Happy Carnivore!

I am also thankful for the food chain and God giving us yummy turkey. I know it isn't pretty, but it sure tasted good!

Thank You, Lord, For What You Have Given Us This Day.....

The things I am thankful for:

* My family.

* Our children. Because of them, I am bestowed that special title, "Mom".

* My job. Without it, we would be on the streets, and that ain't no joke in this economy.

* Our home. We have one, and there are an awful lot of people who don't.

* My family's ability to "ride it out". As we begin this holiday season between now and the New Year, I am struck by the fact this will be the first season where I won't see Brian. You might remember Brian is my husband's cousin who committed suicide in September. There is usually a small gathering at some point where I see him. I won't this year, and it's already making my eyes teary thinking about that moment. I am so thankful to my extended family and their amazing ability to ride out difficult storms. Because of them, I can stand up in the storm.

* I am so thankful to friends. Friends who give me the chance to laugh and focus on something besides my daily grind. Friends who tell me difficult things I need to hear. Friends who let me cry with them. Friends who let me share difficult things in my life that I need help with and don't flinch. Friends who would fall on a sword for me. Friends who I would fall on a sword for.

* Opportunities. We have so much opportunity as Americans. As a small business owner ("capitalist" if you want to draw a line in the sand) I have been able to achieve some pretty hefty success. I pray that as we watch big government take away such basic opportunities, that we remember and are thankful for the successes we had when we did have such opportunities. Does it sound like I might be saying goodbye to something? I might be saying goodbye to the basic American right to start up and run a business. You are absolutely right. On a national and local level, I do believe if we don't turn this ship around, that right will be lost by the time then next election is upon us. I am extremely thankful that at this point, I still have that basic right.

I am extremely sad to see our basic American rights whittled away. Given away without thinking of the losses. Frittered away.

* I am thankful for our military troops. I want to thank my husband, father, and father-in-law for their combined 50+ years in the military. All of you make me proud.

* I am thankful to be alive.

* I am thankful for the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross to cover my painful iniquities to allow me to hope. I have the hope of heaven that is beyond this current world. If I didn't have that hope, trust me, I would be gone. The current temporal earth offers me nothing but hopelessness. Thank you Lord Jesus. When this is all gone, it's just you and me, and that warms my heart.

Just Thinking Out Loud....on Paper

I just read the headline saying that Rosie O'Donnell and her "spouse" have been broken up for two years. Her spouse moved out two years ago and Rosie doesn't like being single.

Let's remember, Rosie and her partner were legally married in San Francisco awhile back when it was legal for a short time to do so.

Here is what gets me just a bit. This article refers to this couple "breaking up" just like dating partners do.

Has the gay and lesbian community dealt with these questions:

1) How does one dissolve a legalized same sex partnership? How to you get "divorced"?

2) This is my biggest question.....children. Several of Rosie's kids are adopted, one of them I remember was born to her partner. Did Rosie legally adopt all the children, including the one born to her partner? How does child support flow?

I am bugged by how cavalierly the media I am reading makes their "breaking up" sound. I take issue with the fact that there is a gaggle of children in that household that are now subject to the mood swings of the courts as anyone wonders how these sorts of things are handled.

Does anyone have any knowledge on this at all?

A Hundred Numbers?

My four year old is a crack up. He makes me laugh daily.

He loves to be tickled. I have never seen a kid who loves to be tickled, relentlessly, for hours. I am not joking. He will walk up to you, raise his arms to show you his armpits, and want you to tickle him.

So today, I tickled him, for a long time. I think it was probably for thirty minutes or so. I was wiped out. So I usually tell him something like "I am all done" and give him a few hugs and kisses and then I am done. I did that today but asked a simple question, and here is how that conversation went:

Me: Do you know how much I love you?

BH: Hmmm......A hundred numbers?

And While The Cat is Away.....

Okay, just so you know....nothing major has happened in our city regarding the Mayor Sam Adams (not the patriot....nooooo....the openly homosexual mayor or our city that is rocked in a sex scandal right now....oh how I wish the real patriot could arrive on a horse and save us).

One thing. The volunteer recall effort failed by a slim margin. Now, the business community is stepping in and pumping some funding into the effort. I think it will happen this time.

However, while Sam is quiet. You need to know who is really in charge in our city.

Here is the LIBERAL local rag's take on the illustrious Randy Leonard. Click here.

And what makes me so mad. People like him get foisted into office on a whim because they have union dollars in a liberal city that literally just pops them into office. For those of us who might want a more moderate or conservative person in office, it is literally like running a Republican campaign in Kennebunkport, MA! It is next to impossible!

PS I just did a spell check by right clicking on Kennebunkport I just wrote. I have no idea if it's spelled correctly. Do you want to know the options for words it gave me to replace it with? Outspokenness and Drunkenness.

Now pick yourself up off the floor from laughing so hard at that. I know I am.