More Leaves

Continuing with the leaves on the trampoline...Mason does his share of jumping. I love these shots of him in mid-air.  And of course the group shot at the end with the leaf fight is fun.

Lots of Leaves November 13, 2011

This is my blog entry for November 13. My computer  didn't cooperate and froze; so I had to publish it this morning. I'll have another later today for the 14th.

Ashley had gone out to play on the trampoline, but she ran in quickly yelling, "Mom, get your camera."
The trampoline had been covered by leaves during the night. This made jumping in the leaves much more fun than usual.   Of course, Chelle did have her camera and caught some really good shots of the kids. This page shows Ashley enjoying this unexpected gift of fall in her own backyard.

Tomorrow night  I hope to post a companion page for this one.

Tonight we had what we call a Harvest Dinner at church. It is an annual affair and draws many from church and friends of the church as well as neighbors.  Ron cooked a 22 pound turkey and I made LOTS of real cranberry sauce.  Since I wanted a fresh turkey before the week of Easter, we paid dearly for it.  Some had bought their frozen turkeys for 69 cents a pound and we paid over $2 a pound.  For a bargain hunter, I really got a bad deal.  I also bought three bags of fresh cranberries.  Whenever I go to the grocery store these days, I wonder how people are coping if they still have high house payments, etc.  We must do something to pull ourselves together and STOP THE OUTRAGEOUS FEDERAL SPENDING that will collapse our economy.

I don't think you check in to be left in a bad mood, so consider the Lord and His goodness.  Rely on Him to give you peace, for He is a good God, full of love and forgiveness.

99% VS the 1%

Aussie was in a Chinese Art class.  Everyone had different characters to draw.  

He was given the word, six.  We are happy he has enjoyed Chinese for several years now and hope that continues.

Aussie is very much interested in his work. We hope he continues to find satisfaction in his endeavors.

 There are many these days who are not satisfied.

Some who call themselves the 99% are actually placing blame on Wall Street for our economic woes.  While I agree that bankers, etc. are not lily white...Wall Street as a whole is not the real reason for all the trouble we have been  facing  these last 2 1/2 years. I contend our president and his liberal pals in the Democratic party are the ones to blame.

What to do about it? 

Well, it is definitely not what we see in the Occupy Wall Street  (unruly) crowd.  If you know people who are mixed up in this movement, I pray you will be able to speak kindly to them and explain that what they are doing is causing upheaval and will not, can not , achieve what they desire.  Some are listening and turning away.

One of the most disturbing things about the Occupiers:  their rallying cry, a song by Joseph Arthur called "We Stand as One."  That sounds nice enough, but the lyrics are pretty frightening.

Here are a few of the lyrics that are pretty disconcerting for me, as I am part of the  supposed 

1 % he is referencing.

Our canvas is freedom

Your blood is our paint [...]

Like a pig you consumed

And like a pig you will roast [...]

And what you won’t share

Will be ripped from your hands

Your body destroyed

The way fire lands

Burning your homes

The privilege you snake

The payback beyond

Anything you could take

Naked you’ll be

And full of regret

And the way they were treated

You’ll long to forget

While the peace movement in the 60's was based on love and peace, this new bunch are motivated by the leaders to be violent.

The song writer has said that he supports non-violence and a 'peaceful resolution", but his lyrics send a different message.

Incognito

Caleb is hiding behind a pair of glasses.  But Gramma can't be fooled.  She would know him anywhere.

Caleb, I know people say  glasses help them  read, but I'm not sure they would help you.  Better just concentrate on talking right now.  The reading will come soon enough.  But you sure do look cute in those big glasses!

Do It Yourself Training

Home Depot has a good thing going.  They are training young people to 'do it yourself'.  They learn the satisfaction of using tools and products to make something useful.  Ashley and Mason made Christmas frames.

Pretending

I had not realized what a big deal it could be for a nine year old to sit in the front seat of the family car. When I was a young girl, my mother and I would go to the store and I rode in the front. When my children were young, they did not have to ride in a car seat after about age 2....and that car seat could be in the front. It's been many years since then and a lot has changed. There are more and more regulations that were designed to protect us from ourselves. Frankly, if some of these things were not the law, I would not practice them.  I would especially leave the babies up in the front beside me rather than in the back where I couldn't comfort them with my touch. As a law abiding person though, I do. obey..reluctantly maybe, but I still do.

All that to tell you about today's layout.  Ashley at age 9 is still small enough that she must sit in a kid's seat in the back.  But while she and her mother were waiting for the boys, they went to a drive in and Little Miss got to sit in the front with Mom once they were there.  She had just seen a layout the day before in which I had put a new background behind her brothers. She had been very impressed and evidently was thinking about that when she said to her mother something to the effect that she wished she could make it daylight so she could tease her dad about her riding in the front seat.  Well, Ashley,  I've not only made it daylight, but you might tell him you were flying in the car.  What do you think?   

If I didn't have a wonderful family and a marvelous church family right now, I believe I'd be in utter despair over the election here in Ohio yesterday. It is so discouraging to see how brain washed the voters are about the public unions.  If they only knew that the way they voted will most likely bring about the very thing they were trying to prevent.  It's very sad.  I hope that by the next time  a similar issue comes up, they will better understand cause and effect.  

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