With January coming to a close I've decided that I did well with my resolutions for the month...got all of my doctor appointments done and cleaned out some closets and drawers!! Here is the contents of one (yes, she says with embarrassment) of my kitchen junk drawers...Anyone for a game of I Spy...
I Spy ...
a little green bird
graduation pictures
the letter G
a membership card for AARP
batteries, a tape measure, scissors, and tape
two old cell phones, an ipod, hand sanitizer, headphones and deck of cards
a mini tape recorder, a luggage tag, map for NYC
a pill box, a band aid, a WV postcard...
I don't know what a person's junk says about her...but there you have it...I did find 3 pairs of reading glasses which I can always use and a pedometer, which I can't figure out how to use...no seriously!
Anyway, enough fun and games...February is almost here and so it is time for a fresh set of resolutions!
In February I am going to mix a fun challenge with a paper chase!! Alas, I am going to tackle the dreaded filing cabinet that is kept under lock and key. YIKES, this is not going to be fun, but it really is necessary as there are things in it that don't deserve the space and there are things in other various places that need to be in there where we can easily get our hands on them!! I think my paper shredder is going to get a work out!!
After the rigors of the paper chase I am going to switch to something that is more creative and FUN...but still a challenge. I am going to do some decorating updates in the house that I have been putting off...anybody know of a really exceptional upholsterer in the Panama City area??
I hope your January has been awesome but if not it's over and so it's time for a fresh start in February!!
It is a political season complete with the good, the bad, the ugly; and whether we like it or despise it we are fortunate, are we not, to live in a country that allows the discussion and yes, the heated debate. I have to confess I am a junkie for this kind of stuff...not the political pundits going on and on mind you, I like to listen to the candidates debate and really appreciate a good exchange in which sometimes everything that was said yesterday is "unpacked" and sometimes denied today. It is entertaining at times...you must admit!
Last night I watched the Florida debate with fascination...I am going to vote today so it was must-see TV for me! While I choose not to publish my personal political views here on my blog, I strongly encourage all of you young citizens of our wonderful country to pay attention, engage your mind, listen to the candidates, look at history, talk to your parents, siblings, grandparents...and vote!!
So, off of my soapbox, I am wondering...when was the last time you took a look at the Declaration of Independence?...(yea, I know, not the best segue, but it was referenced last night...I remember memorizing this for a college class on teaching History ;) Well here it is...the well known and often memorized preamble...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure
these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish
it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles
and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that
Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by
abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of
abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to
reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to
throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future
security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is
now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of
Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of
repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment
of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted
to a candid world."
Five facts For Friday that you might or might not know about this document.
1) Thomas Jefferson was the author of the document ~ chosen to pen it from the committee of FIVE that was appointed to draft a statement.
2) The Declaration of Independence was adopted by 12 of the 13 colonies* on July 1st 1776, New York did not vote. Congress began the debate, revisions were made, and the bells rang throughout Philadelphia on July 4, 1776...the Declaration of Independence had been officially adopted by all 13 colonies.
3) John Hancock, President of the congress, was the first to sign the parchment.
4) There is writing on the back of the original. It is not visible and reads
"Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July 1776." It is written upside down. NO, there is no map leading to treasure (contrary to the notion in the much loved movie...National Treasure).
5) There are 26 known copies of the document; 21 owned by American institutions, 2 by British Institutions, and 3 by private owners.
*The 13 Colonies in chronological order (in case you have forgotten...I have):
Virginia~ the first English-speaking colony to survive was Jamestown, VA founded in 1607
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maryland
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Delaware
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Georgia ~1732
And now for a bit of fun on this Friday...National Treasure...
Doesn't every boy want to be a treasure hunter??
Treasure your weekend!!
