Mark finds it fascinating, and maybe a little revolting (maybe that's too strong a word) that Slade and I can down 5 otter pops together in less than 5 minutes. He thinks we have built up a tolerance to the sugar rush b/c 10 minutes later we are ready for bed.
Slade is addicted to pop-ickles as he calls them. He pulls open the freezer door whenever he can and calls out their name affectionately pleading with us to relent to his desire. They are totally his crack.
I'm pretty convinced that he has developed a true love of all things sweet and none vegetable due to nursing for 15 months straight from a source that only contributed things of this nature. I now have to resort to hiding veggies in his food, luckily he loves fruit and everything else that is good for him...he just also love love love love loves all that is also not as good for him - much like his mother.
Mark is very good about eating well and being concerned about his health. As for me - during my 'anorexic days' as I like to refer to them I was an exercising fool and I subsisted on all things sugar and Chinese. I weighed 120 at the time - now postpregnancy I am a much healthier eater, MUCH, but as my lifestyle has changed so, I'm not hoping to get back into those size 6's anytime soon....but someday!
Mark and I have very different upbringings- mine were filled with moving an average of every year or so up until the age of 14 (when we settled down for awhile finally when dad retired from the military). Mark was a very stable country boy who earned more than enough merit badges for his Eagle, put himself through college full-ride scholarship to boot graduating very top of his class and with high honors, bought a home very responsibly at a young age. He and I are very different with very different backgrounds- but our most interesting difference (well, to me anyhow) fall into the category of our rewards systems.
Mark is rewarded by a job well done or by personal satisfaction of having utilized his time wisely. My rewards in life always came in the form of an edible treat in one way or another. Very often I begin a story from my childhood when some treat has sparked a fond memory. Such as when we'd go to my PawPaw's house, he'd always give us Klondike Bars and Oatmeal Creme Pies. Or when we'd travel cross country- to get us to behave my parents would intermittently offer us various fun treats like Sixlets or M & M's or Gummy Bears. Or when we'd go to the beach we'd get to buy Pringles (we were a very large family on a not-so-large budget so these were a big deal!). Or when we'd visit my Aunt in Orem, UT we'd get to go to the corner store and buy Bonkers or Fun Dip. Or when we'd go on family picnics or have birthday picnics we'd get KFC! Now that was a REAL treat! To this day when I feel like celebrating that is often where I go, or think to go fondly, to get the food. My siblings all recollect memories the same way as well, so it's not just me.
In our home you'd have to HIDE the good stuff that mom brought home if you ever wanted to have any of it for later. We'd often forget we'd even hid anything until one of us was cleaning the kitchen later and would find it stuffed behind the cleaning supplies and more than stale and being T.O.'d that it had gone to waste b/c they were greedy (despite being guilty of the same myself). I remember our parents taking us to the PX when we'd do our grocery shopping together as a family (everyone had to have a hand on the cart at all times, it was crowded!) - we'd shop in the dented cans section or just out of expiration isles/stores and our parents would reward us for our good behavior by letting us each choose our OWN box of sugar cereal for Saturday mornings!
Now, I always thought this was normal and fun and think that way to this day. I like to reward Slade accordingly and Mark thinks that I'm a bit wonky and is sometimes concerned of what Slade's memories will be based on someday.
Is there anyone out there in this same (or similar, I'll take similar) predicament? I mean, in our defense, we moved around so much always having to sleep in hotelrooms, make new friends only to leave them shortly thereafter, never really get settled into life or build memories around environmental hobbies - the only one true thing we could depend on for comfort was TREATS! Ok, now I am scaring myself a bit!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I love you Bobby!!
After another extremely disappointing speech from His Holiness tonight my sister and I were estatically overjoyed when Gov. Bobby Jindal (R - LA) came on and put a straight up smack down on all of the crap Big 'O' has been laying on so thick over the past few weeks since he has come into "power". It was AWESOME!!! It started out a little shaky and I was unsure what he was getting at then he unleashed it all full force and put Big Government in its place. You can read it in full HERE.
Do many of the things that the Dems want to come to pass sound good in a lot of ways (a better healthcare industry, better education for Americans, etc...) - yes, but they want to have someone with their finger on every aspect of our lives- especially our paychecks. Bobby says yes to the great ideas but NO to Big Government- YEAY!! Do Republicans need to set themselves straight and fix what the Bush Administration has done to its party- um, YES- and he has proposed that they are determined to put us back in line with the party's core principles and beliefs. I would vote this guy into office as President any day of the week.
I'm so glad that there are so many people still out there who also feel like they live in crazytown right now and are speaking "revolt" to having our futures stolen from us by a very inexperienced, yet earmark, agenda-driven scoundrels.
