Thanksgiving at the farm in Iowa

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

chicken comes from a cow

We were sitting around the supper table tonight and I had fixed a meal called chicken chalupas that our whole family loves. As we are eating, Macy looks up as she stabs a piece of chicken with her fork and in all seriousness asks, "Momma, does this chicken come from a chicken?"

Dan and I trade looks and Dan says, "No, it came from a cow". She looks at both of us and says with an incredulous look on her face, "Wow, this chicken came from a cow!" We all burst out laughing, including Macy, as any time she can make us laugh she's as happy as can be. Ahhh, that sweet girl can be so blond sometimes! :)

Obama's "Health Care Plan"

Found a great video from Fox News on the president's health care plan. Today is the last day to make calls to anyone and everyone in the white house before they vote on this tomorrow. It's interesting to me that they are one day away from a vote and still haven't released the final language of the bill concerning abortion and will only release that information at the last minute. How can that even be legal?

I love how the video talks about how people from foreign countries come here for health care if they want it done right. Please watch it and then make those calls today. Hopefully, the idiots we put in office still listen to what the people want. I'm not so sure about that anymore.

Here's the phone number for the Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.