Well, here we are again at the start of the holiday season, 2009. Thanksgiving is now history, and Christmas looms on the horizon.

My daughter Brittney turned 18 this past September, and Jeffrey is now 15. The fact that my older boys are now 30, 29, and 25 does not make it any easier.

Facing up to turning 53 this past October is just another day in the long line. Turning 50 didn't pinch as much as I thought it would, so a year or two in addition really hasn't added any deep concerns either. I still have a few years to go at the current occupation before I can retire, and I have to wait till I turn 60 in order to start collecting the Army retirement pay. So to say I am still in a limbo of waiting would be about accurate.

Sarah Palin is still giving the Liberals fits, as President Obama, Harry Ried, and Phoney Pelosi are doing for the Conservatives. It seems that everyone is more worried about who is doing what, instead of what they are actually doing. No one is addressing the actual problems we have, instead they are feathering their political nests at our expense. It does seem that we very well might need to throw the bums out! Start over with an entirely new crew, both Dem and Repub. Vote out every incumbent Representative, Senator, and President, and just start over. Wouldn't that be something to see?

Yeah, when pigs fly......

Mac