You're Pointing the Wrong Finger

Interesting stories for some light reading.

http://www.americasright.com/2008/09/obama-dnc-file-motion-to-dismiss-in.html (Is Obama even eligible to run for President?)
http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/Obama_fundraising_illegal/2008/09/29/135718.html
(Illegal Fundraising)

Bill Clinton tells us really where to point the finger, and then I will tell you how:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/09/25/fox-news-blames-democrats-financial-crisis-bill-clinton-agrees

I realize skeletons come out of the closet with elections. But answer up and put these things to rest if they aren't true. For more interesting commentary on political happenings check out my sis's blog: http://thefabulousfosterfour.blogspot.com/. Not that we are political analyst or anything. We just want the truth and we want the truth to be known. It is no longer good enough to sit back and watch.

According to Who.

Thanks to all of you for your concern, your phone calls and your comments. Things will be alright. I just get frustrated dealing with corrupt and dishonest people. But, I should get used to it, because there are more out there then I want to believe. According to WaMu upper up's, they told their employees that they really were doing ok until the media decided there was going to be another fall by a big bank and it was going to be WaMu. People started to panic, pull there money out and stop putting money in and WaMu lost something like 17 billion dollars in the last 2 weeks. Supposedly the CEO had no idea the Feds were coming in, and that they did, and took complete control of the company, turned around and sold it to Chase for pennies on the dollar 10 minutes later. But the sucky part is that they didn't have to buy the stock. Oh well. It is just money. And it isn't as much as some who recently put hundreds of thousands or even billions into the company. All in all, I understand it, but it still sounds a little fishy to me. I guess I should stop being Sherlock Homes and just go with. That one was for you, honey.

At a Loss For Words, Except For a Few Names

I think I might be able to make a better post once I can get some serious help getting my jaw scraped off the floor. My husband took a job with Washington Mutual a few months back. There has been talk for years of WaMu getting bought out, we knew it was still an option. But for the time being, taking a job with them was our best option. As of today, my husband works for his ex-employer CHASE. OOOHHH. The IRONY. I seriously don't even know what to say or think. He still has a job, for how long, who knows. My complaint comes to the blasted people in the higher ups who have been feeding their employees the manure off the bottom of my shoes for months. I won't get started other than the stock my husband bought is now worth a big fat ZERO, or so we think, and the newly appointed CEO of the company just got a $10 million bonus for turning the company over to the Feds in a matter of 2 weeks. That is some serious business. And a buttload of crap for those who invested their money and 401K's in a company that was doing "just fine". Dishonest, crooked, and thief start to come to mind. But, I won't open that can.

And So The Story Goes...

Last night I got a desperation call from work and headed in for half a shift. That left Brett in charge of 3 little kids. Not that big of a deal considering he gets to put them to bed within 2 hours of me leaving. T-man went to bed pretty easily. Princess and the little one seemed to give him a little more grumbling and mumbling in his attempts. He finally got Princess in bed, looking at a million books, only to sneak down to cuddle up with him on the couch for half an hour or so. He put her back to bed, again, and I am sure threatened her with the removal of her bunny or blanket if she got out again. A few minutes later he heard her out of bed. Time passes by and he decides to go check on her. He is furious, fuming, and ready to lay into her, when he comes around the corner and finds the princess covered in my make-up. He can't help it, he becomes hysterical with laughter. She is a little embarrassed as she looks at herself in the mirror and says, "Dad, I wook wike a cwown." He took a few snapshots for me to enjoy and told me these are minor compared to what she looked like before she wiped the lipstick off. She asked me recently if we would see a Princess at the upcoming Circus, and I told her there wasn't Princesses at the circus, but I think I need to retract that, because apparently there ARE Princess Clowns.

And We Made Fun of Ms. South Carolina, Teen USA

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_garbles_Depression_history.html?showall
Biden garbles Depression history
Joe Biden's denunciation of his own campaign's ad to Katie Couric got so much attention last night that another odd note in the interview slipped by.
He was speaking about the role of the White House in a financial crisis.
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"
As Reason's Jesse Walker footnotes it: "And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, 'Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?'"

Wow. We want this guy 2nd in command to our country???

Duck, Duck, Goose Revised

This little one is such a tease and so much fun when she isn't being sassy. I had to take advantage of this laugh, but I was too late to catch her wacking us on the head and then tackling us to the ground thinking she "caught" us.

More Champion Swimming

T-man finished up his swim lessons today. He worked really hard the last two lessons to get the butterfly and breaststroke down. I can't actually claim that they are "down", but he has the idea. I will have to practice with him some over the next couple of weeks. Anyway, he wasn't quite as excited as little Princess was to "earn" his medal and ribbon, but he definitely deserved it. I had to sneak a few pics of little Miss in there because she put up with going to the lessons.

Roastin' Away

We headed up to the Canyons last week again for Family Night. I just love, love, love the mountains. It was actually relaxing despite the 10 kids that were there. It was just a beautiful night and we had a great time making s'mores again and again.

SUCKERED

I agreed to train for a half marathon. I am a sucker for a challenge and a competition. It is in January, St. George. So until then wave as you see me waddle by.

Who's Counting?

GRAY. WIRY. ON. MY. HEAD.

DEFLATED.

I THOUGHT I HAD 82 MORE DAYS UNTIL I FELT LIKE THIS.

