Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They
had announced the departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love you and I wish you enough".
The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has been more than enough.Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom".
They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window where I was seated.
Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good- bye to someone knowing it would be forever?".
Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?".
"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral," she said.
"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough'.May I ask what that means?".
She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone". She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more. "When we said , 'I wish you enough', we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them". Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
She then began to cry and walked away.
...'They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them ... but then an entire life to forget them.'
Monday, October 15, 2007
Little baby Jake & Trisha Moffat photo taken today...
This is exciting... Grandkiddo number 6 is on the way... still in the oven due to come out in April of 2008.....
I don't honestly know which is more exciting.... grandbaby coming or Trisha and Jake's faces lighting up from all the excitement!!! what a wonderful day.....
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Ballad of Job
The Ballad of Job
(Taken from the book of Job)
Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Job
A righteous man, and the richest on the globe
Then one day, just to test Job's faith
God allowed Satan to take it all away
Flocks, that is, all his servants, his children too.
Well the next thing you know, Job was tempted to deny
Kinfolk said, "Job, curse God and die!"
Said, "Only sinners get this kind of grief!"
But he stood fast and he held onto his belief
"The Lord gives, the Lord takes away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord!"
Now it's time to say goodbye to Job and all his pain
Even all that trouble wouldn't make him curse God's name
And then the Lord gave him more children for posterity
And then a heapin' helpin' of his old prosperity.
Riches, that is. God is faithful.
Whatever happens, y'all praise God now, hear?
Al Gore's lies.....
Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday.
Deck of Cards
It was during the Vietnam conflict, a bunch of soldiers had been on a long hike and they arrived in a town called Saigon. And the next morning being Sunday, several of the boys went to Church. After the Chaplain had read the prayer, the text was taken up next.
Those of the boys who had a prayer book took them out, but this one boy had only a deck of cards, and so he spread them out. The Sergeant in charge of the soldiers saw the cards and said, "Soldier, put away those cards." After the services was over, the soldier was taken prisoner and brought before the Provost Marshall.
The Marshall said, "Sergeant, why have you brought this man
here?" "For playing cards in church, Sir." "And what have you to say for yourself, son?" "Much, Sir," replied the soldier. The Marshall said, "I hope so, for if not I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished." The soldier said, "Sir, I have been on the march for about six days. I have neither a Bible nor a prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir, with the purity of my intentions." And with that, the boy started his story:
"You see Sir, when I look at the Ace, it reminds me that there
is but one God.And the Deuce reminds me that the Bible is divided into two parts, the Old and the New Testaments.
When I see the Trey, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And when I see the Four, I think of the four Evangelists who preached the Gospel; there was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
And when I see the Five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps; there were ten of them: five were
wise and were saved, five were foolish and were shut out.
When I see the Six, it reminds me that in six days, God made this great heaven and earth.
When I see the Seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day, God
rested from His great work.
And when I see the Eight, I think of the eight righteous persons God saved when He destroyed this earth; there was Noah, his wife, their sons and their wives.
And when I see the Nine, I think of the lepers our Savior cleansed, and nine out of the ten didn't even thank Him.
When I see the Ten, I think of the Ten Commandments God
handed down to Moses on a table of stone.
When I see the King, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven, God Almighty.
And when I see the Queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is Queen ofHeaven.
And the Jack or Knave is the Devil.
When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards, I find 365, the number of days in a year.
There are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year.
There are 4 suits, the number of weeks in a month.
There are 12 picture cards, the number of months in a year. There are 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.
So you see, Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible, an Almanac and a Prayer Book."
"And friends, the story is true, because my son was that soldier."
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
CENTENNIAL PARADE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AT 2 PM
HELLO EVERYBODY 10/10/07
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THIS CENTENNIAL PARADE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AT 2 PM. IN OKLAHOMA CITY. RAIN OR SHINE!!!
IT WILL BE PROBABLY THE MOST ELABORATE PARADE OF MOST OF OUR LIFETIMES
IT IS SLIPPING UP ON US AND IS ALMOST GONE, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY KNOW OF IT.
SO, GET ON LINE, CHECK IT OUT...THEN IT IS UP TO YOU...IF YOU MISS IT, AT LEAST YOU KNEW OF IT.
