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.  

Book Deadlines and Belligerant Computers.

The triplets have been going to a tutorial, called Priest Lake Academy this year instead of the Co op they attended in years past.  The  tutorial is also on Fridays and is very similar except that the teachers are paid, whereas in the co op, the parents took their turns teaching. It worked well because some were better with Math, others, history etc.

This layout depicts a Cookout held for the kids of Priest Lake Academy.  The triplets look pretty happy. It seems they enjoyed being with their friends as well as swinging, climbing and roasting marshmallows.

I came across a quote that is quite meaningful to me these days. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke.

Very true!  Tomorrow is voting day here in Ohio.  Please do not sit by and wait for the voting to be over. We all have a duty to  read up on the issues and to vote tomorrow.

Issue 2 is very important. Don't let the unions scare you. The consequences they describe for passing the bill are what  will happen if it doesn't pass.  These unions work for the people.  Yet, they don't want us, the taxpayers to have any say in their work contracts. While all of us are losing jobs and many are stepping down to lower paying jobs, they want to continue telling us what we will pay them.  It is only fair that they take cuts if the rest of us are.  Where will we get the money if they demand more? Out of our already over taxed pockets...or those of our children.

Another  issue of utmost importance is Issue 3 in Ohio .  It has to do with the health care bill that the federal government  has been pushing down our throats. If it does come into effect, our economy will take another big dive.  Not only does it take away our freedoms in medical care, but it is packed full of other laws that have absolutely nothing to do with health care.  One of those is a federal tax on all home sales. It will punish those who retire and then must sell their homes to have enough money to take care of themselves in their old age. If a person is able to pass the house on to his children, they will have to pay the tax.  Vote yes on Issue 3 to preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage. Plus, vote yes  to avoid all the laws that have sneaked into the  national healthcare bill.

Don't sit this one out.  Get out there and dance.

Daylight Savings Time

We were blessed to have April visiting this weekend.  Ron had been working feverishly in the yard a couple of hours before she arrived.  While down by the lake, he decided he'd like our picture  taken there by the burning bush.  We managed to make that happen and here it is. Actually it was prettier earlier this fall, but it is still quite colorful.

I was happy to use my new Photoshop Elements 10 to write on the curve of the circle in this layout.  Writing on a curve is a feature not found on previous versions and one I've wanted for a long time.

After the busyness the last couple of days, we managed to get all the clocks moved backward an hour last night. It is so nice to wake up after getting a full night's sleep.  The only way I can do that on Sunday is to turn the clocks back.  Just can't make myself go to bed early enough  to jump up at 7 AM. Even on the "Lord's Day", 7AM is an ungodly hour... in by opinion. Daylight Savings Time works for me.  I appreciate that extra hour, even if it is just on one Sunday morning a year.

Speaking of my opinion: we watched the 'debate' on C Span last night between Herman Cain and Newt Gingerich.  If you get a chance to watch a rerun of it, you will profit by seeing it.  It is pleasant to see those two work so well together and put forth ideas that will certainly help our country overcome it's present difficulties.

God bless America.