...blame facebook!
it eats my time!
I promise i will update soon.
really.
since i know this doesn't count at all.
but ps-
i feel the new baby moving right now. lucky you didnt miss out on that special not on facebook note. :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
We just voted!!
We rode our bikes to the polling place, stood in line for only 30 or so minutes, voted, then went out for breakfast. After we rode home we took pictures with our sign for the candidate of our choice and our flag.
I love that my baby girls are learning the importance of voting so young!!!
Enjoy!
I love that my baby girls are learning the importance of voting so young!!!
Enjoy!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
i can't help it... another political post
WOW!!! So scary.
I receive lots of emails with rumors about Obama, and I am careful to check them out on Snopes.com- which, if you haven't noticed, is very liberally biased, too. BUT this one IS true, snopes doesn't have it but see: http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/10/07/secret_service.html?imw=Y
then google this story for lots of reposts.
My MIL sent me a scanned pic of the article from the news from my aunt... then later sent this.
Welcome to the new America if you vote ObamaNazi.
I thought the "Truth Squad" was a Missouri only thing, but now its everywhere.
You can bet mainstream media won't touch this- so send it on. Raise a stir- everyone MUST see this wolf for who he is!
Blessings
christy
From: Joyce Waller
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:53 AM
To: williams, linda; miles, melinda
Subject: FW: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
THIS MADE THE HEADLINES IN THE LUFKIN DAILY NEWS TODAY.THIS LADY LIVES HERE IN IDYLWOOD.>
THIS IS SCARY!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:44 AM
From: Linda Whitten
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:38 AM
Subject: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
This is LOCAL folks! Check it out if you like.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Risenhoover
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:31 AM
Subject: FW: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
Here is another more detailed version from Jessica and another neighbor.
Dear Friends: We have had some interesting things going on our street this week but this "takes the cake". The election is less than a month away - people need to be aware of this information of the tactics that have been used this week on my neighbor. She is not a 'mental case nor political activist' just your everyday young Mom with small children and a husband out of the military. If this is the kind of "change" Mr. Obama is referring to, we are definitely in for more than what has met the eye. What has happened here is not only appalling but frightening to think we may no longer have the freedom to speak against "the powers that be" without the Secret Service showing up at your door. Keeping in mind, there is no taped conversation - simply a disgruntled volunteer who was not getting the response she was looking for. Jessica has contacted several politicians and news organizations - some who have told her "this is out of my jurisdiction". Pleeeze! Enough is enough - I for one will stand behind this young woman and notify every person I can possibly think of to make people aware of this travesty! I hope you will forward this on as well to as many people as you possibly can - especially to our elected officials and news organizations. Feel free to email me for verification. Connie
On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was 903-798-6020 which lists as "Obama Volunteers of Texarkana" ( Texas ).
She asked if I was an Obama supporter to which I replied:
"No, I don't support him, your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the State Senate to let little babies die in hospital closets; I think you should find something better to do with your time." I hung up.
Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about the following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana who called me, unsolicited on my cell phone:
"I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor."
My husband laughed and told them "No, she called him a socialist but she never said a word about him dying." I gave them my actual quote. The woman asked insolently "Oh? Well why would she make that up?"
I replied that I supposed she wasn't happy about what I said about her candidate and the Agent said "That's right, you were rude!" The last time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America .
Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want to know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent in no uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I was allowed to think whatever I wanted without being questioned by the Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed, that isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified that the statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked them if there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, "So on the word of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with no other evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?"
They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama supporter...someone calling from his campaign...are you kidding?
I was not allowed to know the name of my accuser at which point they informed me that it wasn't like I was in a court of law, YET, as if this was a good thing. I recognized this as a veiled threat. I told them I would happily go to court since I did nothing wrong and at least then my accuser would have to face me rather than sending the thought police to my house.
They then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to me first before "embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and family", another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to whomever they wanted but they weren't going to investigate my thoughts on my porch.
They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a supporter calls me I just say "Yeah sure count me in, or just hang up" apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them more useless trips. Yeah right. I said "Look, someone calls me unsolicited on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and I can't tell them why I don't?" I said I was sorry they made a wasted trip but if they had a problem with some made up lie they needed to go talk to her about it because it wasn't my fault they had to drive from Houston for nothing.
At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female Agent refused to give me one stating "You're not going to get a card." The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact Houston with any questions.
The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the Secret Service came to my house to question me about my thoughts and feelings and threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if I didn't cooperate is not really the tragedy here. Because that girl on the phone doesn't have the pull to send the Secret Service to my home. Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.
I want to file a counter complaint that false charges were made, that a false report was given to a peace officer. The Secret Service told me I cannot because they will protect the identity of the complainant. I also want the file they have on me destroyed and I want to know that my phone isn't tapped, et cetera. I am hearing a lot of "Out of my Jurisdiction".