The biggest things about Big O's speech tonight that drove me up a wall were (and yes, there were MANY, ok pretty much the speech in its entirety...and what was with Pelosi popping up like a Pop Tart from an overzealous toaster whenever Big O. had to but make a point? My word, she was quite the Jack-in-the-Box tonight, but the real comedy was when Barry referred to Joe Biden as a man not to be messed with, "No one messes with Joe." I could almost hear the chirping from that one!):
1. The No-Earmarks thing. Are you kidding me? How he can say this with a straight face after he just passed a bill chalk FULL of the stinking future-robbing things is so far beyond my scope of reasoning or ability to comprehend. It is so blatantly deceptive and just outright prejudiced that, much like Sean Hannity, I do not know whether I should scream or cry. How many more of these are already in the works (the next with 9,000 earmarks all ready to go!! How will he talk himself out of THAT one?)He always does these proactive speeches acknowledging that he is not going to acknowledge all of his deception and lies in a few eloquent words- and it makes me physically sick to behold. He has spent more in his past month of Presidency than Bush spent in his terms of Presidency on the war (or was it everything)- an issue that has been on the tips of the Dems. tongues for as long as I can remember. Where are the outcries of injustice now though, especially in these times of our economic woes?! (BTW, so Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and whats-his-face are never going to have to pay recompense for getting us into this situation eh?) So while he's all whiny about how he "inherited" the national debt, he will have all but at LEAST doubled it when all is said and done. So if he does live up to his promise of cutting it in half, then he'll only have succeeded in taxing the last breath out of the big, bad, mean ole CEO's and businesses who actually EMPLOY people as well as mortgaging my children's futures to pay off what his pet projects cost us all. Wow, now that really is great leadership!
2. The education thing. Ok, so one minute he is talking about how the education system needs to be revamped (yes, we should not continue to bow down to the illegals or those who need the educational bar continually lowered at the cost to everyone else b/c they are not doing the work but the system does not want them stuck there forever) and that we need to find a way to keep the half of the college population that drops out before graduation in until they reach graduation. He then continues to talk about how the new Spendulus bill he has passed will enable 7 million more Americans to attend college than could previously have done so (I'm still confused about this one- first of all, what exactly was it from the spendulus bill that enabled this, and secondly, with all of the grants, federal aid, and SCHOLARSHIPS to even those who only earn them from being a minority or whatever - when has anyone NEVER been able to attend college? I did it on my own dang dime, so why is it that the other hard-working Americans out there can't seem to find a way to do that as well???).
I'm thinking we should have FIRST fixed the reason why ONE-HALF of the college population is dropping out BEFORE enabling SEVEN MILLION more into college on MY DIME to do the same dang thing- only now dropping out AFTER MY MONEY and MY KIDS FUTURE PAYCHECKS have been spent. Did anyone else catch that? We seem to be in the process of throwing out money first, then thinking about it after the fact...when it is too late. You could call it hindsight if it weren't for the obvious nature of it from the start!
Oh Lordy Lordy- The incessant, adamant, and especially controlling idiocy that is now so rampantly invading our 'justice' system anymore,- I cannot fathom another 3.9 years of this. I do not know how his supporters sleep at night or how they somehow evade thinking about what he really says or even checking the facts of what he is always throwing out or even reading up on his history to realize that he never was, has been, or will be the man that they worship so adoringly. I feel like it's backwards day in a nightmare that I'm having but for some reason I cannot wake up from.
Do many of the things that the Dems want to come to pass sound good in a lot of ways (a better healthcare industry, better education for Americans, etc...) - yes, but they want to have someone with their finger on every aspect of our lives- especially our paychecks. Bobby says yes to the great ideas but NO to Big Government- YEAY!! Do Republicans need to set themselves straight and fix what the Bush Administration has done to its party- um, YES- and he has proposed that they are determined to put us back in line with the party's core principles and beliefs. I would vote this guy into office as President any day of the week.
I'm so glad that there are so many people still out there who also feel like they live in crazytown right now and are speaking "revolt" to having our futures stolen from us by a very inexperienced, yet earmark, agenda-driven scoundrels.
The biggest things about Big O's speech tonight that drove me up a wall were (and yes, there were MANY, ok pretty much the speech in its entirety...and what was with Pelosi popping up like a Pop Tart from an overzealous toaster whenever Big O. had to but make a point? My word, she was quite the Jack-in-the-Box tonight, but the real comedy was when Barry referred to Joe Biden as a man not to be messed with, "No one messes with Joe." I could almost hear the chirping from that one!):
1. The No-Earmarks thing. Are you kidding me? How he can say this with a straight face after he just passed a bill chalk FULL of the stinking future-robbing things is so far beyond my scope of reasoning or ability to comprehend. It is so blatantly deceptive and just outright prejudiced that, much like Sean Hannity, I do not know whether I should scream or cry. How many more of these are already in the works (the next with 9,000 earmarks all ready to go!! How will he talk himself out of THAT one?)He always does these proactive speeches acknowledging that he is not going to acknowledge all of his deception and lies in a few eloquent words- and it makes me physically sick to behold. He has spent more in his past month of Presidency than Bush spent in his terms of Presidency on the war (or was it everything)- an issue that has been on the tips of the Dems. tongues for as long as I can remember. Where are the outcries of injustice now though, especially in these times of our economic woes?! (BTW, so Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and whats-his-face are never going to have to pay recompense for getting us into this situation eh?) So while he's all whiny about how he "inherited" the national debt, he will have all but at LEAST doubled it when all is said and done. So if he does live up to his promise of cutting it in half, then he'll only have succeeded in taxing the last breath out of the big, bad, mean ole CEO's and businesses who actually EMPLOY people as well as mortgaging my children's futures to pay off what his pet projects cost us all. Wow, now that really is great leadership!