SINCERELY,
SHARON ROBINSON
tp://www.okcentennialparade.com/parade.html
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THIS CENTENNIAL PARADE WILL BE THIS SUNDAY AT 2 PM. IN OKLAHOMA CITY. RAIN OR SHINE!!!
IT WILL BE PROBABLY THE MOST ELABORATE PARADE OF MOST OF OUR LIFETIMES
IT IS SLIPPING UP ON US AND IS ALMOST GONE, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY KNOW OF IT.
SO, GET ON LINE, CHECK IT OUT...THEN IT IS UP TO YOU...IF YOU MISS IT, AT LEAST YOU KNEW OF IT.
SINCERELY,
SHARON ROBINSON
tp://www.okcentennialparade.com/parade.html
Don't know who I will support for Pres yet.... but ... take the quiz.... I can tell you who I don't want to win... haha...
History Quiz - 2007
A little history lesson: If you don't know the answer make your best guess. Answer all the questions before looking at the answers. Who said it? [
1) "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to government of the few, by the few, and for the few...and to replace it with shared responsibility for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) "(We)...can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbe ls
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own...in order to create this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in (the) entire economy that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
(4) D. None o f the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by Hillary Clinton
Be afraid. Be very, very afraid
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
DON'T SQUAT WITH YER SPURS ON: A COWBOY'S GUIDE TO LIFE
DON'T SQUAT WITH YER SPURS ON: A COWBOY'S GUIDE TO LIFE
by Texas Bix Bender
* Never kick a fresh cow chip on a hot day.
* There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.
* Don't worry about bitin' off more than you can chew. Your mouth is
probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try
orderin' somebody else's dog around.
* Never ask a man the size of his spread.
* After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started
roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The
moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
* If you find yourself in a hole the first thing to do is stop
diggin'.
* Never smack a man who's chewin' tobacco.
* It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
* Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from
bad judgment.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Never drop your gun to hug a grizzly.
* If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and
then to make sure it's still there.
* When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't
be surprised if they learn their lesson.
* When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown
around by somebody else.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it
back.
* Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so
important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was.
* The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it
back in your pocket.
* Never miss a good chance to shut up.
Monday, October 08, 2007
uhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... BEEF.......
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Question....
Question
The beginning of eternity
The end of time and space
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
what is it?
I am SMILING 'tishe'.....
Ms. Madison had about 15 hair clips in her hair... and can you tell how much she was smiling... hahahaha....
lots of fun and good times...
you won't see Andrew in these photos cuz he was either eating, sleeping or watching tv.... now Madison on the other hand.. haha...
Grandma and I had a ball with Andrew and Madison over the weekend... Heather and Paul had a quick get away... for a few days and Grandma Joan and Grandpa Roy kept the kiddos for a couple of days and we kept them for a couple...
Enjoy the cooler weather, even if it's for only a day...
now a series of photos... from Madison's eyes... as she sees us thru the camera....
Yes in other words.. she took these photos...
Life is a gift
"Life is a gift to you.
The way you live your life is your gift to those who came after.
Make it a fantastic one!"
LIVE IT WELL!!
~author unknown~
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Happy Birthday to Marilyn K Moffat
Happy Birthday Sis... and many more... bet it's a wonderful day...
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Carter Sampson's song, "Payne County Line" will be featured as GarageBand.com's Folk Track of the Day on Wednesday, the 10th of October, 2007.
PCL,
Carter Sampson's song
will be featured as GarageBand.com's Folk Track of the Day on Wednesday, the 10th of October, 2007.
Thanks for all of the support! Carter
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Tea With Miss Coulter
(Agree or disagree with her, she just make sense about some things that often don't!)
Tea With Miss Coulter
Ann Coulter, wearing black sunglasses, a white tank top and capri pants, was sitting on a couch in the Carlyle Hotel’s tea room. It was a few days before the publication of her book, If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans.
I asked her if the war on terror was still the No. 1 issue.
