Whoa! My mind is doing strange things lately. I just actually signed up to recieve a Libertarian Party info packet. While reading the website, I couldn't say that I agreed with everything the party stood for. But, by and large, their platform is the closest thing to what my personal beliefs are. The issue that started this was vaccines. The state of NC just passed a law that "requires" all kids under the age of 19 months be vaccinated agaist chicken pox. WHY??? WTF is everyone so concerned about with chicken pox? My dad wanted to know what I was going to do and I told him the same thing I did with all the other vax's. Ignor it because it doesn't pertain to me...I know my rights! It really sucks though that I have to hide behind a religious exemption though. Don't get me wrong, I believe every word of my religous exemption letter. But, I wish I could just say "This is against my constitutional rights!" I would go to jail if I did that or my kids would be placed in foster care or something equally as appaling. The issue with homebirth in this state is on the top of my issue list as well. Its nobody's fucking business in Raleigh or DC where I decide to birth my baby and who I want to be in attendance. If I can legally have an abortion, why can't I legally have a homebirth with the attendant of my choosing? I have also been thinking a lot about pot for the past couple of months. Marijuanna grows wild on this earth. God put it here. It was put here for a reason (just like any other plant or herb). The abuse of pot is wrong IMO. But if someone who is in pain or has an ailment that pot can help with? I think they have every right to have access to it or grow it themself. Its not against the law (yet) to use any other herb. I draw the line when it comes to things like Extacy labs but I'm a bit more conservative than some. FYI I have never used pot or anyother illegal substance.

Oh well. Josh just got home and laughed at me but he did agree with my arguments. We'll see what I decide to do. I just know that I don't feel comfortable anymore with the 2 party system we have.

I'm still working on that quilt and probably will be for sometime. For some weird reason I am doing it all by hand so far. I never thought I would enjoy that, but I am. I am mostly offline lately. I miss you all. I'm still checking in, but not around much for chats and such.

Which Drew Are You?

Josh's best friend from middle/high school called him tonight to ask him to be in his wedding this June. I think this is great! I have to admit that I'm a little surprised since they haven't exactly kept up with each other much over the past few years. Chris and Beverly came twice to visit when Megan was a baby and we went to their house this past December for a short visit before J's company Christmas party. Chris was Josh's best man in our wedding and I will never let him live that day down...

Chris surprisingly showed up on time that morning at the church. He and Josh were both pretty smashed the night before. Chris is always predictably irresponsible. I hope that adulthood has changed him in that aspect. But at 21 he was still pretty irresponsible but Josh trusted him with the wedding rings. Everyone was at the church for pictures that day. I wanted them taken before the wedding so that we could all enjoy the reception with the guests. Well, 30 minutes to 3, the guests were arriving, the music was playing and Robin went looking for Chris to get Josh's ring. (he had both) She can't find him and tells Josh. Josh and the minister start discussing what to do if he doesn't come back. 15 min later, he shows back up and says he had to go to his house and pick up his girlfriend (NOT Bev at the time, it was Erin and I have hated her for this ever since). She said that she wasn't coming unless he drove her! Well, he also made a trip through Hardees to eat something. Anyway, the word got to me, and in my predictable freak out fashion, you guessed it...I freaked. In the end, he showed up just in time for him and Josh to make their entrance with the minister and all went well. But, I will never know what he was thinking when he got in his car and left the church! I guess every wedding has its unforgetable story, and that is ours.

Well, I have decided to start on Christmas presents for this year. I'm making my Grandma, mom, sister and mil quilted items. Mil's is a table runner, the others are wall hangings. I should be busy from now til December.

I have spent the past 2 1/2 days cutting out 5" squares in all of my free time. I am making a quilt (blocks) for Megan's new bedroom. The colors are denim, yellow (with sweet little bees), purple flowers, red/white tiny flowers, red bandana, white and polkadots. I am least thrilled with the polka dots, but RaRa seems to think we need them to tie together the rest of the colors, so I'm using it but sparingly. The leftover fabric will make cute pillows and maybe a curtain. I'm excited to get moved and put together her room. She will be getting my old daybed once I move her into her own room. She can stay in the toddler bed for as long as she likes, I am just excited to make a room that she can have if/when she wants it. Our new house is only a 2 bedroom so if we stay there long enough for Dawson to move out of our bedroom, I will put a trundle in for him and they will share for a while. I hope to live there for 2-3 years but I wouldn't mind it being a little longer if it means we are working on building our dream house (a log cabin style). When we get that, I will have my quiltings in every room. :)

Ya know, I have never seen myself as a crafty person. I was the one afraid to try anything and thought of myself as unartistic/not creative. Then I started a scrapbook and got so many compliments on it. I just blew it off because scrapbooking was easy. I never really did anything fancy with it, just cut out some colored paper or slapped on a background paper/some stickers and then journaled. But, it was fun and good for me to have something that I could do. Then I decided I wanted to learn to sew better and Josh got me a sewing machine. I took off on that and made me and Megan clothes. Then I wanted to learn to cook better and gradually I am learning to like it. I love baking especially. This past summer I wanted to learn to knit, but decieded to do crochet because my mom and grandma could teach me that. I have done really well, but not tried anything too hard yet. Still, its good to know how and I enjoy doing it mostly for smaller projects. I find that I am too impatient to do something that will take a long time without many results. When I made diapers, I remember being glad when that was done because it took SO long to cut out the pieces. I definitly dont' want to be a SAH diaper maker. In the past two years of being a SAHM, I have gone from un-crafty to really loving creative arts. I'm not a master of anything by any stretch, but at least I know I have the ability to do things if I decide I want to.

ROFL! Thanks Bek!

I tashte like Alcohol. Heh. Heh. I taste like beer. I like beer. Buy me a beer. I'm not drunk, I can drink plenty without... What was I saying? Beer. What Flavour Are You?