This is a bit of a (one time) change for today's post. Rather than picking a single topic, I'm borrowing from my usual Sunday post and covering a whole bunch of them in a single post. It's a good way to start 2010 and allows me to pop in a few New Year's resolutions in there here and there.
We were more fortunate than many others because we were still able to pay our bills, the mortgage, and buy food, clothes, and fuel. There was very little left after that, meaning that discretionary spending dropped to just about zero. (The government is blaming us - not us personally, but the collective 'us' - for the slow recovery from the recession because we aren't spending enough, or worse, not putting ourselves deeper in debt to 'stimulate' the economy. Too bad.)
So tell me again, which party is the tolerant, compassionate one?
Usually I've had this done during the first or second weekend of December, but Deb's car took priority and the aforementioned lack of funds for discretionary spending delayed the job until now.
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I, for one, am happy to see 2009 behind us. While there were a few positive things that happened to this branch of the WP clan, there were many more times that number of negatives, the biggest one being the precipitous drop of the stock market, the climbing unemployment rate, the pay cut I and my fellow employees took in March in an effort to stave of layoffs, Deb's income falling to zero at the beginning of August, and the resulting family budget crunch.We were more fortunate than many others because we were still able to pay our bills, the mortgage, and buy food, clothes, and fuel. There was very little left after that, meaning that discretionary spending dropped to just about zero. (The government is blaming us - not us personally, but the collective 'us' - for the slow recovery from the recession because we aren't spending enough, or worse, not putting ourselves deeper in debt to 'stimulate' the economy. Too bad.)
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One of my first resolutions is to get back into fighting trim, meaning dropping back to 195 pounds where I belong. (I had no problems controlling my weight until I got married. Deb is that good a cook...and she likes using lots of pasta, something that packs weight on me faster than anything else I've ever eaten, sugar included.) I'd also fallen into the habit of snacking on things that were bad for me in so many ways. But that ended today, Deb's good cooking aside.**********
We know the Left can be contrarian (read that hypocritical). A perfect illustration of that hypocrisy: the same folks that want to control your health care also want Rush Limbaugh to die.So tell me again, which party is the tolerant, compassionate one?
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If we need any more proof there's a correlation between taxes and happiness, here's another example. (Yes, I know correlation does not imply causality, but from personal experience I know higher taxes make me unhappy.)**********
Our friend Skip points us to the 40 best political quotes of 2009.**********
We have a series of snowstorms getting ready to blanket the Lakes Region of New Hampshire with a foot of snow (or more) over the next two days. I wouldn't mind that too much but I have to get up early Saturday morning to get the trusty Intrepid to the mechanic's so he can mount the snow tires. I have to clear the driveway before I can head to the shop.Usually I've had this done during the first or second weekend of December, but Deb's car took priority and the aforementioned lack of funds for discretionary spending delayed the job until now.
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