To all the Family, Friends and People We Love. May God Bless you and your family.
Love
The Big Kahuna
Backwoods Home Magazine
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Freedom Something to be Responsible For
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(political)
Political freedom is the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression. The members of a free society would have full dominion over their public and private lives. The opposite of a free society would be a totalitarian state, which highly restricts political freedom in order to regulate almost every aspect of behavior. In this sense ‘freedom’ refers solely to the relation of men to other men, and the only infringement on it is coercion by men.
We were free from our first breath. What more true word to live by.........
I had a very interesting conversation with a Seventeen year old Women. She and I always have very good conversations. But this one amazed me. We began by talking politics. Which then turn to the Constitution. She made a statement that floored me. She said that in one of her classes the were discussing the validity of the Constitution and how the wording of the Constitution can be manipulated to advance any agenda because of how Vague it is.
the first amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What can be manipulated here? What is Vague? Most People will list this at one of the most important. But do we forget that there is Nine more that our founding Fathers felt necessary for them to enact into our Constitution.
Lets Look at them.
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression
Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms
Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers
Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings
Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses
Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution
Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People
These ten were of course called the " Bill of Rights "
These were also written by White Christian Slave Owners? So they have no Validity? RIGHT??????? They are Archaic words on An Archaic Document. They have no place in our race towards Nationalism. Towards Globalism. RIGHT?????????????? How could we ever be so wrong.
These Rights are not guaranteed because of some piece of paper. These Rights are not GIVEN to us by our government. They were not given to us 200+ Years ago by a group of Men. These rights are not just for the United States. These rights are the PERSONAL Responsibilities of every man, Women and Child to take and uphold. These rights are interconnected. When one is taken and "Interpreted". Others will soon be "Interpreted" changed and determined for us. That is were personal responsibility starts.
Personal Responsibilities in this day and age is something of a bitter pill.
People say that they want Freedom. They Want change. But what is the cost. What is the Responsibilities of that freedom. of that change. Maybe we should look back to What our Founding Father Wrote. Start teaching our kids that they were free from there first breath. That no one rules a free person but there Divine Creator and Themselves.
It is our Belief that determines our Responsibilities. It is our Responsibilities that create Change. It is Change that leads to freedom.
The Big Kahuna
Sunday, November 09, 2008
A Post Election Comentary From DownsizeDC.org
Check Out the web address. http://www.downsizedc.org
As Most people know by now I am no Obama fan. I was not a fan of the MCpalin Camp Either. Both Canidates offer no positive change. I am tired of voteing for the lesser of two evils. People need to see that we see two sides of the same coin when it come to the democrats and republicans. They want the same thing. To make you dependent and so greedy that no one will oppose them.
The Big Kahuna
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Quote of the Day: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." -- William Shakespeare
Subject: Not your usual post-election commentary
The media describes every election as historic, the most important in a generation, etc. When the voting is done they tell us a new era has dawned, that things will change, that nothing will ever be the same, blah, blah, blah.
One aspect of these claims is true, this time. It is both historic and meaningful that the United States has elected its first African-American president. We applaud and celebrate this. We think the significance of this event transcends mere symbolism. Otherwise, the election was what all other elections have been . . .
" . . . a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Can we support this harsh assessment? Consider . . .
The election thoroughly repudiated the Republican Party. They lost the White House in a landslide, and got clobbered in Congressional races. We might assume from this, if elections really produced change, that many Republican policies of the last eight years will be reversed. We predict that almost none of them will be.
The Republicans were responsible for . . .
* Enacting the largest new entitlement in decades -- the prescription drug program
* Passing social engineering schemes like "No Child Left Behind"
* Starting an un-provoked war
* Gutting constitutional liberties
* Running-up vast deficits
Will the Democrats reverse any of these actions? Sadly, we think the answer is "No." What, then, was the point of the election?
Was it merely to punish the Republicans while leaving their sins uncorrected? Was the purpose to give the Democrats permission to pursue all of their own pet projects for social engineering, and to spend, spend, spend to their hearts content?
