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Bombing in Manila!

This recent bombing really strikes close to home, as I have a sister who will be there tomorrow, and in Manila at that! There were three bombings, one was in the Gaisano mall in southern General Santos city. At the same time, one went off in Davao, which is also in the southern Philippines. The third went off an hour later in Manila, blowing up a buss travelling on a busy highway. You can learn more about the bombings here.

Snow!

Hurray! We got snow! The bum thing is we only got 3 inches. It is interesting how we have gotten less snow the last few years than other years! I hope we can get more snow! It would be nice to get a good old fashioned winter, with 3+ feet of snow! I know some people don't like the snow, but I like it to play in, I like it as it makes it feel like winter, and I like how it covers all the dull ground with pure whiteness that reminds us of God's washing our sins away! Let's pray for more snow in the years to come!

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Non-partisan Primary!

There is a school board and superintendent of public instruction primary this Tuesday, February 15th. Make sure you vote! There are eight candidates running for school board, and it will have to whittled down to six. There seem to be only two of the three incumbants running. I know I can endorse Mike cad, and Tom Jorgensen. I have talked with both, and both are strongly for lower taxes, and pinching pennies, as well as open to teaching alternative methods of origin in the public schools. Bill Rieger has a conservative record on the homosexual issue, so he seems to be a third choice, but I have been unable to get any more information on him, on how he stands fiscally, and on teaching alternative methods of origin. You will only be able to vote for three candidates, but can of course vote for only two. Its up to you. I hope to be able to get more information posted here on who wins the primary, and if I get more on Bill Rieger, I will post that also.

For superintendent of public instruction, I have not been able to get anything firmed down, but at this point I plan on endorsing Greg Underheim. He is the one being endorsed by other bloggers I trust. I will post more as I find out more. Vote!

Making wood.

Well, you may say, only God can make wood. Yes, that is true, but around here we call cutting up wood for burning making wood. That is what we did yesterday, we made wood. Around here many house are heated with wood, including our own. The Olsons, our neighbors who we get all our wood from, heat their house on a "hand to mouth" basis, the cut wood as they need it. They have a huge outdoor furnace, which they use to heat their house and shed. They probably burn over a face cord a week. We get all our wood from their woods, and in return we help them cut wood a winter. It is fun to be able to get away from your school, and learn the neighborhood news, as well as do something useful. We always enjoy making wood!

Back from D.C.

Well, I have been back from D.C. for nearly a week, but because of my busy schedule I have not found time to blog. Our trip to D.C. was a blast. We could have spent a month there! There was so much to see and do! We barely skimmed most of the Museums! The air and space was a lot of fun, and so was the museum of American History. The Museum of Natural History, had a very nice insect display, and insect collection, but had WAY too many evolutionary displays. I would suggest both. The Museum of Natural History, had a very nice insect display, and insect collection, but had WAY too many evolutionary displays. The Holocaust Museum was very somber, and informative, a good one to go to once. The postal Museum was both fun and informative. Arlington Cemetery was amazing to see, especially the changing of the guard, in the snow. I would not suggest the American Indian Museum, as it was a bare museum. I would have liked to see the Air and Space Museum's hanger, but we were unable to due to not enough time. I also had a blast at the Inauguration. The security was amazing! We were in the Yellow standing area, and so we weren't to close to the president (about 1/3 mile from him). We were at least able to see him (well, kind of), and be able to say we were at the event. We were privileged enough to get a free tour of the capitol, given by a staffer of senator Kohl’s office. It was a fun tour, and had a lot of history to it too! We also had the privilege to join nearly 100,000 others in the 32nd March for Life. On the way home we went by Gettysburg, which we could have spent days at also. I need to thank the Stinnetts for kindly hosting us in Maryland, close enough to D.C. to drive every day. Over all, our trip was VERY enjoyable! I would suggest a trip out there, to anyone who is a US citizen!

Gone to D.C.

Well, I just thought to tell you that I am heading down to D.C. for ten days on Monday. It will be a great experience, as it will be a first for me. I think it is good to visit your capitol! I'll tell you all about it when I come back! So long for twelve days!

Oh for an old-fasioned winter!

Do any of you remember the days when snow used to pile up to the tops of power lines, or you couldn't get into town as the roads were full of snow, or you got blizzards and 20 below for weeks in a row? Or how about the years when horse and sleigh was the fastest way about due to the amount of snow? How I wish we could have winters like that again! Yes I know the power lines were shorter then, also the roads were not as well designed, and those stories about such cold and blizzards did get a little exaggerated, but the winters used to be harsher! How I wish we could get some 4 feet of snow and a good, cold, long winter!!!!

Madison

Yesterday my family and I went down to Madison to see our state senator, Sheila Hardsdorf get sworn in. That was a lot of fun! Actually it was the first time any of my family had been down to see the capital, so we made a day of it. While we were down there we took a tour of the capitol, and visited our stare representative, Andy Lamb. We also saw and got to shake hands with our terribly liberal Governor, James Doyle. One interesting fact about our capitol building is it has the 4th largest dome in the world (measured by volume)and it was built in the early 1900s with marble from six different countries, some of which is irreplaceable owing to its value. It was a great experience which all of us enjoyed! We now look forward to our trip to Washington D.C. later this winter.