No Personal Responsibility

Recent celebrity examples of the hypocritical and delusional 'fight' the left has with the caricature I mentioned:

-z-list actor Matthew Modine calls Romney racist...not Rev. Wright.


-some gay journalist Dan Savage praised by Obama for his anti-bullying efforts, speaks at a high school journalism conference about his anti-bullying efforts... while bullying christian kids and bashing the bible.

....this same anti-bully hero volunteered to work for a republican campaign in 2000, reportedly to leave his flu germs on every doorknob to infect them.

...also for his anti-bullying work: "I wish all Republicans were dead." 

Oh yeah, and Obama's administration is fundraising for his anti-bullying project..

Liberals take no personal responsibility. It seems when a person is offended by vulgar or gruesome displays, it's  
'intolerant'...but they're offense at public prayer, the word 'Christmas' or any religious symbol or pro-life or family value in general is taken so seriously that law is affected, county seals are changed...9/11 rubble that happens to resemble a cross is taken down...'hate-crime' legislation is enacted.  Especially with the gay movement....which I care nothing about....it seems since fewer and fewer people actually care to be offended by everyone touting their pro-gayness in attempts to shock and dismay....they are offended that we don't care. Why do we need to care about how and who you do sex with?


And what an idiot Adam Levine is... so self-important aren't we? Could you at least give some reasons why we should re-elect B.O. Adam? I mean, YOU might be better off, but the rest of us aren't. I doubt you even know why you want him re-elected, other than because it's what the cool kids want...i.e. the idiots still drooling over Obama's slow jam crap with Jimmy Fallon (all he has is his celebrity and 'coolness'...no record to stand on that's for sure.)

I forgot where I read this quote, but it's so true:
"If it weren't for double standards, liberals wouldn't have any. "

What constitution?

John showed me this video of Congressman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina questioning "Tiller the Killer's" good friend and Obama-appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. On the surface it may not seem important...but it is. It's important to show this because the arguments on all of today's controversial topics have been framed in a way that displays a side that gets away with claiming they are "fair", or "bipartisan", against some backwater, sexist, Christian fundamentalist, obviously racist caricature, unable to have intelligent debates. This guy has the right idea....with liberals (whose politics have become their religion,) just stick to the facts, and the legal issues. You almost feel embarassed for Sebelius trying to excuse her lack of constitutional knowledge...weakly saying "the separation of church and state" (does she know that's not actually in the constitution? and more importantly, does she know what that means?)

  This is what I've been trying to express with Tom Woods' "Nullification" ideas. The way to fight the liberals from morally (and otherwise..) bankrupting this country is to look back to the document that has always guided this country to being the most just and envied land on Earth. We don't give enough credit to the framers and the conflicts they had to foresee to write a constitution that  would endure.

   When I look back at Obama's election night speech, where he spoke so enthusiastically about people who question whether the "dream of our founders is alive in our time", and how his election is "their answer," I wonder what he knows of the founder's or the constitution. How could he have made so many decisions violating that dream, all the while seeing himself as some savior? He spoke then of a union of people, not divided red/blue states...and yet he has been the most divisive president ever.  Have you ever seen another president use every chance they can to put the other party down? Everything he does and says he has this condescending attitude-like he knows everyone bows down to him and he can get away with murder. Nothing can be seen as a truly bipartisan effort. None of his staff ever or himself have to answer for anything they do. And now he's even putting down the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court...i.e. "the unelected group of people". He's just so perfect we no longer need checks and balances or that dern constitution huh? It's too easy to say all these issues important to Obama are for "the good of the people", but no one will look at what it truthfully is. It's about power. When a politician promises something 'free' to his constituents (not to mention the 'free' involves tax dollars), it's all about undermining your own rights, so that what you do have, in effect belongs to the state, and every aspect to do with said goods, is under the rule of the state. Your increasing dependence secures their dominance.