Undoubtedly this last item is the message Democratic politicians will claim they heard. After all, they received a mandate, and if the mandate was not to pursue their dreams then the word has no meaning.
Of course, some voters can say, "Don't blame me, I voted Libertarian . . . or for the Constitution Party . . . or the Greens." Didn't these voters, at least, send a clear message about what they want?
We think not.
What does the average person assume when he or she sees third party candidates listed in his newspaper with tiny vote percentages next to their names? We think he or she assumes that . . .
"Those are fringe candidates with fringe ideas that no one supports. Therefore, I need not consider what they have to say."
The system is rigged against third parties. This guarantees low vote totals for those parties. It also guarantees that the ideas those parties represent will always be viewed as marginal.
Third parties don't promote ideas, they marginalize them!
Oh yes, we know all about the exceptions, like the Socialists and the Progressives, both of whom had ideas adopted by the major parties. But please notice, those ideas made the politicians, and even tax-funded intellectuals in the school system, MORE POWERFUL. That's the real reason those ideas were adopted; it wasn't because the Socialists and the Progressives managed to score a few points on Election Day.
So what does voting for partisan candidates actually accomplish? What does it communicate? As far as we can tell the answer is nothing, except that . . .
It gives the victims of the con game -- the American people -- an illusion of control. But we have no control -- no say so.
Voting in the partisan electoral contest merely gives sanction to the con-artists who constantly victimize us. That's the role of the voter, to sanction what the politicians do. That's it. It's like Emma Goldman said, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
Is this the way you want things to be?
The ways of the future do not lie in the ways of the past. The ways of the past involved hoping the new boss would be different than the old boss. But many decades have come and gone, and the new boss has always been the same as the old boss. We should abandon the old ways and adopt new ways.
The way to a better future lies in withdrawing our consent and issuing direct orders to our supposed public servants. Votes send confusing signals. But plain talk is rarely misunderstood.
The new way involves building a new social force with the power to make public servants miserable. Withdraw consent. Issue orders. Make the public servant submit.
The politicians are busy right now convincing themselves that the public wants top-down, centralized, Democratic social engineering. Who can disabuse them of this notion? After all, the votes have been cast. The people have spoken.
Only YOU can disabuse the politicians of their self-serving interpretations of inarticulate votes. The Republicans were repudiated. Therefore, the things the Republicans did must also be repudiated. This should be the mandate for the new Congress. Fortunately, we have a vehicle for doing just that . . .
Ron Paul's "American Freedom Agenda Act" would repeal a good chunk of the bad things the Republicans did. Use our Educate the Powerful system to ask your elected representatives to pass this bill.
Use your personal comments to tell your elected representatives that the Republicans were repudiated, therefore the things the Republicans did must also be repudiated
As Most people know by now I am no Obama fan. I was not a fan of the MCpalin Camp Either. Both Canidates offer no positive change. I am tired of voteing for the lesser of two evils. People need to see that we see two sides of the same coin when it come to the democrats and republicans. They want the same thing. To make you dependent and so greedy that no one will oppose them.
The Big Kahuna
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Quote of the Day: "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." -- William Shakespeare
Subject: Not your usual post-election commentary
The media describes every election as historic, the most important in a generation, etc. When the voting is done they tell us a new era has dawned, that things will change, that nothing will ever be the same, blah, blah, blah.
One aspect of these claims is true, this time. It is both historic and meaningful that the United States has elected its first African-American president. We applaud and celebrate this. We think the significance of this event transcends mere symbolism. Otherwise, the election was what all other elections have been . . .
" . . . a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Can we support this harsh assessment? Consider . . .
The election thoroughly repudiated the Republican Party. They lost the White House in a landslide, and got clobbered in Congressional races. We might assume from this, if elections really produced change, that many Republican policies of the last eight years will be reversed. We predict that almost none of them will be.
