Karen’s Opinion

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PlayStation MOVE. All opinions are 100% mine.

I don’t care to play a game that requires me to work hard to benefit from it but I wouldn’t mind playing a game that gets me to move. I need the exercise! I sit at a desk most of my day and my butt shows it. When I am not working, I am sewing. Another butt builder activity. I need to get moving with the new PlayStation®Move. The Move is a gaming system that works with the PlayStation®3 system. It’s controllers are ergonomically designed to give the player the most control of any gaming system out there. That is what I need! I tried the one I had bought before Christmas and I was not coordinated enough to get it to work for me. That was so frustrating that I gave up and sold it.

The new PlayStation®Move is just what my doctor ordered. Yes, just today, I went to the doctor for a routine check up and I we discussed how I would probably feel better if I exercised. The PlayStation®Move has a bowling game that looks like something that even I could learn to play and have fun with.

Whatever your skill level, PlayStation®Move will want you to have friends over to get moving. I can see it becoming the highlight of our week. Sony has made adding MOVE to your gaming system affordable. The MOVE bundle package allows you to add MOVE to your system for the low cost of $99! At that price, we can all get moving!

I was cleaning out a cupboard while trying to make room for some books and I happened upon my folders of quarters. Did anyone else save quarters when they came out for each state? It was fun to find them. Both mints, Denver and Philadelphia, produced the quarters so I found two quarters for each state, one with each mint marking.

From Washington Quarters.org: The original composition of 90% silver and 10% copper was used from 1932 to 1964 before being replaced with the copper nickel clad composition. Mintages have ranged widely over they years, with widespread circulation throughout the United States. After the introduction of State Quarters in 1999, the series has gained in popularity and prices for many issues have risen considerably.

Does that mean my collection is valuable? I doubt it as there were so many produced. I didn’t really collect them for their value rather the fun of the hunt was my main objective.

While visiting our son and his wife last weekend, we visited an area of St. Louis that is known as the Hill. The population of this area is predominantly of Italian descent which is why you will find Italian bakeries, sausage shops and other wonderful businesses with Italian names. We visited an Italian bakery and bought cannoli. They were wonderful.

Cannoli are Sicilian pastry desserts. Cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta cheese and chopped succade. Succade is the candied peel of any of the citrus species.

The Vitale’s Bakery, where we purchased our cannoli, also sold cannoli shells. My daughter in-law tells me it is a tedious process making cannoli shells and being able to buy the shells is a great time saver.

If you ever get a chance, visit the Hill. You will have an enjoyable experience.

It is a scary thing when you think about how easy it would be for someone to be mistaken for another. When a crime is committed, how can everyone be sure that the correct person has been arrested? Cries of innocence are pushed aside as we think justice will prevail. How many innocent people are in our prisons?

It is good when innocent people are released from prison. Even though a sentence might be reduced if one cows down and admits to something they didn’t do the only hope is to remain steadfast. Making a sentence shorter by saying, “yeah, I did it” would be tempting.

Because there are people who can do something to help the wrongly accused, there is hope that others will be released. It must be a nightmare to be accused and convicted of something you didn’t do. It could happen to any one of us. I hope to see changes that will make the conviction process different. There has to be a faster way for DNA results to be achieved. I think it should be mandatory that DNA tests are presented in every court case. It always boils down to the dollar. It has to change.