Politics explained

From Dear Abby: (Scroll down to the 2nd letter)

COMMUNISM: You have two cows. The government takes both of them and gives you part of the milk.

SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.

FASCISM: You have two cows. The government takes both cows and sells you the milk.

NAZISM: You have two cows. The government takes both your cows, then shoots you.

BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. The government takes both of them, shoots one, milks the other, then pours the milk down the drain.

CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one of them and buy a bull.

Abby, what happens in a democracy? -- MRS. J. MC C.

DEAR MRS. MC C.: In a democracy, everyone has two cows, then a vote is taken, and whatever the majority decides to do, you do, and that's no bull!

Tooth and tick

A lost her 2nd tooth this morning at breakfast!

I noticed when she came home that something looked a bit different. She was excited about having her tooth in a tooth box.

And then later today...

N was in the back seat as we drove home from school. She started screaming because there was a bug on her. It turned out to be a Lone Star tick. Interesting coincidence as we will be moving to the Lone Star state...

A word to the wise and a Copy Cat

This is the result of placing the baby in the high chair next to the phone.

And this is the result of Chicken & Dumplings. And for those who do not read Rachel's blog... click here.

Conversation

Me: Are we going to have to work on knocking and asking permission to come into my room?

A: Oh man! I forgot!

Me: I've noticed.

A: I just keep barging in to your room!

Later...

A knock at the door. "May I come in?"

Me: Sure.

A (opening the door): Now I didn't barge in this time!

Backtracking

At the end of March, Laura & Scott & their 4 came to visit. We had a wonderful time. We went to the Wilmington Railroad Museum, the Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium, Mike's Farm, Airlie Gardens, and most importantly... the beach!

The only problem with where we live is the location. We LOVE where we live until it comes time to go somewhere. Anywhere. Unless we are heading to church, Food Lion, Michael's work, school, or a friend's house, it literally takes us a minimum of 30 minutes to get there. We enjoy not living in a large community. We lived near D.C. for long enough to know that we like a bit of room between us and the neighbors. We enjoy the closeness of a small community. We don't know everyone, but we know enough. We enjoy being able to tell our children that they can walk down the main road of our neighborhood and not worry about them being hit by a car or kidnapped.

So, when Laura & Scott were here, we traveled. We drove, we saw, we drove some more. Even the closest, decent hotel at a decent price was 20 minutes away. We were glad to have time with them, but it felt more like time in the car. Well, in our case, the truck & minivan!

So that bring us up to April and the camping trip. Pictures and more posts to come.

Mother's Day

I woke up this morning fighting to stay asleep. Instead, I was feeding Miss E by 6:30 am.

I called my mom and had a nice chat with her before I ate breakfast and went to church.

Today's sermon was on marriage. One comment that stood out from the sermon is that marriage is like a crucible. Michael & I just looked at each other and laughed! We have shared many trying times over the last month with differences on housekeeping and moving among other things.

We came home and ate lunch. Well, I ate lunch, put Miss E to bed, told the other girls they could fix their own food and went to take a nap.

I was awakened moments after laying down by girls with questions. And then a few minutes later by the phone ringing. And then by Michael's phone ringing. And ringing. And ringing. And then by my phone again. At that time, I put the phone on silent and proceeded to drift gently off to sleep again.

Only to be awakened by Miss E screaming to eat again. Eventually I gave up on trying to nap.

Michael & I had agreed that we would go to town today to look for a bicycle for me. But, he finally returned the call from our friend who called and called and called.

Brent & his daughter were in Wilmington and wanted to stop in to see us. They could be here in an hour and a half.

Not too much panic on my part because I have been working to keep the house (at least the living room, dining room & kitchen) neater. I put the girls to work while I fed Miss E and things were done in about 25 minutes. (would have been faster if one young girl had decided to return after she put each item away)

Then came the real moment of panic! Brent likes my sweet tea and I WAS OUT OF TEA BAGS!!! Oh NO!! Not to worry, I had one cup of tea left in the pitcher and if they stayed for dinner, I could send the guys out to get more tea.

Brent & his daughter agreed to stay for a while and the girls have been playing well together. The big boys have also played well together. ;D

We had a pleasant dinner together and plenty of tea.

Now I need to wash Michael's uniform for tomorrow...

Hope your day went how you planned!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

we're good!

I got the results from A's biopsy today. I thought at first it was bad news because I had missed the call and the voice mail simply asked that I call back.

The doctor told me that it was simply a mole in the beginning stage of development and nothing to be concerned about.

Praise God!

So, thanks for all of your prayers and please pray that the removal of the stitches on Monday goes smoothly.