http://blog.elsasgallery.com Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:46:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seven Days in December I set aside seven days   To clean my house this year. My husband asked, "Is that enough?"   I said, "Don't worry dear: I'll mark it on my calendar   So I will remember. I think I'll plan it for sometime   Midway through December. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday   I will dust and mop ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/12/19/ladies-of-a-common-thread/ I have had plenty to say recently but haven't posted anything. I was unable to access the admin functions so could not write a post. Errrr... Anyway, it is fixed now. When I was little my Granny used to make homemade noodles every year for Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas dinner. When I got ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/11/29/the-making-of-a-traditional/ Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/10/24/our-tax-system-explained-in-beer/ Socialism:  1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or     governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and     distribution of goods 2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property    b: a system or condition of society in which the means ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/10/18/learn-it-or-we-are-going-to-live-it/ Me or Bill Gates, I don't care who you are. If you work for it, if it's your idea, and you implement it, it's yours. It's not right for someone to decide you make too much...that the wealth needs to be spread around.   "When you consider socialism, do not fool yourself ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/10/16/spread-the-wealth-around/   Except for short trips around town, which she loves, Allie had not been in the car alot. She had never been camping with us. She is a country dog and not used to being confined to a lease. We were apprehensive, but she did great. She loved the camper and made ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/10/10/a-campin-we-will-go/ Really. The arrogance leaves me speechless. John McCain spent 5 1/2 years in a North Vietnam prison camp as a POW often being fed by his fellow POWs, eating no telling what and Barack Hussein Obama has the temerity to say: "..."I did not spend 19 months on those Planes and eating ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/10/10/im-speechless/ http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/08/07/say-ahhh/ I thought most birds only had their babies in the spring. I have seen barn swallows have a nest of babies in the spring and again in late summer. But, this year, I have seen fledging Mockingbirds and, now, this nest of young Sparrows.  Just goes to show you how ... http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/08/05/for-some-reason/ "The Presidency is not an entry-level position." Frank Turek  Ain't that the truth. http://blog.elsasgallery.com/index.php/2008/07/31/quote-of-the-day-9/