If this thing moves  closer to our house, I won't be able to sleep at nights! I've seen these before but they were up high, this one was closer to eye level and as big as my hand! See the little one above it? I thought it was a baby, John thinks it's the male. I mistakenly thought that the daddy spider was above. Mrs. Spider was definitely busy eating a bee. a magnificent creature, no doubt, I just hope ... Read More

According to Politico of the nearly 80 ambassadorship nominations or confirmations since Obama’s Inauguration, 56 percent were given to political appointees and 44 percent have gone to career diplomats, according to records kept by the American Foreign Service Association. Beatrice Wilkinson Welters was nominated to serve as ambassador to the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. She and her husband generated between $200,000 and $500,000 in donations to Obama’s presidential campaign and an additional $100,000 for his Inauguration, ... Read More

Last year about this time, through an interesting set of events, (Laura calls it from heaven), we received a Panasonic high-definition big screen TV. We were excited to watch it, only to find after some detective work, it wasn't operating correctly due to a broken lamp. I phoned Panasonic, and found out that the lamp was shattered and would need to be replaced...for $283.00. I quickly hung up to decide if that was worth it. After some time,  decided to buy the ... Read More

England is one of the U.S.'s best and oldest allies. I think Obama showed bad judgement returning  the Churchill bust that Britain gave the White House after 9/11. Even so, Prime Minister Brown gave Obama on his first official visit to the Obama White House a nice and thoughtful set of gifts: • An ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet. (Which reportedly delighted Obama, who placed it on his Oval Office desk.) • The framed commission for the ... Read More

This morning as I grabbed my morning cup of tea, FOXNEWS was interviewing someone regarding government waste. This was once an issue on the forefront of people's minds and was also rather newsworthy, but you don't hear much about it anymore. The interview made me realize this kind of waste still goes on, even though people don't talk much about it anymore. Here some examples: $5,786,000 - wood utilization research (Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee) $4,177,000 - shrimp ... Read More