Day # 2 and I bought a tree!!!

Thanksgiving was great. I was pretty nervous about meeting Derek's family (His parents, brother, sister in law, nieces, sister and brother in law), but I "slipped" right in, as Betsy said. It was easy because they are not stuffy, snobby people. They are all very down to earth. Derek's nieces are just the sweetest things and they seemed so happy to meet me. K and A were excited to show me their rooms and the three of us hung out in A's room for a while. During the blessing Derek's dad called me "Kathy" and everyone snickered. Derek said "Dad, it's Katie" I am so used to being called Kathy at this point that it hardly phases me anymore. It used to grate on my nerves. I soon realized, while we were eating dinner that I had worried about meeting his family for nothing (Yes, Derek...you DID tell me this prior to my arrival there LOL). We stayed at his Brother's house and made plans to go shopping at 5am the next morning. Derek got some good deals on some stuff. (Will eplain more later)

Today I bought a 4 ft artificial tree. In 1996 I got my first ever real Christmas tree and vowed I would never buy a fake one again. For 4 yrs I went without a tree. This year I knew bringing in a real one would be an absolute pain, so I went to Wal-Mart and bought the 4 ft tree with lights already in it. That's cheating, but at least I didn't have to mess with the lights. That's the worst part of doing the tree. The next worst part is taking all the decorations down and putting them away. It's kind of funny to look over at a tree that is shorter than I am, but nice because it makes it really feel like Christmas in the house. I haven't had that feeling in a long time. It was fun to get into what is left of my Christmas ornaments (I threw many of them away at the request of a certain pain in the butt), and drag out some of the Disney ornaments, and my Barbie keepsakes. I'll try to post a picture later.

29 Days until Derek comes to CA....I can't wait. My trip to see him was more than I can put into words. He's funny, smart, cute, sweet. He opens doors, does dishes, makes me laugh, likes to have serious conversations, beats on the steering wheel like it's a drum, rocks out to the music on the radio (or MP3 Player), is a great uncle, and knows how to order great food at a Malaysian restaurant!!!!! The way we clicked was incredible. It was as if I had known Derek all my life!!!! There is usually that first date uncomfortable-ness...but not with us. I expected that too!!!! But nope.....It was WONDERFUL!!!!!!

Where do I start?

I'll start with day one...or should I say night #1:

It started with a coughing attack DURING the Evening of Reflection at church. Just as I was about to go up to say my part of the Pilgrim's Prayer. I went into a coughing fit. So it sounded like I was on the verge of tears. Which I wasn't. The evening ended at 8:15 and I was on the road by 8:20pm. Praying and praying that I would not hit traffic. Thanks to Shay, Amy, Dena, Derek, Dirk and the rest of the YS chatting crew and their good driving vibes/prayers I made it to LAX with NO TRAFFIC. I was in the airport shuttle by 9:30 and in the terminal by 9:45 I think. It literally was the easiest check in and security check I'd ever been through. Talk about the airport being prepared. I logged on to YS to say hello from LAX and then at 10:40 I took some Nyquil and boarded the plane...and I slept for 3 1/2 hours. LA to Cleveland was ultra bumpy.

By the time I got to Charlotte I was nervous. I feared I looked like a disgusting hag. I saw Derek just on the other side of the security checkpoint and we hugged immediatley. There were 3 people who were watching the whole scene unfold and they made their comments and off we went.

We went shopping for last minute Thanksgiving items (and cookie frosting paraphanelia)and before we knew it, it was time for dinner with some of Derek's church members. What a great group of people. Southerners are so sweet and they treat you as if they have known you forever. After that we headed to Barnes and Noble for an hour or so.

That's day one!!!! I'm at work so I promise to post more when I get home. it's so cold out here right now, I'm afraid the cats might be frozen solid when I get home.

Turkey day is upon us

I may not blog for a few days. So Andrew please do not bump me down to like 10th ok? I'm going to fully enjoy my Turkey day and be thankful for the following:

Derek
Friends who love me despite the mistakes I've made
Dr. Pepper
Mini golf with Chelsea, Bryan and Jon
YS Forumites
My job
my life
My bestest friend, Melissa
Bethany and Michelle
Winnie and Mike
Kevin and Lori
Latte and Marley
My kids at work

All these and more....Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Sick? Noooooooo

My throat is burning
I feel a little congested
I threw up
did I mention my throat is burning?