The Republicans were responsible for . . .
* Enacting the largest new entitlement in decades -- the prescription drug program
* Passing social engineering schemes like "No Child Left Behind"
* Starting an un-provoked war
* Gutting constitutional liberties
* Running-up vast deficits
Will the Democrats reverse any of these actions? Sadly, we think the answer is "No." What, then, was the point of the election?
Was it merely to punish the Republicans while leaving their sins uncorrected? Was the purpose to give the Democrats permission to pursue all of their own pet projects for social engineering, and to spend, spend, spend to their hearts content?
Undoubtedly this last item is the message Democratic politicians will claim they heard. After all, they received a mandate, and if the mandate was not to pursue their dreams then the word has no meaning.
Of course, some voters can say, "Don't blame me, I voted Libertarian . . . or for the Constitution Party . . . or the Greens." Didn't these voters, at least, send a clear message about what they want?
We think not.
What does the average person assume when he or she sees third party candidates listed in his newspaper with tiny vote percentages next to their names? We think he or she assumes that . . .
"Those are fringe candidates with fringe ideas that no one supports. Therefore, I need not consider what they have to say."
The system is rigged against third parties. This guarantees low vote totals for those parties. It also guarantees that the ideas those parties represent will always be viewed as marginal.
Third parties don't promote ideas, they marginalize them!
Oh yes, we know all about the exceptions, like the Socialists and the Progressives, both of whom had ideas adopted by the major parties. But please notice, those ideas made the politicians, and even tax-funded intellectuals in the school system, MORE POWERFUL. That's the real reason those ideas were adopted; it wasn't because the Socialists and the Progressives managed to score a few points on Election Day.
So what does voting for partisan candidates actually accomplish? What does it communicate? As far as we can tell the answer is nothing, except that . . .
It gives the victims of the con game -- the American people -- an illusion of control. But we have no control -- no say so.
Voting in the partisan electoral contest merely gives sanction to the con-artists who constantly victimize us. That's the role of the voter, to sanction what the politicians do. That's it. It's like Emma Goldman said, "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."
Is this the way you want things to be?
The ways of the future do not lie in the ways of the past. The ways of the past involved hoping the new boss would be different than the old boss. But many decades have come and gone, and the new boss has always been the same as the old boss. We should abandon the old ways and adopt new ways.
The way to a better future lies in withdrawing our consent and issuing direct orders to our supposed public servants. Votes send confusing signals. But plain talk is rarely misunderstood.
The new way involves building a new social force with the power to make public servants miserable. Withdraw consent. Issue orders. Make the public servant submit.
The politicians are busy right now convincing themselves that the public wants top-down, centralized, Democratic social engineering. Who can disabuse them of this notion? After all, the votes have been cast. The people have spoken.
Only YOU can disabuse the politicians of their self-serving interpretations of inarticulate votes. The Republicans were repudiated. Therefore, the things the Republicans did must also be repudiated. This should be the mandate for the new Congress. Fortunately, we have a vehicle for doing just that . . .
Ron Paul's "American Freedom Agenda Act" would repeal a good chunk of the bad things the Republicans did. Use our Educate the Powerful system to ask your elected representatives to pass this bill.
Use your personal comments to tell your elected representatives that the Republicans were repudiated, therefore the things the Republicans did must also be repudiated
Friday, November 07, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Miss Magoo Is Not 2
This is a shout out to all the family that. The Megers is 3 Today. Happy Birthday to The Megers.
Love
JJSM
Thursday, October 23, 2008
At Home Bear Awareness
Hey all,
This is the final article of a months worth of articles about these three bears. It does show us all that no matter how safe we think we are. We always need to be prepared.
We have had lots of snow in the last day or so. about 5-8 inches. More coming.
Love
The Big Kahuna
Grizzly sow shot in Salcha weighed 450 pounds
By Tim Mowry
Published Thursday, October 23, 2008
FAIRBANKS — The sow grizzly bear that was shot along with her two cubs at a home in Salcha last week weighed about 450 pounds, said Tom Seaton, assistant Fairbanks area biologist with the Department of Fish and Game.
