That was the opening of a news story this morning on an ABC affiliate.
Why? Why? Why is nobody the winner? Because they don't want the story to be that Herman Cain was the winner, they still want to put a twist on the story to put all of the headlines on Perry and Romney.
The opening should have been "Cain is the winner of the debate by a long shot". He won the straw poll with 37% of the vote, Perry was next with 15%.
The media is going to try to spin things the way they want things to end up and that's either with Perry or Romney as the Republican candidate. Perry I'm ok with, not my first choice (that would be Cain), but Romney, no way jose!
Cain was the winner of the straw poll as he should be. He might not have any political experience but I'm okay with that. He has "common sense solutions" to our country's problems and holds the same views on all of the "big" issues that I have.
If you don't know who he is, find out... www.hermancain.com If you know who he is, start supporting him!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
life lessons at 3 years old...the consequences of your choices
A few weeks ago, Mady saw earrings on someone that made her say she wanted her ears pierced. I told her it would hurt and she quickly shot back, "Nah, I don't want my ears pierced."
Fair enough.
Fast forward to last Tuesday, Mady sees some of my earrings and asks me to put them in her ears. I told her I couldn't because her ears weren't pierced. So she says she wants her ears pierced. Deja vu, "It's going to hurt." Different response though this time, "That's ok". "Here, let mommy show you a little of how it will feel"(as I'm squeezing both of her ears with my fingers with a decent amount of strength behind my fingers). "I want my ears pierced", she says. "Ok, we'll talk to daddy about it."
So Daddy was ok with it and off we went to Claire's (which I thought would be the cheapest, but most qualified to do it...wrong, in relation to the cheapest). Although it's been ages since I've gotten my ears pierced, I was thinking we were going to be in the $20 range...um, try $47!!!! Had we not already agreed to it, this would have been a gift for her at a different time.
Enough on the outrageous price we paid to have our child scream her head off...
She sat in the chair like a super big girl and was very serious as she watched the associate get everything ready for the piercing. And we were ready for the first earring...she held my hand to squeeze when it hurt...instead of squeezing, she retracted her hand from me to push away the piercing gun as the girl did it and CRIED. It was as bad as when we cut her toenails (which she despises by the way). So, one down, one to go.
She would not sit still to let the girl get near her. She was turning her head, covering her ear with her hands, she wanted off of the chair. I'm trying to bribe her with cookies, lollipops, the girl tried a toy from the store, the fountains outside to run through....everything. It was apparent we were going to have a 3 year old making a fashion statement with 1 earring. So, I finally was holding her and was able to hold her head still and the girl got the other ear. Mady calmed down surprisingly quick after that then.
Now for the life lesson...the consequence of her choice was a little bit of pain. She was warned of it and still wanted to do it. We can hope that she'll remember that lesson and apply it to other situations as she gets older.
It's incredible when you think of what Jesus did on the cross for us. He knew the consequence of His choice for us and He loved us so much that He went through that unbelievable pain of dying on a cross so that we can have eternity with Him. A-Mazing!
Fair enough.
Fast forward to last Tuesday, Mady sees some of my earrings and asks me to put them in her ears. I told her I couldn't because her ears weren't pierced. So she says she wants her ears pierced. Deja vu, "It's going to hurt." Different response though this time, "That's ok". "Here, let mommy show you a little of how it will feel"(as I'm squeezing both of her ears with my fingers with a decent amount of strength behind my fingers). "I want my ears pierced", she says. "Ok, we'll talk to daddy about it."
So Daddy was ok with it and off we went to Claire's (which I thought would be the cheapest, but most qualified to do it...wrong, in relation to the cheapest). Although it's been ages since I've gotten my ears pierced, I was thinking we were going to be in the $20 range...um, try $47!!!! Had we not already agreed to it, this would have been a gift for her at a different time.
Enough on the outrageous price we paid to have our child scream her head off...
She sat in the chair like a super big girl and was very serious as she watched the associate get everything ready for the piercing. And we were ready for the first earring...she held my hand to squeeze when it hurt...instead of squeezing, she retracted her hand from me to push away the piercing gun as the girl did it and CRIED. It was as bad as when we cut her toenails (which she despises by the way). So, one down, one to go.
She would not sit still to let the girl get near her. She was turning her head, covering her ear with her hands, she wanted off of the chair. I'm trying to bribe her with cookies, lollipops, the girl tried a toy from the store, the fountains outside to run through....everything. It was apparent we were going to have a 3 year old making a fashion statement with 1 earring. So, I finally was holding her and was able to hold her head still and the girl got the other ear. Mady calmed down surprisingly quick after that then.
Now for the life lesson...the consequence of her choice was a little bit of pain. She was warned of it and still wanted to do it. We can hope that she'll remember that lesson and apply it to other situations as she gets older.
It's incredible when you think of what Jesus did on the cross for us. He knew the consequence of His choice for us and He loved us so much that He went through that unbelievable pain of dying on a cross so that we can have eternity with Him. A-Mazing!
They sure do look cute on her! I think she did make a good choice :)
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