THIS SUCKS!!! I leave for NC in less than 48 hours.......I can't be sick. Cold, cold, go away...come again another day!!!!!

I miss......

.....Derek. He's in Atlanta having a grand time with the other YS Forumites. Amy, Shay, Loren and I are all so lonely without them. Hearing them having fun in the NCUMC van on the way to dinner made me so jealous!!!! LOL James and Emily rock my world because they got me Bud's Best cookies!!! Yessssssss!!!!

......my friends at CRMC. I went to see my old co-workers at CRMC today and I saw so many peopel I knew and I was so sad because, as crazy as it sounds I missed working there. I would never go back there because the pay sucked but, I miss my commrades!!!!

....having a real honest to God bakery in town. I went to Gingerbread Cottage Bakery in Corona today and they are simply the best. No one makes merengue cookies like they do!!! I wish we had a bakery like that here in RH.

....My nieces......what else is new?

On a lighter note!!! I am going to dance the night away tomorrow at St. Dorothy's in Glendora. Cursillo is having their annual Thanksgiving bash. I'm pretty excited, but have no clue what to wear. UGH.

While driving to Corona today I was listening to some music written by my friend Steve M. He rocks and he's a whiz on the electric bongo's!!! He and my friend Dan the Man wrote a song together about 3-4 yrs ago. I listened to it a couple times today and it inspired me and helped me look at my life in such a great perspective:

(Chorus)
You move me
to a greater sense of purpose Lord
You drive me
I'm searching for your will
You make me
I wanna live more like you Lord,
You stir me

And when I set my mind on seeking you, there's no doubt, there's no doubt
You move me (repeat chorus)

I'm being pushed and pulled and kicked around,
This world will show no mercy
and when it all comes down on me
I find power (power)
On my knees (chorus)

I love when songs inspire me. I love using music to pray!!!! I love Steve and Dan's collaborations!!! I love seeing Steve and Dan jam together too. Talk about seeing the face of God!!!! I miss singing with them. Their music makes you want to dance and give glory all the time......"Give Glory to the Looooord" Ah, I miss Renee (Syeve's wife)......Ok enough missing here......I'm off to Christmas shop.

I miss......

.....Derek. He's in Atlanta having a grand time with the other YS Forumites. Amy, Shay, Loren and I are all so lonely without them. Hearing them having fun in the NCUMC van on the way to dinner made me so jealous!!!! LOL James and Emily rock my world because they got me Bud's Best cookies!!! Yessssssss!!!!

......my friends at CRMC. I went to see my old co-workers at CRMC today and I saw so many peopel I knew and I was so sad because, as crazy as it sounds I missed working there. I would never go back there because the pay sucked but, I miss my commrades!!!!

....having a real honest to God bakery in town. I went to Gingerbread Cottage Bakery in Corona today and they are simply the best. No one makes merengue cookies like they do!!! I wish we had a bakery like that here in RH.

....My nieces......what else is new?

On a lighter note!!! I am going to dance the night away tomorrow at St. Dorothy's in Glendora. Cursillo is having their annual Thanksgiving bash. I'm pretty excited, but have no clue what to wear. UGH.

While driving to Corona today I was listening to some music written by my friend Steve M. He rocks and he's a whiz on the electric bongo's!!! He and my friend Dan the Man wrote a song together about 3-4 yrs ago. I listened to it a couple times today and it inspired me and helped me look at my life in such a great perspective:

(Chorus)
You move me
to a greater sense of purpose Lord
You drive me
I'm searching for your will
You make me
I wanna live more like you Lord,
You stir me

And when I set my mind on seeking you, there's no doubt, there's no doubt
You move me (repeat chorus)

I'm being pushed and pulled and kicked around,
This world will show no mercy
and when it all comes down on me
I find power (power)
On my knees (chorus)

I love when songs inspire me. I love using music to pray!!!! I love Steve and Dan's collaborations!!! I love seeing Steve and Dan jam together too. Talk about seeing the face of God!!!! I miss singing with them. Their music makes you want to dance and give glory all the time......"Give Glory to the Looooord" Ah, I miss Renee (Syeve's wife)......Ok enough missing here......I'm off to Christmas shop.

