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the longest day part II: oh, cats
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Propanganda
So, like many of you, we have been entranced by this election. We read every article and listen to every political show. We are excited and involved.
Today I was at the gym and I was eavesdropping on some older men who were psuedo-weightlifting. I was AMAZED at how direct their speech was out of the media. Neither party used their own language, instead they used the EXACT words of the media!!!! It seemed that 2 of them were for Obama and 1 for McCain and it went something like this....
M: You can't vote for Obama, he'll redistribute your wealth!
O: I don't have any wealth! Do you want to have another 4 more years of Bush?
M: McCain isn't more Bush, he's a maverick and has the record to prove it!
O: I am looking for change.
M: You just wait, you'll get change, but it might not be change for the good!
O: Obama is going to cut taxes on social security and help with my health benefits.
M: He's not going to cut taxes, he says he is but it is all lies. He is lying about everything he says.
O: Well, I'm excited no matter what you say. Obama promises no income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 and that includes me.
M: We'll talk about this again when Obama takes all the money out of all of your bank accounts and you won't know what happened. You can't trust him, I tell ya.
I'm dead serious. How many of these words were put directly into their mouths! I wonder what an election would look like WITHOUT the oversaturation of media.....
VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4th!!!!
Today I was at the gym and I was eavesdropping on some older men who were psuedo-weightlifting. I was AMAZED at how direct their speech was out of the media. Neither party used their own language, instead they used the EXACT words of the media!!!! It seemed that 2 of them were for Obama and 1 for McCain and it went something like this....
M: You can't vote for Obama, he'll redistribute your wealth!
O: I don't have any wealth! Do you want to have another 4 more years of Bush?
M: McCain isn't more Bush, he's a maverick and has the record to prove it!
O: I am looking for change.
M: You just wait, you'll get change, but it might not be change for the good!
O: Obama is going to cut taxes on social security and help with my health benefits.
M: He's not going to cut taxes, he says he is but it is all lies. He is lying about everything he says.
O: Well, I'm excited no matter what you say. Obama promises no income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 and that includes me.
M: We'll talk about this again when Obama takes all the money out of all of your bank accounts and you won't know what happened. You can't trust him, I tell ya.
I'm dead serious. How many of these words were put directly into their mouths! I wonder what an election would look like WITHOUT the oversaturation of media.....
VOTE ON NOVEMBER 4th!!!!
Parade Party
Oxford has such a great Halloween Parade. It's such a big deal and everyone goes. Parking can get insane, so we invited a bunch of people over here before hand so they could grab a parking spot and we could all walk over together. We ordered pizza and the kids all dressed up and it was so much fun!!!!
Asher was the cutest frog!!!
This was my favorite -- a horse dressed as an elephant!!!
My sweet boys!!!!
Asher was the cutest frog!!!
This was my favorite -- a horse dressed as an elephant!!!
My sweet boys!!!!
What you've all been waiting for!
Yes, we are finally pregnant again! We found out October 30th with a great positive home pregnancy test! The first one was faint but the second one was tell tale.
It's just so hard to believe we are going to have the strength to go through all of it all over again! I know we'll be fine and we will re-emerge on the other side again, but all of the hard work in the middle is daunting! We have a wonderful two year old who uses the potty, climbs in and out of the car, uses utensils and complete sentences. It will surely be shocking to start from square one. But, it will also be so amazing to see new life all over again. Really, we're more giddy than scared.
So, the due date comes out as July 15th which sounds yucky! To be big and pregnant in July! Our house isn't air conditioned! Oh well... maybe this one will be early like Noah.
I'm nervous that these secret posts will somehow show up even though they're hidden, but I hope when you finally read this you'll be as excited as we are!
It's just so hard to believe we are going to have the strength to go through all of it all over again! I know we'll be fine and we will re-emerge on the other side again, but all of the hard work in the middle is daunting! We have a wonderful two year old who uses the potty, climbs in and out of the car, uses utensils and complete sentences. It will surely be shocking to start from square one. But, it will also be so amazing to see new life all over again. Really, we're more giddy than scared.
So, the due date comes out as July 15th which sounds yucky! To be big and pregnant in July! Our house isn't air conditioned! Oh well... maybe this one will be early like Noah.
I'm nervous that these secret posts will somehow show up even though they're hidden, but I hope when you finally read this you'll be as excited as we are!
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