No, this isn't our new dog, we just love Ellie. She's a regular at the shop... Isn't she sweet!
Baby Mocha... Just too darn CUTE!!!
This is Mom's newest little man Chase, who is SO attached to Reagan, can you tell? Reagan pretty much just ignores him, but he is so sweet to her, and all he wants to do is to be touching her... awhhhhh!
Session of a few PUPPIES!! the other day... The new Mommies were thrilled : )
When I blog, I always concentrate on our family, events and such, but never really on politics and religion. Because of our great love and respect for the principles this Nation was founded upon, we may change that today.
A large threat to our Country has begun to unfold.
We live in the Greatest Nation on Earth.
This is because of the founding principles of limited government and individual responsibility in the Constitution of the United States. The reason we are fearful, is because these principals that have made us the most prosperous people in all of human history are under assault.
Just this past Sunday, President Obama has passed his "health care bill," which is the largest confiscation of liberty from the people.
Please, you are all important to me, and I want you to see what this 'health' care plan is designed to do.
Some of our greatest leaders have warned of this in the past, and who better to help explain than
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN...
President Obama's bill was created with the authors saying that everyone should have access to health care.
If that is so, why does the Congressional Budget Office say that by 2020, 19 million people will still be uninsured? (MUST read this link)
Why don't any of the so called "benefits" start until 2013 if it is SO important?
Why does the bill not address any of the market causes of the skyrocketing costs?
The answers are not hard to find if you listen to the authors of the bill... (Names are links to quotes)
Joe Biden: "We will control the insurance companies."
Barney Frank: "The public option will lead to single payer." (government run health care)
Rep John Dingle: "It takes time to put the legislation together to control the people."
President Obama: "I happen to be a proponent of single payer health care... everybody in and nobody out." (Obama's video is later in this post)
These people have one thing in common. They are all big government democrats with a plan to strip us of our freedoms.
Unconstitutional, and in no way in the Country's best interest.
This bill is the first step towards a socialist Country, and I cannot stress enough how much this will impact EVERYONE'S LIFE.
Socialism, by definition:
1.a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
2.procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.
3.(in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.
The mandates placed on the insurance companies in this bill will run them out of business in 2-5 years. Mandating that the companies must cover people with pre-existing conditions is absolutely absurd. You could not get an insurance company to cover your home if it burned down the day before you purchase the policy. You could not get your auto insurer to repair your car if you bought a policy the day after you were in an accident. This is crazy to expect a medical insurer to cover a condition you had prior to a policy. They will simply end up going out of business... hello, single payer.
A single payer health system is the crown jewel of Socialism. It is the quickest way to control the people. Socialism and Communism are blood brothers; they almost the same. Example: USSR (remember the Soviet Union?) Union of Soviet Socialist Republic.
I cannot stress to you how important this is, and how passionate Pete and I both are about this.
There are market based plans for lowering the costs of health care. Plans that eliminate boundaries, reduce mandates, and allow more choice and competition between private companies. These plans have 2 things in common. They reduce government intervention in the health care system, and they have all been offered by Republicans.
The bill has been passed, but it is not too late to defeat it. On November 2nd of this year, like President Ronald Reagan said, there will be a "time for choosing." The choice will be between allowing the Federal Government the tyrannical power of controlling the US health care system, which makes up one sixth of the entire economy, or to reject the liberals attempt at getting their tentacles around the only beacon of freedom (America) left on the face of the Earth.
Taking over health care will inevitably lead to a complete take over of the US economy. Every where this has been attempted, it has failed.
To the most informative man on the news, who explains things so well, Thank you Glenn Beck.
There are a lot of things about how the government runs that I do not fully understand. I never liked history class growing up, but being married to a VERY politically informed husband, I understand the importance this has on our lives.
And I want you to as well.
And please, comments are welcome. Positive or negative.
We would also like to hear what you have to say, and if you disagree, we want to know why.
Post them here, or email us.
If you are as concerned as we are, about the governments take over of the health care industry, please do your part. Our job as citizens is to preserve this Great Nation that we have been entrusted with. Our greatest duty is to inform others, and make sure other people are aware. Please forward this to anyone you feel it may help, and we WILL make a difference.
She picks up everything you say, and relays what she wants in her own unmistakable way. For only saying a few words, and pronouncing some letters, she communicates VERY well. For the last few weeks, she has a new way of getting what she wants. She will of course grab your hand and drag you, which she's been doing, but she will put your hand on what she wants too.
"I'm hungry" = Mommy's hand on the fridge handle
"I want to color outside" = Reach for the top of the fridge (where the crayons are kept) and then put Mommy's hand on the front door knob.
"Read THIS page, not THAT one" = Grunt grunt grunt, turn the page, and put Mommy's finger on the CORRECT letters to read
"I can do it myself" = Mommy can NOT touch my spoon while I'm eating
You get it...
She is a very opinionated child!
I'm so proud... She knows her whole alphabet, can pronounce most letters, knows all her colors (but black), knows all her shapes (even oval vs circle, rectangle vs square vs diamond), and every animal I can think of... Now we're working on the numbers. I know she soaks everything up, and she knows what I'm saying, but she hasn't really reacted to the number thing yet. We'll get there in the next couple weeks I'm sure. : )
We were going family dinner, like we do every Sunday, and Junior asked me to make a cake for dessert. Well, just so happened it was Reagan's 16 month birthday, and it was JUNIOR's idea that we sing to her. Birthdays are her favorite right now, and singing to anyone is just more excitement than she can handle. SOOOO... Why not? Sweet 16 right?!
Any excuse to have cake!
She actually tried to blow out the candles too, she just needed a little help : )
THE CAKE:
Regular boxed cake mix - (butter recipe yellow)
mix in @ 4 tbsp of applesauce into batter
(won't taste like apples, just makes it moist)
THE ICING:
first time actually making icing, and I have to say... pretty darn good!
1 cup butter (no substitutes) softened
4 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup milk
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency. It's messy, but SO worth it. I will never by the canned stuff again : )
-Wow-
Does this child get bed-head
This was all Reagan's idea.
She kept trying to push Cirsie into the box. Once I put her in, Reagan kept climbing in and out, in and out. But did NOT want to let Cirsie out yet. She was having fun... right?
