Wow, what a kid...

Since the Pledge of Allegiance and The Lord's Prayer are not allowed in most public schools anymore because the word "God" is mentioned a kid in Arizona wrote the attached


Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.



If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.



Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise.
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.



For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all.
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.



We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierc! e our noses, tong ues and cheeks.
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King
It's "inappropriate" to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such "judgments" do not belong.



We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.



It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen

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Youth Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

The youth of our church hosted a spaghetti dinner this past Sunday at our church and it was a terrific testimony to how awesome these kids are. The fundraiser was to help the teens raise enough money to go on a retreat to Bancroft with another youth group.

Here are some pics of the evening. They all dressed in black and white and it was a full service evening with Italian music thrown in for atmosphere :)

Our fine wait staff








Richard and Blake waltzing around after cleaning up


Amy and Emily dancing and being...Amy and Emily :P

It Works!!!!

My little knitting felting machine works great! Both pairs of slippers felted more and they are in the dryer now (no, no I know I probably shouldn't put them in there) because it's soooo cold here, Si's and my feet are freezing. We both want out slippers NOW! lol

I'm also doing up a load of delicates, although I'm not sure if it's still termed delicates with Jay's and Si's in there hehe.

This little baby is gonna be a life saver for me. Whenever I need just a tiny load to do I can throw it in there. It's gonna be especially great for me who cannot go a day without spilling something on myself and staining my shirts. Now I will just spray and throw it in my little personal washer and voila! cleaned without a large amount of water and hydro. :-D

One side effect which I think is good, because I kept them out of a bag (normally to protect your washer you put felted items in a pillow case or some such) they are flufflier and I like that :)

Oh oh oh, I had already posted this but I just had another thought! I can take this camping with me woohoo! No more hand washing in the bathtub woot woot!

It's My Hubby's Birthday Today

Jay turned 37 today. In answer to prayer today, God provided him a better day at work with not too much stress. Plus there was a little recognition for all his hard work thrown in as well to sweeten the day. His manager went out of her way to tell him how much she appreciates everything he does in the department and that she notices how hard he's been working and that he always goes that extra mile.

That was nice for him to hear since he's been feeling so discouraged lately with a lot of weirdness going on (too long a story to go into here).

Anyways, when Jay got home he had dinner, birthday cake and is now just relaxing watching one of his favourite tv series and building lego airplanes, ambulances and tanks with Simon.

Here's a few pics of tonight.

Looky What I Got...

My own personal little counter top felter. I put a request out on Freecycle looking for one of these babies not thinking I'd really have much luck.

Well, guess what!!! I was wrong. I am so excited and so grateful to Linda for donating this baby to me. Right now it's on my kitchen counter re-felting Simon's and my slippers with 3 wooden cars added for extra agitation. It has an agitator that reverses itself automatically and runs for 15 minutes at a time.

I'll let you know how it does.

I'm so excited. (I'm such a geek)

It's an Ice Skate!

I just finished my first KAL (knit along). I joined a yahoo group a little while ago to get some dishcloth patterns and have knit up a couple of them so far. However, I just finished my first dishcloth KAL. It's so much fun!

There are 2 KAL's per month and they send out an email each day for a certain number of days. The email only has a set number of rows for you to knit and you have no idea what the pattern is going to be until you are done, or in my case almost done.

I wish now I'd used a solid colour instead of the multicoloured blue, but oh well, you can sort of see the pattern here :)



In case anyones interested the yahoo site is called Mainly Dishcloths and you can find all the past patterns here.

My daughter is gorgeous and qetting quite creative

in the modeling department lol. It's nothing these days for us to walk in on her posing with the camera either by herself or with friends. She then takes these pics and colourizes them. I love them.

Here are a few of my faves.

Just because I'm her mom and it's my job to boast LOL!!!

Only thing that gets me? She's only 13...why does she look so much older :-P

Some new red slippers

I am really, really hard on my feet. Always have been and probably always will be. Thus the need for some new slippers.

I love my purple slippers. I made them for myself last year and I wear them everyday, pretty much all day when I'm home. Unfortunately, the combination of carpeting and excess weight has played havoc on their little "soles" and they are full of holes.




I refuse to throw them away, there must be something I can do to save them...



So, I took some left over wool and knit myself a pair of red/green with 2 different purple tone soles... eeew on the colour combo but my feet are warm once again lol.
Not the prettiest kids on the block but they'll do for now :-)