    It seems Obama's administration have gotten a little too comfortable never having to answer to anyone. Liberals are such hypocrites, with selective memories...I still have a little faith in the wisdom of the U.S. Supreme Court as they have ruled in favor of religious liberty, even if that means allowing a church to hire/fire whomever they choose. I don't understand how people can be so blind as to not see how much this administration has inched, no sped towards a totalitarian government, with mandates for every thing we do...they instead focus on the aforementioned caricature that doesn't really exist.

It Ain't No Joke

Maybe I'm catching the flu from L & O...or maybe I'm totally nauseated by the disgrace that is my gender in today's society. What is wrong with women? They have become some separate evil species. Totally blind to their hedonism. I just read about an "Abortion Bowl-a-Thon" being set up across the country and online to raise funding for abortions. Apparently they have raised over $400,000 so far. Here are some of the names of the bowling leagues:

I'm sure their parent's are proud.

 Bowlin’ for ‘Bortions, Kiss Our Uter-Ass, If Only Limbaugh’s Mom Used Birth Control, No Rosaries On My Ovaries

     Next event is an abortion golf-a-thon in Washington D.C. For reals. Organized by the NNAF -The National Network of Abortion Funds (how many murder support groups do whores need?) it's aimed at raising money for abortions and access to them. So I guess they're dropping the facade that being pro-choice meant you want to reduce the need for abortion, and admitting they want more business?

    If you call yourself  'pro-choice' or support abortion in any way, this probably isn't a big deal or offensive. If you think you're hot shit but your really cold diarrhea like Sarah Silverman, maybe making jokes about funding brutal torture and murder and genocide is an everyday thing.

  I don't know how much more I can take of living in this country anymore. I am ashamed of my gender, and of what this country has become.

   Stop treating sex without consequence like it's a civil right. Stop treating babies as disposable. Stop embarassing me and yourselves. Stop devaluing our gender.

Sick Sick Sick

I haven't been able to do much lately because the kid's colds...After we all got over strep, they caught a cold, but it never went away. Then Lucas' snot got thick and green so I took him into the dr. They said he had a sinus infection and prescribed antibiotics- a different kind than the amoxicillin for the strep. He started to get better then the 3rd day he got a fever and was very lethargic. I knew it wasn't right to get worse with antibiotics and he's never laying on me all day and falling asleep and drooling like that, so I took him back in. The doctor said I just wasn't giving the antibiotics enough time to work....but appeased me by testing for strep and the flu with a painful swab up the nostrils. Lucas did so well...and he tested positive for the flu. So I am keeping him on the antibiotics because I think he also has the sinus infection, but we started him on tamiflu too. He has been getting better and his last day of it is tomorrow.

    Although Olivia wasn't as bad off as Lucas, her cold was bad too so I decided to give her the tamiflu also, since it can also prevent it. Well last night after John went to work I noticed Olivia whining and not wanting to eat...not really coherent..just in pain and snotty. Then when I was cleaning them up and putting them to bed, she cried and told me her ears hurt...So I think she has an ear infection. Since the cefdinir covers a broad range of infection I started her on that too. She wanted to be held...it's so cute she says "mommy I wanna hold you..." So I let her hold me lol, but she actually wants me to hold her. So I put them in the guest room bed with me and we listened to music and almost fell asleep. I thought we'd sleep well and I'd finally get to bed early.  She was hot but exhausted and fell asleep. Lucas wanted to play but was drinking his water and I knew he'd have to pee and the only toilet we have right now is the downstairs, so I said lets go potty--and Olivia suddenly woke up crying saying she had to go potty...(we are sorta training but she never wakes up wanting to go sit on the potty..) she cried in pain got down from the bed and walked to the stairs kinda dizzy so I carried her and thankfully made it to the bathroom as she began barfing..she threw up 3 times and about half of it got in the toilet, but I felt so bad for her..she was so terrified at what was going on..shaking. So I told her "good girl it's okay, get it out" and started the bath. She was falling asleep in the bath while Lucas wanted to stay in and play with his ducky. Brushed their teeth and put them in their own beds. Gave them water and read a book and they went to sleep. I went back down to my bed, but every hour or so, she woke up crying and then when I'd get up there, she'd be asleep...so none of us slept well.

