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Apr 16, 2011

Squirrel Attack!

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They just SEEM friendly!

The squirrels on YCP campus are so funny to watch.  One came right up to me today while I was sitting outside the library.  I threw him a pineapple chunk which he turned his nose up at.  The only other thing I had was a bag of mini chocolate chip cookies.  He snatched up the crumbs I tossed him, holding them in his tiny little paws.  He was just so cute and next thing I know he was sitting on the ground beside my foot waiting for more.  I reached down with a piece and he took it out of my fingers with his teeth.  Now that entertaining to me.  I broke a cookie in half and held it out to him.  With enthusiasm I was not prepared for, he leaped onto my hand and snatched that delicious morsel with his teeth. 

I need YCP to post signs so I can learn what I clearly missed in kindergarten.

Attention Moron: Do not hand feed the squirrels. They are wild animals with no manners. 

Theres proof of squirrel gratitude!

 No love from the squirrels ~P

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Apr 15, 2011

Not horsing around

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Wells Fargo Home Equity Solutions sent me a very sincere letter apologizing for the denial of a home equity modification I applied for.

Holy shit!  I didn’t even know I was applying for a home equity modification!  What the hell is Jhole trying to do now?

According to Beverly, Wells based this denial on the following reason: Based on their review of the current financial documentation you provided, your current income is unable to support a modified payment of the existing account at this time.

I’d claim to be surprised, except I was just at domestics with the hubby.  He boo-hooed about how bad business has been and the documentation he provided backed it up.  I wonder how well documentation will stand up during an audit?  Hmmm,  I really question some figures for the business he provided to domestics. 

 If your situation ever changes, we may be able to reconsider qualifying you for a modification.

I just don’t see this situation changing.  I hate to be negative but, if the first mortgage is 4 months behind, is there a possibility of ever qualifying?  Besides, I don’t want to remortgage! 

If there is a change in your employment or income, please call us right away…

Dear Beverly at Wells Fargo Bank,

   Please do not hold your breath for this call.  While your hours of service offer incredible opportunities to give you a ring, there is no money in my pocket going jing-a-ling-ling.

Pitifully indebted to you,

Patricia

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Apr 14, 2011

Indulgences For Sale

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Yo Pope! We don't need no stinkin' indulgences!

 

Pattie Crider

Group 1 Response 4

Luther’s 95 Theses

 Indulgences for sale!  Get your Indulgences!

      The clearest concern found in Luther’s 95 Theses is the issuance of indulgences by the papacy.  At least 54 of the 95 clearly are directed at the receipt or issue of indulgences.  Luther believed the Catholic Church was greedy for taking money from even the poorest people.  In exchange the Pope forgave them of their sins in the name of God.  This is a clear problem in Luther’s opinion and his 95 Theses addressed this issue with bold words and new perspectives.

      Luther was thought of as a rogue priest in his actions of nailing 95 Theses to the Catholic Church door on the eve of All Saints Day.  This document was certain to raise a stir as Luther addressed his concerns.  These concerns would cause a serious financial issue for the Catholic Church.  Luther stated a true believer does not need to purchase his/her salvation.  Also, salvation cannot be bought for someone who is deceased.  The Church found this threatening because the sale of indulgences was a major source of its income.  The building projects in Rome during the early 16th Century were financed by the sale of indulgences.  To Luther, this was the church “selling grace” and from his perspective, unacceptable.  (Chidester pg 316)

      Luther’s 95 Theses was viciously biting toward the Pope.  He clearly had issues with the papacy and the payments they received for pardoning the transgressions of Christian sinners.  That is, the sinners who had enough money to buy an indulgence.  Luther raised this question to Christians: Does the Pope truly have the authority to grant forgiveness?  He also directly questioned the Pope on why his personal funds are not used in establishing new church construction. 

      Luther did not stop at just stating a believer didn’t need to purchase an indulgence.  He wrote that purchasing indulgences does nothing to save your soul and instead condemns it.  Further, he instructs Christians to provide for their families before paying the church for an indulgence letter and followed that with telling Christians the act of giving their money to help the poor is more pleasing to God than the purchase of indulgences.  He also explained that buying an indulgence letter is strictly voluntary.

     The perspective of all people having the ability to be saved by God without the means of purchasing a letter of indulgence seriously conflicted with what the Catholic Church was teaching.  Luther’s statements, especially his razor-edged cuts at the papacy certainly put their robes in a twist.  The Pope wanted people to believe their sins were forgiven through an indulgence letter because the Churches financial security depended on it.

      According to Luther, there were no guarantees in these indulgence letters.   Also, one should not take them so seriously that they lose their fear of God.  The fear was that humans would use the indulgences to assure themselves they are in good graces with God.  In doing this they would no longer fear the wrath of God and the possibility of eternal suffering in hell.  Luther believed it was in vain to think these papers would get you a golden ticket to Heaven. 