“That’s fairly normal for an Interior grizzly sow,” Seaton said. “She was not a super big bear, but she was a good, healthy sow. She was not a starving bear.”
The cubs, both females, weighed 130 and 140 pounds, respectively, he said.
The three bears were shot by homeowner Brandon Mattzela on Johnson Road, 35 miles south of Fairbanks, a week ago after they twice broke into his garage and raided his freezer. The bears were at his home when Mattzela returned from a trip to town Oct. 16, and the sow charged him as he was unloading a fuel tank from his truck.
Mattzela managed to make it into his house and then shot the sow from his second-story bedroom window as it paced back and forth in front of his porch. He then shot the two cubs, which emerged from his garage when he shot the sow.
Seaton estimated the sow’s age between 6 and 10 years.
The hides of the bears will be sold in a state auction for hides, horns and antlers that were confiscated as a result of defense of life and property shootings such as the one in Salcha or from animals taken illegally. The hides on the two cubs were “beautiful,” Seaton said, but the sow had several rub marks.
The carcasses of the bears will be examined by veterinarians, and tissue samples will be taken to be studied, Seaton said.
“Very seldom do we get super-fresh bear tissues,” he said. “When we catch bears (for research purposes), we only get blood. We can’t take a chunk of heart.”
The sow’s carcass went to a trapper to be used for bait this winter, Seaton said.
The incident in Salcha illustrates how important it is for Interior residents — and all Alaskans — to take steps to prevent bears from getting into food at their homes.
“Somewhere along the line, this bear learned that human foods were a huge reward,” Seaton said. “We don’t know when that was, but that undoubtedly led to this bear’s behavior.”
Once a bear learns where it can get food, it becomes conditioned to do so.
“The caloric reward of human food is so great for bears,” Seaton said. “They spend days picking berries, digging roots, which is maybe 1,000 calories a day, and then they step into a garbage can or a freezer and get 10,000 or 20,000 calories out of a discarded gallon of ice cream or a can of bacon grease.
“What that means to a bear is 10 or 20 days of hunting for food,” he said. “The reward is so huge, they cannot deny it.”
Monday, October 20, 2008
Aunt Cyndie's Visit
Last week we had a Great Visit with Aunt Cyndie. She had Come up on a business trip. We only could spend a Couple of hour each day. But we had fun.
Love
The Big Kahuna
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sydney the 5 Year old Little Women
Today is the most spectacular Birthday one Squid aka Sydney. She is 5 going on 25. Wise beyond her years. We love her and Hope she has a great b day.
Love
The Big Kahuna
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Excerpt from Living Buddha Living Christ By Thich Nhat Hanh
Professor Hans Kung has said, "Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world." People kill and are killed because they cling too tightly to their own beliefs and ideologies. When we believe that ours is the only faith that contains the truth, violence and suffering will surely be the result. The second precept of the Order of Interbeing, founded within the Zen Buddhist tradition during the war in Vietnam, is about letting go of views: "Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice nonattachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints." To me, this is the most essential practice of peace.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Snow Snow Snow
The Snow is 3 weeks Early. Earliest Snow to date. We are getting ready for a Long Long Winter. Well I am ready to do some ice fishing. Just need the lakes to freeze.
Love
Big Kahuna
Friday, October 03, 2008
Happy Birthday Pop
This is a snowy and Chilly happy Birthday to Grandpa Rivers. He will be on the way to the Island to see the Canadian Half of the family. Safe trip and lots of hugs.
The Big Kahuna ,Momma ,Squid and Tron All send a Big hug and Happy 10th Birthday.
Happy Birthday ya big kiddo.
Love
The Rivers of Alaska.
Head update. The Noggin is healing. Arm is looking good too.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Grandma Sharon The 25 year old Birthday Girl
You are only as old as you are inside. Love to you and Happy Birthday.
