After visiting the fire station earlier today:
Benjamin: I burned my hand in a fire explodement.
Jonah (reaches into firefighter helmet on his head): First, medicine. Now some lectricity for you.
Benjamin: No, no. (to me) Mama, what is it after medicine for your hand?
Me: Uhhh, oxygen?
Benjamin: Yes. (to Jonah) I need okks-gin.
Jonah: I gave you lectricity, now here is some… some…
Benjamin: …some okks-gin.
Overheard as were we leaving the library:
“She has two... plus one !"
I can count on one hand (okay, maybe two, but…) the number of times I’ve been to the grocery store in 2009. For the first half of the year, I either didn’t have the energy and/or couldn’t stand the smells. For the second half – three kids under four – need I say more.
(I’m only going to be able to say “three kids under four” for another couple months so I am going to say it a lot - - it’s terribly melodramatic.)
Usually Jonathan goes over the weekend or on his way home from work. This means that things like “powdered buttermilk” have been on my list for MONTHS because he can’t find them. And then I forget to write down things like sugar because who writes “sugar” on a list? You just walk by and remember you need some.
So the boys and I get everything out to make chocolate cupcakes and… no sugar. And I had already melted the butter in with the oil. Must improvise. I used my remaining brown sugar then powdered sugar to make up the rest.
A little strange...
But tasty nonetheless.
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 01:00PM | 3 Comments | in Daily life, Daily life with kids, Food, Photos David the Engineer is running for president.
"I've decided to run for President of the Entire United States of America. Here’s my platform:
1) I will start a systematic reduction of the Federal Government with the goal that the Feds will not run ANYTHING! The purpose of the Federal Government will, in 4 short years, be to a) Protect our borders and b) Pave and maintain our interstate highway system. My first act toward this goal will be to privatize the Post Office. All other functions will be delegated to the states.
2) I will immediately fire all “Czars” and send them back into the real world where they can try to find something to “Czar”.
3) I will immediately start removing the waste and redundancy in the Federal Government.
4) I will appoint a commission (unpaid) to study and update the Paley report written in 1952. Six months maximum. This report outlined a plan to reduce the size of government bureaucracies but was never implemented. We will create a “clean and efficient” government, the opposite of what we have today.
5) I will immediately discontinue the use of air force or other government airplanes/helicopters for shuttle service for congressmen (and women). If they want to go home on the weekend, they can fly commercial with government discounts. Otherwise, stay in Washington and read the bills! The use of Federal Government Airplanes for “junkets” to foreign countries to “gather data” must be approved by the office of the President (that’s me!).
6) I will immediately bring all troops home and employ them to guard our borders and root out radical terrorist cells that we know exist in our country.
7) I will put the “Cap and Trade” bill in file 13.
8) I will open ANWAR and other areas to drilling, with very definite attention to protection of the pristine nature of these areas. I will remind the tree huggers that we have successfully drilled and co-existed in the Audobon Bird Sanctuary in South Florida and Avery Island in South Louisiana , to name some very sensitive areas among many. Carefully planned drilling does not mean the end of the flora and fauna as the weirdos have tried to make the public believe.
9) I will reduce the National Debt, The Deficit, The Balance of Payments and anything else that smells like bad financial condition for the country.
10) I will push for term limits for these yahoos feeding at the “trough of plenty” provided by you and me.
11) Entrepreneurship and the free market system, you know the old fashioned stuff that built this country and made it the greatest in the history of civilization, will be the theme of my administration. Tax incentives for people that WORK!
12) We will become as energy independent as possible without silly-assed, punitive emissions laws...
13) Political correctness? Get ready Al and Jesse and you other jerk offs!
Now these are just a few of the “planks” in my platform but you get the drift.
You are invited to add to this agenda and also submit your qualifications for a post in the new administration.
Are you with me? Can I hear an Amen? Now send some money and let’s fire out and butt ‘em!"
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Ahem! Well then! I don't quite agree with all of it, but anyone who wants to privatize the Post Office must be given serious consideration.
