A little girl singin' Lil Wayne....

So, the other day, I was outside at home watering my garden and doing some things in the garage and happened to be walking out of the garage and on my way to the backyard and I hear one of the neighborhood kids singing Lollipop by Lil Wayne...Well, more specifically she dropped this portion of the lyrics as she was running down the street to play with some other kids:
Shawty say I lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-look like a lollipop
She say I lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-look like a lollipop
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-look like a lollipop
Wanna lick the rapper
So I letta lick the rapper
I stopped on a dime and just looked out into the street wondering if I had heard what I heard....Indeed, it was a 6-7yo girl saying this and I just shook my head and wondered what she'll be or where she'll dance to pay for law school, of course when she is of age......Oh, the decline of society....sheesh. Making kids is easy. Being a responsible parent takes work.

By the way, I laugh EVERY TIME I see this new album cover from Lil Wayne....LOL!

Times are Tough?

The sensationalized news stories of the last few months would have us believe that the US economy is on a downward spiral. You would be even more inundated with these stories in Michigan. Well, I am here to say that I don't see it.....We went to Costco this morning since I had two coupons that were soon to expire for $3 of an 18" pizza and $3 off some cookies made in their bakery. These two items are things I have never purchased at Costco anyway, but due to the additional savings, I thought I would take the leap and just bring it over to my mom's house for our weekend visit we always make. Anyway, we got there at 11am. The place opens at 10am on Saturday. The parking lot was JAMMED!! Consider this, Costco only accepts cash and Amex or debit card. Well, I put in my order for this 18" monster of a vegetable pizza that looked like a freaking ceiling fan. L, M and I walked to the back of the store and retrieved the cookies and we were out of bacon, so we got some of that. We came back and every register was lined up with humanity as when we arrived before I put in the order for the pizza. Man, I was just thinking how amazing it was to think that if the economy is so bad, you would think people would be a little less likely to purchase so many items from Costco. Don't get me wrong, my only reason for going to Costco is that I can get some items there cheaper in terms of unit price and they have a great selection of goods, but there were people there with their carts full of items that can be purchased cheaper at other stores or farmers markets, etc.

The next time another person tells me how bad the local economy is, I'll just wink and nod.