Monthly Archives: September 2009

Musing

Tidbits of information

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Lately, I have been watching a lot of news and now I think I am all news’d out.  I am so done with the healthcare debate.  I admit I still catch a peek just to see what’s going on, but I need to move on.  I was thinking about what I could post as random thoughts are floating in my head.  So in no order things that you probably don’t care about or maybe don’t even want to know. 

1. I recently had a colonoscopy because of my Crohn’s disease.  It was very painful. It took me about a week to recover. 

2. Because of said colonoscopy, I am currently on Prednisone (a steroid).  It makes me achy, but it also makes me hungry! The cravings are very strange.  Usually I crave something sweet. Lately, I have been craving bologna and cheese sandwiches.  I haven’t had a bologna and cheese sandwich in years.  Now all of a sudden, it’s my lunch every day.  All thanks to Prednisone. 

3. I really like living here in New Mexico and especially the little town we live in.  I do miss not having Target right down the street or Kohl’s a hop, skip and a jump away.  I am surviving though and probably saving money, too.

4. I often times feel that I need to be teaching Baden more, but am learning that through every day interactions he is learning.  Kids are amazing.

5. I think everybody should read Glenn Beck’s book, Common Sense.  I will be doing another blog post about this because it is that good. 

6. I subscribe to the National Review and the Weekly Standard. They are both political magazines with a conservative bend.  I also get Reader’s Digest and a  cooking magazine which I really enjoy reading, but I needed something entertaining so I am now a subscriber to Entertainment Weekly.  

7. I decided to start subscribing to EW when I went to the movies last weekend and realized I had no idea what was coming out and I felt so out of it. 

8. I was recently called to be the assistant den leader in Cub Scouts at church.  I also received a second calling as a Relief Society teacher.  I am not sure about Cub Scouts, but am way excited about RS.

9. If I ever get to build a house, I want radiant floor heating.  We have tile flooring in our house and the tooties get chilly really fast.

10. I am excited about the upcoming BallonFest in ABQ.

11. I am really looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with Bill’s sister and her family.

12. I am ultra excited to be spending Christmas with my parents for the first time in many, many years.  

13. We have a ton of toys up in the loft, but the boys always want to play downstairs. 

14. I am seriously considering making freezer meals so I don’t have to worry about what to cook each night. I really hate cooking dinner.  Peanut butter and jelly, anyone?

15. I wish I was a better organizer.

16. I like Facebook mainly because of Bejeweled Blitz, but love blogging more.  It’s my electronic journal.

17. Really need to be doing my transcribing work, but always find something better to do.

18. I am really proud of Jessica and all of her accomplishments. She is really growing at BYU.

19. Hopes that if my mother in law reads this, that she can make me some more dish towels that are so cute. hint, hint. 

20. Really need to get back to work.

Rant

Jimmy Carter is crazy

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When President Obama spoke to a joint session of Congress, Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted out “You lie.’ when President Obama said that illegal immigrants will not get health care under Obamacare.  Rep. Wilson apologized and President Obama accepted.  That should be the end of the story.  But oh no, Jimmy Carter and others on the left have cried racism.  What a slap in the face not only to Mr. Wilson, but also to the American people. Do they really think we believe that what Mr. Wilson did was an act of racism.  Jimmy Carter is from Georgia. Mr. Wilson is from South Carolina.  Are all white southerners racist?  Of course not, because if Jimmy Carter accused Joe Wilson of racism then he cannot be a racist, too.  It is a shame that racism is even being brought up.  This situation is over. An apology was given and it was accepted.  I thought,  even though I was not happy about Obama being elected, that maybe the issue of racism would be put to bed.  Instead it is rearing its ugly head because Maureen Dowd and Jimmy Carter, Caucasians, have the nerve to even say it.  I am a not a racist, however, under Jimmy Carter’s definition I guess I am.  It is a shame that since President Obama has become president that if you exercise your right to free speech and oppose anything that Obama wants, then you are a racist.  What is happening when we can’t even say how we feel without being branded a racist?  Being labeled a racist is a very serious charge.  It is not something to be taken lightly.  I think Jimmy Carter needs to go back to his peanut farm, but before he heads back to Plains he needs to apologize to Joe Wilson and the American people.

Musing

Do you really remember?

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9/11.  What does that mean to you?  Most people remember exactly what they were doing when they heard or saw the attacks on September 11th.  It is like that with most major events in a person’s life.  People from my parents’ generation remember what they were doing and where they were when they found out JFK had been assassinated.  So you remember the who, where and how, but do you really remember.  Every day that I read or hear about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, I think of 9/11.  Despite what the pundits say and how we shouldn’t be there, our military is fighting for those that lost their lives on 9/11.  There is no other way around it.  Every time I go through airport security or board an airplane, I think of 9/11.  When I look at the Pentagon, I think of  9/11.  When I see the empty New York City skyline without the Twin Towers, I think of 9/11. When I see an empty field, I think of 9/11.  When I see a blue sky without a cloud in it, I think of 9/11.  When I see firefighters or police officers, I think of 9/11.  9/11 is never far from my mind.  It should be on the mind of every citizen of the United States.  It is not a day we like to think about it or certainly relive, but we can never forget.  We must remember.

Rant

Let me call you out, Mr. President

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President Obama gave his high stakes health care speech to a joint session of Congress last night.  He is a good speaker, but that’s about it.  He talks out of both sides of his mouth.  He talked about those who have been spreading lies about the health care plan that has been on the table.  He talked about death panels and “pulling the plug on grandma.” He said this is a lie.  Well Obama hasn’t talked about “death panels” specifically, but with rationing care that’s what it could turn into.  Imagine my mother who last April received a pacemaker.  Would she have recieved that pacemaker under rationed care?  My gut says probably not.  My heart can’t even imagine the other possibility.  Obama has talked about rationed care and deciding who gets a hip or other surgeries.  So maybe the verbage is not the same, but the concept is the same.  He talked about politicians who have gone around misrepresenting what is in the bill and he threatened those that do this.  He said he would “call them out”.  Well Mr. Obama, you need to be called out.  Before being elected President, Obama was one of the most liberal senators.  This continues as President.  He does not work both sides of the aisle. He can say his plan is bi-partisan and he supports ideas that Senator John McCain and President George W. Bush have presented, but it is nothing but a granstand.  He is trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the American people once again.  I certainly hope that as people watched last night that there was no foggy haze blowing in their homes as Obama spoke lulling them back into the haze of the election.  His speech was suppose to be civil to the Congress, but his thinly failed jabs at conversatives were evident.  I am not a big fan of Rush Limbaugh. He’s a little too coarse for me.  However, I stand with him when he says ” I hope this president fails.”  I hope he does fail on trying to ramrod his healthcare reform down the throats of the citizens of the United States. He says don’t worry, if you have insurance now.  Nothing will change.  That’s simply not true. He laid out all sorts of ideas that sound good, but when it comes down to it we, the people of the United States of America, will be paying for it.  We need to continue the rallying cry, “We are mad as hell and we aren’t going to take it anymore.”  Tell your senators and representatives how you feel.  Don’t let Obama get away with this.