Prairieland Ride

Colorado is a beautiful state and Caleb's mom and dad let him make the most of it. Here he is riding his balance bike over a long trail across the prairie.

I'd love to see this remain a free country for him to grow up as a citizen able to go his own way and not be forced to do whatever it is the state wants him to do.

However, it doesn't look good at present. The socialists have taken over much of education and the media.

Our president is at this moment trying to get us into a big mess in Syria. Thankfully as of today, he is wanting Congress to support his move into Syria where we can lose some more of our good men. He was planning to go it alone bypassing Congress.  That's right, it isn't up to the president to declare war; but that is just what he was ready to do.  He has already sent battle ships and they are stationed, ready to attack. The constitution did not give that right to the president, but  to Congress.

Now, here is an important fact: Assad did not use chemical weapons against his people, as he has been accused.  The Rebels were mishandling chemical weapons and accidentally set them off themselves.
They have admitted to that.  And yet, our ships are in the middle east with weapons trained on Syria.
If they attack, many innocent men, women, and children will be maimed  and/ or killed. And so will many of our own troops.

Please tell me...why do we not impeach this lame president?

Happy Birthday, Jill

After emailing back and forth for some time, we came up with a time that most of us could get together.  Phyllis missed it since she was flying and I missed our life group to be there at O'Charley's to celebrate Jill's birthday, which was the next day. It was special to have her here since she moved to the hot state of Texas the beginning of June.

Now women celebrate their birthdays, but not necessarily their ages. Some of us had been counting backward for some time. However, I quit that. There comes a time when you figure you have earned all those wrinkles and grey hairs.

While Jill certainly looks to be the youngest one in the picture, I'm not sure. I don't dwell on age and thus do not remember the ages of my friends...except for two however, who are a few months younger than I am and who are constantly telling me that I am the oldest one of us.

Women as a whole are secretive with their ages.

Well there are lots of things that should be a secret. One that comes to my mind right now is where and when you are going to strike if you are going to war. It wouldn't be a good idea to announce when you will be fighting and where...how large your army will be and the weapons you plan to use. But we are actually in that state right now. It's like an invitation to play a game of football or something. CRAZY!

No. 175

You've heard the old saying...well maybe you have not if you are not as old as the hills...'the shoemaker's wife goes barefoot'.  It also makes sense that the bike maker's son goes  without one. However, John had made sure Caleb has a bicycle...but as of this month, he still does not have the best of all bikes...a Panda bamboo bike. I'm hoping that soon, he will have one of those beauties and that he will continue to race with his peers.

I understand that if it hadn't been for an unfortunate start on the part of some participants, Caleb would have won, or come in second in this last bike race.

As of this minute, our country is suffering because of an unfortunate start with the socialists plot to undermine our democracy. While we were enjoying the fruits of our labors, they were busy infiltrating our teachers colleges with ...call it like it is...communists. We are reaping the consequences of those liberal professors. Teachers in the public schools are now leading our young children down the path of socialism, where they are all taught to think like sheep... all followers. While none are encouraged to think on their own...a talent that made our nation great.

Wherever you are this night, I pray you are in a relationship with Jesus and depend on his love day to day. He will save us from the worst of this mess in which we find ourselves.

Extra Spoiling

April came to visit us this past weekend. It was great having her  here. I'd like to keep her, but I'm sure Tim and Lauren would not approve. Maggie loved her, of course. And she got a little extra spoiling.

Please pray that we don't get into the war in Syria. If we do the way  our president has threatened, we will do nothing more than spend billions of dollars, kill innocent people, and strengthen the position of Assad. Every move in the plan has already been leaked.  The enemy knows the plan.  Not only that, but we would endanger Israel.

LIttle Boy Big Horse

It was a big company picnic  and one of the highlights was horses. Caleb really appreciated that. He always looks so little up there. I realize that time is passing quickly. It will seen like very few years until he will be riding all alone.

I'm tired and have no desire to tie  this to the fact that those in the Department of Defense Materials are now calling state's rights fans, '"extremists'.   As a matter of fact, if you talk of individual liberties, states' rights and how  to make the world a better place, you are now considered an extremist.

In Trouble Again

See who got caught doing it again. It hadn't been long since she was  shamed for unrolling the toilet paper in Ron's bathroom. She had stood on the bathroom scale to reach it. Now she is a little taller, but the key was...jumping. The sound of her dumps was what tipped us up to what she was doing.  Now if you are a guest in this house, you may have to inquire as to where you will find the stuff.

Chicks and Ladybugs

Inquisitive, that's what Caleb is. He wants to see it all and he is constantly learning. It's a good trait. And it seems many of us are losing that curious mind that we really should have. We are being programed to think like everyone else, to act without question, to follow the crowd. Individuality is not encouraged at all.  Because of this, we are falling prey to those who would dominate us and extinguish our freedom.

If you have an inquisitive mind, you will most certainly want to read the rest of this post.

This is from Glenn Beck's The Blaze:

 "The IRS sent more than $46 million in tax refunds to 23,994 “unauthorized” alien workers who all listed the same address in Atlanta, Ga., in 2011, according to an audit report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).

However, the Atlanta address that received millions of dollars in refunds was not the only address apparently housing thousands of “unauthorized” aliens. In fact, it wasn’t even the only address in Atlanta that was claiming such a situation.

The TIGTA audit report, published last year at the request of members of Congress, revealed 10 addresses in the U.S. that were issued anywhere from 1,846 to 23,994 tax refunds each. Four of those 10 addresses were located in Atlanta. "

You would think there would be someone at the IRS who would find this. I would bet there are many computer programmers who could write a program that would catch that immediately.

While this kind of graft  goes  on unnoticed, the average taxpayer must mind his 'p's and q's.

When a government or anything else gets so big that it can make a humungous 'mistake' like this, it needs to be downsized...and quickly.