My first Political Article by C

This is my first article in a series of articles to inform everyone about our current political situation. This is my very first blog entry that I have ever done in the series in my whole life.

This is the story of Barack Obama. Barack Obama was born in Honolulu Hawaii in 1961 from a white American mother and a black Kenyan father he now has a wife and 2 daughters. He has had three jobs that I know about, they were the Illinois senate, US senate and a community organizer. His wife Michelle is vice president for community and external affairs at the University of Chicago hospitals. His net worth is 1.3 million, his annual salary is $158,000, his primary residence is Kenwood, Chicago, Illinois.

Before he was even a senator he said this about the Iraq war:

"I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne."

"He's a bad guy," Obama said, referring to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. "The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history."

"I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U. S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences," Obama continued. "I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda."

First Day of School - Compare and Contrast

The Boy- (starting 6th grade, homeschool)- Made his "to do" list (lesson plan) the night before. (this is new this year). Slept in until 9am. Had breakfast, then crawled into bed with Dad to be read to from The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings). This year the boy will start doing the blogging for his projects, starting Friday (that's the plan, anyway).


The Girl- (starting 5th grade)- Planned and organized all evening. Got up at 6 am, made her lunch, and annoyed mom to get going. Rode bikes to school. Arrived 45 minutes before school started, and worried that she was too late to meet up with her friends.

After Photos of the Trailer Project

Reservations now being accepted through 2008.

What We Did on our Summer Vacation- Part 2

Girlmar blonderoni went to camp, again. So Boymar and mom hiked around Pinecrest Lake, then went for a swim. In an amazing story (which many of you have already heard), Boymar lost his (expensive) glasses at the bottom of the swimming area, on Monday. Dad took him to order new glasses on Tuesday. On Thursday, when they went to pick up the girl, the boy when swimming, and viola! Found his glasses! Now he finally has a spare pair.

What We Did on Our Summer Vacation

We didn't do any camping this year (well, one night at BB)! Or any travelling, either. Just job transitioning for mom, some work around the house for Dad. But we did some other fun stuff, like disassembling mechanical and electronic objects (that's a typewriter, and 8 track deck above). Boymar blonderoni has developed a huge enthusiasm for broken things. "Oh cool, can I take it apart?"

Last Days of Summer Vacation

Isn't it amazing how soon school starts these days? Today was the first day of school for both of our kids. This is what we did on Monday to celebrate the last few days of the summer vacation.



This is part of Stanislaus National Forest. We turned right on the Forest Service road at mile marker 44.5 on Hwy 108 (about an hour from Sonora, CA) then went 6 miles to Eagle Creek trailhead. We just went for a day trip and played in the water, but it looks worthy of a future camping trip. We were there on Monday, and there wasn't a soul around. Camping is free in the semi-primitive campground. (No drinking water, but decent pit toilets and fire rings). Its right on the edge of Emigrant Wilderness, and the road to this area closes with the first snow, but we might try to go back and camp later this season. Looks like it would be amazing in the "Spring". (High Sierra Spring is in July).