I got a new do!!!

Don't tell Kathy (my hair stylist) but when she styled it I didn't like it. So, I came home and re-did it. The problem is, she would not let me leave the chair without make-up on. I looked cute, but as you can see here, the makeup was removed in the shower, and my apt needs to be cleaned and my eyebrows need to be done. I helped Kathy get closer to a trip to this Redken thing in NYC that she wants to go to. I bought this spray mousse for my hair. I swear if I color my hair green and speay this stuff on it, I'll look like a flocked Christmas tree!!!! Fun times for $14!!!!

Derek is leaving for Atlanta on Friday. So in a few hours I will be chatting with some really cool YM's from across the globe. James is supposed to bring me a UAB shirt and I will mail him a USC beanie and I think I almost have him talked into bringing me some Bud's Best Cookies Those cookies ROCK the universe. They are made in Alabama and shipped from the factory to the store. The strawberry ones are divine and I could eat a whole bag in one sitting!!!! Derek better not eat them on the way back from Atlanta!!! Or ELSE

Derek and I watched Elf tonight. It was funny, not as funny as I thought it would be, but funny none the less and fun to watch it with Derek on the other end of the phone.

Wow, nothing exciting to report. Can you believe it????? So, until next time, stay in school and don't drink and drive.

Snoop Dogg in the hoooouuuuuse!!!

When I lived in Diamond Bar last yr, I heard a rumor that Snoop Dogg had a mansion in The Country. I've been trying to find a link to the Country but basically what it is is a bunch of rich peopel who have built their million dollar mansions in the hills above Diamond Bar, CA. Some of these homes are just gorgeous. To be honest I didn't believe he had a house up there until one day I went to the UPS Store and saw one of his people picking up his mail. How do I know it was his? There was a huge sign that said "Snoop Dogg" on it and it had letters addresed to the Snoop Dogg Fan Club. I thought that was pretty cool. Then I became offended because, by that time, I'd been living in DB for about 6 months and had yet to receive a dinner invite. Oh well. Perhaps he did not get my "I've Moved" card I sent him LOL.

So, just a few moments ago I decide, before I log off to go to dinner with Debora, Crystal and Cara, to check out Matt Leinart's Blog . Low and behold guess who is a HUGE USC fan??? Snoop Dogg!!!!!! Guess who also coaches The Rowland Heights Raiders Jr. Team out of ROWLAND HEIGHTS CA (where I live thank you) yes, SNOOP DOGG!!!!! I want so bad to go find out where they practice!!! I wanna meet Snoop!!!

Ok, so I just thought that was very cool. I've never totally been of fan of his music but I am a fan of his choice in college football!!!!!!! Dude, Snoop Dogg is in my city on a regular basis. I could totally run into him while I'm driving to the grocery store!!!!!

Back to the blogging board

So, ok, I didn't meet my daily blogging quota. I apologize to you, my faithful readers for letting you down!!!!

Here are some thoughts I had today:

Condelisa Rice for Sec of State!!! Right ON!!!! As many people will more than likely disagree, I think that she will do a very good job as Sec of State. She is a strong, well educated and VERY WELL VERSED woman. She knows her stuff and will not allow anyone to push her around. I don't care if these world leaders treat women and second class citizens, she will stand her ground. Those of you who know me know that I am FAR from being a feminist. But I love to see women in jobs that command respect such as this one. Would I ever want to see a woman as President of the US. Yea, I'm thinking not so much. Seriously!!!! I mean women are far too emotional to hold such an office. Can you imagine a woman president adressing the US after 9/11? She would have been a crying mess!!!! The world needs a strong person to stand before them to instill a sense of security and hope. This is not to say there are not women strong enough to do so, but seriously I think a woman president is just not a good thing. It's like the whole Woman priest in the Catholic CHurch. I don't think they should be allowed to be priests, but I do think priests should be allowed to marry if they so choose!!!

