President Obama's "plan"

I watched the Teleprompter-in-Chief talk about his "budget plan" last week and refrained from comment. One of my readers requested a post so here it is.
President Obama is exactly what he said he would be and what I expected. He has zero political experience, so everything is a framework or is told in very ambiguous terms. I thought that during his address he took both sides of the argument without a commitment to either. This is because he doesn't know what to do. He will let his staff formulate the actual plan from his ideas. This is why you should have to a Governor before you can be President. Anyway, he is continuing to print money in an attempt to kickstart the economy. I am sure he believes what he is doing will help the country even though it's plainly evident to "regular" folks that credit is what got us into this mess. The only thing that's really surprising me is that he continues down his unenlightened path with the UK parliament telling him he's doing it wrong and the President of th eEU telling him he's a moron. I thought this dude was supposed to give us some more street cred with the euros across the pond. They seem to be generally unimpressed with the guy thus far, but I can't really blame them. I'm hopeful that things will get headed in the right direction if dude will quit campaigning for his second term on Letterman and sit at his desk for awhile. The funniest thing he has done is send MORE troops overseas. Nice one buddy! I take that back, giving Hillary a job was the funniest thing.

For those of you who believe his budget retardation is just because he inherited a deficit, He has proposed a 34% spending increase and (if approved) will more than double the deficit over the next ten years. In a nutshell, he is going to make it worse. Politicians should just hire some regular CPA dude to do this stuff, that'd be way better.

New Furniture

Pictured above is the reason I can barely walk. A good friend gave me the piece of furniture in the top picture and it has served us well over the past four years. After the pantry project, we needed some additional storage and found the bottom piece of furniture on Craigslist. We got it for $100 which is good; it weighs over four hundred pounds which is (was) bad. I managed to move it with one other dude about my size but I'm now paying the real price. I have to go take some medication and try to sleep.

My New Ride

I've been wanting to upgrade from my 2000 Marin Alpine Trail for about a year, and here it is. I found a 2005 Santa Cruz Superlight in Red Bank Tennessee. It's got some cosmetic scratches but rides really well and I'm looking forward to trying it out soon. Unfortunately, I can hardly walk right now since my sciatica is really acting up after moving a beautiful new piece of furniture into the house. I will post about the furniture later.

What are Dads doing?

I'm certainly not the best example of a husband and father and have been trying much harder lately to live up to those roles. I am reading the above book after Mrs. Dude just completed it. This guy is awesome! He is really calling out parents, particularly fathers, to live up to their biblical roles. We have strayed so far from what we are called to do as men that this is truly a daunting task. We have let other people tell us what we should do, and pretty much let other people, and the government, raise our kids now. We are getting dangerously close to losing our families and the right to raise them the correct way. Check this link out:

NC Judge Forces Homeschool Children into Government school

The "socialization" argument is so ridiculous, I can't believe people even say that yet I hear it every time I mention that we homeschool. It always goes like this

" Yeah, we really thought about doing that but we were worried about them the social issues. Johnny really needs to interact with other kids."

I usually just say that my kids interact with several different peer groups, AND can speak to adults with respect. Look, you may not be able to homeschool, I totally understand that and don't think everyone should. I also think public education is vital and needs to be there for people who cannot educate their own children. With that said, quit acting like I am doing a dis-service to my children by homeschooling them.

I'm Bikeless

I found two bikes in town that would be significant upgrades to the mountain bike I have been riding for the past few years. Since I never spend money before I have it, I set a plan in motion to acquire the cash I needed to purchase one of the bikes. I sold my bowflex and my bike in one day(people must be getting their tax refunds) and made arrangements to look at both of my prospective machines. Long story short, both of my prospects sold before I could even look at them.

This sucks!

Small Kitchen Remodel

Sorry for the long absence, I know you all missed my brilliant insights. Last week we did a small kitchen remodel that has dramatically increased the space in our poorly designed kitchen.The desk in the bottom picture used to sit inside a little alcove that we had framed and turned into storage. This has been very nice over the past few days.