I'M THANKFUL FOR...

MY HUSBAND-a house to call home-DORA-COPPER-family-books-twitter-warm clothes in the winter-FRIENDS-bottle caps-LUPUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE-cameras so I can take self portraits-vacations-coworkers that help out when I'm gone-my neighborhood-MY NEIGHBORS-the gospel of Jesus Christ-facebook-blogger-MY FRIENDS CALL ME KATE-green grass in the spring-DR. SHASKEY-music-people that inspire me-recipes-PARENTS-golf-people that write books-picture frames so I can see photos of me with my most adorable husband-the harrison family-the whipple family-the park family-the peterson family-THE BEZZANTS-the mechams-the gifford family-sister stoddard-the tarrants and their new little family-the allen family-the eddy family-the dymocks-THE BURBIDGE FAMILY-the herrera family-the hills-the hull family-the ogaard family-the murdocks-the maughans-the ovard family-sister ovard's mom (I can't remember her name, but she knows I love her because I give her hugs when I see her at church)-MIKE AND MARGIE PAGET-the pearce family-the phillips-sister polanco-the richharts-todd and melissa rogers-the rood family-the sochas-the stephens-veda welker-the twede family-the tuilimu family and little Isaac for calling me "teacher" every sunday-the thulin family and the way they quietly inspire others to do better and to learn more-the wildings-the wilkinsons-ALL 205 OF MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS (NOT BECAUSE I MEASURE MY WORTH BY NUMBERS, BUT BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE I SUCKERED THAT MANY PEOPLE INTO BEING MY FRIEND-baptisms-missionaries-bookmarks-CYPRUS CREDIT UNION FOR NOT MAKING FUN OF ME FOR REFUSING TO USE THE DRIVE THRU TELLER THINGY-my trip to new york-THE NEW YORK TIMES-the internet that makes this post possible-lorin twede for being my friend on facebook-sara at work for always reading my blog posts and leaving me comments (my self worth is measured by the number of comments my posts receive) ELIZABETH WHITE FOR BEING KIND TO ME AND MY BOOK BLOG-joseph finder for not hating my review of Vanished-SISTERS-BROTHERS TOO-my father who has been my protector since birth-julianne connors for making me realize that even drunk drivers need to be forgiven (I'm still not quite over the memory loss part, but eventually I'll forgive you for that)-TURKEY DINNER-pumpkin pie-the right to vote lohra miller out of office-SIM GILL THE NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY-did i mention books-MY 114 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER-stephanie-vicki-jennifer-jacque-cindy-pam-christine-angela-adrianna-paula martin-leah anderson, a soon to be published author-gabrielle-rhonda-Denis-Ginger-Judge Katie Bernards-Goodman-my Vegas friends-MY MOTHER-my husbands dutch oven cooking skills-the bowden family-the eddingtons-the southworths-the ross family-my wonderful friends from Coos Bay, Oregon-always the parker family members-the entire coos bay ward for raising me right-and everyone and any item I might have forgotten about. 

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  THE OGDEN FAMILY

IS IT OVER?

I had the flu and ended up at the hospital twice for IV fluids.  My favorite peeps were on hand to help with the long task of finding the perfect vein.  They are by far the best IV installers I've ever met.  Thanks Peggy and Troy. YOU ROCK!

On day three of the flu a box arrived in the mail.  It was full of 9 beautiful books.  Thanks Elizabeth for sending me some great reads.  I can't wait to dive into The Breach by Patrick Lee.  It was recommended to me by his agent, Janet Reid.  Thanks to you, it is now one book I don't have to purchase.  YEAH ME! Or, should I say....YEAH ELIZABETH!

On day four I received another package.  It contained a book.  I won The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova from Back Bay Books.  Thanks Back Bay Books for being kind enough to give away books without me having to guess what books you have on your shelf.  NOTE:  I have a tendency to remember books by author and title, not publishing company. If you want to announce that you are giving away free books to anyone who would like one, DON'T make me play guessing games with you in order to get a damn book.  I don't know what "leftovers" you're trying to give away on that bookshelf of yours.  Just take my name when I respond and send me a damn book if you want to give them away.  Again, thanks Back Bay Books for The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova.

On day two or three of the dreaded flu, my hubby brought me home a box of my favorite candy.  BOTTLE CAPS!  (I'm perfectly aware that in computer world, all caps equals shouting.  I use all caps to show my enthusiasm.  Sorry if this offends.)  BOTTLE CAPS!  I love Bottle Caps.  That WONKA dude is one smart guy.  Did you know you can like WONKA and Bottle Caps on Facebook?  You can, and I did today.  I highly recommend you do the same!  BOTTLE CAPS RULE!

And that ends my little adventure this week.  I hope yours was as equally entertaining.  Well, minus the flu part and the hospital stuff. 

Much love- 

 Sabrina Ogden

Did I Really Particpate In A Facebook WAR?

Is it my fault some "friend" on Facebook left me a stupid comment?  I mean really, if you're going to discuss politics with me on Facebook you might want to make sure you actually know what it is you're saying.  Let's get a few things straight...

The District Attorney's Office does not have a voice in the House or the Senate, so voting for a Republican for District Attorney because you want the "GOP to win," really doesn't make much sense to me.  In fact, suggesting that it matters in any way does nothing but show your lack of understanding regarding local politics. 

I can understand that my response to your comment may have caused some undue...anger.  I mean, after all I did point out quite clearly that you "know crap about politics."  At that point, being you were on MY profile page, it would have been best to just 1) admit you made a mistake, and 2) get off my profile page and unfriend me if you felt it was necessary.  Unfortunately, you chose neither options.  Well, wait you did make a choice.  You chose to unfriend me, which was totally fine with me.  But your mistake was continuing to feed my profile page with derogatory remarks about my excitement for the District Attorney race as well as leave ridiculous rants about "THE MAN" I had been working so hard campaigning for.  Worse, you unfriended me before leaving the comments all  under the wrongful assumption that I would not know the comments were coming from you.  NEWSFLASH:  I have all the e-mail notifications on both my home computer and my Droid.  I tried repeatedly to tell you that I knew it was you...remember the initials?  That was for you.  Seriously, how could you not know that?

I guess if I had any regrets it would be that I engaged in the conduct at all.  I could have stopped it from the beginning if I had just deleted your comment.  All it would have taken was one little push of my finger on my Droid.  Or better yet, you could have just read my blog post about My Life As A Chameleon.  If you had done that to start with you never would have thought to engage me.  I think I make it pretty clear in that post that I have a tendency to spit fire on occasion.  This, was one of those times.  I spent close to thirty minutes removing the comments from my profile when I returned home from one of the most important wins in my life.  When I went to bed I was starting to feel remorse.  But, regardless, I'm not apologetic for the swearing, nor am I apologetic for leaving a note asking you to "refrain from leaving any further comments on my profile page."  Just so you know, I did the last one on purpose because I knew it would be circling around the HOME page to all of our mutual friends; to which there are many. 

In the end, I appreciate all the support that flooded my message box on Facebook.  It was nice to know so many "friends"  understood my "outburst" and were willing to share some stories of similar encounters with these people.  However, next time- I plan to take the high road and not even engage.  Some things just aren't worth my time.  Facebook Wars are one of them.