Wednesday, April 22, 2009

this'll make you cry

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20090422/cm_ucac/nellhusbandsmartincoulter

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You Are a Burger



You are a down to earth person and a straight shooter. You don't fall for fads or trends.

You are stable and a bit old fashioned. Tradition and loyalty are important to you.



You are a good friend and you like to have a good time. You find it easy to kick back.

You're not one to make waves in life. You're happy just to be a part of the fun.

What Kind of Fast Food Are You?

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Juan is outraged ...

well, okay, Juan Williams doesn't really get "outraged", but he is angry.  I can see why.  
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/04/20/williams_obama_dc/
With our kids in CVA, school vouchers and other improvements to public school education seem more important to me.  Perhaps it's personal, I don't want to lose the money being given my children - we've been able to do better homeschooling since we joined CVA.  I can't imagine being in a district where the schools are so horrible as they are in D.C.  Here in Tacoma, we have bad schools, but there are a few good ones mixed in.  And I don't see race playing a role in the children's education like it does in D.C.  
I understand that the NEA doesn't want to change things because that would mean admitting they have been failing.  However, it's not just their pride that is at stake!  It's our kids' ability to function in the world.  How are they going to make it when our education system is so poor?  Japan, India, even China, I think, have better schools and their kids score higher on stuff than ours.  
Maybe that's the plan.  President Obama said it wasn't fair for America to be so big & strong.  By undermining our education system, he is ensuring that we will no longer be big & strong because we'll all be stupid.  

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Update & Neat site

Haven't blogged in a while.  Realized I should be writing down all the neat things the kids are doing. Jonathan received his yellow belt in jujutsu.  :)  He's doing very well, his Sensei says.  Daniel watched Jonathan's test for yellow belt and decided he wanted to do jujutsu instead of gymnastics at the Y.  Daniel wants to learn how to flip.  :)
We joined the Y finally.  Hoping CVA will cover most of the cost.  Now to get the kids signed up for all the things they want to do!  Jeff has already started exercising ... I need to get off my butt and do something too!  
Today was really busy!  We had church, then fellowship, then lunch with friends, then a visit with friends ... then Daniel had his intro lesson for jujutsu ... while he & Jonathan were there, Nicholas, Jeff and I went and got tomato plants, cucumber starts, and bean seeds from Tacoma Boys & soil from a friend ... then we came home and Nicholas and I went for a walk.  We were going to try and make it to Garfield Park, but it was getting pretty late by the time we were almost there, so we had to turn around and come home.  I didn't want to be out in the dark.  So tomorrow we will take the big boys with us and go to the park.  :)  
When I came home, I found a new (to me) site - map my run.  You can click here to see where we walked.  

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