in terms of my relationship with the government, i mean.

and my only other wish is that they would listen to ron paul, who so aptly said:

Is Spending the Answer?

by Ron Paul

This week, Congress and the administration once again showed their lack of economic understanding, as they ramped up spending to record levels. On the surface, maybe it does look to some like the economic crisis is a liquidity problem, that the economy is in trouble because money is not changing hands at the pace it once did in the boom years. They believe that to get back to a booming economy money needs to start changing hands again – and the quickest way to do this is for the federal government to massively expand spending to pump new money into the system. If this is the extent of their understanding, no wonder they call for spending, taxing, bailouts and inflation.

If spending was the solution, we never would have had a problem. During the last eight years, we’ve blown up the size of government and certainly had no want of spending on foreign or domestic policy. The Bush administration increased spending almost 20% its first term, and nearly doubled the national debt by the end of the second term. Certainly the case cannot be made that lack of government spending created the problem or can be the solution.

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in pippier news, holy night—– rowan is EIGHT months old!  and such a delight!  he’s so happy and i love being home with him.  we got to go on THREE outside walks this week since the weather was a little nicer.  so fun!  i wish i had my camera with me on my walks though, because rowan held onto his sock cap for dear life, like he was afraid it was going to blow off his sweet little head. hilarious!  speaking of walks, rowan no longer needs me to take him to the community center.  he can go himself, as he is now a bonafide member:

hello fitness world!

and just to be gratuitous about his cuteness:

rowan takes a bath while learning about the importance of recycling from the other side of the sink.

Little Rowan is 7 months old today!

This afternoon, my parents and I took Rowan to PF Changs to celebrate his month-day.   While we were there, someone told my mom, “Your baby is beautiful.”

I am really cute, but so is Rowan.  Why didn’t anyone tell me that my baby is beautiful?

                                     vs.

my whole bloggy disappeared!

because of that, i have to remind the world AGAIN that kenny rogers had pine tar in his hand in the 2006 world series.

to be clear:

kenny rogers the cheater

not cheater:

not cheater, but also not the real other kenny rogers! what an impostor! in a positive way!

 the real deal:

hey kenny! the non-cheater!

and just for kicks:

the real deal AND the above mentioned impostor! together!