  BUT today, she is so much better and loving and playful. They are both getting better. I sure hope their immune system is stronger and they can take a break from sickness. I feel stuck inside since I can't take them to the gym's child center, or playdates or even church. So I have probably gained a little weight, but I have been practicing my music a lot. It's a horrible feeling when you're kids are so sick, especially when they're too young to understand what's going on, or to tell me what hurts. I am very scared that I caught the flu, because Olivia pretty much barfed in my arms, and you don't exhibit symptoms for 1 or 2 days...so I may go to my dr to get adult tamiflu just  in case...I don't know how I'd care for them alone if I had the flu too.

 I guess sickness is to be expected when we are around so many other kids. Especially since no one washes their hands as much as they should. Everyone at the gym just uses foam hand sanitizer...that's not really washing germs away! I hope they feel better this week because I am dying to go to spin and the elliptical. John as usual is working overtime...but has an interview in the morning after work for a position that would be regular day shifts....imagine that...after 8 yrs of our marriage being shiftwork...it's taken years off his life! He would even be able to get a gym membership with me :) Go to church with us...do stuff on the weekend lol. And I wouldn't be so scared to be alone at night...Good luck Johnny!

   So that's why I haven't blogged, haven't given out music flyers, haven't been on my fitness pal...(because I'm eating all day and not exercising..). Here's to a better week!

Kites

Today we flew kites--it was finally perfect weather for it. They had new kites for a while and it was always rainy or not windy enough, but today was actually pretty windy. Their kites stayed up the whole time and Lucas held onto his all the while. Olivia would get a little scared when the wind blew strong...maybe she thought she'd blow away! I let go of it and had to run after it and untie the huge knot, and the 2 kites got entangled twice, but it was so fun to see the babies enjoy holding their flying kites, as the planes flew by to land at George Bush International. We stayed out longer than I thought, and Olivia's shoulders got a little sunburned. I forget that I need to protect these pale babies' skin!

Yup.

CNN's coming around...

Music

I was going to wait til something actually came of this, but I decided to share my new goal here. I have been investing time, effort and money into this aspiration that's been a long time coming. I am finally taking myself seriously as a musician and putting my skills to the test to see if I can make a little money. If you'd like to see how it goes, please check out my music blog here:

www.SamanthaFoxMusic.blogspot.com

Stay Tuned!..I think!

Not Working a Day in Our lives??

I can't directly speak for Massachusetts' first lady Ann Romney, but I know as a Stay-at-home-mom, I work everyday..it's just a different kind of work...B.W. I can't put it in the best words to describe what I do, but this video does:

 That's hard work yo.

My Funny Olivia

I forget all the hilarious and smart comments she makes throughout the day, but one thing really made me laugh. The other day I was getting ready to go get my annual "women's health" checkup and she asked me where I was going. 

I said "I'm going to the doctor."

She said, "You sick, mommy?"

I said, "No, they just need to check my vagina."

She says, "Oh."

She has been so attached to me lately--don't understand it because we have been getting socialized with mom meetups, church and the gym. But even when John wants to hold her lately, she cries for me ...she's a level 5 clinger...won't let me do anything anymore.

 Anyway, she was okay with me going to the doctor and I said I'd be right back. 

The doctor visit took a while, because my doctor was behind, but also  because she got my blood test results checking on my cholesterol. Ever since I randomly had it checked in 2005, my cholesterol has always been over 200...and if it was close to 200, the ratio of good to bad, wasn't healthy. I never got on medication because I was always wanting to get pregnant, and cholesterol plays a big role in that. When she read my results--total cholesterol was 144, I was shocked! And the ratio is healthy too! I am so proud that my hard work at the gym and dietary changes has provided some empirical proof that I am healthier. lol. I always told John my genes are so unhealthy i'll probably die of heart disease in my 40's, at which time he could re-marry lol. Now i'm not so sure! (to that John says, "aw man, I was making plans!" ha!)

Anyway, back to Olivia. I came home and she hugged me and said, 

"Mommy, vagina all better?"