Do I also hear jackboots?
Jessica Hughes
Lufkin, Texas
Note: I have contacted several news organizations, Rep Gohmert, Sen Hutchison, the Atty General, Local Police
Will keep you updated, pass it along.
I receive lots of emails with rumors about Obama, and I am careful to check them out on Snopes.com- which, if you haven't noticed, is very liberally biased, too. BUT this one IS true, snopes doesn't have it but see: http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/10/07/secret_service.html?imw=Y
then google this story for lots of reposts.
My MIL sent me a scanned pic of the article from the news from my aunt... then later sent this.
Welcome to the new America if you vote ObamaNazi.
I thought the "Truth Squad" was a Missouri only thing, but now its everywhere.
You can bet mainstream media won't touch this- so send it on. Raise a stir- everyone MUST see this wolf for who he is!
Blessings
christy
From: Joyce Waller
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:53 AM
To: williams, linda; miles, melinda
Subject: FW: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
THIS MADE THE HEADLINES IN THE LUFKIN DAILY NEWS TODAY.THIS LADY LIVES HERE IN IDYLWOOD.>
THIS IS SCARY!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:44 AM
From: Linda Whitten
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:38 AM
Subject: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
This is LOCAL folks! Check it out if you like.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Risenhoover
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:31 AM
Subject: FW: Secret Service On My Steps READ TRUE STORY OF MY NEIGHBOR IN IDLEWOOD
Here is another more detailed version from Jessica and another neighbor.
Dear Friends: We have had some interesting things going on our street this week but this "takes the cake". The election is less than a month away - people need to be aware of this information of the tactics that have been used this week on my neighbor. She is not a 'mental case nor political activist' just your everyday young Mom with small children and a husband out of the military. If this is the kind of "change" Mr. Obama is referring to, we are definitely in for more than what has met the eye. What has happened here is not only appalling but frightening to think we may no longer have the freedom to speak against "the powers that be" without the Secret Service showing up at your door. Keeping in mind, there is no taped conversation - simply a disgruntled volunteer who was not getting the response she was looking for. Jessica has contacted several politicians and news organizations - some who have told her "this is out of my jurisdiction". Pleeeze! Enough is enough - I for one will stand behind this young woman and notify every person I can possibly think of to make people aware of this travesty! I hope you will forward this on as well to as many people as you possibly can - especially to our elected officials and news organizations. Feel free to email me for verification. Connie
On Wednesday the 1st of October I received a call on my cell while in the car with my husband. It was a woman who identified herself as calling from the Obama Campaign. The phone # she called from was 903-798-6020 which lists as "Obama Volunteers of Texarkana" ( Texas ).
She asked if I was an Obama supporter to which I replied:
"No, I don't support him, your guy is a socialist who voted four times in the State Senate to let little babies die in hospital closets; I think you should find something better to do with your time." I hung up.
Thursday, October 2, I answered the front door to find the Secret Service. Immediately I thought of the call and was furious that apparently you are not allowed to call Obama a Socialist without the Secret Service coming to investigate. Instead, they asked me about the following comment, relayed by the Obama Volunteer of Texarkana who called me, unsolicited on my cell phone:
"I will never support Obama and he will wind up dead on a hospital floor."
My husband laughed and told them "No, she called him a socialist but she never said a word about him dying." I gave them my actual quote. The woman asked insolently "Oh? Well why would she make that up?"
I replied that I supposed she wasn't happy about what I said about her candidate and the Agent said "That's right, you were rude!" The last time I checked being rude wasn't a crime in America .
Luckily the big file they had gathered on me didn't indicate mental instability or a past life of stalking/crime, however they did want to know how I felt about Obama. That was my limit. I told the Agent in no uncertain terms that my thoughts were not pertinent to their investigation, that this was America and the last time I checked I was allowed to think whatever I wanted without being questioned by the Secret Service. In fact, even if I had said what she claimed, that isn't a threat. I told them (again) and my husband verified that the statement reported by Obama's volunteer was a lie. I asked them if there was a tape of the call and they said no. I said, "So on the word of a ticked off Obama supporter you are on my porch with no other evidence and you want to question me about my THOUGHTS!?"
They informed me that there was no evidence she was an Obama supporter...someone calling from his campaign...are you kidding?
I was not allowed to know the name of my accuser at which point they informed me that it wasn't like I was in a court of law, YET, as if this was a good thing. I recognized this as a veiled threat. I told them I would happily go to court since I did nothing wrong and at least then my accuser would have to face me rather than sending the thought police to my house.
