So, I am sitting her tonight thinking about the fact that I am now in charge of two different sports. If you read my last blog you know I coach my son in basketball. (By the way...he rocked last week, 12 points a number of steals, some rebounds...and he took a game tying 3 point shot at the end, was fouled, but the refs didn't call it!). Well now I am the chair of my daughter Emma's ice skating show in April. Its quite funny how I ended up with the gig..lets just say they needed a few males to take over and keep the drama down!
So as the chair I get to make sure everyone gets along and that we produce enough income to break even. Have you ever tried to fundraise in this economy? My goodness, it is hard. But what is funny is that in a single day (yesterday) I raised $1200 for the Republican party annual Lincoln Day dinner...just by asking my amigos in credit union land. Four credit unions ponied up $300 a piece to have dinner and listen to political talk. Yet I approach them about sponsoring a local club and actually getting advertising....no money! Go figure. Worse yet, my own employer won't even back me up...yikes!
That raises another good point..where are we headed with this economy. I know we should just be positive but man, I get done talking to my boss and it seems like gloomy times in the industry. We need to have people just pay thier debts! You signed on a piece of paper you are responsible for the darn car or house or credit card. Why do people think they are entitled to "stick it to the man" when really they are just sticking it to themselves. Now I understand that there are circumstances where they just can't pay up. Jobs are being lost etc, but still go out fighting at least.
In addition Washington just keeps on thinking it can fix everything. I know I don't know all the details, but how many more bailouts are we going to have? We need to make it possible for people to keep in their houses, keep their jobs and pay their bills. Really we should make all those high level executives of these failing firms liquidate thier own investments and give it back to those they messed over! I really don't have a fix for this except following the principle of saving and spending only what you have..something I need to be better at also.
So back to my original thoughts, basketball and figure skating. I really just love my children. Its fun to watch each of them progress in their own way. We have in my family a sports fanatic (Jacob), a future olympian ice skater (Emma), a future world wide dancer (Julia) maybe another skater in Kira and well right now a complete spoiled little girl named Lily. Yet they bring so much joy to my life. And I am sure that whatever our next baby is (due in August) it will find its niche in the world....wow..what a future we have in front of us!
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