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How can you continue to be called “Cookie Monster” if you no longer eat cookies in plural form? I try to be as healthy as (okay, healthier than) the next guy, but cookies? U R My Friend. [Cookie] Monster, you have been castrated, and you are dead to me. May your former cookie-binging self live on in my memory.
So we were gone over the weekend, and I thought I’d test my abilities to put up posts while on vacation. Didn’t work. I set this to publish on the 4th at 6:30 a.m. (which it still says, by the way), but it’s still here in my drafts. Any WordPressers out there know how to do this?
Three days late, my Independence Day post:
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Although technically, America declared their independence on July 2, 1776, this document was drafted and then approved on July 4 of that year. Never before have I taken today as seriously as I do this Independence Day (emphases mine).
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Props to Sherri E for this:
“I think it’s time we had a national conversation about dysentery. We need to get past all the Funions and recognize that we are our own best hope for overcoming doggie poops on the sidewalk. We need cookies, not discontentments. Cookies are our hope. And we need to have change in dysentery.”
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I saw this quote on a bumper sticker as I drove in to work today.
“It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.” - Mother Teresa
Aw, you guys are so nice. I have so many questions I’m going to have to break this into sections…
Paula asked, “What do you want to do when the active mothering is done — when you’re kid(s) are launched and on their own?”
Wellp…that’s a good question. Haven’t thought that far ahead, actually. I have a lot of things that I’m mediocre at, but I’m still figuring out what I’m good at. When I figure it out, I’ll probably do that. J
Erica asked, “Your writing is really good. Was there ever a time that you considered writing for a living?”
Thank you for the compliment. Have I mentioned that I just love you guys? It’s one of those things that I still consider myself to be mediocre at. I wrote and illustrated children’s books when I was a child, but they are nothing I would consider publishing now that I’m beyond age eleven. Dear Husband encourages me in my writing frequently. A couple of years ago he bought me the most beautiful journal (with refills), some neat pens and a writing exercise book. He’s also the one who suggested I start a blog, though he probably didn’t anticipate the amount of time I would spend reading other people’s blogs…
Anyway, it’s something I’ll probably still keep in the back of my mind, should I ever be inspired.
“I love Anja’s name. What’s the origin of her name?”
It’s actually the Swedish version of the name Anna. Here’s a post about it from when I first started blogging.
“I liked your religion question on my blog, so what is your religion and why?”
My religion is Christian. I grew up in the Covenant Church (similar to Evangelical Free in its style and doctrines). When Husband and I moved to the Twin Cities, we tried quite a few different churches, but none could rival the Biblical teaching (this answers the “why” part of the question) at Bethlehem Baptist, which is part of the Baptist General Conference. I have friends that range from Catholic to Methodist to AG to Lutheran, and I’ve learned things about Christ from all of them.
“With Ron Paul pretty much out of the game, who will earn your vote in November?”
You know, I’m not yet sure. At this point, Ron still has my vote. Many people reason that the only way to “make your vote count” is to vote for the front-runner in one of the two major parties, but I disagree. If the Republican party keeps getting the message from voters that it can become more and more liberal and we’ll keep voting for whatever candidates they put before us, there will become less and less of a divide between the two parties. John McCain is a liberal in many areas, and to cast my vote for him would go against many things I believe in. I am not only accountable to my country, I am accountable before God. By casting my vote, I say, “This is the person I would trust to run our country. This is the person I believe will stick to the constitution our forefathers wrote.” Ron Paul is the only guy who I think will do that.
There are also people who say, “Just like Reagan needed a Carter, the next Republican in office needs a Hillary or an Obama to make a royal mess of things.” I see the value in that line of thinking, but another part of me thinks that a person in such a powerful position can do a WHOLE lot of damage in four years time that would then need undoing.
That’s enough for today—I’ll answer more tomorrow, Lord-willing. Oh, and if you wrote in a question, consider yourself tagged to do the same on your blog (if you want to).
This post made me weep. And it made me hug my baby while I wept. I highly recommend reading it, even though it’s a little long.
Anja met another little girl (a friend of mine’s new baby) on the trip last weekend who’s just 5 months younger than she is. Here’s a cute snapshot I got of them “meeting” each other.
I have a million posts running through my mind. For one, I advise heading over to Lifenut for some interesting stuff Gretchen posted today. For two, I have a loooooooooong overdue post about pregnancy books, updates to advice y’all have given me over the past months, and Flat Stanley tomorrow. But now, I’m off to study Ephesians with my hubby.
On Tuesday evening, no less!
We had a fabulous time visiting family and friends, meeting new babies and babies-to-be, eating yummy (but not so nutritious) food prepared by my mother, and…going through old junk of mine.
See, my mom’s remodeling and she has this crazy idea in her head that she doesn’t want to store my belongings from high school for eternity. What’s her problem, I say. Just kidding. If I were her, all that stuff would have been kicked to the curb with my daughter when she turned eighteen. I’m not really that harsh. Just playin’.
Wow, it’s late. The reason I haven’t posted is I’ve been desperately trying to catch up on emails and YOUR blogs. That’s no small task when you subscribe to six billion blogs, let me tell you.
Oh, and I finally watched a movie. The Bourne Ultimatum. Anyone seen it? I loved the first two, and Husband rented this one a week and a half ago, and we finally made time to watch it tonight. Even though I’m not a conspiracy theorist (another fine movie), I love movies like this that make me think and that make me wary of Big Brother. Because Big Brother doesn’t always have our best interest at heart. And if our government could pull it together as well as they seem to in movies like the Bourne trilogy, I’d probably be kicking back and sending them my hard-earned money. They wouldn’t even have to steal it.
Here’s a link to an article by John Stossel that I find to be pretty outrageous (not his article, the content). Obviously, with a 7-mo.-old, I don’t homeschool, but the possibility is there that I might someday. I sure hope things like this have blown over by then. Vote Ron Paul! 
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