Good morning.
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.- Florence Shinn
Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right. - Mario Cuomo
God is Love,
Rev Run

Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free. --Starhawk

OK, So I rec'd this e-mail yesterday and it says that it was checked out on Snopes.com. I will admit I have not had the chance to actually go to the Snopes website myself but I will post the e-mail (basically, what I'm saying is, this is my blog and I can put whatever I want on here). This is exactly what I mean when I say "Barack scares the crap out of me."

"Who is Barack Obama? Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHIEST from Wichita, Kansas. Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia.When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia. Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school."

Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear thatthat he is not a radical.Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence was temporary at best. In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over his son's education. Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam. Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the RADICAL teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world. Since it is politically expedient to be a CHRISTIAN when seeking major public office in the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background.

ALSO, keep in mind that when he was sworn into office he DID NOT use the Holy Bible, but instead the Koran.Barack Hussein Obama will NOT recite the Pledge of Allegiance norwill he show any reverence for our flag. While others place their handsover their hearts, Obama turns his back to the flag and slouches. Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy.

The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level - through the President of the United States, one of their own!!!!"

I've had the most wonderful morning

Wow. I feel like I had a massage this morning.

Let me start at last night: Chris had 2 lax games last night in the freezing cold. Although both JV and Varsity beat Vestavia, the boys didn't play up to their potential. Chris was totally mentally and physically exhausted when he got home. I told him to sleep in Friday morinng and I would drive the girls to school. There was absolutely no traffic this morning . . . I made it to elementary school in 5 minutes and was home w/ in 20 minutes. The round-trip from home-elementary school-middle school-home usually takes me 38 to 45 minutes. Anyway, Chris was still sleeping and I didn't really want to make any noise so I had no choice but to get back into bed. I slept from 7:45 to 10:15 AM. I was so cozy, comfy, snuggly. I felt like I had melted into my mattress and was a big puddle. Before I got out of bed I stretched and every bone in my body cracked. It felt amazing.

So after having my pop tart and cup of tea, it's now almost 11 AM and I haven't accomplished much. We have NO plans tonight so I have all day to get stuff done. Looks cold, windy and a little gloomy outside.

McCain's Presidential Eligibility

I saw on today's news that there is some question as to whether John McCain is eligible to run for President based on the fact the he was born on a US Military base in the Panama Canal while his father (an admiral in the Navy???) was stationed. His mother was a US citizen at the time. Despite your presidental candidate preference or your political affiliations, do you think a man (or woman) born on foreign territory should be able to run for office? Let me elaborate: the candidate was born on a US military base to natural born US citizens of which, one parent is serving his/her country in the military Is the candidate considered a "natural born US citizen" or not? I was born on a US Air Force Base in Madrid, Spain at the height of the Viet Nam war. My dad was in the Air Force (a US Citizen) and both of my parents are considered "natural born US citizens." Does the fact that I was born outside the continental US make me an less American? Do I not deserve the right to run to for president? Does this allow foreign born politicans eligible? Specificially, Arnold the Govenator. What about the fact that Hilary has never served in the military? What about the fact that Obama spent most of his formative childhood years outside the US? Where would his alliance lay in the time of conflict? Would Arnold declare war on Austria if needed knowing that his family and friends are still natives? This unique situation really brings up alot of questions. What's even weirder is that our founding fathers were all techinically born on foreign soil. At the time of their birth, the 13 colonies were considered part of the British territories.

