1. Remember the kerfluffle at the school over re-districting? How we were going to request a 'voluntary' plan in order to reduce class size...for whoever stayed in the school. No guarantees for those re-districted out; that was part of the 'shared' sacrifice. I got an Emergency!11! notice from the PTA today. Due to state and county budgets cuts, ( Read more... )

Beautiful weekend here. Full of work and chores, sleepovers and playdates, walks and teevee. Haven't written a word except for catch-up posts at the b5_revisited community. I am still enjoying the re-watch personally, but not the commentary. All snipe and snark these days. We re-watched Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi? and The Summoning tonight. R and I ( Read more... )

Here is what is on my mind as I get ready to go get the car maintenance done this early Saturday.

Living isn't a right folks, it is earned.
This was pulled from a comment thread on one of the economics blogs I read, and a sad commentary it is. This was a comment to an article on health care, entitlement, and the American way of life. Are there no ( Read more... )