Something to think about before you vote on Nov. 4th

Hello, friends and family.

This is not something I usually do, but I feel I must communicate some information that you may or may not have figured into your selection of the next President of the United States of America. I take full responsibility for the repercussions of the information. Some of you will agree; others will not. So be it.

Yes, the words "socialism" and "Maxism" are being tossed around, depending on who you are listening to on the TV news or reading in the press. Supporters of Barack Obama are dismissing this as ridiculous. I am not taking their word for it -- neither should you. Read this definition and follow some of the links, if you want to open your eyes to what we will be facing in an Obama presidency:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

Of course, as an American citizen, you are free to believe what you will and to make your own decision. But as an informed voter, you are also obliged to know for whom and what you are voting. PLEASE educate yourself about the realities of this election. Read the U.S. Constitution; reaquaint yourselves with the founding fathers. Your vote could help determine how "freedom" is defined in the future for you, your children, and your grandchildren.

If you have found some truth here, please pass it on to friends and family.

God bless America!
Susie

Sarah Palin Rally at RIR

Me and 25,000 of my friends gathered in a field outside the Richmond International Raceway on Monday, October 13, 2008 (Columbus holiday) to greet Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin to Richmond. Everyone was tired from standing for hours in the hot sun; but when Sarah finally emerged at about 2:30 pm, the excitement was revived. This woman has single-handedly revived the Republican campaign for the presidency and has injected hope that this government "of the People" can be returned to the people. Today, John McCain, the Republican candidate for President of the United States, in a speech at Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, gave me hope that he knows how to lead this country and is the best candidate at this time for preserving the American dream.

Dwight Eisenhower - August, 1956 RNC - prophetic and sad

I was WOWED after happening upon Dwight Eisenhower's acceptance speech at the 1956 R N Convention. It seems to me to be so relevant to what we as citizens of this country are facing from the extreme left-wing Democrats who seem to be in control of that party. Take a look and see that Ike was both prophetic and RIGHT. I am sad and nostalgic for more common sense times:

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=10583

Susie

Day One New Beginnings

This is the first post of my new blog. I have a little experience posting to a blog. I created a blog for the former Scrap Artz scrapbook store (http://scrapartzva.blogspot.com) (http://www.scrapartzweb.com) that I used to work at. The store closed the end of April. :-(

SO, here I am again. Lots is going on. The house is a mess. I'm waiting for the start of a major renovation project, this to begin next week. The house will be full of painters for the better part of two weeks -- their task: to strip gobs of wallpaper and paint all those walls with lovely paint! It's going to be a very messy two weeks, but I am very excited at the prospects of having this house finally be "ours." None of the old paint and wallpaper. I have waited YEARS for this!

Now that my daughter Stephanie has graduated and received her Master's degree in School Counseling Education, she has some time to hang out with her mom... me! She is hoping to hear soon about a job, but in the meantime, she is creating beautiful jewelry and selling some of it. She is working on getting a website up and running so she can sell online. I'm going to help her with that. We have gotten together a couple of times to create jewelry together. Between the two of us, we've got quite a stash of components. And it's really fun to get together to "play." On Tuesday, we had our most recent crafting extravaganza. And, as usual, we try to include lunch and some shopping to round out the fun.

To change the subject somewhat, I started working out at Curves last month. I received a postcard in the mail, offering a month of workouts for one low price. The other attractive feature was that this would be part of a study in conjunction with Avon. SO, I signed up in June and faithfully went to our local Curves, practically around the corner, three times per week for a month. Only dropped a couple of pounds, but lost 4 1/2 inches (2 1/2 of those from my backside). I figure I had a good net loss, considering that a month worth of workouts surely gained me lots of muscle, which, everyone knows, weighs much more than fat. When the month was over, I signed up for a year's membership, which also entitled me to start Curves Smart. This is a program that electronically monitors your workouts and gives you feedback to do more and work smarter. I love it so far and hope to see even more of that flab permanently leave my hulk of a body. So I weighed myself on our scale at home this morning. I have lost 5+ pounds so far. Stay tuned for updates.

So I also hope to post a customized JibJab video that I created today. (That's my cute hubby Bill in the VT cap.) Look for that. It's a HOOT!

Tonight is the Glenn Beck live broadcast from Dallas. Bill, John, Pat and I are going together to the Regal Virginia Center to see it. We could all use a good laugh.

That's all for now. This could be interesting.