Wednesday, July 1, 2009

This and that and Winners!




Hello Folksies

Well, another month has bit the dust. We are officially half way through the year - quick- wash my mouth out! I can't believe I can be saying that and be telling the truth! Wellsir, in just a few days everyone will be shooting off fireworks, grilling out hot dogs, jumping in a pool, and in general having fun in the summertime. You know, enjoying their freedom. Something that we don't know how to live without. We take for granted that we have the freedom in this great country to travel where we want, worship how we desire, and the real fun part - we have freedom of speech. I like speaking my mind. I am a big letter writer. And in the recent decade of internet explosion, I have become a big email writer. I keep in touch with my Congressman, Senators and other Representatives. I let them know exactly how I think and feel about every bill that they are considering.


I read a book some years ago by John Whitehead. It was called The Stealing of America and it was about how many rights we lose each year because we choose to stay ignorant of what is going on around us. How could we EVER improve upon that sacred document - The Constitution?! If you really read the Constitution, you would see that it covers all the bases - as if our forefathers had knowledge of what would be in the future. They may have not have a clue about the radios, tvs, computers - but they sure knew human nature! Folks, we don't need new and more laws. We don't need new amendments. We need to use our heads!

If I had some real clout and some real money behind it, I would start a new political party called The Common Sense Party. I just don't see enough of that being spoken of in our state and national capitols.
I highly recommend that everyone get to know all sides of every bill being passed. In today's electronic age there is NO excuse for ignorance.

Now on to some real fun stuff! The Humble Arts is now available with their July edition. Lots of fun stuff there. My personal offering is:



Now she is as ugly as a witch should be I know, but ain't she cute? Can't help but thow some whimsy into all my clay creations. I sure would be proud if y'all would accept my invitation to visit my friends and I over at The Humble Arts.

Now for the other fun part - Let's discuss some WINNERS!!
Drum roll please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for those few brave souls that entered my Blogaversary giveaway, a few names were picked from the proverbial hat. In this instance, I took the names, wrote them down on scraps of paper, balled them up and threw them on the floor. Yes, I did. Then I let Dinah, my ragdoll kitty play with them. She batted them around and the ones that separated from the rest, her favorite pieces of balled up paper came out to be:
Raggedy Angel and Meadowbrook Cabin. Ladies, please email me and we will get ourselves together on the sending and receiving. Thanks for visiting!!!!!!

Now here's some more from The Humble Arts!

6 comments:

Sarah said...

Amen, Mommy! I will definitely start learning more about bills considering passing by our representatives in this great state of NC.
Congratulations to the winners! Beautiful, and oh how ugly, witch Mom! You outdo yourself everytime, with class :)

Raggedy Angel said...

Thank you! I cannot wait to make these sweet dolls!
Beth

twinkle teaches said...

Bravo! My husband has a blog about Jeffersonian Democracy. I like your Common Sense party,too! His site is
http://jeffersonian3rdparty.blogspot.com/
Although he needs to update!
tina

Blondie ~ Vintage Primitives said...

Hey there,
Have you seen this one?
We The People Stimulus Package http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA

worth a peek

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to the winners.

Happy 4th July Blondie

Countryfolk Keepsakes said...

Don't get me started on our "government." You know how I feel.

Congratulations to the winners!! Woo-Hoo!!!

Happy Independence Day Dear One!!
God bless...
~Peanut