Which one was born in Mexico... Are you a Profiler?

This blond, green-eyed guy, Papá, who is grey-haired in the photo, was born in Méjico. Would he be arrested? No, not until they heard his Spanish accent. ha!

Would the Kid, who was born in the United States. have to go back to Mexico to live? No, because Papá became an American citizen before this Kid was born. Can't speak for the rest of their family. ha!

Yesterday, the Supreme Court shut down some of Arizona's [unfair] state laws that permitted officials to stop and jail, without warrants, anyone they thought or profiled to be undocumented.

As Alabama followed Arizona's lead, of course, the inevitable happened:

"Similar measures have been introduced in other states, including Alabama, which recently drew unwelcome attention when executives from German and Japanese car makers that the state had lured there were arrested for failing to produce immigration papers." Andrew Morse, WSJournal

Who carries documents to the grocery store???

...Out for Dip'n Dots!!!

We stopped by Walgreens for some Dip'nDots today...

We decided to shoot a timed photo for Jeanie Dollar, who has been ill.

Jeni put the camera on the back of the slick, recently waxed, car (potential problem) trying to move us into position so she click the photo (click, click, click) and run in between Ryan an me.... This was the idea. Right?

Well, Jeni kept moving us. She said, "About 2 feet to the right...no! make that 5 feet back...no...better 3 feet to the right." Finally, Jeni says, "I'm trying to get that Krystal sign out of the photo.

The first picture is her Mom, ME, asking,"What Krystal sign?"

The second picture below was finally a "Go!" Whew!

Then we went inside and got our Dots! Yes, very cold at -42 degrees Fahrenheit, right out of the freezer. They were quite good, except the ones that fell on my...well...legs in the car on the way home!

I cannot eat a Crawdad. They were my pets.

These beautiful little critters are also called mud bugs because they are harvested in the mud. Today, my Nashville family goes to a big crawdad "broil" and has a great eating time. Yuk!

The few live crawdads that I have had during my lifetime were not thrown into hot boiling water; but rather, into my aquarium. I would love to see them go after the fish. Haha! Zany!

My only problem was that I had to make sure the light hood was secure on the aquarium. One day when I walked in, I found one taking off across the floor. I had to catch it and it looked just like this photo. Kinda spooky!

When one would escape, he would fall and live. Then he had to hide from the cat who would eventually catch him, play with him for awhile, and eventually eat him. The few I had were always escaping... until there were none.

My Mom's family and movies... This is the Majestic Theater

The Majestic Theater was built in 1929 and designed by John Eberson. It seats 2311 people and is now owned by the City of San Antonio for the San Antonio Symphony. A machine projects clouds that move over the vast ceiling inside (always did). The Majestic has 3 balconies that were renovated in 1989 and are functional today.

Now that Jeni is working with the ABC TV show "Nashville", did you know our family Quinones has always been in the movie business?

My Grandfather, Daniel Quinones, was the projectionist of the Majestic Theater in the 40's-50's, etc.

My uncles, Dan Quinones (Multiplex Cinemas in North Star Mall in 1950's-60's) and Aunt Ruth's husband, Eliud Garcia (Texas Theater 1950's) and their son, my cousin Jimmy Garcia (don't know where) were all projectionists.

For the record, my interest in movies began early. My Granny, Lydia Quinones, Mom's Mom, used to take me when I was very young (about 5-7 years old) to the second balcony of The Majestic Theater in downtown San Antonio, Texas. The second balcony was free to my Granny and me because my Grand Daddy's being the projectionist.

However, during those years, the second balcony was designated for negro people. My Granny and I would sit right in the middle of all these great people and enjoy the movies. Even at that early age it seemed an injustice to me as my Granny tried to explain why they had to sit in the second balcony. This was one of those times I kept asking, "Why?" I am so glad that has changed during my lifetime!

As Woody Woodpecker would say, "That's All Folks!"

I just wanted you to know...

Jeni is Following her Heart...

Well, it finally happened... Now the fun begins...

Jeni has finally, after much prayer and tossing, to quit a very good job at Vanderbilt Medical Center making videos to "follow her heart."

This is the trailer for a new ABC series this Fall. It is called "Nashville" and is being made here in Nashville. Hollywood has come to us.

Jeni is so excited and today is her first day.

Just wanted to share with you. Congrats to my Jeni.

Click on the trailer: http://abc.go.com/watch/clip/nashville/fk_nashville/PL55199661/VD55202724/nashville-trailer/promos,adfree?cid=abccomsearch_results

My heart is still beating hard...

I "COMMENT"ed on the Wall Street Journal. Now, this is not like me, but I was happy with this report today.

A Oaxacan woman (Mexico) realized her husband had gone to the US to work and was not returning... This article describes the change in culture of the woman and the strength of this woman in particular in raising her 5 children by herself. She has become very successful in her field and of course, being a woman, helps others to succeed.

Her friend says, "Problems make you stronger. They wake you up."

My heart is calming now... but I'm still excited..haha!

I have decided to do things I have never done during my lifetime; of course, only if they are not immoral, illegal or fattening... hahahaha!

Have a good day!

Check it out today: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577364431361067606.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews

Buy a Hint?

I had an interesting experience...

You may know that my challenge has been to learn how to play any simple WordSearch puzzle.

I walked by a person who was working the puzzle so easily. I thought, "I could do that!"; but had never played them before. However, when I went to play, I just didn't see the words. I was really terrible at it!

So this was my challenge: To do so many of these WordFind Searches in newspapers, magazines, books, and online, so that I would understand the concept/gimmick in finding the words that run backwards, diagonally, etc.

This has been a simple thing but it has been my quest. Then, I was playing the free app "Word search" on my Android phone. I used the 3 hints available and when I hit the (-) mark at the word, "HINT," it sent me to this screen above where I could "BUY" more hints to finish the game....Whoa!

$2 for 10 hints...(?) Duh! Now I know HOW app businesses are getting money from people like me. I am sure there are those who would buy some hints rather than just keep looking or get another game.... ha! Mercy!

Thank the LORD I didn't have that need. I just went on without any "HINTS." ha! Interesting...