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To Robek's (for those of you that are not familiar, it is a juice place).  It has been going on for quite some time now, his love for "the juice"...it's actually kind of funny. The boy knows what he wants, and he let's you know when he wants it. His first Robek's experience, he shared one with me...he was supposed to share with me. Honestly, I had only planned on letting him take a few sips and I was going to enjoy the rest by myself. Little did I know that the last time I passed my drink to him in the back seat would be the last time I was going to see my drink. :o He sucked it down so fast, it wore him out, because he feel asleep in the car and I was able to bring him into the house and lay him down to finish his nap, where he slept for an additional 1 1/2. This was a surprise and great for me at the same time, considering he stopped taking naps MONTHS before.

Our second visit to Robek's...same thing happened. Did I learn my lesson, NOPE? I thought the first time was a fluke. I passed him my drink for a few sips, he sucked it down again (probably even faster then the first time), fell asleep, and took a 1 1/2 nap. By our third trip, I learned my lesson, so he was going to get his OWN drink, so I could enjoy mine. The difference with the third trip...he now knows the location! I know this may not seem like a big deal, but did I mention he is not two yet? So we pull into a parking space and he says " Wobucks"... yes wobucks is his word for Robek's. Daddy and I look at each other, and we both say..."he did not just say Robek's" so I guess he wants to let us know we heard him correctly so he says it again. What in the world, why does he know the place by site that fast...I guess it does not take much for kids these days to pick up on what they like and where to find it.

Now that we have established that he LOVES Robek's we can not even drive by the place or he will have a dang near melt down. We were going quite a bit for a little while, so when I would drop my daughter off at school he would say "Wobucks" "I want Wobucks" The first time he said this after dropping my daughter off, I thought he was saying something else, but low and behold it was good ol' Robek's. We were not even going after we dropped my daughter to school; we would go after we picked her up from school so we could all go together as a family. Any how for a couple of weeks, he would immediately say after we dropped her off "I want Wobucks."

I mentioned that he knows the location of the Robek's we go to...a couple of weeks ago after a long strike off not going we decided to visit our favorite juice place. One of the ways we go we have to pass by it first before we can pull into the shopping center...my son sees Robek's and yells out "Wobucks...I want some....PEEZE....PEEEEZE" (his word for please)...apparently he has been deprived of his precious Robek's. We passed it, like I mentioned to pull into the shopping center, so he thought we were not going for a brief moment and almost had a complete melt down. After he realized that we were going to Robek's he clapped his hands in delight and got all gitty...gotta love my little man, he is too funny!

So now he is back on his Robek's, believe it or not it did slow down for a little bit, but it does not help that my daughter asks him if he wants to go, and then tells him maybe we can go on Friday...I want to ask her if she has some Friday Robek's money...the nerve.LOL He mentions Robek's at least a couple of times a week, poor baby, I don't know how we are going to break him from needing his fix.   Yesterday, I had to run to Costco, and the Robek's we go to just so happens to be in the same shopping center...I'm sure you know where I am going with this...

So I go through what we call the back way to go into Costco, unfortunately the back way has easy viewing of Robek's from across the street. I was at the stop light, it turned green and I proceeded to drive down the street to get to Costco, my son realizes "the location" of where he is and where is beloved Robek's and yells out "Robek's" (he has the pronunciation down now) and he throws his arms up in the air as if he were on a roller coaster. It was the cutest thing, but we were not going to Robek's...as I kept driving, which it did not take him to realize, he puts his arms down and says "not Robek's...Robek's" and then he has this face of disappointment. Awwwww...I felt so bad, but we could not go I had to run my quick Costco errand and get back home, plus it was not in the budget for the day.

Needless to say, my son has a problem. I will admit I prefer him wanting Robek's over McDonalds or any of the fast food places (which I guess it helps that we do not really go to those places), but he still has a problem.   He has it so bad that during his nightly routine of tossing and turning and throwing out random words, just last night he says "Robek's....strawberries..." Are you serious son? Are you really talking about Robek's before getting settled in for the night??? LOL Again...gotta love him...he is too funny!

What is your son or daughter's favorite treat? ;)

                Unfortunately many Americans were not thrilled with the Policies of the Bush Administration nor were too many happy with the way he ran the country. I know I was not a big fan, but I will say this…he raised wonderful daughters. One must give credit where credit is due. If you have not already done so, you have to read the letter his daughters left for the daughters of President Obama. That was the most considerate letter two young ladies could have left for the next children of the oval office. Click here to read the entire letter “Playing House in the White House.”

 

My favorite part of their entire letter (although it was all good) “Our Dad, who read to us nightly, taught us how to score tedious baseball games. He is our father, not the sketch in a paper or part of a skit on TV. Many people will think they know him, but they have no idea how he felt the day you were born, the pride he felt on your first day of school, or how much you both love being his daughters. So here is our most important piece of advice: remember who your dad really is,” what better advise can you give then that? Even those parents who are not “high profile” get the bad end of the stick in society sometimes, or people view them poorly without even knowing them.  I think it is very important for us to remember our parents for who they really are/were, and not how others portray/ed them. Whether your image of your parents is/was good or bad, only those who grew up in the house with them will know them best.

