This needs no commentary. You see him (Obama) and hear him, in his own words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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Spring
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Talk in Church
The primary gave a presentation in sacrament on Sunday and there were a few families asked to talk on different subjects. Our subject was Faith, Prayer, Repentence & Forgiveness. Dave wrote the talk, I edited & we all read a portion of it. Here it is:
As we began preparing for this assignment we came to the realization that our family had been practicing the principles of faith, prayer, repentance, and forgiveness for the last six months because it was six months ago that a crime was committed against a member of our family. No witnesses and no evidence allowed the perpetrator of this crime to get away scott free. It was a double punch to the gut because of the nature of the crime, and the knowledge that the person who committed it was not going to be punished. The lack of closure left a hole in our lives that we filled with anger, hurt, and feelings of vengeance.
The Apostle Paul taught that "faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).
We first put our faith in the knowledge that everything was going to be okay, that we were going to make it through as a family and make it through together. We put our faith in our Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, that they would be there to help give us guidance, support, love, and comfort.
Our Father in Heaven has promised us peace in times of trial and has provided a way for us to come to Him in our need. He has given us the privilege and power of prayer. He has told us to “pray always” and has promised He will pour out His Spirit upon us. (D&C 19:38.)
Next was prayer. We gathered together every night and prayed that we would be healed as a family and that we would gain something through this experience, whatever that might be. We prayed for each other and gained a new knowledge and deeper understanding of the love we share for each other in our family.
Repentance is an act of faith in Jesus Christ—an acknowledgment of the power of His Atonement. We can be forgiven only on His terms. As we gratefully recognize His Atonement and His power to cleanse us from sin, we are able to "exercise [our] faith unto repentance" (Alma 34:17).
We had to repent for those thoughts and feelings and actions which were not in harmony with the teachings of Christ. Through repentance we have been able to think and live in a more Christ-like manner.
Perhaps the most difficult principle during this trial has been forgiveness. In Matthew 5:38-44 it says, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.”
The Lord has taught us “that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord: for there remaineth in him the greater sin.”
In other words, if you do not forgive, the greater of the sin will be with you. While our minds may be exercised with principles of faith, prayer and repentance - Forgiveness requires a conscious and continuous effort.
Through the continual act of forgiveness it will become easier to forgive those that have offended us through constant Faith, Prayer and Repentance of our feelings of anger or resentment toward those that have offended us.
As we began preparing for this assignment we came to the realization that our family had been practicing the principles of faith, prayer, repentance, and forgiveness for the last six months because it was six months ago that a crime was committed against a member of our family. No witnesses and no evidence allowed the perpetrator of this crime to get away scott free. It was a double punch to the gut because of the nature of the crime, and the knowledge that the person who committed it was not going to be punished. The lack of closure left a hole in our lives that we filled with anger, hurt, and feelings of vengeance.
The Apostle Paul taught that "faith is the substance [assurance] of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).
We first put our faith in the knowledge that everything was going to be okay, that we were going to make it through as a family and make it through together. We put our faith in our Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ, that they would be there to help give us guidance, support, love, and comfort.
Our Father in Heaven has promised us peace in times of trial and has provided a way for us to come to Him in our need. He has given us the privilege and power of prayer. He has told us to “pray always” and has promised He will pour out His Spirit upon us. (D&C 19:38.)
Next was prayer. We gathered together every night and prayed that we would be healed as a family and that we would gain something through this experience, whatever that might be. We prayed for each other and gained a new knowledge and deeper understanding of the love we share for each other in our family.
Repentance is an act of faith in Jesus Christ—an acknowledgment of the power of His Atonement. We can be forgiven only on His terms. As we gratefully recognize His Atonement and His power to cleanse us from sin, we are able to "exercise [our] faith unto repentance" (Alma 34:17).
We had to repent for those thoughts and feelings and actions which were not in harmony with the teachings of Christ. Through repentance we have been able to think and live in a more Christ-like manner.
Perhaps the most difficult principle during this trial has been forgiveness. In Matthew 5:38-44 it says, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.”
The Lord has taught us “that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord: for there remaineth in him the greater sin.”
In other words, if you do not forgive, the greater of the sin will be with you. While our minds may be exercised with principles of faith, prayer and repentance - Forgiveness requires a conscious and continuous effort.
Through the continual act of forgiveness it will become easier to forgive those that have offended us through constant Faith, Prayer and Repentance of our feelings of anger or resentment toward those that have offended us.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Baby shower invites I made
Is there such a thing as too much service?
