Another glorious weekend
18/05/13 07:46
This Spring has really been quite spectacular weather-wise. It has been cool and largely precipitation free. That bodes ill for firefighters but not so much for the local landscapers who make their hay while the sun shines. And shine it has. Our hummingbird feeders have been out for a couple of weeks now and we've seen them but one day out of those two weeks. It is rather odd to say the least. Maybe they don't approve of the food in the feeders? It is, after all, a juicy and colorful concoction of sugar and water and just what the doctor ordered after a long migration from the sunny south. Their little wings have done a whole lot of flapping in their trip north and the little critters may just be completely tuckered out and not ready to get down with our routines. We can wait. We even have binoculars this year so will pay close attention to the activity around the feeder. We built it and they will come. This is their nature. I suspect they are the same birds that have been coming for years although we can't be sure. Maybe with the binoculars, we will be better equipped to spot those identifiers so that we can be certain beyond a reasonable doubt that they are who we think they are.
Well, I think all that talk about taking away the Xbox put the fear of god into Evan. He went out and got himself a job at Water Country for the summer. They promise to pay him $8 something an hour as a lifeguard so that should be good. It's hard to say how serious he's taking it since the paperwork for the certificate and the check for $100 that it will cost him to take the course still sits on our kitchen table. We do worry about the exposure to the sun over the course of the summer months but we'll do our level best to remind him to stay safe and get down with the lotion. It won't do him any good to get burned and that will just make his life more miserable. Although, I will say, he is the kind of kid who has to find these things out for himself and may just have to learn a lesson or two before it sinks in. We know this from experience. I reminded him of the time that he and Noah swam around Long Island, Lake George when they were probably around 12. Noah was doing his best to stay afloat by the time they finished and, in retrospect, that little guy could have just collapsed in place and drowned while trying to keep up with Evan. That is how good a swimmer Evan is. In fact, I urged him any number of times to get involved with swimming as a sport but he never showed any interest. Notta. That's ok. God knows he has played just about everything else and that includes joining a lacrosse team in his last year of high school. Who does that?
I have to say, I have been a little focused in these past few months with political issues and related fallout. Maybe I am gearing up in my head for the upcoming elections in 2016. I despise the Clintons so hope that they rot in hell but short of that I can only pray to the baby Jesus that they stay off the center stage and out of the limelight. And, Bill Clinton has been out of office for several years now so you know my vitriol runs deep. I wasn't too concerned when Hillary became Secretary of State because that is typically a nowhere job for someone with aspirations for higher political office. So, I paid especially close attention when the Benghazzi matter came to light where four Americans died in a Libyan hell hole while our fearless leader (Obama) went off to Las Vegas for a political fund raiser. He was telling everyone and anyone who would listen that it all had to do with a hateful video that went viral thus inflaming tensions in Muslim brotherhood around the world who took out their rage on our hapless fellow americans. Fact of the matter is, it had nothing to do with a video. It was a narrative concocted by the Obama administration to downplay the rise of terrorism at a time when he was running for reelection and taking full credit for hunting down and killing Osama Bin Laden. He would have every american believe that he alone was responsible for the demise of terrorism around the world. It just wasn't true. But he lied to the american people to ensure that he won his reelection bid. Hillary Clinton lied when she parroted the same story line. Susan Rice went on every television network telling the same lie. Now we know. And there are other scandals breaking this very day. Too many to name here in one paragraph. Do stay tuned. I'm not finished ranting. Not by a long shot. Can you say, I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T?
Well, I think all that talk about taking away the Xbox put the fear of god into Evan. He went out and got himself a job at Water Country for the summer. They promise to pay him $8 something an hour as a lifeguard so that should be good. It's hard to say how serious he's taking it since the paperwork for the certificate and the check for $100 that it will cost him to take the course still sits on our kitchen table. We do worry about the exposure to the sun over the course of the summer months but we'll do our level best to remind him to stay safe and get down with the lotion. It won't do him any good to get burned and that will just make his life more miserable. Although, I will say, he is the kind of kid who has to find these things out for himself and may just have to learn a lesson or two before it sinks in. We know this from experience. I reminded him of the time that he and Noah swam around Long Island, Lake George when they were probably around 12. Noah was doing his best to stay afloat by the time they finished and, in retrospect, that little guy could have just collapsed in place and drowned while trying to keep up with Evan. That is how good a swimmer Evan is. In fact, I urged him any number of times to get involved with swimming as a sport but he never showed any interest. Notta. That's ok. God knows he has played just about everything else and that includes joining a lacrosse team in his last year of high school. Who does that?
I have to say, I have been a little focused in these past few months with political issues and related fallout. Maybe I am gearing up in my head for the upcoming elections in 2016. I despise the Clintons so hope that they rot in hell but short of that I can only pray to the baby Jesus that they stay off the center stage and out of the limelight. And, Bill Clinton has been out of office for several years now so you know my vitriol runs deep. I wasn't too concerned when Hillary became Secretary of State because that is typically a nowhere job for someone with aspirations for higher political office. So, I paid especially close attention when the Benghazzi matter came to light where four Americans died in a Libyan hell hole while our fearless leader (Obama) went off to Las Vegas for a political fund raiser. He was telling everyone and anyone who would listen that it all had to do with a hateful video that went viral thus inflaming tensions in Muslim brotherhood around the world who took out their rage on our hapless fellow americans. Fact of the matter is, it had nothing to do with a video. It was a narrative concocted by the Obama administration to downplay the rise of terrorism at a time when he was running for reelection and taking full credit for hunting down and killing Osama Bin Laden. He would have every american believe that he alone was responsible for the demise of terrorism around the world. It just wasn't true. But he lied to the american people to ensure that he won his reelection bid. Hillary Clinton lied when she parroted the same story line. Susan Rice went on every television network telling the same lie. Now we know. And there are other scandals breaking this very day. Too many to name here in one paragraph. Do stay tuned. I'm not finished ranting. Not by a long shot. Can you say, I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T?