Friday, August 29, 2008

School is back in!

Wow, Summer is over, at least the vacation part for the children. The first week of school is full of such promise.... new teachers, new friends, new books and lessons. The energy level is refreshing. It actually makes you refocus and reorganize even if you are not school. New pencils, pens and notebooks. I have my whole kitchen all fixed and ready for school lunches and family meals. Fall will come and all of the holidays. The new school year is more of a "New Year" than January. I know that i am so lucky to have such smart disciplined children with no learning challenges. School years must be so dreadfully hard. That is why we are hard on our children about grades. They have no excuse and every obligation to succeed to the best of their abilities. So bring it on. We are going to be ready.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Politics heating up...again.

Well, the negative campaigns have started and everyone is denying they are negative. Did people really believe change was possible? More than that, did the candidates really see that people wanted change? Apparently not. I do not believe destroying our ecosystems to find a non renewable resource. So i think we should look for other ways to generate energy. But, someone did make a point today. They said that the other countries needing oil would drill.... and less responsibly with less regulations than we would. Of course, i doubt they will stop drilling just because we do.