"Ideology by Numbers"

http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007588.cfm

Check this site out, it has an article that's pretty fascinating. It's funny, b/c most liberals I know fall into these categories. It's amazing how 'ideas' DO have consequences, and how our moral compass has declined so much in this country and we wonder 'what's happend'. This is just an excerpt of the article. :

Hoover Institution at Stanford University, packs into 212 eye-opening pages:
Seventy-one percent of conservatives say you have an obligation to care for a seriously injured spouse or parent, versus 46 percent of liberals.

Liberals are 2 1/2 times more likely to be resentful of others’ success and 50 percent more likely to be jealous of other people’s good luck. (sounds like someone I know...and they're liberal)

Fifty-five percent of conservatives get satisfaction from putting someone else’s happiness ahead of their own, nearly three times the number of liberals: just 20 percent.

Young conservatives are more likely to volunteer for a charity, any kind of charity, than young liberals — although young liberals are more likely to say they have attended a protest rally.

Fifty-nine percent of those who describe themselves as “very liberal” think it’s wrong to cheat on your spouse, compared to 86 percent of those who self-identify as “very conservative.”

Emma"s recital video

Emma's Dance Recital

Today was Emma's first dance recital. She did so great...and was SO adorable! We are so proud of her. I have some pics, and will get the video tomorrow from Angela..aka Miss 'rule breaker' lol My video was blurry b/c I was trying to be sneaky..but she's 'fearless'...lol. Mom Mom and Pop Pop came and Angela. Elizabeth was a wiggle worm of course, but what can you expect from a 1 1/2 year old sitting for an hour and a half. ...

On the way to the recital...so excited...look at that beautiful makeup job a la mommy :)




Waiting for it to start, we're getting ansy..


















We're all so proud of her! Elizabeth is "OVER IT" though...

















Angela came over afterwards to hang out a bit and be a 'princess'...lol

Computer "Whiz"

So I ordered a firewire card and cable, and I opened up my computer and installed it myself... So easy. Now if anything goes wrong, THAT I won't know what to do with. :) but I can install it.. ha ha

My birthday...

Well, I worked on my birthday this year, it was okay b/c my boss bought me lunch and ice cream sandwiches ... mmm... Then afterward I got to have an awesome spaghetti dinner with my in laws...So yummy!


Me and My father in law :)


















Jer and Emma















Elizabeth, what a mess! She enjoyed it though...
















Jer and his mom, she makes the best spaghetti!


















Delicious cake .... from scratch...












one candle per decade...

Jer got me a Willow Tree sculpture..(which I collect) and the cutest card...He's so sweet!

And my parents got me this awesome sewing machine...yeay!!!

It was a pretty good birthday :)

Thank you to my friends who actually remembered it on their own. :) You're awesome!