Mish Mash

Just a few things running through my brain tonight. Who am I kidding? My brain runs 36/8 baby. It is really hard to turn it off. That's part of the reason for my bouts of insomnia. It seems that the more I have something on my mind, the more useless drivel runs through my brain. I think it's to keep me from worrying. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Here's what I'm thinking right now. Hold on.

• I love using bullet points. A friend of mine uses them and I like the way they look. It seems so professional. It also helps me keep track of what I'm writing. There's a bonus.

• Did anyone see the video of the Russians snubbing Obama? You could tell he was irate. They would shake the hand of the guy behind the President, but they pointedly and obviously ignored Obama's outstretched hand. I am very unhappy with his performance and his programs that are costing us money, but not netting any results. That does not mean that I would ignore shaking his hand. I am bigger than that. What does that say about what the world thinks about our leader? The Islamic world is ecstatic, but nobody else will even shake his hand. Scared yet?

• We have an incredibly busy weekend ahead of us. We have dance sign ups, a dinner at church, and an outside ministry coming this weekend to do training with us. Our church signed a three year contract for them to come in and teach us how to be a church. I still don't really agree with it, but I was out voted. I think we need more staff. We are severely understaffed and I think our church would benefit from someone who can be there full time to help in the areas we're having problems in.

• We started school this week. It has been a really interesting. The baby is schooling with us now. She sits with us and does bible, science, and history. Then we break up and I work with her on her phonics. She is one smart cookie. I feel like she doesn't need me, even though I know she does right now. The boy has decided he wants to learn how to write in cursive. This is the same boy that cringes when he has to write anything. If he could write with building blocks or legos, he would be much happier. I have some cursive sheets that I printed last year for him to do, but I forgot about them. I gave them to him for when he's done with his work, and he is one happy boy. The big girl loved her book for language arts. She read "Island of the Blue Dolphins". Now she starts the book study. She is actually looking forward to it. I am looking forward to our lap book next week. Hubby is trying to decide on a project.

• I'm trying to read the healthcare bill that is being put together. Go here to read a copy. I want to do a big blog. I cannot believe that people are just going to roll over and take it. That pisses me off. We do not have to accept this bill. We need to let our representatives know that we are unhappy. Please pick up the phone and tell them what you think. You can go to your state's website, they all have one, to look up who represents you. Look at your license plate. The address is there more than likely. If not your's, look at someone else's. You'll find it. If you are unhappy as well, open your mouth and say something. Apathy should be your enemy. This is our lives that we are fighting for. Do you want to be put out to pasture, or floated away on an ice block, because you're too old to take care of anymore?

• Some of my friends have done mucho traveling this summer. I am a little jealous. We are saving our pennies for a really big trip, but still. I want to go somewhere. It could be just an overnighter and I would be good. We talked about going to the beach and hanging out for awhile, but then hubby hurt his back. No beach for us. Hopefully soon. We have a little beach we like to go to on the Gulf side. It is shallow, peaceful, and no waves. I like that part for the kids. We take hot dogs or burgers and grill them, swim until we just can't move and burn to a crisp. Life is good.

• We have paid off four credit cards. We have four more to go. Yuck! I am so tired of paying bills. We got ourselves into this mess, and we are slowly digging our way out of it. Hubby has been working his tail off and we are thankful for it. God has been good to us. It's been rough. Whatever extra he works at work, I work at home. It starts to grate after awhile. We try to stay connected and spend as much time together as we can. Paying off the credit cards is one more reason we aren't going on vacation any time soon. The more we pay now, the more we can save later. That's what we keep telling ourselves anyway.

This turned out to be longer than I thought. Having to put lots of space between bullet points didn't help. Oh, well. And I have Tyler and Lydia ready to tell another chapter. I probably only have three more for them. Already Josiah's brother Caleb and his ex Amanda are playing in my head. Like I need to hear any more voices. To sign off like my hubby says to his brothers and my friend T signed off the other night:

Peace out.