2. The education thing. Ok, so one minute he is talking about how the education system needs to be revamped (yes, we should not continue to bow down to the illegals or those who need the educational bar continually lowered at the cost to everyone else b/c they are not doing the work but the system does not want them stuck there forever) and that we need to find a way to keep the half of the college population that drops out before graduation in until they reach graduation. He then continues to talk about how the new Spendulus bill he has passed will enable 7 million more Americans to attend college than could previously have done so (I'm still confused about this one- first of all, what exactly was it from the spendulus bill that enabled this, and secondly, with all of the grants, federal aid, and SCHOLARSHIPS to even those who only earn them from being a minority or whatever - when has anyone NEVER been able to attend college? I did it on my own dang dime, so why is it that the other hard-working Americans out there can't seem to find a way to do that as well???).
I'm thinking we should have FIRST fixed the reason why ONE-HALF of the college population is dropping out BEFORE enabling SEVEN MILLION more into college on MY DIME to do the same dang thing- only now dropping out AFTER MY MONEY and MY KIDS FUTURE PAYCHECKS have been spent. Did anyone else catch that? We seem to be in the process of throwing out money first, then thinking about it after the fact...when it is too late. You could call it hindsight if it weren't for the obvious nature of it from the start!
Oh Lordy Lordy- The incessant, adamant, and especially controlling idiocy that is now so rampantly invading our 'justice' system anymore,- I cannot fathom another 3.9 years of this. I do not know how his supporters sleep at night or how they somehow evade thinking about what he really says or even checking the facts of what he is always throwing out or even reading up on his history to realize that he never was, has been, or will be the man that they worship so adoringly. I feel like it's backwards day in a nightmare that I'm having but for some reason I cannot wake up from.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
20 Things All About Slade!
To copy Claudia- my sister gave me a journal to chronicle all of the daily Slade-isms that I enjoy but the task has for the most part been neglected. I've had so many inquiries from family and friends about him and how he's developing that I thought I'd knock them both out here. These are the adorable things that Slade is currently doing that make us laugh hard. We rarely watch TV anymore with this character around!
1. He loves toothbrushes! I've bought at least 10 for him thus far and can only account for 2 at the moment- he likes to put them in fun, creative places where they are discovered later. They are always funny finds. He always loves to have them in hand (from the start it was highlighters. They fit perfectly into his baby hands and he'd love to have one wherever we went- I even started matching them to his outfits!).
2. He says 'Hi' to everyone, but most pointedly at pretty girls and women- he has a definite preference there! He makes eyes at them and offers them his toothbrushes- a sure sign of flirtation on his part.
3. He loves tools. You can't fool him with the fake, safe baby tools either- he prefers the REAL thing and whenever daddy leaves his work toolbag in the house, Slade is sure to be found rifling through it as soon as he gets a chance. We call him Slade-the-toolboy-Taylor. Fitting, we think.
4. When he gets excited about things he goes, "OOOOOHHHHHHH" (sounds like ewwe but with an o0 you'd have to hear it) - probably from all the times I try to get him excited about veggies or something. The funniest time he gets excited is over Mark opening up the garage to do projects with Slade at his side. He's like a kid in a candy store- he says ohhhhh for a long time and jumps around excitedly before deciding where to start.
5. The kid LOVES Baby Einstein (yes, it is definitely one of the things that elicits an oooohhhhh each and every morning after breakfast when I tell him what time it is - many thanks to Claudia for letting us pirate copies from hers- yes, it was wrong, but man did it turn out to be the biggest blessing yet in baby soothing!) and we cuddle up on the recliner every morning to snuggle under his new favorite blanket and watch together. He sits transfixed for the WHOLE 30 minutes!
6. The kid LOVES string cheese (also another oooohhhhh elicitor). He hasn't tired of it so far and enjoys it for his morning snack every day without fail.
7. He is starting to do many things for himself, which is always nice for me, and so cute to see him do. He will go to the fridge and get his milk out and drink to satisfy then put it back in and shut the door. It may not sound like much, but it shows more of his own mind and that he knows what he wants and how to get it. Plus it's darn cute! He is also throwing away his own diapers these days- now THAT is nice!
8. He loves babies! Whenever he sees one in his books or his baby cousing Sage he says, BEYBEE and runs to give it kisses or be sweet to it. Sometimes a little overly sweet and if I'm paying the baby too much attention he gets a little pushy - but otherwise loves them. It makes me glad for when we have our next!
9. He says "Uh-oh" to the funniest situations and gets a very concerned look on his face with his lips shaped in an 'O' until the situation is remedied.
10. As much time as we spend together and as tired of me I think he must become - whenever I am gone he will ask for me continually and when I leave him at the gymn's childcare when I come back for him he stops whatever he's doing, breaks out into a HUGE grin, and runs (with his arms out aerodynamically) to me (toothbrush in hand of course).
11. His big opened mouth kisses, but more of a favorite are the closed-mouth ones followed by the kissing sound! It is especially cute to see him give them to Mark and I think they're Mark's favorite thing. He loves his boy!!
