Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Votes Are In...
Well, it's over. I admit it, I cried. I still stand completely behind all my previous sentiments. But, I am ready to move forward and give President-elect Obama a chance. And I do recognize and appreciate the significance of this election. I hope he can deliver all his ponies and rainbows. If nothing else, we'll have some good revival speeches to listen to for the next 4 years.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
My Last Political Post (yeah, it's long)
I read that 1 in 7 voters were still either undecided or open to discussion regarding their choice for the upcoming election. So I've been thinking about that. I know I only have like 10 readers, but if one of those readers is undecided, then I thought one last post would be worth it. I also started this out originally full of facts complete with non-partisan references, etc. But then I scratched that. So now I am just going to say what I feel, which may or may not be what you feel, and that is ok. Honestly, I don't think either side has all the answers. But here are my main reasons I will not be voting for Obama:
1. His economic policy: If you didn't see my earlier post regarding my feelings of the "redistribution plan" go here. I believe this program is socialist in nature. Socialists believe that capitalism causes wealth to be concentrated in only a small percentage of society, which creates an unequal society, and that that wealth should be spread evenly to create an egalitarian society. If I wanted to live in a socialist country, I'd go live in Cuba. I do not in any way believe America was meant to be a socialist country. I also believe that in many cases "equality" (term used loosely, because equality has now become very subjective) creates mediocrity. And don't even come back at me with the current economic crisis we are in now and how it is Bush's fault, etc. etc., and so we need some massive overhaul. The problems we face now go way back to when Clinton was in office when all the Democrats started demanding lenders lend to more "risky" investors in order to make housing opportunities more "equal" among minorities and the underpriviledged, while at the same time refusing to put into place necessary checks and balances. We see where that got us. I really feel strongly that this part of the Democratic campaign is the most dangerous and will lead this country down a very slippery slope.
2. His healthcare policy: Healthcare is a big issue for me because my husband is self-employed, so it is not cheap or easy to have adequate coverage for our family. I realize our healthcare system does need some tweaking, mainly because of the insurance companies, but his plan leans way too much toward nationalized healthcare, which I am totally against. When I lived in England, where the health care is nationalized, their medical system was a joke. If you were old, you might as well pick out your coffin because you were put on the bottom of the list. People sat around and basically rotted away from cancer or other ailments because they had to wait for months to see the specialists they needed. That, and the doctors were so apathetic about the whole thing they just prescribed pill after pill to people without really trying to get to the root of the problem. JC grew up in Mexico, where health care is also nationalized, and you will never hear him tooting the horn of how great nationalized healthcare is. His grandma nearly died a few years ago because she had breast cancer and couldn't get the treatment she needed because she was put off for months. If it hadn't been for his dad pulling a few strings with a private doctor, she would have died. It is true that under Obama's plan there would still be the opportunity for private health insurance, but compared to a plan where the government pays the bills using tax-payers money, obviously the cost of those private doctors and care would not be comparable, so essentially the private health industry would fall apart and/or only the elite would be able to afford them, which isn't that what is being fought against now? And again, where there is no drive to be better or do better, then you don't get any better, and what incentive would doctors have who do not have the opportunity to make a lucrative career out of taking care of people. Yes, some may be in it out of the goodness of their hearts, but come on, we all know money talks.
3. His possible appointment of Supreme Court justices. Very possibly, if elected, Obama will be able to appoint up to 3 Supreme Court justices, which as you know, would massively affect the direction of this country's policies. He said that judges that "understand the importance" of what it is like to be "poor, black, gay, disabled, and old" are what he would base his criteria on when selecting them. Hmmm....I am not poor, black, gay, disabled or old, and the majority of people I know are not either. I would hope that the top justices in the country would not be chosen because of their sympathies and/or predjudices toward certain demographics. I don't expect a judge to be appointed because they "understand the importance" of what it means to be a woman or a Mormon or married to a Mexican. What about the majority of the people who do not fall into those categories?
