Obama makes detour to Auschwitz on the way home from Copenhagen #tcot

Turns out Obama stopped by Auschwitz on his way home from Copenhagen.  He thought he would spruce up the Whitehouse for Hanukkah.

Hey Al Gore, here's a poem for ya!

This morning I woke up with a heavy heart.
This Government is ripping my country apart.
They tell me I'm bad because I exhale.
They tell me I'm bad but will I continue to wail...

Give me liberty or give me death!

I will fight for our rights,
I will fight to the end.
I will fight so my children can comprehend
The reason we are the greatest country on earth.

We will not be lied to, we will not believe.
The lies we are told, you will get no reprieve.

Your abhorent behavior, forcing your agenda onto me
You will be punished, you just wait and see.

Save the baby humans!

Condensed version of world history

I just received this in an email.  I don't know who to attribute it to, but it's too cute to not share!

For those who don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1 . Liberals, and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed. 

My Annie was sick last night

My poor little baby. This was her first night being sick like that. She woke up about 3am and managed to get sick in her brother's room, my room, the bathroom and kitchen! She finally fell back to sleep around 4:30am.

Then, at 6:30, she woke up, bright eyed with color in her cheeks and was ready to take on the world!

I have a real question on HCR that is too long for twitter. Please read and respond #tcot

Ok.  So they say that if you lose your job you won't lose your health insurance.  What exactly does that mean? Does it mean that I get to keep my health care and continue to pay what my portion was while I was employed, or does it mean that I can keep my health care but have to pay 100% of the premiums?

If it's the latter, what if I can't afford it?  Am I then forced into the public option?

I really don't know the answer and am looking for information.

I thought I was a Mom. When did I become a referee?

It's Sunday night. I'm exhausted.  Here is a quick synopsis of my weekend in all it's glory.

"Ryan stop yelling.  Nicholas stop fighting with Colby.  Nicholas stop fighting with Ryan."  Annie wants to go play outside so I get her all bundled up because it's only about 25 degrees (so much for global warming).  Ryan and Annie go out back to play.  Colby and Nick fight over the xbox.  Colby gives up and goes to play on the computer.  Ryan comes in and starts whining that he wants to play on the computer.  Colby gets mad and throws something at Ryan's head!  "Colby, go to your room.  Ryan, stop yelling.  Colby, come down here."  Colby comes down and I talk to him about throwing things at people and Ryan tries to hit Colby.  "Ryan, go to your room and STOP YELLING."  Annie, who had come in with Ryan, wants to go back outside but she has managed to take all of her clothes off, so I get her all bundled up again.  And I'm just getting started....

Things My Annie Says

Aniella, also known as MyAnnie, is 2 1/2 years old.  She is, to quote her grandmother, "A Pip."  That is basically a nice way of saying she's a handfull, independent, or even downright obnoxious at times.  You know, a typical 2-year old.  Anyway, she never stops talking.

Ever.

And sometimes she says some pretty cute things (at least they're cute to me).  So I've decided to share them when she does it.  One of my favorites actually got me in trouble about a week ago.

One evening a couple of weeks ago while my husband was on vacation, we were just hanging out at home.  Normally he would have been on his way to work at this time.  The doorbell rings and Annie jumps off the couch and screams at the top of her lungs, "PIZZA!!!!"  My husband looked at me and said, "Order pizza much?"  Then to make it worse, when I answered the door the pizza lady asked me how the kids were doing!  I cooked the following night.

Making informed decisions is more important than making random decisions

I just had a great Tweet-versation with a woman who had very opposite views than myself.  It made me remember how important it is that we all need to understand both sides of a debate, or we can't possibly make an informed decision.  It wasn't that we were trying to change each other's minds, but rather just explaining our point of view.  Sometimes the stereotypes we have about each other really cloud our vision.  We often latch on to one word someone says and then take it completely out of context.

Debate is healthy. Screaming is not.  Just because you listen to someone and try to understand what they are saying, doesn't mean you have to agree.  It just means you are taking the time to listen and understand.  I'm just saying!  ;)

H1N1 in my home - an Update

Well, it seems like it was a false alarm. Nicholas' temperature never went above 101.5, and that was only for a short time, and it mostly hovered around 99-100. I kept him home from school for a couple of days. This morning he was at 98 and felt great. So back to school he went.

But now Annie has a cough. Typical. Isn't the beginning of the school year wonderful, with all of the new germs they pick up? sheesh.

I can't see my Twitter Home timeline

I know I haven't been on Twitter very long, but I have found it to be very addicting now that I've got the hang of it. And now my Home page timeline isn't working. It's been down for about two hours now.

I feel so naked! Please, Twitter, please restore the tweets!