Thought #2
Kids need to take their faith more seriously. I see so many kids who get wrapped up in sports, drama, chior, band, etc and yet their faith comes 2nd, 3rd, even 4th in their life!!!! What is going to get you through life? Your education? Yes, it will help you to secure a great job and ensure a future for you, but when times are tough and you do not have a job that pays what you need to make ends meet...is your education going to help? NO!!! Well it will if you further your education but who do we pray to when we need help? Not the Great professor in the sky!!! It is your faith in God that will carry you through the tough times. Money and an education are great for the human aspects of life, the material things. But it is the love and Grace that comes from God through the gift of our faith that will prepare you for the ultimate reward...Heaven. So many times I see parents who bring their kids to Religious Ed classes just because they are obligated, and they drop off thier kids at the Church, the kids are taught the teachings of the Church, then they are picked up and the religious Edication stops there. There is no follow up at home. No one goes home from church and talks about what they heard. Ok, Almost no one. I am reminded of my nieces who are 7 and 2 who know that Mary is the Mother of God, Jesus died for our sins and God is our Father in Heaven who provides for all that we need. Bethany knows that when she is in 2nd grade she will receive her first communion. To her it is not about the pretty white dress she will wear. It is about receiving the Body and Blood of Christ and "becoming a living Tabernacle". I asked her what that meant and she said "It means you have Jesus living inside your body and you should be a reflection of him always". 7 YEARS OLD people!!!!!! This is a reflection of my brother in law and sister's desire to foster the faith of their daughters at home and not rely on the Church to be the sole educator of their faith. Just as in school, we as family memebers who care deeply about our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, friends etc, need to encourage good study habits, help with school work, as needed, and make sure these kids remain informed of things such as current events, being able to perform simple tasks (tying your shoes, telling time, knowing how to count money etc etc etc). This needs to happen with our faith as well!!! We need to educate ourselves so that we do not send lost children out into the world!!! This is what I love about my job. I get to help these Youth!!! I get to be an instrument of God in their faith formation...but I can't do it alone!!!!

I am now stepping off the soap box and accepting your comments. Thank you and Goodnight!!!

Now here's someone I haven't talked about in a while!!!

I've been pretty quiet about Ty lately. To be honest (man that is soooooo a Derek line) I have been sporadic in watching Exteme Makeover: Home Edition. I did watch the 2 hour special last week. It was sooooo good and I cried and cried!!! I must say, that Ty is looking good and his girlfriend of 4+ years must be completely insane herself to be able to put up with his goofiness. It's great!!! He makes me laugh!!!! Ok, ok, so what is the point of this post? Yea, I'm wondering the same thing. Give me a break...I went to bed late and so, trying to be funny right now is not going well. Ty is still my favorite guy on TV!!!! He's a hottie...an older hottie...I am lucky though. I have my own "handy guy". Yes ladies and gentlemen. I give you the Asian version of Ty Pennington:

Pretty cute huh???

Massage Therapist wanted

I'm sore today. I woke up and felt about 100!!!! This is what i get for not stretching before throwing a baseball around the ball park. So yea.....if you can send a masseuse my way, I'd appreciate it!!!! The funny thing is, I was hit in the shin and the arm with the ball and no bruises. BUT even my thumb hurts!!! I'm such a whimp!!!!

Scott Peterson is guilty. DUH!!!! It was only OBVIOUS!!!! I hate disgusting people like him. I won't go on and on here, but I have to say that I hope he suffers greatly for his actions!!!! in the words of my brother "What Scott Peterson will hear from now on "Scottyyyyyyy come out and plaaaaaaayyyyyyyy" He'll be Bubba the Butt loving convict's B**ch in no time.

Did you know?

According to Renata and Mike, because I am Christian I should not be going to bars to hang out with my friends (side note: I only drank water last night)

It has been 1 yr 11 months and 17 days since I stepped foot into Disneyland. There's something wrong with that picture.

Derek is so incredibly metrosexual. He's doing dishes!!!!! But I have to say he's cheating because he's at Church and he's using one of those supercool industrial dishwashers. That is sooo cheating because it does them presto fast and there's no actual WORK involved...Derek is a cheater, Derek is a cheater. It's a good thing he's cute!!!

The show "That's so Raven" is not a good show. I miss Punky Brewster.