They then said they were trying to do me a favor, that they came to me first before "embarrassing you by going to all your neighbors and family", another threat? I told them to be my guest and talk to whomever they wanted but they weren't going to investigate my thoughts on my porch.
They also informed me that it would be easier if the next time a supporter calls me I just say "Yeah sure count me in, or just hang up" apparently so she won't get her undies in a bundle and give them more useless trips. Yeah right. I said "Look, someone calls me unsolicited on my cell phone to ask me to support their candidate and I can't tell them why I don't?" I said I was sorry they made a wasted trip but if they had a problem with some made up lie they needed to go talk to her about it because it wasn't my fault they had to drive from Houston for nothing.
At one point I went inside and got a notepad to record their badge numbers and they refused to show me their badges. They had done the quick flip when they arrived. I asked for a card and the female Agent refused to give me one stating "You're not going to get a card." The male Agent gave me a card and told me I could contact Houston with any questions.
The fact that the volunteer lied, the fact that the Secret Service came to my house to question me about my thoughts and feelings and threaten to embarrass me to my neighbors and go to court if I didn't cooperate is not really the tragedy here. Because that girl on the phone doesn't have the pull to send the Secret Service to my home. Someone high in the ranks of a campaign working for a man who may be the next President of the United States of America felt comfortable bringing the force of the Federal Government to bear on a private citizen on nothing but the word of a partisan volunteer.
I want to file a counter complaint that false charges were made, that a false report was given to a peace officer. The Secret Service told me I cannot because they will protect the identity of the complainant. I also want the file they have on me destroyed and I want to know that my phone isn't tapped, et cetera. I am hearing a lot of "Out of my Jurisdiction".
Do I also hear jackboots?
Jessica Hughes
Lufkin, Texas
Note: I have contacted several news organizations, Rep Gohmert, Sen Hutchison, the Atty General, Local Police
Will keep you updated, pass it along.
Friday, September 19, 2008
the depth of love
no one can comprehend
how high
how wide
how deep
is the love of Christ.
But i am nearly convinced that the depth of a mother's love for her children comes from the heart of God to show us the depth of His love for His children.
i remember when Eliana was born, i felt like i had been let into some kind of secret society that i had never known existed.
motherhood.
you lose yourself to care for one whose only expression of returning the care is calming under your touch, sleeping at your breast in way that they seem to melt right into your soul.
then it hit me:
i die to self to live in Christ
i die to self to raise a child
as i would do anything for this child, so Christ has done and will do everything for me.
i know many people who look at the cost of parenthood and are deterred
scared
delayed
knowing the sacrifice
commitment
loss of self
that motherhood and parenthood require.
they never will fully know the joy,
the sheer delight,
the way you will never know love until you sweep strands of hair from a sleeping baby's cheek just to kiss her one more time, because, even now at nearly 3 years old you just cant put her down...
life is harder
but fuller
life is more complex
but has more meaning
life is less about me and more about my children growing to know Christ. How i wish i was a perfect representation!
likewise
i know many people who look at the cost of fully following Christ to the ends of the earth and are deterred
scared
delayed
knowing the sacrifice
commitment
loss of self
that truly following Jesus require.
they never will fully know the joy,
the sheer delight,
the way you will never know love until you collapse in the arms of your Savior with nothing to offer but your broken, sinful self- relying on His grace to mend every flaw--and still somehow find a way to pour His Spirit into a marred vessel- that you might pour out the same on a broken and sinful world.
life is harder
but fuller
life is more complex
but has more meaning
life is less about me and more about my mirroring Christ. How i wish i was a perfect representation!
as a mother, i am happiest when my children live in love and harmony,
scripture gives me a clue that this feeling is mine because it was and is first the Lord's.
blessings,
christy
how high
how wide
how deep
is the love of Christ.
But i am nearly convinced that the depth of a mother's love for her children comes from the heart of God to show us the depth of His love for His children.
i remember when Eliana was born, i felt like i had been let into some kind of secret society that i had never known existed.
motherhood.
you lose yourself to care for one whose only expression of returning the care is calming under your touch, sleeping at your breast in way that they seem to melt right into your soul.
then it hit me:
i die to self to live in Christ
i die to self to raise a child
as i would do anything for this child, so Christ has done and will do everything for me.
i know many people who look at the cost of parenthood and are deterred
scared
delayed
knowing the sacrifice
commitment
loss of self
that motherhood and parenthood require.
they never will fully know the joy,
the sheer delight,
the way you will never know love until you sweep strands of hair from a sleeping baby's cheek just to kiss her one more time, because, even now at nearly 3 years old you just cant put her down...
life is harder
but fuller
life is more complex
but has more meaning
life is less about me and more about my children growing to know Christ. How i wish i was a perfect representation!