4. His moral compass. I do not think he is a bad person, but I don't believe in a lot of his beliefs ranging from abortion to gay rights to affirmative action. I could expound a lot more in this area, but suffice it to say, there IS a right and a wrong. I do not believe in the fuzzy gray area of "oh let's make everyone happy so no one gets their feelings hurt" rhetoric. The Constitution was established to govern a moral people. If we are amoral, how can we make moral judgments and decisions? Once you start amoralizing government, then you soon become a nation without morals because everything is "ok." Scriptures tell us that when the majority of people no longer choose the right, the nation crumbles. I do not believe in "pro-choice" because a woman has many choices already - she has the choice to have protected sex, or not have sex, she has the choice to give an unwanted child up for adoption. Freaking animals have rights, so why wouldn't an unborn child have at least as many if not more rights? I do not believe marriage should be defined as anything else but marriage between a man and a woman. If a man and a man can marry or a woman and a woman can marry, why can't I start to live another "alternative" lifestyle? Why can't I get another husband or my husband get another wife? Or why can't I marry my uncle? Why can't my 8-year-old get married? (NOT THAT I WANT ANY OF THESE - IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE). Oftentimes, the "rules" that are established to protect those who do not follow the mainstream are just actually reversed prejudice to those who do. Case in point: If my kids want to say the pledge or pray at school, they should be able to. But I digress... these topics could be posts in themselves. Anyway, I could go on and on, but the point is I think Obama has an agenda, and it is not one I agree with.
5. His lack of experience. When you look at their backgrounds of governmental responsibilities and contributions, Barack Obama is like the kid brother trying to tag along and convince the big kids he really is cool enough to hang out with them. It's like comparing someone with a doctorate to a junior in high school. I love this quote from Arnold Swarzenegger,"John McCain has served his country longer in a POW camp than his opponent has in the United States Senate." Seriously, everyone is all up in arms about Palin's lack of governmental experience, but she is not the one running for the President! Obama is. If elected, he WILL be President and he has no experience.
So there you have it. This post could have been much more eloquent, thought-out, probably more "politically correct" and much, much longer, but these are the main points I have concern with. I know I'm the one who said it, but I know I'm not the only one who thinks it. And even if I was, oh well. This election is an important election, and one I have for the most part kept my mouth shut about, but as I said in the beginning, if stating the reasons I am voting or not voting the way I am will help someone make their decision, then I am not afraid to put it on the line.
That being said, if Obama is elected, I will afford him the same respect I feel the office of the President deserves. I remember once in 5th grade when Reagan was elected, a kid wrote on a piece of paper "Assassinate Reagan!" and hung it up on our classroom bulletin board. He got in trouble, but where do you think he even learned that kind of thinking from?? I think it is irresponsible and disrespectful when people (especially parents) bad mouth the President of the United States. Even as this election nears, and I have answered questions from my kids or explained to them why I am voting for McCain, I have never once said a negative comment about Obama. I have only explained to them what I believe and why I feel that McCain most closely follows those beliefs. Because I don't want them being ignorant and saying disrespectful things if Obama is elected. Anyway, I don't know where this part came from, but now I am done. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!
1. His economic policy: If you didn't see my earlier post regarding my feelings of the "redistribution plan" go here. I believe this program is socialist in nature. Socialists believe that capitalism causes wealth to be concentrated in only a small percentage of society, which creates an unequal society, and that that wealth should be spread evenly to create an egalitarian society. If I wanted to live in a socialist country, I'd go live in Cuba. I do not in any way believe America was meant to be a socialist country. I also believe that in many cases "equality" (term used loosely, because equality has now become very subjective) creates mediocrity. And don't even come back at me with the current economic crisis we are in now and how it is Bush's fault, etc. etc., and so we need some massive overhaul. The problems we face now go way back to when Clinton was in office when all the Democrats started demanding lenders lend to more "risky" investors in order to make housing opportunities more "equal" among minorities and the underpriviledged, while at the same time refusing to put into place necessary checks and balances. We see where that got us. I really feel strongly that this part of the Democratic campaign is the most dangerous and will lead this country down a very slippery slope.
2. His healthcare policy: Healthcare is a big issue for me because my husband is self-employed, so it is not cheap or easy to have adequate coverage for our family. I realize our healthcare system does need some tweaking, mainly because of the insurance companies, but his plan leans way too much toward nationalized healthcare, which I am totally against. When I lived in England, where the health care is nationalized, their medical system was a joke. If you were old, you might as well pick out your coffin because you were put on the bottom of the list. People sat around and basically rotted away from cancer or other ailments because they had to wait for months to see the specialists they needed. That, and the doctors were so apathetic about the whole thing they just prescribed pill after pill to people without really trying to get to the root of the problem. JC grew up in Mexico, where health care is also nationalized, and you will never hear him tooting the horn of how great nationalized healthcare is. His grandma nearly died a few years ago because she had breast cancer and couldn't get the treatment she needed because she was put off for months. If it hadn't been for his dad pulling a few strings with a private doctor, she would have died. It is true that under Obama's plan there would still be the opportunity for private health insurance, but compared to a plan where the government pays the bills using tax-payers money, obviously the cost of those private doctors and care would not be comparable, so essentially the private health industry would fall apart and/or only the elite would be able to afford them, which isn't that what is being fought against now? And again, where there is no drive to be better or do better, then you don't get any better, and what incentive would doctors have who do not have the opportunity to make a lucrative career out of taking care of people. Yes, some may be in it out of the goodness of their hearts, but come on, we all know money talks.