I hate clothes shopping

There. I said it. I like shoe shopping, Actually, I LOVE shoe shopping. I could have bought 5 or 6 pairs of shoes today at DSW. I like shopping for make-up and accessories, I like shopping for home decor. I hate CLOTHES SHOPPING. I have spent the entire day at the mall looking for a cocktail dress and shoes to take to Cabo. Everything I tried on either itched, was cut really really low and my boobs hung out or was just plain fugly (freakin' ugly). I ended up buying 3 dresses at Macy's. Everything was on sale but I still felt like I over-paid considering I will never these dresses again. I'll try them on for T, Chris, and KJ, get their opinion and return the ones I don't want. Not only was I extremely frustrated today, but the mall was like 100 degrees. I was so hot, the dressing rooms were a sauna, my hair is all droopy and messy. Not a good day. I'm very cranky. Then, the sales clerk at Macy's accused me of stealing the gift card my mother gave me for Christmas. She started to ring up my 3 dresses, I told her I was going to pay w/ a giftcard and some cash. She started talking Ebonics so I couldn't understand a freakin' word she was saying. Apparently some old lady said she lost her gift card a few minutes before I got to the counter. The sales clerk was asking me all sorts of questions: what does my gift card look like (what are we talking here, dimensions? color? shape?), how much was it worth. Why didn't I know how much money is on it? Honestly, it's almsot March. My mother gave me and Chris each Macy's gift cards for Christmas and I couldn't really remember how much money was on it. I finally got a little aggravated, asked her if she was the gift card Nazi and told her she could bring out a manager if she wanted and turn on the air conditioning for cyring out loud!!!!

Crawfish is STILL alive. Great.

Wacky Wednesday (what else in new in this house??)

Both girls eased back into school today. We let everyone sleep in a little bit, take their time getting ready, had a nice breakfast. Chris drove them to school and checked them both in late. Unfortunately, T didn't make it the whole day. Who am I kidding? She didn't even make it to lunch. By 12:15 PM she was in the nurse's office.

I did call the pediatrician yesterday afternoon thinking I was going to get an appointment for her today. The nurse called, said it sounded more viral than bacterial and there reallyl wasn't much they could do for her. Plenty of liquids, some Mucinex to clear the mucus and some Claritin for the decongestant.

T & I are watching the news. The scumbag former Ohio cop who killed his wife and their unborn baby just got life in prison w/out parole. Hmmm....what's in store for Drew Peterson??? He just gives me the willies.

Definately a wild & crazy nite!

Wow! What a wicked thunderstorm last nite! Of course, Kj got into bed w/ us. Even tho' it's a king-sized bed there just isn't enough room for 3 so I ended up on the couch.

She threw up a little bit again this morning in the garage. She was in the beer fridge looking for something to drink (juice) and threw up a little bit on the garage floor. She's not running a fever or anything and is actually eating pretty well today. T, however, isn't doing too hot. She has a horrible head cold. She's very congested and looks like death warmed over. She has terrible bags under her eyes.

Supposed to have a couple of lax games tonight but because of the storm last night, they've called off the games. The fields are getting pretty tore up and Parks & Rec is trying hard to keep the fields in good condition for everyone to use. I think the games will be re-scheduled for Thursday (which works better for me!).

I think my Tues/Thurs friends had another rough day today. They have a tough class and this crazy weather doesn't help. Some kids just really need to be outside, running free.

Have I told you about our new family pet? Well, we used to have Buddy the Wonder Dog, now we have Buddy the Crawfish. Yes, we've had a crawfish sitting on the kitchen counter in a take-out container since Saturday night. I keep hoping he suffocates, T wants to boil him up in some Old Bay and put him on her plate. KJ went out to dinner w/ the little girl across the street and her family Saturday night. They were supposed to go to Red Lobster but there was a long wait. So they decided to come home and go to Jubilee Joe's. I guess a couple of crawfish jumped out of the pot and were crawling around in the kitchen. The waiter asked KJ & Clare if they wanted to take the crawfish home. Duh. Of course they did. So, KJ comes home w/ a live, huge, disgusting crawfish in a take-out container w/ a hole poked in the top. He's probably about 5 inches long and is crazy noisy. He is so angry and aggravated. He thrashes around in his container so much, he actually moves the container. I want KJ to take him down to the little pond in the sub-division and get rid of him but she wants to see how long he'll live. I know for a fact we have some pretty big fish in that little pond and we've seen several snapping turtles. I'd like to see one of them take a big bite out of Buddy the Crawfish.