Random thoughts

I haven't felt like writing lately.

That might have something to do with painting my bedroom, which is enormous. Or so it seems when you're the one painting, right?  But it's finally done with a little help from my husband, and he didn't even whine about it.  Much.

I'm also in a funk because there were issues with the former name of my blog that "may cause confusion with its affiliation" with a left-leaning political blog.  Ambiguous at best, but seriously?  Those open-minded democrats will do anything to shut a person up who is not in think-sync.  Kidding, really, just throwing the words back I've heard thrown towards the close-minded republicans over and over (and over) again. 

Something I'm not in a funk about is a little project I'm working on for my parents' birthdays which are coming up in April.  Sshhhhh.....no more on that.  I'll post pics if it's a success (after their birthdays, duh).  If you never hear me speak of it again, you know I did something wrong and am too ashamed to admit it in public.

I'm working on a more serious blog post than this one; one that is very important to me regarding public civility and decorum and general etiquette in politics. However, I may never get to it because of my mother-in-law.  Don't worry, it's a good thing.

My mother-in-law is being referred to as Her Awesomeness today.  Why?  Because "10" began the evening, (just as I sat down at my pc to blog, naturally) with the question of "What's the difference between Catholicism, Christianity, and Judaism?"  Is he for real?  Does he have to ask this right now?

My explanation to him was like Wheel of Fortune, I swear.  It's much harder to answer when you're the on the spot like that.  I passed that test, however.....as typically does with young children, that question sparked another question, sparked another question, and so forth.  I poked my husband in the side letting him know it was his turn. Yet he laughed at me.  Actually, it was more like he was already laughing at me, so I punched him in the ribs.

Then I remembered.  Her Awesomeness gave "17" and "15" a book a long time ago called "200 Questions Children Ask About God and The Bible".  I suggested it to "10" who quickly turned his nose up at it, yet his eyes grew ever so large when he started reading the lists of questions in the table of contents, such as "Will I get to visit Grandpa in heaven?" or "Why do we squish spiders when God made them?".  You want this book now, don't you? 

I will forewarn you, this book does open the door for further discussion, so don't think you're completely off the hook now.  For example, "10" just asked me another question, of which I answered, of which he then dictated to me the "correct" response from the book (because my answer was lame and I don't know what I'm talking about, apparently).  Great.  Mother-in-law achieves nobility status for her contributions to the discussion, and I'm relegated to the town dummy.

Probably a good time to go write that next blog post, ya think?