Love
The Big J Kahuna
Monday, September 01, 2008
An Interesting Prespective.............
This is an editorial from The Sunday Paper. I think it hits thing right on the head. As I was reading this. I thought. Is this really true. On some thing. But try to buy an avocado In winter up here and see the 3.00 dollar EACH price tag. Bieng this remote is amazing. But there is always a price.People need to see the need to reduce there global footprint. Please especially pay attention to what I highlighted in the editorial.- Love The Big J Kahuna
News-Miner Editorial
Price increases a relief?
Compared with oil’s rise, food is still relatively cheap
Published Sunday, August 31, 2008
Given the degree to which our economy depends upon phenomenally expensive petroleum, recent news articles about modest food price increases actually seem like good news.
The production and distribution of our modern American diet is so entwined with the need for oil and gas that it is easy to imagine food prices rising in close concert with petroleum. A barrel of oil this month is more than 10 times as expensive as it was a decade ago.
During that decade, a week’s worth of basic nutritious food for a family of four in Fairbanks has risen from almost exactly $100 to $126.
That’s a 26 percent increase. The difference in the price of a barrel of oil is more than 1,000 percent. No one wants to ponder what would happen here if food prices went up by even a fraction of the rise we’ve seen in oil.
But oil is used to carry so much of that food — from places all across the earth to our dinner tables — that it seems logical and unavoidable that such a fractional increase will occur at some point unless petroleum prices drop significantly. The links between our plates and petroleum are even deeper than the transportation system. Many pesticides and herbicides require petrochemical base ingredients derived from oil. Modern farm equipment can’t move without oil. Natural gas, which hasn’t gone as crazy as oil in terms of price, provides the basic feedstock for much of the nation’s agricultural fertilizer.
In fact, economists are expecting this link to start showing up more in food prices. Federal forecasters say prices will rise 5-6 percent this year and another 4-5 percent next year.
That’s a far cry from 1,000 percent, fortunately, but it seems a safe bet to assume greater impacts are coming.
Decades ago, before the creation of modern, efficient transportation systems, Alaskans paid a premium for food carried from the Lower 48. As recently as the 1960s and ’70s, that meant many of us went without fresh meat, fresh milk, fresh eggs, fresh fruit. Unless it was dried or canned, it didn’t make the shopping list if it had to come from Outside.
At the same time, we were more self-sufficient. Gardens were not just for aesthetics — they were essential for healthy living. People hunted and fished more. Small farms surrounded Fairbanks.
In the past 50 years, our expectations and lifestyles changed greatly. Today, Fairbanks, on the far northern end of the nation’s roads, rails and barges, has more products available for prices quite similar to the Lower 48. As life here has changed, we have barely seemed to pay for the differences on a relative scale. We soon may see that change, absent any shift in worldwide petroleum prices.
News-Miner Editorial
Price increases a relief?
Compared with oil’s rise, food is still relatively cheap
Published Sunday, August 31, 2008
Given the degree to which our economy depends upon phenomenally expensive petroleum, recent news articles about modest food price increases actually seem like good news.
The production and distribution of our modern American diet is so entwined with the need for oil and gas that it is easy to imagine food prices rising in close concert with petroleum. A barrel of oil this month is more than 10 times as expensive as it was a decade ago.
During that decade, a week’s worth of basic nutritious food for a family of four in Fairbanks has risen from almost exactly $100 to $126.
That’s a 26 percent increase. The difference in the price of a barrel of oil is more than 1,000 percent. No one wants to ponder what would happen here if food prices went up by even a fraction of the rise we’ve seen in oil.
But oil is used to carry so much of that food — from places all across the earth to our dinner tables — that it seems logical and unavoidable that such a fractional increase will occur at some point unless petroleum prices drop significantly. The links between our plates and petroleum are even deeper than the transportation system. Many pesticides and herbicides require petrochemical base ingredients derived from oil. Modern farm equipment can’t move without oil. Natural gas, which hasn’t gone as crazy as oil in terms of price, provides the basic feedstock for much of the nation’s agricultural fertilizer.