Please note that I am not condoning how Mr. Bush ran the country, but he is no longer in office.  We need to move forward and leave the past in the past, and make the country better then it currently is. The Bush twin daughters helped the Bush family to leave on a positive note, and I honestly would prefer our last president leaving on a positive note then a negative one. Our country really does not need any negative energy floating around…we have a lot of work to do, to get back to a prosperous nation.      

Last year (2008) was not exactly the best year for most Americans. We had the crash on Wall Street, many lost their jobs and/or homes, and our healthcare system continues to fail us along with the educational system. Some of the listed made many lose trust in our leaders and our government. Will President Obama be able to change the view of government in the eyes of Americans? Will he be able to change the way our allies and ?enemies view America and Americans??  Only time will tell.

                After being sworn in, luncheons and a night of inaugural balls(01/20/09) lasting to the wee hours of the following morning, President Obama ?Hit the Ground Running? on his first day in the Oval office. He has already put a freeze on the salaries of employees who make over $100,000 a year and issued new ?lobbying? rules. You can read more about it here http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_executive_pay. More changes are on the way, he does not seem to be holding back, nor does it seem like he will slow down anytime soon. Will he come through on the many promises he made during the election? I sure hope so, judging from his first day in office, the chances seem more then likely. I must say, please do not expect any overnight fixes; our economy did not get in the state it is in overnight.

                I do believe positive change will come with President Obama, but I also believe strongly in him wanting us ALL to be responsible. He wants us all to play a part in fixing America. I like the fact that he is including Americans in his journey for change. If you want to be involved, if you want to express your thoughts/opinions, or if you have suggestions, send them to the current administration. You can visit the ?Official? web page of the White House at http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/. This link will take you directly to the contact us page, but please look around the site and read about the plans that President Obama has for our country.

                During President Obama?s election we were able to see just how diverse our country is. The young, the old, black, white, disabled, gay and straight, rich and poor, all backgrounds came out to support him. I saw some ugly sides in people too, but this time around, I saw more of the good in people. I saw how united we can be when we have a common goal. The majority of Americans wanted a change and they saw that change in President Obama.

Although everyone did not see him as the change for our future, it is clear from every appearance he has had since being elected (and even before then) that he is for ALL people. He is a proud, compassionate, intelligent, well rounded family man. My favorite aspect of him is that he is a family man. I like that he has no shame or reservations about speaking highly of his family. It is absolutely clear that he loves his wife ?The First Lady? and daughters (Malia and Sasha). Seeing him as a family man has actually made me trust him a little more, even respect him more. Knowing that he ran for president because of his daughters is admirable. It also shows that he cares about the future of his children, and all the children of the world. Considering children are our future, we have to leave them with something worth taking care of. That is the goal of all parents right?to leave our children in a better place then we found it, to try and make it so they can struggle less then we are/did?

I understand that not everyone was for President Obama, and that is perfectly fine, but let?s not dwell on the past. It is what it is, and our future lies with President Obama. But, with his administration everyone is encouraged to be involved. So get out there and make some changes. Whether you are a fan or not, our President needs our encouragement, strength, support, love, positive energy and prayers. Nothing is going to change if we do not back our President and give him our full support. Again whether you like it or not, he is the leader of our country. He can reach many great goals with Americans standing in his corner. Let?s all uplift him, keep him and his family in our prayers, as well as the entire administration and their families. ?Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.  ~Vince Lombardi

May God Bless us all! I will leave you with one last common quote?

?Coming together is a beginning.  Keeping together is progress.  Working together is success.?  ~Henry Ford

I think Elves came into my home and sprinkled dust on the tables and threw toys on the floor and left dishes in the sink, and.....OH WAIT THAT IS JUST MY KIDS AND DADDY! I don't know why it seems like as soon as I clean up one area of the house a different area has gotten worse. I honestly think the oldest kid of the house (daddy) makes the biggest mess out of them all. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my family, and I LOVE staying home with my children, and I understand that part of being a stay at home mom consists of cleaning (actually even if I worked out of the home cleaning would still be on my plate) HOWEVER I did not sign up to be a 24hr housekeeper. Don't get me wrong, I like having a clean home, I don't even mind cleaning, "there is a place for everything and everything belongs in its place"...I just get a little irritated when I have cleaned up a room and it only stays clean for ummmmm 15 minutes. What is really funny to me is the dishes in the sink. I am pretty good at staying on top of that, but what is funny is the man of the house. Because he does not like to wash dishes so he will buy plastic cups "to help cut down on the amount of dishes in the sink." UMMMM...why does that matter if he is not washing the dishes? I told him to just use one of the many cups that we have because I will be the one to wash it anyway, plus it is better for the environment if he is not helping fill the landfills with plastic cups, every little bit helps right? Don't even get me started on dust. As much as I would like to pass the blame onto someone else in the house besides myself, no one really can take the blame for the occurrence of dust...unfortunately I am the one responsible for fighting with the dust bunnies that seem to keep having babies. As soon as I find the village of dust bunnies a good home (in my trash can) more of those suckers show up. Where is all the dust coming from??? I really do not want anyone to answer that question, I know where dust comes from.  Any how, if anyone out there would like to come be a housekeeper for the same hourly wages that I am so lucky to receive ($0) please visit the contact us page, send me your resume and I will immediately set up an interview. The ideal candidate must love kids, have magical powers that keep the dishes clean and the toys off the floor, and must be a skilled fighter in order to eliminate the dust bunny family taking over our home.