Hand in the Cookie Jar

Our grandson is a really good boy, so when his mom caught him with this expression, I thought that I would finally make a layout with a kit I have from www.Scrapgirls.com  called Not Guilty.  I had bought it because it was just too cute, but hadn't found any pictures to go with it.   Now I had the perfect one. So I called Chelle to get the story behind it.  But, since he was not guilty of anything, I had no story to go with it.  I asked his mother what I could say without making him feel badly that I had used his picture this way. While she was talking, he overheard and said that he had taken a cookie when she wasn't looking.  Confession is good for the soul and it gave me what I needed to make this layout. Love you, Aussie...And keep your hands out of the cookie jar. There is a right way to get a cookie.  Follow the rules.

We have people entering our country illegally to get their hands in our cookie jar.  And they are scoring big time.  Of course our society is on the losing end.  It doesn't work when laws are broken...and of course those who are willing to break the law to enter are willing to break other laws as well.  We are up to our necks in law breakers.  Enough of those and the whole system breaks down. 

If we can not regain control of our borders, we are lost.  It is that simple.  Yet, our federal government can not be bothered by such trivial things as protecting it's people. There are much less important things taking up their minds and ruling their actions, like health care we don't want.  It is time for a BIG change.

Medieval TImes? No Thanks

On December 30 of this year our grand daughter, Lauren spent an evening with her boyfriend and his parents at Medieval Times.  We've been to one ourselves years ago and for the life of me, I can't remember where we did it.  Perhaps it was in Florida.  It was quite entertaining... even though we had to eat with our fingers.   I assume Lauren and Aron were in the Northeast somewhere nearer their homes.   I could ask, but am in a big hurry to get this blog online. 

Sorry I missed last night.   I found myself away from home when the BIG SNOW hit and decided to spend the night rather than attempt a homecoming around midnight.  Was a good decision.  This morning a little while after rush hour, it took me an hour and 1/2 to make a 30 minute trip.  So the roads are still nearly impassable in some areas.

Back to the Medieval times. It was fun to visit for a short time, but we don't really want to go back there to live, do we?  If not, we need to keep alert, reading all we can, to avoid losing our freedoms.  We  do not want it to go backward into serfdom living under a tyrannical  king. 

No matter that there is no evidence, many vociferous voices on the left are calling for censorship, blaming 'rightwing' talk show hosts for the terrible shootings in Arizona. 

Read here to find out more:  http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/where-is-your-evidence/

Compliments To the Chef

It is great to get help in the kitchen, especially from a handsome white haired man.  Ron offered to help with the turkey two years in a row.  It helps me quite a bit, because he cooks it in the roaster oven which leaves my oven free for everything else. I always start cooking two days ahead and still have a lot to do on Christmas day.  So, I really appreciate him being there.

The only thing I would like better would be for him to decide to take over the cooking altogether. I have enough to do behind the camera. Of course, I doubt that will happen.

 Ron is also my tech man. I need him  to keep my computer behaving.  Speaking of computers...
I have no doubt the feds are trying to pull the wool over our eyes again. I'm not looking forward to this, but  if our president has his way, everyAmerican will  soon have his/her own Internet ID number.  He has given authority to the U.S. Commenrce Department to follow through with this freedom restricting idea. It is quite interesting to see how they are presenting it as a wonderful thing to protect us.  Of course what it will do is allow the government to monitor what we personally do on the internet through a centralized database.

 They have given it a catchy moniker : The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace.  Doesn't that sound like a caring government?  Well it opens the door to an infringement of individual rights.

That seems to be their MO now, well actually for the last few decades.  It is called incrementalisn.  They take small steps that lead to big overhauls of our system.  Don't let them trick you. Remember how good an Obama presidency sounded  weeks before the election of '08?

Snowflakes

I'm not absolutely crazy about my cat as some are, but I do enjoy doing layouts of her.  She is so picturesque.    She is also slow in motion, often being still for long periods of time, thus giving me time to grab my camera and take a shot.

She was sitting by the door for a long time staring outside.  But when I offered to let her outdoors, she declined indicating she thinks it is too cold out for a spoiled cat. She would much rather soak up a little sun indoors,  lounge in her catnip filled bed, or if it is really cold, lay on the register.

 What a life.  I couldn't take it. I'd be bored to death; but she doesn't seem to mind.  Still once in a while she will sit and look longingly out the window at the squirrels, birds or whatever else moves.  this day she was looking for a stray neighborhood cat.

I got this picture and thought I'd like to try a technique using a mask I'd figured out with some tips I found in a newsletter from  www.Scrapgirls.com.

