I posted my last blog. Epic fail on my part!
It's not that I've had nothing to write about. I've been writing more and more lately. It's all crap, but as long as I'm having fun, that's what counts. Right?
Well, anyway, I have a lot of things on my mind this morning, so try to keep up. ;)
The presidential election and the economy.
I've always leaned to the democrat side of the scale and for this presidential election, there is no exception. I was asked what I thought about Sarah Palin from a person I knew to be very Republican. I told them I was glad she was John Mcain's running mate, it makes things much easier for the Democrats to take the White House. Having said that, I'm really fed up with a bi-partisan government. I don't blame either side in this mess we call the economy, I blame them both. I blame the system and big business's big hand in everyone's pockets squeezing more than just coins, if you catch my drift. And I blame myself for being one of millions of people who just stood by and watched it happen. I'm not sure we could have done much, but we could have done something. Maybe we still can, but I have little faith.
When gigantic banks are falling like dominoes and the governent plans to suck more money from me to bail them out... yeah, I don't think so, I don't agree with that. I didn't over spend their money. I didn't "forget" to have the industry watched for sketchy practices. And I certainly did not buy a house I couldn't afford.* So now what happens? I think either way bailout/no bailout this country is in trouble and so are the people who live paycheck to paycheck that try to keep it afloat.
Just wait till Christmas kids!! Santa's going to be in the poor house!
Speaking of the poor house... We kinda felt poor with no electricity for a few days! The remnants of Ike passed through the Ohio Valley and pretty much left all of us in the dark unexpectedly. The strangest thing was that the storm that knocked down so many trees and power lines came with no rain, no lightning and barely any cloud cover. It was the strangest thing for this native Ohioan who is used to downdrafts and microburts that accompanying thunderstorms that do the most damage. So, needless to say, the entire state was without power and they were telling us that it could be up to a week until we get it back, and by the next day every store was out of ice and batteries. And idoits were filling their vans with over 20 bags of ice. Go figure. I never remember having such long periods of time being without power, but this is the second or third time in at least as many years. Apparently, you can't rely on the electric company anymore, and good luck finding reasonably priced gas to run your generator!
The kids started school and are doing well. My son has 2 pages of homework per night and it took a little more than a week to teach him that if he just sits and gets it done, then we have a much nicer night. Most of the time he doesn't even ask for my help and he's doing very well on his tests. My older daughter who started kindergarten is a different story. I got a call from the teacher the third day of school. Mind you, I saw this coming years ago. She's knows everything she's supposed to know for reading and I was told could pre-spell and pre-read better than most of the class. But she has language issues and some behavioral issues that are really stumping her teacher and they are evaluating her to see what kind of help she needs. I even explained to her teacher that even at 2 I was taking her to the pediatrician because I was concerned about her language development, but at the time it wasn't so far off that it raised red flags. But now it's causing problems. *sigh* So we'll see. I'll get her what ever help I can because I love her creativity and randomness and I'd hate to squash that in her if that's really just how she is.
So that leaves me and the baby home alone all day everday. I swear I could probably send her to Kindergarten next year she's learning so much so fast! But she's my buddy and we have fun going out and about when we can. And hopefully I'll be taking and passing my nursing boards soon and getting a job that will keep us afloat during the economic crisis. Good thing nurses are in short supply. ;)
Oh, and how could I forget Mikey??? He's in a weird spot in his life. This new job BARELY brings him home, he's not making nearly as much and he misses us like crazy. But on top of that, the family of the biological father he hasn't seen or spoken to in years is coming out of the wood work seeing him out. Mikey's been curious over the years about his bio-father and his family but it seems he's assumed a lot of information and never really asked. Turns out his father died in a car accident not long after 9/11, and that he has just one half brother who is a few years older. He's been keeping in contact with the man's mother who Mikey thought had been dead all these years, but I think he's just happy that he's finally learning the truth.
So that's our drama. We're still alive. I hope all of you are too, and doing well. Leave me a line, let me know you're still livin'!!
*I'm not saying those who did buy a house were to blame, but I think there were a lot of people who were taking advantage of the situation, and got a very huge surprise when the housing industry took a big turn and suddenly their payments went up when the value of their property declined.
