Merry Christmas

Through all the crazy commercialism and attempts at secularizing these beautiful Holidays, let us not forget the TRUE meaning of Christmas,the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. I found this video today, and it made me cry. I have always loved Amy Grant, and this is a truly beautiful song. The video "The Nativity" and the song go perfectly together.




I hope everyone has a joyous, blessed Christmas!!

Watch Out Fido!

Forget that, just NO DOGS

The wacky environmentalist nutbags are at it again!! The new threat to our fair globe is.... man's best friend. You got it- more threatening than the big, bad SUV's that used to run over them. Take a gander at this article from Yahoo:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091220/sc_afp/lifestyleclimatewarminganimalsfood

They even asked some enviro-wacko to calculate pets' eco-pawprint. I am not kidding. Just when I thought the loons couldn't get any loonier, they go and prove me wrong. What is the solution (according to those same loons)? Make sure your pet is dual purpose. You know, you could serve the cute little bunny you gave your kids for Easter as your 4th of July main course.

Yeah...and the kids, too.

I am sure we will all soon be able to buy carbon pawprint offsets. I am also sure that somehow , some way, Al Gore will rake in the dough from that scam. I don't know about you, but now I want at least three more animals just because of this article.

So if you don't hear from me soon, I am probably at the local Humane Society picking out my kids and dog Molly a few new siblings!!

Enrage an enviro-nut, take me home!!!

Four Year Old Steals Neighbor's Christmas Presents While Drinking a Beer

I saw this on Drudge today, and it just leaves me speechless. Where to start..... Nope, still don't know what to say.

http://www.newschannel9.com/news/year-987196-old-christmas.html

Bad parenting? Maybe, maybe not. I thought I had heard pretty much everything. I guess I was wrong. This really is a very sad story. I wish this young mother and her children the very best.

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The Goddess of Give Me Something

The daughter several years ago. We call this 'Scuba Stephanie'. If you have seen 'Big Daddy', you understand.

I just spent a terrific Thanksgiving weekend with the family in St. Louis. Our main objective on the trip was to see a wonderful hockey game (we did- Detroit won 4-3 in a shootout), but we also planned in some time for shopping in St. Charles, dinner at Modesto (incredible Tapas restaurant), and the most important agenda item for the kids---swimming at the hotel.

I can always count on my husband for funny vacation witticisms. He can turn any song into something that is always hilarious, sure to keep you awake during the monotony of driving mile after mile. I have often told him he should do stand up. He would be great at that. What I am learning now is that my seven year old daughter not only looks like my husband, she has inherited his comedy gene.

We left our hotel on Sunday morning, ready to hit the (long) road home. Said hotel provides a more than ample breakfast offering. If you leave there hungry, it is no ones fault but your own. About thirty minutes after being on the road, my daughter says she is hungry. Her Dad and I both tell her it will be a while before we stop to eat since we just ate breakfast. She is not happy, and pops out with"I am the goddess of give me something!" I know-- it sounds like I am raising a Liberal, right? She isn't a Lib, she was just being funny. When my husband and I laughed at her line, she was happy as could be.

That became our motto this vacation. Daughter and husband found many ways to freshen it up all the way home. She was hungry again later in the day and was the 'goddess of eating'. Later she wanted a light turned on so she could read her book and became 'goddess of turn a light on'. Dad eventually lost his sense of humor (six hours in a van with a seven, five, and four year old), so he declared he was the 'god of grouch and doom'. I snickered at that, which caused him to see the humor in what he said. And I will say that everyone was pretty quiet the rest of the way home.

Happy Thanksgiving from President Reagan ( and me, too)!!

I am sorry that I cannot post as often as others here on Blogger, but alas, my three kids(seven, five, and four), husband, and a full time job just won't allow it. I do want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving, though.

I have so much to be thankful for. I have a loving husband, three wonderful, healthy kids, and a job that I enjoy. I am also thankful for those of you that read my rants and ramblings here. This blog has been a great outlet for me.

On this day of thanks, I found a great Thanksgiving message from Ronald Reagan. This message is as timely today as it was in 1985.



Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Shame on These 10 Republicans

Judge David Hamilton is one step closer to confirmation to the 7th Circuit appellate court, thanks to this sorry list of Republicans that voted to limit debate on his qualifications. The vote ended up 70-29.

Richard Luger-Indiana

Lamar Alexander-Tennessee

Saxby Chambliss-Georgia

Susan Collins-Maine

Olympia Snowe-Maine

John Cornyn-Texas

Judd Gregg-New Hampshire

Orrin Hatch-Utah

Lisa Murkowski-Alaska

John Thune-South Dakota

Why not allow this man to become a Circuit Court judge? He is a former ACLU leader. He was a fundraiser for ACORN. Those two items raise flags for me, but are possibly not cause enough for others to be concerned. Okay, I understand.

Let's hear some of this justices pearls of wisdom.

"Part of our job here as judges is to write a series of footnotes to the Constitution. We all do that every year in cases large and small."

"A judge needs to empathize with all parties in the case — plaintiff and defendant, crime victim and accused defendant — so that the judge can better understand how the parties came to be before the court and how legal rules affect those parties and others in similar situations."

He is an activist judge who believes laws can be made from the bench, that judges keep adding "footnotes" to the Constitution. Huh? And here I thought the Founders did a pretty good job. Silly me, I thought Congress was the only branch of the government that could make law(hence the term Legislative Branch).

Here we go, America! You didn't think it would do much harm, your voting for Obama. Now you know the truth. First Sotomayor, now Hamilton. Another empathetic judge. We have three more years of this.

And shame on the Republicans named above. You are there at the behest of your constituents. Your crumbling, spineless actions today may very well be the start of your political downfall. Do not think that just because you have an (R) behind your name, that means you will be supported in your re-election bids. We need members of Congress that want to serve their constituents, not their own self-serving agendas.

We need more men (and women) like these!!!