likewise
i know many people who look at the cost of fully following Christ to the ends of the earth and are deterred
scared
delayed
knowing the sacrifice
commitment
loss of self
that truly following Jesus require.
they never will fully know the joy,
the sheer delight,
the way you will never know love until you collapse in the arms of your Savior with nothing to offer but your broken, sinful self- relying on His grace to mend every flaw--and still somehow find a way to pour His Spirit into a marred vessel- that you might pour out the same on a broken and sinful world.
life is harder
but fuller
life is more complex
but has more meaning
life is less about me and more about my mirroring Christ. How i wish i was a perfect representation!
as a mother, i am happiest when my children live in love and harmony,
scripture gives me a clue that this feeling is mine because it was and is first the Lord's.
blessings,
christy
Thursday, September 11, 2008
tears
america
we need change
we need hope
we need JESUS
i admit that i have put lots of thought into this election.
i am a political nerd.
i looked at obama's matthew 25 parallels and thought he just might be the first democrat i voted for in a while.
i say this to say,
the more i learn, the more i dislike him
the more he scares me
a new president isnt the answer, Jesus is.
but someone who would watch this happen- and allow it- and even encourage it?
if you are a momma, and voting for obama,
please watch this
we need change
we need hope
we need JESUS
i admit that i have put lots of thought into this election.
i am a political nerd.
i looked at obama's matthew 25 parallels and thought he just might be the first democrat i voted for in a while.
i say this to say,
the more i learn, the more i dislike him
the more he scares me
a new president isnt the answer, Jesus is.
but someone who would watch this happen- and allow it- and even encourage it?
if you are a momma, and voting for obama,
please watch this
Monday, September 8, 2008
my new idea
ok, warning
some might find this post offensive
you have been warned
ok, here is my new argument
TEENAGE PREGNANCY:
so i dont think teen pregnancy is a problem.
(i am the daughter of a "pregnant teen" and a former teacher of lots of teen moms)
nope. teen pregnancy is not the problem.
Palin's daughter has been getting a bad rad for her pregnancy. But Jamie Spears is praised? What??
Teen pregnancy is NOT the problem.
In most of the world, a girl under 20 is perfectly capable of carrying, birthing, and raising a child. Historically the same has been true in our own country.
I will not for a second believe that something is genetically different with girls in the USA that makes them incapable mothers if they are nineteen and under.
sorry
teen pregnancy is not the problem.
the problem is irresponsible sex.
i dont care if the woman is 16 or 36- unmarried sex is the problem. I know many 16 year olds who have made fine mothers and many 36 year olds whose lifestyle is so wild that they are unsure of the baby's fathers name.
seriously, why all the beef over someone who is 17 who is pregnant and marrying the baby's father.
nope.
a teenager is capable of taking on the responsibility for a child. with a social support structure, the mom and the child can make it. i did.
we must change our mindset that AGE makes mothers capable.
no, responsibility does.
the problem isnt getting pregnant before some magic number age, the problem is irresponsible sex.
the baby is not the problem.
some might find this post offensive
you have been warned
ok, here is my new argument
TEENAGE PREGNANCY:
so i dont think teen pregnancy is a problem.
(i am the daughter of a "pregnant teen" and a former teacher of lots of teen moms)
nope. teen pregnancy is not the problem.
Palin's daughter has been getting a bad rad for her pregnancy. But Jamie Spears is praised? What??
Teen pregnancy is NOT the problem.
In most of the world, a girl under 20 is perfectly capable of carrying, birthing, and raising a child. Historically the same has been true in our own country.
I will not for a second believe that something is genetically different with girls in the USA that makes them incapable mothers if they are nineteen and under.
sorry
teen pregnancy is not the problem.
the problem is irresponsible sex.
i dont care if the woman is 16 or 36- unmarried sex is the problem. I know many 16 year olds who have made fine mothers and many 36 year olds whose lifestyle is so wild that they are unsure of the baby's fathers name.
seriously, why all the beef over someone who is 17 who is pregnant and marrying the baby's father.
nope.
a teenager is capable of taking on the responsibility for a child. with a social support structure, the mom and the child can make it. i did.
we must change our mindset that AGE makes mothers capable.
no, responsibility does.
the problem isnt getting pregnant before some magic number age, the problem is irresponsible sex.
the baby is not the problem.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
A speech for the history books
i have lots to talk about politically... but here is a straight quote from tonight's McCain speech:
If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you're disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our Armed Forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
I'm going to fight for my cause every day as your President. I'm going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I'm an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me.
Fight for what's right for our country.
Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.
Fight for our children's future.
Fight for justice and opportunity for all.
Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.
Stand up for each other; for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America.
Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We're Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.
Thank you, and God Bless you.
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