June 6, 2006 – Back by Popular Demand

Ok so two responses might not be a tremendous number, but I will take quality over quantity any day. Terri and Yong, you can’t get better quality then that.
So first let’s start out on an update of what all has been going on. I got a 9:00am wake up call from my sister Robin asking if I wanted to go play with Peyton and Adie at the park behind my house. Unfortunately I was up till 3:00am writing a blog on Saturday so I slept threw the entire park time. However after they played at the park they decided to stop by the house for a quick snack and a diaper change. Peyton and Adie loved playing with the bear chair and Terri’s Simpson toys. The rest of the day was spent mostly cleaning, doing laundry, and getting the Xterra ready to be stored in the garage.
Yesterday morning at work our AC was out, and it was around 80 degrees in my office. Luckily they got it working before it got too hot. I had lunch with my parents and my sister Gena. Unfortunately she was in a hurry to pick up Liam from day care so she had to cut out early.
I got a myspace message from my high school student body president, asking if I could help with the reunion next year. I let him know that I would be more then happy to help, and let him know about my mad excel skilz. Then I forwarded him a spread sheet that I made that when you pressed a button a smiley face would appear and it would say “Have a Nice Day, @#$%!”. Those random symbols weren’t exactly what I said, but the real word was kind of bad so I figured I ought to edit it.
Yesterday evening I did some gardening. I have a couple of brown patches in my yard that I am afraid are grub worms. I have been using some pesticides and stuff but I am pretty impeccant. Also I replanted my fern and some flowers that were in cracked pots. Hopefully this will help them grow. I am a little upset about some wild flowers I planted about two months ago. The stupid things still have not bloomed. They just look like weeds right now. The calo lily has started to grow though and should look real nice.
Jen Taylor came by the house last night to pick up there bed, and she brought her new cat with her. When she walked in she had it in a small basket and I just thought it was her purse. Luckily I realized what it was before Boo Boo and was able to lock him in the bedroom before he could get to it. Jen is still trying to come up with a name for the cat. I suggested Lunch.
While we were waiting for her friend with a truck to show up we watched the Alma awards. Now that is not a pointless award show at all, and played with the cat.
Tonight I am going to go over to my co-worker Linda’s house and help her get it cleaned up so she can sell it. (Terri is extremely jealous) Also hopefully I can get the scanner up and running. Terri wants me to send her some stuff, and it would be nice to get started with that picture idea I mentioned last time.
OK, now to get more of you involved I will post some discussion questions for you. First, I have two 401k plans from places I use to work, and I have decided I want to roll them over into an IRA. I have been doing a little research and think the Vanguard 2035 plan is the right way to go. Apparently as the plan matures it will automatically redistribute it self switching from a strong growth fund to a stable savings fund. Has anyone heard anything good or bad about the Vanguard fund or does anyone have any suggestions on a good fund I should look into?
Next topic. As many of you may know I have been a regular supporter of the President, and most of his policies. Recently the President has come out and said he would sign any law that was passed by congress that would ban gay marriage. Personally I believe laws should be written to protect people’s rights, not to limit them. However even more frightening is the idea that this non-issue is being made into one because no one has answers to the real issues. (i.e. Social Security, Health Care Costs, Gas Prices and the threat of slipping into another era of stagflation) However without getting to involved in peoples opinions of the President, my question is do you think his making this an issue in order to galvanize the religious right for the up coming elections will work, or will it turn off the voters because it is such a blatant manipulation. Personally I would tend to think it would back fire, however it worked on Ohio during the Presidential elections. And I have been wrong before in predicting what the populace wants. (A prime example of this is the show The Bachelor. How can people watch that garbage?)