{"id":656,"date":"2008-11-11T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinfoell.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/11\/smartypants"},"modified":"2008-11-11T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T19:54:00","slug":"smartypants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2008\/11\/smartypants\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartyPants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t expect to get political propaganda from an 8 year-old, but that&#8217;s what we got on Sunday when my Brother-in-law came over with his kids. We all knew who they were voting for just by the signs in their yard. That&#8217;s cool. Whatever floats your boat. I have never felt strongly enough to support someone with signs in my yard.<\/p>\n<p>Unless it&#8217;s a Miller Lite sign.<\/p>\n<p>But when an 8 year-old tells you she &#8220;hates!&#8221; the new president because he &#8220;kills babies!&#8221; a swift smack across the face is in order. BUT, that&#8217;s not what happened (more like eye rolling). Instead we told her it doesn&#8217;t matter who won, we have to support him now that he is our President.<\/p>\n<p>I doubt that worked.<\/p>\n<p>Justin&#8217;s getting all upset with the state of our health care system. I&#8217;m just upset because my car door was frozen shut the other morning. I&#8217;m all about the important things in life.<\/p>\n<p>Oh! Ya! It&#8217;s like freezing temps now! Justin and I are such wimps. Scully, surprisingly, still likes to be outside. We did get her a new coat, but all the treats she gets from *someone who shall remain nameless*, has left her a little sausage. So the coat has to go back for the bigger size. But seriously, it&#8217;s freaking freezing here people. And it&#8217;s only November. Ok, positive thoughts. I lived in Utah, not as cold but it did get cold there. Damn my 5 years in the desert heat!<\/p>\n<p>On the housing front: Yet another offer on a cute little starter home. And we&#8217;re doing ANOTHER offer on a different home tomorrow. The reason? They are both short sales and since our last offer on a short sale took about 2 months, we figured, we&#8217;d for sure get one or the other. So why not two offers. Don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m rich or anything. Cause I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is our company arts\/craft\/bake sale. Guess what I&#8217;m selling? Ha! Nope! I made homemade caramels (courtesy of my mil&#8217;s recipe), the standard chocolate chip cookies (which is the best recipe I&#8217;ve EVER found for thick chewy ones), and my yummy chocolate chip-pumpkin squares. I just hope I don&#8217;t eat everything on the way to work tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll close this with a short story of our nephew. He&#8217;s three and hilarious. Justin took him yesterday to pick up his older sister (who is 5) from kindergarten. She gets in the car and says, &#8220;I can spell my name backwards!&#8221; She then proceeds to explain that she can spell all sorts of words backwards. The stop sign, Justin&#8217;s name, etc. Her little brother then asks, &#8220;Can you spell &#8216;shut up&#8217; backwards?&#8221;<br \/><span style=\"font-size:50%\">Strawberry<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s not funny enough for you, go to about 2:30 in this video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t expect to get political propaganda from an 8 year-old, but that&#8217;s what we got on Sunday when my Brother-in-law came over with his kids. We all knew who they were voting for just by the signs in their yard. That&#8217;s cool. Whatever floats your boat. 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