     To at least limit the churches influence on Christians concerning indulgences Luther wrote that preaching about indulgences for half or more of a sermon is injurious to God’s Word. He compares the receipt of indulgences to the nets of fisherman which now fishes for the wealth of men.  These are harsh words against the powerful papacy.  The controversial 95 Theses spread quickly by means of the printing press and the church had to respond.

     The Catholic Church found their priest to be a heretic and erroneous in his theses.  Luther was given the chance to take back all he had written but instead he showed he could be even more defiant.  His life was spared but he was excommunicated in January 1521.  (Chidester pg. 317)  Though he was kicked out of the Catholic Church, Luther’s perspectives carried on.  It was his Christian ideologies that led to the establishment of the Lutheran faith.

PS. I received an A on this paper.  🙂

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Apr 13, 2011

Reflecting on Creative Writing

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Reflecting on Creative Writing Course         

Through-out this semester I believe my writing skills have improved.  The credit for this improvement goes to the Creative Writing course.  I have always had interest in creative literary pieces but prior to enrolling in this class, I never read outside of the genres I enjoy.  This semester allowed me to step out of my comfort zone of novel reading and realize the enormous amount of genre themes and forms of writing available.  The general terminology provided in the Creative Writing Textbook and classroom discussion greatly assisted in my understanding of the language of writers and meaning of literary terms.

            The Creative Writing course also calmed my fears concerning my major in Professional Writing.  I wanted to feel comfortable writing my own non-fiction stories but did not know how to go about accomplishing this.  Often I would doubt my ability to make what has happened or is happening in my life interesting to others.  I did not want my short stories to have a whiney sense about them that would cause a negative reaction from a reader.  My goal was to find a way to share clips of my life in a humorous and/or shocking fashion that would hold a reader’s attention as a compelling piece of work. 

            At times the writing workshops were interesting beyond words.  The creativeness of my classmates really pushed me to give serious thought to what I would be presenting during my workshop timeslot.  Assumptions I made at the beginning of the semester were crushed by the abilities of my fellow students.  Never again will I jump to the conclusion that someone who appears uninterested in class discussion won’t have the ability to write captivating stories.  Of all the works presented during workshop, the piece that impressed me the most was that of a student that appeared to be lost in his own thoughts during class.

            Workshop also taught me the fine art of constructive criticism.  This is very important because I now have the ability to look deeper into a written piece of work and not only critique it but realize how differently people can interpret a story or poem.  I have a stronger appreciation for poetry and enjoy reading a poem several times to see if I can interpret it differently.  Classroom discussion of my essay opened my eyes to all the different avenues I could take concerning an aging bridge in York County. 

            I also credit visiting writers for creating excitement outside of the classroom setting.  Marcy Dermansky, Curtis Smith and especially    David Shields passion for writing was contagious.  Meeting these authors and hearing their personal stories as struggling artists was inspirational.  I literally felt like I could burst with happiness when Shields both praised and critiqued my hermit crab essay.  Also this semester, I attended the Professional Writers Forum at Gettysburg College.  The amount of information I acquired will undeniably assist me in the future.

The greatest development for me personally is blogging on the WordPress.com website.  When my professor said “For nineteen bucks you can get your own blog site” my ears perked up.  I have been blogging regularly since early March and now have a following of people reading my work.  Recently my site surpassed five thousand hits and has generated comments on my site and to my email.  My plan for the future is to publish a creative non-fiction book containing slices of my life.  This blog site has become a preview to what my book will contain.  I believe loyal readers of my blog site will have interest in reading my published story. 

With these hopes of publishing a national best-seller, I will continue working on my drafts from class.  Using the knowledge I have gained this semester during class from my professor, visiting writers and classmates I will continue to push myself to “write what I can’t shut up about” to the best of my ability.

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Apr 13, 2011

“Cut Your Hair Show You Care”

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“Cut Your Hair Show You Care” is a Relay for Life fundraising event put on by York College of PA’s SIFE team this Sunday 17th from 11 am to 3 pm at 304 Jackson St.

All proceeds from the event will go to Relay for Life and cancer research. Admission is $5; this gets you into the event where there will be food, music, games and fun.

For an additional $10 you can sign up to get a haircut by the professional haircutters from The Dollhouse Salon.

This will be a fun event and it is all benefiting a great cause. Hope to see you all there whether you are getting a haircut or not! Everyone is invited to come so bring a friend and tell everyone you know.
 
For more information contact Chelsea Pavelchak at cpavelch@ycp.edu

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Apr 11, 2011

Write and he shall read

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I finally got the call I’ve been waiting for!  It’s a message but so worth posting.  Tomorrow I was scheduled for an contempt hearing concerning the business Yellowbook ad.  If you have read any of my previous posts, you know I was very ticked at being accused of something I didn’t do.  This has happened so often in my marriage that it doesn’t even surprise me.

Apparently the easiest way to explain your problems away is to blame them on your wife, whether you are together or not.

Message from my fine lawyer Rob Krug:

Hi Pattie, wanted to let you know over the weekend I received a fax from John’s attorney withdrawling the contempt charges against you.  Apparently whatever you said to his attorney prompted her to look into it further and realize John was not telling her all the facts.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!  LIKE JOHN IS EVER HONEST WITH FACTS!!!