I have spent 94 hours from last sun nite to today doing service for non-family members and i have another 17 1/2 hours comitted to do until Sat morning at 1am. I am thinking of all the things I NEED to get done for my family & home that are very important, but the service projects are time sensitive. I also haven't volunteered at any of the kids schools yet this year and Ethan really wants me too. I have also been sick for 3weeks with a sinus infection & bronchitis. I won't be putting in 90 hours of service (running my friends daycare & cleaning & organizing it) like that again for awhile, but i still do over 30 hours in service work a month (does not include a couple hours of volunteer time at school - when life gets less crazy). I enjoy doing service, but feel that I'm not getting things done at home that I want to do. And I do say NO alot (and feel guilty). So, how much is enough and
how much is too much?
how much is too much?
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
I survived day 1 at
I survived day 1 at the Daycare with 3 two yr olds, one 2mo old, one 3yr, 4yr, 7yr & 9yr old! I am TIRED!
Friday, September 11, 2009
3 nights, 4 days in
3 nights, 4 days in a row & no "accidents" (or pull-ups) for 2 yr old Grayson! yay!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Does Anyone Ever Read our Blog?
Jasmyn says nobody reads our blog. Maybe cause I don't "blog" like a lot of people do or because alot is done on facebook, but I do post stuff on here that is NOT on facebook.
Well, this is a test...Is there anyone out there that reads this besides me & Jasmyn?
Well, this is a test...Is there anyone out there that reads this besides me & Jasmyn?
Monday, September 7, 2009
Geneaology
So, I got up at 7:30am and decided to go to New Family Search to do some geneaology. Well, its 4:02pm and I haven't moved. I have went pee once. Ethan made me a PBJ sandwich. I'm still not dressed. I have also been trying to do some work on Jasmyn's side of the family. Facebook is great. I can send people messages that have the last name Walker and live in Mendenhall, MS to find out if they are related to her dad or grandma.
Saturday I went to the temple and was baptised for my Grandma, then confirmed, then went to inititory & endowment. All in one night! It was awesome. Later this month Dave & I will do sealings for his family and my family.
I am now officially brain dead. Need to go take a shower, eat & get dressed for Family Home Evening!
Saturday I went to the temple and was baptised for my Grandma, then confirmed, then went to inititory & endowment. All in one night! It was awesome. Later this month Dave & I will do sealings for his family and my family.
I am now officially brain dead. Need to go take a shower, eat & get dressed for Family Home Evening!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Update on the Family
Well, its been awhile since I have sat at the computer & entered information. I love having my phone be able to send updates, but they usually aren't long or detailed. Not sure how much detail I will get to...Jessica is due at 10am to drop off Jocelyn & Kambria.
Jasmyn started 8th grade yesterday. She came home in such good mood and was so sweet to be around! Which was really nice, she's had headaches for a few months now & we think we finally found the right treatment! Ethan started school on August 17th, so on the 31st (my birthday) we went to Silverwood. He earned a free ticket for his reading minutes and we needed some mother/son time. We had a lot of fun. Grayson is potty training and is doing really well. The only time he goes in his pants is when he gets lazy & doesn't want to stop playing.
Dave started a second job, he's hoping to build up enough clientele so he can quit his current job, cause he is really bored with it. If you have heard of Dave Ramsey & his philosophies - well, he started (before his radio career) at the company Dave is now working for and that's where he got all of the ideas he talks about on the radio. We took the financial peace university class a couple years ago and it really changed our lives. Now, Dave is able to help people set-up budgets & get out of debt. His company also offers Term life insurance (all the other kinds of insurance are scams - see DaveRamsey.com) and for less than what we are paying to get minimal coverage through his work! They also handle Investments and offer Home & Car Insurance. My friend Sheri saved $200 a year and that was with getting Renter's insurance too, which she didn't have before. Dave and I have been so busy we haven't been able to check into that for us - which we need to. Dave has also been busy with being in the Elders Quorum Presidency & now scouts has started up again so we'll be doing that every week too.
I have been very busy this summer. I made raised bed gardens and have produced quite a fine garden, if i do say so for myself! Last saturday I went to Deer Park & dug a half a trunk full of Woolly Thyme from this lady's yard. We are putting it in our garden area & kids play area instead of grass. The only problem is that this stuff has tons of weeds & grass in it that we have to get out before we plant it. Which is VERY tedious and hopefully the plants don't die before we finally get it done. If anyone feels the great desire to help with this project...we'll be working on it this saturday 9am-3pm. :)
I made our own volleyball court. I put 10ft 2inch pvc pipe on the North & south side of the lawn, dug it down a couple feet. Put little hook screws in it at the net height for kids & then for adults. I used Plastic chicken wire for the net. When we aren't using it we just roll up the net & when we want to play just hang it up! The net isn't the greatest and it sags alot, but I will figure that out...maybe next summer.