In fact, economists are expecting this link to start showing up more in food prices. Federal forecasters say prices will rise 5-6 percent this year and another 4-5 percent next year.
That’s a far cry from 1,000 percent, fortunately, but it seems a safe bet to assume greater impacts are coming.
Decades ago, before the creation of modern, efficient transportation systems, Alaskans paid a premium for food carried from the Lower 48. As recently as the 1960s and ’70s, that meant many of us went without fresh meat, fresh milk, fresh eggs, fresh fruit. Unless it was dried or canned, it didn’t make the shopping list if it had to come from Outside.
At the same time, we were more self-sufficient. Gardens were not just for aesthetics — they were essential for healthy living. People hunted and fished more. Small farms surrounded Fairbanks.
In the past 50 years, our expectations and lifestyles changed greatly. Today, Fairbanks, on the far northern end of the nation’s roads, rails and barges, has more products available for prices quite similar to the Lower 48. As life here has changed, we have barely seemed to pay for the differences on a relative scale. We soon may see that change, absent any shift in worldwide petroleum prices.
Its Green Its Blue Its Grandma Sue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are excited that Grandma Sue Will be here This Friday. So much to do. Days are shorter. 33 degrees this morning. We should see snow within the month.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
She's Big She's Blue She's a Bi.... Oh ya She's A Beast
Well She Ain't much To look at. But She's a Horse. 83 Ford F250 with 135000 Miles. That is 5400 Miles Per Year!!!!!!!!!!! 1970's Camper Top. Lots of Wrinkles But She's air Tight. Good Price and Payments. Images Come to mind of Dads Popup Tent and Old Roy Beaper.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Amy Komar
This is a Showcase of Talent and a Shameless Plug for a friend of mine. She is a very talented artist that works with me at Zachs. So Please go out and Buy all her Paintings.
www.amykomar.com
Peace and Love
Jason
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Life this week
We have had lots going here this past week.
Well last monday there was tons of craziness at work due to President Bush's visit and speech on his way to the Olympic Games. We had to stay at work so we couldn't attend the speech, but we had lots of fun watching Air Force One, it was on the tarmac on the other side of the street for our parking lot. But so cool to see and so HUGE.
We have been having fun watching the Olympics together as a family.Swimming and Gymnastics has been the favs. That US Swimming team is something, especially Phelps.
Syd told me that she not only wants Gymnastics lessons, but has added swimming lessons to that list. So we will have to see what we can do there. One at a time most likely.
But the biggest news of all is my new job. I still work at Eielson Air Force Base in the dining hall, but am know officially the Night Shift Supervisor. So I will now be working 8pm to 5 am. But salaried ( the steady paycheck will be awesome) and have my medical paid in full. Still will have to pay for the rest of the family.But we haven't had coverage in 3 years so that will be good. And the job has other good benefits as well.
We are also purchasing a pickup this friday. It's 25 years old, but has less miles than our SUV which is a 2004. We have only had 1 car for 3 years now. So it will be nice for us to each have our own to drive. And no longer have to take each other to work when we need the car. The car mine and the truck his. We are getting a camper top with it. It's big enough to sleep all of us and in decent shape.Which will get well used in future hunting and fishing trips.
I also got pulled over for the first( a shock I know as I tend to have a lead foot)
while driving on base on my way to work. My headlight has been acting up and was out, but they thankfully only gave me a warning. Tickets on base get way more survive than others, and I have been told once you get either 2 or 3 you ability to drive on base gets suspended for at least a month.That would make it tough to get to work. You can't talk on cellphones while driving on base either.
