Sons of Liberty Mini Series on History Channel

 If your TV provider offers the History Channel then this looks like a good one to catch and or DVR. Our oldest who is a major revolutionary war buff is looking forward to this mini-series. Both boys are currently studying the war in school, and I hope this will give them an added level of education. My plan is to DVR it so I can preview it first before I let the kids see it. I just hope it does not dissapoint.

 

If you miss and episode, then no worries, On the next night History will replay the previous nights showing.

 

So Enjoy!

 

A wednesday *sigh* and rant

*SIGH*

Taking in  and letting out one big deep breath here.

 Last night Senior and I took in the SOTU speech. I don't know if it is POTUS's voice, or his mannerism...but I really can't stand hearing or seeing the man. and OMG is he grey haired?
And such an arrogance and over inflated ego that makes me so angry  I  want to carve something with a spoon.  It was very apparent towards the end when he made the comment about his election, Jeers came from the republican side of the chamber, he followed that up with a real smart a--- remark.
So typical!

Did you hear the Veterans portion? here let me refresh it then:  " If you want it done right, and you want a hard worker, the hire a veteran"  OMG!!!! I firmly believe he made that comment because his numbers are so low with the military, that he had to do and say whatever he could to boost them.

 How can he tell companies to hire veterans, when everyone from the federal level of the VA all the way down to state and local VA offices don't. Since Senior has set out to get employed by the VA,  he has been rejected around 15 times. Senior retired in 2009, while going to school to earn his bachelors degree he  owned and operated his own commercial lawn company. 2 of those 15 rejections were for a position with grounds maintenance for either a national cemetery, or a state VA hospital.  You tell me that a man who owned his own lawn company does not have the necessary experience to mow grass for a VA facility?  Really?????

 Upon talking to other veterans we have heard some real heartbreaking stories, whether it is the substandard health care or employment practices we have heard and personally experienced the way an organization that is meant to help these men and women, isn't! .
Next comment was on veterans health care--  well Mr. President if this administration so loves its vets, then why are there organizations such as "Wounded Warrior" ??? How much of that 200 million you just gave to Pakistan could have bought those new tract like wheel chairs for our disabled vets?


 *SIGH* shaking my head....

today...

The girls popped out enough eggs so that we could slop up some omelets. I added in some fresh ham and cheddar cheese.  

All plates were cleaned and bellies filled. 

 

Was a busy day around the ole estate. Senior did some work on a creek that is on the property. I had to go pick up chicken feed and run some other errands.

We moved "Blue" the silkie into the big coop and got her out of her smaller box. Attitudes began to flair over the new girl in the coop, but by tonight everyone had settled down.

Weather has turned nice these past few days, It has warmed up and the Sun, which had become a stranger to us has made an appearance and was shinning bright.
This made for a brilliant sunset tonight.

Aww Boys!



Being the only girl in the house, I can completely relate to this video, which comes from "Americas Funniest Home Videos".

 Our two boys find wearing sports cups intriguing. Shopping with them to get one was nothing short of a hilarious fiasco. When ND ( who is the family comedian) grabbed an adult size, and was flaunting it around, trying to keep a straight face was anything but easy.

 I left the explaining of "size does matter" up to Senior.

 

Then it is not enough that they beat on the poor thing like a drum, but the norm in the dugout is to show theirs off to each other..

 

yay for South Carolina

First it was "water safety" courses which I thought was exceptional for our school system to do that. Now This proposed legislation. I am waiting to hear the anti-gun advocates stance on this:

Legislation proposed last month by three members of the South Carolina legislature would require public school teachers in that state to spend three weeks each year extolling the virtues of the Second Amendment — as that amendment is understood by the National Rifle Association. The bill requires all South Carolina public schools to “provide instruction in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution for at least three consecutive weeks during one grading period in each academic year.” Moreover, “the State Superintendent of Education shall adopt a curriculum developed or recommended by the National Rifle Association or its successor organization.”

Three weeks is an absolutely extraordinary amount of instruction time to devote to such a narrow subject, at least at the elementary or secondary school level, even setting aside the political nature of the material. Many high school history teachers publish their course syllabi online, and a ThinkProgress review of Advanced Placement United States History syllabi reveals that teachers typically spend far less than three weeks teaching pivotal events or major aspects of American history.

One South Carolina charter school, for example, devotes just two weeks to “The Slave System and the Coming of the Civil War” and only a week and a half to World War II in its Advanced Placement United States History course. A Maine private school devotes two weeks to “Slavery and Sectionalism” and another two weeks to “World War II and the Origins of the Cold War.” A Kentucky high school devotes only two weeks to the “Roaring 20’s, Great Depression and New Deal,” a period that thrust America into an historic crisis and transformed the nation’s view of the role of government in society.

Nevertheless, the South Carolina bill does not simply require schools to spend more time teaching students the NRA’s view of gun rights than many advanced high school courses spend teaching about subjects such as slavery or World War II; it requires this course to be taught at the elementary, middle and high school level.

-Courtesy Thinkprogess.org.

our first ever...

Went to do my daily cleaning of the coop, feeding, and watering. Looked over in a corner and OMG!

Our first egg!

I know, I am such a chicken nerd to be celebrating our first egg. But it makes me feel like a proud mother and gives me a sense of accomplishment.

 All we need now is a few more and then we can cook up an omelet .ha ha ha!

this and that....

okay so I have been under the weather for the past few days. Sorry for the lack of post. Depsite me feeling "blah" things have not stopped around the estate....

One thing we aquired over Christmas was a Silkie Hen..We named her "blue" because of the markings on the side of her head...she is such a pretty girl, now I am in search of a black silkie roosters, they would make some gorgeous chicks:

Senior made these cool PVC feeders for the roosters , they work out well and reduce the amount of wasted food. next up is one for water.

Somebody decided she was going to strike a pose on a stump for me:

Everybody loves digging through fresh hale bales:



Who said dogs and cats can't get along here is Ruger and Jack the Cat snuggling together: