Political Satire, don't you just love it!

Deadbeat voters!

My husband sent me an interesting email today, and I thought I would share it with you.
Take a close look at this map and then read his statistics.



Interesting Statistics:
Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul,
Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential
election:
Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican
won by Republicans was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens
of the country.
Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in
government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government
welfare.
Professor Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of
democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called "Illegal's" and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years. Apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.

Sunday's & Cookies

Why does it always seem that Sundays are just made for making cookies? Almost every Sunday, someone wants to either come to our house, or go to their house to make. But then nothing says loving like something from the oven! And that is a way to a mans heart isn't it? It's all good as long as they don't leave them all sitting on my counter and calling my name. I can resist almost anything except cookies and cake. Now you know my weakness.

This week is was Kelsey and Troy's turn. Looks like the mixer was giving him issues!

Kelsey was doing her part to make them round and pretty.

Can't you just smell them? Who can resist a snickerdoodle?

Troy was supposed to take at least half home to his family, but I'm not sure that happened. There were lots left on the counter, and I had to send them to the drawer for both their safety and mine. I love it when my kids cook, as long as they clean up the mess.

Holidays!

Well Christmas has come and gone. Is this year flying past or what? Seems like the older I get, the faster things get. Nicole & Kelsey came home for the Christmas break and have been fun to have around. Kelsey has decided that she wants to transfer to BYU-I in the spring so will be home until then, looking for a job, and transportation to get there! Looks like I might be running a taxi service again.

We had a very nice, quiet christmas, played games, stayed home and had a good meal. Every year I tell the kids we are going to have a small christmas. They never believe me, but this year it really was small. Small is good. I think it should become a tradition.

Today I went to the Temple with Kris to help in the kitchen. She has been doing it forever, and I am just a fill in for her mother who is out of town. We arrived about 15 minutes early (it is amazing how much faster you can drive without snow!!) and asked what was needed to do, and they said there was a group of about 40 coming for breakfast in about 20 minutes.
I almost walked upstairs and did a session. Not really. It is fun to see people come through the cafateria. They are always so happy and just glad to be there, where else could you find this at 8:00 in the morning?

Curt took all three girls and went skiing. He found a family pass on Craig's list to Tamarack for an amazing price (about the same as 1 season pass - merry christmas to Curt!) so they went to play today. Colton still has an aweful barking cough, so we get to stay inside and veg. New Years is right around the corner and then back to our regularly scheduled program, I hope!

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We gave sugar cookies to some of our neighbors this year, and they all wanted the recipe, so here it is. These back up really soft and puffy, not your regular flat sugar cookie. Yummy!

2 C Sugar
1 C butter, softened
4 eggs
1 C sour Cream
5-6 C flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp B Powder
1 tsp B Soda

Cream together sugar, butter. eggs, and sour cream. Combine all dry ingredients except for 1 C flour. Mix well adding in last cup of flour until it pulls away from sides or bowl. This dough is very sticky! Chill for 1/2 hour or overnight. Roll in enough flour to prevent sticking to about 1/4 inch. Cut into shapes and cook at 400 degrees for 5-6 mnutes. They will spring back when lightly touched when done.