Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Another potty story

Sammy had been calling to be wiped and when I arrived he said pleadingly "mom, you have to wipe me". I replied "Oh, I have too?" "Yes." "But what if I don't?" "Then you're a bad guy, bad guys don't wipe kids."

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Motherhood

Maria is just so cute. I was squeezing her and told her that I was going to keep her from growing because we want her to stay small. She told me she wanted keep growing. After a few seconds she asked if she would have any more birthdays.
Me: "No more birthdays."
Maria: "But I have to have more birthdays, because I want to be pregnant. I want to have a baby in my tummy like mommy."

We are going to need to be careful, because at this point in my little girl's life her goal is to be pregnant ;)

Just like Papa

I was reading a book about Jesus and the saints to the kids and Joshua got this bright look in his eye and told me "I know what I will do, (now nearly shaking with excitment), I'll read a book all about Jesus.
With just a short pause for a thought he then said, (in his most excited voice), "then I'll write a book all about Jesus."

I guess having a passionate and prolific writer for a a grandpa has rubbed off on this little boy.

Nobody's home

Samuel locked the door to the bathroom yesterday before he sat down on the potty. When he was finished doing his dooty he called to us in normal fashion: "I'M DONE!" When I found the door locked I jokingly knocked and called to him, he called back: "NOBODY"S HOME."
Well at this point I started looking for one of those pin-like keys that you stick in the indoor locks to open them up because I knew Sam was not going to hop off the toilet and unlock the door for me. It had become a game of I'm smarter than daddy; which is funny because he probably would have sat there waiting to be wiped for hours and that's not too smart. I couldn't find a key so I pulled out a credit card and used that to pop the latch. As I opened the door he had a surprised look as if I was spoiling all the fun. I guess even waiting on the potty is fun for a 3 year old if your dad if it is predicated in tricking your dad.

Monday, November 10, 2008

You should see the other guy

Yesterday at a baptism party Maria was playing with an adult, who will remain nameless, and got swung into a coffee table. Ouch! She is feeling just fine and has a great attitude about her big ol' shiner.

Obama's Pick for Chief of Staff Tops Recipients of Wall Street Money

If you weren't scared enough already...let's take a look at what Jeff Schibler on AmericasRight revealed about the soon to be White House chief of staff.
We learned on Friday from ABC News that Rahm Emanuel sat on the board of directors of the now infamous Freddie Mac during the beginnings of the scandal, and was complicit in the board's failure to recognize "red flags" in accounting and lending practices, and that he accepted more than $50,000 in contributions from the organization. Now, we're learning that Emanuel was, just this year, the top House recipient of contributions from hedge funds, private equity firms and the larger securities/investment industry, and that he has received more money from individuals and political action committees in the securities and investment business than from any other industry since being elected to Congress in 2002 after a previous job as an investment banker. Barack Hussein Obama tapping this gentleman to assist him in fixing the American economy is kind of like asking Rosie O'Donnell to manage a Weight Watchers franchise.

(FROM: OpenSecrets and AmericasRight)

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Gun sales up

Allegedly gun sales are up in this country. According to this video on msnbc.com it is because the economy is souring and people are planning on needing to defend themselves.

hmmmm. Do you think this is the main reason, or is it more likely that intelligent people worry that B. Hussein Obama may try to take away our right to buy/bear arms?? If I were to buy another gun to cling to it would have much more to do the president elect's liberal policies than anything else.

Obama was being misleading when he denied that his handwriting had been on a document endorsing a state ban on the sale and possession of handguns in Illinois. Obama responded, "No, my writing wasn't on that particular questionnaire. As I said, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns."

Actually, Obama's writing was on the 1996 document, which was filed when Obama was running for the Illinois state Senate. A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line:

35. Do you support state legislation to:
a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes.
b. ban assault weapons? Yes.
c. mandatory waiting periods and background checks? Yes.

Obama's campaign said, "Sen. Obama didn't fill out these state Senate questionnaires--a staffer did--and there are several answers that didn't reflect his views then or now. He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the questionnaire, but some answers didn't reflect his views."

http://www.ontheissues.org/domestic/Barack_Obama_Gun_Control.htm

Thursday, November 06, 2008

A little political humor to cheer you up

This is a surveillance video from the yard of a North Carolina electrical engineer who, sick and tired of having his McCain/Palin yard signs stolen and replaced with Obama/Biden signs, decided to hook the metal frame into his invisible dog fence. While it's sad that the person caught in the act was only a nine-year-old boy, he invariably learned a lesson he wasn't going to learn elsewhere.
(discovered on www.americasright.com

I laughed out loud at this mostly because it reminded me of my old friend Frank Galdoni who died of cancer a few years ago: after many diplomatic attempts failed, he put an electrified screen over a bush in his yard that his neighbors dog always did his business on.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

America: "We want Barabas"

We were given a choice for a man who sacrificed so much of himself for his country, a man who can not even lift up his arms because they were broken so many times by our enemies. But in our greed, and desire for the government to "help" contribute to our grocery budget, we have ignored our founders' morals and our christial roots. Well our greatest fears have come true, our country has voted in a velvet-tounged pro-murdered who promised the largest abortion provider in the country that his first act as president would be to make it easier to kill babies in the womb (and even out of the womb if they are born alive during an abortion).

We were given a monumental choice and we chose poorly, now we shall suffer the consequenses that we deserve.

This may be the last post you see from me as we swing towards socialism this blog will most certainly be shut off by the censors.

Mixed results from initiatives in states all over the country now further promote embryonic destruction, and abortion. On a good note, voters in California saw it in their hearts to protect some mothers and their unborn from cruel treatment, a proposal passed there to "outlaw the confinement of pregnant pigs, calves raised for veal and egg-laying hens in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely."

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

silly boys

Joshua asked a question about the origin of the name duct tape: "Why do we call it 'duck tape'? Is it because it feels like a duck is biting you when you peel it off your skin?"

Samuel emerged from the pantry after being inside for a few minutes in suspicious silence, his face was covered in what appeared to be chocolate.
Before revealing what we saw on his face we asked what he had eaten.
We got a few sheepish "I don't know"s before we finally told him to point to what he ate.
He pointed at the powdered ovaltine.
Anna: "Did you eat the chocolate ovaltine Sam?"
Sam: "No it's coffee."

Twas The Night of Election

'Twas the night of elections*
And all through the town*
Tempers were flaring*
Emotions all up and down!*

I, in my bathrobe*
With a cat in my lap*
Had cut off the TV*
Tired of political crap.*

When all of a sudden*
There arose such a noise*
I peered out of my window*
Saw Obama and his boys*

They had come for my wallet*
They wanted my pay*
To give to the others*
Who had not worked a day!*

He snatched up my money*
And quick as a wink*
Jumped back on his bandwagon*
As I gagged from the stink*

He then rallied his henchmen*
Who were pulling his cart*
I could tell they were out*
To tear my country apart!*

'On Fannie, on Freddie, *
On Biden and Ayers!*
On Acorn, On Pelosi'*
He screamed at the pairs!*

They took off for his cause*
And as he flew out of sight*
I heard him laugh at the nation*
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!*

So I leave you to think*
On this one final note-*
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM*
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!*

Monday, November 03, 2008

Keep Coming Down


What cost us over $70 to fill our minivan's gas tank only two months ago not only cost $35. I don't know what the root cause of this price drop is, but I am ok with it.