Our trampoline finally died in July - too many springs tore off the mat. So, I sold it for parts for $25 and then an old classmate of Jasmyn's was selling theirs for $50, with no holes. So, we bought it and Jasmyn & I dug down about a foot & buried the legs (We put it out in our garden play area, cause we were tired of moving it to mow the lawn all the time). Now, with the plastic bench up against it Grayson can climb up & down himself.
I also made a strawberry bed and a blueberry bed out of the bricks that were around our house, so hopefully next summer - lots of yummy berries. We are just now getting some raspberries. The fruit trees we bought last fall did really well. The cherry, plum & macintosh trees produced a little fruit even. Our Fuji is loaded with Apples - most of which have worm holes in them. This winter I will read up on all the things I need to do to keep the bugs away & get good fruit so when spring comes - I'm ready!
I have lots to say but little time to do it...more later
Jasmyn started 8th grade yesterday. She came home in such good mood and was so sweet to be around! Which was really nice, she's had headaches for a few months now & we think we finally found the right treatment! Ethan started school on August 17th, so on the 31st (my birthday) we went to Silverwood. He earned a free ticket for his reading minutes and we needed some mother/son time. We had a lot of fun. Grayson is potty training and is doing really well. The only time he goes in his pants is when he gets lazy & doesn't want to stop playing.
Dave started a second job, he's hoping to build up enough clientele so he can quit his current job, cause he is really bored with it. If you have heard of Dave Ramsey & his philosophies - well, he started (before his radio career) at the company Dave is now working for and that's where he got all of the ideas he talks about on the radio. We took the financial peace university class a couple years ago and it really changed our lives. Now, Dave is able to help people set-up budgets & get out of debt. His company also offers Term life insurance (all the other kinds of insurance are scams - see DaveRamsey.com) and for less than what we are paying to get minimal coverage through his work! They also handle Investments and offer Home & Car Insurance. My friend Sheri saved $200 a year and that was with getting Renter's insurance too, which she didn't have before. Dave and I have been so busy we haven't been able to check into that for us - which we need to. Dave has also been busy with being in the Elders Quorum Presidency & now scouts has started up again so we'll be doing that every week too.
I have been very busy this summer. I made raised bed gardens and have produced quite a fine garden, if i do say so for myself! Last saturday I went to Deer Park & dug a half a trunk full of Woolly Thyme from this lady's yard. We are putting it in our garden area & kids play area instead of grass. The only problem is that this stuff has tons of weeds & grass in it that we have to get out before we plant it. Which is VERY tedious and hopefully the plants don't die before we finally get it done. If anyone feels the great desire to help with this project...we'll be working on it this saturday 9am-3pm. :)
I made our own volleyball court. I put 10ft 2inch pvc pipe on the North & south side of the lawn, dug it down a couple feet. Put little hook screws in it at the net height for kids & then for adults. I used Plastic chicken wire for the net. When we aren't using it we just roll up the net & when we want to play just hang it up! The net isn't the greatest and it sags alot, but I will figure that out...maybe next summer.
Our trampoline finally died in July - too many springs tore off the mat. So, I sold it for parts for $25 and then an old classmate of Jasmyn's was selling theirs for $50, with no holes. So, we bought it and Jasmyn & I dug down about a foot & buried the legs (We put it out in our garden play area, cause we were tired of moving it to mow the lawn all the time). Now, with the plastic bench up against it Grayson can climb up & down himself.
I also made a strawberry bed and a blueberry bed out of the bricks that were around our house, so hopefully next summer - lots of yummy berries. We are just now getting some raspberries. The fruit trees we bought last fall did really well. The cherry, plum & macintosh trees produced a little fruit even. Our Fuji is loaded with Apples - most of which have worm holes in them. This winter I will read up on all the things I need to do to keep the bugs away & get good fruit so when spring comes - I'm ready!
I have lots to say but little time to do it...more later
Monday, August 31, 2009
ethan in the wave pool
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Had fun with the family
Had fun with the family tonight - playing soccer/rugby, shooting a midget spiderman with a BB gun & jumping on the trampoline!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Letter written to Glenn Beck
The following letter, read on Glenn Beck's show, is rapidly circulating
around the country. Americans everywhere identify with this 53-year-old woman. She has given us a voice. Once you read this, you will want to forward it to all of your friends...
GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona . She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:
I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life.
Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone.
Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written.
Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues a re that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
*One*, *illegal immigration.* I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
*Two, the TARP bill,* I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
*Three: Czars,* I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
*Four, cap and trade.* The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
*Five, universal healthcare*. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
*Six, growing government control.* I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down.
Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
*Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010
census.* I want them investigated. *I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes.* Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello.
Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people.
Investigate.
*Eight, redistribution of wealth*. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
*Nine, charitable contributions.* Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
*Ten, corporate bailouts.* Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us.
If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
*Eleven, transparency and accountability.* How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
*Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now*.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business s of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
*I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened?* You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you.
You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust.
We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when he will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired.
Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
http://www.silentmajority09.com/2009/06/democratic-traitor-speaks-out.html
around the country. Americans everywhere identify with this 53-year-old woman. She has given us a voice. Once you read this, you will want to forward it to all of your friends...
GLENN BECK: I got a letter from a woman in Arizona . She writes an open letter to our nation's leadership:
I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life.
Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone.
Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written.
Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues a re that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?
Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:
*One*, *illegal immigration.* I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.
*Two, the TARP bill,* I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.
*Three: Czars,* I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.
*Four, cap and trade.* The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.
*Five, universal healthcare*. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!
*Six, growing government control.* I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down.
Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.
*Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010
census.* I want them investigated. *I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes.* Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello.
Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people.
Investigate.
*Eight, redistribution of wealth*. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why -- what do you have against shareholders making a profit?
*Nine, charitable contributions.* Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.
*Ten, corporate bailouts.* Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us.
If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band-Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.
*Eleven, transparency and accountability.* How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try -- please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.
*Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now*.
Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business s of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.
*I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened?* You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.
From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.
We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you.
You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust.
We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when he will rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.
Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired.
Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.
http://www.silentmajority09.com/2009/06/democratic-traitor-speaks-out.html
Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
A text i received...funny
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice!
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone has Gotten over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write For Marijuana'
6. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
7. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.
8. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
9. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
10. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, 'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'
And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy level of insanity is 2Send this text!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Jasmyn's Clothes
Grayson swinging in the buff
grayson swinging in the buff
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Ethan Outstanding Student Award
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Creative Memories Open House/StopNShop @
Creative Memories Open House/StopNShop @ my house today until 2pm & by appt. 2nite until Tue. Get 20% of your purchase in free products.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
We are having lettuce & radishes from our garden tonight for dinner.
Grayson at the Park
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I need your help!
If you know anyone that loves to scrapbook or make cards can you give them my website address? www.mycmsite.com/spring. I have to have $400 in sales by Tuesday, June 30th in order to remain an active Creative Memories Consultant. I thought I had until July 31st, but CM called today to remind me to order.
They are offering $25 in Free Cardstock with any order over $100 and they have some great Clearance deals. ($38 albums for $19).
Also, if you have any albums that are 12x12 or 7x7 that you bought in 2008 or earlier that are the "old" size, they will be discontinuing the pages & page protectors for them in September. The new sizes are called "True 12x12" & 8x8.
The "old" pages will fit into the new albums, but the new pages will stick out of the old albums. So, if you order more pages than you end up needing you can still use them (or hold onto them for a year & sell them on Ebay for twice what you paid).
I am also having a "Stop N Shop" this Friday (I will have all the products I have on hand out on display, ready for purchase). You can stop by anytime from 10am-2pm. I have to pick Ethan up from school at 2:20pm. So, if you want to come later, just call or text me with the time. 927-7887 or cell 939-7936.
or you can order off my website and have everything sent directly to your house. The only way to get the free paper or clearance items is to order off the website: www.mycmsite.com/spring . You can also develop your pictures at http://www.cmphotocenter.com/ my id # is 63355222. Thanks!
They are offering $25 in Free Cardstock with any order over $100 and they have some great Clearance deals. ($38 albums for $19).
Also, if you have any albums that are 12x12 or 7x7 that you bought in 2008 or earlier that are the "old" size, they will be discontinuing the pages & page protectors for them in September. The new sizes are called "True 12x12" & 8x8.
The "old" pages will fit into the new albums, but the new pages will stick out of the old albums. So, if you order more pages than you end up needing you can still use them (or hold onto them for a year & sell them on Ebay for twice what you paid).