12. He loves the big boys and going to scouts / priesthood with Mark. It is so cute to see him in the gymn with them on scout nights as they gently toss him the basketball and he excitedly tries to handle it, gives up, and settles for bouncing up and down on his legs going....yes, OOOOHH! The boys are so sweet with him and look out for him and try to include him in as much as they do.
13. He doesn't mind playing with girls, even if they mind playing with him. Mark said he took some good elbows to the head and some eye pokes when he went to nursery for the first time this past Sunday while trying to use the oven on the girl's play kitchen. He was not deterred!
14. When he's really excited and runs- he throws his arms behind him (as if aerodynamically faster) and runs as quick as his little baby toddler legs can carry him with a huge grin on his face. We often mimick this in our house b/c it's soooo cute!
15. He's learning so many words daily- it's amazing to see him putting concepts together and repeating words appropriately. I realize this is the appropriate course for him, but it's so exciting to watch for us!! My favorite words to hear him speak are 'cereal' and 'bup' (for up), 'mess' for whenever he makes a mess and then in turn identifies it as being such to me, and 'peease' with his hand out for something he really wants from me.
16. He is forever in constant motion (yes, even unfortunately at church, in Sacrament meeting. I always swore I wouldn't be one of the parents who let them run around, I relented a little last week b/c I was so tired of fighting it- sigh)- he is only not in motion AND awake when we are watching the aforementioned Baby Einstein. He will come up to us and cuddle for a moment or two, but then he's off again to play with his toy car, push his landmower, or do something very important and critical to entertain himself!
17. He's learning to entertain himself! A LARGE feat for the both of us, only now I sit and watch him instead of getting things done b/c he's so funny and it's so interesting to see how they process things. He largely ignores his toys and gets out the canned goods and pots and pans to play around with while I cook. Unless he IS helping me cook, which has grown to be another favorite of mine! A friend's sister of mine who has ELEVEN kids realized how much utilization can come FROM teaching the kids some basics in cooking. Instead of them watching her while she prepared meals or waiting for her- they would get up before her and start preparing them for the rest of the family! Though it takes a little in the beginning, man does it pay off for her now!
18. He LOVES the great outdoors. I always know when he's ready to go outside b/c he starts brining me his boots, then coat, then hat. Mark can't wait for him to grow up some more so he can justify buying more of the fun camping & fishing things that he's been dying to get and take us out to do! He just loves being out and about in general seeing the world and interacting with it as he knows how to right now!
19. I love to see his excited dance. He will dance around excitedly as he is awaiting something fun and it so cute!
20. My personally favorite thing to do with him is to fall asleep with him in my arms. I used to have him sleep with us when he was first born then later only on Sunday afternoon naps. Now I only really get the chance when we're out travelling and staying at a hotel and he won't nap or sleep unless I'm next to him. I love cuddling my crazy boy all night- I'm the only one he'll nap with and I'm often the only one who can comfort him down when he's really upset. Talk about feeling important! I'm his mother forever- though it can be a very daunting idea at times, with all the great examples I have in my life, I figure it'll work out with just one step at a time. What a wonderful blessing to have children to enrich our lives and return to us the love that we give to them.
I realize all of the above things are simply the regular advances of children as they progress, but every little milestone he makes and adorable things he says or does just endears him to us all the more and reminds us to just sit back and enjoy life. We're so grateful to Heavenly Father that he is part of our eternal family!
I'm so grateful to have him in my life and love watching him grow and take on more personality by the day. There are gazillions of funny things he does during the day that would probably sound boring to anyone who's not his parent or a doting aunt or grandma- but these are just a few of my favorite things to share to those of you who have been asking for some news.
1. He loves toothbrushes! I've bought at least 10 for him thus far and can only account for 2 at the moment- he likes to put them in fun, creative places where they are discovered later. They are always funny finds. He always loves to have them in hand (from the start it was highlighters. They fit perfectly into his baby hands and he'd love to have one wherever we went- I even started matching them to his outfits!).
2. He says 'Hi' to everyone, but most pointedly at pretty girls and women- he has a definite preference there! He makes eyes at them and offers them his toothbrushes- a sure sign of flirtation on his part.
3. He loves tools. You can't fool him with the fake, safe baby tools either- he prefers the REAL thing and whenever daddy leaves his work toolbag in the house, Slade is sure to be found rifling through it as soon as he gets a chance. We call him Slade-the-toolboy-Taylor. Fitting, we think.
4. When he gets excited about things he goes, "OOOOOHHHHHHH" (sounds like ewwe but with an o0 you'd have to hear it) - probably from all the times I try to get him excited about veggies or something. The funniest time he gets excited is over Mark opening up the garage to do projects with Slade at his side. He's like a kid in a candy store- he says ohhhhh for a long time and jumps around excitedly before deciding where to start.
5. The kid LOVES Baby Einstein (yes, it is definitely one of the things that elicits an oooohhhhh each and every morning after breakfast when I tell him what time it is - many thanks to Claudia for letting us pirate copies from hers- yes, it was wrong, but man did it turn out to be the biggest blessing yet in baby soothing!) and we cuddle up on the recliner every morning to snuggle under his new favorite blanket and watch together. He sits transfixed for the WHOLE 30 minutes!