“It’s the top nine of 10 issues. For Democrats, it’s about number 57. We’ll see, but I think Americans are smarter than we think. We think we know what Americans think as reflected in the mainstream media—well, that has been wrong so many times. But what they ought to know is that this is a far more dangerous war than the Cold War. … This enemy says, ‘We’re willing to die for our cause.’ They do commit suicides for their cause. So how do you deter someone like that? It’s not, ‘Can we deter them?’ It’s, ‘Do they have the technology?’ Because the moment they have it, they will use it. That’s terrifying. And you know who said that before he died, was Jerry Falwell. He said, Christians understand; we care about abortion and gay marriage and everything else, but we understand that the big issue is terrorism.”
So six years now without an attack on our soil?
“How about that? Nothing. We did finally get numbers this week: For years now the government hasn’t been releasing how many of them we’re killing. You think it’s just like this unending holocaust of Americans. At 3,000 dead, it’s the most tepid holocaust I’ve ever heard of. We’ve killed about 20,000 of them, of terrorists, of militants, of Al Qaeda members, and they’ve gotten a little over 3,000 of ours. That is where the war is being fought, in Iraq, that is where we are fighting Al Qaeda. Sorry we have to use your country, Iraqis, but you let Saddam come to power, ha-ha, and we are going to instill democracy in your country.”
How much blame does Bill Clinton deserve for 9/11?
“A lot. Jimmy Carter got the whole thing started, Bill Clinton let it build, build, build, build, build. He wouldn’t deal with it, because he had no credibility on deploying the military. He was a pot-smoking draft dodger, and so when he was presented with credible evidence that this or that country was behind a terrorist attack, he’d just have to look the other way: ‘No, don’t let me hear that. Call in Monica!’… Jimmy Carter gave Islamic craziness its first real foothold. There was no state-sponsored—they were just living in the dirt hating us until they had Iran. How did that happen? Because Americans forgot what it’s like to put a Democrat in charge of national security. Then we have eight years of Bill Clinton ignoring, ignoring, ignoring, ignoring—they’re ginning themselves up, Osama is saying, ‘You have six dead in Somalia and you pull out? We have boys lining up.’ Now this isn’t the Cold War, these aren’t sane but evil white men—these are crazy Islamists. This country—people are under the impression that it could never change, that this can be taken for granted, it can’t be taken away, and this is a terrifying time. I mean, it’s terrifying to think what could happen with a one-term Democrat, any of those Democrats.”
Why do some people believe the terrorist threat has been exaggerated?
“There’s an element in this country that is rooting against America. … These aren’t people who are thinking about America’s interests, so their behavior seems inexplicable to normal, patriotic Americans, but once you realize they are rooting against America, well then, they want to tell people there is no threat, there is no enemy, do nothing, don’t fight back. And they have a comfortable home in the Democratic Party.”
What are her thoughts on feminism?
“This whole feminist movement has nothing to do with women. Until Bill Clinton, if a 70-year-old boss called his 60-year-old secretary ‘honey,’ they’d be screaming about white male patriarchal oppression. But then they have an actual president molesting the help and credibly accused of raping women and suddenly we have a new definition of sexual harassment, to the point where Gloria Steinem wrote in The New York Times basically the ‘one free grope’ rule. You get one free grope and if the woman says no, then you’re not supposed to keep dropping your pants and saying ‘kiss it.’ But you’re allowed to drop your pants one time. … And with me they’ve dropped their principles on everything. They’re debating whether it’s okay for a liberal male to fantasize about raping me—that’s the state feminism has come to.”
Did she mean it recently when she said she wished there was a fatwa against her?
“Actually, I can’t get one. You can only get one if you’re a Muslim. And a Muslim friend of mine also pointed out to me, ‘They don’t particularly care in your case, because you’re just a girl—they just want to kill you.’”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia University?“Shocking. You know, I give a lot of college speeches, I know how colleges behave, and there is the least free speech on a college campus as any place in America. It is like Iran—so for them to be saying they are allowing this guy to speak because of free speech, you know, your head explodes. … Ahmadinejad held the Holocaust cartoon contest; he is funding Shia militants. And if you watched the speech, he was wildly applauded for every anti-American remark—the only one that upset them was when he didn’t endorse sodomy.”
Did Columbia inviting him give the Iranian president more legitimacy?