3. His possible appointment of Supreme Court justices. Very possibly, if elected, Obama will be able to appoint up to 3 Supreme Court justices, which as you know, would massively affect the direction of this country's policies. He said that judges that "understand the importance" of what it is like to be "poor, black, gay, disabled, and old" are what he would base his criteria on when selecting them. Hmmm....I am not poor, black, gay, disabled or old, and the majority of people I know are not either. I would hope that the top justices in the country would not be chosen because of their sympathies and/or predjudices toward certain demographics. I don't expect a judge to be appointed because they "understand the importance" of what it means to be a woman or a Mormon or married to a Mexican. What about the majority of the people who do not fall into those categories?
4. His moral compass. I do not think he is a bad person, but I don't believe in a lot of his beliefs ranging from abortion to gay rights to affirmative action. I could expound a lot more in this area, but suffice it to say, there IS a right and a wrong. I do not believe in the fuzzy gray area of "oh let's make everyone happy so no one gets their feelings hurt" rhetoric. The Constitution was established to govern a moral people. If we are amoral, how can we make moral judgments and decisions? Once you start amoralizing government, then you soon become a nation without morals because everything is "ok." Scriptures tell us that when the majority of people no longer choose the right, the nation crumbles. I do not believe in "pro-choice" because a woman has many choices already - she has the choice to have protected sex, or not have sex, she has the choice to give an unwanted child up for adoption. Freaking animals have rights, so why wouldn't an unborn child have at least as many if not more rights? I do not believe marriage should be defined as anything else but marriage between a man and a woman. If a man and a man can marry or a woman and a woman can marry, why can't I start to live another "alternative" lifestyle? Why can't I get another husband or my husband get another wife? Or why can't I marry my uncle? Why can't my 8-year-old get married? (NOT THAT I WANT ANY OF THESE - IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE). Oftentimes, the "rules" that are established to protect those who do not follow the mainstream are just actually reversed prejudice to those who do. Case in point: If my kids want to say the pledge or pray at school, they should be able to. But I digress... these topics could be posts in themselves. Anyway, I could go on and on, but the point is I think Obama has an agenda, and it is not one I agree with.
5. His lack of experience. When you look at their backgrounds of governmental responsibilities and contributions, Barack Obama is like the kid brother trying to tag along and convince the big kids he really is cool enough to hang out with them. It's like comparing someone with a doctorate to a junior in high school. I love this quote from Arnold Swarzenegger,"John McCain has served his country longer in a POW camp than his opponent has in the United States Senate." Seriously, everyone is all up in arms about Palin's lack of governmental experience, but she is not the one running for the President! Obama is. If elected, he WILL be President and he has no experience.
So there you have it. This post could have been much more eloquent, thought-out, probably more "politically correct" and much, much longer, but these are the main points I have concern with. I know I'm the one who said it, but I know I'm not the only one who thinks it. And even if I was, oh well. This election is an important election, and one I have for the most part kept my mouth shut about, but as I said in the beginning, if stating the reasons I am voting or not voting the way I am will help someone make their decision, then I am not afraid to put it on the line.
That being said, if Obama is elected, I will afford him the same respect I feel the office of the President deserves. I remember once in 5th grade when Reagan was elected, a kid wrote on a piece of paper "Assassinate Reagan!" and hung it up on our classroom bulletin board. He got in trouble, but where do you think he even learned that kind of thinking from?? I think it is irresponsible and disrespectful when people (especially parents) bad mouth the President of the United States. Even as this election nears, and I have answered questions from my kids or explained to them why I am voting for McCain, I have never once said a negative comment about Obama. I have only explained to them what I believe and why I feel that McCain most closely follows those beliefs. Because I don't want them being ignorant and saying disrespectful things if Obama is elected. Anyway, I don't know where this part came from, but now I am done. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday!
