rant

Hi,
I really need you all to get on over to my website and prove to me that there are ecologically minded people in this world.

Because when people write a post like this http://autismbitestheblog.blogspot.com/
I just want to barf. Apparently they haven't read this http://cbs11tv.com/health/autism.coal.power.2.712702.html

and put two and two together- which in their case equals 6 autistic children. Of course the need to have something now, obviously must outweigh the need to protect our future generations from the same, or worse, things then we are suffering through.

Of course if gas were to drop down to $1/ gallon again I would probably give up hope that there would be future generations- at least of anything other then cockroaches and a few very adaptable weeds. But hey, the need for me to drive a lot in a big SUV outweighs those considerations. But of course, we all know that if we destroy this planet, the Lord is sure to give us a new one. (please notice this line IS dripping with sarcasm)

And while we are on that topic I have come to understand that all the nasty stuff talked about in revelations- all the end times wars, famines, plagues and what not- that we have/ are bringing those on ourselves. The Lord is not sending them. He was just warning us. It is our actions as citizens of this planet that have/are making those happen. Can I say that again? It is our actions as citizens of this planet that have/are making those happen.

That means that we have the power to change it. But first we got to change ourselves.

garage sale list

if any one can find a good baby swing at a garage sale, I would love to pay them back.

eating and pooping

There was a young man with a beard,
who said it is just as a I feared
"marshmallows a toasted and popcorn a roasted
has made me a tricky, sticky beard."

Now for the Shannon update. She weighed in at 11 pound, 6 oz this week. Out of all the things she has to learn to do this next year, she has largely mastered the whole eat and poop and then poop and eat cycle.

Yup, the first thing that happened when we got to church today was a diaper leaking on mommy.

I change a lot of diapers....and seem to spend the rest of the time feeding her. For those rare moments when she is doing neither, somebody else is usually holding her.



And if we are not holding her, she begins to demand it. Although she is happy enough as long as she is part of the action. So we hauled down the old highchair, and she can happily join us at the table without filling our arms at dinner.

These other picture are mostly here just so you can see how beautiful she is.

Solar Clothes Dryer

Mike and I put up a new *low cost* fancy, spangled, solar clothes dryer yesterday. It will cut our electricity bills in 2 ways. 1- saves energy costs of running the traditional tumble dryer. 2- shades the house and saves energy on a/c and fan use in cooling our house.

Isn't it a thing of beauty? I really loves all those pink and yellow baby clothes lined up in a row.

All it costs us was a grand total of $4.95 and 15 minutes in time.

sparklers

Here we see Chester giving up his opportunity for a sparkler. And then Amy and her little Kristin reaching for one and then Clay and his.

fireworks!

Clay is 3 years old!

My Clay baby turned 3 today!

We had a family gathering at my parent's cabin for him, with a BBQ, fireworks, cakes and lots and lots of cousins.

Here is his birthday cake- double chocolate and triple berry.

Notice how Ewan is carefully guarding it.

Next we have Clay in the middle of all his presents. He got a ball today, and because the ball got some frosting on it, Clay refused to have any cake until we had it all cleaned off. And then we see the lineup for sparklers and Galen getting his sparkler.