This is where I explain

This blog is going to my explanation as to why I've been taking a random hiatus from blogging.

One simple word:

WORK.

I've been working so much lately, and when I'm not working I'm sleeping. And when I'm not doing either of those two things, I'm checking the tropical disturbance in the Caribbean because in 14 days and 3 hours I'll be on a plane to CANCUN/Playa Del Carmen. Yes, Yes, you can be jealous.

I'm so excited to drink and lay on the beach with my family and good friend Ann-Marie! Life is good.

I love working for the Bombers, looove it!!

Life is fabulous basically, my cousin got engaged last night and I'm soooo freaking pumped!! I love him and his fiance is amazing!! Welcome to the crazy family Salem!! :)

Summer is flying by, like woah. Where has June gone? Or for that matter 2010??

Counting down the days until December. ;)

I hope you are doing well. This was my short and sweet catch-up on life.

How is your life?

Blessings,

Victory

Dream-Struggles-Victory.

That's how life is, seriously. You can't have a big dream, a small struggle and a huge victory.

As big as your dream is, is how big your struggle will be and that's how big your victory will be.

It really put my life in perspective because I know we think that having a big dream, doesn't mean we have to have a huge struggle. False.

It put a lot of things right for me because I never thought of this. We need to be embraced by those who love us the most during our struggle. I really like this analogy because now when I dream big that the struggle is going to be big too. It prepares you for what's to come. But the victory at the end will make all those things worth it.

It's been a rough day, but I know everything will work out how it's supposed to, and I have peace about that.

It's pouring in the BCS and it matches my mood.

This drama queen is out.

Blessings,

The Letter that wasn't published..

**Let me say, I never usually repost things from emails, but this is good...**

ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) NEWSPAPER-New Immigrants
This is a very good letter to the editor. This woman made some good
points..
For some reason, people have difficulty structuring their arguments when arguing against supporting the currently proposed immigration revisions. This lady made the argument pretty simple. NOT printed in the Orange County Paper...................

Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which does not agree with the philosophy they're pushing on the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published; but, with your help it will get published via cyberspace!

From:
"David LaBonte"
My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register:

Dear Editor:
So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.

Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people
like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept
this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when
there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the
United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a
long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get
down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made
a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in
good and bad times. They made learning English a primary
rule in their new American households and some even changed
their names to blend in with their new home.

They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their
children a new life and did everything in their power to
help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was
handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws
to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.

Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out.
My father fought along side men whose parents had come
straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None
of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought
about what country their parents had come from. They were
Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of
Japan . They were defending the United States of America as
one people.

When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking
for the French-American or the German American or the Irish
American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we
carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of
those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up
another country's flag and waving it to represent who they
were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had
sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew
what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting
pot into one red, white and blue bowl.

And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same
rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by
playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the
entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their
mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American
is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on
Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that
for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future
generations to create a land that has become a beacon for
those legally searching for a better life. I think they
would be appalled that they are being used as an example by
those waving foreign country flags.

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on
the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about
dismantling the United States just yet.

(signed)
Rosemary LaBonte

This is amazing.

Blessings,

Sweeeeeeeeeet

Sweet Summertime is here!

Summertime means so many different things to everyone.

Concerts, barbecues, vacations, beach, old friends, new friends, baseball, snowcones.

Whatever it means to you, it's sweet.

Summertime for me is a new start, working a lot, a new boy, a new me, and my half-birthday which is today! :) 6 months til I'm legal!! :) :)

It's crazy how fast time is going, who would have thought that it's already JUNE 1st of 2010. What the heck! I went to my HS' 2010 graduation, and I felt so freaking out. Those kids who walked the stage on Friday night were SOPHOMORES when I graduated. SOPHOMORES! Now they are going to be in college...wow. I felt OLD at graduation!

I'm incredibly happy right now, because this weekend was amazing. I met someone great, and I'm hoping it goes well. :)

I start my other job this week I believe, and I'm excited about some baseball!!

So whatever summer means to you, I hope you enjoy it and live it to the fullest.

Blessings,