I am also having a "Stop N Shop" this Friday (I will have all the products I have on hand out on display, ready for purchase). You can stop by anytime from 10am-2pm. I have to pick Ethan up from school at 2:20pm. So, if you want to come later, just call or text me with the time. 927-7887 or cell 939-7936.
or you can order off my website and have everything sent directly to your house. The only way to get the free paper or clearance items is to order off the website: www.mycmsite.com/spring . You can also develop your pictures at http://www.cmphotocenter.com/ my id # is 63355222. Thanks!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
How Grayson eats a hot dog
Friday, June 19, 2009
just put my 13 yr
just put my 13 yr old on a plane to Los Angeles . she'll be gone 23days. 1st time away from home.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
So far today i have steam cleaned puke stains out of my carpet, steam mopped my floors twice, cleaned up pee (several times), sold my old serger, spent an hour at Jasmyns school, cleaned up oatmeal that Grayson so happily threw, rubbed & mushed all over himself & everything around him, made phone calls, refilled prescriptions & now off to Albertsons to go grocery shopping!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Note to self. Grayson does
Note to self. Grayson does not like peanuts in his chocolate. Mr.Goodbar is Mr.Badbar to him.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wednesday
Took Grayson to the doctor. He has a sinus infection, started him on Amoxicillin. Made beef stew. Put Mantis tiller together. Took Jasmyn to basketball practice. Went to sewing class at church. Have had a HUGE headache ALL day and it won't go away!
Tuesday
Grayson didn't wake up until 11:00am today! And when he did he had a barking cough and green snot running down his nose and out of both eyes...yuck. I spent from 6:30am-1:30pm (sheri came over & helped me at 10:30am) making baby shower invitations. I really wanted to use the new Cm puzzle maker, so we did, that just entailed lots of details that took alot longer than i had anticipated! will post pic when get more made , sent 30 out, now need to make some to hand out at church. Got ready for scouts, then left at 2:30 so i could get groceries for dinner before picking up cub scouts from school at 3:15. Had scout til 5:30, then dinner, then off to Jasmyn's Choir concert. Afterwards we HAD to run by the church so Jasmyn could get some pizza (cause YW activity tonight was a pizza party). Then home, said goodnight to the kiddos and went to post the video of Jasmyn singing on Facebook. Aren't
you proud of me Bonnie & Brandi? I am blogging!
you proud of me Bonnie & Brandi? I am blogging!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Update continued
I forgot to mention that i made 4 raised bed gardens. one 4x8, two 3x6ft, one 4x4ft all 12 inches deep. Stapled two layers of chicken wire and a layer of landscape fabric to the bottom of each one. Planted veggies in all of them. Also, made a raised garden bed out of the landscape rocks we had around our compost pile that we also redid. planted blueberry bushes in that. going to do another rock raised bed & plant strawberries in it. Put up stake supports around all of our fruit trees which look like they will all bear fruit this year! yeah! also hooked up that outdoor sink we've had sitting in our garage for 3 yrs! Transplanted about 20 plants/ground cover. got a drip system set up to each tree, flower & garden bed. We might get our back yard done this year! Someday, i want to have a concrete border done in our back yard so we dont have to keep fighting the grass!
Update
Last Sunday after church we went out to my Aunt Rhonda's in wolf lodge for a family dinner to celebrate my cousin Melanie Hall's upcoming wedding. While i was there i got about a 100 thornless raspberry starts, which i spent all day monday transplanting. Friday was the father/son campout. Dave took Ethan. Jasmyn, Grayson and I went to my cousin Matthew's Eagle Scout court of honor award dinner at that new River something park. It was nice, only rained for about ten minutes. Found out that my cousin Kami Paulson is getting married to Matt Davis (his mom did the ettiquette dinner for YM/YW activity in April). Saturday, I had a garage sale with my cousin Brian & Bonnie at their house. It was windy all day and only rained long enough for us to get everything covered, then it stopped. I got home about 5:30pm, ate dinner (Dave made spaghetti), gave Grayson a bath, then laid down with grayson
about 6:15...just for a minute...well, i woke up around 11pm! Guess i was tired! Kids all sick today
about 6:15...just for a minute...well, i woke up around 11pm! Guess i was tired! Kids all sick today
New Pictures posted on Facebook
I have added some new photos to my family album on facebook. It loads them a lot faster and more at a time. I have pictures of my kids, cousin Brian & Bonnie, Cousin Kami Paulson & her fiance Matt Davis, Pictures of Jessica, Jocelyn & Kambria DeGroat at Graysons birthday party.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Grayson Talking
Grandma, grandpa, Woody, basketball, amen, jesus, bye bye, love you. Spring
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Ethan Reads 119wpm
Ethan reads 119 words per minute at 6 years old! The target for his age is 48 wpm and is 60 by the end of 2nd grade!
