A short, homemade video using pennies to help you visualize the US government's budget.
http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/
Really cool.
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Woo hoo!

Something came of that first pre-bid meeting I went to!  We have a job here in Madison county as a sub for APAC's Birmingham office! It's a small job, ~$12K, gross, of course, out of which come supplies, travel, and three people's wages, not me.  But APAC is a big company, and if they like us, it could mean more contracts!

So Monday, I have ( Read more... )

Yes, I just spent 2 hours and $400 at the vet this morning.  I hate walk in clinic, but this is how they punish flakes (like me) who miss their scheduled appointments ( Read more... )

My boys are both Bouncing for Autism this month.

It's a joint fund-raising venture between the Autism Society of America, and the franchise chain, Pump It Up.

The kids get pledges, and get to bounce to earn them.  Half of the money goes to the National ASA, and half stays right here locally.  It's a shameless fundraiser, but if you're curious, it' ( Read more... )

Oh yes, absolutely.  The way to let a foster parent know that her child has been taken off medicaid is to wait until said child needs meds, and leave the telling to Walgreen's.  And then have to scramble around to come up with some alternative besides making the foster parent pay the $600 and wait the usual 3 months for reimbursement.

One more ( Read more... )

I was hanging out with some mommies at the resource center today, and we were all whining about our kids, and how much they cost, and blah blah.  I'm the only one who has drivers in that crowd, but every one of them is within two years of having teenage drivers, too.  So I told them I'd just paid the insurance on the car that Mat drives, and ( Read more... )

What was I thinking?!?!  Revised:

When I get a little money,

I buy books.

Then I buy chocolate.

Then if there's any money left, I buy food and clothing.

(stolen from a tote at Barnes & Noble)

If I get a little money, I buy books.

If there's any left,

I buy food and clothing.

Okay, someone finally just set me off today.  Not for any particular reason, except that I'm sick and irritable, and likely to be downright honest when I don't have the energy I normally put into biting my tongue and smiling and letting people say whatever they want about politics, no matter what.

I will admit that our choices for President are ( Read more... )

Turned out to just be mostly long and boring.  (Should have made Min pick me up on her way to DragonCon. *g*)

Mark left Friday morning for "Pupfest" --a caving/camping outing every Labor Day instituted by a caver named, you guessed it, "Pup".  It's a big thing, peole come from 3 or 4 states, and one flew in from Canada. And he didn't get back until ( Read more... )