It's not that I've had nothing to write about. I've been writing more and more lately. It's all crap, but as long as I'm having fun, that's what counts. Right?
Well, anyway, I have a lot of things on my mind this morning, so try to keep up. ;)
The presidential election and the economy.
I've always leaned to the democrat side of the scale and for this presidential election, there is no exception. I was asked what I thought about Sarah Palin from a person I knew to be very Republican. I told them I was glad she was John Mcain's running mate, it makes things much easier for the Democrats to take the White House. Having said that, I'm really fed up with a bi-partisan government. I don't blame either side in this mess we call the economy, I blame them both. I blame the system and big business's big hand in everyone's pockets squeezing more than just coins, if you catch my drift. And I blame myself for being one of millions of people who just stood by and watched it happen. I'm not sure we could have done much, but we could have done something. Maybe we still can, but I have little faith.
When gigantic banks are falling like dominoes and the governent plans to suck more money from me to bail them out... yeah, I don't think so, I don't agree with that. I didn't over spend their money. I didn't "forget" to have the industry watched for sketchy practices. And I certainly did not buy a house I couldn't afford.* So now what happens? I think either way bailout/no bailout this country is in trouble and so are the people who live paycheck to paycheck that try to keep it afloat.
Just wait till Christmas kids!! Santa's going to be in the poor house!
Speaking of the poor house... We kinda felt poor with no electricity for a few days! The remnants of Ike passed through the Ohio Valley and pretty much left all of us in the dark unexpectedly. The strangest thing was that the storm that knocked down so many trees and power lines came with no rain, no lightning and barely any cloud cover. It was the strangest thing for this native Ohioan who is used to downdrafts and microburts that accompanying thunderstorms that do the most damage. So, needless to say, the entire state was without power and they were telling us that it could be up to a week until we get it back, and by the next day every store was out of ice and batteries. And idoits were filling their vans with over 20 bags of ice. Go figure. I never remember having such long periods of time being without power, but this is the second or third time in at least as many years. Apparently, you can't rely on the electric company anymore, and good luck finding reasonably priced gas to run your generator!
The kids started school and are doing well. My son has 2 pages of homework per night and it took a little more than a week to teach him that if he just sits and gets it done, then we have a much nicer night. Most of the time he doesn't even ask for my help and he's doing very well on his tests. My older daughter who started kindergarten is a different story. I got a call from the teacher the third day of school. Mind you, I saw this coming years ago. She's knows everything she's supposed to know for reading and I was told could pre-spell and pre-read better than most of the class. But she has language issues and some behavioral issues that are really stumping her teacher and they are evaluating her to see what kind of help she needs. I even explained to her teacher that even at 2 I was taking her to the pediatrician because I was concerned about her language development, but at the time it wasn't so far off that it raised red flags. But now it's causing problems. *sigh* So we'll see. I'll get her what ever help I can because I love her creativity and randomness and I'd hate to squash that in her if that's really just how she is.
So that leaves me and the baby home alone all day everday. I swear I could probably send her to Kindergarten next year she's learning so much so fast! But she's my buddy and we have fun going out and about when we can. And hopefully I'll be taking and passing my nursing boards soon and getting a job that will keep us afloat during the economic crisis. Good thing nurses are in short supply. ;)
Oh, and how could I forget Mikey??? He's in a weird spot in his life. This new job BARELY brings him home, he's not making nearly as much and he misses us like crazy. But on top of that, the family of the biological father he hasn't seen or spoken to in years is coming out of the wood work seeing him out. Mikey's been curious over the years about his bio-father and his family but it seems he's assumed a lot of information and never really asked. Turns out his father died in a car accident not long after 9/11, and that he has just one half brother who is a few years older. He's been keeping in contact with the man's mother who Mikey thought had been dead all these years, but I think he's just happy that he's finally learning the truth.
So that's our drama. We're still alive. I hope all of you are too, and doing well. Leave me a line, let me know you're still livin'!!
*I'm not saying those who did buy a house were to blame, but I think there were a lot of people who were taking advantage of the situation, and got a very huge surprise when the housing industry took a big turn and suddenly their payments went up when the value of their property declined.
post somethin' new fer christ's sake!!!
LOL Okay!! I did!! :P