I saw this picture on some one's blog and fell in love with it! Just had to share.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
9/12
We spent a nice weekend in Washington DC for the big 9/12 rally. We spoiled ourselves and stayed in the historic Henley Park Hotel, only a short walk from the mall and all the sights. Plus, it was right next to Chinatown, so we got to eat some tasty things. We arrived on Friday night and decided to explore the city. The place was buzzing with activity--already the protesters were gathering, with Hannity broadcasting live. We also were able to see a concert and some motorcyclists performing stunts--just the normal Friday night there. Saturday we woke up and headed to the start of the march. People everywhere with signs and political shirts! We somehow ended up with the first batch of marchers. Still, when we finally made it the couple blocks to the capital, it was already packed with people:
It was impossible to get a good shot of everyone, just because there were so many people. Some mysterious company rented the lawn that day, so no protesters were allowed on it. I heard rumors that they didn't want to compare the numbers to how many were at the inauguration. We managed to find a spot on the left lawn of the capital and could not see the end of the crowd.
One of the most exciting things was reading people's signs. They ranged from very creative to very simply stated yet deep. We decided to stick with politcal shirts. Mine said "We the People" and Dj's said "Goverment is not the solution. Goverment is the problem".
It has been disappointing to hear the media's coverage of this amazing event. Some say there was only 60,000 people. We say no way! 60,000 people is the size of a WVU home game. This shut down block and blocks of downtown DC for hours. Traffic coming in the city was backed up all day. People kept marching in all day long. We started at 9:30 and people were coming in as we were walking back to our hotel at 3:30. BBC news reported 1.5-2 million people. That I believe. The media also reported the crowd as being "angry" and some other unpleasant things. This crowd was happy, energetic, optimistic, normal! The number of scary freaks I can count on one hand. They were families, grandparents, young married couples, and everything in between. I saw zero angry people.
One of the goals we made when leaving DC was to email our senators and congressman. We encourage every one who loves the freedoms granted in the constitution to do the same! If you have nothing to complain about, email them and tell them to keep doing what they're doing.
www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
It was impossible to get a good shot of everyone, just because there were so many people. Some mysterious company rented the lawn that day, so no protesters were allowed on it. I heard rumors that they didn't want to compare the numbers to how many were at the inauguration. We managed to find a spot on the left lawn of the capital and could not see the end of the crowd.
One of the most exciting things was reading people's signs. They ranged from very creative to very simply stated yet deep. We decided to stick with politcal shirts. Mine said "We the People" and Dj's said "Goverment is not the solution. Goverment is the problem".
It has been disappointing to hear the media's coverage of this amazing event. Some say there was only 60,000 people. We say no way! 60,000 people is the size of a WVU home game. This shut down block and blocks of downtown DC for hours. Traffic coming in the city was backed up all day. People kept marching in all day long. We started at 9:30 and people were coming in as we were walking back to our hotel at 3:30. BBC news reported 1.5-2 million people. That I believe. The media also reported the crowd as being "angry" and some other unpleasant things. This crowd was happy, energetic, optimistic, normal! The number of scary freaks I can count on one hand. They were families, grandparents, young married couples, and everything in between. I saw zero angry people.
One of the goals we made when leaving DC was to email our senators and congressman. We encourage every one who loves the freedoms granted in the constitution to do the same! If you have nothing to complain about, email them and tell them to keep doing what they're doing.
www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
Redneck truck
Dj got a new truck. A '94 Chevy Cheyenne. It has already been put to pretty good use. I guess we are preparing for the 'winter sandwich' that is predicted.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Whatcha Reading
For all of you that read this blog.... so that might be like... two or three. My sister just started this website that reviews children's books. It just started so there are not many, but if you would like to help review some children's books for this website just let her know by visiting the site and then pass the word along to any of your other friends that have children and would like them to read some good books on recommendation. The link is on our blog.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Korea Trip
Started the trip off with a bang-- our group bumped into Coach Bill Stewart at the Washington D.C. airport. Kelly just happened to have a Sharpie, you know for those I might bump into a celebrity and want them to sign my shirt moments.
This is a group photo of our bubbly bunch. They saw that I was trying to take a photo and decided to smile nice and pretty. I'll use this as the before picture.
When we got there the driver that came to pick us up looked really concerned when he saw our luggage. Turns out that they sent the smallest van in all of Korea to pick us up. Dr. Dyer, his wife and myself all sat on that little fold out bench you see there. The front passenger side was also full of luggage.
This next picture is of the cafeteria were we ate lunch.
The patients that we saw were disabled in various forms and to different degrees. I had the privilege of working with many of them and had many wonderful experiences.
The patient below is blind and is feed through a feeding tube. The most shocking thing I found was that she is fifteen and weights around twenty pound.
I had the time of my life on this trip and am already making plans on going back next year. More pictures to come.
This is a group photo of our bubbly bunch. They saw that I was trying to take a photo and decided to smile nice and pretty. I'll use this as the before picture.
Then when they were not looking I took one of what they REALLY looked like. This was taken just a few hours before we landed in Japan after a thirteen hour flight.
When we got there the driver that came to pick us up looked really concerned when he saw our luggage. Turns out that they sent the smallest van in all of Korea to pick us up. Dr. Dyer, his wife and myself all sat on that little fold out bench you see there. The front passenger side was also full of luggage.
This next picture is of the cafeteria were we ate lunch.
The patients that we saw were disabled in various forms and to different degrees. I had the privilege of working with many of them and had many wonderful experiences.
The patient below is blind and is feed through a feeding tube. The most shocking thing I found was that she is fifteen and weights around twenty pound.
I had the time of my life on this trip and am already making plans on going back next year. More pictures to come.
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