“Absolutely. My point is that Americans have to wake up and realize that there are people who are trying to help the enemy. It’s like Americans, or liberals, not believing that people like Ahmadinejad would be willing to commit suicide in order to destroy Israel and America. They say it, they do it, and yet Americans don’t believe it. Liberals root for the other side consistently, they aid the other side consistently. … These people root against America.”
Who would be a better president for New York City, Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton?
“Well, since I think the main thing New Yorkers ought to be looking for is someone who will not allow the Muslims to put a dirty bomb in New York, definitely Rudy.”
How would she sum up Hillary’s campaign strategy?
“Assume that the loony base secretly knows you are a Marxist, so that you can talk like a moderate Democrat, appeal to the DLC types, and people who are Democrats because their grandparents were Democrats.”
If Hillary’s elected, does she think she’ll—
“Impose communism in America? Yes. And I think it’s a little worse than that, because I think she has a chip on her shoulder and a ‘to do’ list. Ha-ha!”
If the Clintons are back in the White House, won’t there at least be some good drama and a safe, familiar feeling?
“That’s like hoping for O.J. to kill again. I actually think they’re a bore. We know everything about them now. Look how many books have been written about Hillary. The Don Van Natta and Jeff Gerth book, they’re like the two best reporters in America or within the top five, and they turned up a few good stories, but don’t you feel like you know everything about it? I wanted to go just to [the page about] Hillary listening to illegally wiretapped phone calls of Bill Clinton’s bimbos. That’s a pretty big story, and then I don’t feel like I really have to read anything else. So I think it will be a bore. I mean, he’s not going to be around. He’ll be ambassador to Club Med. He’ll be out of the picture.”
The Baby Billionaires Preschool
The Baby Billionaires Preschool
Tuesday, 07/10/2007 5:24 PM
Tags: The City
by Michael Kubin
(New York City)
Our goal at the Baby Billionaires Preschool is to provide a positive, age-appropriate experience in an environment which nurtures social and educational learning while preparing children in the basic analytical skills of corporate finance, modern capital markets, and risk analysis. We focus on physical play, creative expression, guided relaxation and the study of internal functional operations of business enterprises.
Typical daily schedule
7-8:30 a.m. Welcome Time/Free Play Several learning and activity centers are available, including blocks, crayons and Play-Doh. Parents must sign in the time their child arrives.
8:30-9 a.m. Analysis and Valuation Time Children assess a firm’s value proposition, identify key drivers and barriers, evaluate a firm’s accounting policies, and appraise future sustainability.
9-9:30 a.m. Snack Time Children are encouraged to use the restrooms and wash hands.
9:30-10 a.m. Midmorning Free Play Several learning areas are available such as blocks, puppets, Bloomberg monitors, small motor toys and finger painting.
10-10:30 a.m. Project Time Children work at their tables either on a multiplayer online venture capital simulation or a cooking activity.
10:30-10:45 a.m. Large Group Time The class gathers to learn about the weekly theme, sing songs, perform finger plays, discuss the implications of investor psychology and capital market imperfections, hear stories and examine the calendar.
10:45-11:15 a.m. Outdoor Awareness Time Children experience the complexity of the global food and agribusiness chain by playing “steal the bacon” in character.
11:15-11:30 a.m. Lunch Prep Use bathroom and wash hands.
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch Parents may either bring lunch from home for their child or purchase blanched collards and mung bean sprouts with watermelon-soy dressing.
12-12:30 p.m. Quiet Time Prep Use bathroom, wash hands, and listen to tape of “Guided Meditation/Relaxation Techniques Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety While Increasing Self-esteem and Self-awareness.”
12:30-3 p.m. Quiet Time All children are encouraged to lie on their cots for the beginning of nap. After the other children have a chance to fall asleep, children who are not sleeping may be given a mild sedative.
3-3:30 p.m. Wake Up/Pep Time Use bathrooms, wash hands, put cots and blankets away and complete the twelve poses of Sivananda Yoga.
3:30-4 p.m. Indoor Interest Areas Children examine how financial engineering, especially risk derivatives and risk management techniques, can be used to advance their strategic goals.
4-4:30 p.m. NYSE Closing Bell Children holding open positions (long or short) report them to the chief investment officer.
