Finally!

They're painting!

:)

Oh the ironies

I am a conservative. Not a republican. And right now, I hate republicans (and libertarians, constitutionalists, and any other political group that is making a fool of conservatives). I can understand having concerns about a huge, sweeping health care bill that will have countless ramifications, but I'm going to go crazy if I hear one more stupid republican talk about how we're moving toward euthanasia for old people or cripples, or how the bill will raise everyone's premiums by 95 percent, etc. It's wrong and it's appalling the lies some people will tell to instill fear in the ignorant public.

So instead of listening to Sean Hannity, Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh for your answers about health care, please do me (and your country) a huge favor and go somewhere credible for information. Or I'll disown you. Or stop being friends with you. Ok, so I might still talk to you, but never again about politics.

If you want some sites to look over, here are a couple:

FactCheck.org--by far my first recommendation, because it's non-partisan and calls out people from both sides of the fence for any lies or...stretching of the truth.
RealClearPolitics.com--good in that it has articles from people on both side of the fence, although the articles are still rife with opinion. Go to FactCheck.org after you read anything and make sure the author got their facts straight.

Oh to be young and un (or under) employed

Well, this Friday we took advantage of some of our massive amounts of free time and took off to Virginia Beach with our friends Lance and Jen. It is about two hours from Mechanicsville; totally worth the drive. We had perfect weather and the water was great.

Us with our friends Jen and Lance--that's who we got the moving truck with to come out here. Eric knows them from freshman year and he and Lance are starting the same master's program at VCU.

A picture to model the maternity skirt Evelyn sent me. I love it--thank you!

Us. At the beach.

This was our attempt to get a picture of the dolphins we saw. We couldn't capture them on film, but they were there and it was awesome.

Me with my PB&J.

Eric coming in from the water.

Our setup on the sand.

We have to mention, also, that on our way up there we were stuck in traffic right next to Dave Matthew's Band's tour buses. People were honking and waving at the buses. You couldn't see in, so we didn't actually see them, but one of the buses did honk back at some fans once. We got kind of excited finding out how close we'd been to such an amazing musician. Too bad we didn't have tickets to his concert at VA Beach...

Free things are best

So I know I'm supposed to value hard work and all that, but free things are nice. Eric got a free desk today, and I got a free job. Or, in other words, I got a job that I didn't even apply for. A woman in our new ward knew I was looking for a job, and her office assistant is having a baby soon and is having some complications, so her husband suggested she call me. It's just part time, but it's money coming in (and not going out!).

I had my first day today and it went well, so it should be good. Love you all!

Oh, and btw, the radio stations here stink. I never knew how spoiled I was in Utah.