6. The kid LOVES string cheese (also another oooohhhhh elicitor). He hasn't tired of it so far and enjoys it for his morning snack every day without fail.
7. He is starting to do many things for himself, which is always nice for me, and so cute to see him do. He will go to the fridge and get his milk out and drink to satisfy then put it back in and shut the door. It may not sound like much, but it shows more of his own mind and that he knows what he wants and how to get it. Plus it's darn cute! He is also throwing away his own diapers these days- now THAT is nice!
8. He loves babies! Whenever he sees one in his books or his baby cousing Sage he says, BEYBEE and runs to give it kisses or be sweet to it. Sometimes a little overly sweet and if I'm paying the baby too much attention he gets a little pushy - but otherwise loves them. It makes me glad for when we have our next!
9. He says "Uh-oh" to the funniest situations and gets a very concerned look on his face with his lips shaped in an 'O' until the situation is remedied.
10. As much time as we spend together and as tired of me I think he must become - whenever I am gone he will ask for me continually and when I leave him at the gymn's childcare when I come back for him he stops whatever he's doing, breaks out into a HUGE grin, and runs (with his arms out aerodynamically) to me (toothbrush in hand of course).
11. His big opened mouth kisses, but more of a favorite are the closed-mouth ones followed by the kissing sound! It is especially cute to see him give them to Mark and I think they're Mark's favorite thing. He loves his boy!!
12. He loves the big boys and going to scouts / priesthood with Mark. It is so cute to see him in the gymn with them on scout nights as they gently toss him the basketball and he excitedly tries to handle it, gives up, and settles for bouncing up and down on his legs going....yes, OOOOHH! The boys are so sweet with him and look out for him and try to include him in as much as they do.
13. He doesn't mind playing with girls, even if they mind playing with him. Mark said he took some good elbows to the head and some eye pokes when he went to nursery for the first time this past Sunday while trying to use the oven on the girl's play kitchen. He was not deterred!
14. When he's really excited and runs- he throws his arms behind him (as if aerodynamically faster) and runs as quick as his little baby toddler legs can carry him with a huge grin on his face. We often mimick this in our house b/c it's soooo cute!
15. He's learning so many words daily- it's amazing to see him putting concepts together and repeating words appropriately. I realize this is the appropriate course for him, but it's so exciting to watch for us!! My favorite words to hear him speak are 'cereal' and 'bup' (for up), 'mess' for whenever he makes a mess and then in turn identifies it as being such to me, and 'peease' with his hand out for something he really wants from me.
16. He is forever in constant motion (yes, even unfortunately at church, in Sacrament meeting. I always swore I wouldn't be one of the parents who let them run around, I relented a little last week b/c I was so tired of fighting it- sigh)- he is only not in motion AND awake when we are watching the aforementioned Baby Einstein. He will come up to us and cuddle for a moment or two, but then he's off again to play with his toy car, push his landmower, or do something very important and critical to entertain himself!
17. He's learning to entertain himself! A LARGE feat for the both of us, only now I sit and watch him instead of getting things done b/c he's so funny and it's so interesting to see how they process things. He largely ignores his toys and gets out the canned goods and pots and pans to play around with while I cook. Unless he IS helping me cook, which has grown to be another favorite of mine! A friend's sister of mine who has ELEVEN kids realized how much utilization can come FROM teaching the kids some basics in cooking. Instead of them watching her while she prepared meals or waiting for her- they would get up before her and start preparing them for the rest of the family! Though it takes a little in the beginning, man does it pay off for her now!
18. He LOVES the great outdoors. I always know when he's ready to go outside b/c he starts brining me his boots, then coat, then hat. Mark can't wait for him to grow up some more so he can justify buying more of the fun camping & fishing things that he's been dying to get and take us out to do! He just loves being out and about in general seeing the world and interacting with it as he knows how to right now!
19. I love to see his excited dance. He will dance around excitedly as he is awaiting something fun and it so cute!
20. My personally favorite thing to do with him is to fall asleep with him in my arms. I used to have him sleep with us when he was first born then later only on Sunday afternoon naps. Now I only really get the chance when we're out travelling and staying at a hotel and he won't nap or sleep unless I'm next to him. I love cuddling my crazy boy all night- I'm the only one he'll nap with and I'm often the only one who can comfort him down when he's really upset. Talk about feeling important! I'm his mother forever- though it can be a very daunting idea at times, with all the great examples I have in my life, I figure it'll work out with just one step at a time. What a wonderful blessing to have children to enrich our lives and return to us the love that we give to them.
I realize all of the above things are simply the regular advances of children as they progress, but every little milestone he makes and adorable things he says or does just endears him to us all the more and reminds us to just sit back and enjoy life. We're so grateful to Heavenly Father that he is part of our eternal family!
I'm so grateful to have him in my life and love watching him grow and take on more personality by the day. There are gazillions of funny things he does during the day that would probably sound boring to anyone who's not his parent or a doting aunt or grandma- but these are just a few of my favorite things to share to those of you who have been asking for some news.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nationalized Health Care IS coming
Is there anyone still defending Obama on the terms that he isn't attempting to turn our society socialist? No, not all at once, but one at a time- he is introducing, nay sneaking in, the ways to make this happen. He has already proposed some very interesting terms for his nationalized health care and you don't even realize it b/c of how he did it- he snuck it into the "stimulus bill". No one on either party side has pointed it out thus far and this is perhaps the most interesting aspect of this foul bill.
