I need a lover who...

I need a lover who is kind

I need a lover who is honest

I need a lover who is passionate

I need a lover who is intelligent

I need a lover who likes me at my worst 

I need a lover who treats me as his equal

I need a lover who is also my friend

I need a lover who is affectionate

I need a lover who rights me when I'm wrong

I need a lover who knows when I need space

I need a lover who lets me fight my own battles

I need a lover who never gives up 

I need a lover who has patience

I need a lover who loves me

I need a lover who is dependable

I need a lover who is faithful

I need a lover who has integrity

I need a lover who has a sense of humor

I need a lover who listens

I need a lover who won't drive me crazy...well, maybe a little

To drink or not to drink

 It would seem that alcohol plays a huge part of any social event whether it be a sport event, or a backyard bar-b-q there is always a reason to throw back a few. We have breweries on every corner serving up a wide range of craft beers. Beer festivals in every city. Brunch houses who specialize in bloody mary bars, but are we too dependent on alcohol to have a good time? Some would surely think so. Having kids and doing fun stuff with them was a time I never drank. Kayaking, boating, skiing, hiking, biking, road trips, to name some, are safety issues and drinking should never be part of it. A small group of people I had gone on a kayaking trip with in lake superior last summer was delayed by a couple who had to stop to buy beer first. Really? Couldn't they have waited until after the kayaking trip when we were safe on land to start drinking? We were all pretty ticked off to say the least.

When my son was in elementary school his dad took him to his first lions football game. I remember him being excited about spending time with his dad at the game. They were sitting in upper seats at the pontiac silver dome, not far from two groups of men. Kind of in the middle of them. These men were clearly drinking and getting rowdy. Back in the 90s beer was served in cans at sport events. All of a sudden one guy in the group throws an unopened beer can that came very close to my son and his dad, but hit a guy in the head from the other group of men. Blood went every where and a fight broke out. Scared my son and ruined his first football game, and I'm sure the lions lost the game too. Was it the alcohol that caused this bad behavior? Without a doubt! 

I usually like to sample a craft beer or wine I haven't' tried before. Do I have to drink to have a good time? Well, yes and no. It all depends on the atmosphere I'm in, and if other people are drinking as well. I mean, why else do people go to breweries? Yes, it does relax me and helps me to be more social, I will admit, but I never drink myself  into a drunken state where I don't know what I'm doing. No one likes to be around someone who's falling down drunk, and needs to be baby sat the whole night. I'm not really a bar person, but I will grab a bite to eat at brewery and have a couple drinks, then head home before my carriage turns into a pumpkin. My favorite place to have a drink is outside on my deck with a cool breeze flowing threw my hair.,,,ahhhh...drink responsibly, my friends.

  

Why?

Why do we only hurt the ones we love? Why are men scared of commitment? Why do coyote's howl at the moon? Why do girls just wanna have fun? Why do birds migrate? Why does the moon have craters? Why do cats have whiskers? Why do beaches have sand? Why do mountains look blue from a distance? Why does the sky change colors at sunset? Why do ants dig tunnels? Why must chemical equations be balanced? Why do we cry? Why do fools fall in love? Why do we yawn? Why does an elephant never forget? Why do eggs float? Why are chihuahuas so small? Why is the sky blue? Why is light so fast? Why do stars flicker? Why does the sun set in the west? Why are wetlands important? Why does carpet create static electricity? Why do we get the hiccups? Why do we dream? Why do tornadoes form? Why do penguins have wings? Why does light bend? Why is the earth tilted? Why are the oceans salty? Why do actors say break a leg? Why do we have eyebrows? Why do we get goosebumps? Why is it called black friday? Why do we have leap year? Why do we have moon phases? Why do oceans have tides? Why do we have volcanoes? Why do we have wisdom teeth? Why do llamas spit? Why do roosters crow? Why does the year start on January 1st? Why do they call coffee joe? Why does the president live in the white house? Why does the flag have 50 stars? Why does the government collect taxes? Why does the human body need water? Why did you just do that? Why isn't Pluto a planet? Why isn't water flammable? Why isn't rain water salty? Why isn't yuengling beer sold in Michigan? Why isn't nitrogen a greenhouse gas? Why isn't love enough? Why do cats land on their feet? Why do we get brain freezes? Why do we get warts? Why do we get charlie horses? Why don't electric eels electrocute the water? Why doesn't Johnny Depp ask me to marry him? Why, why, why, why?!?!