoga, PTA, primary, soccer, etc etc life ;)

Today is also D's mom's birthday!

We had a brunch for her this morning and it was so nice, sat around and talked and enjoyed a little girl time.....So happy birthday to the most beautiful person I know inside and out she is the sweetest, kindest and most loving person .. that you will ever meet and we all sure love her and her example and her love!!! Because of her and my father in law 2 became this crazy bunch:)

 Fun times:) Love em all:)

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Besides all that I think the snowy cold January funk set in where your dreaming of warmer weather and you know you have like 3 more months of cold to go... yeah a little depressing eh:( Such is life and seasons right:)

SO ME THINKS 

this week

 We all need a change.

is something I've thought about all week and its entitlement. I have never met in all the time preceding to now a more spoiled entitled bunch of kids and teens and selfish adults and parents......... its kind of disgusting to watch....{I'm not saying all but a huge majority are} Parents want to be buddy buddy and give youth everything and they can't do any wrong...its slightly disturbing to watch how addicted they are to cell phones, texting and getting there own way and how disrespectfully it is being used and abused....then we have governments restricting what can and can't be done in regards to teachers which creates a ratio of students way up here and teacher far below with no control.....

Seriously how far can it go?? 

When half of kids in an elementary school of 600 have a cell phone there is something wrong with that!! What 8-12 year really needs a phone 

or are you trying to keep up with the Jones'

 Pretty sure there are still phones in schools to be able to use ...........pretty sure there are still paper copies of books of scripture and whatever else to be used 

pretty sure we have voices and real life games books and things to do!!!

In reality we have addicted babies, children and teens heck adults........ to tv ipads phones and all other distractions

When was the last time you played a board game together, built a snowman {like with two hands and with real snow ha} really ran around ???  Ate dinner together with no phones?? We have a problem as a society and its only going to get worse if we don't stop it or put our feet down in our own homes ......

How will our children function in the real world if they don't learn know how to LIVE in the real world to learn to play for hours outside, to run, to breath fresh air...not to be sedated infront of some electronice device....

Not saying they aren't good for a lot but lately I can't get over how addicted all ages are to these stupid phones etc{yes I love having one but I also make sure I'm present in my children's lives too}

This poor generation of entitlement it will be a sad day in the real world if we don't stand up and do something soon...

teach some phone etiquette , heck some people skills, some respect ,some self respect, some rules, some discipline .. quit trying to save face, confrontation and  quit trying to be there best friend they need an adult in there lives.

They need to learn that they aren't in charge and the world doesn't revolve around them that respect, honestly and manners goes a long way. In real life and electronic device life!

Teach them so they know! Or we are all in trouble.....

There is a long road ahead if we don't do something now.

okay thats my weekly rant:)

{didn't mention missing our kids growing up because of our phone use so read this Great article here  about sums it up}

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T h a n k f u l   F o r

Dreams

insight 

Prayer

Dedicated & Committed people

Goals

and

people who get it

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Love this quote of the week:

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."

Have an awesome weekend:)

{ps awesome article here}