Kids, or Lack Thereof

This week I had the pleasure of having my sister and my neice come to our house for a visit. My husband and I have had trouble conceiving, so it was fun to have a kid in the house.

I learned that among the patience God gave to Job, it takes constant vigilance and discipline to properly raise a child. I guess I should really say the necessity for supervision and correction were reinforced because I already knew they were needed.

There are alot of lazy parents out there that don't provide proper, CONSISTENT supervision and guidance, but my sister is not one of them. She is among a decreasing number of parents who are perpetually striving to bring their children up the way they should be raised...to respect the authority of adults.

*You always have to make children aware that nobody has the right to molest them so that they learn boundaries to avoid being violated, but children should be raised to respect others and themselves.

Young children need to be told what to do, not given multiple choices. Who is the parent!!!? When you are older, you get choices as priviledges when you demonstrate responsibility and reason.

I'm tired of disrespectful, impatient attitudes of entitlement. Children need to learn self-control, discipline, patience, kindness, THE FRUITS OF THE SPRIIT... Virtuous behavior!

Kids Should:

1. Volunteer and learn the importance of helping others and of the concept of community.
2. Tend a vegetable garden, do the work, have patience as it grows, tend the garden, reap the harvest.


Argh. I'm off the soap box and going to bed.

Yes, I still want to be a teacher. Yes, I am prepared to deal with parents and children of parents like this.

We're Going to Casablanca

I love the nightlife. I love to boogie. On the disco.....

I don't know the rest.

What I do know is in a little less than two hours we'll be at Casablanca restaurant in Warrington eating an 8 course meal with our neighbors while watching the bellydancer do her thang.

I'm not as much into the whole belly dancing thing...it's a little sensual for my tastes, but the food is fun and so is the atmosphere. AND we have a coupon provided courtesy of our neighbor who by the way invited us to come along tonight.

http://www.casablancaone.com/home.html

The Wogger

Have you ever "wogged"?

Wogging is a hybrid form of walking and jogging. I like to think I made it up. Who knows? Maybe I did.

When you're too out of shape to jog, let alone run, you can wog.

You stretch, you jog, and when you can't jog another step, you walk and catch your breath. Once you can breathe and talk again, you pick up the pace and start jogging again. Hence- the wog.

You should try it sometime. You might eventually graduate to jogging and dare I say, running. Now THERE'S something to think about.

Indeed.

How to Fix the Economy

St. Petersburg Times Newspaper

The Business Section asked readers for ideas on "How Would You Fix the Economy?"

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"Dear Mr. President,

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America's economy.

Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. - Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new American CAR. Forty mi llion cars ordered - AutoIndustry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - HousingCrisis fixed.

It can't get any easier than that!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress and theirconstituents pay their taxes..."

Diploma Has Arrived

My M.Ed. diploma is finally here. Now, if I could just land a job...