Happy Easter Easter is the only time of year it is safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. I am the Resurrection and the Life.

This And That * I read this about the Kansas City mayor suggesting racism after the Missouri governor called the Chiefs Parade shooters “thugs.” All I can say is know your history and get educated people! The definition of a thug is “a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal.” Historically, a thug means “a member of a group or organization of robbers and assassins in India who waylaid and strangled their victims, usually travelers, and stole their belongings. They were suppressed by the British in the 1830s.” The slang for thug is “a bad guy or bully, especially a violent one.” I agree with the governor, those shooters were thugs.

Happy 11th Birthday! The years are going by too fast since next Wednesday, March 20th, my sweet Tessa Rose is turning 11! To celebrate Tessa on her special day, I found a few quotes and poems for her…. * I know a girl; she puts the color inside my world.

One Of These Has To Go! *Have you seen pictures of food and the captions read, “One Of These Things Has To Go!” I thought it would be fun to play the game. So, here we go! * One has to go… mac and cheese, spaghetti, lasagna, or Fettuccini Alfredo.

Leap Year! * To my great-nephew, Noah, born on February 29th, 2012, with a birthday so awesome the world can only handle it once every four years! * People born on February 29th are called “Leapers or “Leaplings.” * Let this year leap in your heart and give you one more day to live and enjoy life with your loved ones. * There is a one in 1,461 chance of being born on a Leap Day.

This and That * Big Dog Daddy, Toby Keith, you will live on in my radio because we all should have been a cowboy sometime in our lives! God Bless the Red, White and Blue! * Carl Weathers, the one, the only, Apollo Creed. Your intro to “Living in America,” was the best! * The Little House on the Prairie TV series is hosting its 50th Anniversary Cast Reunion and Festival on Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California on March 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.

Happy Birthday to my sweet Sadie Rose! Wishing you a wonderful birthday my sweet Sadie. Enjoy these quotes I found to celebrate your special day! * She’s magic, that one! * I know a girl, she puts the color inside my world.

THIS AND THAT * This doesn’t happen very often, but this year, there will be five issues of the Stockton Sentinel in February! * Groundhog Day was on Friday, February 2nd. Though it is not a federal holiday, since 1887, Americans wait in breathless anticipation for Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania to make his weather prediction on that day.

You Might Be Old If… I found this and want to know how many points you get. Give yourself one point for everything you have done.

Space Shuttle Challenger On January 28th, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight and disintegrated above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral. All seven crewmembers, commander F.