All’s well that ends in a nap.
All that glitters is not a Disney princess costume.
Once bitten, twice afraid to go on a play date.
And my favorite:
A binky in hand is worth two under the car seat.
I think I could come up with a few more like:
When baby sleeps, let not dog see neighbor children.
A penny saved is a penny baby’s now earned.
A change in time saves nine squirts of pre-wash stain remover….
Ok anyway.
I’m so very sad. I have one more episode of Rome (HBO series) and then….that’s it. Nothing more. Why would they do this to me?! I am a history buff, above all else. Nothing defines me more than to say I love history, watching it, reading it, hearing it…. HBO and BBC created a show that starts with Julius Caesar beginning his “career” as a tyrant…through his death at the hands of the senate…through Marc Antony’s control of Rome…to Octavian’s triumph at taking over as Consul. Octavian became Augustus of course, who was emperor when Jesus was born, and his adopted son Tiberius was emperor during the end of Jesus’ life on earth.
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I will expound further at a later date but this has got to be said or I’ll go crazy thinking about it.
Obama has made it clear that his one of his top priorities concerning his “plans for change” is the middle-class family. He wants to give women who save $1,000 a 50% matching contribution to their savings accounts towards retirement. He wants to require companies to give more paid sick days and vacation days. He wants to require companies to help pay for health insurance. He wants to require companies to allow their employees 24 hours a year time off to go to their kids’ events and PTA meetings, and so forth. He wants to require all these things to help the middle-class family.
Yet he wants to use the government, taxes and his power to make these things possible. The government is not a charity organization. It’s a business like anything else. It’s in the business of keeping our country afloat. It’s in the business of helping the economy. How is making companies spend twice as much on each employee going to help the economy?
If the trucker has to be paid extra, then the cost of shipping goods will go up. If the cost of shipping goods goes up, the price of the item will go up. Then who will pay MORE for their milk, bread, cheese, cole slaw and blue fuzzy mittens? The same middle-class family that is rejoicing that they get a few extra hours off a year. The economy will suffer just as much. This is the fatal flaw in the government providing comfort and cheer in the way of paid time off and other like programs. This is to be the church’s responsibility. Why aren’t we doing it?? Is it that the government stepped in and took it away from us? No. We stepped away from it and people turned to the government for help. I believe this would point back to the 30’s generation. Read the rest of this entry »
Thanksgiving Day is in just 2 weeks approximately, and I have to say that I am looking forward to being this year’s host for Joe’s family.
Hopefully I won’t age quite that much in the process of doing so….
I don’t have a hard time being thankful all year, but I must admit that as the chill fall air strikes the world around me and the wind swirls colorful leaves across the road of my life – I tend to take a little more thought into the general goodness I have been blessed with and become a little more aware of just how much I have to be thankful for, especially this past year: 2008.
1. I celebrated a year of marriage.
2. We visited one of the most amazing historical sites in the country, Williamsburg.
3. We still have 5 days of vacation left over.
4. We have the most beautiful, fun, enjoyable baby I’ve ever known. (Slightly biased, I’m aware…) Read the rest of this entry »
Obama is leading the electoral votes 364 to McCain’s 164.
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I was right about all the states being D or R except for VA and NC. Those two surprised me by turning out D. I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised. VA is full of people who work in DC and NC must have a good deal of indigents due to the high tobacco intake there….
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I had an interesting conversation start (one could call it discussion or heated debate as well) on my Facebook page. My cousin wrote a fantastic article that basically called the Christian Right to stop voting out of fear. Read the rest of this entry »
So tomorrow is Election Day and we will finally see an end to the bitter battle between the two main political parties in this country. Until one wins and the other will scream and cry bitterly that some sort of cheating or miscalculations took place and if that had not been the case, then their candidate would surely have won after all. I said it’s all hooey and very old and I can’t wait for it to be all over.
Here’s the thing. I don’t like McCain and I don’t like Obama. I liked Hillary even less and I’m not crazy about Bush. I didn’t like Kerry and I very much didn’t like Clinton – he creeped me out even as a kid. Regan wasn’t as great a person as everyone likes to make him out and neither was Dole or any of those other guys. Honestly, my vote would be with Alan Keyes in an instant. Read the rest of this entry »
Christmas is in the air! We took Reese to Portrait Innovations and then promptly spent way too much money on photos because they were so darn good. She was laughing her head off and talking and we got some really great shots…..irresistable. They’re posted on Facebook, for those of you who read this and not that (which highly probably is very few if any….).
My little munchkin has had a slight cold the past week – probably caught from her daddy. 
She’s fine except her nose is stuffy and requires much cleaning out every day. Other than that you’d never know. She’s as happy as can be and currently standing and sitting while holding on to me while I type. Maybe I should hold on to her….