Check it out HERE- it has quite serious implications for how our future health care needs will be met- as in the government deciding what we do and don't need and those darn Seniors are just going to have to deal with reality and suffer like they're meant to. Again, Tom Daschle proves to be the useless authority on another huge issue- and this was the guy Obama was going to put into control of all of it. This was Daschle's own idea- just check out his book!
Really people, are you not a little bit frightened yet? Write to your Senators!!!
Check it out HERE- it has quite serious implications for how our future health care needs will be met- as in the government deciding what we do and don't need and those darn Seniors are just going to have to deal with reality and suffer like they're meant to. Again, Tom Daschle proves to be the useless authority on another huge issue- and this was the guy Obama was going to put into control of all of it. This was Daschle's own idea- just check out his book!
Really people, are you not a little bit frightened yet? Write to your Senators!!!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Cafe Rio
Oh man- I love Cafe Rio. I have been having Cafe Rio cravings for awhile now but am never in the area to fulfill them or when I am it seems like too much of a hassel to drag poor Slade out of the car to wait in a long line just for lunch.
The other day I was visiting the World Market over in Fort Union and I just had to go. There is not much I crave out there in the restaurant circuit, but from the day I was introduced to the stuff (thank you Wells Fargo!) I have been an addict!
I love the pork- I could roll in it (clothed of course), lounging for hours, slowly licking my fingers and savoring every moment (sorry Sarah, guess in the right circumstance I could totally be a finger-licker!). What is it that makes it so darn addictive? I cannot express my love for their pork. I love it, I could eat it everyday.
I totally and completely heart Cafe Rio.
The other day I was visiting the World Market over in Fort Union and I just had to go. There is not much I crave out there in the restaurant circuit, but from the day I was introduced to the stuff (thank you Wells Fargo!) I have been an addict!
I love the pork- I could roll in it (clothed of course), lounging for hours, slowly licking my fingers and savoring every moment (sorry Sarah, guess in the right circumstance I could totally be a finger-licker!). What is it that makes it so darn addictive? I cannot express my love for their pork. I love it, I could eat it everyday.
I totally and completely heart Cafe Rio.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wise Words!
Obama at National Prayer Breakfast (yesterday): "There is no religion whose central tenet is hate. There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being."
Yes, because babies in utero OR who were not wanted when they were born alive are NOT innocent human beings and must be put to death tortorously immediately upon request. We must make funds available for this and provide government support to these industries who rely on killing babies to make a living and try to sneak in stimulus money to them whenever possible. We must also send money abroad in our times of greatest economic need to ensure that we are killing babies of other nationalities as well - gotta spread the wealth after all don't we? No, we don't aim to torture as U.S. citizens - we aim to tortorously murder our own and abroad! As Nancy says, there's no way to stimulate an economy like killing its children! Watch out nursing home folk - you're next!I become ever more endeared to this man and to his abstract and religiously unencumbered logic.
Also, I STRONGLY question his logic on there being no religion whose central tenet is hate. For example, read HERE.
Stop the Presses- the Money's rolling in on its own now!
Obama's increasing the flow of money back into the system all right- just look at how quickly all of his nominees are paying back the tax money they owe to try to buy their way out of utter dishonesty and into the highest and most influential offices in the country!
Yet, another STORY of a nominee scandal (and you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse!). Keep nominating the "Best and Brightest" Obama and soon we'll have that enormous, yet about-to-grow-much-much-much-bigger debt paid right off! No need for a stimulus PORK bill when the Democrats now finally have some incentive to pay off their own debts to their beloved country!
More scandals in 2 weeks than Bush had in 8 years! Hope he Changes, my friends, Hope he Changes!
Of course the Dems don't mind higher taxes- won't affect them one bit....b/c they DON'T pay them as it is!
Yet, another STORY of a nominee scandal (and you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse!). Keep nominating the "Best and Brightest" Obama and soon we'll have that enormous, yet about-to-grow-much-much-much-bigger debt paid right off! No need for a stimulus PORK bill when the Democrats now finally have some incentive to pay off their own debts to their beloved country!
More scandals in 2 weeks than Bush had in 8 years! Hope he Changes, my friends, Hope he Changes!
Of course the Dems don't mind higher taxes- won't affect them one bit....b/c they DON'T pay them as it is!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
5-Day Rule?
Everything is considered an emergency to Obama and that is how he gets around his own new rules. Transparent new President? Yes sir indeed. Obama's new 5-Day Rule doesn't really apply to even Obama, see HERE.
Where's the media when you really need em? Guess Katie Couric was too busy ripping on Sarah Pallin and glorifying despicable rappers to catch this one...or any of them.
Where's the media when you really need em? Guess Katie Couric was too busy ripping on Sarah Pallin and glorifying despicable rappers to catch this one...or any of them.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Vote NO to the Stimulus Bill - Here's How:
Email your Senators and tell them NO! to the newest and most ridiculous-to-date stimulus bill. If you live in UT, I've made this very easy for you (see the upper right hand side of the screen for the direct links to their email pages).