I need to go get ready for work and I am dilly dallying around!!!!! Have a good day!!! Thank you for shooping with us


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All work and no play

I will work on posting every day!!!!! Andrew has placed me in 7th place on his blog link area and I won't have it.......I will post more often....like it or not people!!!!!

Today was an interesting day to say the least. Well, let me start by saying that yesterdays meeting went well. Fr. did not fly off the handle as I had feared, we got a room for Youth ministry and the kids and I were laughing, brainstorming and having a good time. We spent a good 15-20 mins before the Blessed Sacrament in prayer. IT FELT GOOD!!!! We hopefully will slowly make progress. Keep praying.

Today, was a fun day. I helped set up for the Ladies Tea for tomorrow. I am going as an attendee, but also mainly because about 19-20 of my girls will be serving sandwiches and what not during the tea. Then, it was off to get lunch at Bruegger's Bagels (Leonardo da Veggie on a plain bagel...YUMMMMM), then to the chiropractor (ahh, the joys of a crooked spine), and then it was off to my brothers.

As soon as the boys got home Kevin, Bryan, Jon and I went to the "ball park" to play catch, hit some balls and then we went to the playground area to act like children again. Ok Jon and Bryan are still children, but when was the last time I went down a slide? jumped off the swings while still swinging, and just had some plain goofy fun....it's been a while and I never want to miss another moment like this again:

Ok, so I said that Derek left much to be desired in the singing dept. Let's just say I'm not much to write home about in the sports dept:

While I look cute in the picture 1) the bat is obviously too small 2) God did not bestow upon me the gifts and talents of a baseball player. Heaven forbid my shoes get dirty (which they did), my hair get messed up (which it did) or I break a nail!!! Let's not go into the fact that I could not hit a ball today to save my life!!!!! Sheesh!!!! It was ridiculous.

I loved spending time with my brother and the boys today!!!!

I have much to write about, yet the lids of my eyes are getting pretty heavy. Fear not faithful readers. I will be back!!!

I love you Derek!!! 11 more days!!!

Let go of the past

This is what my kids at work need to do. They need to realize that Teresa DECIDED to leave. I did not come in and ask for her job, or force her out. She was unhappy for whatever reason and she found herself a new job and left my kids at the beginning formation stages of the Youth Ministry program. A few of the kids were saying that since she left they've "lost the vibe". My question to them is that if Teresa was the source of happiness and what not in youth ministry then I question why they are really here. They said they want a space to hang out. Fr Michael is going to talk to them about alot of things before our 3 hour leadership meeting today. On one hand I am glad he will be saying something. On the other hand I KNOW how he gets and I fear his attitude and frustration will close the kids off.

A couple of girls said they stopped coming to Bible Study because they felt it was too cliquish. I invited them today and promised it would not be that way. I hate cliques. I won't put up with it. If the kids want to be cliquish, they can go be that way in San Pedro with Teresa. I can't believe these two girls were excluded. They are great examples of Christ's love, His calling!!! They have decided that every Weds after class and during break they will befriend one person they do not know. Um, yea, and I'm going to exclude them? Heck no I need them!!!!

Ok...enough of my rant. I need to get ready for work.

Bad dreams at 2 am SUCK by the way!!!!!

Movie weekend

Last night I walked into Hollywood Video (far better than Blockbuster in my opinion), cell phone in hand and picked out 2 movies. One to watch with Derek:

50 First Dates-I had not seen this movie when it first came out because the only movies I watched in the last 12 months were movies like "Easy Rider", "Apocolypse Now" "Silence of the Lambs", "The Exorcist", Woddy Allen movies (which to me are far from funny, etc etc etc. Not once did we watch love stories and the like. So any movie I picked out was shunned or ignored. Go figure. Anyhow, Derek and I desperatley tried to time the hitting of the play button just right. I ended up being a few seconds ahead of him so there was an "echo"...it was still fun watching something together as opposed to him watching a show and then me watching it 3 hours later. A long distance movie date...who'd have thunk it??? The movie was hilarious and it made me want to go to Hawaii really badly. I loved watching this movie with Derek. He has a great laugh.

Shrek 2- As of this posting I have not finished the movie. It has funny parts but I am having a hard time getting into it. I figure I have until Wednesday to get into it before it has to go back to Hollywood Video.