Friday, October 31, 2008
3 Gallon-Size Bags of Candy Later...
For Halloween this year, Big J was Superman, Little J was a mummy, and Little Man was a dinosaur. Or a dragon. We never decided which he was supposed to be. Little J decided Wednesday night that he wanted to be a mummy. So I used pieces from the same sheet I used last year to make his ghost costume, and safety pinned them around his Tae Kwon Do uniform. I think it turned out pretty good!
We hit the trunk-or-treat at the church the day before, they had a Halloween costume parade and parties at school on Friday, and then trick-or-treating in the neighborhood that night. Little Man was all over trick-or-treating this year! As soon as I told him if he put on these clothes (his costume) he could go get candy, there was no looking back! He was a trooper running between the houses trying to keep up with his older brothers. We really do have 3 of those gallon-size ziploc bags full to the top of candy, unable to be zipped. And this is after they gorged to their little hearts' content!
If you can't read my shirt, it says, "For Halloween I'm being a Democrat. Now share all your candy!" I thought I'd try to see if anyone would "spread the wealth" around, but it didn't work.
We hit the trunk-or-treat at the church the day before, they had a Halloween costume parade and parties at school on Friday, and then trick-or-treating in the neighborhood that night. Little Man was all over trick-or-treating this year! As soon as I told him if he put on these clothes (his costume) he could go get candy, there was no looking back! He was a trooper running between the houses trying to keep up with his older brothers. We really do have 3 of those gallon-size ziploc bags full to the top of candy, unable to be zipped. And this is after they gorged to their little hearts' content!
I put this picture in so you can see Little Man's spikes and tail. He was going to investigate a fire hydrant.
If you can't read my shirt, it says, "For Halloween I'm being a Democrat. Now share all your candy!" I thought I'd try to see if anyone would "spread the wealth" around, but it didn't work.Thursday, October 30, 2008
Random Funnies
Little Man - Everytime Little Man is in our backyard and the wind is blowing the trees pretty hard, he yells at the trees. I think he gets creeped out that they are moving so much and doesn't like the rustling sound the leaves make. So he'll sit on the trampoline and look up at them and yell, "NO!" while pointing his finger at them.
Little J - Little J has been trying to impress me with his math skills on random occasions. He'll come up to me and inform me of things like, "Mama, did you know 8 + 8 is 16?" So the other day he brings home a kindergarten worksheet that he was suppose to have filled in the missing number. It had things like "6, ___, 8" and "3, ___, 5". Instead of filling in the missing number of the sequence he wrote in the answer to the problem. So, for example, instead of it being "8,9,10" he would write in 8, 18, 10". All his answers were right if that was what he was suppose to have been doing. It made me think of the time I got an "N" on my math work in 2nd grade because I had done all the subtraction problems as addition. The answers were right, just not what I was suppose to have done. (I remember instead of throwing away that paper, I just tried to hide it under the pile of my other papers thinking my parents would somehow not see it....)
Big J - As part of Red Ribbon Week today, the kids were allowed to bring in MP3 players, Ipods, etc. to listen to music during their silent reading times. Big J wanted to bring my Ipod. I'm sorry, but I don't think 8-year-old kids should have $200 Ipods, and I wasn't going to let him bring mine to school. But I wanted him to be able to have some music. So what did I do? I dug out an old Walkman, popped in a Beatles 20 Greatest Hits tape, and he was good to go. He was also extremely excited when I told him he could keep the Walkman - it could be all his. I asked him how it went today and he proudly reported that "no one else had a thing like his - he was the only one!" Oh yeah, Big J was kickin' it old school! I'm sure most of those kids had never even seen a Walkman or a cassette tape before. My poor, deprived child...
Little J - Little J has been trying to impress me with his math skills on random occasions. He'll come up to me and inform me of things like, "Mama, did you know 8 + 8 is 16?" So the other day he brings home a kindergarten worksheet that he was suppose to have filled in the missing number. It had things like "6, ___, 8" and "3, ___, 5". Instead of filling in the missing number of the sequence he wrote in the answer to the problem. So, for example, instead of it being "8,9,10" he would write in 8, 18, 10". All his answers were right if that was what he was suppose to have been doing. It made me think of the time I got an "N" on my math work in 2nd grade because I had done all the subtraction problems as addition. The answers were right, just not what I was suppose to have done. (I remember instead of throwing away that paper, I just tried to hide it under the pile of my other papers thinking my parents would somehow not see it....)