I can imagine him freaking out trying to find a way to pin this on me.  I don’t know this for a fact, but I envision him screaming in the office at LaDonna or anyone else nearby for his own inability to know the facts before trumping up charges on me.

My lawyer can send John’s lawyer his bill for all this court drama.

P~ 

Better than a call from Mickey!!!

P.S. I’m also pissed he sold my gazebo I found on Craig’s List. I sanded, stained and sealed it myself.  John has a lot of experience with Craig’s List.

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Apr 8, 2011

family

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Daddy’s sleeping with the dolphins.

Grandma’s knitting peach pie.

Sam’s dodging car bombs.

Suzie’s really high.

Blaine’s playing demolition Frisbee.

Pap’s smashing his guitar.

Sawyer’s sinking a ship.

Mom’s at a bar.

Zeth has squirrels nesting in his hair.

Jarrid’s bathing the fridge.

Joe bet on purple.

Kathy jumped the bridge.

Tesla’s making up silly stories.

Mason’s tackled football.

Ying’s chasing semi’s.

Jesus’ gonna call.

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Apr 7, 2011

L:Brackish Water

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L: Brackish Water-“No! Don’t get in that water Tesla!”  A little pool of water remained after the creek flooded.  The water was dark as oil and appeared just as slick.  Tesla halted suddenly at the edge, aware of how icky the water actually was.  “That’s disgusting Mommy!” she squealed in delight, proud of the fact she knew what disgusting meant.  “Yes, it is.” I replied, thrilled she didn’t stomp through it like other rain puddles she can’t seem to avoid. 

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Apr 4, 2011

Child exchange drama

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Note: exchange time is at 5PM unless agreement of earlier or later time has been made.

April 4, 2011 4:36 PM

I receive a text from Mr. Delauter “my truck broke down heather is getting tesla she might be there a little early”

I respond “I am not comfortable with that.  Sorry. Call me when u can get here.”

Mr. Delauter calls me immediately screaming at me to send Tesla with Heather.  I tried to tell him to just come when he has a vehicle but he begins swearing at me and threatening to not let Tesla’s brothers or aunt pick her up anymore.  I hang up. 

5:14 PM  Heather arrives and states I need to “stop playing games” and let her have Tesla.  I told her I don’t know her or anything about her and will not make my daughter leave with her.  Heather refuses to leave my parents and says she will wait for John to show up and put Tesla in her van.  She was quick to point out that this was not my property. (Yeah, no shit!  You’re already living in my property!)  I tell my dad who is out there and why.  He could see that Tesla was upset.  He asked me if I knew her and I said her name is Heather and she’s John’s new girlfriend.  Dad rolled his eyes..lol

5:30 PM John arrives on his motorcycle flying up the driveway like a madman.  He begins yelling at me immediately.  Saying I put in Tesla head she shouldn’t go with Heather.  Tesla told her dad she didn’t want to go with Heather but would ride on his cycle. (he rode her around at the house and to the neighbors in the past)  John tells her she has to get in the van.  John tells Heather that I put it in Tesla head not to go with her.  He continues yelling at me, upsetting Tesla even more until she was in tears again.  He says I should have “made Tesla go with Heather because Heather lives in HIS house.”  Sorry, but no where does it say I must let Tesla go with a stranger.

 I told him to quit yelling at me and that I didn’t put anything in Tesla’s head.  Tesla finally gets in the van and John tells me not to send anyone to the house for Tesla because he is not going to let anyone (meaning Tesla’s blood-related family) pick her up for me.  This conversation of course contained him swearing at me, accusing me of putting in Tesla head she doesn’t have to go with Heather.   Tesla saw Heather and was clearly unwilling to leave with her by her own rights.

At no time, did I say anything like that to Tesla.  She has known Heather approximately 5 weeks.  Maybe Tesla just isn’t comfortable either!

~P.

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Apr 4, 2011

Seriously, court AGAIN

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The check isn't in the mail...

So court this morning was just to determine if there would actually be a hearing for contempt.  My lawyer pointed out (in my absence) that any female, including John’s girlfriend could have called and made the address change.  I KNOW it wasn’t me, but John insists on continuing with this so now it’s scheduled for next Tuesday.  Even Judge Ness told him he would have a hard time proving that it was me!

After school I went to the post office in Windsor.  The clerk explained to me that she told John this morning what happened with the mail being changed automatically in Harrisburg, at the request of Yellowbook.  The clerk said she would get the post master, Sandy to come out and talk to me.  When she went back, I could hear the postmaster say she “didn’t want to hear anymore about it.”  Apparently things did not go well this morning when John stopped in.  The clerk told her it was Mrs. Delauter (gag me) and she came out and nicely told me the same thing the clerk told me and obviously the same thing they told John.  Automatic address change request on behalf of Yellowbook.  The post master and clerk both said “you husband didn’t seem to get what we were telling him.”

That is clear as he is continuing this Yellowbook drama….

~P

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