4:30-5 p.m. Sandbox Hierarchy Identifying the alpha baby through conceptual guidelines for diagnosing team dynamics and determining strategic options for optimization.
5-5:30 p.m. Quiet Play at Tables Probability, risk, and profit-maximizing tactics in Chutes and Ladders, strategic choices in multi-person games, and game-theory equilibria in Go Fish.
5:30-6 p.m. Complex Organism Play Children examine the challenges of managing coordination of local responsiveness by playing tag, absolute economies in King of the Hill, and cross-border interlocking tactics through Duck, Duck, Goose. (Time out given to any child demanding foie gras.)
Off-site Activities Field trips will be going to the petting zoo, the energy derivatives trading desk at Deutsche Bank, and the firehouse. Parents must turn in their child’s permission form in advance.
External Resources We encourage parent participation. We especially welcome those with special interests, hobbies, crafts, or any who wish to tell a favorite story about a takeover (friendly or hostile) or a creative resolution to an I.R.S. dispute.
Enrichment Programs The Baby Billionaires Preschool provides special enrichment opportunities throughout the school year. The children especially enjoy monthly science programs, mime classes, sign language, forensic accounting presentations and bug day.
Staff We are committed to hiring loving and experienced teachers. Every member of our staff is trained in early childhood education, activity-based costing and management, capital markets and equity finance.
Tuesday, 07/10/2007 5:24 PM
Tags: The City
by Michael Kubin
(New York City)
Our goal at the Baby Billionaires Preschool is to provide a positive, age-appropriate experience in an environment which nurtures social and educational learning while preparing children in the basic analytical skills of corporate finance, modern capital markets, and risk analysis. We focus on physical play, creative expression, guided relaxation and the study of internal functional operations of business enterprises.
Typical daily schedule
7-8:30 a.m. Welcome Time/Free Play Several learning and activity centers are available, including blocks, crayons and Play-Doh. Parents must sign in the time their child arrives.
8:30-9 a.m. Analysis and Valuation Time Children assess a firm’s value proposition, identify key drivers and barriers, evaluate a firm’s accounting policies, and appraise future sustainability.
9-9:30 a.m. Snack Time Children are encouraged to use the restrooms and wash hands.
9:30-10 a.m. Midmorning Free Play Several learning areas are available such as blocks, puppets, Bloomberg monitors, small motor toys and finger painting.
10-10:30 a.m. Project Time Children work at their tables either on a multiplayer online venture capital simulation or a cooking activity.
10:30-10:45 a.m. Large Group Time The class gathers to learn about the weekly theme, sing songs, perform finger plays, discuss the implications of investor psychology and capital market imperfections, hear stories and examine the calendar.
10:45-11:15 a.m. Outdoor Awareness Time Children experience the complexity of the global food and agribusiness chain by playing “steal the bacon” in character.
11:15-11:30 a.m. Lunch Prep Use bathroom and wash hands.
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch Parents may either bring lunch from home for their child or purchase blanched collards and mung bean sprouts with watermelon-soy dressing.
12-12:30 p.m. Quiet Time Prep Use bathroom, wash hands, and listen to tape of “Guided Meditation/Relaxation Techniques Designed to Decrease Stress, Anger and Anxiety While Increasing Self-esteem and Self-awareness.”
12:30-3 p.m. Quiet Time All children are encouraged to lie on their cots for the beginning of nap. After the other children have a chance to fall asleep, children who are not sleeping may be given a mild sedative.
3-3:30 p.m. Wake Up/Pep Time Use bathrooms, wash hands, put cots and blankets away and complete the twelve poses of Sivananda Yoga.
3:30-4 p.m. Indoor Interest Areas Children examine how financial engineering, especially risk derivatives and risk management techniques, can be used to advance their strategic goals.
4-4:30 p.m. NYSE Closing Bell Children holding open positions (long or short) report them to the chief investment officer.
4:30-5 p.m. Sandbox Hierarchy Identifying the alpha baby through conceptual guidelines for diagnosing team dynamics and determining strategic options for optimization.