Big J - As part of Red Ribbon Week today, the kids were allowed to bring in MP3 players, Ipods, etc. to listen to music during their silent reading times. Big J wanted to bring my Ipod. I'm sorry, but I don't think 8-year-old kids should have $200 Ipods, and I wasn't going to let him bring mine to school. But I wanted him to be able to have some music. So what did I do? I dug out an old Walkman, popped in a Beatles 20 Greatest Hits tape, and he was good to go. He was also extremely excited when I told him he could keep the Walkman - it could be all his. I asked him how it went today and he proudly reported that "no one else had a thing like his - he was the only one!" Oh yeah, Big J was kickin' it old school! I'm sure most of those kids had never even seen a Walkman or a cassette tape before. My poor, deprived child...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Fall Is In The Air...And On The Ground
And so it begins...
Today the boys and I filled 6 45-gallon lawn bags with mulched leaves. This in and of itself is not necessarily the most momentous thing, although that IS a lot of leaves, except when you factor in that that was from part of our front yard only. And that only 1 of our trees in the front has lost all of its leaves. We still have 3 more trees that need to drop leaves. Not counting the 10 or so in our back...
In other news, we finally carved our pumpkins this past Sunday. Little J picked out the hugest pumpkins possible, so it was quite a task to carve them all, but the boys had fun designing and gutting them. And we have a plethora of pictures taken by Big J of every. single. step. of. the. process. But I wil spare you, and only post a few of the final products.
Happy Halloween!
Today the boys and I filled 6 45-gallon lawn bags with mulched leaves. This in and of itself is not necessarily the most momentous thing, although that IS a lot of leaves, except when you factor in that that was from part of our front yard only. And that only 1 of our trees in the front has lost all of its leaves. We still have 3 more trees that need to drop leaves. Not counting the 10 or so in our back...
In other news, we finally carved our pumpkins this past Sunday. Little J picked out the hugest pumpkins possible, so it was quite a task to carve them all, but the boys had fun designing and gutting them. And we have a plethora of pictures taken by Big J of every. single. step. of. the. process. But I wil spare you, and only post a few of the final products. Happy Halloween!
Friday, October 24, 2008
A Small Rant
*Disclaimer: This rant is political in nature and so if you have a problem with that you are welcome to stop reading now.
Let me start this out by saying this little rant is not against or for one presidential candidate or another. I am not overly excited for either one of them, and think our country is in a sad state of affairs if this is the best we have to offer. But, at the same time, I wouldn't want to do it, so more power to you (them). I am registered Republican because I believe more of my belief system aligns with that party, but I have never voted a straight Republican ticket in any election because I just think that's dumb and usually there are a few non-Republicans I think would do a better job. I can respect people's views and opinions, although I may or may not agree with them. It is interesting to me to hear and understand why people think the way they do, and I like to hear a different side to the story because it helps me to understand the full picture. That being said, this rant's origins are from two separate comments made to me within the last week regarding two different subjects and I just can not get my head around the reasoning. I am only going to comment on one of them here, though.
The comment: Someone said that since I do not make $250,000 a year, I should not care about the proposed "redistribution" plan of the Democratic ticket. Ooookaaay. It's true. I don't make $250,000 a year and most of the people I know and hang around with and am related to do not make that amount. But this tax plan makes absolutely no sense to me. None. First of all, people making more money already do pay a higher amount in taxes. Is the system perfect? Not by any means, but the higher income brackets already do pay more taxes. And on top of that, they are usually the ones making huge contributions to charities and causes, as well.
Secondly, this is not the millenium where people are going to live in some happy fairytale utopia practicing the Law of Consecration. I'm sorry, but I've lived in a country where these kinds of ideals are practiced and I will tell you that it sucks. I have never been around a more apathetic people. The whole deal with "Joe the Plumber" is sad to me. The guy has a dream to buy a business. He wants to work hard, he's probably been planning and saving and working toward this dream. The American Dream - right? And then instead of being encouraged to work toward that goal, let's put a plan into place that will make it impossible for you to reach it. Let's put a plan into place that will punish you for having drive and determination and working toward something bigger and better. It makes no sense to me. What a way to create a mediocre, indifferent society!
This is how I picture a conversations with my kids going if this plan is put into place:
Conversation #1:
Conversation #2:
"Hey kids, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
"I want to own my own business and be successful."
"Now why would you want to do that? As soon as you hit the $250,000 point, you know you will have to start paying out more money so that all the other people who don't end up being as successful as you can be coddled so they won't blame the state of their lives on the government."