I was laughing so hard because I forgot I even told her. She's got a great memory and conceptual understanding.

sidenote--another thing that made me laugh was shopping the other day we were in the dairy aisle and she walks up to the creamer and says, "we need creamer daddy?" lol! John rarely even drinks coffee so I didn't even know she knew what it was! So funny. 

Happy 8th Anniversary John :)

Tomorrow is our 8th anniversary, but John has to work so I decided to announce our special day to the world today--his day off :) I was going to post all our pictures from each anniversary, but I did that last year, so here's the link to that blog if you'd like to see:
 http://johnsamanthahodge.blogspot.com/2011/04/seven-years.html

    It's been hard keeping a secret from John, but it was even harder to get him to drive by the signs at the right time and LOOK lol. After working out last week, I stopped by the high school because I read you could rent the marquee for the day. Atascosita high is beautiful! I met with a vice principal and paid to put my message up--unfortunately the screen wasn't big enough to hold both our names, and it looks like I'm married to "ohn". lol. Which makes it an even better memory for our anniversary :)

Then I drove by a local chain called "Culvers". I resisted ordering food, and simply requested to put a message on their marquee (they have personalized bday wishes on it daily). John thought it was pretty funny. He was irritated because I kept telling him different (wrong) routes to take on the way home from shopping in order to see the signs lol.

   He enjoyed it though. Love you man!

Houston Zoo (the sequel)

It has been almost exactly a year since we first visited the zoo, and since Lucas is really into snakes, we decided it was time to go back. Looking back at our first visit is bittersweet; the kids look like babies, we were fresh out of the navy-homeless and jobless, and... I was much fatter. To think of all that has changed and to realize the lack of security we had then, is astounding. We still managed to enjoy everything in Houston, despite living in a crappy hotel for 2 months. I have much respect for John for hiding his worry and pushing forward ambitiously to take care of us.

   It was also a lot funner because our 2 and 3 yr olds were very entertained by all the animals now. In fact when we left, Olivia proudly said "Bye elephants. Bye monkeys. Bye alligator!" listing every animal she could recall...and in between each "bye", was Lucas saying "bye snakes" every time :) I hope he gets over this obsession because I really don't want to take care of and feed a snake...yuck!

  I only took a few pictures as usual, (yeah kidding) so enjoy!

    Here's a comparison of last year in March 2011, to today, April 2012:

Told daddy to pick one...he picks the cock. They didn't have these last year..kinda creepy no?

Another comparison: Olivia in the aquarium tube 2011, and L & O in 2012

All we heard as soon as we walked up to this aquarium was Olivia screaming , "DORI!" :)

 I wanted to get a picture with this mural, and the barricade wasn't totally blocked off so we did...but someone came to politely usher us out after letting us get a pic. Apparently it was the tiger's compound. jk.

 Meerkats

 Searching for Elephants

 FOUND THEM MOMMY!

 I love the elephants. This one kept spraying water while 2 babies wrestled in it. :)

 Lucas allowed himself to smile here--he was very adamant about getting to the snakes. (which we saved for last lol)

This one still had it's tusks so I guess it had to be separated to keep from harming other ones. How lonely :(

 My sexy face..eating apples with the opaki.

 Think they're ready for camping?

 Olivia trying to share apples with the rhinos :)

 cute huh?

 Olivia trying hard not to enjoy the ride.

 We have been enjoying "The Princess & The Frog" lately---so here's Olivia trying to kiss the frog!

 Best Friends.

 Olivia didn't get to do the prairie dog thing last time :)

 I snuck around the other side of the cave and scared the shpadoinkle out of Olivia lol. 

 Snacks & water break.

 She liked sitting on the cheetah!

 So pretty. 

 We didn't get to really see the sole male lion because there were too many people in the way.

 I swear I have the same pic from last year...this albino alligator hasn't moved! looks like a statue.

 FINALLY SNAKES!

 They finally meet face to face...This looks like Jake the Snake from Rango---there were so many reptiles and we kept singing "RANGO! RANGO!"

 Beautiful zoo, and perfect weather. 

Here's a collection of videos we took: