Ignorance is NOT bliss!!!

I went to the doctor yesterday...no wait...Tuesday, to get some for my allergies. The doctor asked, "how long has your congestion been present?" I said, "Three weeks." He said it sounded like a sinus infection, but I refused to believe. Mostly it was just runny nose! So he gave me medicine for both allergies and an antibiotic for a sinus infection. I wake up this morning and I can't hear out of one ear and my check feels like someone is sitting on it when I breath in---OK OK--I HAVE A SINUS INFECTION...ugh. So I started taking the medicine. I'm sure I would have felt better by now if I had started taking it Tuesday, but, I'm resistant to antibiotics cause they crash my system. I suppose it's a good thing it's already in bad shape. I feel like poop--POOP! And my ear keeps popping. And I just want to watch Dawson's Creek and sleep some more, cause that's what Candice and I used to do in Canada when we were sick, but I don't have any of the DVD's. Sad day. Maybe I'll make some tea---awww man, I know I'm sick when I O.K. with drinkin tea!

P.S. today was the first real frost here--window scrapin frost. Good thing I don't have go anywhere for awhile cause Dave's got the scraper--would be a good thing to get one for both vehicles.

Turn out the lights...I'll be back November the 5th!

I'm about ready to pull a blanket over my head and come out on November 5th. I'm tired, angry, and just ready to toss the whole political system of our government. I'm tired of political christians saying God is on their side--dragging God through the dirt of one party or another--saying things like "You can't be a Christian and be a Republican/Democrat." I'M SO TIRED OF IT!!! SHOVE IT ALL!!!! I cannot listen to one more extremist radio host talk about how the other candidate is going to take this country to hell--and not say why their candidate wouldn't!!!!

I wish it were simple for me, if I could jump on the whole abortion band wagon and just vote because of one thing--but I can't even do that! Both presidential candidates agree that abortion is o.k. for different reasons--Obama is 100% pro-choice, McCain thinks it's o.k. if you've been raped or there is incest involved. I don't think either are right, and really, REALLY, is there a LEAST WRONG when it comes to life???? But when it comes down to it, I simply can't throw the rest of government out with the dirty bath water and say--"The person who stands the way I do on abortion will be the best president"--I CAN'T! Morally people will CHOOSE to have an abortion or not--the president cannot make them have or avoid one, and those are PERSONAL moral decisions--if a person is against abortion and he/she will not have one. I'm not pro-choice, but I cannot stand by and watch the economy crash and place my bets on the president with the least moral whoa's in my opinion.

I want the one who will run this country the best--who will pick our foreign policy out of the dust and do something with it--who will help our economy--who will decide how this war will end for the better, have an exit strategy, and figure out where we as a country are going to stand with helping the rest of the world--who will STOP running up the national debt to unfathomable highs--who will help us find it in our hearts to try a preserve some of this world around us by searching for alternative fuel sources--who will improve our education system, maybe even paying the teachers a bit more attention--I want the best for the job, the one with the best ideas and strategies for our government--But I'm afraid I will have to settle for the least worst, because these two choices aren't great, and why the heck do we feel that two major choices is REALLY a choice--right now I feel like Democracy is a scam--and for a country who prides themselves on creating it--we really should do better at pretending we actually have a Democracy.

What do you base your vote on?

Girls weekend

Aren't those blue eyes just striking! I love them :)

I'm home alone...well, Sleepy and I, this weekend. Dave got the opportunity to head to the Red River Gorge in KY this weekend to climb with friends from Michigain and I chose not to tag along. But I've had a pretty incredible weekend so far. Yesterday I caught up with my much-missed-friend Beth, who was in S. Africa for the last month. We went to see Secret Life of Bees (so incredible, really did justice to the book, minus Dakota Fanning who needs to learn how to act as a non-child actor), and then went to dinner. Then we went over to another friend's house and played Rock Band! I had never played before, but I could see how I could get addicted to playing guitar VERY quickly--so fun. Today, I got up early for a Saturday (9 a.m.--I know you moms are so jealous--lol) and got right on it! I got a lesson plan, dishes, and a few other things done before lunch. Then I raft guided this afternoon for the last time of the season (yes, it was frigid). After work I went straight to the high school volley ball game; they are in the play-offs and they KICKED BUTT!!! Afterwards, Erin, Beth, and I came back to my place and we cooked chicken and dumplings (mom's way--love it!) and baked carrot cake! Then we had coffee and cake and played Settlers!!!! Wonderful weekend--and it's not over!!! At the moment, Sleepy is snoozing beside me on the couch.

Moving out of the Fog

Here are the pictures from when the fog started to life. The colors are just brilliant! I'm not sure how much longer they'll last though, especially when they are already so bright so early into the Fall! We'll just have to enjoy them while they last!

Weekend with B

This is my favorite picture from the weekend. We hung the camera on a tree branch and had to keep turning with it and hoping it would get us in it!


This weekend my little sis came up to visit and we had a great time. Friday Dave, Sophie, and I met her in Asheville and ate dinner and went to a movie. It was really nice. Saturday we decided B needed to see the beautiful fall scenery around here and went for a hike in the Shining Rock wilderness area. We took the Blue Ridge Parkway on the way up, and then it started to get pretty menacing. The weather got dark and darker until a fog appeared that was so thick we could barely see twenty feet in front of the car. I optimistically said it would "burn off," but it wasn't letting up. We pushed on. When we got there were surprised to see the parking lot so full of cars and people on a day like that. It was pretty cold and wet so we all had on layers and rain jackets. When we started we were kinda chilly, though Sleepy seemed fine as long as we kept moving. The fog wasn't letting up, and it was crazy to think the colors around us were so beautiful, yet we couldn't see a THING! The pictures, and video, are below to prove that one. About three o'clock, as we were ALMOST back the parking lot and at the end of our hike, it cleared a bit. It was amazing! We got some pretty cool pictures I must say. Without further ado....here's the fog.

Entering the Fog

It's crazy how you can hear the wind whipping around us, and how quickly Dave and B disappear in front of me.

Bath time!

So Thursday Sleepy rolled in something awfully smelly. We like to all curl up on the couch together and that was just NOT happening with him smelling putrid. Friday Dave decided he needed a bath and got right to it after he got home from work (considering he was already dirty). He didn't stay dry for long, Dave that is, so it was a good thing he stayed in his work clothes. Sleepy was not at all convinced he needed a bath!

Dave's already soaked at this point--look at his pants


Sleepy is not loving the bath--it's even warm water!


Escape!!!

Caught again. Back in the tub for you buddy! Oh well, at least you don't have to get one again for awhile.