Safe and Non-Toxic

I am THAT mother. It has finally happened. Hard as a tried to thwart the inevitable, there is no turning back. Kid 2 has this "craving" for non-food items. I wish there was some medical explanation for it, such as PICA, but her hematocrit level is fine. She is just plain weird. I have tried to keep things hidden from her and obviously the deadly, poisonous substances are placed out of sight and reach. But that hasn't stopped her from coming up with her own items of sampling delight. My first run in with this was right after her 2nd birthday. We were up at my mom's and she had shut herself in the room we were staying in. I went to find her and she came out coughing and pulling at her tongue. I told her to show me what she ate and she pulled out my bottle of hand sanitizer from my purse. It was a 1 oz bottle and about half of it was gone. I decided I had better call Poison Control. I was told to watch her carefully and if she started to act DRUNK to take her to the hospital. Hand sanitizer is stronger than vodka being over 60% alcohol. Great, I had a drunk at age 2. Her craving for hand sanitizer is still extremely strong and I have to watch her so closely whenever she gets around it. I know what you are all thinking, and hopefully she has that figured out by the time she is a teenager. I also know that if things get quiet with her and I am not sure where she is at, I need to go find her quickly to see what she might be sucking down. A few months back a friend was telling me of a conversation that she had with T-man as she car pooled to school.

T-man: "Kid 2 is sick today"
Heidi: "She is, what's wrong with her?"
T-man: "She eats stuff like lotion, and sunscreen, and hand sanitizer."

Heidi thought it was so funny and decided to ask me about it, unfortunately for me, I had to admit that it was all true.

I should have known then that I would be that mother. The mother whose kid eats the glue. I was scared to have her start preschool for that very reason. I found a bottle of glue yesterday and she obviously had eaten some of it. I decided to go the route of asking her what she thought of it. All she could say is that "it tasted weirrrd". I know that won't stop her from doing it again, and again, and again. At least there is comfort in those words found on the bottle.

I Scream For Ice Cream

The Ice Cream Party that I won through the Dreyer's Slow Churned Neighborhood Salute Contest was this weekend. It turned out well and we went through 24 cartons of ice cream! We combined it with the annual party our neighborhood has and had a potluck and an outdoor movie. I ended up having to man the ice cream, too little many finger lickins' between scoops with the little kids for my germaphob personality. Plus, the ice cream was pretty hard to scoop. It was fun to have one more reason to get together and especially eat ice cream together. Thanks Dreyer's for the ice cream!

Heart Walk

First off, I want to thank all of you who supported us in the recent Heart Walk. T-man and I had a great time. It was a great mother-son bonding experience. He did so well. They had a little Kid Fun Run to start the festivities off and he ran the whole way. They gave him a ribbon and a Subway Cash Card when he finished. We walked once around Sugar House Park and then headed back to all the activities. T-man had fun at all the big blow up bouncy things, getting his face painted (Mom, I've never had this done before!), and building a bird house at the Home Depot workshop. There was also some food and free give aways that he couldn't pass up. It really was a beautiful morning and such a great cause that I may do it again next year. I didn't realize it when I was signing up, but it was for Heart Disease and Stroke. When I usually think of heart disease I think of arteriosclerosis or atherosclerosis, not of Congenital Heart Disease that affects most of the kids I work with. But this walk is to benefit all of those, so I am glad we went and did it.

Zoo Rendezvous

We went to the Zoo Rendezvous last week. It is a big fundraiser for the zoo that gets all of the upper eschelonce out to support it. Not that we are of that class, but we reap the benefits of knowing some who are. It was fun to be at the zoo with absolutely NO CHILDREN there. We even took the chance to go on the carousel. I can't even remember the last time I rode on one without the kids, yet alone, having it be ALL ADULTS. It was somewhat humorous. It was a very relaxing evening with some great food. There were about 20 restaurants there with food samplers, like Ruth's Chris, PF Chengs, Flemings, etc. We stuffed our faces and wandered the zoo, saw some animals up close and even got some great free stuff. I missed out last year going, but I made sure not to make the same mistake again, and will definitely be back next year!

2008 Utah's Start Heart Walk

I am in charge of trying to get kids signed up from our school for the Heart Walk this year. I wish I could say that the response has been overwhelming, but it hasn't. I am still pushing for it so I decided to make a plea to anyone who has been affected by anyone who has heart disease, which I think most of us are. T-man and I will be walking it together on Saturday. Anyone interested in making a donation for the cause go to www.heartwalkutah.org and you can make the donation in his name. As little as $5 dollars goes along way, and they take credit cards!!!

Ready for Preschool

Last year when I took T-man to preschool, little princess threw a fit. She wanted to go, but it just wasn't time. This year, she took preschool by the horns. T-man made sure to let her know not to be scared. She was so excited and loves her little bag her cute teacher made for them. It is in the neighborhood so I get to walk over. So nice. She is getting so big and grown-up. It is hard to believe that she is almost 4, but then there are times that she seems so much older to me. I still am getting used to the different schedules we are on now, and it is keeping me busy trying to remember who goes where when. I imagine it will only get worse before it gets better!

Midway

We spent the weekend up in Midway and had a great time. I took my camera, but didn't take any pictures! Oh well. We had fun swimming, playing, hitting the Midway Swiss Days Parade, shopping at Swiss Days, eating at the Blue Boar Inn, completing a 1000 piece puzzle (hardest puzzle I have ever done, I almost gave up more than once), and watching the Bourne Identity Collection. Nothing too exciting, but that is where I have been the last couple of days. Oh yeah, we were up there COMPUTERLESS.