5-5:30 p.m. Quiet Play at Tables Probability, risk, and profit-maximizing tactics in Chutes and Ladders, strategic choices in multi-person games, and game-theory equilibria in Go Fish.
5:30-6 p.m. Complex Organism Play Children examine the challenges of managing coordination of local responsiveness by playing tag, absolute economies in King of the Hill, and cross-border interlocking tactics through Duck, Duck, Goose. (Time out given to any child demanding foie gras.)
Off-site Activities Field trips will be going to the petting zoo, the energy derivatives trading desk at Deutsche Bank, and the firehouse. Parents must turn in their child’s permission form in advance.
External Resources We encourage parent participation. We especially welcome those with special interests, hobbies, crafts, or any who wish to tell a favorite story about a takeover (friendly or hostile) or a creative resolution to an I.R.S. dispute.
Enrichment Programs The Baby Billionaires Preschool provides special enrichment opportunities throughout the school year. The children especially enjoy monthly science programs, mime classes, sign language, forensic accounting presentations and bug day.
Staff We are committed to hiring loving and experienced teachers. Every member of our staff is trained in early childhood education, activity-based costing and management, capital markets and equity finance.
'You ain't gonna like losing.' - Some of us still believe, and don't want to lose.....
'You ain't gonna like losing.'
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WW2. It is not.Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders. Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not. And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WW2 than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WW2 and worked together to win that war. Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort. Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining. You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted! And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops! Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning. There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crackheads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve. It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices. We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one-third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause...Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits. So...we either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall.
President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism. But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq . Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one his father fought for in WW2. It is not.Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression. The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression, but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders. Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind, and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether the war was going badly or not. And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great as it is today. Often there were more casualties in one day in WW2 than we have had in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President because it was their patriotic duty. Americans put aside their differences in WW2 and worked together to win that war. Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in. Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort. Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort. Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or condition trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap, to butter was imposed, yet there was very little complaining. You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President. Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale. And a bunch even enlisted! And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance, and with prayers for our country and our troops! Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared complain about what we were doing to catch spies. A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear, or subjected to interrogation by a woman, or being scared by a dog or did not have air conditioning. There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio. We did not have legions of crackheads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.
No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers. He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve. It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the land of Oz. We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending our country would require some sacrifices. We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay, even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam. It has been estimated that about one-third or over three hundred million Muslims are sympathetic to the terrorists cause...Hitler and Tojo combined did not have nearly that many potential recruits. So...we either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.
America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall.
I mean.... No way to win in this deal... haha.... from my dear friend who provided me with the great skin care package.....
comes this note.......
Dearest Friend,
I am so sorry to hear of your recent affliction. Please know that my gift was intended with all possible caring and compassion reserved for a friend of your esteemed status. I am also sure that the appearance of your affliction and the timely arrival of the gift are strictly a coincidence. As a former EMT, I might offer that you recollect where you have been and what you have done that might provide some insight as to the source of the affliction. I might also offer that a cornerstone of EMT work is the assumption that all contact with others is potentially hazardous and one should protect one's self accordingly. This obviously may apply in our personal lives as well. It is possible, that a great steak dinner might resolve the affliction in an expedious manner. Once you have determined that the affliction is not a contagious malady, my beloved wife and I would be happy to join you if you would so honor us with an invitation. I do wish you well with your affliction. I regret that it may, in some way, take away some of the enjoyment you may receive from the gift.
Your dear friend,
Craig
I am still... I mean STILL... laughing... guess this is a justly deserved note... haha... and in our private lives... haha... hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm steak dinner hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Dearest Friend,
I am so sorry to hear of your recent affliction. Please know that my gift was intended with all possible caring and compassion reserved for a friend of your esteemed status. I am also sure that the appearance of your affliction and the timely arrival of the gift are strictly a coincidence. As a former EMT, I might offer that you recollect where you have been and what you have done that might provide some insight as to the source of the affliction. I might also offer that a cornerstone of EMT work is the assumption that all contact with others is potentially hazardous and one should protect one's self accordingly. This obviously may apply in our personal lives as well. It is possible, that a great steak dinner might resolve the affliction in an expedious manner. Once you have determined that the affliction is not a contagious malady, my beloved wife and I would be happy to join you if you would so honor us with an invitation. I do wish you well with your affliction. I regret that it may, in some way, take away some of the enjoyment you may receive from the gift.