Tonight I am hoping I get together with Renata and Mike to go see "Napoleon Dynamite". Yessssssssss, I LOVE this movie (but I still love technology, Always and forever). They have not called me back to set in stone, our plans to hit the 7:50pm show at the "ghetto theater" (thanks for the title Shay!!!) and then dinner at the BBQ place. Gosh...idiots!!!! LOL I think everyone in the world should see this movie and appreciate it for the stupidity and sick humor that makes it the best movie of the yr!!!!! (Vote for Pedro he will make all your wildest dreams come true!!!)

Derek has an Un-talent show at NCUMC tonight. He called and sang his song for me. He's doing "Wonderful".....his singing leaves much to be desired and we've fully discussed his singing career. He won't be quitting his day job. There is, however, something about the way he sings love songs that makes me forget the fact that God blessed him with many other gifts. He just sounds so cute singing them and I just want to hold his cute face in my hands when he's singing......awwwwwwwww. Thanks honey!!!!!

What made you smile today

This is my knock off of a post on the YS forums:

1. Joseph!!! Fr. Michael's dog is the greatest. He was hanging out in the courtyard today and I came out of the main office and heard his collar jingle. I spent some time scratching the top of his paws (he LOVES that) and his belly and even got a kiss on the nose. This is a big deal for me since I HATE dog kisses. Then tonight I was coming out of my office to go home and I could hear Fr. talking to him. He took one look at me and ran right to me. I pet him for a bit,and then said "Ok go on" and he ran back to Fr. I love that dog.

2. I talked to both my nieces today. Michelle asked me "where's my ponies?" Man I wish I could just fly out there to put ponytails in her hair!!! I asked her if she was using the big potty and she said "noooooooot yeeeeeeettttt!!!" So cute. Then later on tonight I called to talk to Bethany because I needed help with preparing for class. I asked her "What does Baptism mean?" She said "It means you get Baptized and then you are a part of God's family." Then I asked her what Confirmation meant "Um, I don't know, I haven't learned that in Sunday School yet" and when asked what First communion means: "It means you go to church one Sunday and receive your first Holy Communion and then you become a living tabernacle". I love my nieces.

3. Derek's kids at NCUMC!!!! Jason and I had such a fun conversation tonight!!!

4. Teaching my kids about Baptism. I was not motivated or looking forward to teaching tonight, but I used Bethany's answers during my lesson (which the living tabernacle floored them and they said they never thought of it that way),and Derek's suggestion with the whole "sin" thing that went on in YS off topic. While talking about sin, "profanity" was thrown out as a sin. I told them God's last name is not damn it.......and about 5 of them gasped. Good times.

5. Talking to Morgan on the radio in Montgomery Alabama tonight. She was on a talk show thing out there and it was so much fun to hear all the YS peeps call in; Derek, Mel, Andy (the Play-uh). I think we shocked her. I also think she needs to be a regular on that show. I'd listen religiously!!! And for the record, for those of you who were tuned in...I AM a California surfer babe.....I wish.....

6. Derek's email with his confirmation info for a certain CA Adventure in Dec!!!! let's see we'll go to Disneyland, In N Out, Rose Parade, movie night at work, and of course we'll EAT LOTS OF FOOD!!!!

7. An email from Derek's sister in law talking about Thanksgiving and cookie baking.

8. Crystal giving me a gift card from Starbucks. Yessssssssssssss

9. Defining "covered dish" and using it in a sentence for my Confirmation teacher, Naomi. Then hearing her laugh about it because in California it's called a POTLUCK!!!

10. Realizing that I talk too much!!!! I had an hour and a half to teach tonight for one of my teachers and I still did not get to everything I planned.