It takes all of 1 minute each and you'll have done your service as a citizen!
It takes all of 1 minute each and you'll have done your service as a citizen!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Get Smart
We've been getting a lot of duds for movies lately. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the point of Hancock was. It had potential- but ended up very weirdly with us wondering if when the credits rolled that really meant the confusing mess we'd just watched was truly over.
I liked Ironman, a lot actually, surprisingly b/c I'm not a fan of whats-his-name. With the exception of the obligatory, thankfully short-lived, sex scene- it was almost a movie you could watch with the family.
I'm also not a fan of Steve Carrell or Anne Hathaway but it felt like a movie watching night this past Sat. so Mark, Bekka, & I watched Get Smart, which Bekka had rented. From start to finish I liked the movie! No sex scenes, no terrible or offensive language (though I've grown so accustomed to it from just watching regular TV I could be wrong), it moved well - no annoying lag time really, and it was funny. I thought they both had great performances (I totally forgot the Steve I know in my mind from The Office which is why I don't like him). People say Heath Ledger had an excellent performance in Dark Knight- but the whole time watching him I thought of him as Heath. Strangely enough, I didn't think that about Steve in this movie. Of course, it doesn't hurt to throw The Rock into any movie! I did like Anne Hathaway in the Princess Diary (well the 1st one anyway...yes, it does hurt a little to admit I've seen them both), but any sort of interview (which is very little admittedly) I've read from her has been disappointing. Yes, I do appreciate my entertainers to have a brain and expect them to be able to hold their own in a normal conversation and keep their political affiliations to themselves (yes, even those I agree with, unless they are just relating in a group setting and it gets out by word- rather than them make a platform for themselves of their uneducated views due to their popularity as a celebrity) or I am disappointed to the point where I will not entertain myself with what they are in anymore. Sorry Dixie Chicks and Shawshank Redemption man I was once quite the fan.
My favorite part? When the bad guys are going to send a bomb into L.A. to kill the President and the sidekick bad guy says to the main badguy something like, "But we'll kill all of the celebrities too". To which he replies, "Ah, yes, won't it be devestating to lose the politically astute commentary which they provide" or something along those lines. I also do not like movies being used solely as a platform for political correctness, as in the whole purpose of the movie being to promote global warming or some such nonsense- this was a surprise and I liked it. Just a short, quick comment made the movie for me personally.
Any other movies recommended? I plan to see Bride Wars and something else I can't think of right now...Oh, I heard the Marley movie is pretty good (though as you can guess, not a fan of the stars of that movie either- dang them for being so eager to state their political sides using celebrity).
I'm really fairly easy to entertain, but as you can guess, my more recent political obsession truly does affect evern aspect of my life. If I'm going to pay you my hard earned money then entertain me and we'll both keep our real selves to ourselves.
CRAP- I have to ammend this already. I'm going to make a crappy mother! I give this movie a rave review then read this online a minute later (I really do just block things out nowadays- what else am I taking in???):
I liked Ironman, a lot actually, surprisingly b/c I'm not a fan of whats-his-name. With the exception of the obligatory, thankfully short-lived, sex scene- it was almost a movie you could watch with the family.
I'm also not a fan of Steve Carrell or Anne Hathaway but it felt like a movie watching night this past Sat. so Mark, Bekka, & I watched Get Smart, which Bekka had rented. From start to finish I liked the movie! No sex scenes, no terrible or offensive language (though I've grown so accustomed to it from just watching regular TV I could be wrong), it moved well - no annoying lag time really, and it was funny. I thought they both had great performances (I totally forgot the Steve I know in my mind from The Office which is why I don't like him). People say Heath Ledger had an excellent performance in Dark Knight- but the whole time watching him I thought of him as Heath. Strangely enough, I didn't think that about Steve in this movie. Of course, it doesn't hurt to throw The Rock into any movie! I did like Anne Hathaway in the Princess Diary (well the 1st one anyway...yes, it does hurt a little to admit I've seen them both), but any sort of interview (which is very little admittedly) I've read from her has been disappointing. Yes, I do appreciate my entertainers to have a brain and expect them to be able to hold their own in a normal conversation and keep their political affiliations to themselves (yes, even those I agree with, unless they are just relating in a group setting and it gets out by word- rather than them make a platform for themselves of their uneducated views due to their popularity as a celebrity) or I am disappointed to the point where I will not entertain myself with what they are in anymore. Sorry Dixie Chicks and Shawshank Redemption man I was once quite the fan.
My favorite part? When the bad guys are going to send a bomb into L.A. to kill the President and the sidekick bad guy says to the main badguy something like, "But we'll kill all of the celebrities too". To which he replies, "Ah, yes, won't it be devestating to lose the politically astute commentary which they provide" or something along those lines. I also do not like movies being used solely as a platform for political correctness, as in the whole purpose of the movie being to promote global warming or some such nonsense- this was a surprise and I liked it. Just a short, quick comment made the movie for me personally.
Any other movies recommended? I plan to see Bride Wars and something else I can't think of right now...Oh, I heard the Marley movie is pretty good (though as you can guess, not a fan of the stars of that movie either- dang them for being so eager to state their political sides using celebrity).
