Lucy on the Loose!

Lucy behind the wheel. Watch out, she drives backwards!

Tulsa Fair

We went to the Fair on Thursday, first night of the Tulsa State Fair. I have been to a fair probably once in the last 20 years. Not much has changed. I still saw the Himilaya Ride, Silver Streak and StarShip. Actually those were all at Astroworld when I was a kid too. :-)

It was very crowded and the lines for the rides were super long. We decided to watch a seal show and look in the animal barns and they were hardly any people there, which is the way I like it. I suppose the highlight of the night was the petting zoo. It was a petting zoo deluxe. With the average petting zoo animals plus exotics like a kangaroo, giraffe, water buffalo, zebra, ostrich, oh a lot more that I can't remember and even a Jackalope! Never saw one in Texas, I had to come to Oklahoma to finally see one. :-) It was a South American Cavy, but it looked just like the Jackalope.

We stayed out very late, so the ride lines did finally go down and the girls and Brent got to ride a few. All 4 girls enjoyed cotton candy, Brent got his funnel cake and I had a stake sandwich.

The Birk Economic Recovery Plan

This was sent to me in one of those fowarded emails. But I love it, now if we can only get the government to realize what a good idea it is!

Karin


The Birk Economic Recovery Plan

I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a We
Deserve It Dividend.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide
U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and
child.

So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billon that equals $425,000.00.

My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a We Deserve It
Dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.
A husband and wife has $595,000.00.

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?
Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.
Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads
Put away money for college - it'll be there
Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.
Buy a new car - create jobs
Invest in the market - capital drives growth
Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves
Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks
who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company
that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed
Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of
trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( "vote buy" ) economic incentive that

is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult
U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it.
Sell off its parts.
Let American General go back to being American General.
Sell off the real estate.
Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.


Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion
We Deserve It Dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in
Washington DC .

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because
$25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahh

Lucy infiltrates Karianne's "Dr house"

Know what I noticed today? Amy's huge callus on top of her foot is gone! It was so big and hard, it looked like her heal, it is were her foot hit the ground when she walked before the surgery.

Very satisfying feeling looking at that sweet little foot now.

Etiquette tips from Karianne

If your nose gets a little runny and you don't have a Kleenex, use the inside of your shirt to wipe your nose so no one can see it.

If you 'toot' always say "Excuse me", even if you then have to explain why you just said, "excuse me".

I China

We went to a Chinese Buffet. Amy and Angie were all excited because we were going to 'eat China'. they both burst through the doors of the restaurant shouting and singing. We waited just a moment to be seated and Amy just waived the hostess off as she passed by the 'please wait here' sign and said "I China". As if to say, "it's ok, I'm Chinese, I can eat here."

Too funny

Sunday evening

Here's some pictures of the girls playing in the front yard.

Fun with dress up

I found a few costumes at Garage sales this weekend. Each of the girls gravitated toward their favorite costume.

Amy in her way too big for her duck costume. The legs are completely rolled up so she could walk a little.

Angie in the pirate costume. Looked great since I had braided her hair all over the night before.

Karianne in the Doctor costume. She has been wearing this a lot this weekend. She carries around a little Fisher Price Dr kit and is making us all feel better. She claimed a little play house as her Dr house and won't let anyone else in because that's where the Dr lives. This afternoon, she grabbed up her Dr bag and told me she was going to lunch with "some people". She's an important person now that she is a Doctor. :-)

Lucy is 8 months old!

This is a little late, and it is also getting harder to get a picture of Lucy holding still. She is working on crawling and climbing. I kept trying to get a good picture until she ate the sticky note and then I gave up. :-)

Gardenin' girls

Our internet was out for 3 days, just got it back. So now I can post again.

Here's some cute pictures of Karianne and Angie in the garden.

Lucy watching them


Sweet Amy in her favorite costume dressed as a cowgirl. It is all the rage with our girls right now since they redicovered the costumes and some stick horses in their dress up box.

Suprise!

Yesterday morning I got a call from my brother in Houston telling me he is getting out of Houston for a while since they don't have power and gas. He was at my house by that evening. I was so excited. I hadn't seen him since his wedding 6 years ago. It was so great to see him and his wife and catch up.
They of course had never seen any of our girls before either, the girls had fun showing off. I'm sure they thinks they are the most clever children he has ever met. :-)

Cool

the first day it was cool enough to wear long sleeves to "school" (Mother's Day Out). AMy thought she looked very cute and told us so. That's a Spider man tatoo on Karianne's face. She's also going through a phase right now with wierd smiles, she says her smile won't work right. :-)

Lucy and me

more firecrackers

Amy

Here's a very proud Amy wearing my first attempt at a pettiskirt. And by the way, her hair is long enough to have "fire crackers". That's what the chinese call those little pig tails on top of her head. :-)

bird lovers

It's not that the birds can't survive without us, they just would be as fat without our backyard bird feeder.

You missed a spot dad!

to the Zoo

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We went to a special evening event for zoo members last night. It wasn't as cool as it has been, very still and muggy but we still had a good time. The lions were more animated than they were in the day, but the birds were full and weren't interested in the food we proffered them. Karianne very courageously stood in the middle of the open bird aviary filled with small birds and held out her little stick with bird seed on it. No takers, since it was dark they just wanted to sleep. I think their favorite part of the night was the inflatables. They had a big inflatable slide that all the girls climbed right up and slide down, even Amy! We road the train, and the girls road the carousel.

"Momma what are those people doing in the Bear cage?"

Our day in pictures

Lucy said her first words today! Unfortunately it was dada, but I don't think she knew what it means. I'm sure as soon as she realizes that she is trying to say "mama" she'll fix that. :-)

Angie modeling a top I made her,

Karianne modeling a top I made her.

Karianne and Amy playing cowgirls.

Lucy getting some basic typing lessons from dad.