Day 23 CHALLENGE

Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book

     The books below are wonderful.  

Day 22 CHALLENGE

Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at

     I would love to be a better cook.  I have become so used to not cooking family dinners and only cooking the very little stuff my kids like.  And of course, one day they love it and the next they hate it.  Jamie has not been home enough sense we have been married to cook a family dinner every day.  And the boys are very picky at what they will eat.  Ashley along is especially picky and only eats what she chooses, which is a very limited selection.  Sense I am unable to have a job, I would love to be able to have a clean house (I have that most of the time) and a family dinner on the table.  I really take to much of my day, with my endless list of organization, cleaning, and maintaining the house to believe I have enough time to cook a dinner, with out much of it going to waste.  I think that cooking takes to much time and only cook things in which don't require any.  I know so many people that cook from scratch and/or have a family dinner on the table every day and still have a clean house, so I know it is possible.  And yet I refuse to try.  Hopefully, when Jamie is home again, we can have family dinners and may enjoy cooking.  

Walker Brothers Circus 5/1/11

 Our Circus Trip!

     The kids where very excited and so was I.  I was thrilled to be able to find a local event that was cheap enough to be able to take them to.  My kids have never been to the circus and here was our opportunity.  I do believe that I was a little mislead and then I mislead my kids.  I was under the impression, partly about what I imagine a circus should have and by their own web site, that their would be a circus tent and at least one elephant (which Ashley loves).  There was no tent nor any elephants.  The only animals where horses and dogs (which where used as bulls)!  And can't forget the fake gorilla from the Congo, that amazing rode a horse standing up!
     Kyle expressed that he was disappointed.  I believe he was just expecting more.  As for Ashley and Tyler, they both found a attraction in which they liked.
     In the end, I tired.  Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to full fill our expectations of a circus.  But for now they can say that they have been to one.  And a trip or trips to the zoo in the summer will have to full fill there drive to see some animals, like monkeys and elephants!  Well here are the pics to prove our trip!    

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American History?

"The American people did not choose this fight.  It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens.  After nearly ten years of service, struggle, and sacrifice we know well the cost of war.  These effects weigh high on me every time I, as Commander in Chief, have to sign a letter to a family that lost a loved one.  Or look in the eyes of a service member who has be gravely wounded.  So Americans understand the cost of war.  Yet as a country we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed.  We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies.  We will be true to the values that make us who we are.  And on nights like this one,  we can say to those families who have lost loves ones to al-Qaida terror, justice has been done."     

- President Obama 5/1/11

My thoughts...
     Some describes that "This is the best day ever in American history".  I am not sure if I agree with that.  I do not want to celebrate another death.    His death does not change what happened almost ten years ago and also does not change the multiple bombings in Lebanon, most significant in 1982 -1983 and 2006 in Beirut.  Every country has there own version of a terrorism attack and we should not only remember our lost but their's as well.

     I have always questioned why the Americans believe that we are always right.  And yes we did not ask for a war and did not ask for 9/11 but know one asks for anyone to die in a terrorism attack.  This out come make me question our justice system.  If one is murdered it is not justice for the murder to be killed.  We have justice by letting them pay for their wrong doings in the court system.  Our nation has helped other nations bomb other countries.  If we believe and trust in what our elected American President Obama stated,  shouldn't we acknowledge that other countries believe and value the same.  What justice did Lebanon and other countries have for our nations wrong doings.  Some times a hand for a hand or and eye for an eye, is not a good thing and it is not justice.  How can we believe that we provided justice to all the victims of 9/11 by killing Osama Bin Laden? 

     This is just my thoughts and does not in any way say that I am not an American citizen, or hate the president, or America.  I just question politics and sometimes instilled American beliefs.  9/11 was a horrible event and I will always be effected by.  I just hope that with Osama Bin Laden death, we do not forget our tragedy and hopefully think of tragedies that our nation has incurred to other nations.  Americans are thought of as terrorist to other countries.  We need to stop the occurrence and then we can celebrate.