I'm really fairly easy to entertain, but as you can guess, my more recent political obsession truly does affect evern aspect of my life. If I'm going to pay you my hard earned money then entertain me and we'll both keep our real selves to ourselves.
CRAP- I have to ammend this already. I'm going to make a crappy mother! I give this movie a rave review then read this online a minute later (I really do just block things out nowadays- what else am I taking in???):
Beyond the movie ratings: What Parents need to know about sorry...
Frequent, but usually bloodless, depictions of violence include shootings, gunfire exchanges, explosions, hand-to-hand fighting and the threat of terrorist acts. A character is hit over the head with a fire extinguisher and another has a paper stapled to his head. Several men are shot (impact of bullet is shown), and one is hit by a speeding bus. An agent is knocked down by a woman, impaled with mini harpoons and hit with paintballs. He also falls from a plane without a parachute and later is pinned by a heavy metal door. Sexual jokes include comments about a woman's uterus and male body parts, suggestive flirting, a scene of men kissing, some mild homosexual innuendo, name-calling and male buttock nudity. A woman is briefly seen in her underwear. Men are repeatedly kicked in the groin. One man relieves himself in the bathroom and later makes comments about excrement. Language contains terms of Deity, infrequent mild and moderate profanities and the use of a sexual hand gesture. Some mild body-size jokes and brief portrayals of smoking and alcohol use are also included.
Monday, February 2, 2009
I Heart Michelle
Michelle Malkin- I love reading her articles, esp. lately. See a link to her full article below.
Well, if I thought we were in for it with Obama's previous nominations, esp. Geithner for his tax evasion- look out, here comes Tom Daschle. He's set a new low for Obama's picks, though I've yet to be surprised by any of them. Outrageous, though more so here than with Geitner (him b/c he's the Treasury Secretary now and in charge of the very businesses he cheated, but maybe it's a toss up b/c Tommy Boy here is going to be overseeing the nationalization of health care- and who says Socialism has no place in the new Presidency? Why work for it when you can take take take?). What's interesting is that it is all just taken with a grain of salt. What's a little crime here and there- it's a "Do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" kind of government now. So what if major leaders in the Obama Cabinet are lying cheating douche bags- what matters is that we are all in love with Obama, and it's for reals.
Daschle has said this:
I don't even know if I can take anything seriously anymore. No longer do I stress out when I hear this stuff, lately I've been laughing and letting it roll off my back more. My friends who know me from way back when just laugh when they read my political posts b/c it's so not the person they know and the people who know me only now think I"m one track and that I need to just get over the political hype and get back to "real" life- but the way I see it is there's nothing more important in our country than what's going on right now. We're in the beginning of scary times for our country -with the economy mostly- and there's nothing I worry about more than that and the future we're creating for our children. They will be the ones paying the price for all of these 'stimulus' packages and such.
Anyhow, HERE is her latest- read it, it's good stuff! I promise to NOT make my next post about politics for those of you who keep asking for updates on the family...or anything else! haha
P.S. Go and email your Senators how you feel about Daschle- they're the ones DIRECTLY responsible for the 'yay' or 'nay' on this joker! Here are the email links for our UT Senators to make it that much easier. And believe me, it's easy, it took me all of a minute each!
Senator Hatch: HERE
Senator Bennett: HERE
Well, if I thought we were in for it with Obama's previous nominations, esp. Geithner for his tax evasion- look out, here comes Tom Daschle. He's set a new low for Obama's picks, though I've yet to be surprised by any of them. Outrageous, though more so here than with Geitner (him b/c he's the Treasury Secretary now and in charge of the very businesses he cheated, but maybe it's a toss up b/c Tommy Boy here is going to be overseeing the nationalization of health care- and who says Socialism has no place in the new Presidency? Why work for it when you can take take take?). What's interesting is that it is all just taken with a grain of salt. What's a little crime here and there- it's a "Do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" kind of government now. So what if major leaders in the Obama Cabinet are lying cheating douche bags- what matters is that we are all in love with Obama, and it's for reals.
Daschle has said this:
“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter."
This guy cheated the IRS of well over $100K!!! How many of us could get away with that do you think??? No worries though, he's apologized for the errors.I don't even know if I can take anything seriously anymore. No longer do I stress out when I hear this stuff, lately I've been laughing and letting it roll off my back more. My friends who know me from way back when just laugh when they read my political posts b/c it's so not the person they know and the people who know me only now think I"m one track and that I need to just get over the political hype and get back to "real" life- but the way I see it is there's nothing more important in our country than what's going on right now. We're in the beginning of scary times for our country -with the economy mostly- and there's nothing I worry about more than that and the future we're creating for our children. They will be the ones paying the price for all of these 'stimulus' packages and such.
Anyhow, HERE is her latest- read it, it's good stuff! I promise to NOT make my next post about politics for those of you who keep asking for updates on the family...or anything else! haha
P.S. Go and email your Senators how you feel about Daschle- they're the ones DIRECTLY responsible for the 'yay' or 'nay' on this joker! Here are the email links for our UT Senators to make it that much easier. And believe me, it's easy, it took me all of a minute each!
Senator Hatch: HERE
Senator Bennett: HERE
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