Your dear friend,
Craig
I am still... I mean STILL... laughing... guess this is a justly deserved note... haha... and in our private lives... haha... hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm steak dinner hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
my dsl has been down since last evening..
Finally my provider answered the phone this am... the message box was FULL at 930pm last night.. haha...
lightning hit the tower and fried all inside about 6:30pm .... wow.. Tower is 1.5 miles from house...
so am doing this in cell phone.. and it is s l o w.....
we did get about an inch of rain... no snow however, that will have to wait...
All I know... We are thinking of trying to join Jon and Randi and kiddos in Tishimingo on Saturday for the big Chickasaw Festival that is going on this week. They will have lots of booths, art, etc.. Hope all works out, supposed to storm maybe on Sat. and we are helping with Heather and Paul's two kiddos while they head to Eureka Springs for a few days... So we will have to decide if we are big enough to try that with two small live wires.. ok.. maybe one live wire and one .... couch potato... hahaha...
all for now.. rock on.. enjoy the day!
lightning hit the tower and fried all inside about 6:30pm .... wow.. Tower is 1.5 miles from house...
so am doing this in cell phone.. and it is s l o w.....
we did get about an inch of rain... no snow however, that will have to wait...
All I know... We are thinking of trying to join Jon and Randi and kiddos in Tishimingo on Saturday for the big Chickasaw Festival that is going on this week. They will have lots of booths, art, etc.. Hope all works out, supposed to storm maybe on Sat. and we are helping with Heather and Paul's two kiddos while they head to Eureka Springs for a few days... So we will have to decide if we are big enough to try that with two small live wires.. ok.. maybe one live wire and one .... couch potato... hahaha...
all for now.. rock on.. enjoy the day!
I'll get you my friend... hahahahahaha
Thanks Craig... you da man.... was just thinking about how one might 'help' an EMT.... Hummm.... hehe....
I have these huge
sores all over my body..... big red ugly things..... wow.... thanks FRIEND.....!!!!
I USED to have a wonderful dear friend,
that I thought the world of.... and last evening HE sent home this lovely gift .... he somehow found out I too, along with Ann, like Bath and Body Works...
I am sure he spared NO expense and searched for days if not weeks to find this great gift set....
but I am not sure if he is really a friend, after using this set....
Randi sent this very educational note.... food for thought as you PASS the golden arches....
Pretty interesting…especially if you’re a smart consumer and looking for the healthiest products. J
I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand the issues here. But to those of us who's living depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... this is frustrating. As far as my family, we don't eat at McDonald's much (Subway is our choice of fast food), but this will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. American cattle producers are very passionate about this. McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good enough to provide beef.
We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact felt.
Please pass it on. Just to add a note, all Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow.
South Americans are not required to do this as of yet.
McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations they have are loosely controlled.
They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various hormones and growth regulators that we can't.
The American public needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's.
American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is what Americans deserve to eat, not beef from countries where quality is loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see the light.
I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
2471 TA! MU
College Station, TX 77843-2471
Email d-forrest@tamu.ed
Phone (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399
Randi sent this very educational note.... food for thought as you PASS the golden arches....
Pretty interesting…especially if you’re a smart consumer and looking for the healthiest products. J
I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand the issues here. But to those of us who's living depends on the cattle market, selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... this is frustrating. As far as my family, we don't eat at McDonald's much (Subway is our choice of fast food), but this will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.
The original message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association. American cattle producers are very passionate about this. McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the USA are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good enough to provide beef.
We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact felt.
Please pass it on. Just to add a note, all Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow.
South Americans are not required to do this as of yet.
McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of their beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations they have are loosely controlled.
They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various hormones and growth regulators that we can't.
The American public needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald's.
American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is what Americans deserve to eat, not beef from countries where quality is loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see the light.
I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it comes to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.
I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
David W. Forrest, Ph.D., PAS, Dipl. ACAP
Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
2471 TA! MU
College Station, TX 77843-2471
Email d-forrest@tamu.ed
Phone (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399
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