Change- the Tea party

Wow there is so many different things on my mind...I have a friend and she & I say we could solve all the world's problems if we could just rule it for a day...hahaha but sometimes I just want to fix things! I can think of several people's lives I wish I could change for them and set them on the right road in different areas....I wish I could change my country for sure!!!! Oh but I can do that! It takes one person at a time combined with others to see TRUE change in this country. My brother recently sent me an email with the heading "Three things to thank Obama for" Well my brother is taking chemo right now so I thought maybe his dosage had been upped and was messing with his brain cuz he is a STRONG conservative!!! But when I opened it and read it...one thing stuck out to me, Obama's time as president has brought together the people in this country in away I've never seen before!

The Tea party movement and the 9/12 project! This movement, only a year old, has made an impact already on this country. I know some of my religious spiritual friends say "well I'm just gonna pray for our country" It is good to pray BUT I can promise you that our Founding Fathers did ALOT more than just pray!!! They took the action they deemed necessary to throw the English out of this country! Some people take the position that God puts into authority those He wants....I'm not sure that a democracy -where people with FREE WILL - vote is exactly what the Bible is talking about. I know that God knew Obama would be elected but I can't imagine that that would be God's "perfect " will. God allowed Hitler to reign in Germany but that does not mean that was God's will....And it took the USA to bring about a change! I think sometimes we get our Christianity and politics a little screwed up!!!!

America is standing at a crossroads today like never before. It's been coming for a long time since the 60's but this is the shinning hour for the left. They hate our form of government. They want our lives from the cradle to the grave, controlled by the government! But that is not America! I have friends from other countries who barely can grasp the freedoms we have in the USA for health care, decisions for our children, etc...I don't want the government telling me what to do! It's as simple as that. Our founding fathers did not want the government to tell them what to do either.

It's time for us to stand up and let our voice be heard WHILE we still can!!!! So if you are wondering what you should do, get involved...find your area Tea Party, 9/12 project (usually they are combined) look on line, that's what we did. Make your voice heard. Take back this country. I don't want our health care, our fiances, our speech, controlled by the government and I'm sure you don't either!!!

I'm excited about the change that is coming. I love the fact that the old politicians on the left & right are worried about their positions...Let there be change, get rid of all the old politicians who have been there for decades! Term limits!!!!!

Come be a part of history!!!!

Disney

Some pictures from Disney, the kids loved it. Shad had never been so he even like the parade. He really liked all the roller coasters. He's a brave kid for 6 years old, or too stupid to be scared:) Shad & Steve did alot of running around together. Folks I'm telling you have one kid early on and then wait 10 years and have the others:) It works out so well to have a built in baby sitter! Hey maybe the Duggers have it right!!! Going on the roller coasters really hurt Steve's back I ended up having to take him to the doctor for it.

We had some issues with Sam's handicaped status!!! Just because he is so little, I don't think people understand all his limitations. It was a mess. They offered us another dsy, free and I wrote an email to the head dept of Disney. I was so upset by the treatment we got, I hope no one else would have the same thing happen to them! But other than that the day was fine. Espicially for Steve & Shad!

More pics from HRSP

More pictures from our day at the river. I love going but I have no envy for the campers! I like to be able to come home to my cool & clean house. I'm an outdoor girl but not one for camping! Too many bugs & skeeters! I can stay outside all day but I want to know I can come home to a clean shower and a/c! Today the mosquitoes were so bad we had to go and buy spray and the little store. I really don't like spraying chemicals all over us but it beat the alternative! But it was beautiful today so it was worth it. We got a good hour hike in, thank goodness for the jogging stroller, it can go over everything. Sam loves for us to walk him, he sang/hummed a little song to us today so sweet!

Hillsborough River State Park trip 4/8/10

We had lunch then we went to the HRSP. This year we bought a year pass to the Florida State Parks and since HRSP is only about 10 miles from our house, it comes in handy. It's only about 4 miles from the prison so Jon can go and walk there during his lunch break. Most of the trails are very shady and cool, well as cool as it can get in Florida. We saw a big alligator today and some turtles. I'd love to be out there at night with a flashlight, I bet you'd be see alot of red eyes in the River. Red eyes are the alligator's reflection. We used to live on a lake and it was something at night to count the alligators! I like HRSP, it actually has a small rapids, that you can walk to. It's so pretty & peaceful!

Pics from our Easter Lunch and the new chairs for the church!

Sunday was fun and worked great in the new hall. It was so nice to have lunch in a cool clean new fellowship hall! I loved the big serving areas and we had hookups for crock pots and warmers! Yeah! Fun!

Today the new chairs are in the back of the sanctuary until we can get the pews out. Hoepfully we can sell them on Craigslist!

Easter 2010

Easter was great! Sam & the other boys loved their Easter baskets. For the first time Sam to some small extent, hunted Easter Eggs. He held his basket and would pick up an egg when Sam would take him to it. He was laughing alot. We had a great lunch at the church in the new fellowship hall and then we went over to some friends home and the boys played in the pool. Shad was so cold he turned blue but he wouldn't stay out of the pool.

The night before Easter Shad decided the barber had not done a good enough job on his hair so he cut it for himself! He has 3 huge chunks missing!!! I didn't mind so much that he did it but he would not tell the truth for the longest time. That really bothered me. There was black hair all over the bathroom counter & floor and eh was standing there with chunks out of his hair telling me he didn't do nothing...I sent him to bed and didn't let hi help with the Easter eggs for the egg hunt. I hope he learned to tell the truth!

We have new chairs for our church given to us by another church in this area! Yeah They are burgany & match the carpet better than the old pews did. I'm trying to sell the old pews on craigslist. If they don't sell soon, off to the dump or Habit for Humanity they go!!! When all the remodelling is done in the church, we'll have green chairs and these will go in the fellowship hall. It all worked out well. It's exciting to see things happen around here!!

By the end of this month, the work should begin on the parsonage roof and hopefully next month on the church. It's exciting to see our dream/vision for this church's facilities come to pass!!!

Easter Baskets- what I learned....

Early this week I was shopping for the boys' Easter baskets. I always make their own as they like certain candy and it's just more fun for us. I usually don't make Sam one. He doesn't like anything sweet except some real fruit. It's really hard to do some of the more traditional things with/for him. Even Christmas, he doesn't understand opening presents and usually gets rather bothered by all the noise confusion...

So I started getting very upset in Walmart! As I was walking around, I was so sad about life and Sam's disabilities...it swept over me like a flood. I was in the candy aisle battling tears & anger and really trying to deal with my emotions. I haven't had anything like that hit me for awhile! It makes me MAD that he can't enjoy all the things all the other kids do!!!!!! Not that I want him rotting out his teeth with candy but I want him to be NORMAL!!!!!! And that is never gonna happen-it's so hard to deal with sometimes!!

As I was trying to deal with all of this in my heart, I thought about the things that Sam does enjoy and began focusing on the things he loves and I had an inspiration...I filled his basket with cans of black eye peas, soup, a ball and some toys for the bath tub. So I chose to focus on those things that make him happy and not be overwhelmed with the "normal kid things" that he doesn't care about and it really helped me.

Sure I'm still a bit sad, all holidays do this to me because he doesn't react like all the other kids but he's my boy & I would have chosen HIM over all the other kids in the world anyhow so it just makes him unique!

So focus your life on the positives rather than the negatives and believe me it will help. There are many things we can't change but we can learn to roll with life's punches- it makes life easier....