Weekly Menu - 12/01

I just got my wisdom teeth extracted last week, so blogging has not been a priority. :-)

Hot Wings, French Fries (Baked Potatoes for Nathan and I)
Deer Stew, Apple Turnover things ?? :-)
Wild Rice Chowder
Bean Burritos, veggie
Chicken Breasts with Fresh Mozzarella, Scallion and Mushroom Soup

A Link

http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2008/11/13/will-barack-obama-reverse-abstinencefidelity-funding-policy/

This is an interesting read. I actually read some of the information in an article at lifenews.com last week.

Health Care

I found this article on CNN today. The article states that almost half of primary care physicians would like to leave their jobs if they had an alternative. Wow. The statement at the end of the article is also very interesting.

Some thoughts

I have always had an opinion about abortion (who knew?) and have always been against it. I have been thinking about why it bothers me so much lately. Why am I getting so fired up now? Here are my thoughts:

1) The election of Barack Obama and a Democratically-controlled Congress has “lit a fire” under me, you could say. When Bush was President, there was no way a bill like the Freedom of Choice Act had a chance at becoming law. Now, I think there is a good chance of that happening.

2) I am a mother. I have been pregnant twice. I have experienced the joy of having a baby full term and watching him grow, and I have experienced the indescribable pain of having a baby at five months and holding him while he died. I hate the thought of young girls being sold a lie and having to live with that pain and the possible physical consequences for the rest of their lives.

What course of action should I take? I want to act, to do something. I know that getting angry and hating the people who support and promote abortion is a waste of time (and a sin for Christians) because those people are blinded. Hate, for the record, has never opened the eyes of the blind. I think prayer is the first step. Prayer gets our attitudes right (funny how that works) and truly makes it possible for us to act in love. Right now I am committing to pray and get my attitude right, and I pray that God will show me what He wants ME to do in the process.

Abortion

II posted this on my Facebook account, but I thought I'd go ahead and post it here as well. Would you like to do some reading? I have been researching information about the Freedom of Choice Act, the one that President-elect Obama promises will be one of the first things he signs in office.

Be educated, people.

A Pro-Life overview and viewpoint: ”The heart of the bill is a ban that would nullify all of the major types of pro-life laws that the Supreme Court has said are permissible under Roe v. Wade, including the ban on partial-birth abortions and bans on government funding of abortion.” From this site:http://www.nrlc.org/FOCA/LawmakersProposeFOCA.html

A Pro-Choice overview: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/assets/files/Abortion-Access-to-Abortion-FOCA.pdf

A Pro-Choice viewpoint: http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/issues/abortion/access-to-abortion/freedom-of-choice-act.html

The web address is self-explanatory… http://www.blogger.com/www.fightFOCA.com

I could go on and on, but I doubt many have even read this far. Boring stuff, you know? There, my sarcasm had to leak out somewhere.

The Napping House

The Napping House by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood.

I absolutely love this book. I found this interview with the authors very interesting. We've read another book by this couple, and it was another of Nathan's favorites. Yippee for good books and great authors!

Good Rainy Day

Today is a rainy day at my house. It feels good, though. I already have the red beans going for supper, and they smell really good! I bought a package of pork hocks (two in a package), and I put one in the beans this morning and froze the other one. I wrap the pork hock in cheese cloth because sometimes the bones and bits fall to pieces, and Evan doesn't really like them in his beans and rice.

So, I am going to do a quick book post then get busy in my house!