And then to top it all off as we were watching the Olympics this evening I heard Syd scream. So I go to the window and there they were about 8 feet from our living room window, 3 moose. 3!!! One was huge and 2 smaller. And of course the window was messing up the flash on my camera. So we went outside and it was just dark enough that my pictures wouldn't come out. So the girls and I stood and watched them for a few minutes as they slowly walked across our street, eating leaves and stopping to stare at us every few moments. It was so cool.
On another note we have been renting alot of movies lately.Due to our busy schedules, cost of gas (paid 4.36 a gallon yesterday), lack of cable,and recent trip we have been spending our time with regular trips to Blockbuster.Anywho, some we have enjoyed lately include: The Missing, Reign Over Me, Fool's Gold, I Now Pronouce You Chuck and Larry and The Bucket List.
Well,I guess that concludes my novel for now.
May God Bless You, Jess
Well last monday there was tons of craziness at work due to President Bush's visit and speech on his way to the Olympic Games. We had to stay at work so we couldn't attend the speech, but we had lots of fun watching Air Force One, it was on the tarmac on the other side of the street for our parking lot. But so cool to see and so HUGE.
We have been having fun watching the Olympics together as a family.Swimming and Gymnastics has been the favs. That US Swimming team is something, especially Phelps.
Syd told me that she not only wants Gymnastics lessons, but has added swimming lessons to that list. So we will have to see what we can do there. One at a time most likely.
But the biggest news of all is my new job. I still work at Eielson Air Force Base in the dining hall, but am know officially the Night Shift Supervisor. So I will now be working 8pm to 5 am. But salaried ( the steady paycheck will be awesome) and have my medical paid in full. Still will have to pay for the rest of the family.But we haven't had coverage in 3 years so that will be good. And the job has other good benefits as well.
We are also purchasing a pickup this friday. It's 25 years old, but has less miles than our SUV which is a 2004. We have only had 1 car for 3 years now. So it will be nice for us to each have our own to drive. And no longer have to take each other to work when we need the car. The car mine and the truck his. We are getting a camper top with it. It's big enough to sleep all of us and in decent shape.Which will get well used in future hunting and fishing trips.
I also got pulled over for the first( a shock I know as I tend to have a lead foot)
while driving on base on my way to work. My headlight has been acting up and was out, but they thankfully only gave me a warning. Tickets on base get way more survive than others, and I have been told once you get either 2 or 3 you ability to drive on base gets suspended for at least a month.That would make it tough to get to work. You can't talk on cellphones while driving on base either.
And then to top it all off as we were watching the Olympics this evening I heard Syd scream. So I go to the window and there they were about 8 feet from our living room window, 3 moose. 3!!! One was huge and 2 smaller. And of course the window was messing up the flash on my camera. So we went outside and it was just dark enough that my pictures wouldn't come out. So the girls and I stood and watched them for a few minutes as they slowly walked across our street, eating leaves and stopping to stare at us every few moments. It was so cool.
On another note we have been renting alot of movies lately.Due to our busy schedules, cost of gas (paid 4.36 a gallon yesterday), lack of cable,and recent trip we have been spending our time with regular trips to Blockbuster.Anywho, some we have enjoyed lately include: The Missing, Reign Over Me, Fool's Gold, I Now Pronouce You Chuck and Larry and The Bucket List.
Well,I guess that concludes my novel for now.
May God Bless You, Jess
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Wow, 6 years?!
Today Jason and I celebrate 6 years of marriage together. It's almost hard to believe. The combination of the fact I have now been with Jason for 8 1/2 years and the fact that my 10 year reunion was the weekend( which I of course didn't go to.. I didn't like most of those people then, why I would I like them more now) has made me feel old. But not really in a bad way, just weird. Yes I know I am only 28. And not actually old.
Anyway, Happy Anniversary Jason. You're Awesome and I love You!
Anyway, Happy Anniversary Jason. You're Awesome and I love You!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Happy Birthday Mhari
This is an Absolute Shout Out to Mhari Girl for Her Happy Belated Birthday.
Hope You had a Great Birthday. We Raise a Fish To You.
We miss you Guys
Love
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