"Oh, you're right. I forgot about that. Never mind. I don't want to have a dream. I don't want to work hard toward a goal. I'll just wait around for the government to take care of me, too."
I have problems with issues on both sides of the ticket this election, but that comment and this plan has really just bugged the heck out of me and I honestly do not understand it. I don't make tons of money, but I definitely do not expect in any way that the people who do, or the government, somehow owe me and should make up that difference. That's ridiculous.
Let me start this out by saying this little rant is not against or for one presidential candidate or another. I am not overly excited for either one of them, and think our country is in a sad state of affairs if this is the best we have to offer. But, at the same time, I wouldn't want to do it, so more power to you (them). I am registered Republican because I believe more of my belief system aligns with that party, but I have never voted a straight Republican ticket in any election because I just think that's dumb and usually there are a few non-Republicans I think would do a better job. I can respect people's views and opinions, although I may or may not agree with them. It is interesting to me to hear and understand why people think the way they do, and I like to hear a different side to the story because it helps me to understand the full picture. That being said, this rant's origins are from two separate comments made to me within the last week regarding two different subjects and I just can not get my head around the reasoning. I am only going to comment on one of them here, though.
The comment: Someone said that since I do not make $250,000 a year, I should not care about the proposed "redistribution" plan of the Democratic ticket. Ooookaaay. It's true. I don't make $250,000 a year and most of the people I know and hang around with and am related to do not make that amount. But this tax plan makes absolutely no sense to me. None. First of all, people making more money already do pay a higher amount in taxes. Is the system perfect? Not by any means, but the higher income brackets already do pay more taxes. And on top of that, they are usually the ones making huge contributions to charities and causes, as well.
Secondly, this is not the millenium where people are going to live in some happy fairytale utopia practicing the Law of Consecration. I'm sorry, but I've lived in a country where these kinds of ideals are practiced and I will tell you that it sucks. I have never been around a more apathetic people. The whole deal with "Joe the Plumber" is sad to me. The guy has a dream to buy a business. He wants to work hard, he's probably been planning and saving and working toward this dream. The American Dream - right? And then instead of being encouraged to work toward that goal, let's put a plan into place that will make it impossible for you to reach it. Let's put a plan into place that will punish you for having drive and determination and working toward something bigger and better. It makes no sense to me. What a way to create a mediocre, indifferent society!
This is how I picture a conversations with my kids going if this plan is put into place:
Conversation #1:
"Hey Mom, we want to have a lemonade stand."
"Sure kids, that's great! But once you hit $20, I want you to take part of that money and go give it to all the other kids on the street who didn't have a lemonade stand."
"Why, Mom? Didn't we earn it?"
"Yes, you did. But that's just not fair. Little Bobby didn't have a lemonade stand today and Little Susy's lemonade stand only profited $4, so you need to go spread the wealth."
"Screw that, Mom! I'm just going to sit on my butt and watch TV instead. You'll give me my allowance in a week anyway."
Conversation #2:
"Hey kids, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
"I want to own my own business and be successful."
"Now why would you want to do that? As soon as you hit the $250,000 point, you know you will have to start paying out more money so that all the other people who don't end up being as successful as you can be coddled so they won't blame the state of their lives on the government."
"Oh, you're right. I forgot about that. Never mind. I don't want to have a dream. I don't want to work hard toward a goal. I'll just wait around for the government to take care of me, too."
I have problems with issues on both sides of the ticket this election, but that comment and this plan has really just bugged the heck out of me and I honestly do not understand it. I don't make tons of money, but I definitely do not expect in any way that the people who do, or the government, somehow owe me and should make up that difference. That's ridiculous.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A Date With Little Man
I decided to start going on dates with my little guys because I want to have that one on one time with them, and someone has to teach them how to treat a lady right, right? So Little Man was the first to benefit, more because logistically that's how it worked out, but we had to start somewhere. Little J will be next week. Big J the next week, and so on.
Little Man and I went to the Louisburg Cider Mill which is about 30 miles south of where we live. It's just this cute little barn place where they make apple cider and other apple products. We went with our friends Sarah and Daisie and their cute kiddos.
You can watch the apples go through the process of being made into cider, as well as see the cider donuts being made. There is also a little general store of lots of homemade goodies. The highlight of the trip to Little Man, however, was running up and down the ramp inside the store over and over again. Aah, the simple pleasures of life. To top our date off, he puked everywhere when I put him in his carseat. Good times. It needed washing anyway. :-)
Little Man and his harem
Krispy Kreme the rural KS way
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