Ship Residents Sue?
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news story yesterday told how residents aboard one of the Katrina ships were suing the government to stay on-board the ship since FEMA hasn't provided them alternative housing yet. Are you kidding me? Six months isn't enough? I can see a few months to see how the water would recede and find out if their home we habitable or not. It has been six months.
I can understand that losing everything is a horrible thing. At some point you need to pick yourself up and move on. Get off the government dole. Even though FEMA didn't put its best foot forward from the beginning, thousands of other groups did. My Church took up a healthy collection and provided meals for the first few months afterward for those who made it to North Texas.
The question to be asked is "How long is fair?" If not six months, is a year long enough? Should we see some of those people into retirement? Don't forget there will be another hurricane season coming. I hope we can provide 'Emergency Needs' for the people affected by the coming hurricanes.
Father Daughter Date Night
My date started on Tuesday. On Tuesday I took my cell phone into the far end of the house and called the home phone. I asked for Emma and ultimately asked her if she'd like to go on a date Friday night. She was very excited. I could hear her telling mommy all about it.
On Friday, I met Jen for lunch and bought some daisies for Emma. Over lunch Jen told me that Emma said she needed to bath before her date and that she would do it right after school and snack time. By the time I got home from work al of that was finished and she was practically all ready.
Our date actually started in the entryway of our house. I presented her the flowers and helped her on with her coat. I helped her into the car and headed off to Olive Garden. She loves Fettuccini Alfredo. She was very excited and kept telling me how happy she was. The folks at Olive Garden were nice and complemented her on her flowers. She didn't put them down all night. Funny enough she didn't eat much. She was to excited. After OG we headed off to Build a Bear. This was another surprise to her. She picked out monkey, who we named "Dates" (to remember the night). After that we went to the Church for dessert(s). Everything was great! Emma wanted to be sure we had our picture taken together. We decorated a frame together to keep the picture in. When we left for home we added Coleton to our car. (Jen and Eric stayed to finish clean-up.) Coleton assumed, since he was older, that he would sit shotgun. I pushed him toward the back and told him my date wasn't finished. I could tell Emma was quite happy about this. When we got home Cole kept telling her to get out and she said, "A lady waits for a gentleman to open the door."
It was a great night; we talked to the whole time.
Coleton Baptized
The Trouble with Boys
While at CPC, one of our speakers talked mentioned this article. On the plane ride home I read it. I think you should too.
The Trouble With Boys They're kinetic, maddening and failing at school. Now educators are trying new ways to help them succeed.
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Brokeback.. to the Future
I came across this today and just had to give you guys the link.
Brokeback to the FutureEnjoy!
