~An Army Of Friends~

We all have Battles in our life~Some challenge our integrity or our beliefs, some our very body as pain riddles us beneath our skin. Some battles come from within ourselves as we fight against fears and holes in our self esteem and some are played out with not just one but many opponents. It is not our enemies but our allies who mean the difference between fight and flight, winning and losing.  Our allies are there like our shadows. They are the people who believe that we are better than we believe ourselves to be. They fight along side of us without us asking and they are the ones who give us strength to get up when we've fallen and who we can rely on to help us up over the steepest of hills and through the blackest of nights. No matter what your battle, no matter how hard it will be to win your war, I hope for you at least one friend like this.  ...One person in this sometimes bitter and unwelcoming world who believes in your strength and soul and, to spite the possibility that they may not understand who you are at war with or why, will stand along side you through anything while shelving their judgment. If nothing else I hope that if you lose to your opponent, (whether your enemy is a cancer eating at your body or a group of people trying to harm you mentally or physically), that you have that friend by your side till your very last breath. At least then, and forever, you will never be alone.
~Stacy J French-Roosa

Consumers being Screwed by Companies Selling Products

Let me start this out with a link to a story that has got me on this rant....

Poland Springs (Nestle) Being sued for selling Fake Water... (Click to read story)



I am so annoyed by all the lying and underhanded crap these food companies are pulling on us...First I realize that my 5 pound bag of sugar has been replaced by a 4 pound bag with the price being the same if not more costly and then I hear that one company who sells "Spring Water" , if not more to come, are bottling constituted tap water and selling to the public under the guise of being spring water...What is wrong with these companies?

Ice cream half gallons? Only a quart and a half now. Sure they put the correct size on the carton so we can't say they are lying but for most of us who don't see ALL the news to know that there was some report a few years ago about it, I took the company at its word that its a half gallon.  From what some people have said the ice cream put out by the stores themselves still continue to be a half gallon size...At least the stores are being good to us..sorta.

Another person on face book pointed out that tuna is in a 5 ounce can now instead of its normal 7.  A pound of coffee is only 14 ounces, Look around...I bet there are more products that have been changed than we can even count.

So what do we do? Other than boycotting the companies is there anything we can do to let them know our feelings? The problem with boycotting is that we'd have to boycott so many different companies that our cupboards would be bare...Do we write to the companies? Do we tell them we are sick and tired of our products prices going up while the sizes go down? It's worth a try. Not sure if they'll care but sometimes just saying what we are feeling is better than nothing. I imagine the companies think its okay that they are robbing us because they know all their sister companies are doing it too. So much for integrity. If Nestle jumped off a bridge Campells, would you? Yup, if they got money to do it.

Frustrated.....What have you noticed? What annoys and frustrates you??
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Happy Biatching <3

~Inside I Am Screaming~

People think I am sweet. They say so. They say "Stacy would never do that..." or "Not Stacy...". I am just human. And with the loss of my own mother I have started realizing that she was not perfect either.

Figuring out that your own role model isn't perfect is mind blowing. I go back into my memories of her and really look at them and what I find is both comforting and scary.

My mother was just a normal, imperfect, sometimes messy and, at times, just wanted to be left alone. She said things that were judgmental, she envied others and she took solace in the fact that the people around her made mistakes just like her. But she was my hero and its her imperfections that made her beautiful to me.

But forget my Mom for a second. We are here to talk about ourselves and what "evil" and judgmental thoughts we have inside....Here are a few of mine...

1- I am sick and tired of all this political CRAP on face book and in society all together.Have a favorite candidate, follow the guy and, if a friend asks, go ahead and tell them all the great things about the might be president but please, please PLEASE stop posting your opinion all over the internet. I don't care if you are Republican, democrat or Independent  You are NOT going to change anyone's mind about their candidate or yours no matter how many times you say, post or scream it. No one asked you. Sure, its your face book, air or whatever. Go ahead and say what you want. But the preaching and the putting down of the other candidate Is NOT getting you any votes. Its just annoying your friends.

2~ Ok, here is a WEIRD thing I used to think (and sometimes still do)...And its quite difficult to explain but I think some people will understand...Whatever I am doing ~whether dishes, sweeping the floor, reading a book or whatever, I bet myself that if I finish the chore I am doing before the next sound, the next time I blink or whatever goal I set, that something I want will come true. For instance...folding laundry...If I can fold everything before the next car goes by then I will get good news. What is that? Its strange and it doesn't stop there...Does anyone out there have ANY idea what I am talking about????

Stacyroosa@gmail.com    Tell me some weird things you do. I will add them into my next blog (without names ofcourse)...Tell me your weird stuff.


Going off to try to go to bed. Glad I got a few secrets out. Believe me, this is nothing. .I have a whole lot more of strange and embarrassing things as well as the beauty of the world I have been lucky enough to witness. I am just warming up!