Friday, January 30, 2009
This week Barack Obama wrote a letter to the president of Iran. Through secret channels I was able to obtain a copy of this letter and thought I would post it on our blog. Here it is.
Dear Mr. Aquavelvajad,
Now that I'm president of the United States I would like to take all of your comments about wanting to wipe Isreal and America off the earth, getting rid of all the Jews, denying the Holocaust, trying to obtain nuclear weapons, and just sweep them under the rug if you'll just not talk about these things anymore. Pretty please with sugar on top? I'll be your bestest friend in the whole wide world. Hey, when you come to visit I'll take you on a tour of Washington D.C. and then we can go golfing. What do you say? C,mon, be a pal. Just say yes so we can ignore your Hitlarian rhetoric and get back to the business of bailing out more banks. What do you say?
Please circle one.
YES NO
Sincerely,
Barack Hussien Obama
Dear Mr. Aquavelvajad,
Now that I'm president of the United States I would like to take all of your comments about wanting to wipe Isreal and America off the earth, getting rid of all the Jews, denying the Holocaust, trying to obtain nuclear weapons, and just sweep them under the rug if you'll just not talk about these things anymore. Pretty please with sugar on top? I'll be your bestest friend in the whole wide world. Hey, when you come to visit I'll take you on a tour of Washington D.C. and then we can go golfing. What do you say? C,mon, be a pal. Just say yes so we can ignore your Hitlarian rhetoric and get back to the business of bailing out more banks. What do you say?
Please circle one.
YES NO
Sincerely,
Barack Hussien Obama
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Our December Electric/heating Bill was
Our December Electric/heating Bill was $408! Unbelievable! Was anyone elses extraordinarily high?
Spring
Spring
I have spent the last few hours playing on Facebook. I had a couple people invite me to view their sites and then I got to playing around & searching for people and then playing with my backgrounds on my blog. So, now I will update you on the last few weeks, aren't you excited?
Grayson has been sick for the last couple of days ~ Fever, lethargic. Took him to the doctor today & he has a sinus infection. Ethan had an ear ache over the weekend, so I took him to the doctor on Monday & he had an ear infection. Tonight he was trying to get his medicine himself and spilled most of it into the sink (better than the floor). Jasmyn got home at 5pm tonight and spent the entire evening in bed. She turns 13 on February 4th - hard to believe I have a 13 year old!!
Ethan started Upward Basketball this month - finished (indoor) Soccer in December. Grayson is talking in sentences all the time "Mommy, I want breakfast", While picking his nose "eww booger" and when I ask him where he's going to wipe it he said "on the bed" (daddy's side too :) He now helps himself in the fridge, he loves opening it.
On MLK Weekend I drove to Portland to spend the weekend with my friends from highschool, scrapbooking of course! But in my case I spent the
time getting organized - 9 years! whoohoo! We went to dinner at PF Changs & my brother spencer met us, he was the only boy.
Grayson has been sick for the last couple of days ~ Fever, lethargic. Took him to the doctor today & he has a sinus infection. Ethan had an ear ache over the weekend, so I took him to the doctor on Monday & he had an ear infection. Tonight he was trying to get his medicine himself and spilled most of it into the sink (better than the floor). Jasmyn got home at 5pm tonight and spent the entire evening in bed. She turns 13 on February 4th - hard to believe I have a 13 year old!!
Ethan started Upward Basketball this month - finished (indoor) Soccer in December. Grayson is talking in sentences all the time "Mommy, I want breakfast", While picking his nose "eww booger" and when I ask him where he's going to wipe it he said "on the bed" (daddy's side too :) He now helps himself in the fridge, he loves opening it.
On MLK Weekend I drove to Portland to spend the weekend with my friends from highschool, scrapbooking of course! But in my case I spent the
time getting organized - 9 years! whoohoo! We went to dinner at PF Changs & my brother spencer met us, he was the only boy. While I was gone dave shipped jasmyn & ethan off to grandma linda's house, so he only had one mess maker to pick up after while I was gone - smart man.
Dave and I are now Cub Scout Den Leaders for the Wolf & Bear Packs.
Dave and I are now Cub Scout Den Leaders for the Wolf & Bear Packs.
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