On a more destructive rather than creative subject, if you remember correctly, yesterday I had concerns about what the progressive news media and pundits on the left  would say about this lunatic that shot up Arizona on Saturday.  Boy was I right...again. :)  They have insinuated that this goofball was motivated by Sarah Palin and the Tea Party and they are responsible for his actions.

 Seriously, this was a fellow who has been disruptive and exhibited antisocial behavior for at least several years before Sarah and/ or the Tea Party came on the scene.  He does not share their views at all.  As a matter of fact he was fascinated by leftwing politics and anarchy.  Some of his favorite books are "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx, and Adolf Hitler's  "Mein Kampf" , along with "One Flew Over a Cuckoo's Nest".  As a Tea Party member, I don't know one who would name such leftwing political books as these first two  favorites.

There are many facts readily available all over the web about this strange young man's life.  Check them out for yourselves.  There is no way he could be tied legitimately to the right.  Remember, the right had to be spurred into action and practically pulled off their sofas and out of their offices because of a corrupt, disingenuous bunch in Washington.  People busy living  good, productive lives are now willing to say they've had enough. They are working people, not those who would take up their guns and go looking for politicians or anyone else to shoot. As a general rule, they are God fearing people who value life and freedom, which are  both gifts of God.

Daughter and Son-in-Law

Children are so much a blessing and we were truly blessed to have our daughter, April, and her husband Tim here for Christmas day, with their daughter, Lauren. They have been so good about traveling here on Christmas and we surely appreciate their company.

It won't be many days until I'll have all my Christmas '10 layouts posted.  But Christmas will be in our hearts all year.

This evening we went to see  a sweet girl get married.  Her parents are beloved friends of ours.  The bride  and her husband are both in divinity school to become chaplains.  It was a lovely and heart warming wedding.

We need all these good times to make it  through the rough ones like the tragedy today in Arizona.  I just can't fathom how we can let people get so possessed that they would commit  such a hideous deed as to kill someone.. This young man killed 6 within about 20 seconds of gunfire.  Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was targeted, but so far survives. Six other innocent people, including a nice year old girl, were killed.  The gunman is in custody. A second  man who may have been an accomplice is the subject of a search.  I fear that some may try to blame this on the political right, but I can not believe that is true. It is the left that is lawless.


I am at a loss for words.

A Boy and His Truck

Boys and their toys...a boy needs a truck!  Caleb has his first and it's really cool.

 Tomorrow we will be Skyping Colorado and I can hardly wait.  What a happy boy and what a happy grandma I will be when I see him pushing around that big truck.

I could be happier though.  If we could just go back before the  2008 election and have everyone know what they do now about these progressives in office.  We tried to tell them, but some have to learn from experience.  Many don't learn from history, until it is their own.   Of course the major news media did a great job of keeping the people ignorant. They don't seem to be getting away with it as easily as they once did, however.  Fox News is doing a great job of showing both sides and more people are listening.

But no use 'crying over spilled milk'. We need to go on and do the best we can to recupe(erate).

 Does anyone know how to spell the short form of recuperate, which I use and hear now and then?  When I googled recupe, which is the way it should be spelled, I get no mention in English at all.  It is a French word, that I can not decipher.

We need to keep the congressmen on task and focused.  They have a major task ahed of them.  Let them know how you feel and pray for them daily.

Ham, Ham, Ham

Ham times three. Each one of the triplets delights in entertaining.  They were born to put on a show.  That is one reason they enjoy their karaoke machine we gave them for Christmas.  They also like to sing.

I first got the idea when one of my friends told about some children playing with an old karaoke player.  I thought that sounded pretty good and set out to find a used one.  But I was surprised to see how inexpensive they are.  Now the music that goes with them, however, can run into money in quantity.  So if it keeps  their interest, that will give us gift ideas for another special day.

The title of our page, Skype Karaoke Hams reminds us that Chelle called us before Christmas day so we could Skype as they opened this complete surprise.  Later she took these photographs of their show.

What a surprise!  How very novel... congressmen actually read the Constitution our loud during their sessions today.  Oh that they had read it years ago.  It is sad to think that many of them had no idea what it said or cared.   Education has been so lacking in our schools for many years and it shows.  No only is the Constitution itself not taught, but a respect for it has been lacking.  Thus some of the ignorant legislation that has passed over the past decade or so.  It is refreshing to hear from men and women who are taking their offices in the House seriously and heeding the will of the people over the rants and raves of a few socialists.  I pray that there will be those who are members of the Democratic Party who are awakened in time to help bring our country back to its rightful status again.  We no longer need cowards who give in to the heavy handed methods or arm twisting that have been going on in Congress.

Stand up men and women.  Look the executive in the eye and say, I will do the right thing. I am not afraid of you.