Election Day Approaches

I can't wait for tomorrow to be over. However, I am certain that even when it is over we will not hear the end of all this crap. This has, IMO, been the worst political "war" that I can remember. I am about to post MY opinion, so please do not get upset and leave me nasty comments. Remember that I have respected all of your opinions and have not emailed you, or questioned your political stance. Trust me, I've read many a blogs that have made me cringe at the thought of anyone voting for a man who will raise our taxes and will make a mess of Iraq. Granted, Iraq is not the most clean war ever, but why can't people get it through their thick skulls? My Gosh, we liberated a country, AND not only that, we captured a tyrant. Sadaam Hussein killed far more people IN HIS OWN COUNTRY than we have lost since March. Am I saying that lives lost in Iraq over the last yr is great? right? No, but answer this...why do people join the military? Do they join to get an education? Do they join merely for the benefits? Are they trained in study skills in boot camp? NO, they are trained to be soilders. They are trained extensivley in combat. THEY ARE TRAINED TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY. Go ahead and throw out the "Iraq and Al Quaeda have nothing to do with each other" My argument on that is....BOTH Sadaam and Bin Laden have/had vendettas against the US. They hate us. If they were such brave men, why did they cower in fear and go into hiding when we went after them. If I remember correctly Sadaam went into hiding at the very HINT of Iraq being attacked. Bush didn't LIE...he protected our country. Clinton was HANDED Bin Laden during his presidency and he said "I had no use for him" Uh HELLO what about the bombing of the WTC??? No use for him? Holy smokes put that man on trial like the criminal he is. A vote for Kerry gives them what they want. An easy way to attack America. (how many attacks have there been since 9/11?? Oh um ....ZERO. Yea Bush hasn't protected us AT ALL :::insert eyeroll here:::)

Now I know what you are thinking, "Bush is responsible for 9/11" Bull.....He was in office for what 8 months? Al Quaeda had been planning these attacks for YEARS. Clinton did nothing after the WTC bombing!!!! Oh wait, he didn't bring Bin Laden here for trial after he was givent he chance to do so 3 TIMES!!!! Bush did nothing? Ok, I want you all to go to a new job, be bombarded with the supreme court decisions on Florida, and don't tell me he just eased into the job. Being Governor and then becoming President are two TOTALLY different jobs. It's not like he went in and knew exactly what to do and what decisions to make. This is why they have advisors people!!!! So you all go to a new job and I'll throw tons of crap at you and make you make a decision RIGHT AWAY. I'd LOVE to know what you liberals would say if this had happened if Gore (whom MANY of you say he won the election, and I am soooo tired of hearing about it 4 YEARS LATER....my Gosh get over it) had been in office. He'd be a hero I'm sure.

Let me put it this way: You all know that I just started my job. If you don't know this then you need to crawl out of the hole and read this blog beginning to end. Ok, now the YM before me did a very good job of creating cliques, LYING to Fr. Michael about whether or not she was doing Life Teen (he said don't do it, she did it anyway) and in a huff took personal documents that belonged to my kids and the church. I have had to deal with parents calling and complaining that they have to fill out new sponsor forms, kids complaining that "things were fun when Teresa was here" and let's not forget this one "When Teresa was here she used to call us on our cell phones"...Um TERESA BROKE THE RULES. How do I know she went against what Fr said? We found Life Teen materials in her office after I started. How do I know broke the rules? Diocesean policy states that YM's are not to call students for personal reasons. I can't even call my kids to say, "Hey how's it going?" If I email or call them it has to be about Youth ministry or confirmation. Nothing else. I can't have IM conversations with them either. She STILL calls my kids. I know this because the kids tell me all the time. She then proceeded to tell Fr. that she did not have Conf sponsor forms or the prayers that my, now Conf 2, students wrote in April of this yr. After putting pressure on her, guess what showed up last week? The files she SWORE she did not have. So you tell me this: Have I been able to just slide into my job and watch it all fall into place so easily? Hell no!!!! I have to build up the trust of these kids, they need to give me a chance and see that Youth Ministry will be fun, and that they will grow in their faith.

Did the liberals give Bush a chance? HELL NO!!! They were too busy belly aching about Florida and by the time they somewhat stopped whining, BOOM 9/11 and they had MORE to whine about. They complain that we didn't get Bin Laden...but Bin Laden was in hiding and the Liberals probably blame Bush for that as well.....

I guess what I have learned through all of this is that the liberals are ok with Kerry lying to them as well. Have you not heard that he said, at one point before the war that Sadaam was a dangerous person who needed to be stopped?

Be smart...vote for a man who will not flip flop and say "I support this issue" and then a month later say "This was wrong" Man, didn't being in the military teach him to do his homework?