Budgeting

A nice budgeting lesson for a few Americans, especially the government and Obama.

Emperor Obama

I must admit that I was dubious when Obama was elected, but he gets scarier everyday. He goes about throwing money around like it is his, not ours. Equally scary is his crazy idea of budgeting. Essential to his budget is that the US economy will magically be stronger than ever before two years from now. He is like one of those people who puts everything on their credit card because they assume that somehow next year they will be earning twice as much money. Problem is that rarely happens and so they go bankrupt instead and we, as a country, are well on our way. The head of the European Union said that Obama's budget was 'the road to hell' and he was right. China has loaned us tons of money and they are starting to call it in, only we can't pay it. Heck, we can't even pay the interest on it. We as a country are bankrupt and he is increasing government spending by trillions. Wake up Obama and live within our means.

He is also starting to issue orders to companies, as if he knew what he was talking about. To bad he has never run a business or anything for that matter. I guess he also forgot that we live in a democracy, at least we did the last time I checked. Maybe last night the US turned into the First Holy Empire of Obama and all the businesses are his. Yikes! Pinch me quick.

Caroline's Weekend

Just thought I would give you all a glimpse of what I will be doing this weekend. Friday morning I get to take Brianna's bridal pictures...

Here are a couple of engagement pictures I took in February at the Salt Lake Public Library. They are a super fun couple, with lots of personality (as you can tell from the picture above).

I will be taking Brianna's bridal pictures on Friday morning. I am excited because she was fun and has really pretty blue eyes.

Saturday morning I get to photograph Brittany and Brett's wedding. Brittany is the girl that cuts my hair, and as you can see she is super photogenic....

She has beautiful eyes to lure in innocent men, just kidding. She is a babe, and I am super excited she is getting married, and that I get to photograph the event.

Anyways, that's what I will be doing.

Chocolate Confetti

Want some chocolate goodness for your Monday night FHE? Here is a super easy and delicious recipe on mine and Kelly's cooking blog, www.twolittlechefs.blogspot.com , posted by guest poster Brad. Try it, eat it, love it!

Danger Will Robertson

If you can overlook the fact that these two men are apparently holding hands this is a pretty amazing picture. I am not sure if they were trying to 'high five' or hit fists or what, but making contact while tearing down a track is very dangerous and I say kudos to them.

When I saw this picture it immediately reminded me of a road trip with some friends, the Zirkers. We were heading north along I-15 through Salt Lake and they decided to pass water bottles between vehicles. Fun, not too smart, but definately fun.

Then of course I thought of the times I longboarded while hanging onto cars or gave a fellow boarder a 'ride'. One time a middle-aged BYU maintanence worker even slowed down so I could grab onto his truck, but once I was on he didn't hold back and I made it to class in record time. Ahhh, the wisdom of youth.

How to Make Bus Tours More Exciting

Now, I have never actually taken a bus tour, but they don't sound very exciting. I have ridden a bus through the rocky mountains a few times and despite the gorgeous scenery it could be pretty painful. Anyway, looks like they are working on spicing things up a little. To check out more pictures on the amphibious bus head to site I work for www.motorcities.com

Why we build Temples

As you may or may not know Tom Hanks is the executive producer of the HBO show 'Big Love', which is about polygamy. It has recently been announced that 'Big Love' will be showing the Temple ceremonies on the show, which HBO of course has promised will be accurately portrayed in the correct context. How they plan to accomplish that when they will have to rely on ex-communicated members for the context and accuracy is beyond me.

This youtube video (yes the church has a youtube channel) is the church's response.

Goodbye to Kohls...So Sad

Perhaps you have heard, perhaps you haven't but Candies brand clothing (which is a brand for young girls) sold exclusively at Kohl's has signed a contract with Briteny Spears to co-promote her latest Circus tour and the clothing brand at the same time.

One paper writes,“Britney is authentic and relevant, personifying the Candie’s brand,” Gardner said.

Sad that they think Britney is the personification of what they want their brand to be. Here are some of Britney's wonderful charactersitics, which I got off Dr. Lauras blog...

* Her first marriage lasted 55 hours.
* Her second marriage lasted a bit longer
* She posed in the nude for Harper’s Bazaar
* She flashed a naked crotch at photographers getting out of her car
* She has been busted for drug use
* She lost custody of her children because of child endangerment issues

I know that when I have young girls this is the role model I will choose for them. If you dare, here is a picture of her from her latest Circus tour that Candies and thus Kohl's is helping to promote.

The reason I am sad: I like shopping at Kohl's. I think that they have great deals and cute clothes, but I can't support this. I can't support placing Britney Spears as a role model for young girls. So I won't shop there anymore and I plan to send Kohl's a letter letting them know. I would suggest you do the same. You can write to:

Jessica Swearingen
Kohl’s Customer Correspondence Coordinator
E-mail: cscc.escalated@kohls.com