Have I forgotten about ....

So it appears uncharacteristic of me to remain almost silent during this tumultuous election season. Truth to the subject lies in the candidates, the media and well, the topics.

*None of the remaining candidates have any appeal or credibility to deserve further mention or consideration. Celebrity endorsement does not warrant the mental strength and earnesty to lead the world.
*Each night the airwaves are filled with cackling "political experts", a reminder of Rosie O'Donell and Elizabeth Hasselbeck exchange on "The View".
*Education has to be a pre-requisite to be a politician, yet the the utterings and mumblings from the podiums are mush of economic farse, flip-flop loyalty, and unoriginal. Hillary proposed economic ideals effective in other countries, keyword, OTHER COUNTRIES, unapplicable to the present economic system. Adam Smith is definitely frowning at the ramblings and "solutions" to the economy. I may not have paid much attention in Microeconomics or Macroeconomics, but I do remember Dr Goldberg,

"Any economy requires years to recover from a recession that only takes
months to vanquish a system. Pumping funds into the system is the way to stimulate the cycle, however the effect is delayed. Therefore the recovery efforts of the current administration will be stolen credit for the next administration."

In short the current Bush administration is undoing the Clinton fiasco, doing anything possible to recover, pumping stimuli into the economy. Unfortunately the hard work will be credited to the next tenant of the White House.

All the caucusus and polls are just overwhelming. The current numbers I am concerned about are the price of gas and the balance in my checkbook, probably similar to 95% of the world. So far the candidates have not proposed anything convincing worthy of my consideration.

We prefer Snow over Rain

Sure the Findlay Ohio Great Flood of 2007 is in the history books.
Looks like 2008 is making a head start, reminiscence of last summer, presently we are looking at high water, flood stages, level 3 emergencies, school cancellations, evacuations, blah blah blah.

Well.... here is an appeal to the higher power .....

ENOUGH RAIN ALREADY.

Why??

Here are the top ten reasons to have snow over rain:

1. Squeeging the basement floor is rather tedious after 2 days.
2. All that pounding rain makes sleep extremely difficult.
3. The kids are not in school.
4. Somewhere else in the world is a drought laden patch more deserving of all this moisture.
5. Erhm ... we have 2 new sleds to break in, we prefer snow over rain.
6. My car is clean enough, at least on the outside.
7. Really, the dogs do not smell too good when they have been rolling in the rain and mud.
8. We have a 20 pound bag of safety salt to use.
9.We can force the kids to shovel snow, but rain is beyond our creativity.

FINALLY ..... the Top Ten reason....

10. THE KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL ..... THEY ARE HOME!!

*sigh.... sipping another cup of coffee. *wink.

Other possible reasons:
*At 30F, snow is more bearable than rain.
*It is more fun to plow through snow than rain in my 4x4 Jeep.
*I get to chase the kids out to the back yard, where they can build a snow fort.
*Really, the sight of Sadie rolling in the snow is a sight to behold.
*On the other hand, Sadie rolling in mud is horrifying.
*2 feet of snow is breathtaking, 2 inches of rain is just too much.

Still here

Oh yes we are still here, playing tag with the weather, teased with warm spring for 2 days then blanket us with 11 degree temperatures for weeks.

The daily commute continues with the 16 miles per gallon Jeep. But the 40 minute drive allows the mind to calm down and catch up on other issues and phone calls (way to go Bluetooth technology).

Mundane routine is slowly eroding to exciting anticipation to Spring, time when this family really wakes up. Inpatient for the flowers to emerge from the frozen soil and bask in their glorious fragrant beauty amongst the green foliage. When birds pick our cherry tree to nest their young while our young watch over them with intense curiousity. In due time, this chill will give way to the next course on the weather menu. We will have to rebuild or build another gazebo, for the kids to play cards. Drag out the pool and backyard toys. Oh yeah Spring will be here soon.

Be right back... time to water the houseplants.